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Updated January 16, 2022 - 11:22 AM EST

		*The CIA Has Been Training Ukrainian Paramilitaries to 'Kill Russians'*
		*Report: US Considers Backing Insurgency in Ukraine*
		*Russia Wants Response From US on NATO Expansion by Next Week*

How Bush and Blair Plotted War in Iraq: Read the Secret Memo in Full

Viewpoints

	How Private Contractors Disguise the Real Costs of War by William D. Hartung
	Germany's Chancellor Is (Rightly) Taking a Chance on Russia Reset by Daniel Larison
	How a Palestinian Hunger Striker Forced Israeli Concession by Ramzy Baroud

	The US Needs To Compromise Over Ukraine by Brian Clark
	What War With Russia Would Look Like by Scott Ritter
	The Strange Case of the Casino, the Senate Leader and the Defense Bill by Mark Satter
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Did This Week's US-NATO-Russia Meetings Push US Closer to War?
by Anatol Lieven

Frontline

	Russia Takes Down REvil Hacking Group at US Request: FSB Intel Service
	The Navy Has No Idea What to Do With Its Littoral Combat Ships
	Fedex Wants to Equip Airbus A321s With Anti-Missile Laser Countermeasures

North Korea

	North Korea Warns of 'Stronger' Action Following New US Sanctions
	North Korea Says It Test Launched Missiles From Train
	Early Warning Systems Warned North Korea Missile Could Hit US

China/Taiwan

	US Bill Would Block Defense Contractors From Using Chinese Rare Earths
	Taiwan Seeks Additional Patriot Missiles From US
	China Says Britain's Political Interference Claims Are 'Groundless'
	Taiwan Adds Minelaying Ships to Defenses Against China
	China Touts Support From Gulf States for Uyghur Treatment

Afghanistan

	UN Chief: Rules 'Must Be Suspended' for Funds to Reach Afghans
	Young Girl Shot, Killed at Checkpoint in Kabul: Relatives
	Afghan Women Despair Over Closed Public Universities
	Taliban Denies Claims in HRW Report on Afghanistan
	Moscow Offers to Facilitate Talks for Taliban

Asia

	Ex-Japan PM Kaifu, Who Dispatched SDF to Persian Gulf, Dies at 91
	Russia Holds Snap Combat Readiness Inspection of Far East Troops
	Pakistan to Seek Peace, Economic Connectivity Under New Security Policy
	Bomb Found at Delhi Flower Market
	Philippines Agrees to Buy India Anti-Ship Missile System
	Factbox: Five More Legal Cases Against Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi

Europe

	Swedes Step Up Military Contingency Over Russian Activity
	US Offers Ukraine Support Needed to Recover From Cyberattack
	Netherlands Won't Send Diplomats to Beijing Olympics
	Former Danish Defense Minister Charged With State Secret Leaks
	US Approves Possible $88 Million Sale of Intelligence Equipment to France

Palestine/Israel

	New US Envoy Says 'Absolutely Won't' Visit Settlements, to Avoid Inflaming Tensions
	Danger Rises for Gaza's Fishers
	Settlers, Accompanied by Israeli Soldiers, Attack Palestine TV Crew
	Israeli Occupation Forces Injure Six Palestinians in Kafr Qaddum
	Palestinian Bedouins Remain Resilient After Week of Israeli Crackdowns in Negev
	Shin Bet Probing Several Violent Incidents During Negev Riots as Potential 'Terror'
	Israeli Soldiers Injure Dozens of Palestinians Near Nablus
	Former Milwaukee Resident Found Dead After Detention by Israeli Soldiers. His Family Wants an Investigation

Iraq

	Iraq Daily Roundup: Two Killed
	Explosion Hits Building of Iraq Parliament Speaker's Party, Two Wounded: Police
	Iraqi Cleric's Push to Sideline Iran-Backed Factions Risks Clash

Turkey

	Turkey, Armenia Talk Normalizing Ties After Decades of Animosity
	Turkey Launches First Intelligence-Gathering Ship Amid Eastern Mediterranean Tensions

Middle East

	Human Rights Watch Criticizes Biden for Weak Defense of Human Rights in Middle East
	Doctor, Nurse Shot Dead in Separate Eastern Syria Attacks

Tunisia

	Police Crack Down on Protests Against President
	Fleeing Tunisia Dictator Wanted to Turn Back: Recordings

Africa

	At Least 108 Civilians Killed This Year in Tigray Airstrikes: UN
	Crowds Protest Sanctions, Pressure, After Mali Vote Delay
	Libya PM Denies Meeting With Mossad to Discuss Normalization
	Morocco Sees 'Unprecedented Regression' in Freedoms: Rights Group
	Vice President of DR Congo's Parliament Resigns Over 'Bullying, Humiliation'
	Sudanese Forces Release Al-Araby TV Journalists Arrested Over Protest Coverage
	Egyptian Elections Every Year?: Four Bizarre Sisi Moments at World Youth Forum