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December 15th, 2020

Deputy Governor Killed in Afghan Capital Bombing Trump Is Considering Clemency for Silk Road Founder
Pakistan Accuses India of Killing Troops at Kashmir Border: Military In Kashmir, Militants Are High on Recruitment, but Weaponless
Ukraine Parliament Restores Powers of Anti-Corruption Agency in Bid for Foreign Loans Mexico Lashes Out at US With Law Expected to Harm Cooperation on Drug Fight
Central African Republic Ex-President Bozize Says He Accepts Election Bar Mexico's President Says Small 'Mistakes' Behind Delay in Landmark Cannabis Bill
Bloomberg: Biden Team Plans to Reverse Trump's Cuba Sanctions UN: Libya's Rivals Fail to Agree on How to Choose Transitional Government
National Security Law: Hongkonger Charged With Secession Denied Bail for Second Time Taiwan Sees Role as Arms Supplier for West, Launches New Warship
Path to New Lebanese Cabinet Totally Blocked, Berri Says Shots Fired at Mogadishu Protests, as Somalia Cuts Ties With Kenya
Sanctioned Turkish Defense Industry Chief Expects US Ties to Survive Cuba Rejects US Report on Diplomat Health Incidents
Army Abducts a Wounded Palestinian Teen in Jerusalem, Elderly Woman in Hebron Ukraine: Dozens of Police Hurt in Anti-Lockdown Protests
NATO Dismisses New Anti-Nuclear UN Treaty as Risky, Ineffective Ethiopia: Fears Mount for Tigray's Civilians
EU Unveils Landmark Law Curbing Power of Tech Giants Afghan Police Attacked by Gunmen in Bagrami, Kabul, 1 Dead
Afghanistan: Ghor Provincial Council Deputy Killed in IED Blast Taliban Oppose Holding Next Round of Talks in Afghanistan
Turkey Kills 4 YPG Members in Northern Syria Nigerian Mom Pleads for Child's Return After Boko Haram Claims Responsibility for Mass School Kidnapping
Danish Navy Patrol Vessel Ordered Back to Base Due to Covid Outbreak White House Says President Trump Still Plans to Veto NDAA
Israel Offered to Release Murderers in Talks on Hamas Prisoner Swap Netanyahu Taps Deputy Mossad Head as Spy Agency's Next Chief; Doesn't Tell Gantz
Iraqis Shed Masks as Economic Pain Overshadows Virus Fear Pakistan to Return $2 Billion Saudi Debt After China Bail-Out
Iran Says US 'Addicted to Sanctions', as Washington Sanctions Turkey Army CID Is Burned Out and Mismanaged by Military Police Leadership, Special Agents Say
Trump Weighs Executive Order for Ill Veterans Who Served at Toxic 'Black Goo' Base in Uzbekistan Congress Authorizes New Arctic Icebreakers for Coast Guard
Female Recruits to Train at Marines' All-Male San Diego Boot Camp in Historic First Saudi Arabia Hires New Crop of Lobbyists Ahead of Biden Administration
Turkish Markets Shrug Off Softer-Than-Expected US Sanctions ICC Prosecutor Sees 'Crimes Against Humanity' in Philippines
US Media Outlets Claim Russia Is Behind Massive Hack Without Evidence Pakistan President Approves Anti-Rape Ordinance
Biden's Team Is Planning a Cuba Reset: Sources French and Russian Facebook Trolls Fight It Out in Central African Republic Elections
Norway Blocked Saudi Request to Give Diplomatic Immunity to Suspicious 'Security Team' Iraqi Activist Shot Dead in Baghdad
Members of US Congress Demand Facebook Take Steps to 'Eradicate' Anti-Muslim Bias Moscow Condemns US Sanctions on Turkey Over Russian Missile Purchases
Active-Duty US Soldier in Germany Dies of Covid-19 Sweden Ups Defense Budget 40% Due to Regional Tensions
Congress OKs New Arctic Icebreakers for Coast Guard Gunmen Attack Palestinian Authority Headquarters in Jenin
US May Invite Saudi Arabia, Oman and PA to Energy Conference With Israel Iron Dome Intercepts Cruise Missiles for First Time
Israel Stages Major Air Defense Drill, Proving It Can Shoot Down Cruise Missiles Afghan Govt Accused of Double Standards for Voted-Out Caretakers
Details of Taliban, Republic Demands for Talks Agenda Iranian Oil Exports Rise as Tehran Circumvents Sanctions, Finds New Buyers
Moroccan Authorities Prevent Protest Against Ties With Israel in Rabat Lebanon Sentences Activist for Allegedly Collaborating With Israel
Middle East Countries Amongst Highest Jailers of Journalists in 2020 In Germany, Cultural Groups Worry About Conflation Between BDS and Antisemitism
How US Sanctions Will Affect Turkey's Defense Industry Beirut Explosion: Lebanon's Investigation on Edge Following Political Backlash
Afghanistan: Kabul's Deputy Governor Killed in IED Blast Somalia Cuts Diplomatic Ties With Kenya Citing Interference
Malawi Signs Extradition Papers for Self-Proclaimed Prophet Normalization With Israel 'Not on Agenda', Says Tunisian PM
'Unacceptable': Sudanese PM Criticizes Army's Business Interests Boko Haram Claims Kidnapping of Hundreds of Nigerian Students
Israel Signals Openness to Future Joint Missile Defense With Gulf Partners US Sanctions Spark Rare Show of Unity in Turkey's Parliament
Kushner to Lead US Delegation to Israel, Morocco US Designates Bahrain-Based Group as Terrorist, Accusing It of Having Iran Backing
Putin Congratulates Joe Biden on US Election Victory: Kremlin South Korea Bans Anti-North Leaflets; Defector Says He Won't Stop

December 14th, 2020

Iraq Daily Roundup: Three Killed in Attacks US Iran Envoy Defends Assassination of Iranian Scientist
ISIS Attacks in Syria Fall to Lowest Number of the Year Rouhani: Iran Will Return to Nuclear Deal Within an Hour of US Doing So
Iran Sends Tanker to Venezuela to Load Crude Oil
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