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Updated May 15, 2023 - 8:47 PM EDT
Zelensky Plotted Bold Attacks on Russian Territory
 
  Wagner Chief Denies Offering Ukraine Russian Troop Positions
  WaPo Deletes Portion of Zelensky Interview
  Russia Says Ukraine Used British Storm Shadow Missiles in Luhansk
  Germany Announces $2.9 Billion Arms Package for Ukraine
NATO Members Split on Ukraine's Status
 
  Officials in Washington, Europe Divided Over Future of Ukraine War
US Military May Access Papua New Guinea Ports
 
  US, China Tentatively Agree to Restart Dialogue
US Will Increase Military Presence in Persian Gulf
Ceasefire Ends Five Days of Gaza Escalation
Turkey Set for Runoff Election as Erdogan Falls Short
Viewpoints
item Why RFK's Candidacy Matters to the Conservative Cause  by David Stockman
item Ukraine's Long-Expected Offensive: Why It Won't Beat Putin  by Daniel L. Davis
item Bogus Foreign Policy Narratives Go Unchallenged  by Ted Galen Carpenter
item Desantis' Underwhelming Global Tour  by Daniel Larison

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Abu Zubaydah's Drawings Expose the US's Depraved Torture Policy
Israeli Army Kills Two Palestinians in West Bank Raids
US Sold Weapons to 60% of World's Authoritarian Nations in 2022
 
Palestine/Israel
Israeli Demolition of Palestinian Bedouin Homes Spike in Naqab
Israel's David's Sling Air Defense System Makes First Operational Intercept
Israel Assassinates Sixth Palestinian Commander in Span of Four Days
Two Palestinians Arrested, Others Wounded as Israeli Forces Storm Nablus
Israeli Occupation Forces Kill Young Palestinian Man Near Jenin
Euro-Med Monitor: Israel Violated Principles of Proportionality in Its Attacks on Gaza
Police Make Heavy Security Arrangements Ahead of Jerusalem Flag March
Egypt Brokers Ceasefire to End Israel's Bombardment
Gaza Family Flees as Home Destroyed a Second Time
Gaza Rocket Fired at Israel, Militants Say in Error
Family With Disabled Children Among Hundreds of Gaza's Homeless After Latest Fighting With Israel
Turkey
Turkey Leaves Baghdad Waiting Over Resumption of Oil Exports
Kremlin Denies Turkish Opposition Claim of Election Meddling
Turkey Parties Squabble as Crucial Vote Count Seesaws
Musk Defends Move to 'Censor' Twitter in Turkey Amid Voting
Erdogan Says Biden Gave Instructions to Topple Him
Middle East
Iran Summons Iraq Envoy to Protest Presence of 'Terrorist Groups'
Iraq Daily Roundup: Eight Killed
US 'Seizes' Web Domains Related to Hezbollah
Afghanistan
Afghan Soil Will Not Be Used to Threaten Other Countries: Taliban Spokesman

House Republicans Formally Request First Transcribed Interviews for Afghanistan Withdrawal Investigation
Pakistan
Pakistan Ex-Pm Imran Khan Returns Home After Arrest Saga
Pakistani Military Rules Out Martial Law
More Than a Dozen Dead in Attack on Security Facility in Pakistan
Pakistan's Minister Klar Calls on Afghan Leaders to Address TTP Militant Issue
Pakistan Leader Says Those Involved in Violence Following Khan Detention Will Face Terrorism Trials
Thailand
'Sensational!' Revelry Follows Thai Opposition Move Forward's Lead in Elections
Thailand's Opposition Wins Big Election Victory, Challenging Army-Backed Conservative Establishment
Asia
US Army Chief Seeks Closer Security Ties With Indonesia
Representatives From 25 Indian Ocean Nations Discuss Security, Economic Growth and Cooperation
'Soldier Most Feared by North Korea' Returns to Seoul Military as Yoon Talks Tough on Nuclear Threat
Modi's Ruling BJP Voted Out in Key Indian State of Karnataka
Philippines Places Buoys in Parts of South China Sea to Assert Sovereignty
 
Ukraine
China to Send Special Envoy to Seek 'Political Settlement' to Ukraine War

Ukraine's Zelensky Makes Surprise Visit to Paris for Talks With French President Macron

German Arms Company to Help Maintain Weapons in Ukraine

Residents of Occupied Zaporizhzhia Evacuated to Russian-Controlled Port Before Expected Ukrainian Counter-Offensive

Massive Explosion Rocks Town in Western Ukraine
Russia
Russia Says European Armed Forces Treaty Contrary to Its Security Interests
Wagner Mercenary Boss Suggests Russia May Have Downed Its Own Military Aircraft
Black Sea Grain Deal Extended for 60 Days, Reports Russian Media
Russia Says Two Commanders Killed in Fighting Around Bakhmut
Russia to Deploy New Kamikaze Drone in Ukraine
Russia Launches Fresh Wave of Attacks Against Ukraine
How Sanctioned Western Goods Are Still Flowing Into Russia
Armenia/Azerbaijan
EU Says Latest Armenia-Azerbaijan Talks Should Build Momentum for Peace
Armenia-Azerbaijan Clashes Threaten to Derail Peace Talks
Europe
EU and US to Pledge Joint Action Over China Concerns
EU Considers Formally Banning Russian Oil Flows to Germany and Poland
Eurovision Organizer Bars Zelensky From Addressing Event
Greece Lines Up Kamikaze Drone Production With Paramount
Moldova Minister Says Russia's Gazprom Only Interested in Separatist Region
Poland Detects Object in Its Airspace That Flew From Belarus, Likely an Observation Balloon
Spanish Journalist's Supporters Denounce Spy Claims
Nakba: Thousands March in London to Mark Palestinian Mass Displacement
Baltic Nations Might Bring Forward Cut-Off From Russian Power Grid
Sudan
Sudanese Continue to Flee the Country as Fighting Enters Its Fifth Week
Sudan's Burhan Freezes Bank Accounts of Hemeti's RSF Group
Sudan's Army and RSF Fight on After Ceasefire Talks Fail
Prominent Sudanese Singer Shaden Gardood Killed in Crossfire
Sudan Talks to Resume in Saudi Arabia Amid Heavy Fighting
UN Envoy: Humanitarian Deal Between Warring Sides Is a First Step Toward Sudan Ceasefire
South Africa

South Africa Summons US Ambassador Over Weapons for Russia Allegations
US Unlikely to Sanction South Africa in Russia Weapons Dispute
Africa
33 Civilians Killed in Burkina Faso Terrorist Attack
Government Sells 9.5% of State-Controlled Telecom Egypt
Mali Rejects UN Report on Alleged Execution of 500 Villagers by Troops
Japan
Poll: Majority of Japanese Reluctant to Defend Taiwan if China Invades
'Osprey Get Out:' Okinawa Protesters Call for Closure of US Military Bases
 
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Columnists

David Stockman
5/15/2023
Why RFK's Candidacy Matters to the Conservative Cause

Ted Galen Carpenter
5/15/2023
Bogus Foreign Policy Narratives Go Unchallenged

Dave DeCamp
5/12/2023
To Avoid a War With China Over Taiwan, the US Needs To Back Down

Ramzy Baroud
5/11/2023
'My Family, My People': How Khader Adnan Unified Palestinians From His Prison Cell

Ted Snider
5/08/2023
The Flight From the US Dollar

Daniel Larison
4/13/2023
What To Do With Ukraine and the 'Loose and Baggy Monster' That Is NATO

Ray McGovern
4/12/2023
Daniel Ellsberg's First Leak Helped Prevent War With China

Sheldon Richman
4/10/2023
Let's Not Go to War With China

Scott Horton
3/20/2023
Iraq War II – 20 Years Later

David R. Henderson
2/19/2023
How Much Is US Aid to Ukraine Costing You?

Doug Bandow
1/10/2023
When Federal Interest Payments Come To Exceed the Military Budget: Time To Stop Defending the Rest of the World

Patrick J. Buchanan
11/22/2022
Putin's 'Winter War' on Ukraine

Maj. Danny Sjursen, USA (ret.)
2/10/2022
'I Know You Are But What Am I': Russia's Ready Response to US Africa-Alarmism

Justin Raimondo
9/16/2019
The FBI vs. Antiwar.com
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