August 20th, 2021

• CIA chief told Bennett of US worries over Chinese influence in Israel
• Gaza terror groups threaten 'escalation' as progress reported in Qatari aid deal
• Qatar, UN reach agreement to return some Qatari subsidies to Gaza
• Lapid to Egyptian spy chief: Israel won't tolerate Gaza rocket fire
• Explosions rock Syria in alleged Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah arms depots
• Daring Israel and US to act, Hezbollah says Iran fuel tanker to sail to Lebanon
• Hezbollah Terror Chief Taunts U.S. as Sanction-Busting Tanker Sails for Lebanon
• Europeans criticize Iran over 'serious violations' of nuclear deal
• President of Nigeria: Africa Is the Capital of Global Jihad
• Over 1,000 people have been killed in Myanmar since the military took control more than 6 months ago, according to a human rights group
• Afghans protest Taliban for 2nd day, in emerging challenge to their rule
• Taliban suppress more dissent as economic challenges loom
• Taliban vow to ban heroin, but can they survive without it?
• Desperate mothers reported to throw babies over Kabul airport barbed wire
• Images of women vandalized in Kabul as Taliban rule takes hold
• Afghanistan: Taliban carrying out door-to door manhunt, report says
• Report: Taliban Killing People Found with Bibles on Their Phones
• Fort Bliss in Texas becomes ground zero for resettling Afghan refugees during chaotic exit
• Afghanistan collapse: Evacuation flights departing Kabul well short of capacity
• Defense Sec: We Don't Have Capability to Rescue "Large Numbers of Americans" in Afghanistan
• Joe Biden Claims 'No One's Being Killed Right Now' in Kabul Despite Reports of 12 Deaths
• Afghanistan could be a terrorist haven again, says ex-national security advisor John Bolton
• Billions in US weaponry seized by Taliban
• The Taliban Have Seized US Military Biometrics Devices
• Afghan Ex-President Ashraf Ghani: Taliban Have Laptop Full of Secret Government Intel
• Biden Says al-Qaeda Bigger Threat Than Taliban, Claims Group in 'Existential Crisis'
• Commentary: Was Biden handcuffed by Trump's Taliban deal in Doha?
• Joe Biden Celebrates World Humanitarian Day amid Afghanistan Collapse
• Afghanistan withdrawal: Biden continues bunker strategy after widely panned ABC interview
• Biden's presidency is under scrutiny as never before over Afghan chaos
• Demands for Joe Biden's Resignation Grow During Afghanistan Blunder
• Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She's Filing Articles Of Impeachment Against Joe Biden
• John McCain's past remarks on Blinken being 'dangerous to America' resurface amid Afghanistan debacle
• CNN's Clarissa Ward In Afghanistan: 'If This Isn't Failure, What Does Failure Look Like Exactly?
• Biden vowed US would 'respond' to Chinese invasion of Taiwan after Afghanistan debacle
• China eyeing power grab off chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan - Experts say China will use US exit to bolster its influence internationally
• China, Pakistan enhance coordination on Afghan issues, while India struggles to take stake
• Putin Rejected Role for U.S. Forces Near Afghanistan at Summit With Biden
• New Satellite Images Show Russia May Be Preparing to Test Nuclear Powered 'Skyfall' Missile
• The FBI's warning to Silicon Valley: China and Russia are trying to turn your employees into spies
• Durham grand jury explores theory someone presented FBI with fabricated evidence in 2016 Russia probe
• McConnell, 43 GOP senators ask Garland to make Durham's Russia probe report public 'upon completion'
• U.S. Capitol On Lockdown, Evacuations Underway in Other Buildings Over Bomb Threat
• Man who claimed to have bomb near US Capitol surrenders to police
• NYC's Times Square Briefly Evacuated Over Suspicious Package Amid Bomb Threat in Washington D.C.
• Activists call for National Guard to come to Philadelphia amid shootings
• Philadelphia mayor rejects calls to bring in National Guard to address crime wave: 'Not respectful'
• Report: Apple Censors Anti-Communist Engravings on Products in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan
• Facebook Wants Your Workplace to Be in Virtual Reality
• Mike Lindell lashes out as cyber expert demands $5M reward for debunking election data
• Jovan Pulitzer: Arizona Audit Report Will be Delivered to Senate on Friday, Results Will Be Earth-Shattering
• New ballot initiative would require ID for all voting in Arizona
• Georgia inches toward possible takeover of Fulton elections
• Hill Democrats Launch Another Effort to Federalize Elections
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Pangai, Tonga
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits the Kuril Islands
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits south of the Kermadec Islands
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 27,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 22,000ft
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 19,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts 15,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Sheveluch volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 15,000ft
• Suwanosajima volcano on Japan erupts to 12,000ft
• Merapi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 10,000ft
• Hurricane Grace makes landfall near Mexico's Tulum temples
• Grace weakens into tropical storm after landfall. Tropical Storm Henri may threaten US as hurricane.
• 2 dead and 20 unaccounted for in North Carolina flooding after the remnants of Tropical Storm Fred slam area
• Record rainfall hits burn scar areas in Flagstaff, Arizona
• Roads, bridges and homes destroyed as severe floods hit Ghana's Upper West Region
• Algeria blames Israel for deadly forest fires it says were started by terrorists
• Wildfire burns across Sierra Nevada for first time in recorded history
• Minnesota's drought reaches levels not seen since 1988 and the Dust Bowl
• Minnesota imposes water restrictions as drought worsens
• Disgraced Gov. Andrew Cuomo Pardons Convicted Felons, Touts 'Power of Redemption'
• Arrests of Convicted Sex Offender Migrants by Border Patrol Jump 171 Percent in 2021
• Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Judge Signs Off on $850M Sex Abuse Deal
• US Appeals Court Upholds Texas Ban on Second-Trimester Abortion Procedure
• Court Upholds Texas Ban on Dismemberment Abortions, Says It's 'Self-Evidently Gruesome'
• Republicans call for investigation into UPitt's federally funded fetal tissue research
• Another health crisis: NYC investigates Legionnaires' Disease cluster in Harlem
• Study: Vaccines don't lower viral load in Delta breakthrough cases
• Commentary: Don't Panic, But Breakthrough Cases May Be a Bigger Problem Than You've Been Told - Current public-health messaging may understate the scale and risk
• Sens. Hickenlooper, Wicker and King test positive for Covid after being fully vaccinated
• Mainstream media lectures Gov. Abbott on contracting COVID-19 despite being vaccinated
• CDC changes definition of 'fully vaccinated' in light of booster shots
• Australian MP Victor Dominello Diagnosed With Bell's Palsy After AstraZeneca Vaccine On Live Press Conference
• Hospital removed sick patients from transplant wait list after they refused to get the COVID vaccine: Report
• Registered Nurse Quits over California Vaccine Mandate: 'Now All of the Sudden, I'm a Threat to Public Health'
• Aviation workers block runway, shut down Ben Gurion Airport, panning virus rules
• Canada election: How vaccine mandates became an issue
• Professor granted vaccine exemption after he sues university to recognize natural immunity
• University In Connecticut To Fine $2000 And Block Internet Access To Unvaccinated Students
• Washington governor may force college football coach to get vaccine
• Watch: San Diego Pastor Slams Vaccine Mandates and Lockdowns: 'We Do Not Consent'
• Pope Francis encourages Catholics get COVID-19 vaccine, but some seek religious exemption
• Michigan Lawmakers Seek to Prevent Employers From Requiring Vaccines
• Oregon Governor Forcing All Teachers and Staff to Be Vaccinated
• Utah teacher who called Trump a 'moron' and advocated vaccines to students no longer employed at school
• Louisiana AG Jeff Landry Calls Saints Vaccine Mandate 'Completely Unacceptable'
• Biden to tie vaccines for nursing home staff to Medicare and Medicaid funding
• Biden Escalates School Mask Conflict, Using Civil Rights Office Against Anti-Mask Mandates
• Biden instructs Education Department to take 'appropriate' action against governors who ban school mask mandates
• Ron DeSantis slams Biden for obsessing over masking school children while Afghanistan burns
• Gov. Kemp says Georgia businesses will not be forced to adhere to mask, vaccine mandates
• Those Anti-Covid Plastic Barriers Probably Don't Help and May Make Things Worse
• Nutrition Company Cuts Ties to Schwarzenegger Over 'Screw Your Freedom' Remark
• Soaring Cost of Food Forcing Families to Scrimp at the Dinner Table
• "It's Too Late To Save Christmas": Retailers Brace For Unprecedented Shortages Of Everything
• More than $90 million in cryptocurrency stolen after a top Japanese exchange is hacked