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December 29th, 2020

Former Jewish American Spy Jonathan Pollard Lands in Israel Israeli Airstrikes Reported Near Damascus
Air Strikes Kill Four Militants in Afghanistan Shi'ite Leader Assassinated in Southern Iraq
Russian Military Says 3 of Its Troops Wounded in Syria Struggling Artists Bring Smiles in War-Weary Yemen
Trump Administration Facing Legal Action Over 'Rushed' Sale of Arms to UAE France Now Rejects Any Military Actions in Libya, Calls for Election
Venezuela Signs Contract With Russia to Acquire Coronavirus Vaccine Iraqi Kurdistan Finally Moves to Develop Massive Gas Resources
Trump Administration Approves $290 Million Bomb Sale to Saudi Arabia Syrian Media Reports Israeli Airstrikes Near Damascus
A Thai Dissident Was Kidnapped. When Police Had No Answers, His Sister Began to Investigate Hong Kong Teen Gets Prison for Insulting Chinese Flag
Ghana Opposition to Challenge Presidential Election Loss New Jihadist Attack in Troubled N. Mozambican Province
Kent State Shooting Survivor Alan Canfora Dies at 71 Iranian Women's Group Empowers Amid Pandemic by Making Masks
Sudanese Bury Man Apparently Tortured During Detention China-Russia Ties Won't Be Broken, Declare Xi and Putin in Signal to Biden
US Strengthens Ban on Chinese Military-Linked Firms as Investors Await Index Compilers' Fine-Tuning Moves Iran to Resume Gas Flows to Iraq After Agreement on Unpaid Bills: Iraq Ministry
Russia, Working With US, Seizes Cocaine, Arrests Traffickers, Says Moscow Russia Hands Ex-Energy Executive 15 Years in Jail for Spying
Russia Imposes Travel Ban on German Officials in Response to Sanctions Second Indian State Steps Closer to Enacting 'Love Jihad' Law
Turkey's Top Court Rules Philanthropist's Rights Not Violated While Being Held Three Years Without Conviction Violence Closed 800 Polling Stations in Central African Republic
Russia Labels Domestic Violence NGO 'Foreign Agent' Russian Police Arrest Renegade Priest in Convent Raid
Uganda Sees No End to Election-Related Violence Turkey Tightens Control Over NGOs to 'Combat Terrorism'
Protesters in Nepal Decry Dissolution of Parliament Italian Fishermen Speak of Torture After Detention in Libya
Turkish Soldiers Arrive in Azerbaijan for Ceasefire Monitoring Mission: Minister Israel's Vaccine Rollout Excludes Palestinians
Hundreds of Covid Vaccines Thrown Away in Israel Soldiers Injure Five Palestinians, Abduct Three, During Home Demolition Near Hebron
Air Force Finds Skeletal Remains at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Houston Production of New Low-Yield Nuclear Warheads That Biden Calls a 'Bad Idea' Is Complete
Iran Cuts Power Supply to Iraq on Unpaid Debt Iran Begins Human Trials for Locally Made Coronavirus Vaccine
US Court Strikes Down Pandemic Limits on New York's Houses of Worship Sudanese Paramilitary Group Refers Own Intelligence Chief for Investigation Over Activist Killing
Stateless Bidoon Man Survives Self-Immolation Attempt and Prompts Outcry in Kuwait Iran Energy Minister in Baghdad Over Trade Dispute
NGO Demands UAE Close Its 'Secret Yemen Prisons' Activists Call for Release of Palestinian Techno DJ Arrested After Permitted Gig at Muslim Shrine
US Sanctions Harming Syrians and Hampering Reconstruction Efforts: UN Russia, Turkey to Develop Military Ties Despite US Sanctions
Explosive Device Kills Three French Soldiers in Mali Iran to Resume Gas Flows to Iraq After Agreement on Unpaid Bills, Iraq Ministry Says
Trump Administration Approves $290m Bomb Sale to Saudis UN Rights Official Criticizes US Sanctions on Syria
Russian Military Says 3 of Its Troops Wounded in Syria US State Department Approves $4.2 Billion in Potential Arms Sales to Kuwait: Pentagon
Latest Fight Over Defense Bill May Push Final Passage Into 2021 UAE Emerges as Hub for Companies Helping Venezuela Avoid US Oil Sanctions
Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai Announces New Party Called the Israelis Party US 'Concerned' Over Jail Sentence for Saudi Women's Rights Activist
Israeli Records Show US Sold Ambassador's Home for $67 Million Claiming Blue and White 'Saved Israel,' Gantz Says He'll Lead Party in Election
Two Doctors Abducted by Gunmen in Parwan MPs Seek Details of Kabul Police Force Expansion
Israeli Forces Uproot 350 Olive Trees, Displace Residents Near Jericho Morocco Lawyers Appeal to Supreme Court to Cancel Normalization Deal With Israel
Algeria Uncovers Ransom Payment Linked to Hostage Exchange Agreement in Mali Israeli Settlers Enter Al-Aqsa Compound Despite Covid-19 Lockdown
Iraq World's Second-Deadliest Country for Journalists in 2020, Report Finds Horrified Lebanese Shelter Syrian Refugees After Camp Attack
Russia and Turkey to Continue Military Cooperation Despite US Sanctions US Sold Tel Aviv Ambassador's Home to Billionaire Trump-Backer for $67m
Family of Jailed Saudi Activist Al-Hathloul to Appeal Sentencing Gaza Militants Fire Rockets Into the Sea in First Joint Exercise
Biden's Nominees Will Face a China Gauntlet

December 28th, 2020

Biden Calls for Stronger Trade Coalitions Against China Iran Warns US and Israel Against Crossing 'Red Lines' in Persian Gulf
Joe Biden Calls for 'Modernizing' US Defenses to Face Russia and China China Opposes Taiwan and Tibet Legislation Packed Into Spending Bill
Australian Senator Predicts War Between US and China in 'Three to Five Years' US Navy Challenges Vietnam's Claims in South China Sea
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