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January 15th, 2021

Iraq Daily Roundup: 14 Wounded Hypersonic Superweapons Are a Mirage, New Analysis Says
Haiti Braces for Unrest as Opposition Demands New President Two US Military Bases in South Korea Shelter in Place as Coronavirus Curbs Extended Nationwide
Ethiopia's Oromia Conflict: Why a Teacher Was Killed 'Execution-Style' Feds Walk Back Claim That There Were 'Kill Capture Teams' at Capitol
US Imposes More Sanctions on Cuba Trump Changes Centcom Policy to Increase Arab-Israeli Efforts Against Iran
US Judge Authorizes Sale of Citgo Parent Shares Despite Treasury Ban Guyana Beefs Up Military Presence on Venezuela Border
Maduro Ally Presses for Dialogue With Biden Trump Gives Award to Morocco's King in Private Ceremony
Four Pakistani Soldiers Killed in Separate Clashes Rare Conviction of South Sudan Soldiers for Rape Raises Hope
Relaxing China Tariffs Would Help US Economy, Report Says Mexican President Accuses US of Fabricating Drug Case Against Ex-Defense Chief
Following US, Russia Announces Exit From Open Skies Treaty Biden to Name Another Obama Veteran as CIA Deputy Director
Rebels Kill UN Peacekeeper in Central African Republic Hong Kong Censorship Debate Grows as Internet Firm Says Can Block 'Illegal Acts'
Fiji Wins Presidency of UN Rights Body After Vote Unblocks Leadership Impasse EU Suspends Ethiopian Budget Support Over Tigray Crisis
Greece Arrests Suspected Syrian Militant Wanted in Netherlands Libya Releases Bodies Found in Mass Graves for Burial
Uganda's Museveni Takes Commanding Election Lead as Rival Alleges Fraud Tunisian Police Clash With Protesters After Police Beating
One Civilian Killed in Ghazni Car Bomb Attack; Eight Militants Killed in Airstrike Radio Station Attacked by Mob in Afghanistan
Illegal Armed Groups Obstruct Rescue of Afghan Child: Probe Team Pentagon Report Adds New Evidence Iran's Soleimani Was Killed by New Highly Precise Missile
Nord Stream 2: German Foundation Fights Possible US Sanctions Pentagon Brings Troops in Afghanistan Down to 2,500, Lowest Since 2001
Israel Says Vaccine Equally Available to All Citizens. but Is That Really the Case? Israel Lobby Urges Biden to Ramp Up Attacks on College Activists
EU Border Guards Ask No Questions as They Shop for Israel's Drones Palestinian Authority to Pay Full Salaries to More Than 900 Prisoners
Treasury Imposes Additional Sanctions on Cuba Over Allegations of 'Serious Human Rights Abuse' Renewed Protests in Nasiriyah Demand the Release of Detained Activists
Taliban Now Discouraging Fighters From Taking Multiple Wives. The Reason May Surprise You Fort Bliss Soldier Charged With Rape of Fellow Unit Member a Year Before Her Death New Year's Eve
L3Harris to Build Prototype Satellite Capable of Tracking Hypersonic Weapons French Army Orders 364 Serval Armored Vehicles
French Forces Get New Batch of Micro-Drones for Recon Missions Trump Administration Hits Iran With Even More Sanctions
Lockerbie Bomber's Family Lose Appeal Against His Conviction 'Under Siege': Uganda's Bobi Wine Says Military Raids Home
Calls Grow for Biden to Reject Houthi 'Terrorist' Designation 'Bad News for Riyadh' as Menendez Set to Chair US Senate Foreign Relations
German Defense Minister Pushes Need for Stronger Drone Air Defenses French Troops Kill 15 Jihadists in Mali
South Korea Tests Homegrown SLBM as North Korea Parades Its Own 46 Pygmies Killed in ADF Attack in Eastern DR Congo
Top PMF Official Slams US Sanctions on Iraqi Militia Leader Israel's Gantz: Our Enemies Will Act Regardless of Our Elections, and So Will We
Regional Ramifications as Trump Seeks to Include Israel in Centcom Following US Pressure, Abbas Announces First Elections in Palestine in 15 Years
Netanyahu Challenger Gideon Sa'ar Pledges Change to Israeli-US Ties With Biden Israel Frees Lebanese Shepherd Detained in Disputed Border Area
Court Halts Home Sales in New East Jerusalem Neighborhood Amid Discrimination Claims Afghanistan's Marshal Dostum's Aide Seeks Implementation of Political Agreement
Afghan Negotiators Meet US Envoy as They Push to Finalize Talks Agenda Female Afghan Army Members Urge Safeguarding of Rights in Doha
14 Soldiers Killed in Taliban Attacks in Two Provinces: Sources Afghan Radio Station 'Attacked' in Kunduz
Egyptian Group Hasm Designated 'Terrorist Organization' by US Iran Tests 'Bomber Drones' and Missiles in Third Military Exercise This Month
'Dear Tayyip': Erdogan and Macron Exchanged Letters to Repair Ties 'The World's Most Powerful Weapon': North Korea Parades New Missile
UN: Nearly 60,000 Have Fled Central African Republic Violence UN: 'Major Violations' of International Law at Tigray Refugee Camps
Xi to Former Starbucks CEO: Help Repair US-China Relations No Let-Up: Trump Administration Targets Iran With More Sanctions
Analysis: Investors Resigned to Trump's China Ban, With Biden Seen Changing Little Russia Announces Exit From Open Skies Treaty Citing US Withdrawal
US Says Could Restart Prosecution of Ex-Mexican Defense Minister US Announces New Sanctions on Six Linked to Hong Kong Mass Arrests
US Blacklists Cuban Interior Ministry Over Alleged Human Rights Abuses UN Says US Blacklisting of Yemen Group May Hinder Bid to Avert Oil Spill
India's Friction With US Rises Over Planned Purchase of Russian S-400 Defence Systems US Troops in Afghanistan Now Down to 2,500, Lowest Since 2001: Pentagon

January 14th, 2021

Afghan Talks in Doha Limp Along, Awaiting Biden Israel to Lobby Biden to Go Easy on Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the UAE
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