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April 28th, 2021

Veteran Interventionist Samantha Power Confirmed to Head USAID Taliban Invites Afghan Officials to Direct Talks
US Warship Shadows Chinese Aircraft Carrier Strike Group Somali PM Urges Civilians to Go Home as Mogadishu Tensions Ease
Biden Expressed Concerns About Russian Military Buildup Directly to Putin: Adviser Blinken to Visit Iceland in May 19-20, Attend Arctic Council Meeting: State Department
Turkish Cypriots Offer Two-State Plan at UN Talks, Dismissed by Greek Cypriots Venezuela Says Eight Soldiers Killed Amid Fighting Along Colombian Border
Antony Blinken Defends Trump-Era Moves Against Chinese Media Outlets in the US UN Syria Envoy Says There's Interest in Stepped Up Diplomacy
US and Israel Have a Policy of 'No Surprises,' Says Biden's National Security Adviser, Jake Sullivan In Jaffa, Gentrification Stokes Discord as Arabs Pushed Out
No More Kebabs for Bitcoins as Turkey's Crypto-Payment Ban Looms Hunger Striking Palestinian Detainee Unable to Walk
Did Spain Help Israel Interrogate a Palestinian Journalist? Senate Confirms Former Obama Official Samantha Power to Lead USAID
Blinken Warns Turkey, US Allies Against Purchasing Russian Weapons Court Declines to Dismiss Amazon Challenge Against Jedi Decision
Israel Deploys Drones to Drop Tear Gas on Gaza Protesters US Rejects Human Rights Watch's Accusation of Israeli 'Apartheid'
Sri Lanka Cabinet Approves Ban on Muslim Face Veils Turkey Parliament Declares Biden's Armenian Genocide Declaration 'Null and Void'
Palestinian Political Alliance Says It Will Protest Election Cancellation Russian FM: US-Russia Relations Worse Than During Cold War
Navy SEALs Shifting Focus Away From Counterterrorism to Face Russia and China Launch of Experimental Military Navigation Satellite Pushed Back to 2023
Sea Power Backers Propose $25 Billion to Fix US Shipyards See France Test-Fire an M51 Strategic Missile Into the Atlantic
Boeing Reports Q1 Loss and Another Hit on Air Force One Program Zimbabwe Court Terminates Criminal Charges Against Journalist
Heavenly Harmony: China to Launch Space Station Core Module Moldova's President Maia Sandu Calls Early Election for July 11
Feds Raid Rudy Giuliani's Home Over Ukraine Business Dealings German Spy Agency to Monitor Some Anti-Lockdown Protesters
Indonesia Says 10 Killed in Gun Battle With Papua Rebels 26 Militants 'Neutralized' in French-Malian Army Operation
South Korea Ships Equipment to US Missile Shield Base Despite Protest North Korea Completes Reconnaissance and Attack Drone Tests: Daily NK
US Central Command Chief: US Maintains a NATO Article 5 Commitment to Turkey Turkey Will Not Drop Trial of Saudi Suspects in Khashoggi Murder, Officials Say
Blinken Says Turkey, Others, Should Refrain From New Purchases of Russian Weapons Iran's Zarif Backs Yemen Ceasefire in Talks With Rebel Leader
US Warship Shadows China's Aircraft Carrier on Journey Home US Contractor Sentenced for Stealing Truck From Afghan Base
The Air Force Is Testing Ways to Use the MQ-9 Drone in Island-Hopping Missions Hawley Bill Would Spotlight Chinese Electronics in Defense Systems
PA President Discusses Palestinian Elections With EU Representative HRW Israel, Palestine Director: International Community 'Blinded to Reality'
Settlers Set Palestinian Vehicles on Fire Near Jerusalem Iran Says Nuclear Deal Talks to 'Speed Up'; US Dispatching Its Special Envoy
Thomas Nides Emerges as Frontrunner to Become US Envoy to Israel: Report In 1st Comment on Leaked Tape, Iran's Zarif Backs 'Synergy' Between IRGC, Diplomacy
Saudi Prince Strikes Conciliatory Tone With Rival Iran After Secret Talks Iran's Rouhani Claims Israel 'Directed' US Killing of Top General Soleimani
Navy SEALs to Shift From Counterterrorism to Global Threats Philippines Tells China to Back Off Its Exercises in South China Sea, Says There's No Basis to Stop Them
Russia Will Do What Is 'Necessary' to Secure Borders, Despite Troop Pullback: Defense Minister Top US General: Hard to Predict Afghan Fate After Pullout
France Arrests 7 Italian Leftist Militants It Harbored for Decades China Welcomes US Easing Covid-19 Restrictions on Chinese Students
China, Japan Trade Acrimonious Barbs Over Fukushima Tweet Germany's Merkel Calls for Human Rights Dialogue With China to Resume
Saudi Crown Prince Says He Will Further Centralize Policy-Making Russia Expels Diplomats From Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia
France Draws Up Bill on Surveillance of Jihadist Websites Calm Returns to Chad Capital After Deadly Protests Against Military Rule
Philippines Tells China to Mind Its Own Business Over Maritime Drills Bulgaria Probes Possible Russian Involvement in Arms Depot Blasts
Saudi Crown Prince Softens Iran Rhetoric in Balancing Act Myanmar Pro-Democracy Protest Leader Faces Murder, Treason Charges: State Media
No One Interested in Civil War in Afghanistan: Blinken Afghan General: ANDSF Ready to Crush Taliban After Withdrawal
Veterans Warn of Post-Soviet Scenario in Afghanistan Afghanistan's Ghani Meeting With Karzai, Sayyaf, Abdullah: Sources
Taliban Sends Letters to Afghan Leaders Calling for Direct Talks Afghan Military Showcases Air Force as Country Braces for US Pullout
Lebanese Composer Samir Sfeir Missing in Saudi Arabia: Reports Saudi Crown Prince Seeks 'Good and Special Relationship With Iran'
Arabic Press Review: Oman Ex-Foreign Minister Predicts New Arab Spring Iraq: Dozens of Pro-PKK Protesters Detained in Kurdish Region, Some Beaten
Damascus Gate: the Symbolic Flashpoint of Jerusalem's Latest Tensions Yemen: Displaced Families Weary as Battle for Marib Threatens to Uproot Them Again
No One in Iran Can Figure Out Who Benefits From the Zarif Audio Leak Taiwan Accuses Beijing of Waging Economic War Against Tech Sector
Rouhani Says Leaked Tape Aimed to Sow Division in Iran 'Huge Disaster': Lebanese Farmers Decry Saudi Arabia Produce Ban
Saudi Crown Prince Strikes Conciliatory Tone Towards Rival Iran Russian FM: US-Russia Ties Worse Than During Cold War
At Least 7 Killed in Suicide Bombing in Somalia's Capital Turkish Jets, Troops Hit PKK Targets in New Iraq Incursion
Top Iran Diplomat Offers Regret Over Leak of Frank Comments

April 27th, 2021

Iraq Daily Roundup: Nine Killed, Including Children US Warships Fire on Iranian Boats in Persian Gulf
US Still Servicing Saudi Warplanes That Are Bombing Yemen Australian Official Says 'Drums of War Beat' as Tensions With China Rise
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