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Updated August 11, 2022 - 1:17 AM EDT
China: 'Tasks' Near Taiwan Complete, Plans Patrols
 
  China Emphasizes Desire for 'Peaceful Reunification' With Taiwan
  Taiwan's Opposition Kuomintang Party Sends Delegation to China
  White House Considering Reducing or Increasing Tariffs on China
Conflicting Claims About Crimea Air Base Blast
 
  Zelensky Calls on West to Ban Russian Travelers
US Hits Somalia, Says 4 Shabaab Fighters Dead
EU Expects Quick Responses on the Iran Nuclear Deal
35 Killed as Govt, Separatists Clash in South Yemen
Viewpoints
item Is There a Red Line Biden Won't Cross?  by Ted Snider
item China's Military Was Built To Defeat America in a Taiwan War  by Daniel L. Davis
item Nancy's Pointless Trip to Taiwan  by Peter Van Buren
item What Are We So Afraid Of?  by Daniel Larison

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Frontline
Chipmakers Tumble on Fears of Worst Downturn in 10 Years
SecDef Lloyd Austin Pledges Military Training, Support for Baltics
Australia Partners With US Developer to Market Aerial Indoor Drone for Militaries
 
Ukraine
Ukrainian Forces Hit Bridge in Russian-Occupied South, Military Says
Shelling Kills 13 in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk Region: Governor
Ukraine Says It Will Respond to Shelling of Town, Vows to Hurt Russians More
Woman Killed by Russia Shelling Near Southern Ukrainian City
Russian Defense Ministry Says It Destroyed German-Made Anti-Aircraft System in Mykolaiv Region
Ukraine Receives 50 Kirpi Armored Vehicles From Turkey
Russia
NATO to Fight Russia 'To the Last Ukrainian': Deputy Chief of Russian Presidential Staff
Russia Planning to Connect Nuclear Plant to Crimea: Ukrainian Operator
Russian TV Journalist Detained Over Criticism of Ukraine War
Sanctions & Shortages
First Ship Carrying Ukrainian Grain Finally Sold in Turkey After Lebanese Buyer Refused Cargo
UN Expects 'Big Uptick' in Ships Wanting to Export Ukraine Grain

Hungary Settles Russia's Bill With Ukraine to Restore Oil Flows
Russian Oil Shipments to Central Europe Expected to Resume
EU Ban on Russian Coal Imports Comes Into Force
Moldova Can't Pay for Russian Natural Gas in August
Russians Buy Last Goods From H&M, IKEA as Stores Wind Down
Europe
Kosovo PM Says Tensions With Serbs in North Could Escalate, Warns of Possible New Conflict
Greece Searches for Dozens After Migrant Boat Sinks Off Karpathos
EU to Stand Firm in Clash With Poland Over Cash, Officials Say
Turkey Deports Alleged ISIS 'Beatles' Member Aine Davis to UK
Estonia Protests to Russia About 'Unacceptable' Violation of Its Airspace
Mali
Forty-Two Malian Soldiers Killed in Suspected Islamist Attack
Jihadist-Hit Mali Receives Six More Warplanes From Russia
Putin Discusses Food and Fuel Supplies in Call With Malian Leader Goita: Kremlin
DR Congo
5 Dead, 750 Escape in Rebel Attack on Eastern DR Congo Prison
Blinken Concerned Over Detention of DR Congo Opposition Figure
Sierra Leone
Two Police Officers, One Civilian Dead in Sierra Leone Protests, Say Mortuary Staff
Sierra Leone Imposes Curfew Amid Anti-Government Protests
Tunisia
Tunisia Court Revokes President's Encroachment on Judiciary
Tunisia's Ennahda 'Ready to Quit' Politics
Africa
UN Condemns Execution of Four South Sudan Rebels
Egypt Imposes Curbs on Electricity Consumption to Boost Natural Gas Exports
The War at Home
Two US Soldiers Dead in Weather-Related Incident in Georgia
Pro-Israel Groups Praise Biden's Response to Gaza Attack
Biden Signs Veterans' Toxic Exposure Bill Into Law
 
Palestine/Israel
After Israeli War, Gaza Children Speak of Trauma and Horror
Gaza Children Who Went to Their Local Shop and Never Came Back
Dozens Wounded in West Bank Protest Against Israel's Killings
Gantz Threatens to Kill Islamic Jihad Leader in Gaza
Shireen Abu Akleh Monument Inaugurated in Ramallah
Israeli Court Acquits Soldier of the Murder of 13-Year-Old Girl in 2004
Lapid Hails Unit Dog, but No Apology for Gaza Killings
After Gaza Fighting, Russia Says Lapid's Ukraine War Criticism Is 'Double Standard'
Iraq
Iraq Daily Roundup: Nine Killed
Iraq's Sadr Tells Judiciary to Dissolve Parliament in a Week
Iraq Launches Mosul Airport Reconstruction 5 Years After ISIS Expelled
Syria
Erdogan and Assad Likely to Hold Talks Under Putin's Support
ISIS Leader Abu Salem Al-Iraqi Blows Himself Up in Syria
Syrian Asylum Seekers Stranded on Greek Islet for Weeks Without Water or Food
Middle East
UAE Overturns Prison Sentence for Former Khashoggi Attorney
Saudi Arabia, US Hold Naval Exercises After Biden Visit
Turkey 'Seeks $20bn Deposit From Saudi Arabia'
Yemen Has Enough Wheat for Two-And-A-Half Months, Document Shows
Hezbollah Warns Israel Against Targeting Palestinians in Lebanon
China/Taiwan
China Envoy Calls for 'Rational' View, Defends Taiwan Drills
UK Summons China Envoy Over 'Aggressive' Escalation on Taiwan
Pelosi: US Cannot Allow China's 'New Normal' Over Taiwan
China, UK Agree to Resume Direct Passenger Flights: British Embassy
Chinese Envoy Tells Australia to Show 'Caution' Over Taiwan
China Calls US 'Main Instigator' of Ukraine Crisis
Afghanistan
Money Exchangers Union, Traders Protest US Drone Strike
Over 400 Private Schools Closed Due to Economic Challenges: Afghan Union
Girls' Schools Closed for 'Religious Issues': Taliban Spokesman
Kunduz Officials: 1000s Treated by Mobile Health Teams Daily
Pakistan
Ex-PM's Aide, TV Station Staff Face Sedition Charges
China Delays Bid by US and India to Sanction Pakistan Militant at UN
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Turns Chinese Naval Vessel Away From Port of Hambantota
End Protest Crackdown: UN, Rights Groups Tell Sri Lanka President
Asia
Seoul Dismisses Beijing's Concerns Over Anti-Missile System
Japan PM Purges Cabinet After Support Falls Over Church Ties
Americas
Canadian Air Force Plans to Buy Four New Airbus Tankers, Requests Proposal
Costa Rica Prepares Plan to Regularize Status of 200,000 Mostly Nicaraguan Migrants
 
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Columnists

Ted Snider
8/11/2022
Is There a Red Line Biden Won't Cross?

Ramzy Baroud
8/06/2022
Why Resistance Matters: Palestinians Are Challenging Israel's Unilateralism, Dominance

Dave DeCamp
8/05/2022
The Mess That Pelosi Made

David Stockman
8/03/2022
Nancy Pelosi's Utterly Reckless Election-Season Gambit

Ted Galen Carpenter
8/02/2022
Washington Is Making the Same Blunder Regarding Taiwan That It Did in Ukraine

Patrick J. Buchanan
8/02/2022
Is Taiwan's Independence Worth War?

Ray McGovern
8/01/2022
Pelosi-Taiwan: An Easy Way Out for Biden

Doug Bandow
7/27/2022
US Celebrates Alliance With Seoul: But Is South Korea Worth a Nuclear War?

Daniel Larison
7/20/2022
Biden Hides Behind 'Great Power Competition' To Maintain the Bankrupt Status Quo

Sheldon Richman
4/25/2022
NATO and Collective Insecurity

Scott Horton
3/03/2022
The History Behind the Russia-Ukraine War

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

David R. Henderson
8/06/2021
Remembering Hiroshima

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