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August 19th, 2020

UN Says Half Its Yemen Aid Programs Hit by Lack of Funds Afghanistan Army Asks Security Personnel to Be Ready to Return Fire Against Pakistan
Barr Disavows Death Penalty for Two ISIS 'Beatles' if Britain Shares Evidence US, Japan to Build Network of Missile-Intercepting Satellites, Report Says
Pompeo: Tamping Down 'Risk' of Saudi Nukes Is a Top US Priority Mali's Gold Miners Carry on Digging Despite Coup, Shares Hit
Trump Demands 'Snapback' Sanctions on Iran Syria Agrees to Let Russia Expand Hmeimim Air Base
Afghans Demand Security as Kabul Blasts Increase Portland Protesters Set Fire to County Government Building
EU Rejects Belarus Election Without Demanding New One Russia Says It Has Intercepted US Spy Planes Over Black Sea
Taliban Control Herat-Badghis Highway: Locals What Is 'Snapback'? US' Iran Sanctions Move Explained
EU Says Mali Coup Crisis Could Destabilize Whole Region Erdogan Says No Threats Can Deter Turkey's Operations in Mediterranean
Poland's PM Says No Reason to Worry About Situation at Border With Belarus African Union Suspends Mali's Membership After Coup
Fired Air Force General Created 'Dictatorial' Workplace The US and Japan Just Teamed Up for Multiple Joint Air and Sea Exercises in a Message to China
US Announces Nearly $204 Million in Additional Humanitarian Assistance for Iraq West Bank Settlers Say Netanyahu Duped Them With Annexation Backtrack
Belarusian Activist to Press Fight Against Lukashenko With Opposition Leader Ex-FBI Attorney Pleads Guilty to Doctoring Email in Trump Russia Probe
Mali Opposition Offers Backing to Coup Leaders Female Protest Leader Gunned Down in Iraq's Basra
Mali Protest Leader Steps Back as Coup Leaders Promise Election Russian Diplomat Expelled From Norway After Arrest Made in Spying Case
US Will Not Deliver Assistance to Lebanese Government in Aftermath of Deadly Beirut Blast Trump Announces 'Snapback' of Sanctions on Iran
As Gaza Attacks Continue, Gantz Warns Hamas That IDF Can Hit Human Targets Too Trump Says He Expects Not Only Saudis, but Also Iran, to Make Middle East Peace
Rights Activists Raise Alarm Over Israeli Cellphone Hacking Tech Sold to Belarus Palestinian Authority Set to Resume Security Coordination With US
Normalization With Israel: Where Do Middle Eastern Countries Stand? Saudi Arabia's Economic Crisis, Explained in 10 Graphics
US Air Force May Have Accidentally Revealed Interest in Hypersonic Nuke Military Border Deployments Are Legally Good-To-Go, IG Finds
Kudlow Says Trump Wants to 'Deny China' Some of the Proceeds of a TikTok Sale US Drops Death Penalty for ISIS 'Beatles'
US Suspends Its Extradition Treaty With Hong Kong Over City's National Security Law Saudi Arabia Says No Israel Deal Without Palestinian Peace
EU Rejects Belarus Election Result, Vows Quick Sanctions Mexican Governor Denies Corruption as President Looks On
US Calls on Iraq to Dismantle Armed Groups Uganda's Veteran Opposition Leader Says He Won't Run in 2021
Hundreds of Palestinians Protest in West Bank Against Israel-UAE Deal Mali Coup Leaders Pledge New Elections After Detaining President
Greek National Security Adviser Resigns Over Turkey Remarks US Eyes October Deadline to End Exemptions on Venezuela Oil Sanctions
'Rock Bottom' Lebanon Must Reform for Long-Term Aid: US China Says Latest US Sailing Near Taiwan 'Extremely Dangerous'
Libya Strongman Eases Oil Blockade to 'Reduce Power Cuts' US Blacklists UAE Firms for Supporting Iran Airline
Mali Coup Leaves Ex-Colonial Power France in a Bind Supporters of Egypt's Sisi Set to Dominate Newly Created Senate
UN's Syria Committee to Meet in Geneva Next Week Equatorial Guinea Reappoints Prime Minister Asue After Government Resignation
UN Security Council Urges Mali Mutineers to Return to Barracks Facebook Resists Handing Over Documents in Myanmar Genocide Probe
Human Rights Leader Killed in Philippine 'War Against Dissent' China's Top Diplomat to Visit Seoul Amid Stalled North Korea Talks
'Advocate for Peace': Bombing Kills Afghan Official in Kabul Sudan Foreign Ministry Spokesman Sacked After Israel Deal Comment
US State Dept Notifies Hong Kong It Has Ended Three Agreements Pakistan Will Not Recognize Israel: PM Khan
Mali Coup Leaders Promise Elections After Keita Overthrow Palestinians in Gaza Rally Against Israel-UAE Deal
Children Among 45 Dead in 2020's Worst Mediterranean Boat Tragedy 3 Killed in Earlier Rocket Attack in Kabul
ISWAP Terrorists Take Hundreds Hostage in Nigerian Town Israel Bombs Gaza After Warning Hamas It Risks War
Five Days Before Deadline, Israeli Election Appears Imminent as Netanyahu, Gantz Lock Horns US Suspends Its Extradition Treaty With Hong Kong
Lockheed Martin Will Take Part in Ukrainian Exhibitions for the First Time Pentagon Secrecy on Virus at Guantanamo Another Reason to Shut Offshore Prison, Democratic Senators Say

August 18th, 2020

Iraq Daily Roundup: 13 Killed in Iraq Trump: I Made Israel Embassy Move for Evangelicals
Israel Opposes US Sales of F-35 to UAE Despite Peace Deal
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