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February 4th, 2021

France's Macron Suggests He Could Broker US-Iran Talks Seven Syrian Mercenaries Loyal to Russia Killed in Libya Explosion
UN Approves Advance Team for Libya for Ceasefire Monitoring US Treasury Authorizes Venezuelan Airport Operations
Iran Conducts Surgical Strike in Pakistan, Frees Border Guards Held by Baloch Terrorists 'You Chop Her': Ugandan Recalls Brutal Upbringing as LRA Child Soldier
Pro-Kabila Senators in DR Congo Lash 'Dictatorial' Shift Biden Says US Ready to Work With China When It Is in America's Interest
Biden Says US Will Not Hesitate to Raise the Cost on Russia, Calls for Navalny's Immediate Release Anne Sacoolas, Accused of Killing British Teen Harry Dunn, Was Working for US Intelligence, Lawyer Says in Court
Iraq Sends Mixed Signals Over Closing Camp for Displaced UN Envoy: Key Military Commander Backs Bid to Unify Libya
Nigerian Separatist Nnamdi Kanu's Facebook Account Removed for Hate Speech Sudan Appoints Key Rebel Leaders to Interim Government
ISIS in Iraq Trying to Regroup North of Baghdad US Considering Targeted Sanctions After Myanmar Coup
Scores Arrested in Nepal Strike Against Parliament's Dissolution Six Hurt, Including Former Ministers, in Strike Called by Rival Nepal Communist Faction
Saudi Arabia Welcomes Biden's Commitment to Cooperate to Defend the Kingdom's Sovereignty: State News Agency US Rejects Turkish Minister's Statement That US Was Behind 2016 Coup Attempt
China Says US 'Creating Tensions' After Warship Sails Near Taiwan Three National Guard Soldiers Killed in Helicopter Crash Identified
Israeli Forces Demolish Palestinian House, Electricity Grid in West Bank Palestinian Prisoner Re-Detained Immediately Following Release
Saudi Arabia Raises Oil Prices to US and Europe China Claims It Has Conducted a New Midcourse Intercept Anti-Ballistic Missile Test
Investigators Struggle to Build Murder Case in Death of US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick Army General Says US Needs More Advanced Weaponry in Europe
First US Warship Steams Through Taiwan Strait Under Biden Hamas Gaza Chief: if Israel Messes With Our Elections, We'll Mess With Theirs
UAE-Backed Southern Yemen Leader Hints to Normalization With Israel 'After Independence' Submarine Sailor Dies of 'Covid-Related Complications'
Air Force's 'Golden Horde' Swarming Munitions Program to Get a Second Chance This Month Bangladesh Jails 50 for 2002 Attack on PM Sheikh Hasina's Convoy
Rival Communist Faction Strikes Over Nepal Parliament Dissolution ICC Finds Ugandan LRA Commander Guilty of War Crimes
Erdogan Compares Turkish Student Protesters to 'Terrorists' UN's Top Court Dismisses Qatar Discrimination Case Against UAE
Palestinian Electoral Alliance Splits Ahead of Israel Vote Biden Says Myanmar Military Should Step Down, Free Detainees
Senators Urge Biden to Act on Saudi Arabia's Alleged Role in Helping Fugitives Flee US Biden Urged to Hold Israel Accountable Over Home Demolitions
German Coalition Partners Approve 'Unarmed' Eurodrone Project Corps General: Marines Must Shed Mistrust of AI
Cameroon Army Killed 9 Civilians in Anglophone West: HRW US Needs to Boost Cyber, Weapons Capabilities in Europe to Be Able to Win Future Conflicts, Top General Says
USS John S. Mccain Completes Navy's First Taiwan Strait Passage of 2021 US Navy Shifts One of Its Newest and Most Advanced Destroyers to Japan-Based 7th Fleet
Nordic Allies Help US Navy Improve Ship Ops in Icy Waterways as Arctic Competition Heats Up US Senators Plan Resolution Warning Myanmar to Reverse Course, End Coup
Myanmar Military Should Step Down, Free Detainees, Biden Says in Foreign Policy Speech Macron Supports US-Iran Dialogue, Floats Himself as 'Honest Broker'
US Considering Targeted Sanctions After Myanmar Coup: Sullivan Blinken Discusses US Detainees, Navalny and Arms Control With Russia's Lavrov
Israel's New Hope Party Files Election Slate, Heavy With Ex-Likud MKs Repeatedly Delayed, Israel PM's Trip to Gulf States Postponed Indefinitely
Israel, US Launch Joint Juniper Falcon Air Defense Drill, Possibly for Last Time Iran's President Claims 'Big Victory' in Legal Efforts to End US Sanctions
Palestinian Hamlet in Jordan Valley Demolished for Second Time in 3 Months Biden Says He Will End 'Offensive Support' for Saudi War in Yemen
Nigeria Troops Overrun Jihadist Camps in Northeast UN Security Council Calls for Release of Myanmar's Suu Kyi
EIU's Democracy Index Brands Afghanistan as Authoritarian Regime NATO Faces 'Difficult Decision' With Afghanistan: Stoltenberg
Haqqani Network Increases Presence in Afghanistan: Nabil Former Afghan VP: Interim Govt Would Allow Taliban Comeback
Iranian Health Officials Reject Russia's Covid-19 Vaccine How the Covid-19 Pandemic Impacted Migration Through the Mediterranean
Exports From Turkey to Saudi Arabia Plummet by 92 Percent Amid Unofficial Boycott Lebanon: Prominent Hezbollah Critic Lokman Slim Found Murdered
Arrests in Syria's Latakia Signal Discontent Among Pro-Assad Communities Biden, South Korea's Moon Pledge 'Comprehensive' North Korea Strategy
6 Months After Beirut Blast: Rebuilding Slow, Prosecution Stalled Israel's Netanyahu Postpones UAE, Bahrain Trip Due to Covid Lockdown
US Sees New START Treaty as Way to Engage China on Arms Control Iran Receives First Coronavirus Vaccine Delivery From Russia
UN Calls for Bangladesh Army Probe After Al Jazeera Investigation Biden to End US Support for Saudi Offensive Operations in Yemen
US-Trained Police Implicated in Mexico Migrant Massacre South Sudan Worked With Israeli Surveillance Company to Monitor Citizens, Amnesty Finds
UN Warns Tigray Conflict Could Spark Broader Destablization in Ethiopia Ugandan Rebel Commander Found Guilty of War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity
Putin's Approval Rating Holds Steady in Russia Despite Navalny Crackdown: Poll US Calls for Dialogue to Resolve India's Farmers' Protests
US, Australia Discuss China and Myanmar in First Leaders Call, White House Says Anti-China Activists in Japan Call for Boycott of Beijing 2022 Games
Taiwan Opens Office in Guyana in Push Against China Influence Palestinian Cave-Dwellers Worry Over Israeli Settler Incursions
In First for Europe, Iran Envoy Sentenced to 20-Year Prison Term Over Bomb Plot

February 3rd, 2021

Iran's President Rejects Call for Changes to Nuclear Deal Iraq Daily Roundup: Three Killed
Taliban Makes Flurry of Diplomatic Efforts With Peace Talks on Brink Justice Dept Seeks Court Authorization to Keep Seized 'Iranian' Oil
US Admiral Warns Nuclear War With Russia, China Is a 'Real Possibility' Israel Attacks Southern Syria, Damages Military Post
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