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April 20th, 2020

Trump Says to Consider Halting Saudi Oil Imports, Will Add to US Reserves Saudi Arabia Executed Record Number of People in 2019: Amnesty
US to Add 75 Mln Barrels of Oil Reserve Amid Worst Plunge in History Chadian Rebel Party Accuses Haftar of Assassinating Its Leader
Clashes, Desertions Reported Among Mercenaries and Militias in Libya's GNA Camp Lawyer: Yemen Rebels Free Ex-Minister, Day After His Arrest
Russian Government Says It Sent Its New T-14 Tanks to Syria for Combat Testing Afghan President Ghani Self-Isolates as His Staff Test Positive
Afghanistan: the Detention Center for Teenage Taliban Members Coronavirus Devastates Detroit Police, From the Chief on Down
Newsom's Secretive $1-Billion Mask Deal With Chinese Automaker Sparks Bipartisan Concerns Prescriptions for Anti-Anxiety Meds Spike Amid Coronavirus, New Report Finds
Palghar Lynching: India Police Arrest More Than 100 Suspects Nicaragua Sends Students Back to School Despite Virus Fears
Syria: Israel Fired Missile on Areas Near Historic Palmyra Kosovo PM Accuses US Envoy Involved in His Govt' Overthrown
Belarus Reopens Schools as Leader Rejects 'Coronapsychosis' Pakistan Says Militant Attack in Northwest Kills Soldier
Drones From China Company Cause Spying Concerns, Experts Claim Palestinians Decry Israeli Consensus Over Annexation of West Bank
Israeli Troops Demolish Palestinian-Owned Facility and Caravan Israeli Settlers Loose Cattle on Palestinian Barley and Wheat Fields
Taliban Attacks Surge, 30 Security Force Members Killed Old Bomb Goes Off, Killing 5 in Jordan
Syrian Army Finds Western-Made Weapons in Southern Region Unknown Gunmen Attack US Vehicle in NE Syria
US Energy Exports Top Imports for the First Time Since 1952 Historic Oil Crash a Product of Futures Market Under Stress
Russia Disputes US Account of 'Unsafe' Incident Involving Aircraft Bangladesh Shuts Down Villages After Tens of Thousands Attend Cleric's Funeral
Poll: 74 Percent of Voters Concerned About Losing Freedoms Due to Covid-19 Netanyahu and Rival Gantz Clinch Israel Power-Sharing Deal
Rift Opens Over European Coronavirus Contact Tracing Apps Hundreds Protest in Southern Russian Against Coronavirus Curbs
South Koreans Return to Work, Crowd Parks, Malls as Social Distancing Rules Ease India Restarts Factories, Farming in Rural Areas Even as Coronavirus Cases Rise
Turkey's Erdogan Announces Four-Day Lockdown From Thursday Nicaraguan Protesters Capture Policeman, Demand Release of Jailed Activists
US Says 'Deeply Concerned' With Reports on Turkey's Efforts to Turn on Russian Missiles Mexican President Tells Gangs to Stop Donating Food, End Crime Instead
Syrian Air Defenses Intercept Israeli Aerial Strikes on Palmyra: State Media Saudi Arabia Gets Physical With Russia in Underground Oil Bout
Governors Headed for Messy Fight Over Coronavirus Restrictions Zuckerberg: Some Stay-At-Home Protests Organized on Facebook Could Qualify as 'Harmful Misinformation'
US Announces Extended Travel Restrictions With Mexico, Canada Trump Peace Plan Set to Advance After Israeli Leaders Strike Governing Deal
Here's When All 50 States Plan to Reopen After Coronavirus Restrictions Army Resumes Sending Recruits to Basic Training After 2-Week Pause
Pentagon Eyes 'Billions' for Defense Firms in Next Coronavirus Aid Bill UN Calls on Global Community to Fund Emergency Supply Lines
Iran Reopens Shops, Highways Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic Kashmir Journalist Charged for 'Anti-National' Social Media Posts
How Could Coronavirus Affect Wars in the Arab World? Zarif Hits Out at US Refusal to Lift Sanctions on Iran, Syria
Lebanon Poised to Grant Amnesty to Thousands of Prisoners Lesotho Government Commits to a 'Secure Retirement' for PM
US Supreme Court: Serious Crime Verdict Requires Unanimous Jury Ghanaians Welcome End of Three-Week Lockdown With Mixed Emotions
Domestic Abuse Against Palestinian Women Soars Russian News Agency Close to Putin Calls Assad 'Weak and Powerless' in Unprecedented Criticism
'Forbidden': UAE Declares Congregational Ramadan Prayers 'Haram' Amid Coronavirus Pandemic Jordan Partially Lifts Curfew in Three Governorates
Senior Saudi Officials Arrested Over Alleged Coronavirus Profiteering UAE Firms 'Violated' UN Libya Embargo and Shipped 11,000 Tons Jet Fuel to Haftar: Reports
Donning Coronavirus Face Masks, Syria's Assad and Iran's Zarif Meet in Damascus for 'Idlib Talks' Syria's Kurds Set Up Dedicated Hospital Following First Covid Death
Jordan to Send Doctors, Medical Equipment to Fight Coronavirus in US Turkish Khashoggi Indictment Sheds New Light on Saudi Cover-Up
Pentagon Bracing for Three-Month Slowdown on Major Defense Equipment Unity Deal Allows Netanyahu to Begin Advancing Annexation From July 1
After More Than Yearlong Impasse, Netanyahu and Gantz Agree to Form a Government Defense Department Study Calls for Cutting 2 of the US Navy's Aircraft Carriers
As Google Becomes Key Infrastructure for New Coronavirus Relief, Old Issues Haunt It Pentagon Urges Mexico to Reopen Covid-Closed Factories That Supply US Weapon Makers
After 17-Month Stalemate, Netanyahu and Gantz Strike Unity Deal China Trade War Tariffs Stay, Even as US Suspends Some Duties to Aid Importers
India Bans Flights Indefinitely in Extreme Step to Contain Virus Sweden Says Controversial Virus Strategy Proving Effective
In Pandemic, a Remote Russian Region Orders a Lockdown - on Information Clashes With Police Erupt in Paris Suburb Amid Lockdown
Hong Kong Reports Zero New Coronavirus Cases for First Time Since Early March Some Syrians Prefer Ruined Homes to Crowded Camps
Russia Quarantines Thousands of Troops After Calling Off Red Square Parade India Partially Eases Lockdown, but Effort Falters
US Pressure on Iran During Coronavirus Outbreak Is 'Inhumane': Rouhani Brazil's Bolsonaro Joins Anti-Lockdown Protests
Burkina Faso Security Forces Accused of Executing 31 Detainees in Djibo Nigeria Records First Coronavirus Death in Conflict-Hit Borno State
Germany to Replace Tornado Bombers With Airbus and Boeing Fighter Jets Saudi Arabia Suspends Praying in the Two Holy Mosques in Ramadan: Tweet
Oil Price Crashes Into Negative Territory for the First Time in History Amid Pandemic Burkina Faso Security Forces 'Kill Dozens of Unarmed Civilians,' Says HRW

April 19th, 2020

Iran Warns US After Navy Incident in Persian Gulf Iraq Daily Roundup: 11 Killed; ISIS Attacks in North
Taliban Lists 33 US Violations of Peace Deal in Afghanistan US, Russia Are Blocking UN Push for Global Ceasefire
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