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August 18th, 2021

Iran: New Enrichment Is Peaceful, in Complete Compliance With NPT Afghan Refugee Crisis Stokes Fears Among EU Member States
From 300,000 to a Few Hundred: the Collapse of Afghanistan's Army Chinese PLA Warplane Enters Taiwanese Military Target Zone Minutes Before Drill Begins
Shelling in Northern Syria Kills 5; at Least 15 Wounded Russia Labels Golos Vote Monitor as Foreign Agent, Month Before Election
Nuclear-Test-Ban Body Chief Seeks to Untangle Challenge of Ratification New Wave of Ethiopian Detentions of Tigrayans Includes Kids
Belarus Blocks Another Independent News Site, Raids Staff Tunisian President Saied Appoints New Director General of National Security
UK Will Double Humanitarian Aid to Afghanistan to 286 Million Pounds This Year Factbox: Evacuations From Afghanistan by Country
US Will Limit Some Chinese Passenger Air Carriers to 40% Capacity in Tit-For-Tat Order Army Invades Printshop in Hebron, Orders It Shut Until February 2022
Bennett Threatens Gaza: We Will Choose Time and Place to Respond to Rockets Afghan Service Members Fled to Uzbekistan in Dozens of US-Supplied Planes, Helicopters
Cuba Issues Social Media Laws Banning Posts Critical of Government Florida Senator Seeks Probe of Ben & Jerry's for Violating Export Administration Act
Afghan Ambassador Says Ghani Stole Millions, Calls for Arrest Taliban Going Door-To-Door, Telling Afghans to Return to Work
Costs of the Afghanistan War, in Lives and Dollars Israel Drops Flyers During Syria Strike Threatening Troops
Former Afghan President Karzai Meets With Taliban on New Government Israeli Forces Storm Ceremony Celebrating Palestinian Students' Exam Results
US Military Aircraft Flying Over Kabul 'Routine' and 'Will Continue' Until End of Evac, Centcom Says Cost of Benefits for Post-9/11 Veterans Could Double to $2.5 Trillion by 2050, New Report Estimates
UK Army Chief Says the Taliban Could Be Different This Time Malaysia on Knife-Edge as Parties Submit Choice for Next Leader
Hong Kong Police Arrest Four Students for 'Advocating Terrorism' Hospitals in Blast-Hit North Lebanon Grapple With Power Outages
Journalists Fear UK's Proposed Changes to Official Secrets Act Where Does the World Stand on Afghan Refugees?
UK PM Rejects Afghanistan Inquiry as MPs Debate Taliban Takeove At Least 47 Killed in Northern Burkina Faso Rebel Attack
Israeli Army Employs Popular Blogger for Psyops on Social Media Biden and Israel's Bennett to Meet at White House Next Week to Discuss Iran
Greece Floats Possibility of Deporting Afghan Asylum Seekers to Turkey US to Release Religious Iranian Decorative Tiles to Virginia Mosque
US Agency for Global Media 'Preparing for the Worst-Case Scenarios' in Afghanistan DoD Background Check Agency Wants a Social Media Search Tool
Taliban Gained 'Fair Amount' of US Defense Equipment: White House Seven Killed in Attack at Shell Oil Facility in Southeast Nigeria
Viral Videos Show Taliban Riding Bumper Cars, Trying Gym Equipment IMF Suspends Afghanistan's Access to Funds After Pressure From US
Treasury Moving to Block IMF Aid to Taliban Exiled Ghani Says He Left Kabul to Prevent Bloodshed, Did Not Take Money
Iran Insists Nuclear Program Peaceful After IAEA Reports Uranium Enrichment Jump Israel Drops Threatening Flyers in South Syria Following Nighttime Strike Nearby
Israeli PM Bennett and Biden Meeting in Washington Set for August 26 China Seeks Stability in Afghanistan Before Economic Dialogue
Ambassador Says Ghani Stole $169m From Afghan Treasury China Conducts Anti-Terror Drill With Tajikistan, as Afghan Spillover Worries Grip Central Asia
Taliban Takeover in Afghanistan Spurs China and Other Neighbors to Consider Their Alliances Israeli PM Bennett to Visit Biden in Midst of Afghanistan Crisis
The Taliban Could Be Different This Time, Britain's Army Chief Says Former Afghan President Karzai Meets Taliban Faction Chief: Group Official
Stampede at Gate of Airport in Afghan Capital Injures 17: NATO Official Spain to Airlift 500 Spanish and Afghan Staff From Kabul Airport
Three Dead After Anti-Taliban Protests in Jalalabad: Witnesses Taliban Are Supporting UK Evacuation Plans: UK Ambassador in Kabul
4,500 US Troops at Kabul Airport About 5,000 Evacuated From Kabul in Last 24 Hours: Western Official
Russia Says Taliban's First Statements Suggest Problems Can Be Fixed Via Talks US Troops Fired Crowd-Control Shots at Kabul Airport, Pentagon Says
Council May Rule Afghanistan, Taliban to Reach Out to Soldiers, Pilots: Senior Member Afghan Envoy Says Hold-Out Panjshir Province Can Resist Taliban Rule
Biden Administration Freezes Billions in Afghan Reserves: Report Afghans Hold Protests While Displaying National Flag
Taliban Spokesman's Remarks on Media Guidelines Spark Reactions Dozens of Private Cars Stolen in Kabul Since Taliban Takeover
Afghanistan's Ghani, Family 'Welcomed' in UAE: Statement Ten Palestinian Prisoners Remain on Hunger Strike
Israeli Company Illegally Seizes Ben & Jerry's Trademark in the West Bank Afghanistan: Taliban Unwittingly Gives Interview to Israeli TV
Hebron: Palestinians Fight to Save the Ibrahimi Mosque Did Ataturk and the Taliban Fight for the Same Thing? This Politician Believes So
Israel: Army Employs Blogger for Online 'Psyops', Report Says Afghanistan: President Ashraf Ghani in UAE on 'Humanitarian Grounds'
Iraq Elections: Sadr's Boycott Raises Fears of Political and Security Chaos Afghan Girls Return to School in Herat After Taliban Takeover
Polish Army Deployed to Belarus Border Amid Migrant Surge Right's Group: 1,001 Killed Since Military Took Over Myanmar
Egyptian Intel Chief Visits Israel to Discuss Gaza Truce Pentagon: US in Talks With Taliban to Ease Kabul Obstacles
Fearing Afghan Refugee Influx, Turkey Reinforces Border Uzbekistan Not Keen to Admit Afghan Refugees Fleeing Taliban
Mullah's Rise Charts Taliban's Long Road Back to Power

August 17th, 2021

Iraq Daily Roundup: 26 Killed SIGAR: a 'Victorious' Afghanistan Withdrawal Was Impossible to Achieve
Audit Exposes Cybersecurity Lapse in US Pacific Submarine Fleet
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