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December 17th, 2019

Syria War: Air Strikes and Shelling Kill 14 Civilians in Idlib The Voices of the Afghanistan Papers
US Demands Taliban Declare 10-Day Ceasefire 5 Cities in Libya Declare Mobilization Against Haftar
China Postpones UN Security Council Discussion on Kashmir: Diplomats Police in Kashmir Assault Two Journalists
India Students Protest Movement Reaches Kashmir US Envoy for North Korea Biegun to Visit China This Week: State Department
Maduro Pitching Deal to Bondholders in Wild Bid to End Default US Senate Approves Sanctions on Germany-Russia Pipeline
Israeli Soldiers Shoot, Kill Palestinian Gunman in Southern Gaza Discord in Afghan Election Process Persists
The Modi Government's New Citizenship Law Puts India at War With Itself Afghan Militia Commander's Arrest 'Ordered by Deputy Interior Minister': Police
UNICEF: 9 Afghan Children Killed or Maimed Daily in Afghanistan Israel Has Suspended Core Palestinian Rights for a Half-Century: Human Rights Watch
Hamas: Abbas Not Serious About Holding Palestinian Elections Senate Passes $738 Billion 2020 Military Spending Bill
Israel Allows Shipment of Rescue Vehicles Into Gaza 5 Years After Detente With US, Cubans Say Hope Has Dwindled
Placating Turkey, Trump Admin Says Doesn't Recognize Armenian Genocide Pakistan Military Condemns Death Sentence of Former Chief Musharraf
US Congress Ends Cyprus Arms Embargo, in Blow to Turkey Venezuela Congress Allows Remote Voting to Thwart Government Pressure on Opposition
Qatar Foreign Minister Says Early Talks With Saudi Arabia Have Broken Stalemate Lebanese Army Clashes With Supporters of Hezbollah, Amal in Beirut
'Night of Horrors': Inside the Indian University Stormed by Police Senate Roll Call Vote on 2020 NDAA
Russia and Turkey to Discuss Libya Military Support in January: Kremlin Roadside Bomb Kills 10 Members of Afghan Family
Pakistan's Khan Says Millions of Muslim Refugees Could Flee India Erdogan Says World Cares More About Syria's Oil Than Its Children
Russian, Syrian Air Strikes Kill 17 in Rebel-Held Northwest After Years of Delays, NATO Receives US-Made Spy Drones
Czechs Call for Billionaire Prime Minister to Resign Bolivia's Morales Looks to Engineer Election Win From Afar, Find Successor
Palestinians Eye Long-Delayed Election, Ask Israel to Allow Jerusalem Voting Police and Protesters Clash in Indian Capital Over Citizenship Law
Facebook Details Location Tracking After Pressure From Senators Facebook to Test Community Fact Checking Program
Sisi Vows to Support Haftar Amid Deteriorating Relations With Libyan Government Australia Releases Gay Saudi Journalists From Detention
From Covert to Overt: Warming Relations Between Bahrain and Israel No Longer a Secret Saudi Aramco IPO Fails to Attract Western Investors
Iraq State Forces 'Complicit' in Massacre of Baghdad Protesters as Violence Escalates: Human Rights Watch Iraqi Lawmaker Convicted for Corruption After Accusing Minister of Graft
Denmark Denies Refugees Asylum Because It Considers Syria Safe Saudi Journalist Who Advocates Normalization With Israel Has Citizenship Withdrawn
Tunisia's Government Formation Stalls as Parties Fail to Agree on Cabinet Congress Rejects Trump's $175m Funding Request for Middle East Peace Plan
Pakistan's Khan Cancels Trip to Malaysia Under Pressure From Saudi Arabia Libya Trades Barbs With Egypt After Sovereignty Remarks
New Law Directs US Intelligence Chief to Reveal Who Ordered Khashoggi Murder Congress Adopts Defense Bill That Creates Space Force
Nuclear Weapons Get Small Boost in US Budget Deal Against Army's Wishes, Congress Primes Pump to Buy Newest Ch-47 Helicopter Variant for Active Force
Esper Wants to Cut US Troop Numbers in Afghanistan to Focus on China Indonesia to Deploy 200,000 Security Personnel to Thwart Christmas Attacks
South Sudan Rivals Kiir and Machar Agree to Form Unity Government by Deadline FISA Court Judge Blasts FBI Over Misleading Info for Surveillance of Trump Campaign Adviser
Air Force Halts Parachute, Dive, and Mountain Training Ops Following Airmen Deaths Russian Spy Ship Sailing in 'Unsafe Manner' Off Southeastern US Coast
Pakistan's Former Military Ruler Pervez Musharraf Is Sentenced to Death for Treason Poland May Have to Leave EU, Supreme Court Warns
Government Bombing Kills 14 Civilians in Northwest Syria: Monitor US Seeks Clarification on Erdogan's Military Base Closure Threat
'Deeply Damaging': Anger as Boris Johnson Plans 'Anti-BDS' Law Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf Sentenced to Death for High Treason

December 16th, 2019

US Has Sent 600 Trucks to East Syria in Two Months to 'Secure Oilfields' Pentagon: Vetting of Saudi Pensacola Shooter Set Off No Alarms
US Lawmakers Keep Adding to $1.4 Trillion Spending Deal Pentagon Dismisses Afghanistan Papers: Look Forward, Not Back
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