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June 19th, 2021

Iran: Hardline Cleric Ebrahim Raisi Wins Presidential Vote

June 18th, 2021

Iraq Daily Roundup: Two Killed Turkish Bombardment Leaves Iraq Villagers Without Water
UN Stops Short of Calling for Global Arms Embargo Against Myanmar Afghan Defense Ministry Claims Progress; Taliban Disputes High Death Toll
White House Denies Report That Biden Froze Military Aid to Ukraine North Korea's Kim Tightens Ruling Party Discipline, Appoints New Politburo Members
The View From Iran as People Head to the Polls - or Stay In US Wants Nuclear Deal Done Before Iran's New President Takes Office
Pentagon Chief Confirms US Will Replenish Israel's Iron Dome Iran Election: With a Raisi Presidency Diplomacy Is Not Doomed, Experts Say
Biden to Reduce US Troops in Middle East, Will Focus on China, Russia Why Are British C-17s Flying to Libya at Night?
Niger to Move 20,000 Malian Refugees Over Attack Fears Trudeau Resists Business Pressure to Open US Border for Summer
China Gets Closer to Space Goals but Threat to US 'More of a Theory Than a Reality' Blasts Kill Two Near Office of Party Backed by Myanmar Army
Election in Armenia, Meant to End Political Crisis, Is Too Close to Call Scores Abducted in Latest School Kidnapping in North Nigeria
One Kidnapped Student Dead, Seven Rescued in Nigeria's Kebbi State, the Army Says Venezuela Opposition Committee to Seek Support in Washington, Brussels
Peru Ex-Military Stir Election Tensions With Appeal to Armed Forces to 'Remedy' Poll Blow for Incumbent Samoan Leader's Bid to Retain Power
Israel Kills Teen Friends One Week Apart Venezuela's Maduro Pleads for Foreign Capital, Biden Deal in Caracas Interview
Historic WWII-Era Submarine Strikes US Coast Guard Cutter Two Decades On, Israel Confronts Legacy of 'Forgotten' South Lebanon Occupation
Poll: Most American Voters Back Banning Israel From Using US Funds to Annex Land UN Calls for Member States to 'Prevent the Flow of Arms' Into Myanmar
Turkish Policeman Convicted in 2014 Death of Teenager by Tear-Gas Canister Jordan Pulls Out of Water Desalination Project With Israel and Palestinian Authority
Iraqi Anti-Graft Officer Shot Dead: Police Taliban Says a Continued Turkish Troop Presence in Afghanistan Is 'Unacceptable'
Biden to Withdraw 'Hundreds of Troops From Middle East' as Focus Becomes China and Russia, Says US Officials Japanese Soldier, Three Others, Injured by Rampaging Bear
Study: Texas Bases Lead Army Posts in Risk of Sexual Assault Space Force Launches Fifth GPS III Satellite for More Secure Positioning
Lawmakers Crunching the Numbers on Potential Surface Navy Additions to FY22 Spending Plan Navy Releases Long-Range Shipbuilding Plan That Drops Emphasis on 355 Ships, Lays Out Fleet Design Priorities
German Defense Ministry Seeks $5.3 Billion for Next Future Combat Air System Research Phase More Cost Overruns Are Coming for Boeing as the KC-46 Refueling Tanker Program Logs Another Two Technical Deficiencies
Ethiopian Leaders Said They Would 'Wipe Out' Tigrayans: EU Envoy Ethiopia Elections 2021: Five Things to Know
Swiss Court Gives Liberian Rebel 20-Year Sentence for War Crimes UN Chief Antonio Guterres Sworn in for Second Term
Basic Humanitarian Aid Is Not Enough to Support Syrian Refugees, US Official Says Israel Bombards Gaza for Second Night Following Incendiary Balloon Launches
Politicians, Academics and Nobel Laureates Urge Biden to End Israeli 'Oppression' US Suspects 4,000 Cases of Fraud in Iraq Refugee Resettlement Program
Israeli Forces Launch Violent Crackdown on Protesters in Beita US, UN and European Union Urged to Intervene in Planned Executions in Egypt
Palestinian Authority Accepts, Then Cancels, Soon-To-Expire Covid-19 Vaccines From Israel 'Sangorians' Take a Page From Insurgent Playbook in Fight Against Taliban
Canada Acquiring New Tactical Control Radars Worth $186 Million Sudan to Form New Joint Force to 'Crack Down on Insecurity'
Qatar Foreign Minister: No Tangible Progress on Afghanistan Yet Judge Under US Sanctions Set to Take Over Iran Presidency
Abraham Accords Nations Urge New Israel Government to Ease Off Palestinians Bernie Sanders Urges Cooperation Over Confrontation With China
Blinken Speaks to Israel's Lapid for Second Time in Four Days Palestinians Clash With Police on Temple Mount, Amid Fear of Fresh Gaza Fighting
Lisbon Mayor: Israeli Embassy Among Several Given Personal Details on Protesters US Wants Nuclear Deal Done Before Iran's New President Takes Power
Israeli Envoy: Israel Is Ready to Establish Ties With Indonesia, Malaysia Dozens Injured as Israeli Forces Quell Anti-Settlement Rally Near Nablus
Israeli Forces Shoot Journalists, Child at Al-Aqsa Chinese Warplanes Enter Taiwan Air Defense Zone 2 Days After Record Sortie
US-China Relations May Be Too Tense for Xi-Biden Talks US-Led War Games in Africa Wrap Up After Two Weeks of Exercises
US Suspects 4,000 Cases of Fraud in Iraqi Refugee Program: Documents Russia Monitoring Talk of Turkish Military Base in Azerbaijan, Says Kremlin
Top US Diplomat Blinken to Travel to Germany, France, Italy Next Week Afghan Peace Envoy Fears Pullout Will Embolden Taliban
Germany to Take in More of Its Afghan Staff as NATO Mission Winds Down EU Reaches Deal on Belarus Economic Sanctions, According to Austria, Diplomats
Syria Aid Shifts to Seeds, Sheep, and Recovery: Red Cross Federation Ukraine Announces Sanctions on Businessman Dmytro Firtash
UN Chief Urges General Assembly to Act on Myanmar Afghan MPs Question Suitability, Behavior of Country's Security Chiefs
As Violence Intensifies, Afghanistan's Abdullah Asks Taliban to Engage in Talks As Clashes Continue Afghan Military Claims Heavy Toll on Taliban
'Sickening': Rights Groups Slam Boris Johnson's Meeting With Bahrain Crown Prince Gaza: Why Hamas Didn't Retaliate Against Israel's Latest Air Strikes
Israeli Forces Shoot Middle East Eye Journalist in Leg With Rubber-Coated Bullet at Al-Aqsa Iran Elections: Voters Head to Polls With Low Turnout and Conservative Victory Expected
Myanmar Coup Displaces Thousands as Global Refugee Numbers Rise Montenegro Passes Resolution Condemning Srebrenica Genocide
Israeli Forces Attack Al-Aqsa Protesters During Prophet Rally Myanmar Extends Detention of US Journalist Danny Fenster
UN Proposal Seeks Arms Embargo and Democracy in Myanmar EU Envoy: Ethiopian Leadership Vowed to 'Wipe Out' Tigrayans
Palestinians Clash With Israel Police at Jerusalem Holy Site Ethiopia Finally Set to Vote as PM Vows 1st Fair Election

June 17th, 2021

Milley Says China Has a 'Ways to Go' Before It Can Take Taiwan Two Yemeni Men Held at Guantanamo Approved for Transfer
China Calls on US and Russia to 'Substantially Slash' Nuclear Arsenals 23 Afghan Commandos Killed in Fighting in Northern Faryab
Israel Working With US to Increase Monitoring of Iran's Nuclear Program

June 11th, 2021

In Just a Month, Illegal Settler Outpost Sprouts Up on Palestinian Lands
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