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December 20th, 2022

McConnell Says Arming Ukraine Is 'Number One Priority' for Most Republicans GOP's Looming Afghanistan Probe Worries Biden Aides
Ukrainian Groups to Get New UN Funds as Winter Looms Equal Treatment for Palestinian and Israeli 'Extremists', US Says
Ukraine to Get 10,000 More Starlink Antennas Zelensky Might Meet Biden at the White House in First Foreign Visit Since Invasion
China Accused of Building on Unoccupied Reefs in South China Sea As Its Vilification Grows, TikTok's Future in the US Remains in Limbo
US Sends Nuclear-Capable Bomber, Stealth Jets to South Korea US Senate Republicans Signal They Will Not Block $1.66 Trillion Spending Bill
Moscow Says 60 Russian 'Hostages' Held in US as Prisoner Swap Talk Swirls Christmas Comes Early and Bittersweet for Eastern Europe's Ukrainian Refugees
Gazprom: Gas Supplied in Full, Bypassing Damaged Russian Export Pipeline Some Banks Re-Open in Parts of Ethiopia's War-Torn Tigray
Gunmen Kill 38 Villagers in Northern Nigeria's Kaduna State One in Four Ukrainians at Risk of Mental Disorder Due to Conflict: WHO
Two Military Aircraft Stranded in Ukraine for 10 Months Return to Turkey Lives Saved by Aid Exemption to Deal With Taliban: UN Aid Chief
US Moves to Ease Aid Delivery Amid Sanctions After UN Exemptions Luxembourg Authorizes Some Frozen Russian Assets to Be Unblocked
Albania Signs Deal to Acquire Three Turkish Bayraktar Drones World Bank Approves Additional $610 Million in Financing for Ukraine
Burkina Faso Denies It Paid Russian Fighters With Mine Rights Taliban Release Two Americans Detained in Afghanistan: State Department
IMF Board Approves $203 Million Disbursement to DR Congo Let Iraq Choose Own Path, Macron Tells Middle East Summit
Israel to Give 17 Power Generators to Ukraine for Electricity-Starved Kherson What's in and What's Out of Congress' $1.7 Trillion Spending Bill
Indian Army Masses on Chinese Border After Soldiers Clash General Strike Declared in West Bank to Mourn Late Prisoner Abu Hamid
Israel's Gantz Threatens to Use Force Against Iran for New Nuclear Deal Exxon Steers Clear of Russia-Linked Oil Tankers
Norway's Oil and Gas Production Disappoints in November Germany Has Dramatically Slashed Its Dependence on Russian Gas
Chinese Refiners Are Profiting From the Russian Oil Price Cap Turkey Resumes Joint Patrols in Syria With Russia
VA to Get $300 Billion, Its Biggest Budget Ever, Under Federal Spending Deal Belarus Says Its Russian S-400, Iskander Missiles Enter 'Combat Duty'
Karzai Meets Exiled Politicians in Germany, Turkey Twitter Aided the Pentagon in Its Covert Online Propaganda Campaign
US Launches Raids in Eastern Syria, Says Six ISIS Members Captured France Sends Ukraine More Rocket Systems: Macron
Trial of Myanmar's Suu Kyi Enters Final Phase East DR Congo Rebel Crisis Threatens Endangered Mountain Gorillas
UN Names Three Women to Probe Iran Protests Crackdown Germany Returns Nigerian Bronzes, Notes Its 'Dark Past'
Sudan's Bashir Takes 'Full Responsibility' for 1989 Coup Palestinians March, Shops Close as Prisoner Dies in Israel
Police in Australia Co-Opted Covid-19 Apps to Fight Crime Taliban Say Women Banned From Universities in Afghanistan
Cyprus Considering Plant to Process Israeli Gas for Export Pole Killed Fighting in Ukraine Buried as Hero of Two Nations
Biden Looking to Strengthen US Relationship With Ecuador Turkey Moves to Strip Pro-Kurdish Party of Funding
Republican Senators Urge Abu Akleh Investigation Shutdown Jordan Hosts Mideast Summit in Bid to Defuse Regional Tensions
Few Expect Proper Probe of Israel Army Killing of Palestinian Bedouin Egyptian Shops Struggle With Supplies as Government Acts to Tame Prices
Iran Releases Dissident After Three Months in Jail: Brother Former French Minister Denies Link to Saudi Defence Industry
Lebanese Migrants Responsible for Over Half of Lebanon's GDP Major Russian Bank Introduces Transaction Service With Iran
Biden Says Iran Deal Is 'Dead' in Newly Surfaced Video Australia FM to Push for Release of Citizens During China Visit
Ethiopia's Biggest Bank 'Resumes Services' in Tigray Thai Rescuers Find Five Bodies, One Survivor After Warship Sinks
Iran and EU Signal Continued Work on Nuclear Deal in Jordan Pakistani Raid Kills All Taliban Hostage-Takers, Officials Say
Canada Brings Sanctions Against Former Haitian Justice Minister Peru's Congress to Consider Moving Elections Forward Again
Congress Includes $45 Billion in New Ukraine Aid to $1.7 Trillion Funding Bill Germany Pauses Orders of New Tanks After Mass Breakdown
Somalia President Says Soldiers in Eritrea to Return Home This Month Slovenia Receives 40 Swap Body Trucks Under Ukraine Transfer Scheme
US Army Awards Raytheon $84 Million Excalibur Replenishment Contract US Begins $334 Million 'Mayhem' Hypersonic Missile Program
Gunmen Kill Over 20 Villagers in Northern Nigeria Rheinmetall to Supply Artillery Shells to Undisclosed NATO Customer
US Army Orders More Than 1,000 Additional Tactical Vehicles From Oshkosh Japan to Approve Sub-Launched Long-Range Missile Development
North Korea Threatens Strong Military Step Against Japan Israeli Police Attempt to Shut Down Palestinian Rapper's Show Over 'Incitement'
Israel's Itamar Ben-Gvir Pushes Immunity Bill for Soldiers Against Trial Palestinian Prisoner Dies After 'Deliberate' Medical Negligence
Tunisia Jails Former Prime Minister Ali Laarayedh

December 19th, 2022

US Accuses UN of Yielding to Russian Threats Over Iran Drone Inquiry Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Appointed Ambassador to US
Iraq Daily Roundup: Eight Killed FBI Pushed Twitter to Suppress Hunter Biden Laptop Story, Paid Company Millions
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