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Updated March 11, 2023 - 7:37 PM EST

Iran and Saudi Arabia Agree To Normalize Ties

Biden Seeks $886 Billion Military Budget for 2024

DNI: China Should Know US Will Defend Taiwan

		*Commander: US Must Focus on Sinking Chinese Ships in Future War*
		*US Navy Wants to Turn Australia Into a Full-Service Submarine Hub*

Media Dumps Stories on Nord Stream Sabotage

Russia Launches Barrage of Missile Strikes Across Ukraine

Saudi Arabia Seeks US Security Guarantees for Israel Ties

Sen. Graham Wants Military Intervention in Mexico

House Votes Down Resolution to Leave Syria

Viewpoints

	Israel's Liberal Supporters Are Taking Their Denial to a New Level by Norman Solomon
	Victory Is Defeat: Palestinian Children's Art Exposes Israel's Cultural Genocide by Ramzy Baroud

	Biden's Iran Policy Makes No Sense by Daniel Larison
	Imperialist Nonsense: The US Takeover of the Philippines by David Gordon
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

In Nord Stream Attack, US Officials Use Proxy Media To Blame Proxy Ukraine
by Aaron Maté

Frontline

	Saudi Engineer Released From Guantanamo Prison Camp After 21 Years
	Taiwan Confirms President To Stop in US

US House Protesters Reflect Rising Impatience With Bipartisan Rhetoric

Palestine/Israel

	US Approves Smotrich Visa Despite His Calls for Palestinian Town to Be 'Wiped Out'
	Israeli Firm Accused of Selling Classified Spy Technology
	Israel Tensions Soar as Anti-Govt Unrest Moves to Army
	Israeli Reservist Colonel Dismissed Over Judicial Reform Protest
	Mass Protests Over Government's Court Plans Sweep Israel
	Israeli Emergency Services Say Three Injured in Tel Aviv Shooting
	Israel's President Calls to Scrap Judicial Overhaul
	Five Israelis Injured, Suspect Dead in Tel Aviv Shooting
	Knesset Delegation Visits Bahrain in Fresh Normalization Move
	Israeli Protesters Disrupt Netanyahu Trip to Rome on 'Day of Resistance'
	How Israel's Political Crisis Is Fanning the Flames of Civil War
	Teen Among Four Palestinians Killed by Israeli Forces in West Bank Raids

Iraq

	Iraq Daily Roundup: Nine Killed
	US Senate Committee Votes to Repeal Iraq War Authorization

Middle East

	Twitter Suspends Saudi Colonel Criticizing MbS After Defection
	Ireland to Withdraw From UN Peacekeepers on Israeli-Syrian Border
	UN Signs Deal to Salvage Stranded Oil From Tanker Off Yemen
	Turkey's Constitutional Court Lifts Block on State Aid to Pro-Kurdish HDP

Egypt

	Austin and Sisi Reaffirm US-Egypt Military Ties: Presidency
	Egypt's Inflation Soars Above 30 Percent in February

Somalia

	Military Court in Somalia's Puntland Executes 13 Men by Firing Squad
	Somalia's Lower House Passes Historic Anti-Terrorism Law

Nigeria

	Extremists Kill 25 Fishermen in Northeast Nigeria
	Nigeria Election Commission Delays Polls for Governors by a Week

Africa

	At Least 36 Killed in Eastern DR Congo Attack
	US Embassy in Niger Threatens a Pesky American Journalist and Then Backs Down
	Libya Eyes First Oil and Gas Licensing Round in Two Decades
	Saied Dissolves Tunisia's Councils in Fresh Power Grab

The War at Home

	White House Proposes Biggest Military Pay Raise in Decades
	White House Plan Calls for Small Boost in VA Program Budget
	US Army Announces Overseas Deployments for These Units

Mexico

	Mexican Cartel Says Sorry for Attack on Americans, Serves Up Five Suspects
	Mexico's President Slams Calls for US Military to Target Cartels

Canada

	Canadian Olympians Push for Opposition to Russians in Paris
	Canada to Fast-Track Procurement of Defense Equipment for Latvia Deployment

China

	China Protests Over Dutch Plan to Cut Chip Access, as Netherlands Moves to Join US Curbs on Chinese Hi-Tech
	China's Xi Calls for 'More Quickly Elevating' Armed Forces
	Taiwan to Allow More China Flights in Show of Goodwill
	Minister Says Singapore Keen to Douse Growing US-China Tensions

Ukraine

	South Korea Exported Weapon Components to Poland, Knowing They Would End Up in Ukraine
	Latvia Donates Drunk Drivers' Cars to Ukraine's War Effort
	UN Nuclear Chief Raises Alarm Over Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Plant
	Russia Takes East Bakhmut as Ukraine Builds Up Forces
	Swiss MPs Urge Allowing Arms Transfers to Ukraine, in Theory

Russia

	Russia Imposes Sanctions on 144 Citizens of Baltic States
	Russia Says Renewing Grain Export Deal With Ukraine 'Complicated' After UN Chief Calls the Pact 'Critical'
	Russia Can Fight in Ukraine for Two More Years at Current Intensity, Lithuania Says
	Lawyers for Sanctioned Russians Allege EU Evidence 'Flawed'

Moldova

	Moldova Separatists Say Ukrainian Plot Against Leader Foiled
	Transnistria Leader Says Will Urge UN to Probe 'Terror' Attack

Germany

	Several Dead in Hamburg Church Shooting: German Police
	Video: Germany Prosecutes Citizen for Condemning Aid to Ukrainian Nazis

Italy

	Italian Officer Given 30-Year Jail Term for Selling Secrets to Russia
	Leonardo to Revamp Italian Air Force's Spartan Transport Fleet

Europe

	Former NATO General Petr Pavel Takes Reins as Czech President
	EU Hopeful That Kosovo and Serbia Will Reach Deal This Month
	Sweden Proposes Security Law Seeking Turkey's Backing for NATO Bid
	US Soldiers Receive First Permanent Duty Station in Poland

Koreas

	South Korea Appeals Ruling to Compensate Vietnam War Massacre Victim
	North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Towards Sea, South Korea Says

Japan

	US OKs $1 Billion Advanced Hawkeye Aircraft Sale to Japan
	Okinawa Governor Wants More Power to Prosecute US Troops

Afghanistan

	Kabul's Restrictive Policies Demand Strong Intl Response: US Diplomat
	Iran Calls for Inclusive Govt in Afghanistan
	Iran and Taliban Deepen Relations
	Afghanistan Coffers Swell as Taliban Taxman Collects
	UN Envoy Warns Afghan Aid May Decrease if Restrictions Persist
	Taliban Governor of Afghan Province Killed in Blast: Police