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January 19th, 2021

Iran Says It Is Producing Half a Kilogram of 20% Enriched Uranium Daily Biden's Intel Chief Says 'We Are a Long Ways' From Returning to Iran Deal
Kashmiris Demand Action Against UK Lawmaker Kashmir: Militants Target Non-Locals Amid Tensions Over Land Laws
Rebels Amass on Outskirts of Central African Republic Town Taiwan Could Be America's 'Maritime Israel,' Says Taipei Defense Guru
Biden Pick for Pentagon Cruises Through Confirmation Hearing Woman Is Sentenced to 43 Years for Criticizing Thai Monarchy
At Least 40 Security Force Members Killed in Afghanistan in 24 Hours No Pardons for Edward Snowden or Julian Assange
Huge Explosion in Oil Tanker in Central Syria, No Casualties Guatemalan Military Clears US-Bound Migrant Caravan From Road
Turkey Orders 238 Detained in Military Probe Over Gulen Links: Anadolu Calls for Biden to Reverse Yemen Houthi Terror Designation Grow
Israeli Navy Attacks Palestinian Fishermen in Gaza Israeli Soldiers Shoot Two Palestinians Near Qalqilia
Spain Legal Victory Exposes EU Lie About BDS Palestinian Official Says Holding Talks in Russia
Israeli Tanks Strike Hamas Posts in Gaza After Rocket Fire Over 18,000 Pentagon Contractors Remain in Afghanistan Despite Troop Reduction
US Bombs Somalia After Troop Withdrawal Trump Officials: Mauritania, Indonesia Were Next to Normalize, but Time Ran Out
Libyan Leaders Approve Interim Executive Mechanism: UN Tunisia Seeks to Stem Wave of Night-Time Street Riots
Army Reserve Sergeant and AWOL Soldier Who Joined YPG Arrested Amid Capitol Riot Fallout US Soldier Arrested for Planning Attacks on NYC 9/11 Memorial and Troops Overseas
House Committee Replaces Lloyd Austin's Waiver Hearing With Closed Door Meeting Lebanese Military to Receive 100 Armored Vehicles From UK to Secure Borders
Turkey Reports Nearly 15% Drop in Defense Exports Turkey Charges Six With Selling Secret Info About Defense Programs
Design Flaw Halts Deliveries of Freedom-Class Littoral Combat Ship 'Chilling' Crackdown on Dissent in Vietnam Ahead of Key Congress
Taiwan Stages Military Drills as China Sanctions US Officials Indigenous Man Faces Up to 10 Years in Prison for Facebook Posts
In War-Weary Central African Republic, Humanitarian Crisis Deepens Amid Fresh Violence Incoming US Intelligence Chief Vows to Release Report on Who Killed Khashoggi
UK Labour Party Hires Former Israeli Spy Four Soldiers Killed by Roadside Bomb in Niger
12 National Guard Members Removed From Biden Inauguration Duties Here's Who Will Be Running the Pentagon When Biden Takes Office
AFRICOM Launches Airstrike in Somalia Shortly After Troop Pullout Troop Levels Are Down, but US Says Over 18,000 Contractors Remain in Afghanistan
US Calls Bahrain, UAE 'Major Security Partners' Trump Administration Updates GPS Policy
American Warship, F-35 Jets to Deploy With British Fleet In Blow to Netanyahu, Settler Leader Leaves Likud for New Hope Party
Biden 'Long Way' From Rejoining Iran Nuke Deal, Incoming Intel Chief Says UN Calls on Israel to Stop New Settlement Construction in West Bank
Arab League Chief Hopes Biden Reverses Trump Policies, Revives 2-State Solution Gantz Blocks Netanyahu's 'Irresponsible' Push to Legalize West Bank Outposts
On Last Full Day in Office, Trump Decorates Bahrain King for Israel Deal EU Urges Israel to Halt Plans to Build New East Jerusalem Neighborhood
PA Hopes Biden Will Stop Israel's Settlement Activities in Occupied West Bank Israeli Forces Detain Five Palestinians, Including Brothers, Minor
House Panel Scraps Thursday Hearing With Biden Pentagon Nominee Biden Urged to Reverse Pompeo-Trump Move on Houthis
Afghan Republic Team: Legitimacy of the War Must Be Discussed First 4 Afghan Security Force Members Killed in Kunduz Clashes
Afghanistan: Calls for Security in Kabul Mount as Violence Continues Biden's Top Diplomat, Blinken, Vows to Revitalize Alliances, US Leadership
Trump Awards Bahrain King Legion of Merit on Last Day in Office Turkey Hits Twitter and Pinterest With Ad Ban for Resisting New Social Media Law
Israel's Gideon Saar Asks Campaign Staff to Take Polygraph Test, Following Leaks Covid-19: Palestinians to Receive First Batch of Russian Vaccine by Weekend
Egypt Pledges to Release Hundreds of Political Prisoners Sudan: Clashes in Darfur Leave at Least 155 Killed
Fears in Gulf Over Whatsapp Data-Sharing Rule Drives Spike in Use of Rival Apps Troops Deployed in Sudan's Darfur After Scores Killed in Clashes
Turkey Slaps Advertising Ban on Twitter With New Social Media Law Qatar's Bein Denies Saudi Arabia Lifted Ban Against the Channel
Uganda Accuses US of 'Subverting' Presidential Election Russia's Gazprom Says Nord Stream 2 at Risk After US Sanctions
Qatar Calls on Gulf Nations to Engage in Diplomacy With Iran US Files Appeal in Assange Case
Trump in Final Parting Shot Hits Venezuela With Sanctions Kremlin Dismisses Calls for Sanctions Over Navalny Detention
Tunisian Protesters Revive 'Arab Spring' Chant to Demand Government's Fall US Exempts Aid Groups From Blacklisting of Yemen's Houthis
Iran, Turkey Block Rivals From Joining UN Disarmament Talks Uganda Accuses US Envoy of Subversion for Trying to Visit Candidate
China Says Opposes US Suppressing Chinese Companies Iraq Tightens Security Along Flashpoint Syria Frontier, Military Says
Iran Blacklists Trump, US Officials as His Term Nears End Biden Intelligence Pick to Call for Tough Scrutiny of China, Source Says
Iraqi Officials: Alleged Airstrikes in Iraq Were ISIS Attack on Power Grid Maryland Democrats Rethink Planned Domestic Terror Bill After Criticism
Turkey Ready for Cooperation With Iraq Against PKK Terror Group, Defense Minister Akar Says Iraqi Cabinet Votes to Delay General Election Until October 10

January 18th, 2021

Taliban Urges Biden to Honor Peace Deal, Withdraw US Troops Alleged US Airstrikes Reported in Iraq
Iran to Conduct Military Drills in Gulf of Oman After US Provocations Iraqi Parliament Bloc Committed to Expelling US Forces
150 Killed in Week-Long Fighting Around Yemen's Hodeidah Russian Envoy Says Moscow Is Ready for Quick Extension of New START
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