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February 23rd, 2021

Biden's Three Options for Afghanistan: Leave Now, Extend Deadline, or Stay Indefinitley After Iran Strategy Meeting, Israel's Netanyahu Rails Against Nuclear Deal
UN: Lots of Work to Do Before Sending Ceasefire Monitors to Libya Biden Moves to Reengage With Palestinians After Israel Focus
Israeli Soldier Seriously Injured at Jordan Valley Base Chinese Surveillance Plane Test Flight Hints at Advanced Aircraft Carrier Design
China Would Welcome UN Human Rights Council Visit 'Because There Is No Genocide in Xinjiang' Proposed US Legislation Would Target Honduras President
Ecuadorean Indigenous Protesters Demand Presidential Vote Recount After Social-Media Sites Booted Trump, Mexican Leaders Want to Put 'Clear Limits' on What Those Companies Can Do
Mob Storms South Iran Governor Office After Border Violence Lawyer: Egypt Releases Activist After 17 Months of Detention
UN Registers Steep Rise in Murders of Colombian Activists 'We Lied': NY Prosecutors Face Heat in Botched Iran Sanction Case
Suu Kyi's Lawyer Soldiers on 'in Defense of Democracy' Tightly-Controlled Turkmenistan Toddles Towards Family Rule
Sri Lanka Slams Resolution on 'Deteriorating' Rights Biden Launches Classified Review of Drone Strikes and Counterterror Raids
Leave Now, Extension, or Indefinite Stay: Biden's 3 Bad Afghanistan Options UN Urges Colombia to Fulfill Peace Deal, Stem Violence
Biden's Pick for No. 2 Treasury Spot Vows Hardline on China Taliban Warns Biden Staying in Afghanistan Will 'Cause Problems'
Iraqi Militia Denies Role in Attack on US Base in Erbil Nepal's Top Court Orders Reinstatement of Parliament in Blow to PM
Nine Security Members Killed in Logar Attack European Companies Back Out of Nord Stream 2: US Report
Baltimore's Police Surveillance Planes Raise Privacy Concerns That Time an Airman Accidentally Saved the World From Nuclear War
Iran: South Korea Releasing $1 Billion Frozen by US Sanctions Families of Disappeared Yemenite Children Demand Israel Open Secret Files
Syria's Rebel-Held Northwest to Get Covid Vaccines by End March: WHO Schumer Says Senate Will Draft Tech Research Funding Bill to Challenge China
Facebook Agrees to Restore Australian News Pages Thousands Rally After Georgia Arrests Main Opposition Leader
Moldova Court Rules Against Presidential Decree on New Government Bangladesh Court Rejects Sedition Case Over Al Jazeera Report on Corruption
Mohamed Bazoum Declared Niger's New President Colombian Army 'False Positives' Scandal: 'No One Listened to Us'
More Than 50 Dead and Dozens Injured in Prison Riots in Ecuador Al Jazeera to Launch New Platform Targeting US Conservative Audiences
Covid-19: Israel Donates Vaccines to Countries That Moved Embassies to Jerusalem Reviving Iran Deal Is 'Most Urgent' Priority, Says EU's Josep Borrell
Sahel, UN Must Ready for 'Battle' With Jihadists, Says Senegal President US Special Forces to Operate Hand-Launched, Signal-Jamming Drones
Nine Women Arrested Over Philippine Bomb Plots: Military One Ukrainian Soldier Killed, Two Injured in War-Torn East
China Would Welcome UN Human Rights Council Visit 'Because There Is No Genocide in Xinjiang' Taiwan's New Mainland Affairs Council Chief May Signal Shift in Policy on Beijing, Analysts Say
China Refits Combat Trucks in Tibet to Take on Indian Military Hassan Rouhani Keeps Iran Nuclear Deal Open to Joe Biden Despite Pressure From Hardliners
Israel to Buy Two KC-46 Tankers, With Plans for More F-35s and Weapon Systems Israel's Netanyahu After Iran Strategy Meeting: Nuclear Agreement Is Worthless
Taliban Warns Biden Going Back on Afghanistan Deal 'Causes Problems' 'The Jewish Half': SNL's Dig at Israeli Apartheid Angers Many
Israeli Forces Arrest Hamas Members in West Bank Ahead of Palestinian Elections Palestine, Arab Diplomats Meet International Quartet Members to Revive Peace Process
Israeli, 17, Indicted for Stun Grenade Attack on Palestinians, Vandalism Iraq Militia Denies Role in Anti-US Attacks, Welcomes Pressure on Saudi Arabia
Growing Number of Afghan Children 'in Crisis': AIHRC Report Afghan Surgeon Killed in Attack by Unidentified Armed Men in Baghlan
Afghan Defense Ministry to Increase Special Operations Forces in Spring Afghan War Has No Legitimacy, Peace Must Prevail: Clerics
Outcry in Kuwait Over Suicide of Stateless Bidoon Child Egypt's Sisi Faces Backlash Against Removal of the Quran From School Textbooks
Greece-Turkey Tensions: Ankara Claims Greek Jets Harassed Research Vessel UAE-Backed STC Forces Accused of Torturing Yemeni Journalist
British Royals Met With Autocratic Arab Monarchs 'Over 200 Times' Since 2011 Egyptian Judge Accused of Running Drug-Trafficking Network
Syria: Russia Digs Up Graves in Refugee Camp in Search of Dead Israeli Spy Eli Cohen Pakistan Prime Minister Khan Arrives in Sri Lanka to Boost Ties
Afghan Peace Talks Resume in Doha as US Reviews Taliban Deal 7,000 Seek Sudan Asylum After Fleeing Western Ethiopia Violence
France Summons Pakistan Envoy Over Criticism of 'Separatism' Bill Hutu Rebels Accuse DRC, Rwanda After Italian Ambassador Killed
Armenia Protests: PM Pashinyan Faces Fresh Calls to Quit More Myanmar Protests Follow Strike Amid Foreign Concerns
Europeans Bristle as Iran Restricts UN Nuclear Inspections UN Says Afghan Civilian Casualties Down by 15% Last Year
UN: Thousands Flee Ethiopia Violence, Seek Asylum in Sudan China Condemns Canada's Motion Calling Treatment of Uighurs Genocide
US Treasury No. 2 Nominee Adeyemo Urges Get-Tough Attitude on China Mexico President Presses US for Details on Arrest of El Chapo's Wife
Indonesian Foreign Minister to Visit Myanmar as Pressure Mounts on Generals UAE Weapons Maker Edge Wants in on F-35 Supply Chain
Iran Says It Hopes South Korea, Japan Will Release $1 Billion in Blocked Funds Turkey Says Greek Jets Harass Research Vessel Over Aegean Sea
Gas to Gaza? The Pipeline That Might Provide a Lifeline Afghanistan Begins Covid-19 Vaccination Drive Amid Rising Violence
IAEA Chief Grossi Describes Black Box-Type Deal Reached With Iran Egypt and Qatar Hold First Meeting Since Accord Ending Gulf Row
Venezuela Ships Jet Fuel to Iran in Exchange for Gasoline, Sources Say

February 22nd, 2021

Report: Biden Preparing Major Penalties on Russia Iraq Daily Roundup: 12 Killed; Protests Resume in Nasariya
Afghan Peace Negotiators Meet for First Time in Over a Month Biden Administration Rejects China's Calls for Better Relations
Hundreds Killed on Each Side; Yemen's Maarib a 'Blood Bath' Iran's Supreme Leader: Nobody Could Stop Us if We Wanted Nukes
Blinken: US Wants to 'Strengthen' Iran Nuclear Deal Gaza Suffers $1.5m Losses as Israel Open Floodgates, Destroys Crops
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