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February 17th, 2021

Intense Fighting Reported Outside Yemen's Marib Five Coffee Pickers Killed in Colombian Massacre
FCC Seeks to Accelerate Removal of Huawei, ZTE Equipment by Rural Carriers Venezuela's Maduro Vows Tough Response to Colombian Commando Unit
Japan's Ruling Party Says Women Can Join Key Meetings -- as Silent Observers Iran's Khamenei Wants to See 'Action' From Biden to Revive Nuclear Deal
Jailed Suspect in Plot to Overthrow Venezuela's Maduro Blames Colombia, Guaido Biden Continues US Sanctions War Around World, These Countries Are Targeted
Newly Released Documents Shed Light on 1983 Nuclear War Scare With Soviets Russia Intercepts French Warplanes Over Black Sea
Pakistan Police Seek Arrest of 2 Christians Over Blasphemy Clubhouse Emerges as Platform for Thai Dissidents, Government Issues Warning
Show US That Sheikha Latifa Is Alive, UK Tells Dubai Kuwait Emir Suspends Parliament Sessions for a Month
Blinken to Hold Virtual 'Quad' Meeting With Australia, India, Japan Nearly 5,000 National Guard Troops to Stay in DC Over Concerns of Potential Violence in March
Group of 25 Prominent Nonprofits Urge Congress to Pull War Powers Pentagon Considering Sending Troops to Help Covid-19 Vaccination
Israeli Soldiers Cheer After Protester Shot Three People Killed in Kabul Security Incidents
Two Policemen Killed in Herat Roadside Bomb Blast Belarus's Lukashenko Says West Recognizes His Legitimacy, Has Letter to Prove
Germany: Three Injured in Mail Bomb Blast at Lidl HQ Biden Administration Approves $197 Million Missile Sale to Egypt
93% of Palestinians Register to Vote in Election Israeli Army Asks Wikipedia to Label Hezbollah a 'Terrorist Organization'
Sisi Warns Egyptians Against Having More Than Two Children Almost One-Third of US Troops Are Refusing Covid Vaccines, Officials Say
Army Pursues Spectrum Tool to Help Keep Post Locations Secret German Defense Minister Warns Against Afghanistan Withdrawl
Bangladesh Lawyer Files Sedition Case Over Al Jazeera Report 'Event Management': Foreign Envoys Visit Kashmir Amid Shutdown
Chad: at Least 35 Killed in Herder-Farmer Clashes Biden Makes Long-Awaited Call to Israel's Netanyahu
US Warship Sails Near Chinese-Claimed Spratly Islands in South China Sea Gunmen Kidnap 'Hundreds' of Schoolboys in Central Nigeria
Georgian Aircraft Manufacturer Announces Country's First Combat Drone Russian Fighters Intercept French Jets Over Black Sea
NATO: Surveillance Drone Fleet Mission-Ready Beijing Hits Back at Joe Biden's Plans to Put 'China Challenge' on G7 Agenda
Prisoner Swap Said Snagged: 2 Golan Residents Refuse to Leave Israel for Syria US Calls on Iran to Reverse and Refrain From Steps Harming IAEA Pledges
As Israel Waits, Biden Reverts to Old Rules of Telephone Diplomacy European Powers, US to Discuss Bid to Salvage Iran Nuclear Deal
3 Iranian Intelligence Agents Die in Operation in Southeast, State TV Says Another US Navy Destroyer Challenged China in the South China Sea
Palestinian Woman Dies of Heart Attack Following Israeli Military Raid Israeli Forces Demolish Palestinian Village for 183rd Time
Merkel Tells Rouhani Iran Should Return to Nuclear Deal Three Afghan People Killed in Kabul Security Incidents
Kandahar May Fall to Taliban Because of Poor Leadership: Afghan MPs Covid-19 Vaccine: Gaza to Receive First Batch of Russian-Made Sputnik V
Covid-19: Mass Medic Migration Leaves Iran in Pandemic Panic Syria and Israel to Swap Prisoners in Russia-Mediated Deal
Syria: US Journalist Bilal Abdul Kareem Released by HTS After Six Months Israel: Election of New ICC Prosecutor Raises Questions for War Crimes Probe
Japan, US Extend Agreement on Military Base Payments Dozens of Nigerian Students Abducted by Armed 'Bandits'
Khamenei: Iran Will Only Accept Action, Not Talk, on Nuclear Deal US Sells $200m in Weapons to Egypt Despite Human Rights Abuses
Pentagon Rethinking How to Array Forces to Focus on China Sudan Summons Ambassador to Ethiopia for Consultations: Spokesman
Putin Says Russia Needs to Safeguard Parliamentary Elections From Foreign Meddling Myanmar Coup Protesters Mass to Reject Army Claim of Support
Satellite Images Show China Emptying Military Camps at Border Flashpoint With India Afghanistan Peace Talks Under Threat as Major Taliban Spring Offensive Takes Shape
US Court Dismisses Case Against Turkey's Halkbank by Victims of Iran-Linked Attacks Germany Warns Against Swift Withdrawal From Afghanistan
India Trade Minister Says Will Work With US on New Trade Package The 'Hotel Rwanda' Hero Is on Trial. Here's What We Know.
Suspected Central African Militia Leaders Plead Not Guilty to War Crimes

February 16th, 2021

Bernard Lown, Inventive Heart Doctor and Antiwar Activist, Dies at 99 Israel Will Not Engage With US on Iran if Nuclear Deal Is Revived
Iran Will Reduce IAEA Cooperation Starting Next Week White House: Biden to 'Recalibrate' Relationship With Saudi Arabia
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