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April 9th, 2020

Five Rockets Hit US Airbase in Afghanistan, ISIS Claims Responsibility Turkish-Backed Militias Kidnap Kurdish Civilians in North Syria's Afrin
North Korea Officers Warned Against Bad Behavior Against Subordinates US Military Researchers Call for Use of Privateers Against China
Threat From Iran to US Forces in Iraq Remains 'Significant': Senior US Diplomat US Navy Secretary's Visit to Guam to Attack Coronavirus Captain Cost Taxpayers More Than $240,000
Benjamin Netanyahu Thanks 'Dear Friend' Modi for Sending Hydroxychloroquine to Israel Turkey Sends Virus Gear to Ex-Ally Israel in Humanitarian Step
Canada Lifting a Freeze on Arms Exports to Saudi Arabia, Opposition Wants Big Deal Scrapped Senior Saudi Prince Admitted to Intensive Care, Isolation Centers Prepared for 500 Royal Family Members
Sailor From USS Teddy Roosevelt Found Unconscious, Transferred to Intensive Care in Guam Muscovites Flee Coronavirus Shutdown, Bringing Trouble to Russia's Regions
US Threatens to Block China Telecom From American Market Lockdown in West Bank, Crowds in Gaza - Palestinians Divided Over Coronavirus
Vietnam Says 15,000 People Linked to Covid-19 Hotspot Tested Negative Botswana's Entire Parliament Quarantined After Coronavirus Scare
Moscow, in U-Turn, to Assume All Pneumonia Patients May Have Coronavirus The Army Developed a Drone Camera You Fire From a Grenade Launcher
Democratic Pro-Israel Group Takes Credit for Sanders Dropping Out, Fundraises Off Keeping Dem Platform Pro-Israel 2 Gazan Fishermen Said Injured by Israeli Fire
Hamas Arrests Gaza Peace Activists After Zoom Video Call With Israelis Afghan Ministries Launch Coronavirus Tracking App
As Bennett Blasts Government's Virus Policy, PM Tells Him to Stay in His Lane Iraq Names Its Third Prime Minister in 10 Weeks
Afghan Govt Releases Another 100 Taliban Prisoners Taliban Ex-Prisoners Pledge No Return to Battlefield
Afghan President Appoints Officer to Administration Amid Political Tensions Iran Welcomes Nomination of Al-Kadhimi as Iraqi PM
Bill Introduced to Remove US Troops From Saudi Arabia in 30 Days Pence Reverses Position Barring Coronavirus Task Force Members From Appearing on CNN
Trump Holds Conference Call on Oil Deal With Putin, Saudi King Florida Republican Becomes Sixth Member of Congress to Test Positive for Coronavirus
ACLU Sues to Block Baltimore's Aerial Surveillance Program Coronavirus Surveillance Concerns Ramp Up Pressure to Pass Federal Privacy Law
Airline Travel Has Dropped 96 Percent Amid Coronavirus Senate Armed Services Shelves 'Paper Hearing' Plans
Pentagon Expects Coronavirus to Hit More Navy Ships After First Outbreak Coronavirus Reaches Amazon's Isolated Yanomami Tribe
Saudi-UAE Unilateral Ceasefire in Yemen Begins; Houthis Balk India, Pakistan Locked in Border Fighting Amid Coronavirus Crisis
Some Governments Eye Easing Coronavirus Restrictions Despite Warnings New Rules Apply as US-Russian Space Crew Blasts Off Amid Pandemic
Uganda Faces Food Shortage as Coronavirus Disrupts Locust Fight Five Rockets Hit US Airbase in Afghanistan
Hundreds of Migrants Stuck in Niger Amid Coronavirus Pandemic Syria Condemns 'Misleading' Chemical Arms Watchdog Report
Chadian Troops Claim To 'Kill 1,000 Boko Haram Fighters' in Lake Chad ISIS Retakes Syrian Desert Town in Fierce Battle With Government Forces
Israeli Settlers Take Advantage of Covid-19 Lockdown to Vandalize West Bank Cemetery Turkey to Track Coronavirus Patients With App
Iran May Stop Mass Gatherings in Ramadan to Slow Coronavirus Spread Erdogan's Approval Ratings Surge to Four-Year High
Coronavirus Spreading Rapidly Among Saudi Royal Family Kashmiris Seek Release of Prisoners From Indian Jails Amid Viral Outbreak
Army to Hold Competition to Build Ventilators for Covid-19 Emergency Response OPEC and Allies Agree to Historic 10 Million Barrel Per Day Production Cut
Latin American Homicides Drop During Coronavirus Quarantines Defense Official Says Media Reports About November Coronavirus Intel Assessment Are False
Some Walmart, Costco, Target Stores Barred From Selling Nonessential Items China Signals End to Dog Meat Consumption by Humans
Indonesia Couple With Ties to ISIS on Trial Over Attempt to Kill Security Minister Military Warns of Coronavirus 'Breakouts' Aboard USS Nimitz
Coronavirus Widespread Among Saudi Royal Family: Report Barr Says 'Draconian' Lockdown Measures Should Be Reexamined by May
Federal Support Ends for Coronavirus Testing Sites as Pandemic Peak Nears

April 8th, 2020

Navy Secretary Trip to Roosevelt Cost $243,000, Leads to Modly Ouster Afghan Govt Reports 100 Taliban Have Been Released
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Pushed Assad to Break Syria's Idlib Ceasefire Iraq Daily Roundup: Six Killed; Attacks Against Security Personnel Ongoing
US Continues to Push for Regime Change in Venezuela
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