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August 26th, 2020

China Fires Missiles Into South China Sea in 'Warning' to US South China Sea: 'If China Attacks Our Navy, We'll Call the US', Philippines Says
Libya's Capital Under 24-Hour Curfew as Youth-Led Protests Mount UN Envoy: Pandemic Increased Poverty in Iraq by Over 10%
Mexican Army to Investigate Soldiers in Border Deaths Sadistic Facebook Shuts Down Gaza Health Ministry Page
SIGAR: 50% Police in Afghan South Use Drugs, 50-70% 'Ghost Soldiers' Afghan Govt Circles Accused of Building Militias, Arming Local Strongmen
Saudi Arabia Sees Oil Revenues Plunge in June Thai Minister Says Clampdown Won't Stop as Facebook Plans to Fight Order
DR Congo Army Says Islamist Militia Kills 20 in East US Military Presence Needed in Asia: Philippines' Foreign Minister
'Doing the Government's Job': Beirut Volunteers Steer Relief Effort Belarusian Police Disperse Minsk Protesters, Detain Dozens
Lebanese Forces Used Excessive Force in Blast Protests: HRW ACLU Suing Trump Administration Over Portland Protest Tactics
Israeli Stabbed to Death by Palestinian in Suspected Terror Attack Netanyahu Vows to Raze Palestinian Suspect's Home After Fatal Attack
Likud Claims Prosecution Encouraging 'Violent Anarchy' With Stance on Protests British Team Help Free Iranian Sailors Held in Longest-Ever Somali Hijacking
Nasrallah Calls Tuesday Night Border Clash With Israel 'Important and Sensitive' US Calls for Turkey-Iraq Cooperation to Tackle PKK
Labour Halts UK Government 'Amnesty' Bill for Soldiers Accused of Torture and War Crimes Libya Ceasefire: Window of Opportunity or Doomed to Fail?
Between the Lines: Egypt's Censorship Crackdown Targets Foreign Book Translations Mounting Discontent Among Leading Saudi Royals Over MBS' Rule
Iran MPs Submit Motion to Ban All 'Foreign Messaging Apps' US Offers $5m Reward for Two Men Kidnapped in Afghanistan
Coronavirus: Poverty in Iraq Increased 10 Per Cent Since Outbreak, UN Says Bahrain Recommits to Two-State Solution Despite Push for Israel Deal
Sudan and US Near Deal on Paying Victims of Terror Attacks UK News Coverage of Terrorism Puts 'Disproportionate Focus on Muslims'
Pompeo Exchanges Views on Israel, Libya Conflict and Iran With UAE Counterpart Saudi Arabia's Most Famous Prisoners Cut Off From Contacting Families
Jordanian Prince Sparks Controversy After Tweeting Article Denouncing UAE-Israel Deal US Official: 'Incredibly Positive Conversations' Held Over Selling F-35s to UAE
What Kind of Industrial Cooperation Will Improved Israel-UAE Relations Produce? US Nuclear Weapons Budget Could Skyrocket if Russia Treaty Ends
Latest Variant of Patriot Missile Misfired in Major Test of Command System US Imposes Sanctions on Chinese Defense Firms Over Maritime Dispute
Family of Fort Hood Soldier Demands Answers After Body Found in Texas, Attorney Says Brother of Army Officer Who Testified Against Trump Alleges Widespread Abuse, Retaliation at National Security Council
US Says Airstrike Kills 6 Al-Shabab in Somalia After Ambush UK Government Says Payouts for Iraq Abuse Claims 'Too Many to Count'
British Soldier Says UK Has Yemeni 'Blood on Its Hands' Over Saudi Arms Sales Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Resigns From UAE Peace Forum Over Israel Statement
Mohammed Bin Salman Pulls Out of Planned Meeting in Washington With Netanyahu Netanyahu Incites Violence by Casting Protesters as Clear and Present Danger
Israel: as Anti-Netanyahu Protests Grow, the Russian Community Joins the Fray Displaced Yemenis Suffer as Aid Shortfall Closes Clinics
India Indicts Pakistani Militant in 2019 Kashmir Bombing Thai Protest Boycotts Force Businesses to Pick Sides
Thai PM Warns Nation Could Be 'Engulfed in Flames' if Division Persists Netanyahu Vows 'Forceful' Response if More Attacks From Lebanon
Germany to End Mandatory Tests for Travelers, Bans Protests Modern Spy Satellites in an Age of Space Wars
Montenegro President: Independence at Stake in Upcoming Vote UK Free to Give Evidence on ISIS 'Beatles' to US, British Court Rules
Armed Men Abducted Six, Wounded Others in Libya Rally: Amnesty Rights Group Urges Release of Abducted Libyan Protesters
Egypt to Prosecute Some 54 Million Who Boycotted Senate Vote Erdogan Says Turkey to Get Rights in Seas Around It
'Polishing the Gun': China, US Tensions Raise Taiwan Conflict Fears Afghanistan Policewoman Turned Filmmaker Wounded in Gun Attack
Belarus Leader Among 118 on Lithuania's Sanctions List France Must Clean Up Algerian Nuclear Test Sites: Group
Australian Law to Target States' Deals With Foreign Governments in Anti-China Move Dutch Minister Discusses Rights With Chinese Counterpart
France Sends Reform Roadmap to Crisis-Ridden Lebanon Why Are Thai Students Protesting Against King Vajiralongkorn?
Hong Kong Police Arrest Two Legislative Council Members Gaza Fears the Worst as Israel Ratchets Up Its Siege
Belarus Turns Up Pressure on Protesters, Arrests More Than 50 Bahrain Rejects US Push to Normalize Relations With Israel
EU Freezes Missions Training Malian Army and Police After Coup Israeli Army Claims Air Strikes on Hezbollah Positions in Lebanon
Greece, Cyprus, Italy, France to Hold Military Exercises From Wednesday US Claims Four Troops Injured as US, Russian Vehicles Collide in Syria
Turkey Says 'No Concessions' in East Mediterranean Row Sweden Raises Alarm Over Russian Military Exercises
China Fires Missiles in South China Sea 'in Warning to US' After Plane Entered No-Fly Zone 17-Year-Old Arrested in Killing of 2 People in Kenosha Protests
Polish, US Air Forces Participate in Bilateral Exercise

August 25th, 2020

China: US Flew Spy Plane Into No-Fly Zone Yemen's Southern Separatists Pull Out of Riyadh Talks
UN Suggests Covid Restrictions Kept ISIS Limited in Many Countries
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