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Updated June 24, 2021 - 1:14 AM EDT
US Denies Iran Claim of Lifting Major Sanctions
 
  Justice Dept: Seized News Domains Were Violating Sanctions
  US, Israel Continue Close Coordination on Iran Nuclear Deal
  Iran: IAEA Monitoring Deal Will Be Extended Only After It Expires
US Intel: Kabul Could Fall 6 Months After Pullout
 
  Turkey Says Won't Send More Troops To Secure Kabul Airport
  White House: Still No Taliban Attacks on US Troops
US, China Might Hold Diplomatic Talks Next Week
 
  US Expanding Global Missile Shield System to Asia-Pacific
  Pacific Islands Fear Fallout as US and China Jostle for Influence
US, Germany Still at Odds Over Nord Stream 2
 
  Russia Summons British Defense Attache Over Black Sea Provocation
  Azerbaijan and Turkey Hold Military Exercise on Armenian Border
US Votes Against Ending Cuba Embargo at UN
Saudis Who Killed Khashoggi Were Trained in US
North Korea's FM Says Not Considering Contacts With US
Viewpoints
item Seeds of the Next
Nagorno-Karabakh War  by Maj. Danny Sjursen (ret.)
item Barbara Lee Was Right About the War on Terror  by Luke Savage
item AFRICOM: The Art of Creating
New Pretexts for Propagating US Interests  by Pavan Kulkarni
item How Biden Helped Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi Win Iran Election  by Medea Benjamin & Nicolas JS Davies
item UK High Court Delays as Assange Remains in Jail  by Craig Murray
item Blinken Lied About Israel and the US  by Donald Johnson

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Bipartisan Group of 21 Lawmakers Push Biden To Ban Most Landmines
Biden Nominates Cindy McCain as US Ambassador to UN Food Program
Russian Security Chief Says Moscow Will Work With US to Find Hackers
Iraqi Govt File Suit Against Protest Icon Killed in 2019
 
Afghanistan
Top US General Downplays Taliban Battlefield Gains
Afghan Hospital Burns After Attack; Taliban Seize Border Post in North
Five Civilians Killed, 20 Wounded in Kandahar Blast
17 Taliban Militants Killed in Fresh Army Operation in Northern Afghanistan: Govt
Taliban's Military Advance 'Temporary': Afghan Govt
Operation Launched in Balkh to Retake Lost Ground: Afghan Commander
Public Uprising Expands as Taliban Attacks Continue
Clashes Ongoing in Baghlan Province
Western Alliance Failed to Stabilize Afghan Situation: Russia
Afghan FM Atmar to UN: Taliban Not Fulfilling Commitments
Former Mujahideen Commander: Leaders Blame Afghan Govt for Lack of National Consensus
Afghan Govt Criticized for Limiting Access to Information
Calls Grow to Evacuate Afghans to Guam as US Troops Leave
China
China Tries to Turn Tables on West After Criticism by UN Human Rights Council Members
China Tries to Court New Zealand With Offer to Work Together
Australians' Trust in China Has Fallen to Record Lows, According to New Survey
Pakistan
Pakistan Bomb Blast Kills Four, Including Child
Deadly Blast in Pakistan Near Residence of LeT Armed Group Founder
Asia
Myanmar Army Clashes With Anti-Junta Militia in Major City
After Unwanted Flights Over the South China Sea, Malaysia Looks for New Aircraft
Mozambique
Southern African Nations Agree to Deploy Forces to Mozambique
EU Military Mission to Mozambique to Be Approved Next Month
Libya
Libya Govt Hopeful Mercenaries Will Withdraw 'Within Days'
World Powers Meet in Berlin to Discuss Libya Crisis
Deadly Landmine Legacy in Tripoli Shows Stakes of Libya Talks
Egypt
US Lawmakers and Rights Groups Call on Egypt to Commute Planned Executions
Early Agreement Reached in Dispute Over Suez Canal Ship
Africa
Medical Official: Air Strike Kills at Least 43 in Ethiopia's Tigray
Police Death Toll From Militant Attack in Burkina Faso Rises to 15
Five Catholics Kidnapped in Central Mali
South Sudan Aims for Foreign Investment in First-Ever Oil Licensing Round
Former Mauritanian President Jailed, Faces Graft Charges
Bronzes Looted by British Soldiers in 1897 Set to Return to Nigeria
Sudan's Military Leaders Say They Are United, Rumored Differences False
Ivory Coast Sentences Ex-PM Guillaume Soro in Absentia, to Life Imprisonment for Coup Plot
US Military
High Suicide Rates Among United States Service Members and Veterans of the Post-9/11 Wars
Pentagon Chief Backs Change to Military Sexual Assault Prosecution
Pentagon Chiefs Insist Flat Defense Budget Is Enough
Air Force's Experimental Football Field-Sized Satellite Ends Operations
Pentagon Linguist Who Passed Secrets to Hezbollah Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison
 
Palestine/Israel
Gantz: Israel Will Not Ease Gaza Siege
Gaza Factions Warn Israel Delaying Aid Could Reignite Fighting
Israeli Forces Raid Park, Detain Palestinian Child Near Nablus
Israel Approves Plan to Expand Colonies in Occupied West Bank
Israeli MP Calls for Jewish Supremacist Lehava Group to Be Banned, Labeled Terrorists
Watch: Israeli Forces Destroy, Block All Roads in Masafer Yatta Area
Israeli Forces Seal Off Entrances to Beita Town
Israeli Forces Demolish House in East Jerusalem
Israeli Police Killed Unarmed Palestinian Who Did Not Pose Threat, Rights Group Says
Two Hurt as Bleach Thrown at Right-Wing Protesters Outside Israeli PM Bennett's Home
Israel Bans Islamic Movement Leader From Praying at Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli Firm Unveils 'Invisibility Cloak' Technology for Soldiers
Israel/Palestine & the US
Aid to Palestinians Promised by US Blocked by Republican Senator
Poll: Many Democrats Want More US Support for Palestinians
US Moving Forward With Plans to Reopen Jerusalem Consulate for Palestinians: Spokesman
Israel's Rivlin, Ahead of US Visit, Meets With Bennett and Lapid to Coordinate Message
Iran
Iran's President-Elect Raisi Unlikely to Derail Nuclear Deal Return, Experts Say
Meeting Top US Officials, Israel's Kohavi Blasts American Plans to Rejoin Iran Deal
Iran, World Powers Making Progress in Nuclear Talks: Germany's Maas
French Minister Says Time Running Out on Iran Nuclear Talks
Iran Likely Had Failed Rocket Launch, Preparing for Another
Syria
Dozens of Syrian NGOs Urge UN to Continue Cross-Border Aid
Woman Killed, Three Turkish Soldiers Injured in Syrian Attacks
Every Major Faction in Syria Used Child Soldiers in 2020: UN Report
Middle East
Iraq Daily Roundup: Four Killed
EU Set to Approve $6.8bn Package for Refugees in Middle East
Ukraine
British Shipbuilder Babcock to Help Beef Up Ukraine's Navy
Ukraine Unveils Unmanned Combat Rotorcraft
Germany
US Has No Better Friend in the World Than Germany: Blinken
Germany Backs 1.4 Billion Euro Purchase of Boeing Maritime Patrol Aircraft: Source
Europe
Belarus's Lukashenko Blasts 'Nazi' Germany After New Western Sanctions
Albanian PM Compares EU Entry and 'Waiting for Godot'
France, Germany Propose EU Summit With Russia's Putin, Diplomats Say
Pardoned Catalan Separatist Leaders Freed From Spanish Prisons
Colombia
Protesters in Colombia Turn to Town Hall Meetings for Solutions
Once-Kidnapped Colombian Politician Wants More 'Heart' From Ex-Rebels
Americas
Brazil Supreme Court Confirms Ruling That Judge Was Biased Against Lula
Ortega Allies Threaten, as Opponents Are Arrested, Flee Nicaragua
 
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Columnists

Maj. Danny Sjursen, USA (ret.)
6/24/2021
Out of the Freezer for Good: The Seeds of the Next Nagorno-Karabakh War

Doug Bandow
6/23/2021
The Biden Administration Is Committed to Human Rights: Except When It Isn't

Daniel Larison
6/23/2021
The Economic War on Iran Needs To End

Ted Galen Carpenter
6/22/2021
Daniel Ortega Is an Autocratic Thug, but Washington Should Leave Him Alone

Ray McGovern
6/21/2021
Please! Someone Set Biden Straight on China 'Squeezing' Russia

Ramzy Baroud
6/17/2021
On 'Conflict,' 'Peace, and Genocide'': Time for New Language on Palestine and Israel

Dave DeCamp
6/16/2021
Despite Pushing Them Together, the US Is Unhappy With Closer Russia-China Ties

Ted Snider
6/15/2021
Joe Biden and Latin American Question Marks

Scott Horton
6/10/2021
How America Destroyed the Middle East

Sheldon Richman
5/31/2021
About That 'Real Estate Dispute' in Sheikh Jarrah

Rick Rozoff
5/20/2021
NATO's War Against Yugoslavia: The Ghost That Still Haunts Europe

David R. Henderson
12/11/2020
Chuck Yeager on War Crimes

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