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April 5th, 2020

Iraq Daily Roundup: Six Killed; Protest Organizer Killed US Navy Expands Presence Near Venezuela
$1 Billion US Aid Cut Would Greatly Defund Afghan Security Forces 4 Soldiers, 63 Jihadists Killed in Clash in Niger
Taliban Warns Peace Deal at Breaking Point on US Violations British PM Boris Johnson Admitted to Hospital Over Virus Symptoms
US Expands Navy Presence in Caribbean. Is Military Action Against Maduro More Likely? US Navy's $20 Billion Anti-China Wishlist
Irish Troops Return Home After Six Month Deployment in Syria Turkey to Curb Some Troop Movement in Syria as Coronavirus Cases Jump
Tripoli Forces Hit Eastern Libyan Cargo Plane Near Capital Like America and Israel, Russia Is Going All-In on Suicide Drones
Trump Threatens Imposing Tariffs on 'Oil Coming From Outside' Journalists Threatened and Detained as Countries on Multiple Continents Restrict Coronavirus Coverage
Imprisoned Chinese Rights Lawyer Released, His Wife Says Rwanda Finds Genocide Grave That Could Contain 30,000 Bodies
Gunmen Kill Hezbollah Member in Southern Lebanon US Military Recruiting Struggles as Enlistment Stations Close
Gaza Running Out of Coronavirus Tests, Warns Hamas-Run Health Ministry Gantz Tells Rivlin He'll Likely Request Extension of Mandate to Form Government
Medics Attacked En Route to Virus Test in Jerusalem Haredi Neighborhood; 1 Hurt With 11 Planes, Israel Airlifts Huge Quantities of Medical Equipment From China
Trump Administration Determined to Exit Treaty Reducing Risk of War 'Better Die of This Disease Than Starve': Angolans Defy Virus Lockdown
Yemen's Warring Parties Accuse Each Other of Attacking Pipeline Over 150 USS Theodore Roosevelt Sailors Test Positive
Denmark Mulling Plan to Reopen Country Following Coronavirus Shutdown, Acknowledges Difficulties Coronavirus Patients Delivered to Hospital Ship Comfort in New York by Mistake: US Officials
Settlers Flood Palestinian Farm Lands Near Hebron Ex-IDF Generals: West Bank Annexation Could Cause Collapse of Palestinian Authority
Kabul Residents: Leaders Care About Politics Not Covid-19 Afghan Leaders Urge President Ghani to Stop New Appointments for Now
Taliban Says US 'Violating' Deal, US Calls Claims 'Baseless' Finance Ministry Restructuring Is Political: Afghan MPs
Trump's Moves to Hold Medical Supplies Tip Trudeau to China Mexico Seeks to Build Ventilators as Cases Rise to 1,890
Iran's Rouhani Says Low-Risk Economic Activities to Resume From April 11 Amid Coronavirus Mexico's President to Lay Out 'Unorthodox' Coronavirus Plan to Shield the Poor, Economy
Nine Rebels, Soldier Killed in Kashmir Gun Battles: Indian Army Israel Arrests Palestinian Governor of Jerusalem
Taliban Warn Deal With US in Afghanistan Near Breaking Point Esper: Dismissal of Aircraft Carrier Commander an 'Example of How We Hold Leaders Accountable'
Planned $1 Billion US Aid Cut Would Hit Afghan Security Force Funds Pentagon Staffers Told to Come to Work With Face Coverings
Third Sudanese Man Arrested in French Terror Stabbing How Has Coronavirus Impacted Conflicts in the Middle East?
Egyptian Lawyers to Sue China for Trillions Over 'Coronavirus Damages' Syria Coronavirus Outbreak Sparks More Fears of Epidemic
Morocco's King Pardons 5,654 Prisoners to Avoid Contagion Egypt Prison Letter Smuggled Out From Doctors Who Want to Help Fight Pandemic
Turkey Exempts Young Workers From Confinement Order Iraqi Women at Risk as Conservative Families Refuse Treatment for Them
Fears of Massive Pakistan Coronavirus Outbreak After 100,000 Attended Lahore Religious Gathering 9 Rebels, 3 Indian Soldiers Killed in Kashmir Fighting
Navy Captain Removed From Carrier Tests Positive for Covid-19 FBI Opened Terrorism Investigations Into Nonviolent Pro-Palestinian Group

April 4th, 2020

Assange Won't Be Released Amid Virus Crisis, Australian Newswire Reports Vietnam Protests Beijing's Sinking of South China Sea Boat
Over 120,000 Sign Online Petition to Reinstate US Navy Carrier Commander Indian State Authorities Warn Coronavirus Lockdown Could Be Extended
Suspected Cartel Shootout Kills 19 in Northern Mexico Enlisting Tech to Fight Coronavirus Sparks Surveillance Fears
Pentagon Gets Heat Over Protecting Service Members From Coronavirus States Turn to Election Security Funds to Pay Off Coronavirus Costs
Two Migrants Killed, One Missing After Greek Border Guards Fire on Migrants Syria Quarantines Town Known to House Pro-Govt Foreign Fighters, but Insists Covid-19 Cases Low
Four Children Killed in Refugee Camp Fire in Northeastern Syria Iran Says Virus Contagion Slows for Fourth Day
Sudan's Doctors Beaten by Police After Responding to Pandemic Tunisia Parliament Grants Prime Minister Special Powers Amid Pandemic
Algeria Gets Help Against Pandemic From Trade Partner China Pakistan Quarantines Influential Islamic Missionaries
China Is Donating 1,000 Ventilators to Help New York in Coronavirus Fight Trump Says 1,000 Military Personnel Deploying to NYC to Fight Coronavirus
Trump Says Navy Captain Letter Asking for Help on Coronavirus-Stricken Ship 'Was Terrible' New Satellites Will Be a Big Step in the Pentagon's Plan to Link Everything
About 130 Riot Police in Hong Kong Ordered Into Quarantine 'Show Me Your ID': Tunisia Deploys 'Robocop' to Enforce Coronavirus Lockdown
'I Just Want to Go Home': The Desperate Millions Hit by Modi's Brutal Lockdown Man Shot Dead in Philippines for Flouting Coronavirus Rules
Reuters Stands by Report on Iraq Coronavirus Cases How the Coronavirus Lockdown Is Hitting Mexico's Drug Cartels
Sweden Seeks U-Turn on Coronavirus Restrictions Syria Prison Riot Highlights Kurdish Forces' Struggle With ISIS Combatants
Nearly a Thousand Troops Have Been Diagnosed With Covid-19 Can You Pass the Covid-19 Smell Test? You Might Have to Next Time You Head on Base in South Korea
More Than 110 VA Sites Now Dealing With Coronavirus Patients, 78 Patient Deaths Across System Marines Can Request a Service Extension if Covid-19 Is Impacting Their Ability to Leave the Corps
US Hands Over Another Air Base to Iraqi Forces Crowd Manhandles Policemen for Enforcing Friday Prayers Restrictions in Karachi
Religious Groups Clash Over US Government Giving Virus Aid to Houses of Worship Trump Fires Watchdog Who Handled Ukraine Whistleblower Complaint
How Israel's First Hijab-Wearing MK Plans to Fight for Arab Women After Corbyn, UK Labour Elects Keir Starmer, Zionist With Jewish Wife, as Leader
Senior Israel Health Official Calls for More Virus-Hit Haredi Towns to Be Locked Down Terror Suspect Shouting 'Alluhu Akbar' Stabs Two to Death in France
Iran Hits Back at US Accusation Over Dissident's Killing Afghan Forces Announce Arrest of Local ISIS Leader
Saudi Arabia and UAE Escalate Measures to Contain Coronavirus

April 3rd, 2020

How Joe Biden's Statement Falls Short on Calling for Iran Sanctions Relief
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