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May 22nd, 2020

Trump Extends 2003 'National Emergency' on Iraq US Concerned by Growing Iran-Venezuela Ties
In Video, Brazilian President Says He Wanted Cops Replaced to Stop Family Being 'Screwed' Eight Inmates Killed in Mexico Prison Fight
Suspect Killed in Texas Navy Base Shooting Identified as Syrian-Born US Citizen House to Consider Amendment Blocking Warrantless Web Browsing Surveillance
Trump Admin Sends Warning to Los Angeles Mayor That Extended Lockdown Could Be 'Unlawful' Brazil's Supreme Court Releases Video of Bolsonaro Discussing Replacing Security Officials
US Clears More UAE Arms Sales, Despite Evidence of Past Violations Iraq Daily Roundup: 11 Killed; Attack on Refinery
Turkey-PKK Engagements 'Increased' in 2020 Despite Pandemic JP Morgan Study: Lockdowns Failed to Alter the Course of Pandemic and Are Now Destroying Millions of Livelihoods Worldwide
Mysterious MiG-29 Fighter Appears at Libyan Air Base Held by Russian-Backed Forces Libya's Tripoli Government Retakes More Areas of Capital
Glenn Greenwald: 'A Lot of People Can't Get Past Their Ideological or Political View' of Flynn Russian State Holding Gives Up Control of Rosneft After Venezuela Exit
Release of USS Thresher Documents Delayed by Covid-19 Office Closures As Tankers Head Toward the Caribbean, Growing Iran-Venezuela Ties Draw US Concern
Video: USS Portland Fires Laser Weapon, Downs Drone in First At-Sea Test Turkish Forces Send 30 Truckloads of Logistics to Syria
Afghan Migrant Drowning Issue With Iran to Proceed 'Diplomatically' Suspect in Attempted West Bank Shooting Was Palestinian Police Officer
Israel Cuts Palestinian Water Supply in West Bank Israeli Colonists Burn Palestinian Farmlands Near Nablus
Israeli Concussion Grenades Burn 120 Olive Trees Near Jenin Texas Naval Base Shooter Voiced Support for Clerics
UK Court Orders Gunrunner to Pay Over $4.1m to UAE Emirate Trump Declares Churches 'Essential,' Calls on Them to Reopen
NATO Allies Alarmed, Annoyed by US Open Skies Exit Top Venezuela Court Orders Seizure of AT&T Subsidiary Assets
Europeans, NATO Urge Russia to Work to Save Treaty Dropped by Trump Russia to Convene Mideast Quartet for Talks on West Bank Annexation Plans
Libya's Tripoli Government Retakes More Areas of Capital Smartphone Data Shows America's Cautious Comeback
Treasury Sanctions Top Nicaraguan Officials Russia Says US Withdrawal From Open Skies Treaty Would Undermine Global Security
Michigan Governor Extends Stay-At-Home Order Through June 12 House Chairmen Demand Explanation on Trump's 'Illegal' Withdrawal From Open Skies Treaty
'Culture of Violence': The Thai Military's Problem With Abuse Where's Kim? North Korea Leader Keeps Unusually Low Profile
Malawi's Electoral Chief Resigns Ahead of Election Rerun Egypt Accepts Ethiopia-Sudan Proposal to Renegotiate Dam Dispute
Remains of Rwanda War Crimes Suspect Found in Congo Saudi Activists: Khashoggi Murder Case 'Political, Not Personal'
Foreigners Evacuated From Iraq Gas Field After Protests Sons' Forgiveness in Khashoggi Murder 'Parody of Justice': UN Expert
Yemen Aid: The NGO Battling Coronavirus in a War Zone Egypt Arrested 10 Reporters Since Coronavirus Outbreak: Rights Group
Libyans Parade Captured Missile System as Government Accuses Russia of Supplying Jets to Haftar HRW: Thousands Fleeing From Fighting in Northern Yemen at High Risk of Coronavirus
Hamas Says Gaza Could Be Locked Down for Eid Amid Rise in Coronavirus Cases Two Years of Escalations: Looking Back at US-Iran Tensions After Nuclear Deal Pullout
Iran Is Retreating From the Iraqi Political Scene Fauci Says Staying Closed for Too Long Could Cause 'Irreparable Damage'
The US Goes to Bat for Lebanon's 'Butcher of Khiam' Biden Says US Should Lead World in Condemning China Over Hong Kong Actions
China Slows Defense Spending Despite Threat of New Cold War With US US Plans to Sell $180 Million in Torpedoes to Taiwan, Riling China
Two Regional ISIS Leaders Killed in Syria: CentCom FBI Director Wray Orders Internal Review of Flynn Investigation
Armed Conflict Has Forced 661,000 People to Flee Their Homes During the Coronavirus Pandemic Burundi Ruling Party Heads for Poll Victory, as Opposition Cries Foul
The US Cleared the Way for a New Arms Sale to the UAE, Despite Evidence It Violated the Last One Yemen's Health System 'Has in Effect Collapsed' as Covid Spreads: UN
US Presses Advancing Libya Government to End Fighting Hong Kong Leader Vows 'Full Support' for National Security Law
Hongkongers Rush to Download VPN Tools Amid Fears of Beijing Upping Surveillance With National Security Law Chinese Government Drops References to 'Peaceful' Reunification With Taiwan
Mike Pompeo Calls Beijing's Move Against Hong Kong 'Disastrous' and Hints at US Sanctions China's 6.6 Per Cent Defense Spending Boost Marks Slowest Growth in Three Decades
China on Their Mind: Why the India-Nepal Border Has Become a Global Flashpoint Europeans 'Regret' Trump's Decision to Leave Open Skies Pact Surveillance Treaty
Sudan's Bloody Tribal Clashes Threaten Fragile Transition

May 21st, 2020

South Carolina Army Lieutenant Dies in Afghanistan From Non-Combat Cause US, China Have Unsafe Encounters in South China Sea
Taiwan Is Another Major Issue in Growing US-China Tension Trump: Iraq's Instability Continues to Pose 'Extraordinary Threat' to US National Security
Family of Jamal Khashoggi Forgives Killers of Saudi Journalist State Department: New START Talks Between US, Russia Have Begun
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