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August 16th, 2021

Israeli Defense Ministry Seizes Chocolate Bound for Gaza US Special Forces Deploying to the Congo
Cuba Wants Biden to Bring Back Remittances but Sees US Funding Enemies Within Female Mayor in Afghanistan Says She's Waiting for Taliban to 'Come ... and Kill Me'
Angela Merkel Takes Responsibility for 'Widespread' Afghanistan Misjudgment Ahead of Biden Comments Sudan Leaders Visit Border Area Amid Tensions With Ethiopia
Afghan Asylum Seekers Will Be Allowed to Flee to Britain Without a Passport Taliban Will Not Get Access to Afghan Reserves Held in US: Official
Venezuelan Opposition Leader Guevara Welcome at Dialogue, Maduro Says US State Department Declines to Say if Ghani Still Afghan President
Israeli Court Rejects Palestinians' Claim to Beita Land Israeli Forces Kill Four Palestinians, Two Teens, During Night Raid
CENTCOM Chief Met With Taliban to Warn Against Attacks on US Forces China Ready for 'Friendly' Relations With Afghanistan After Taliban Takes Control
Poland Recalls Envoy to Israel in Row Over Holocaust Claims Egypt's Sisi and CIA Director Burns Discuss Mideast Tensions
Saudi Arabia, UAE Evacuate Their Diplomats From Afghanistan IAEA: Iran Makes Progress on Uranium Metal
Three Yazidi Fighters Killed in Turkish Strike on Iraq: Security Tunisia President Grants Himself Sweeping New Powers, Unilaterally Ratifies International Treaty
Scrap Metal Worth $2 Million Stolen From New Mexico Base, Army Says Taliban Discussing Structures of Future Government in Doha
Infrastructure Bill Contains Highway Expansion to Connect 12 Military Bases in Five Southern States Malaysia's Muhyiddin Resigns After Troubled 17 Months in Power
'Misused, Abused': India's Harsh Terror Law Under Rare Scrutiny Three Turkish Soldiers Killed in Explosion in Northern Iraq
Germany May Need to Rescue 10,000 People From Afghanistan: Merkel Biden Defends Afghanistan Withdrawal: 'I Stand Squarely Behind My Decision'
Afghans Cling to Moving US Air Force Jet in Desperate Bid to Flee Rocket Fired at Israel From Gaza; First Since May Assault
Pakistan Says US Afghan Troop Withdrawal Is 'Logical Conclusion' Turkey Exploring Ways to Station Troops in Kabul Even After Taliban Victory
Iran's President Raisi Says US 'Defeat' in Afghanistan a Chance for Lasting Peace Princess Latifa Campaigners Join Possible Legal Action Against NSO Group
Turkey Evacuates Its Citizens From Afghanistan Following Taliban Takeover British Council Worker Aras Amiri Reportedly Acquitted by Iran Supreme Court
Morocco Accused of Dragging Israel Into 'Hazardous Adventure' Against Algeria South Korea Navy Receives First Indigenous 3,000-Ton Submarine
Blinken Calls China, Russia on Afghan Collapse Turkey Drops Kabul Airport Plans but Will Assist if Taliban Ask: Sources
Despite Taliban Threat, the US Has Accepted Fewer Than 500 Afghan Refugees This Year Kabul Flights Grounded as Troops Work to Remove Crowds From Tarmac
As Afghan Army Routed, Officials Say Pentagon Vastly Overestimated Its Power Israeli Forces Carry Out Raids in West Bank, Occupied East Jerusalem
Afghan President Said to Flee Country With Cars and Helicopter Full of Cash Israel Intercepts 23 Tons of Chocolate It Says Was Intended to Finance Hamas
Biden Administration Admits Surprise at Rapid Taliban Sweep of Afghanistan Afghan Chaos Left by US Should Be a Warning to Taiwan: Chinese Media
From Military Commander to the Taliban's Top Diplomat, Mullah Baradar's Ascent to Power Panicked People Cling to US Plane Taking Off From Kabul
Congo Says US to Deploy Counter-Terrorism Advisors to Restive East Two Gunmen Killed by US Forces at Kabul Airport in Past 24 Hours: Official
Turkey Evacuates 324 People From Afghanistan Amid Turmoil Fresh Venezuela Talks Set for September; Opposition Leader Freed
Germany Vows to Airlift as Many People as It Can Out of Afghanistan Uzbekistan Says Hundreds of Afghan Soldiers Flee Over Border With Dozens of Aircraft
Pentagon Says US and International Forces Working to Clear Kabul Airport IAEA Reports Iranian Progress on Uranium Metal Despite Western Objections
Russian Embassy: Afghan Leader Fled With Cars Full of Cash Commercial Flights Suspended at Kabul Airport
Kabul City Quiet, Residents Apprehensive First Day Under Taliban At Least 10 People Killed in Chaos at Kabul Airport
Afghanistan: Oman Grand Mufti Congratulates Taliban on 'Clear Victory' West Bank: Israeli Forces Kill Four Palestinians During Jenin Camp Raid
Afghanistan: Saudi Arabia Calls on Taliban to Preserve Lives, Property Four Palestinians Shot and Killed in Israeli Army Raid in Jenin
UK Rules Out Returning Troops to Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan US 'Defeat' in Afghanistan a Chance for Peace: Iran President
Kabul Near Standstill on Day One of the Taliban's 'Emirate' Afghan Military Jet Shot Down by Uzbek Air Defenses
Afghans Desperate to Flee Taliban Throng Kabul Airport Poland Keeping Ambassador at Home Amid Dispute With Israel
US Rushes More Troops to Calm Chaotic Evacuation in Kabul Karzai, Abdullah, Hekmatyar Form Coordination Council

August 15th, 2021

US Forces Taking Over Kabul Airport for Evacuations Blinken Defends Afghanistan Withdrawal as Kabul Falls
Millions Without Water in West Baghdad After ISIS Attack American Officials Are Now Facing the Prospect of Whether, and How, to Engage With a Taliban Government

August 14th, 2021

US Military, China's Economy: Philippines Plays It Both Ways With Duterte's VFA U-Turn

August 13th, 2021

CIA Weighs Creating a New Spy Center to Focus on China
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