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June 7th, 2020

Women Gunned Down by Taliban in Logar North Korea's Kim Stresses Self-Sufficient Economy at a Politburo Meeting: KCNA
Eyewitness: Caretaker Shouted 'He's Disabled' Before Soldier Shot Autistic Palestinian Attorney General William Barr Says There Is No Systemic Racism in Policing
Gunmen Kill Afghan Former Intelligence Officer in Logar On Palestinian Naksa Day, Israeli Forces Suppress Marches Across West Bank
Israeli Troops Shoot, Wound Five Palestinians in Kufur Qaddoum Israeli Troops Demolish Palestinian-Owned Stands at Qalandia Checkpoint
Explosion Hits Northeastern Syria, Killing 2 Children IDF Says It Nabbed Palestinian Suspect Who Killed Soldier With Brick
Netanyahu Vows All Settlements Will Be Annexed July 1, but Other Lands May Wait Death of Afghans in Iran Sparks Widespread Reaction
Separate Attacks Kill 14 Afghan Forces in Kabul, Northeast Hamburg Police Use Pepper Spray as Protests Turn Ugly
Ten Shot Dead in Attack on Mexican Drug Rehab Center Thousands of National Guard Troops Could Begin Leaving DC on Monday, Commander Says
Pittsburgh Newspaper Accused of Censorship, Barring Black Reporters From Covering Protests Majority of Minneapolis City Council Vows to Disband Police Department
Ex-Joint Chiefs Chair: Deploying Military Domestically Would Negatively Affect Relationship With American People Libya: GNA Says Sirte Offensive Launched as Haftar Backs Truce
Canada Indigenous Groups Demand Probe After Police Kill Woman Protest in Southwest Syria Against Faltering Economy, Corruption
Protests in Kashmir After Indian Forces Kill Five Fighters Afghanistan Warns of 'Disaster' as Virus Infections Surge
Saudi Coronavirus Cases Top 100,000 With New Spike Ahead of the Hajj Syria's Collapsing Economy Threatens Assad's Rule
Iraq Officials Hail Prisoner Handover as Key Step in Arab-Kurdish Reconciliation Russian Drive Recruits Hundreds of Syrian Opposition Fighters for Libya War
Lebanon's President Urges Unity After Night of Violence Dubai Police Commander's Online Calls for 'Invasion of Qatar' Spark Controversy
Black Mauritanians Protest Against US Racism, After Fleeing Racial Violence at Home House Armed Services Committee, Pentagon Clash Over Esper and Milley Testimony
New Wave of Belarus Opposition Wants to Oust Strongman President India and China Agree to Resolve Border Standoff
Russia and China Should Be Viewed as 'One Alliance' in the Arctic, UK Defense Official Warns Three Top Jihadists Dominate Sahel After Al-Qaeda Leader Death
More Than 16,000 Libyans Displaced in Recent Battles: UN UN Examines Reports of Looting in Retaken Libyan Towns
Huge Crowds Around the Globe March in Solidarity Against Police Brutality Brazil Government Stops Publishing Virus Death Toll as Data Befuddles Experts
Violence Against Protesters, Press Unacceptable, Says France's Le Drian In Violent Rio, US Protests Stoke Backlash Against Deadly Cops

June 6th, 2020

Protests Over Police Abuses Flare Again in Mexico's Two Largest Cities How Do British Black Deaths in Police Custody Compare With the US?
Venezuela's Supreme Court Says Congress Failed to Name Electoral Authorities 'We Want to Breathe, Too': Solidarity From Iraq
From Guns to Neck Restraint: How Police Tactics Differ Around the World 15 Afghan Soldiers Killed in Past Day Despite Unofficial Truce
Explosion Kills 8 in Northeast Syria 'Kettling' of Peaceful Protesters Shows Aggressive Shift by New York Police
Venezuela's Guaido Reappears After Claim He Hid in French Embassy Protesters Take to Streets Amid Rising Scrutiny of Police Tactics
Federal Judge Orders Denver Police to Not Use Chemical Agents, Projectiles on Peaceful Protesters New Mexico Officer Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter After Man Put in Neck Restraint Dies
Philadelphia Police Inspector Charged After Striking College-Aged Protestor With Metal Baton Defense Bill Turns Into Proxy Battle Over Floyd Protests
Turkish Soldier Killed in Attack on Armored Ambulance in Syria's Idlib Bomb Blamed on Taliban Kills 11 Pro-Government Afghan Militiamen
Israeli Forces Beat, Detain Palestinian Journalist in Occupied Jerusalem UN Security Council Extends Libya Arms Embargo for One Year as Fighting Continues
Egypt's President Sisi Details Libya Ceasefire Plan Backed by Strongman Haftar Israel's West Bank Annexation Plans Condemned by Leading British Jewish Figures
Libya's GNA Says Offensive Launched for Gadhafi's Hometown of Sirte Palestinians and Israelis Rally Against West Bank Annexation Plan
Lebanon: Dozens Wounded in Beirut Clashes Over Failed Economy, Hezbollah OPEC+ Extends Record Oil Cuts as Saudis, Russians Reach Agreement
Iraq Hurtling Towards a Financial Crisis That Could Leave Millions Unpaid ICE Details Its Outsourced Face-Recognition Efforts
'Either Way, an Anti-China Hawk Wins': Why Beijing Does Not Expect Joe Biden Victory to Change Relationship With US Taiwan Opposition Candidate Removed as Mayor of Kaohsiung After Heavy Defeat in Recall Election
White House, Pentagon Tensions Near Breaking Point Germany: Mixed Response to Trump Plan to Withdraw US Troops From Country
German Officials Call US Troop Withdrawal a 'Wake-Up Call for Europeans' and Chance to Loosen Ties Thousands Turn Out in Australia Day of Protest
US Army Identifies Intelligence Soldier Found Dead in Suspected Murder-Suicide Four Soldiers Killed in Helicopter Crash in Indonesia
Lebanon: Violence Erupts as Rival Protesters Flood Beirut UK Anti-Racism Protesters Clash With Mounted Police
Syrian Pound Plummets as New US Sanctions Loom The Mystery of How Turkey Helped a Rabble Turnaround Libya's Civil War
Israeli BDS Activist Seeking Asylum in Canada Will Be Deported Back to Israel Thousands Rally in Tel Aviv Against Netanyahu's Annexation Plans
A Radical Settler Wages War Against West Bank Annexation -- but He Is Far From Alone In Reversal of Position, WHO Tells Public to Wear Masks if Unable to Distance
Zuckerberg Promises Policy Review Amid Criticism for Not Barring Trump Posts 2 Buffalo Cops Charged With Assault for Shoving Elderly Protester
Police Seemingly Working to Block Release of Video From Shooting of Autistic Palestinian Man Venezuela Arrests DirecTV Executives After US Firm Pulls Out
Libya: GNA Forces Regain Control of Strategic Bani Walid Town India and China Generals Hold Meeting to Defuse Border Standoff
Afghans Denounce Iran Police After Refugees Killed in Car Blaze Kazakh Police Detain Dozens of Anti-Government Protesters
Thousands Protest Indigenous Australians' Death in Police Custody Twenty-Six Killed, Village Torched in Central Mali Attack
Iraq Parliament Approves Final Seven Members of New Government Buffalo Police Officers Arrested After Shoving 75-Year-Old Protester
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