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August 19th, 2021

On This Day, 1991: Mikhail Gorbachev Removed in Coup North Korea Issuing Navigational Warnings Ahead of Potential Weapon Tests
Israel Attacks Syrian Army Base Near Capital of Damascus Fact Check: No Evidence Taliban Sentenced 229 Christian Missionaries to Death
US Position on Taiwan Unchanged Despite Joe Biden Comment on Defending the Island, Officials Say Russia Supports Withdrawal of Foreign Fighters From Libya
Five Promises the Taliban Have Made in Afghanistan Taliban Calls for Unity as Protests Spread in Afghanistan
Russia Was Ready for Taliban's Win Due to Longtime Contacts Nigerian Police Say Nine Pupils Taken in New School Kidnapping
Colombia Extradites ELN Rebel Fighters to US for First Time Trucks Rolling Across Afghanistan Border as Trade Resumes
Attack in Central Mali Kills 15 Soldiers, Military Says US Imposes Sanctions on Three Cuban Officials Over Crackdown on Protests
Death Toll From Burkina Faso Attack Rises to 80 Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin Secure Afghan Users' Accounts Amid Taliban Takeover
Two Civilian Planes Escape From Israeli Missiles Over Lebanon's Airspace The State Department Has Abandoned Its Ch-46 Helicopters in Afghanistan
Navy Fighters Are Flying Armed Overwatch Missions Over Kabul Relative of Journalist Working for German Broadcaster Killed by Taliban
Arab Man Seriously Injured in Stabbing by Jewish Mob in Jerusalem Baghdad to Have Its First Skatepark as Online Campaign Sweeps Social Media
Twelve Killed at Airport Since Fall of Kabul US Gives Green Light for Lebanon to Import Electricity, Gas Through Syria
Palestinian-Israeli MK Ahmed Tibi Says He Was 'Punched in Stomach' by Israeli Soldier Marine Wounded in Afghanistan During First Days of Airport Defense
Marines on Okinawa Say Osprey Pieces That Fell Off Were Larger Than First Reported Justice Department Moves to Dismiss Bowe Bergdahl's Case to Overturn His Conviction
Explosions Rock Syria in Alleged Israeli Airstrikes on Hezbollah Arms Depots Lawmakers Flooded With Calls for Help on Afghanistan Exit for Family Members
Emergency Hospital Says Number of War-Wounded Afghans in Panjshir Rising Foreigners Evacuating Only Eligible Afghans
Afghans Display National Flag as They Mark Independence Day Europeans Express 'Grave Concerns' Over Latest Iran Nuclear Advances
Hezbollah Says Iranian Fuel Tanker Sailing to Lebanon US Federal Trade Commission Refiles Lawsuit Against Facebook
Israel Approves Resumption of Qatar Aid to Gaza Venezuela's Maduro Taps New Foreign Minister in Cabinet Shake-Up
At Least Two Security Members Killed in Mogadishu Suicide Attack Manchester University Reinstalls Pro-Palestine Note at Exhibition After Protests
CIA Director Raised China Concerns With Israeli Prime Minister China, Russia Complete Military Exercises Involving 10,000 Troops
US Army Looks to Replace 'Shadow' Drone British Typhoons in Romania Intercept Russian SU-24 Fighter
Biden Falsely Claims the US Doesn't Have a Military Presence in Syria Britain Fears US Forces Will Withdraw From Kabul Airport in Days
US Aircraft Ready to Evacuate Thousands More Per Day From Afghanistan but Issues on the Ground Slowing Efforts, Pentagon Says Two Reported Killed as Taliban Fire on Crowds Protesting Takeover
Zaki Anwari: Afghan Footballer Fell to Death From US Plane Fact Check: Does the US Have No Troops in Syria, as Joe Biden Claims?
US Contractors Rush to Get Former Employees Out of Afghanistan Europeans Criticize Iran Over 'Serious Violations' of Nuclear Deal
Lapid to Egyptian Spy Chief: Israel Won't Tolerate Gaza Rocket Fire Qatar, UN Reach Agreement to Return Some Qatari Subsidies to Gaza
House Democrats Urge Biden to Ensure Aid Enters Gaza From Israel and Egypt Desperate Afghans Trapped in Kabul Airport No-Man's Land
The Taliban Seized US Military Equipment That Could Identify Afghans Who Assisted Coalition Forces Japan Plans Taiwan Party-Level Talks in Move Likely to Anger Beijing
Taliban Declare 'Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan' Britain Says: We Cannot Evacuate Unaccompanied Children From Afghanistan
EU Foreign Chief Calls Fall of Kabul 'Catastrophe' Cameroon Ethnic Clashes Kill at Least 32 as Villages Are Torched: UNHCR
Senior Russian Security Official Questions US Commitment to Ukraine After Afghan Exit Russia Offers to Fly Afghans Out of Afghanistan to Other Countries
Taliban Call on Afghan Imams to Urge Unity at Friday Prayers Senior Chinese Diplomat Says Afghanistan Should Not Be Geopolitical Battleground
Iranian Fuel Shipments to Lebanon Purchased by Lebanese Shi'ite Businessmen: Nournews G7 Calls for International 'Shared Mission' to Limit Afghan Crisis
Ghani Says He Fled Afghanistan to Prevent Bloodshed, 'Huge Plot' Turkey Still Aims to Maintain Kabul Airport Security: Erdogan
Hezbollah: Iran Fuel Tanker Set to Sail to Lebanon, Defying US Sanctions British Government Leaves UK-Raised Aid to Gaza in Limbo After Snub
Iran Reacts to Taliban Victory in Afghanistan Israel: Court Refuses to Release Palestinian Ahmad Erekat's Body
Turkey Hails 'Beginning of a New Era' With the UAE Taliban Fights Trust Deficit With PR Blitz
Algeria Blames Groups It Links to Morocco, Israel for Wildfires Afghanistan's Central Asian Neighbours Panic, Reject Refugees
UK Foreign Chief Faces Calls to Quit Over Afghanistan 'Decision' Deadly Blast Hits Ashura Procession in Pakistan
Afghans Plead for Faster US Evacuation From Taliban Rule Russia Was Ready for Taliban's Win Due to Longtime Contacts
Afghanistan War Unpopular Amid Chaotic Pullout: AP-NORC Poll

August 18th, 2021

Taliban Allowing 'Safe Passage' for US Citizens Heading to Kabul Airport Taliban Shifts Focus to Governing, but Faces Challenges
Biden Says Troops Will Stay in Afghanistan Until All Americans Are Out Taliban Resistance Force Forming in Panjshir Valley
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