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August 12th, 2021

Turkish Soldier Succumbs to Wounds After PKK Attack in Northern Iraq Houthis Fire Hundreds of 'Renegade' Security Officers
Herat and Kandahar, Two Major Afghan Cities, Fall to Taliban The US Is Bombing Its Equipment That Has Been Captured by the Taliban
GNU Military Commander Assassinated in Libyan Capital Ambassador Seemingly Acknowledges Israel's Nuclear Weapons
US Defense Chief Lloyd Austin Has Yet to Speak With Chinese Counterpart, Pentagon Says Focus on Security Issues Constrains US-Based China Research, Report Says
Djibouti Rights Watchdog Slams Police for Attacking Civilians Taliban Fighters Executing Surrendering Troops, US Officials Say
Turkish Police Detain 76 Over Attacks on Syrian Refugees Sudan Signs Deal With ICC to Get Justice for Darfur Victims
Wagner: Gadhafi's Son Faces Arrest Over Russian Mercenaries in Libya UN Reports 'Significant Progress' Toward Somalia Elections
Warlord Dostum Back in the Fray as Taliban Overwhelm Afghan North Cuban Diaspora Sends Medicines to Alleviate Dire Shortages
Denmark to Evacuate Afghans Who Worked for Kabul Embassy Indonesia to Investigate Forcible Restraint of Nigerian Diplomat
African Union Peace Force in Somalia Probes Reports of Civilian Deaths More Syrians and Afghans Entering EU Via Western Balkans
One Month After Cuba Protests, Hundreds Remain Behind Bars Nicaragua Paper Says It Can No Longer Do Print Editions, Blames Government
UN Warns Any Fighting in Kabul Would Be 'Catastrophic' for Civilians Fisher-Herder Conflict in Northern Cameroon Kills at Least 12
EU Foreign Policy Chief Urges Afghan Government to Work With Taliban One Dead, 15 People Injured in Bus Blast in Central Russia
Venezuela Government, Opposition to Start Talks in Mexico Bodies of Six Men Found Hanging From a Bridge in Mexico
Britain to Send Troops to Kabul to Help UK Nationals Leave US Troops Refusing the Covid-19 Vaccine: What Happens to Them?
Israeli Soldiers Detain Palestinian Man Hours After His Release From 16-Year Prison Sentence US Congresswoman Marie Newman: 'The Israeli Government Is Trampling on Palestinian Rights'
Israel Approves Plans for Palestinian Homes in Area C -- Along With 2,000 Settlement Units Zambia Votes in Closely Contested Election
Germany Will Withhold Afghanistan Financial Aid if Sharia Law Is Implemented: Foreign Minister Haiti's Presidential Election Pushed Back to November
US Calls for Immediate Release of Afghan Officials Held by Taliban YouTube Rival Rumble Strikes Deals With Tulsi Gabbard, Glenn Greenwald
With Rise in Palestinian Deaths, IDF Head Says No Room for Troops' 'Negligence' IDF Says It Downed Hezbollah Drone That Entered Israeli Airspace
US Asks Taliban to 'Spare' Its Embassy in Coming Kabul Battle Sheikh Jarrah Activists Mohammad El-Kurd and Omar Abu Sneineh Summoned by Israel Police
Report: Afghan Govt Offers Power-Sharing Deal to Taliban Kabul Airport Should Remain Open, Issue to 'Take Shape' in Days: Turkish Minister
Bahrain and Israel 'Must Collaborate on Security to Deter Iran': Official Ennahda Proposes Road Map to Lead Tunisia Out of Political Deadlock
Algeria Sentences Journalist to Eight Months in Jail US, Coalition Airstrikes in Centcom Region Plummet Amid Withdrawal Plans
Group Cites Chemical Concerns at Military Sites Near Chesapeake Bay Indonesia's Army Stops 'Virginity Tests' on Female Recruits
Protesters Block Entrances to Raytheon Plant in Rhode Island The Pentagon Is Exploring Its Options for a More Efficient and Powerful F-35 Engine
Audit: Some Navy Sub Cybersecurity Inspections Were Neglected in Recent Years Afghan Govt: Undeserved Legitimacy Given to Taliban in Peace Talks
Sri Lanka Files Charges Against 25 Easter Sunday Bombing Suspects Timeline: Taliban's Rapid Advance Across Afghanistan
Who Are Taliban's Key Leaders in Afghanistan? Pakistan Blames India, Afghanistan for Deadly Bus Bombing
Ten Maps to Understand Afghanistan Qatar Sends First Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Since Persian Gulf Crisis
Death of a Man Allegedly at the Hands of Syrians Triggers Riots in Ankara US Should Deprioritize Iran, Decrease Military Presence in Middle East, Senator Says
Egypt Says US Lawmakers Seeking to Block Aid Are Being 'Deceived by Terrorist Group' Fifteen People Killed by Jihadists in Western Niger
17 Jihadists, Five Defense Volunteers Killed in Burkina Faso Attacks Indonesia Reaffirms Commitment to South Korean Kf-21 Joint Aircraft Project
Ukrainian Armor to Market UAE Unmanned Ground Vehicle US Sending 3,000 Troops to Evacuate Embassy Staff in Kabul
Britain Sends Troops to Afghanistan to Help Evacuate Staff and Citizens Pentagon Sending Troops to Kabul to Help Evacuation of US Embassy
Rapid Taliban Advances in Afghanistan Have the US Military Launching Strikes to Destroy Captured Artillery and Armored Vehicles China Prepared to Recognize Taliban if Kabul Falls, Sources Say, Undermining US Threats
US Frustration Mounts Over Afghan Failure to Blunt Taliban's Advance Blinken Lauds 'Significant' First Post-Normalization Visit by Israeli FM in Morocco
Israel Threatens Palestinian Access to Ibrahimi Mosque, Cracks Down on Protests Israeli Knesset Member Says Palestinian Bedouins 'Pollute Our Country'
Prominent Sheikh Jarrah Activists Summoned by Israeli Police UN Experts Urge Freeze on Surveillance Tech Sales Amid Israeli Spyware Scandal
Citing Israel, Protesters Accuse US Weapons Firm of Abuses, Block Plant Entrance Taliban Capture Third-Largest City in Afghanistan
US-China Relations: Envoys 'Aim to Build' on Sherman's Tianjin Talks Taliban Take Strategic Afghan City of Ghazni on Road to Kabul
North Korean Envoy Calls for Cooperation With Russia to Counter United States Germany Won't Give Money to Afghanistan if Sharia Law Introduced: Foreign Minister
Russia to Finance New Tajik-Afghan Border Outpost: Report Russia Arrests Top Hypersonic Research Scientist in Treason Case
Pakistan Says Attack That Killed Chinese Was a Suicide Bombing US Embassy in Kabul Urges US Citizens to Leave Afghanistan Immediately
Pakistani Forces Clash With Afghan Protesters at Border Crossing Shut by Taliban Israel, Morocco to Upgrade Ties and Open Embassies, Israeli FM Says
Unity Can Help Fix Current Crisis: Afghan Speaker Rahmani Afghanistan: Fighting Continues in Jawzjan, Balkh Provinces
'We Lost Everything': Afghans From North Seek Shelter in Kabul Taliban Take Over Ghazni City, Governor Arrested
Pakistan's Khan: Taliban Will Not Talk to Govt 'As Long as Ghani Is There' Israeli Contractors Sign 'Confidentiality Clause' in Tender to Build New Al-Aqsa Bridge
Iran: Backlash After UK and Russian Envoys Recall World War Two Tehran Summit Iranian Press Review: Raisi Vows to 'Make US Regret' Sanctions Against Iran
Afghanistan-Turkey: Taliban Says Willing to Meet Erdogan 'Under Right Circumstances' UK's Labour Party Accused of 'Purging Jews' From Party Over Antisemitism Claims
Pakistan Useful for US Only to Clean Up Afghanistan 'Mess': Khan Afghanistan Govt Offers to Share Power With Taliban: Official
Egypt's US Envoy Slams 'Deceived' Legislators' Bid to Block Aid European Countries Halt Deportations Amid Afghanistan Fighting
Israeli Foreign Minister Inaugurates Diplomatic Office in Morocco Media, Holocaust Bills Test Poland's Ties With US, Israel
Squeezing Kabul, Taliban Take 10th Afghan Provincial Capital Some Afghans Blame Neighboring Pakistan for Taliban Gains

August 11th, 2021

Iraq Daily Roundup: Ten Killed Navies of 21 Countries Begin US-Led Exercises in Southeast Asia
Taliban Attacks Major Afghan City of Kandahar, Overruns Prison Russia: Taliban Seizes Afghan Borders With Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
Turkey Still Wants to Guard Kabul Airport Despite Taliban Gains Infographic: Who Controls What in Afghanistan
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