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April 12th, 2020

Iran Says $1.6 Bn Claimed by US Released in Luxembourg Erdogan Rejects Turkish Minister's Resignation After Coronavirus Lockdown Criticism
3 Taliban Militants Killed, 5 Injured in Afghanistan Is an Israeli Air Defense System Shooting Down Israeli Drones in Libya?
Libya: 2 Civilians Killed in Attacks by Haftar Militias Kim Jong Un's Sister Rises in North Korea Hierarchy, Reinstated in Key Decision-Making Body
US Government Gave $3.7million Grant to Wuhan Lab Navy Says Destroyer Captain Removed After Lying to San Diego Fleet Command About Ship's Position
The Pentagon Is Buying 39 Million N95 Masks Under Defense Production Act Israeli Troops Open Fire on Palestinian Farmers in Southern Gaza
Israeli Colonists Cut 50 Olive Saplings Near Bethlehem High Court Dismisses Petition Seeking to Block Netanyahu From Being Tasked as PM
Afghan Taliban Confirms Release of 1st Government Prisoners Hamas Willing to Trade Information on Israelis Held in Gaza for Ventilators, Sources Say
Guam Worries as Sailors From Virus-Hit Ship Take Over Hotels Stockpile of 39 Million Masks Exposed as Fake
Taiwan Scrambles Warships as PLA Navy Aircraft Carrier Strike Group Heads for the Pacific China Tightens Controls on Russia Border as Number of Imported Coronavirus Cases Continues to Rise
China Vows Improvements for Africans After Virus Discrimination Claims US Could Start Reopening in May, Top Virus Advisor Says
'We Are Social Animals': Hong Kong Residents Flout Virus Rules to Throng Popular Sites Beijing to Reopen Some Schools After Coronavirus Closures
Taiwan Says Chinese Carrier Group Drills Close to Island Chad's Army Says It Will Continue Joint Operations Against Jihadists
Liberia Coronavirus Lockdown Off to Chaotic Start Former Israeli Chief Rabbi Dies After Contracting Coronavirus
Israel Tightens Restrictions in Jerusalem to Fight Coronavirus All 50 States Under Disaster Declaration for First Time in US History
Sri Lanka Catholic Church 'Forgives' 2019 Easter Suicide Bombers Taliban Set to Release 20 Afghan Government Prisoners
British PM Boris Johnson Discharged From Hospital Libyan Hospital Treating Coronavirus Patients Attacked
Three Civilians Killed as India, Pakistan Trade Fire Across LoC Anti-Government Protest Erupts in Sudanese Capital Despite Coronavirus Restrictions
Israel Enlists Egyptian Mediators to Progress Hamas Prisoner Swap Deal Iran Says $1.6 Bn Frozen by US Released in Luxembourg
Syrian Democratic Forces Capture ISIS 'Health Minister' in Special Operation Saudi Arabia Blocks Turkish News Sites Anadolu, TRT Amid Continued Ankara-Riyadh Tensions
Algeria Faces 'Financial Abyss' Amid Coronavirus-Fuelled Oil Price Collapse Almost 4,500 Dead in Iran, as Country Loosens Restrictions
Turkey Says It's Not Planning to Make Deal With IMF China and Vietnam 'Likely to Clash Again' as They Build Maritime Militias
In Coronavirus-Gripped Washington, Rhetoric Rises but Anti-China Bills Stall Trump Says US Will Help Italy With Medical Supplies, Hospitals
Air Force Evacuates 3 Government Contractors With Coronavirus From Afghanistan In India, Coronavirus Fans Religious Hatred
Israel's Gantz Denied Extention to Form Israel Govt OPEC, Russia Approve Biggest Ever Oil Cut Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
French Civilian Flung From Fighter Jet at 2,500ft After Grabbing Ejector Seat Handle to 'Steady Himself' Assange Partner Speaks Out After Threat From Judge

April 11th, 2020

Julian Assange's Terror Within 'Barely Functioning' Coronavirus Ridden Belmarsh Prison Cuba, US Dispute Embargo's Role in Blocking Coronavirus Supplies
Missing Journalist Found Murdered in Mexico's South Pentagon Awarding Contract to Boost N95 Mask Production Capacity by 39 Million
Saudi King Approves Extension of Curfew Until Further Notice US Navy Destroyer Transits Taiwan Strait on Same Day as Chinese Drills
Dutch Government Calls for Software Proposals to Trace People With Coronavirus Another 103 Sailors From US Carrier Test Positive for Coronavirus
Mexican President's Nationalist Oil Vision Fuels Standoff With Saudis Spain Sets Out Back-To-Work Guidelines as Coronavirus Death Rate Slows
Emirati Polygamists 'Must Apply for Permits' to Visit Spouses in Latest Coronavirus Restrictions: Police Chief Israel to Ban Flights and Gatherings Until September, Says Senior Official
Morocco Begins Producing Its Own Ventilators Amid Coronavirus Crisis Yemen's Houthis Shoot Down Saudi Coalition 'Spy Plane' in Saada Despite Ceasefire
Libyan Armed Group Cuts Off Water to Tripoli Residents Turkey Sends Plane Load of Emergency Supplies to UK as Death Toll Nears 10,000
US Presses Saudis on Oil Deal as Talks Reach Third Day North Korea Calls for Stricter Anti-Epidemic Measures
Chernobyl Wildfires Reignite, Stirring Up Radiation USS Theodore Roosevelt Morale Is in the Toilet, Navy Admiral Says
The Marine Corps Is Keeping Barber Shops Open Amid the Covid-19 Pandemic, Defying Common Sense Israeli Settler Attacks Rise by 78 Percent Amid Pandemic
Despite Pandemic, Israeli Forces Drop Herbicide on Gaza and Shoot at Fishermen UN Mideast Envoys Plead for Ceasefires Amid Coronavirus Threat
Israeli Army Jails 10 Soldiers for Violating Gathering Ban Amid Coronavirus Pandemic 2 Guards Killed in Incident at Gardez Prison in Afghanistan
Critics Raise Privacy Concerns as France Considers Digital Tracking to Battle Coronavirus 5G Protesters Sabotage Dutch Phone Towers
UN Security Council Welcomes Yemen Ceasefire, Calls on Houthis to Reciprocate Rebels Linked to Indonesia Mine Attack Die
Covid-19 Vaccine Not Being Tested in Non-Human Primates at Army Lab as Previously Stated Defense Giant Lockheed Martin Bucks the Pandemic Trend, Plans to Hire 700 Workers in Texas
Two More Sailors on Hospital Ship Mercy Test Positive for Covid-19 Army Medical Teams Dispatched to Four States, With More Planned
Iran Begins Lifting Restrictions After Brief Virus Lockdown Six Civilians, Including Two Young Girls, Wounded in Indian Firing Along LoC
Germany Imposes Four-Year Travel Ban on Senior Palestinian Terrorist Egypt: Police Scatter Crowd Halting Burial of Doctor Killed by Coronavirus
Mayor's Son Among Those Arrested for Gunfire Toward Police Cars in Rahat, Israel Estonian Boy, 13, Headed Neo-Nazi Group That Plotted Synagogue Attack in US
Israel to Weigh Marking Jerusalem 'Red' Zones, Quarantining Residents Israelis Required to Wear Face Masks When Out in Public
Israel Finance Ministry Proposes Swift Return to Work for Hundreds of Thousands Jerusalem Ultra-Orthodox Neighborhoods to Be Locked Down
Taliban, US Commander Discuss Violence Reduction in Afghanistan Turkey Imposes 48-Hour Curfew in Major Cities to Curb Virus
Amnesty Video Shows 'Extreme Overcrowding' in Cambodia Prison 'We Need Food': Tunisians Struggle Under Coronavirus Lockdown
Yemen's Houthi Rebels Sentence Four Journalists to Death Bangladesh Hangs Killer of Founding Father Mujibur Rahman

April 10th, 2020

How Will Germany's Defense Spending Be Affected by the Covid-19 Pandemic? US: Missile Systems Now Operational in Iraq
New Document Reveals Significant Fall From Grace for Boeing's Space Program Top Pentagon Generals Warn Enemies Not to Attack
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