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December 20th, 2020

Turkish Military Fires Nearly 50 Artillery Shells Into Kurdistan Region's Zakho Peshmerga: PKK Is Still in Sinjar, Wearing Iraqi Forces' Uniforms
Militia Groups Are Forcing Baghdad's Liquor Sellers to Close Up Shop Basra: Thousands of Iraq Government Employees Demand 9 Months of Unpaid Wages
Federal Prosecutors Accuse Zoom Executive of Working With Chinese Government to Surveil Users and Suppress Video Calls Palestinian Foreign Minister Urges Israel to Return to Talks
Lockheed Martin Inks $4.4 Billion Deal to Acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne Missing Fort Drum Soldier Found Dead; Fellow Soldier Faces Murder Charge
Biden Space Advisers Urge Cooperation With China Trump Signs Bill That Could Delist Chinese Companies From US Stock Exchanges
Saudi Arabia and UAE Probably Hacked Journalists' Phones in London and Qatar, Report Says DHS Works to Improve Biometric Scanning of Masked Faces
Nepal's Parliament Dissolved Amid Power Struggle in the Ruling Party Taiwan Sends Ships, Aircraft as Chinese Carrier Passes Island
Police Killed at Least 20 Kenyans While Enforcing Coronavirus Rules. Hopes for Justice Are Fading. China Strikes Triumphal Note Over Economic Recovery as It Looks to Cut Reliance on US Technology
Thailand Holds Provincial Elections in Test of Democracy Nepal Dissolves Parliament After Government Infighting
Nigeria Jihadists Kill Five Soldiers, Kidnap Dozens of Civilians Three People Killed When Abandoned Bomb Explodes in Ethiopian Capital
Central African Republic Opposition Calls for Election Delay Due to Violence Tunisia Militants Behead Shepherd Near Algeria Border
US Lawmakers to Back $1.9 Billion to Replace Telecom Equipment From China's Huawei, ZTE: Source Thai Activists Stage Crop Top Protest Against Lese Majeste Law
Around 100 Protesters Detained in Belarus in Weekly March Iraq Military Says Outlaw Group Fired Rockets Into Baghdad's Green Zone, No Casualties
Afghanistan Dissolves State Ministry for Human Rights Afghan National Police Officer Killed, 2 More Wounded in Jalalabad Explosion
Document Indicates Corruption in Afghan School Project Afghan Reconciliation Council Seeks Timely Resumption of Talks
Pakistan's Khan Slams Rumors of Israel Normalization as 'Fake News' China Military Tails US Warship Through Taiwan Strait
'They Watched Friend Bleed': Yemen Stadium Attack Killed Ex-Footballer and Son Germany, Finland Repatriate Women and Children From Syria Camps
Sudan, Ethiopia to Hold Border Demarcation Talks Week After Clash Two More Arrested in Austria Over Vienna Terror Attack
Armed Settlers Assault Palestinians After Breaking Into Their Homes in West Bank Jewish Settlers Uproot Olive Saplings Near Salfit
Another Polio Case Reported in Balochistan, Tally Jumps to 25 Fort Drum Officials: Missing Soldier Found Dead
Kabul Bomb Attack Kills Women, Children; Lawmaker Wounded Nigeria: Vigilantes Rescue New Group of Kidnapped Children
Iraqi Kurds Carried Out Mass Executions of Alleged ISIS Fighters, HRW Says Germany Brings Home ISIS Brides, Children From Syrian Camps
India: Narendra Modi Drops in on Sikh Temple Amid Protests Rockets Fired at US Embassy in Baghdad
Bosnia: Divided Town of Mostar Holds First Local Vote in Over a Decade

December 19th, 2020

In Refugee Camps, Palestinians Prepare for Post-Abbas Power Struggle In East Jerusalem, a Battle Over 'Every Inch' of Land
Peacekeepers Deploy in Central African Republic as UN Chief Calls for Calm Years After 'Collective Punishment', Libyans Trickle Home
Mexico's President Has Call With Biden, Commits to Work Together US Senator Ted Cruz Blocks Bill Giving Hongkongers Special Refugee Status, Citing Spy Threat From Beijing
A Pistachio Tycoon Picks a Fight With the US Navy Navy Breaks Record With Its 13th Transit Through the Taiwan Strait This Year
Iraq Devalues National Currency Over Economic Crisis Iraqi PM Warns of Collapse of State Without Financial Reform
UN Security Council Extends Mandate of Team Monitoring Taliban-Related Sanctions Three Civilians Found Dead in Herat: Police
Six Afghan Soldiers Killed in Badghis Attack: Official Afghan Journalists Seek Protection, Probe Into Recent Attacks
Ghani Meets Afghan Negotiators, Seeks More Consolations OCHA: West Bank Demolitions and Displacement
Turkish Philanthropist on Trial for Alleged Failed Coup Ties Turkey Condemns Consulate Staff Arrest in Greece
Microsoft Seeks Biden's Backing in Fight Against Israeli Spyware Company Six Syrian Rebels Killed in Accidental Explosion as Clashes Continue
Trump Administration Looks to Split NSA and US Cyber Command Fort Hood's Top Enlisted Soldier Suspended, Investigation Pending
How the US Defense Business Makes Billions Off Missile Sales Central African Republic Says Ex-President Attempting 'Coup' as Rebels Form Coalition
EU Parliament Calls for Action Over Egypt's Human Rights Abuses Stuck in Guantanamo for 12 Years, Afghan Inmate's Health at Risk
Armenians March to Mourn War Victims, Demand PM Resigns Boycotting Israeli Settlements Is Antisemitic, Says US Envoy
Yemen's STC Separatists Join Unity Government Against Houthis Israeli Settlement Hits Palestinian Dreams and Memories of Jerusalem Airport
Mobilizing Marijuana: Israel's Cannabis Industry Prepares to Go Legit Triple Murder in Northern Israel Makes 2020 Deadliest Year for Arabs in Two Decades
Amid Normalization Push, Egypt, Jordan, PA Say Only 2 States Solution Will Solve Conflict Armed Jewish Settlers Attack Palestinian Homes in Hebron
Israeli Army Prevents Palestinian Farmers From Planting Olive Trees Five Rockets Fired at US Airbase in Afghanistan
Central African Republic Accuses Ex-President Bozize of Coup Plot UN Security Council Extends DR Congo Peacekeeping Mission for One Year
Why Boko Haram's Attack on Toumour, Niger Is a Stark Warning to Neighboring States Central African Republic Rebel Groups Announce Coalition After UN Chief Calls for Peaceful Elections

December 18th, 2020

US Blacklists Over 60 Chinese Firms in Latest Swipe at Beijing
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