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December 20th, 2023

Israel Has Backed Itself Into a Corner on Post-War Gaza Occupation, Diplomats Say Americans Struggle to Save Relatives in Gaza Stalked by Violence, Hunger
German Parliament Approves $3 Billion Guided Missile Procurement US Privately Moves to Block International Accountability for Gaza Via Geneva Conventions
Israel Preparing Citizens for 'Concessions' With Hamas: Israeli Media World Health Organization Describes Dire Scene at Al-Ahli Hospital in Northern Gaza
Israel Says It Struck More Positions in Southern Lebanon, Syria US Veto Threat Once Again Delays Security Council Vote on Gaza Ceasefire
Ankara, Baghdad Agree To Expel PKK From Iraq: Turkish Media 19 Guards Suspected of Assaulting Security Prisoner Who Died in Israeli Prison
Israeli Hostage Begged Troops for Help Days Before Mistaken Shooting Officials Say Israeli Nearing Full-Scale War Against Hezbollah
White House: 'We Didn't Just Leave a Bunch of Weapons in Afghanistan' Myanmar Ethnic Armed Group Seizes Another Crossing Point Along the Chinese Border, Reports Say
Ukraine's Citizen Army Struggles With a Hidden Enemy: Combat Stress Ukrainians Prepare for First Wartime Christmas on New Calendar
Swiss Capital Bern Considers Legal Cocaine Project As Gaza Death Toll Crosses 20,000, Aid Group Warns True Number Is Higher
If US Attacks Yemen, Its Battleships Will Be Struck: Sayyed Al-Houthi Kremlin Says There Is No Current Basis for Negotiations With Ukraine
Germany's Top Prosecutor Files Motion for Asset Forfeiture of $789 Million of Frozen Russian Money Ukraine To Produce a Million FPV Drones Next Year: Minister
India's Manipur State Buries Victims of Ethnic Clashes Dublin To Take Legal Action Over UK's Northern Ireland Amnesty Law for Soldiers and Militants
In China's Eyes We're All Separatists, Taiwan Presidential Frontrunner Says Guinea-Bissau President Sacks Prime Minister, Names Replacement
Anti-War Candidate Duntsova Applies To Run Against Putin for Russian President Ukrainian Army Proposal to Call Up More Civilians Gets Mixed Reaction in Kyiv
Belgian PM Sees China as 'Hostile' Country After Espionage Allegations Burkina Faso Detains Four French Civil Servants, Says Diplomatic Source
'Fat Leonard,' Fugitive in Navy Bribery Case, Facing Extradition to US in Venezuela Prisoner Swap US Army to Trim Black Hawk Helicopter Fleet
Czech Republic Wants To Piggyback on German Leopard 2A8 Tank Buy Sensitive Documents Showed Up on War Thunder Online Game Forums. Again.
'I Don't Care About Gaza, I Want To See Dead Bodies of Terrorists': Israeli Politician Injured Israeli Soldiers Refuse to Meet With Netanyahu
Palestinian Activist Munther Amira Tied Up, Beaten, and Arrested by Israeli Forces in Aida Refugee Camp US, Venezuela Swap Prisoners as Tensions Ease
New Kuwait Emir Rebukes Parliament, Cabinet in Inaugural Speech Hostage Talks Resume, but Several Hurdles Remain Before Deal Reached
More Clashes in Myanmar's Rakhine State USAF Considers Upgrading Guam Air Base for Singapore F-15s
US Indictment Against High-Ranking Hezbollah Figure Says He Helped Plan Deadly 1994 Argentina Bombing Suriname's Ex-Dictator Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for the 1982 Killings of Political Opponents
US Flies Bombers for Joint Drills With South Korea, Japan After North's Long-Range Missile Launch Separatist Leader in Pakistan Appears Before Cameras and Says He Has Surrendered With 70 Followers
Abramovich Loses Legal Action Against EU Sanctions Over Ties to Putin Analysts Say Ukraine's Forces Are Pivoting to Defense After Russia Held Off Their Counteroffensive
US Defense Secretary Makes Unannounced Visit to USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier Defending Israel Israel's Top Diplomat Wants To Fast-Track Humanitarian Aid to Gaza Via Maritime Corridor From Cyprus
Putin Ratchets Up Pressure in Ukraine Expecting Western Support to Dwindle Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Man Near Hebron
West Looks to UNSCR 1701 To Resolve Lebanon-Israel Conflict Border Clashes Impacting Lebanon's Economy, Environment: UN
Top Hamas Military Man Mohammed Deif 'Alive and Well' Israel Holding Bodies of 17 Dead Palestinian Detainees: NGO
Ben-Gvir, Israel Army Chief Row Over Settler, Army Violence Egypt, Ethiopia Trade Blame as Nile Dam Talks Fail
Tentative Truce Shows China's Influence - and Its Limits - in Myanmar Biden: New Captive Deal Not Expected Soon
Israel Bombs Charity Building in Gaza's Jabalia Refugee Camp Palestinian Red Crescent Says Unable to Reach the Wounded in Gaza
'Remove Him': Sudan Army Chief Al-Burhan Faces Calls To Go After RSF Gains Malaysia Bans Israel-Flagged Ships From Its Ports in Response to Gaza War
20,000 Gaza Death Toll Is Likely to Be Even Higher Than Reported Malaysia Bans Israeli Ships in Its Docks in Support of Gaza
Hamas Chief in Egypt for 'Intensive' Truce Talks: Report US Base Struck by Rockets in Western Iraq
US Sanctions Network Accused of Supplying Iran's Drone Production Kuwait's New Emir Sheikh Mishal Takes Oath of Office
Iraq's Governing Shi'ite Alliance Strengthened in Provincial Elections Nearly 66 Percent of Jobs Lost in Gaza Since Israel-Hamas War Broke Out
Rwandan Doctor Given 24-Year Jail Sentence in France Over 1994 Genocide Are Houthi Red Sea Attacks Hurting Israel and Disrupting Global Trade?
Sanctions on Russian Oil Have Failed. Were They Ever Meant To Succeed? 'Barely a Drop': UN Warns Water Shortages a Deadly Risk for Gaza Children
Poland's New Pro-EU Government Dismisses State Media Chiefs 'Cashing in on Genocide': Israeli Firm Pitches Beachfront Real Estate in Leveled Gaza
Israeli Tank 'Fired at Building Housing Israelis on 7 October' Why Arab States Are Steering Clear of Anti-Houthi Naval Task Force
EU Manages a Muddled Message of Support for Ukraine Hamas Leader Sinwar Said To Narrowly Evade Capture by IDF Two Separate Times
Israeli Journalist Says Army Should Have Killed 100,000 Palestinians Kill a Detained Hamas Member Each Day Israeli Hostages Are Held, Ben-Gvir Says
40 Groups: Senate Has Days to Block New Weapons Sale to Saudi Arabia Party of Pakistan's Popular Ex-Premier Imran Khan Says He'll Contest Upcoming Elections From Prison

December 19th, 2023

Israeli Forces Shot Two Palestinians in the Chest, Abdomen in Nablus Raid
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