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May 20th, 2021

US Lawmaker Proposes Bill Calling for Declaration to End Korean War 'Thanks to God,' Gazans Chant as Truce Takes Hold
Fewer Independents Vie for Vietnam's Communist Party-Dominated Assembly UN Rights Body to Hold Special Session Over Mideast Violence
Spanish Court Rejects Arrest of Polisario Front Leader Mexico Says FBI Investigating Governor's Links to Money Laundering
El Salvador Clandestine Cemetery Investigated as Possible Femicide Mass Grave Mediating in Gaza Conflict, Egypt Seeks Broader Influence
Hamas Official Says 'No Shortage of Missiles' Dozens of Colombian Roads Still Blocked Amid Anti-Government Protests
Myanmar Junta Fires Protesting Diplomats in Tokyo Google Appeals Russian Court Order to Unblock Youtube Account of Sanctioned Businessman
Blinken Confirms the US Does Not Want to Buy Greenland After Trump Proposal Israeli Extremeists Attack Christian Clerics Near Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Soldiers Shoot Three Palestinians, Including Child, Abduct Young Man, in Jenin Israeli Forces Storm Al-Makassed Hospital in Jerusalem
Watch: British MP Calls for Sanctions on Israel as Civilian Casualties Mount in Gaza Israeli Radio Incites Killing, Expulsion of Palestinian Citizens
Four Family Members Killed in Afghanistan Blast US Sanctions Houthi Military Leaders as Yemen Peace Efforts Stall
Ceasefire Holds in Afghanistan's Laghman Province After Elders Make a Deal Omar Says Facebook Refusing to Take Down 'Hate Speech' Ad Paid by AIPAC
Pentagon Pushes Effort to Get More Service Members Vaccinated Israel's Political Stalemate Impacts Economy More Than Hamas Rockets: Moody's
Right-Wing Israeli Channel Axes Reporter Who Lamented Lack of Arab Israeli Casualties Egypt FM Says Water Safe Despite Ethiopia Dam Threat
Nine Civilians Killed by Roadside Bomb in Afghanistan Facebook Launches 'Special Operations Center' to Filter Israel-Palestine Content
Spain Accuses Morocco of 'Aggression' and 'Blackmail' Over Migrant Crisis Erdogan Sues Rival for Comparing Him to Netanyahu
Israeli Electrical Workers Threaten to Desert Gaza Electricity Lines Palestinian 'in Intensive Care' After Stabbing by Israeli Mob in Holon
$100,000 Retention Bonuses Offered to Commanders of Navy Aviation Units US, Russia Hold Parallel Military Drills in the Balkans
Air Force to Focus 2022 Construction Funds on Europe, Pacific and Nukes Russian Lawmakers Vote to Follow US Out of Surveillance Overflight Treaty
Senate Rejects Defense Spending 'Parity' Amendment US Proposes Global Minimum Corporate Tax Rate of 15%, With an Eye on Something Even Higher
Russia Voices Concern Over Increased US and NATO Military Activity in Arctic Guatemala Prison: Several Inmates Beheaded in Gang Violence
Thousands of Syrian Refugees and Expats Vote Early in Lebanon Norway Wealth Fund Excludes Firms Linked to West Bank Settlements
Ethiopia Announces New Date for Twice-Delayed National Elections US Treasury Wants Crypto Transfers Above $10,000 Reported to IRS
Oil Slumps Two Percent on Possible Return of Iranian Supply 'He Never Hurt Anyone': Palestinians Mourn Child Killed by Israeli Forces
Venmo Accused of Restricting Payments to Palestinian Relief Funds Australian Military to Establish New $7 Billion Space Division
Taiwan Deploys 42 Upgraded F-16s at Southwestern Airbase Nigeria's Boko Haram Leader 'Badly Wounded': Intelligence Sources
Philippines to Acquire Israeli Missile-Capable Patrol Boats for $209m US Sails Warship Near Chinese-Claimed Paracel Islands in South China Sea
Japan Must 'Radically' Speed Defense Build-Up: Minister Israel's Security Cabinet Approves Gaza Ceasefire After 11 Days of Bombing
Erdogan Sues Rival for Comparing Him to Netanyahu Residents of Gaza Border Town Told to Remain in Shelters as Rocket Fire Persists
Biden Leaning Toward Thomas Nides as Ambassador to Israel UN Secretary-General: 'if There Is a Hell on Earth, It Is the Lives of Children in Gaza'
EU-China Investment Deal on Hold as MEPs Vote to Halt Talks 'Mama, Baba, Boom!': Toddlers and Families Learn to Live With Gaza Bombardment
US, China Must Learn to Cooperate or War Could Ruin US All: Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong US Navy Denies Warship Was 'Expelled' From South China Sea
Senators Call on Biden Administration to Demand Saudi End Blockade Tactics on a Starving Yemen Tribal Elders Broker Local Taliban, Afghan Government Ceasefire
US Minimizes Prospect of New North Korea Initiative at Moon Summit IAEA Says Talks With Iran Continue as Monitoring Deal Set to Expire
Iran President Gives His Most Upbeat View Yet of Nuke Talks Germany Wants Sustainable Truce Between Israel-Hamas: Merkel
World Health Organization Appeals for Humanitarian Pause to Gain Access to Gaza US, Russia at Odds Over Military Activity in the Arctic
Video Allegations of Organized Crime Boss Shake Turkish Politics Europe Eyes 'New Basis' for Trade Ties With US
Yemen: US Sanctions Houthi Military Leaders as Peace Efforts Stall EU Parliament Freezes China Deal Ratification Until Beijing Lifts Sanctions
Covid-19 Variant Circulating in All Afghan Provinces Afghan Military Retreat From Besieged Center of Dawlat Shah
Discussions Continue Over Afghanistan's Supreme State Council: Saadati Afghanistan: 9 Civilians Killed in Helmand Roadside Bomb Blast
US Discourse Is Shifting on Israel-Palestine but Policy Yet to Change Syrian Assad Supporters Attacked in Lebanon While Heading to Polls
Iran: No Prominent Reformist Candidate for Presidential Election Biden, Moon to Talk China, Chip Crunch at White House Summit
Sanders Introduces Legislation to Block US Arms Sale to Israel UN Chief Urges Immediate Ceasefire in Israel-Palestine Conflict
'They Aim to Kill': Gaza Doctors Recount Experiences as War Rages 'This Time Is Different': Gaza Journalists on Israeli Bombardment
Gaza: Israeli Air Raid Kills Disabled Man, Pregnant Wife, Child Netanyahu's Prospects Bolstered Amid Israel-Hamas Fighting

May 19th, 2021

Russian FM Says Meeting With Blinken Was 'Constructive' Biden Tells Coast Guard Class They Will Face Russia and China
Netanyahu Rejects Biden's Call for De-Escalation in Gaza, Says He Is 'Determined to Continue' Netanyahu Says 'Conquering' Gaza Is an Option for Israel
MoD Document Approves British Troops for Illegal Bombing, Charity Claims
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