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Updated March 24, 2023 - 8:50 PM EDT

US Bombs Syria After Drone Kills US Contractor

Report: Saudi Arabia Agree To Establish Ties With Syria

Pentagon: Budget Will Prepare for War With China

		*US Sails Warship Near Chinese-Controlled Islands in S. China Sea*
		*US Will Send Old Planes to Mideast, Advanced Jets to Asia, Europe*

Zelensky to Europe: Send More Weapons

		*UN Has a Plan to Curb Hunger but the EU Won't Lift Sanctions*
		*World Bank: Ukraine's Reconstruction Will Cost at Least $411 Billion*

AFRICOM Says Coup Leaders Share 'Core Values'

Senate Votes Down Sen. Rand Paul's Move To Repeal 2001 AUMF

Hersh: CIA Planted Nord Stream Cover-Up Story

Turkish Parliament Committee OKs Finland's NATO Bid

Viewpoints

	The First Casualty of War Is Truth: Iraq 20 Years Later by Joe Plenzler
	BBC Nakba Series Obscures Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Jonathan Cook

	The Eight-Year-Old's Iraq by Jude Russo
	Abu Ghraib Survivor: Taking the Hood Off by Osama Bin Javaid
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

What AUKUS Sub Ruckus Means for Regional Security
by Ted Snider

Frontline

	Netanyahu Vows 'Responsible' Judicial Reform After Summoning DM
	Saudi, Iran Foreign Ministers in Ramadan Call, Agree to Meet Soon

Israelis Block Streets in Anti-Government 'Day of Shutdown'

Ukraine

	Slovakia Delivers First Four Soviet-Era MiG-29 Jets to Ukraine
	Ukraine Military Receives First Domestic 122mm Artillery Shells
	Ukraine President Visits Front-Line Areas as New Phase Nears
	Ukrainians Say Russian Drones Pose Growing Threat, More Stingers Needed

Russia

	Russia Cannot Meet Arms Delivery Commitments Because of War, Indian Air Force Says
	Siberian Pipeline Deal Between China and Russia Could Be Reached This Year
	Russia's Medvedev Says Any Attempt to Arrest Putin After ICC Warrant Would Be a 'Declaration of War
	Russian Navy 'Repelled' Drone Attack on Crimea Port

France

	Violence in Paris on Day of Protests Over Macron's Pension Reform
	France Sets EU Precedent With 2024 Olympics Surveillance Arsenal
	Oil Tankers Rerouted to Rotterdam as Strikes in France Continue

Europe

	Denmark Invites Nord Stream Operator to Help Salvage Unidentified Object
	Hungary Would Not Act on Putin Arrest Warrant, Official Says
	PM Meloni Vows Defense Hike as Italy's Generals Announce Shopping Lists
	Kosovo Will Implement Measures Agreed on With Serbia, PM Says
	Swedish Lawmakers Vote to Endorse Country Joining NATO

Afghanistan/Pakistan

	Blinken Says 'Several Americans' Remain Detained by Taliban in Afghanistan
	Imran Khan Says 'Constitution Violated' as Punjab Vote Is Delayed

India

	How India's Hunt for Amritpal Singh Caused Diplomatic Row With UK
	India's Rahul Gandhi Found Guilty of Defamation Over Modi Remark

Asia

	Taiwan Recalls Ambassador as Honduras Switches Ties to China
	North Korea Says It Tested New Nuclear Underwater Attack Drone

Latin America

	Blinken Says US Won't Remove Cuba From Terror List
	Haitian Mayor, Accused of Persecution, Is Arrested for Visa Fraud

Palestine/Israel

	'Open Your Eyes': Ex-Israeli Diplomats Warn of Dictatorship as Netanyahu Visits UK
	What Are the Israel Judicial Reforms Causing Outrage?
	Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian in West Bank on First Day of Ramadan
	Israel Passes Law Protecting Netanyahu as Protests Continue
	Israeli Army Attacks Ramallah Hospital With Tear Gas
	Far-Right Israeli Minister Threatens to Reoccupy Gaza
	Palestinian Prisoners Suspend Hunger Strike After Israel Concedes to Their Demands

Iraq

	Iraqis Still Await Special US Visas 20 Years After Invasion
	BP Extracted $18 Billion of Iraqi Oil After British Invasion
	Twenty-Nine Civilians 'Killed in UK Strikes on Iraq, Syria' Between 2016 and 2018

Turkey

	Erdogan Pledges Increased Water Flow to Tigris to Alleviate Iraq Water Crisis
	Turkey Tightens Restrictions on Russian Aircraft Without Major Disruptions

Yemen

	Over 49,000 Yemeni Civilians Killed, Injured in 8 Years of War: Houthis
	Yemen Fighting Kills 16, Endangering Peace Efforts

Egypt

	Egypt May Withdraw From UAE-Based Nile Talks With Ethiopia
	Egyptian Navy Receives Three Cyclone-Class Coastal Patrol Craft From US

Africa

	At Least 15 Security Force Members Killed in North Burkina Faso Attack
	Ethiopia Sets Up Tigray Interim Gov't as Part of Peace Plan
	US 'Actively' Working to Re-Establish Presence in Libya
	Mali Govt Questions 'Credibility' of Damning UN Rights Report
	Nigerian Separatist Leader's Brother Loses London Court Challenge
	African Union Urges Nearly $90 Million for Its Somali Force

The War at Home

	DeSantis's Pivotal Service at Guantanamo During a Violent Year
	US Navy Requests $3.6 Billion for Conventional Prompt Strike Round
	Red River Awarded $12.1 Billion Information Technology Contract for US Army
	It Will Take Years to Replenish US Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Granholm