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August 15th, 2021

Pentagon Sending Another 1,000 Troops to Kabul, Bringing Figure to 6,000 Unmanned IDF Aircraft Falls Into Syrian Territory
Local Authorities Tighten Security Measures After Blast in Yemen's Aden Iran Sets Up Refugee Camps Along Border as Afghans Flee Taliban Rule
Biden Team Surprised by Rapid Taliban Gains in Afghanistan US Evacuated 500 Embassy Staffers From Afghanistan Sunday
Russia Says No Need to Evacuate Embassy in Afghanistan Who's Who Behind the Taliban Leadership
'No Favorites' for Pakistan in Afghanistan, Expects Good Relations With Neighbor: FM Qureshi Is Washington Sabotaging the JCPOA Talks?
Afghan Soldiers Fleeing Taliban Offensive Detained by Uzbekistan Pakistan Will Facilitate Visas for Afghan Journalists, Families
Huge British Airlift Effort Underway in Afghanistan Afghanistan's Military Collapse: Illicit Deals With Taliban and Mass Desertions
Dollar Dominance Back on Agenda in DR Congo The Pentagon Mistakes Behind the Rout of the Afghan Army
Pakistan Security Adviser: 'We Want a Political Settlement in Afghanistan' South Korea, US to Begin Joint Military Drills Despite North's Rebuke
Austria Plans Aid Conference for Afghanistan's Neighbors Nigeria Says Killing of Muslim Travelers Was 'Prearranged'
Pentagon OKs 1,000 More Troops for Kabul as US Embassy Says Airport Security Not Stable Nepal Calls for Evacuation of at Least 1,500 Nepalis in Afghanistan
Taliban Officials: There Will Be No Transitional Government in Afghanistan Zambian Opposition Leader Hichilema Heads Closer to Victory in Presidential Vote
Lebanon's Hezbollah Says It Will Begin Importing Fuel From Iran Ghani Flees Afghanistan; Taliban's Mullah Baradar Likely To Take Power
Taliban Enters Afghan Presidential Palace After Ghani Flees Pakistan: Grenade Attack Kills Several Family Members, Including Children
Blinken Argues Taliban Would Have Launched Offensive Even if US Had Stayed Taliban Show Off US-Made Afghan Army Helicopters Captured at Kandahar Airport
Israeli High Court Rejects Petition Against Compromise Deal for Illegal Outpost Poland Rejects Israel's Accusation That Restitution Law Is Antisemitic
In Sudan, Tigrayans Fear the Worst as Bodies Wash Up in River Saudi-Led Coalition Shoots Down Houthi Missile Near Najran
Israeli Forces Conduct Raids in Occupied East Jerusalem, West Bank Paratrooper Found Dead in His Fort Bragg Barracks
Malaysia PM Muhyiddin to Resign on Monday, Local Media Reports South Korea's Moon Open to Japan Talks Despite Historical Feuds
Pakistan Says 'Closely Following' Situation in Afghanistan Modi Unveils $1.5 Trillion Infrastructure Plan on India's 75th Independence Day
'Unpatriotic': Afghans Slam President Ghani's Swift Departure Mapping the Advance of the Taliban
'This Is Not Saigon': Blinken Defends US Evacuations From Kabul Pakistan Closes Torkham Border Crossing With Afghanistan After Taliban Advances
Afghan President Was Isolated Before Slipping Into Exile Images of Women Painted Over as Taliban Takes Over Kabul, Afghanistan
Taliban Commander, Former Gitmo Detainee, Gives Press Conference Inside Kabul's Presidential Palace Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar to Become New Afghan President Under Taliban
Taliban Greeted by Huge Crowd of Locals on the Outskirts of Capital City Kabul Albania, Kosovo Say Ready to Temporarily House Afghan Refugees
Watch: Chaos at Kabul Airport as Hundreds Try to Board C-17 Cargo Plane to Flee Afghanistan UK PM Boris Johnson Says Taliban Should Not Be Recognized as Afghan Govt
In Pictures: Taliban Takes Control of Afghan Presidential Palace Germany Sending Military Planes to Afghanistan for Evacuation
Afghan Minister Can't Believe President Has Fled [video] President Ashraf Ghani Says He Left He Afghanistan to Avoid Bloodshed
Kabul Airport Closed to Commercial Flights as Taliban Enter City Georgia Actively Works to Evacuate Its Citizens From Kabul: Foreign Ministry
Armenian Armed Forces Open Fire at Azerbaijani Army Positions India Begins Evacuation From Kabul
Taliban Spokesman, Live on BBC, Says They Are 'Awaiting a Peaceful Transfer of Power' US Completes Evacuation of Embassy in Kabul, Flag Comes Down
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Says US Should 'Crush the Taliban' in Kabul Using 'American Air Power' As Taliban Takes Over Afghan, French Ambassador Shares Video of Leaving Kabul With Others
We Want Peace in Afghanistan, Don't Want People to Fear US: Taliban Spokesperson Who Is Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Taliban Political Bureau Head: Likely to Be Next Afghanistan President
Palestinian Former Knesset Candidate Murdered in His Car Erdogan to Work With Pakistan to Stop Influx of Afghan Refugees
Libya: Water Cut Off After Sabotage Threats Over Gadhafi's Cousin US Embassy in Kabul Instructs Americans to 'Shelter in Place' Amid Reports of Gunfire at Airport
Afghan President Flees the Country as Taliban Move on Kabul

August 14th, 2021

As the Taliban Advances, Here Are the Countries Evacuating Their Embassies in Kabul Pakistan Soldier Killed, Major Among Two Hurt as Vehicle Attacked in Loralai
12 Die in Karachi Grenade Attack US Stands With Lithuania Against 'Coercive' China, State Department Says
Coming Weeks 'Crucial' for Biden-Xi Summit Chances Why China and Russia Might Find Common Security Ground in Afghanistan
Trailing After Early Count, Zambian President Questions if Vote Fair Austria Keeps Hard Line on Deporting Afghans
Nicaragua Police Arrest Manager of Newspaper Critical of President Afghan Militia Leaders Atta Noor, Dostum Escape 'Conspiracy' Into Uzbekistan
Second Nigerian 'Chibok Girl' Freed in a Week Seven Years After Abduction Attackers Kill 22 Nigerian Commuters on Road Near Plateau State Capital
Police Clash With Protesters Near Ukrainian President's Office Twitter Reinstates Accounts of India's Rahul Gandhi, Other Opposition
Czech Republic Evacuates Embassy in Kabul Dozens Killed in Lebanon Fuel Tanker Explosion
UN Report: Israel Demolished 57 Palestinian-Owned Structures in Two Weeks Bennett Prevents Gantz From Meeting With PA President Abbas
Blast Strikes Security Patrol in Yemen's Aden, Two Killed Houthi Rebels Say Shoot Down 'Spy' Drone in Central Yemen
US State Department Pans Israeli Plan for New Settlement Homes 'Nothing Left': Crisis-Hit Lebanon Faces Growing Bread Shortages
Lebanese Army Seizes Hoarded Fuel at Gas Stations Amid Financial Crisis UN Experts Denounce Israeli Raid on Children NGO in West Bank
Turkey Holds Dozens More After Attacks on Syrian Shops Protesters Rally Outside Lebanon Central Bank Governor's House Following Decision to Lift Fuel Subsidies
West Baghdad Without Water After 'Attack' on Power Grid Lebanon Army Deploys at Pumps as Bank Chief Firm on Lifting Fuel Subsidies
Israel Recalls Poland Envoy Over 'Anti-Semitic' Property Claims Law Army Gives Colonel Facing Kidnapping and Assault Charges After Police Standoff an Honorable Discharge
Thai Protesters Clash With Police at Anti-PM Rally in Bangkok Lebanon Bank Boss Slams Criticism Over Ending Fuel Subsidies, Says Nobody is Running Country
As Colombian Protests Dissipate, Activists Hit by Wave of Arrests Turkey: Eight Die in Russian Water-Bomber Plane Crash
UK Palestinian Justice Center Defends Gallery Exhibit on Israel-Palestine Conflict

August 13th, 2021

China-Russia Military Drills Show United Front Against US Dozens of Jewish-American Leaders Condemn AIPAC Ads Targeting Ilhan Omar
US Army Tests High-Energy Laser Weapon on Stryker Combat Vehicles
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