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November 17th, 2020

Iran FM: Biden Can Lift Sanctions With Three Executive Orders New US License Gives Chevron Until June 3 to Wind Down Venezuela Operations
Half-Nephew of Kim Jong UN in CIA Custody, Report Says Limited Impact Seen From Trump Investment Ban on Military-Linked Chinese Firms
Lithuania Signs for Up to Six UH-60M Helicopters From US Rights Group Condemns Iraq for Execution of ISIS-Linked Men
Former US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Calls for 'Targeted Reciprocity' in US-China Trade Ethiopia Freezes Bank Accounts Linked to Tigray Leaders: TV
Crisis-Weary Beirut Residents Defy New Lockdown Despite Covid Surge Saudi Arabia Concerned Over Israeli Moves in East Jerusalem: Statement
At Least 41 Hurt at Thailand Protest: Medics Analysis: 'No Free Lunch' for Lebanon Any More, Donor States Warn
Factbox: Which Countries Have Stakes in Ethiopia's War? Factbox: The Forces Fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray Conflict
Iraqi PM Discusses Future of Cooperation With the US-Led Coalition With Pompeo French Rights Activists Protest Proposed Curbs on Identifying Police
Thousands Protest Slovakia's Coronavirus Restrictions White House's O'Brien Says Trump Hopes All US Troops Home by May From Afghanistan, Iraq
In Shock Move, US to Drop Charges Against Ex-Mexican Defense Minister Iran's Zarif Says Biden Can Lift Sanctions With 'Three Executive Orders'
Germany Accuses Russia, China of Stalling Over North Korea Fuel Sanctions Wikipedia Was Source of Security Concern Questions for Huawei Exec: Canada Border Officer
Thailand: Dozens Injured in Violent Protests Bulgaria Blocks EU Membership Talks With North Macedonia
Pentagon Watchdog: Taliban Has Conducted 'Small Number' of Attacks on US-Led Coalition Afghan Forces Conduct 96% of Operations Independently: Khalid
Three Wounded in Faryab Car Bomb Explosion: Afghan Official Dems Send Pompeo Letter Demanding Information on Palestinian Village Demolition
Israeli Settlers Attempt to Resettle Site of Evacuated West Bank Settlement France Defies European Court Ruling Upholding Right to Boycott Israel
Is the UAE About to Invest in Israeli Settlements? EU Mission Visits Site of Planned Israeli Settlement Expansion; Heckled by Right-Wing Israelis
US Navy Plans to Raise New Fleet in Indo Pacific, Says Top US Official Greece Says It Is Willing to Take Second-Hand F-35s as Part of an Urgent Request
Top Democrat Calls Trump's Afghan Drawdown 'The Right Policy Decision' as Others Warn of 'Mistake' Progressive Democrats Call on Pompeo to Condemn Israeli Demolition of Bedouin Village
US Bombers Enter China's Air Defense Zone in East China Sea Hamas Livid as Palestinian Authority Restores Security Ties With Israel
Netanyahu's Son Compares Israeli Kibbutz Movement to Nazi Germany A Year Before Gantz Is Set to Succeed Netanyahu, Both Express Doubt It'll Happen
US Denies Russian Reports of Major Syria Troop Withdrawal US Moves F-16 Fighter Jet Squadron From Germany to UAE Amid Iran Tensions
Israel, EU Discuss Rail Link Between Mediterranean and Persian Gulf State Pompeo in Turkey for Fraught Visit With No Official Talks
Muslim Pro Users Denounce Tech Firm After Their Data 'Sold to US Military' US Border Agents Detained Iran-Linked Travelers Unlawfully, Emails Show
US Air Force Prepares for Its First Information Warfare Exercise German Defense Leaders Have 'Feelers Out' on Sudden US Withdrawal From Afghanistan
State Department to Release Cold War-Style Papers on China's Rise Former Green Beret Charged With Russian Espionage to Enter Plea
Female Combat Deaths Don't Erode War Support, Study Finds After 3 Failures, Pentagon Now Says It Won't Be Able to Produce a 'Clean' Audit Until 2027
Marines Prep for Possible War in Europe During Massive East Coast Training Exercise A Navy Destroyer Just Shot Down an ICBM Target for the First Time
Escalating Conflict Could Threaten Ethiopia's Economic Success Story Pakistan's Governing PTI Poised to Form Govt in Kashmir's Gilgit-Baltistan
Pakistan Protests Called Off After Deal With Govt to Downgrade Ties With France In Pictures: Thai Police Fire Tear Gas at Pro-Democracy Rally
More Than 1,000 Killed in Six Months in South Sudan Greek Police Use Tear Gas to Break Up March Marking 1973 Uprising
Iraqi Military Says Four Rockets Hit Baghdad's Green Zone Dozens Killed in Eastern DR Congo, ADF Militia Blamed
US Navy Begins Testing Logistics Drone Prototype Five Killed in Somalia Restaurant Suicide Attack
Rockets Strike Near US Embassy in Baghdad: Iraqi Officials 12 Security Force Members Killed in Badakhshan: Source
Afghan, Pakistani Officials Discuss Key Trade Agreement in Kabul 91% of Israelis Think Joe Biden Will Support Israel, New Study Finds
Israel Finds Explosives Planted on Syrian Border; Gantz Holds Damascus to Blame UN Says 'Full-Scale Humanitarian Crisis Unfolding' in Ethiopia
Jordanian King Heads to UAE for Trilateral Summit With Emirati, Bahraini Leaders Nine Israelis Rescued From Ethiopian War Zone in 'Complex' Operation
Netanyahu and Rivlin Phone to Congratulate Biden, Calling Him 'President-Elect' Justice Department Asserts Unreviewable Discretion to Kill US Citizens
Pentagon Announces Troop Drawdowns in Afghanistan and Iraq Russia to Build Naval Base in Sudan, Ushering in New Foothold in Africa
Scores of Israelis Evicted From Former Settlement in West Bank Riyadh to Sign Ceasefire With Yemen's Houthis 'if They Agree on Buffer Zone'
'They Destroyed Our Life': Iraqi Kurds Fear Turkey's Drones in PKK Mountain War Saudi Activists Tell UK MPs of Brutal Conditions Facing Political Detainees
US Offers to Repatriate Foreign Nationals Held in Northeastern Syria 'Vicious Cycle of Militarism': Biden's Defense Team Criticized for Ties to Arms Industry
Muslim Pro Prayer App Cuts Ties With Tech Firm After US Military Buys User Data Israeli PM Netanyahu to Make First UAE Trip Next Month
Biden Says US and Its Allies Need to Counter Chinese Influence G20's Saudi Arms Sales Three Times as Much as Aid to Yemen: Oxfam
Saudi Minister Says Nuclear Armament Against Iran 'An Option' Iran Vows 'Crushing' Response After NYT Says Trump Mulled Attack
Bosnia Arrests Former Serb Policeman Over Killing of 51 Civilians Armenia, Azerbaijan Exchange Troops' Bodies After Ceasefire
Ethiopia's PM Abiy Promises 'Final' Offensive in Tigray Palestinian Authority to Resume Coordination With Israel
Turkish Parliament Approves Peacekeepers for Azerbaijan President Trump Could Withdraw Most US Troops From Somalia
Biden May Review Plans for Troop Withdrawal From Germany: German Minister US Security Adviser O'Brien to Visit Vietnam This Week
Japan, Australia Reach Security Pact Amid Fears Over Disputed South China Sea Saudi Arabia Concerned Over Israeli Moves in East Jerusalem: Statement
Nagorno-Karabakh Talks Over Ceasefire 'Ambiguities' to Take Place Wednesday: France US Condemns Tigrayan Leaders for Attacking Eritrea
Pompeo Welcomes Nagorno-Karabakh Ceasefire, Urges for Political Solution Limited Impact Seen From Trump Investment Ban on Military-Linked Chinese Firms
Security Officials Worry Israel and Saudi Arabia May See the End of Trump as Their Last Chance to Go to War With Iran NATO Chief Warns of High Price if Troops Leave Afghanistan

November 16th, 2020

Iraq Daily Roundup: Ten Killed in Attacks; 21 Convicts Hanged Ethiopian Government Launches Airstrikes on Tigray's Capital
Armenian Foreign Minister Quits Over Nagorno-Karabakh Ceasefire Backlash Senator McConnell Speaks Out Against Afghanistan Withdrawal
National Security Adviser Declares Huawei the 'Number One Concern'
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