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October 8th, 2020

125 Troops Return to Ireland After Six Months in Syria US Offers $5 Million Reward for the Arrest of a Former Venezuelan Official
Russia Explosion and Fire at Munitions Depot Sends 2,000 Fleeing Divers Discover French WWI Submarine Off Tunisia
Guinea Opposition Leader Urges Octogenarian President to 'Retire' China Tells Indian Media Not to Call Taiwan a Country, Taiwan Says 'Get Lost'
Germany Says Thai King Cannot Rule From There Kyrgyz Security Forces Demand Rival Politicians Sit Down for Talks
UK's Johnson Tells Ukraine: We're With You 100% Philippine Activists Say Drug War Fight Not Over, Despite UN 'Let-Down'
Shi'ite Pilgrimage Fans Fears of Spreading Covid-19 in Iraq Gang War Erupts in Rohingya Refugee Camps in Bangladesh, at Least Eight Killed, Thousands Flee
Montenegro's President Asks Pro-Serb Opposition Leader to Form New Government North Cyprus Reopens Part of Resort Abandoned in 1974 Conflict
Top Turkish, Greek Diplomats Hold First Meeting Since Crisis, Agree on Talks Three Journalists Hurt in Azeri Shelling, One in Serious Condition: Karabakh Authorities
Bulgaria and Slovakia Recalling Ambassadors From Belarus Political Failings Put Colombian Activists at Risk: Amnesty International
Russia Says Kyrgyzstan Is in Chaos and Needs Stabilizing Lebanon's Sunni Leader Hariri Says He Fears Civil Strife as Financial Crisis Hardens
Lock Down or Face State of Emergency, Spanish Government Tells Madrid Royal Navy Assembles Largest Carrier Strike Group in Decades
Rights Group Condemns EU Delegation's Visit to Southern Israel Israeli Settlers Assault Palestinians, Burn 50 Olive Trees
Major UK Pension Fund Body Demanding Answers on Israeli Settlements In a First, British Trade Unions Commit to Challenging Israeli 'Apartheid'
Hezbollah Says Border Demarcation Talks With Israel Not Related to Normalization of Ties DoJ Bans Use of Grant Funds for Certain Foreign-Made Drones
Defense Department Designates $600 Million for 5G Testing at Military Sites Druze General Injured in 2014 War Named Next Liaison to Palestinians
Iran Says New US Sanctions Target 'Remaining Channels to Pay for Food, Medicine' Erdogan Says Turkish Troops Will Not Stay in Syria 'Forever'
EU Parliament Condemns Saudi Arabia Over Treatment of Ethiopian Migrants US Seizes 92 Domains Used by Iran to Spread 'Fake News'
Hunger Strike by Palestinian Detained Without Charges Hits 75 Days; Wife Joins Strike PM Modi Reaffirms India's Commitment to Afghanistan
Six Security Force Members Killed in Taliban Attack in Kunduz Egypt Using Special Terror Courts to Silence Dissent, UN Experts Say
Trump's Call for Troop Pullout 'By Christmas' Sparks Reactions Pentagon Debuts Yet Another Plan to Speed Up Weapons Buys
'The Military's #metoo Moment:' Fort Hood Victims Speak Out Coronavirus: Beijing Holds Fire on Donald Trump's Threat 'To Make China Pay'
Kyrgyzstan Crisis: No Clear Leadership After Days of Unrest Kyrgyzstan's Complex Crisis Explained
Belarus Opposition Leader Says Any Trial for Lukashenko Subject to Negotiation Greece, Cyprus Threaten EU Sanctions Against Turkey Over Northern Cyprus Resort
Armenia Unfairly Blasted Israeli Arms Sales, Azerbaijani Official Says Thirteen Charged in 'Plots' Against Michigan Governor
Former Unaoil Executive Sentenced Over Iraq Bribery Worth $1.7bn Assad: No Talks With Israel Without Return of Golan Heights to Syria
Kidnapped Mali Opposition Leader and French Aid Worker Freed Mali Coup Leaders Free Former Prime Minister, Generals
NATO Chief Calls for New Strategy on Cyber, China New Race for Space: DoD Official Outlines US Space Strategy
Trump Unchained? Afghan Troop Surprise Shows Pre-Election Impulse to Upend Policy Military Blindsided by Trump's New Afghan Troop Withdrawal
Israeli Cabinet to Vote on UAE Peace Agreement Next Week US Hits Iran's Financial Sector With New Round of Sanctions
Nagorno-Karabakh Says Death Toll Among Its Military Rises to 350 Since Start of Conflict FBI Says It Foiled Plot to Kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
The Pentagon Won't Say if All US Troops Are Actually Leaving Afghanistan by Christmas US and Japanese Forces Will Practice Island Amphibious Landings Together This Month
Japan Defense Chief, US Commander Share Concerns Over China Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Both Sides Accused of Using Cluster Bombs
Kyrgyzstan Leader Holds Talks to Try to End Political Crisis To Dodge Sanctions Venezuela Turns to Asia Asphalt Giant
Armenia Says Cathedral Shelled in Clashes With Azerbaijan High Court Won't Reconsider Barring Home Demolition of Accused Soldier Killer
Hezbollah Says Rare Maritime Talks With Israel Don't Mean Normalization Netanyahu to Bring UAE Deal for Approval in Cabinet, Knesset Next Week
Yemen's Houthi-Run Al Masirah TV Accounts Suspended by Twitter 'War Is Imminent': Iraq's Kadhimi Moves to Fend Off US Threat to Target Pro-Iran Groups
Taliban Welcome Donald Trump's Christmas Troop Withdrawal Iran Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi Freed From Jail
Yemen: UN Calls for Ceasefire as Clashes Resume in Hodeidah Port US Dismantles Global Disinformation Campaign Tied to Iran: Justice Department
Top Turkish, Greek Diplomats Hold First Meeting Since Crisis, Agree on Talks Israel Signs Deal With Jordan to Open Airspace: Transport Ministry
Is Beijing Trying to Exhaust Taiwan's Air Force? Donald Trump Vows to 'Make China Pay' for Coronavirus Pandemic

October 7th, 2020

US Warns China Against Taiwan Attack At Least 52 Killed as Fighting Picks Up in Vital Yemen Aid Port
Iraq Daily Roundup: Seven Killed US Pushes Afghanistan to Make Side Deal With Pakistan
Half of Nagorno-Karabakh's Population Displaced by Fighting US, France, and Russia to Hold Talks on Nagorno-Karabakh
Bill Could Impose Sanctions on Areas Deemed Hezbollah-Controlled At Least 90 Killed in Last Month of Syria-ISIS Fighting
Taiwan Spent Almost $900 Million This Year Scrambling Against China US Says Taiwan's Defense Budget Increase Is Not Big Enough
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