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August 6th, 2021

Hezbollah Fires Rockets in Response to Israeli Airstrikes Leave Afghanistan Now, Britain Tells All UK Nationals Amid 'Worsening Security Situation'
US Military Base Fort Lee Preparing to Receive Up to 3,500 Afghans Taliban on Afghan Provincial Capital Capture: 'We Have to Take It'
Renewed Militia Clashes in Western Libya Hundreds of Cuban Protesters Are Still Detained, Including Prominent Dissidents
Bolivia President Vows to Punish 'Coup' Accused Israeli Ambassador Says Israel Wants to See 'Regime Change' in Iran
Myanmar Military Offers Amnesty to Some Protesters in Hiding Three Months On, State of Siege Fails to Stem DR Congo Violence
Huawei Reports Nearly 30 Percent Revenue Drop Amid US Sanctions Why China Is Not Saying Yes - or No - to the German Navy's Port Call Request
China-US Trade War: American Business Calls on Biden to Restart Talks US Improperly Provided Evidence to Judge in Meng Wanzhou's Canadian Extradition Case, Lawyer Claims
Biden Administration Shrugs Off Pressure to Remove Trump-Era China Tariffs China Appoints New Military Commander in Restive Xinjiang
Australia Will Not Bow to Chinese Demands to Restart Talks: Foreign Minister India, China Pull Back From Part of Contested Himalayan Border
India Scraps 'Tax Terrorism' Rule That Spooked Foreign Firms Told to Leave but Nowhere to Go: Civilians Caught in Afghan Crossfire
Tunisian Activists Say They Will Keep Up Pressure on President Taliban Capture First Provincial Capital Since US Began Withdrawal
Indo-Pacific Command Chief Says US Is 'Ready' to Defend Taiwan Blinken Expresses 'Deep Concern' Over China's Nuclear Arsenal
Israel Demolishes Al-Arakib Village for the 191st Time Army Injures Dozens of Palestinians in Kufur Qaddoum
Another Palestinian Killed by Israeli Forces in Beita, 20 Others Wounded Amnesty: Ben & Jerry's Decision Is 'Legitimate and Necessary'
Video Contradicts Israeli Army Account of Firing on Palestinian Family's Car, Killing 11-Year-Old Boy Retired Brigadier General Mike Herzog Announced as Next Israel's Ambassador to US
Israel 'Would Ultimately Like to See Regime Change in Iran,' Says Envoy Erdan Jewish National Fund Plan Could See Further Expulsions of Palestinians From West Bank Home
Angry Residents in South Lebanon Village Seize Hezbollah Rocket Launcher After Israel Strikes Unmanned Air Force Global Hawk Crashes Near Grand Forks, ND; No Injuries
Potential Military Vaccine Mandate Brings Distrust, Support US Army to Keep 6 Sites in Europe, Nixing Transfer Plan
Proponents of $50 Billion Defense Infrastructure Amendment Weigh Back-Up Plan Amhara Official Says Offensive Against Tigray Forces Imminent
US Charges Two Myanmar Citizens Over Plot to Attack UN Ambassador Hungary's Orban Braces for US 'Interference' in 2022 Election
Tunisia: Ennahda Party Official Anouar Maarouf Under House Arrest Morocco: Jailed Journalist Omar Radi Sentenced for 'Public Drunkenness'
Pegasus: Tunisia's Ghannouchi Targeted by Saudi Arabia Guantanamo Bay: 75 US Lawmakers Call on Biden to 'Immediately Close' Prison
US Senators Pile Pressure on Biden to Declassify 9/11 Documents Rwanda Troops in Mozambique Claim Progress Against Jihadists
India's Air Force Chief Visits Israel to Boost Military Ties as Pegasus Scandal Rages at Home Pentagon Wrongly Admitted to Killing 21 Civilians in Iraq and Syria: Report
UN Chief Names Swedish Diplomat as New Yemen Envoy US Says Iran Responsible for Deadly Oil Tanker Attack in Arabian Sea
UN Says Afghan War Has Entered 'Deadlier and More Destructive Phase' Taliban Take First Afghan District Capital Since US Began Its Withdrawal
'The US Is Ready': INDOPACOM Leader Confident in Armed Forces' Ability to Defend Taiwan Gaza Groups Send Fire Balloons Into Israel, Sparking Four Blazes
Israel's Gantz Warns Lebanon: Your Situation Is Dire and We Can Make It Even Worse India, China Pull Back Forces From Another Part of Border
House Democrats Call on Biden to Close Guantanamo 'Once and for All' Top Diplomats of United States, South Korea Discuss Ways to Engage North Korea
Beware Taliban Promises, Afghanistan Envoy to China Warns Taliban Close Border Crossing With Pakistan, Call for Visa-Free Travel for Afghans
US Imposes Visa Restrictions on Relatives of Nicaraguan Officials: State Dept Blinken Expresses US Concern About China's Growing Nuclear Arsenal
Israel Names President's Brother as US Envoy, Points to Iran Experience Russian, Tajik and Uzbek Forces Begin Joint Afghan Border Drills
Head of Afghan Govt's Media, Information Center Assassinated Afghanistan: Helmand, Jawzjan Capitals Face Heavy Fighting in 24 Hours
Taliban Captures Capital of Nimroz Province Syria: UN Calls for 'Immediate Ceasefire' as 18,000 Civilians Flee Daraa
UK: Pro-Palestine Activists Occupy Israeli Drone Maker's London Offices Egypt Publishes Video of Soldiers Killing Sleeping, Unarmed Men in North Sinai
Israeli Soldiers Kill Palestinian During West Bank Settlement Protest Central Asia's Leaders Meet as Taliban Makes Gains in Afghanistan
Taliban Captures Afghan Provincial Capital Zaranj China Slams US Offer of Safe Havens for Hong Kong Residents
Central Asian Leaders Worried by Turmoil in Afghanistan Palestinians Say Protester Killed in Clashes in West Bank
Taliban Kill Afghan Media Chief in Kabul; Take Southern City Senate Bill to Repeal Iraq War Authorizations Draws Key Level of GOP Support

August 5th, 2021

Iraq Daily Roundup: Six Killed Afghan Forces Launch Counter-Offensive in Helmand Capital
Olympic Organizers Refuse to Honor Victims of 1945 Hiroshima Bombing Palestinian Children Face Constant and Unique Trauma in Gaza, Experts Say
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