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May 4th, 2021

Hundreds Reported Killed in Latest Taliban Offensive US Visits to Middle East Fuel Speculation Over Iran Deal
Militia Threats Forced US Contractors to Flee Iraqi F-16 Base Palestinians Identify West Bank Shooter as US Citizen as Manhunt Continues
US-China Infowar Escalates as America Deploys Task Force in Battle for Power and Influence NATO Prepares Azerbaijan's Army for Its Next War
Fierce Foes, Iran and Saudi Arabia Secretly Explore Defusing Tensions CENTCOM: Afghanistan Withdrawal 2 to 6 Percent Complete
Mother Searches for Son Believed Killed by Colombia Soldiers Almost 5,000 Children Separated in Tigray Conflict: Aid Group
Norway Sentences Woman for Supporting ISIS by Being Homemaker US Vows to Work With Partners to Keep Pressure on Venezuela's Maduro
Eritrea's President Visits Sudan Amid Tensions Over Ethiopia Hamas Terror Chief Threatens Israel Over East Jerusalem Evictions
Tech Companies Block Another Leila Khaled Event Honeywell Fined Millions Over Exporting Sensitive Info on F-22, F-35, and More to China
Crash in Iraq Helps Unmask Secretive Ultra-Quiet Special Operations Drone Program Grieving Parents Excoriate the Marine Corps Over Deadly AAV Accident
EU Scraps Plan to Observe Ethiopia Election Australian General Warned of 'High Likelihood' of Conflict With China: Report
Armed Suspect Shot Outside of CIA Headquarters Dies, FBI Says Hundreds in Ukraine Attend Marches Celebrating Nazi SS Soldiers
Blinken Says US Is Pulling Troops Out of Afghanistan but 'Not Withdrawing' Establishing a Space Guard Is a Top 'Concern' for National Guard Chief
Turkey Ambassador Appointed to UAE as Regional Rivals Ease Tensions Palestinians 'Beaten, Arrested' by Israeli Police as Sheikh Jarrah Protests Continue
German Defense Ministry Dismisses French Offer of Refurbished Submarine Hunters Mexico Apologizes to Indigenous Maya People for Historic Abuses
UK Veterans Cleared as 1972 IRA Killing Case Collapses In Pictures: Deadly Protests in Colombia
Israel in 'Political Crisis' as Netanyahu Fails to Form Government by Midnight Deadline Australian Navy Conducts Test-Fire of Essm Missile Off US Coast
Japan Provides Lifesaving Equipment to Philippine Military US Senators Press Biden Administration for New Yemen Donor Conference
Japan Protests Presence of Chinese Research Vessel Near Okinawa Space Guard 'Among My Most Pressing Concerns,' National Guard Chief Tells Congress
Ashraf Ghani Concerned Taliban Are More Interested in Power Than Peace in Afghanistan Philippine Diplomat Says Sorry for Twitter Rant Against China, Is Told 'Only Duterte Can Use Curse Words'
Suspected Balloon-Borne Bombs From Gaza Land in Israel's South for First Time in Months Egypt to Buy 30 Rafale Fighter Jets From France in Multi-Billion Dollar Deal
2 Palestinians Arrested, 10 Hurt in Clashes at East Jerusalem Eviction Protest Amid Fear of Further Unrest, Temple Mount Said Closed to Jews Indefinitely
French Far-Right Leader Le Pen Acquitted After Sharing ISIS Execution Images 3rd Rocket Attack in 3 Days Targets US Forces in Iraq
Israeli Elections: in Last-Ditch Gambit, Likud Seeks Fast-Tracked Vote on Direct Election for PM NATO Summit to Discuss Ukraine's Membership Next Month. Nuland Accompanies Blinken to Kiev.
China Warplane Violations Near Taiwan Double, Data Shows Taiwan and Japan Track China Warship Together in Apparent Team-Up at Sea
Israeli Forces Attack, Detain Palestinian Family Members in East Jerusalem Settlers Attack Palestinian Homes in Nablus
Israeli Army to Double Troop Numbers in West Bank Israel's Netanyahu Accepts Bennett as PM in Coalition Deal
China Calls for 'Basic Etiquette' After Philippine Outburst Suspected Extremist in Kenya's East Blow Up Truck Killing 2
US Military: Afghanistan Withdrawal Process 2 to 6 Percent Complete Blinken Assures US Will Not Disengage From Afghanistan
Afghanistan: '20 Soldiers, 180 Taliban' Killed in Fresh Spate of Violence In Wake of Logar Attack, Ghani Says Afghan Education Under Threat
22 People Killed in Afghanistan Herat Flash Floods: Official Saudi-Australian Man Was Extradited From Morocco Despite Being 'Cleared of Wrongdoing'
Egyptians Fearful Over Sisi's Latest Economic Reforms Saudi Delegation Met Assad in Secret Syria Talks
Iraq's Health Minister Resigns in Wake of Devastating Hospital Fire Israel: Netanyahu Seeks Rabbinical Help to Bring Jewish Supremacists and Islamists Together
Skepticism at Report Claiming Iran Interfering in Scottish Elections Dozens Killed in Eastern Burkina Faso Attack
Lebanon and Israel Talks Resume Over Disputed Maritime Border Myanmar Nationals Given 'Safe Passage' to Delhi to Seek UN Refuge
Iraq Summons Turkish Envoy Over Visit During PKK Operations UN Rights Office Condemns Colombia Crackdown on Protests
Tiny Ethnic Group Fears Extinction as Tigray War Enters 6th Month Top-Level Turkish Civilian-Military Delegation Visits Libya
Swiss Diplomat in Iran Found Dead After 'Fall From Tower Block' China's UN Envoy: Myanmar Violence Could Lead to Civil War
China: US Should Push North Korea Diplomacy, Not Pressure G7 Foreign Ministers Meet Face-To-Face After Pandemic Pause
Flurry of Diplomatic Contacts Fuel Iran Deal Speculation Lebanon Requests Satellite Images for Site of Beirut Blast
Israel's Netanyahu Faces Midnight Deadline to Form Coalition

May 3rd, 2021

US Officials in Middle East to Tamp Down Concern Over Iran Deal Philippine Foreign Secretary Tells China to Get the F*** Out of Disputed Waters
Joint Chiefs Chairman: Afghans 'Reasonably' Well Equipped, Trained China Slams Unprecedented US-Taiwan Meeting That Took Place in France
Ukrainian President to Baltic NATO Allies: This Is War in Europe Biden Waving Restriction Blocking Aid to Azerbaijan Over Armenia Conflict
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