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February 18th, 2021

US Rescinds Trump Claim That UN Sanctions on Iran Are in Effect North Korean Defector in Diving Gear Swims to South Korea, Military Says
Iran Responds to E3, US Nuclear Deal Warning: Remove Cause if You Fear Effect At Least 18 Killed in Attacks in Burkina Faso and Mali
US-China Decoupling: Halving Investment in China Could Cost American GDP Up to $500 Billion, Report Says France to Boost Cyberdefense After Hospital Malware Attacks
Saudi-Backed Troops Reinforce Yemen's Maarib, Increase Airstrikes Israel Expands Nuclear Facility Previously Used for Weapons Material
Algeria's President Appeases Protesters With Pardons, Calls Early Polls Trump's Gift to Biden: Record Agriculture Exports to China
Tom Cotton Wants a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan to Mean War With US Anger Mounts as Facebook's Australia News Ban Sweeps Up Charities, Government Pages
Uganda Military Sentences Soldiers Up to Three Months in Jail Over Journalist Assault Cambodia's New China-Style Internet Gateway Decried as Repression Tool
Defense Minister Tells Nigerians Not to 'Be Cowards' When Facing Gunmen Greece Protests to Turkey Over Research Vessel
Yemen Famine Could Threaten Opportunity for Peace, UN Warns Ex-FARC Commanders Accept Colombia War Crimes Accusations
US Hits Dozens of Belarusians With Visa Restrictions for Undermining Democracy Two Journalists Jailed for Two Years in Belarus for Filming Protests
Israeli Authorities Prepare Law to Prohibit Cooperation With ICC Israeli Authorities Cut Electricity in Palestinian Village
EU Gives $15 Million in 'Creative' Aid to Israel's War Industry Spike in Settler Attacks Creates 'Living Hell' for Palestinians
UK Pension Fund Drops Israeli Arms Firm Kandahar Officials Silent Over Reports of Growing Unrest
US Ready to Meet With Iran if Invited by the EU US and Israel Begin Developing Arrow 4 Missile Defense System
Justice Dept. Charges Employees of Navy Contractor With Allegedly Dumping Contaminated Water in Japan NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio Calls Israel 'A Fundamentally Progressive Concept'
Bombing Kills Two Kabul University Lecturers: Afghan Official Erdogan Sues Opposition Rival in Row Over Iraq Deaths
Sudanese Official Hints at Khartoum Reneging on Israel Normalization Deal How Children in Sisi's Egypt Are Turned Into Political Prisoners
Why Iraq's Protest Movement Fears Being Co-Opted by Political Elites USS Chafee Returns to Sea Following Covid Outbreak
Georgia: PM Gakharia Quits Over Order to Arrest Opposition Leader Spain Protests: Woman Hit by Police Rubber Bullet 'Loses Eye'
Top Bhutan General, Judges Detained in Alleged Overthrow Plot UK and Canada Impose Sanctions on Myanmar Generals After Coup
The Untold Tragedy of Iraq's Shia Turkmen Women Abducted by ISIS Child Killed, 29 Wounded in Libya Mortar Attack: UN
Eight Killed in Attack in Northern Burkina Faso Japan, US, India, Australia Call for Return of Democracy in Myanmar
Cotton: Give China 'Crystal Clear' Warning Not to Invade Taiwan Gantz: Hezbollah Will Be 'Fatally Wounded' if Israel Drawn Into a War in Lebanon
Abbas Rival Dahlan Arranges 20,000 UAE-Funded Coronavirus Vaccine Doses for Gaza US and Israel Announce Work on New Arrow 4 Air Defense System Amid Iran Tensions
Israeli Jet Departs for Moscow to Bring Back Israeli Woman Who Crossed to Syria Coronavirus: US-China Tensions Simmer as UN Chief Calls for Cooperation
Senators Urge Biden to Undo US Recognition of Morocco's Claim to Western Sahara US House Revives Bill to Ban Goods From China's Xinjiang
US Promises to Stand Firm as Iran Plays Hardball With Latest Violation of Nuclear Deal Gunmen Kill Nine in Northern Burkina Faso Road Attack
NATO Increasing Troops in Iraq From 500 to 4,000 No Decision Made on NATO Afghanistan Withdrawal
Three Iraqi PMF Fighters Killed, Five Injured in ISIS Attack in Diyala Europe to Meet US on Iran as Nuclear Deadline Looms
Yemen Risks Worst Famine on Planet in 'Decades', Say UN Officials US and China on Path to 'Inevitable' Economic Decoupling: Report
60% of International Aid Not Included in Afghan Budget: Ghani Kabul Lecturer, One Other Killed in Afghanistan IED Blast
Afghan Kandahar Officials Silent Over Reports of Growing Unrest Iran Plans to Export Covid-19 Vaccine to the World
Egyptian Student at Austrian University Detained Without Charge in Cairo Israel-Syria Prisoner Swap: Two Syrian Shepherds to Be Repatriated
Rare Snowfall Covers Large Parts of the Middle East Turkey Plans Spaceport in Somalia for $1bn Moon Mission
Can the UAE Emerge as a Leading Global Defense Supplier? Farmers Block Trains in Northern India to Protest New Laws
What to Expect at Idex 2021 - a Defense Show Held in Person Amid a Pandemic Lebanon Court Asks Port Blast Lead Investigator to Step Down
Israel Returns 2 Shepherds to Syria Amid Reports of Swap US Reporter Held by al-Qaeda-Linked Group in Syria Released
UAE Dismantles Eritrea Base as It Pulls Back After Yemen War Myanmar Protests Focus on Junta's Economic Support
Killings Surge in Syria Camp Housing ISIS Families UN Aid Chief Says $4 Billion Needed in 2021 to Avert Yemen Famine
UN Yemen Envoy Says Houthi Assault on Marib 'Must Stop' EU to Impose Sanctions on Russians Over Navalny by March Summit, Diplomats Say
Bomb Blast Kills University Professor in Afghan Capital: Police Egypt's Sisi Offers Support to Libya's New PM
Saudi-Led Coalition in Yemen Moves Troops to Marib to Repel Houthi Assault: Sources UK Sanctions Myanmar Generals After Military Coup
Security of France Starts in Egypt: French Ambassador to Cairo

February 17th, 2021

Iraq Daily Roundup: Six Killed Fighting Continues to Rage as Houthis Claim Gains in North Yemen
US Wants Iran to 'Refrain' From Limiting IAEA Inspections 'We Just Want to Play': Iran Gamers Battle Reality of US Sanctions
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