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May 26th, 2021

Blinken Disputes Claims That a Deal With Iran Will Be Reached Soon Biden's Top Man in Asia Says the Era of Engagement With China Is Over
Hundreds of Foreign Troops Will Stay on in Afghanistan in Bid to Stop Taliban Capturing Capital Kabul Swiss Abandon Years of EU Talks and Reject Treaty
France's Macron in Rwanda to Reset Ties as Survivors Expect Apology Blinken Says Israel Took 'Significant Steps' to Avoid Killing Civilians in Gaza
Gold Miners Attack Indigenous Village in Amazon, Clash With Police US Still Seeking Dialogue With Chinese Military Chiefs, Pentagon Says
A Botched Ransom Attempt? Ambassador's Death in DR Congo May Not Be What It Seemed Two Killed in Grenade Blasts in Burundi's Capital
Belarus Leader Says Detained Journalist Was Plotting 'Bloody Rebellion' Ethiopia Says 22 Regional Officials Killed by Tigray Rebels
Air France Cancels Moscow Flight as Russia Snubs Belarus Bypass Suspected Islamists Kill 22 With Knives, Machetes in Eastern DR Congo
Hamas Leader Says 80 Fighters Killed in War With Israel Tensions Rise in Baghdad After Arrest of Militia Commander
Group Says Aid Worker Died After Shooting in Southern Yemen A New Investigation Shows Why Soldiers Don't Trust the Army to Take Sexual Assault Seriously
Lapid, Lieberman Reach Deal to Form Coalition Big Tech Censors Palestinian Advocacy Around the World, While Fostering Surge in Jewish Extremism in Israel
Plan to Buy 145 B-21 Raider Bombers Gets Endorsement From Biden Air Force Nominee Russia's FSB Reports 'Unprecedented' Hacking Campaign Aimed at Government Agencies
Pentagon Still Won't Disclose Troop Numbers in Combat Zones Ukraine Says It Should Have Been Invited to NATO Summit
Biden Administration Adds $38.5 Million in Aid to the Palestinians Pipeline Blast in South Iran Kills One
Palestinian President Abbas Says Ceasefire Must Include Ban on Israeli Raids on Al-Aqsa Israeli Police Officer Suspended After Shooting Palestinian Child in Back
Hundreds of Syrians Protest Against Assad's 'Sham' Election California Recon Marine Charged With Dumping Thousands of Rounds of Stolen Ammo, Grenades
It Will Probably Be Decades Before DoD Can Clean Up All the Toxic 'Forever Chemicals' on Installations Air Force Research Laboratory Opens New Space War-Fighting Facility
Get Ready for Another Fight Over the Future of the MQ-9 Reaper Taliban Warns Afghanistan's Neighbors Against Hosting US Bases
Only Countries Making Bombs Are Enriching at Iran's Level: IAEA Chief Myanmar Cardinal Calls for End to Violence After Church Attack
Whatsapp Sues Indian Govt on Privacy Concerns Pakistani Journalist Assaulted in Latest Press Freedom Attack
Iran Bans Crypto Mining After Summer Power Cuts Strike Early UN Says 20,000 Homeless, 40 Missing in DR Congo Volcano Aftermath
Hamas Leader Says Group Won't Touch Gaza Reconstruction Aid Sudan and Main Rebel Group Kick Off Peace Talks in Juba
Another Candidate Assassinated in Mexico Ahead of June 6 Vote Blinken Claims Progress in Effort to Boost Israel-Hamas Truce
Qatar Pledges $500m for Gaza Reconstruction Biden Orders Review of US Intel on Origins of Coronavirus
Egypt's Repression Campaign Extends to US Citizens, New Report Finds Oman: Campaigners Call for Investigation Over Use of UK-Made Tear Gas
Amazon Employees Urge Jeff Bezos to Cut Ties With Israeli Military Using US Aid to Undermine Hamas Is 'Unwise', Experts Say
Suspected ADF Militia Kills 13 in Eastern DR Congo US Navy Planning $6.2 Billion, Next-Generation Attack Submarine by 2031
US Army Opens Patriot Missile Storage Facility in Japan SE Post Trump Asked UK to Bomb Iraq, Disrupting Covid-19 Planning, Says Former Aide
Iran Ready for 'Good Agreement' US Will Honor, but in 'No Rush' for Bad Deal Despite Transparency Pledge, Pentagon Still Won't Get Specific on Combat Troop Numbers
UK's Raab Arrives in Israel for Talks on Boosting Ceasefire, Calls for 2 States Biden Moves Forward With Missile Deal to Israel Despite Progressive Opposition
Israel Insists It's Emerged From Gaza Fight With Diplomatic Ties Largely Intact UK Actors' Union Slams 'Horrifying' Israel Actions Against Hamas; 3 Members Quit
Blast at Iran Petrochemical Complex Kills a Worker and Injures 2 Hundreds Protest New York's Museum of Modern Art Board's Israel Ties
Palestinians Protest as Jerusalem Court Mulls Possible Silwan Evictions 'You Can Always Count on Us': UK Top Diplomat Visits Israel After Gaza Fighting
Muslim Nations Ask UN to Form Unprecedented Permanent Panel to Critique Israel Netanyahu Slams France for 'Insolent' Claim Israel at Risk of Apartheid
Blinken in Jordan for Final Leg of Mideast Tour to Shore Up Gaza Truce Hamas Gaza Chief Threatens to Renew Fighting if Israel 'Violates' Al-Aqsa
White House Says Biden-Putin Meeting Not a 'Reward' to Russia, but a 'Vital Part' of Defending US Interests Pentagon Moving Carrier From Asia-Pacific to Help With Troop Withdrawal in Afghanistan: Report
Iraqi Militia Leader Arrested Over Attacks on Bases Hosting US Troops: Report Myanmar's Junta Using Bodies to Terrorize
US Still Seeking Dialogue With Chinese Military Chiefs, Pentagon Says Japan Should Not Follow the Western Policy on Myanmar: Diplomat Op-Ed
US, Egypt Working Closely to Reinforce Gaza Ceasefire, Blinken Says Azerbaijan Accuses Armenia of Firing Across Border at Its Forces
Russia Expels Bulgarian Diplomat in Tit-For-Tat Move China Bars US Evangelical in Response to Sanctioning of Chinese Official
China Says It Hopes France Will Push for Sino-EU Investment Deal Russia Scrambles Jet Fighter to Escort Norwegian Patrol Plane: Ifax
Belarusian Plane Turns Back After Warning About French Airspace Biden Expected to Name Thomas Nides as Envoy to Israel: Source
US 'Strongly Condemns' Detention of Civilian Leaders in Mali: State Department Afghan MPs Critical of Govt's Security Policy in Laghman
Afghan Govt: Supreme State Council Nearing Completion 62 Prisoners of Taliban Freed by Commandos in Baghlan
Taliban Warns Neighbor Countries Against Hosting US Bases Ireland Urges Israel to End 'De Facto Annexation' of Palestinian Land
Who Is Yaakov Fauci, the New Yorker Squatting in East Jerusalem? Covid-19 in Yemen: Fear of Astrazeneca Vaccine Side Effects Linked to Low Turnout for Jabs
Jerusalem: Israeli Court Postpones Decision on Silwan Evictions Amid Crackdown on Protest Saudi Arabia: Google Urged to Halt Cloud Region Over Spying Concerns
Israeli Flight to Dubai Canceled After Saudi Arabia Denies Access to Airspace Syria: Opposition Stages Protests as Voters Take Part in 'Farcical' Elections
Iraq: Arrest of Paramilitary Commander Sparks Fears of Violent Confrontation Mali's President, Prime Minister Resign After Arrests by Military
Israeli Court Delays Ruling on Expulsion of Families in Silwan Lukashenko Defends Belarus Flight Diversion, Denounces Critics
Ethiopia's Tigray at 'Serious Risk' of Famine, Warns UN Official Blinken Visits Egypt, Jordan to Support Israel-Hamas Ceasefire
Ireland Recognizes Israel's 'De Facto Annexation' of Palestine Russia Tempers Expectations for Putin-Biden Summit in June
Aide: Western Sahara Movement Leader to Testify in Spain Sudan and Main Rebel Group Kick Off Peace Talks in Juba
Genocide Probes Clear Way for Landmark Macron Trip to Rwanda Iran's President Appeals to Top Leader to Add Candidates
Yemen Officials Demand Answers After AP Report on Air Base Syrians Vote in Election Certain to Give Assad New Mandate

May 25th, 2021

Iraq Daily Roundup: Two Killed; 61 Wounded China Rejected Lloyd Austin's Call Because He Asked for the Wrong Official
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