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May 3rd, 2021

Pentagon Downplays Afghan Attacks, Says Won't Affect Withdrawal France to Sell Egypt 30 Fighter Jets in $4.5 Billion Deal
Chad Ex-President Urges Junta to Include Rebels in 'Dialogue' Mexico Worries About Scorn if Another Drug Lord Is Released
China's UN Envoy Hopes US to Emphasize Dialogue in Policy on North Korea Ripping Up Chinese Firm's Darwin Port Lease Could Cost Canberra
A More Accessible Arctic Becomes Proving Ground for US-China Military Jockeying SecDef Austin Says Next Major War Will Be 'Very Different'
Lebanon's Central Bank Governor Faces New Corruption Allegations in France Belgium's Police-Related Racial Violence Concerns UN Body
Biden Says US Will 'Disrupt Any Threat' From Afghanistan After Withdrawal Colombia Blames Armed Groups for Protest Violence, Death Toll Still Unclear
France Says Chad Transitional Government Must Be Temporary More Than a Dozen People Killed by Islamist Militants in Northeast Nigeria
DR Congo Military Takes Charge in Regions Under 'State of Siege' Iraq Military: Four Rockets Hit Iraqi Air Base, No Casualties
Colombia Tax Protests: at Least 17 Dead, Ombudsman Says Around 30 Reportedly Killed in Burkina Faso Village Attack
Soldiers Shoot Five Palestinians in Beita, Near Nablus Israeli Court Says Sheikh Jarrah Residents Must 'Reach Agreement' With the Settlers Trying to Evict Them
Afghan Forces 'Reasonably' Well Equipped, Trained: Milley Ten Afghan Security Force Members Killed in Farah, Baghlan Attacks
MPs Blame Taliban for Rise in Violence as US Exit Begins UNSC Denounces Violence in Afghanistan, Calls for Justice
Pentagon Sending Four Cargo Planes to Deliver 'Critical Supplies' to India Research Finds Ecstasy Can Help With PTSD
Pentagon: 'Small Harassing Attacks' in Afghanistan Not Affecting Withdrawal Report: US and Taliban in Talks Over Full Withdrawal by July
Myanmar Rebels Claim Military Helicopter Downing Amid Crackdown on Anti-Coup Protests Iraqi Militia Leader Calls for Sunni Civilians Living Near 'ISIS Hotspot' to Be Forcibly Displaced
Former Iraq PM Forms Coalition With Shia Islamist Leader for Upcoming Election How South African Weapons Are Fueling War Crimes in Yemen
Jordan Partially Reopens Border Posts With Syria, Saudi Arabia Top US General Drops Opposition to Change in Military's Sex Assault Policy
Supreme Court Justice Castigates Feres Doctrine, Court in Military Rape Case Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinian Village After Shooting
Algeria's Tebboune Urges Dialogue Amid Mounting Social Anger War and Doubts Slow Covid Vaccination in Disputed Yemen City
Libya's Top Diplomat Calls on Turkey to Withdraw Foreign Fighters UK's Raab Calls on Iran to 'Unconditionally' Release Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Security at Syria's Al-Hol Camp Drastically Improves After Arrest Sweep, Says Official Military Head of ISIS Group Arrested in Istanbul, Turkish Police Say
Niger Army Killed 24 Suspected Terrorists US Navy's Nmesis Successfully Destroys Target at Sea During Test
Blast in Syria's Idlib Hits Jihadist Arms Depot, Kills Three Taiwan Military Expert Warns Chinese Capable of Long-Range Raids
US and Britain Tell China and Russia: The West Is Not Over Yet China Slams US-Taiwan Meeting as Biden Flexes New Diplomatic Muscle Against Beijing
82nd Airborne Paratrooper Faces Charges Related to Gunfight at Syrian Checkpoint A More Accessible Arctic Becomes Proving Ground for US-China Military Jockeying
Blinken Tells North Korea: Diplomatic Ball Is in Your Court France Says Chad Transitional Government Must Be Temporary
UN Committee to Examine Palestinian Apartheid Charges Against Israel Settlers Raid West Bank Village After Tapuah Attack; IDF Detains 11 Palestinians
Palestinian Shot Dead in Alleged Stabbing Attack Was Mentally Ill, Says Brother Biden Discloses Some Trump-Era Drone Strike Rules
Foreign Minister, Military Chief: Ukraine's NATO-Standard Army to Be Integrated Into Global Military Force Philippines Foreign Minister Issues Expletive-Laced Tweet Over China Sea Dispute
Myanmar Rebels Say They Downed Helicopter, Pro-Junta Official Killed Syrian Court Selects Two Candidates to Appear on Ballot Against Assad
EU Summons Russian Envoy Over Travel Bans on Brussels Officials No Grounds to Pursue Claims of French Role in Rwanda Genocide, Prosecutor Says
US and South Korea Reaffirm Their Alliance at London Meeting As US Troops Withdraw, Afghan Politicians Call for Unity
Afghan Senators Seek Thorough Probe Into Kabul Fire That Killed 9 People Biden Says US Will Disrupt Any Threat From Afghanistan
10 Afghan Security Force Members Killed in Farah, Baghlan Attacks Taliban, US in Talks Over Full Withdrawal by July: Sources
At Least 7 Killed in Taliban Attack on Southwest Afghanistan Army Outpost: Officials Palestinian FM Sends Letter to ICC Over Israeli Actions in Sheikh Jarrah
Israeli Tear Gas Canisters Set Fire to Palestinian Lands Near Tulkarem Israeli Court Gives Sheikh Jarrah Families Until Thursday to Reach 'Deal' With Jewish Settlers
German Philosopher Rejects UAE Book Award Israel Police Disperse Palestinian Protest Over Mass Eviction in East Jerusalem
Protests Grow in South Korea Over Japan's Fukushima Water Plan Sixteen Soldiers Killed in Western Niger Ambush
French Troops Set to Avoid Trial Over Rwanda Massacre In First Admission, Tajikistan Concedes Deaths in Recent Clashes
Israel's 'Shadow War' and Plans to Scupper Iran's Nuclear Deal US Denies Iran Claims of Prisoner Deal; UK Plays It Down
US Officials in Mideast to Reassure Jittery Allies Over Iran EU Summons Russia Envoy Over Blacklisting of Its Officials
Iran a Key Topic as US Envoy Blinken Meets UK Counterpart Belarus Opposition Leader in Slovenia Before EU Presidency
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Agree to Pull Back Troops After Clash Islamic Leader Slain in East Congo After Attacks Killing 19
Saudi King Names New Economy Minister, Eldest Son as Adviser Security Improves in Syria Camp, but Virus Threat Grows
Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinian Village After Shooting

May 2nd, 2021

Iraq Daily Roundup: 22 Killed, Mostly Security Members Over 100 Killed in Weekend Afghan Fighting, 30 Troops Missing
Biden Won't Reverse Trump's Western Sahara Move North Korea Warns of 'Very Grave Situation' After Biden's Comments

May 1st, 2021

Next Major War Will Be 'Very Different:' Pentagon Chief

April 28th, 2021

VA Secretary Wants More Vets Sickened by Burn Pits to File Claims, but Many Are Still Being Turned Away
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