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August 11th, 2021

Taliban Seizes Attack Helicopter Donated by India to Afghanistan New Report Details How Canadian Made Weapons Are Fueling Yemen War
Libyan Authorities Exhume Nine Bodies From New Mass Grave in Tarhuna Clashes Erupt Between Rival Militias in Western Libya
Nine Killed as Explosion Rocks Ammunition Depot in Iraq New Haitian Prime Minister Pledges to Hold Assassins Accountable, Schedule Elections
South Sudan President Orders End to Factional Infighting Many Afghans Seek a Way Out as US Troops Leave and the Taliban Advances
Factbox: Some Key Leaders of Afghanistan's Taliban China Urges Koreas to Get Along, as North Warns of 'Crisis' Over Us-South Korea Military Drills
China Wary of Lithuanian Domino Effect Over De Facto Taiwan Embassy US Says It's Committed to Helping Cubans Access Internet
Venezuela's Capriles Calls for Opposition to Join Regional Vote Russia Says It Has Agreed to Lift Trade Restrictions With Moldova
Norway Says It Is Involved in Venezuela Talks Taliban Denies Killing Civilians, Calls for Independent Inquiry
Lebanese Central Bank Effectively Ends Fuel Subsidy Polish Lawmakers Pass Bill Seen as Limiting Media Freedom
Somalia Rejects Diplomatic Resolution of Maritime Dispute With Kenya Somalia and Kenya Agree to 'Reset' Frosty Ties
Palestinian Detainee Ahmad Nazzal Suspends the Hunger Strike US, Taiwan Agree to Hold Regular Talks on Coast Guard Cooperation
Germany Supplies Israel With Third Warship Amid Iran Tensions Israeli Forces Tear Down Chicken Farm Near Bethlehem
Biden Administration Says Iron Dome Funding Will Be Left Up to Congress Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound Raided by Scores of Far-Right Israelis
Taliban Seizes More Afghan Capitals, Even Kabul May Not Be Safe Israel's Confiscation of $31 Million of Palestinian Tax Receipts Every Month 'Illegal', Says PM
Libya Militia Leader Haftar Travels to Cairo to Meet US Ambassador Iraqi Army Launches Anti-ISIS Operation in Rutba Desert Following Spate of Attacks
Palestinian Fighters 'in Shootout' With Israeli Forces in Nablus Israeli Court Freezes Razing of Palestinian Homes in East Jerusalem's Silwan
Israel to Approve 2,000 New Settlement Homes in Occupied West Bank Lebanese Parties to Boycott Parliament Session Over Blast Probe
Palestinian Man Dies of Injuries One Week After Being Shot by Israeli Troops Not Shocking: Most of the Army's Tasers Don't Work
Another ICBM Test Successful, Air Force Says A Former Command Chief Sexually Harassed Airmen and Made Racist Remarks. the Air Force Moved Him to Another Leadership Post.
Cisneros Confirmed to Lead Pentagon Personnel Policy Report: US Considering Possible Evacuation Kabul Embassy
Navies of 21 Countries Kick Off US-Led Drills in Southeast Asia Afghan Leader Rallies Forces in Taliban-Besieged Northern City
Amnesty: Rape Survivors Describe Slavery, Mutilations in Tigray From Middle East to India, Women 'Violated' in Pegasus Phone Hack
Germany Arrests British Diplomat Suspected of Spying for Russia Ethiopia Armed Group Says It Has Alliance With Tigray Forces
Spain Withdraws Nicaragua Ambassador After 'Interference' Claims Qatar Appoints First Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Since Rift
Israel and Morocco Sign Three Deals on Historic Visit Twitter, Google to Ban Content Denying Srebrenica Genocide
US Arms Sales to Middle East in Focus at Senate Subcommittee Hearing India and Saudi Arabia Hold First-Ever Naval Exercises in Persian Gulf
International Crisis Group Calls for Inclusion of Hamas in Palestinian Politics Canada Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia Violate International Law, Rights Groups Say
Jihadist Violence Claimed 420 Lives in Niger This Year: Watchdog CIA Chief Meets Israeli Prime Minister Amid Iran Tensions
Afghan Government Requests Indian Air Force Support Against Taliban Soldier, Civilian Killed in East Ukraine Clashes
Russia Wraps Up War Games Near Tajik-Afghan Border Lockheed Awarded $13.5 Million to Build Advanced JAGM Missiles for US Drones, Helicopters
Taliban Resumes Attacks on Kandahar City 1000 Inmates Freed as Taliban Opens Prisons in Captured Cities
Afghanistan's Interior Minister Reveals Plan to Push Back Taliban Afghanistan's Marshal Dostum Pledges to Clear North of Taliban
Calls for Sanctions on Pakistan Dominate Afghan Social Media Taliban Take Over Kunduz Airport, Media Restricted in Takhar
Jordan Charts Path to Normal Relations With Syria, Despite Daraa Fighting US Senate Votes Down $50 Billion Defense Infrastructure Boost
Afghan President Replaces Army Chief Iran's New President Chooses Defense Minister, Names Former as Interior Minister
US' Aircraft Carrier Shock Trial Tells China It Doesn't Fear Ship-Killer Missiles, Observer Says Lithuania to Recall China Ambassador Over Taiwan Office Name Row
Taiwan, US Agree to Hold Regular Talks on Coastguard Cooperation Senior Bahraini Official Openly Meets Israeli Military Commander Who Handles Iran
US Mosque Denied Shipment of Religious Tiles Due to Sanctions on Iran In Rabat, Israel's Lapid Holds Lengthy Talks With Moroccan FM, Who Urges 2-State Solution
Afghan Finance Minister Quits, Leaves Country as Taliban Advance US Wins Right to Appeal Health Grounds on Assange Extradition
Israel to Approve New Construction in West Bank for Both Settlers and Palestinians Russia Says It Discussed Plans With Japan for Joint Economic Activity on Kuril Islands
Belarus Tells US to Cut Embassy Staff in Row Over Sanctions Ethiopia's Tigray Forces Seek New Military Alliance
Turkey Still Keen to Run Kabul Airport Despite Taliban Advances, Officials Say Iran's President Names Owji as New Oil Minister as US Sanctions Bite
Israel's Foreign Minister Begins Landmark Two-Day Visit to Morocco Hundreds of Yemeni Professionals in Saudi Arabia Laid Off and Told to Go Home
CIA Chief Meets Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett Amid Iran Tensions Sudan to Hand Over Omar Al-Bashir and Other Wanted Officials to ICC
#SanctionPakistan Trends as Violence Rages in Afghanistan Taliban Seizes Afghan Borders With Tajikistan, Uzbekistan: Russia
Afghan Capital Could Fall to Taliban Within 90 Days: US Intel Libyan Delegates Launch New Round of UN-Led Political Talks
Palestinian Journalists Claim Pressure by PA Amid Crackdown North Korea Repeats Threat as US Says Joint Drills Are Defensive
Fleeing Fighting in North, Afghans Crowd Into Kabul's Parks Germany, Netherlands Suspend Deportations to Afghanistan
Ethiopia Armed Group Says It Has Alliance With Tigray Forces Senate OKs Dems' $3.5 Trillion Budget in Latest Win for Biden
Taliban Complete Northeast Afghan Blitz as More Cities Fall

August 10th, 2021

13 Houthis Killed in Overnight Saudi Airstrikes in Yemen's Maarib Israeli Officials Call for International Action Against Iran
Iraq Daily Roundup: Mayor of Karbala Among Four Killed Iran Asks Iraq to Expel Rebels From Kurdish Border Areas
State Department Evaluating Security of Kabul Embassy on a Daily Basis Taiwan Prepares for Mega Live-Fire War Games as Tensions Soar
Iranian State Media Claims Israeli Submarine Passed Through Suez Into Red Sea
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