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February 16th, 2020

Kashmir: India Tells Turkey Don't 'Interfere in Internal Affairs' Azeri Opposition Leaders Held as Police Block Poll Result Protest
Hamas Says Israel Move to Tighten Blockade Will Increase Tensions India: Footage Appears to Show Police Attack on Jamia Students
Palestine Says New Israeli Electricity Grid in West Bank Consolidates Occupation US Secretary of State Visits Senegal to Start Africa Tour
California to Apologize for Internment of Japanese Americans Israel Says Hamas Used 'Attractive' Women in Thwarted Cyberattack
Burundi Opposition Picks Presidential Contender as UN Warns of Rights Abuses Airstrikes, Killing Civilians, Condemned in Western Afghanistan Provinces
Nine Men Mysteriously Killed in Kabul Yemeni Warring Parties Agree to Conduct Large-Scale Exchange of Prisoners
4 Civilians Killed in Roadside Bombing in Yemen's Hodeidah Oman, US Starts Joint Air Force Drill
Syrian Opposition Fighters Launch Counter-Offensive in Aleppo as Large Swathes Fall to Regime Forces South Sudan Rebels Reject President Salva Kiir's Peace Compromise
Israel Strikes Central Gaza Six Times, Cancels Easing of Blockade UN Peacekeeper Request Highlights Dispute Between Sudan Civilians and Military
Egyptian Authorities Deny Torturing Detained Activist US Ambassador to Israel to Lead Committee on Annexing the West Bank
Car Bomb Kills Two in Turkish-Controlled Syrian Town Iran and Najaf Struggle for Control Over Hashd Al-Shaabi After Muhandis's Killing
Iran: Sanctions 'Create Some Problems'; Talks Possible With Conditions Rockets Hit US Coalition Base in Baghdad, No Casualties
Iranian Dissidents Call for Election Boycott After Regime Disqualifies Thousands of Candidates Israel's Gantz Vows to Form Government Without Netanyahu
Netanyahu Says Israeli Airliners Have Started Overflying Sudan North Macedonia Parliament Dissolves, Sets Poll Date, After EU Shuns Talks
Israel Hopes Germany, Other ICC Members Will Help Stave Off Palestinian Investigation In Wake of Trump Peace Plan, EU Countries Pushing for Recognition of State of Palestine
Rockets Hit Near US Embassy in Baghdad's Green Zone

February 15th, 2020

Over 6,000 Bodies Found in Burundi's Mass Graves Killing of ISIS Leader Has Not Hurt Group's Operations, Says Iraqi Kurdish Prime Minister
US Defense Secretary Says Start of Reduction in Violence Period in Afghanistan 'is a Moving Date' Afghans Mark 31st Anniversary of Soviet Withdrawal
Eight Civilians Killed in Nangarhar Airstrike: Afghan Official Pompeo Pledges $1 Billion in US Support for European Energy Initiative
Zelensky Rejects Trump Claim That Ukraine Is a Corrupt Country: 'From Now, It's Not True' US Defense Chief Says Taliban Deal 'Looks Very Promising' but Not Without Risk
Libya Faces Financial Crisis Amid Haftar Oil Blockade, PM Sarraj Says Europeans Crank Up Defense Spending Amid Doubts Over US Backing
Esper to Allies: Picking Huawei Risks Intel and Security Ties With the US Germany Wants Another Crack at a EU Mission in the Strait of Hormuz
Esper Says White House 'Never' Pressured Him on Jedi Turkish President Erdogan Accuses Russia of Managing Libyan War 'At Highest Level'
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg Dismisses French President's Call for 'Strategic' Nuclear Dialogue 'The West Is Winning,' US Tells China; France Wary
Turkey Says Libya's Haftar Violating Ceasefire, Must Be Stopped Despite Yemen Violence Spike, Saudi Says Talks With Houthis Progressing
US Denounces Detention in Venezuela of Guaido's Uncle Mexican Demonstrators Splash Presidential Palace Red in Protest Over Murder of Women
Macron Opens Door to North Macedonia, Albania EU Accession Talks Macron Defends Closer Dialogue With Russia, Sees No Alternative
Syrian Army Clears Barricades on Damascus-Aleppo Highway Turkey Looking to Re-Open Northern Cyprus Ghost Town After 46 Years
Turkey Says Syria Dispute Won't Affect Russian S-400 Defense Deal Turkey Denies Flouting Agreement With Russia in Syria's Idlib Province
Armed Gang Kills at Least 30 in Northwest Nigeria, Police Say Wave of Violence Leaves Journalists in Somalia 'Under Siege', Says Amnesty
Healing Hands: the Italian Surgeon Treating Libya Torture Camp Survivors Top Navy Aviators Sued by Lieutenant Claiming Vast Racist Conspiracy
Pentagon IDs Soldier Who Died While Supporting Operations in the Horn of Africa South Sudan Cuts Number of States From 32 to 10, Unlocking Peace Process
FAA Allows US Civilian Flights to Resume Flying Over the Persian Gulf Region Senator Threatens Sanctions for Lebanon Over Detained American Citizen
Iraq PM-Designate Vows New Independent Cabinet Within a Week Six Countries Tell ICC They Oppose War Crimes Suits Against Israel
One Dead, Three Injured in Shooting Outside Berlin Music Venue Hosting Turkish Comedy Night East Jerusalem Boy, 9, Hurt During Protest, Apparently by Police Rubber Bullet
Two Gaza Rockets Strike South Despite Reports of Ceasefire; No Injuries 'Another Milestone': Kosovo and Serbia Sign Rail, Road Deals
Dozens Killed in Attacks in Central Mali Turkey Hits Back at Russia Claims Over Syria's Idlib
'A Mockery of Us': Victims' Families Decry Ex-Colombia Army Chief Qatar Says Talks to End GCC Crisis Were Suspended in January
Mistrial in Case Against Venezuelan Embassy Protectors Is Win for Sovereignty Houthis Claim Responsibility for Saudi Jet Downed in Yemen

February 14th, 2020

US Officials Feel 'Challenged' by Russia in Northeast Syria
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