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China. Airshow China 2021 to display latest achievements of space technology (Deng Xiaoci, Global Times)

China successfully launched its first Mars probe, named Tianwen-1, via a Long March-5 Y4 carrier rocket from Wenchang Space Launch Center in South China's...

China. Xi stresses anti-monopoly regulation, anti-pollution fight, better reserve system (Xinhua, Global Times)

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday stressed efforts to strengthen anti-monopoly and anti-unfair competition regulations, improve the country's reserve system and fight against pollution. Xi,...

Syria. Syria Rebels Kill 4 Soldiers in Daraa: State Media (The Defense Post)

Four Syrian soldiers were killed when opposition fighters attacked army checkpoints in the southern province of Daraa on Monday, state media reported, as escalating violence threatened a truce deal. Daraa, regarded as the birthplace of Syria’s...

Nigeria. Nigeria’s Buhari Urges Unity After Massacres in Flashpoint City (The Defense Post)

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. Photo: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has called for communities to unite to ease tensions after violence in a flashpoint central city killed dozens of people. Jos, in Plateau State,...

Yemen. 30 Loyalists Killed in Strikes on Yemen’s Biggest Airbase (The Defense Post)

 Houthi rebel fighters during a gathering aimed at mobilizing more fighters in Yemen's capital Sanaa, March 16, 2019. Image: Hani Al-Ansi/dpa Strikes on Yemen’s largest airbase Sunday killed at least 30 pro-government troops...

Afghanistan/USA. The Last U.S. Military Plane Has Left Kabul. What’s Next for Americans, Afghans Left Behind? (Tara Copp, Defense One)

The last U.S. military plane has left Afghanistan, U.S. officials announced, ending 20 years of war but also closing down the main route home for...

Afghanistan/USA. The Future of U.S.-Taliban Relations (Jacqueline Feldscher, Defense One)

The United States and the Taliban could cooperate on priorities that are in America’s “vital national interest,” the administration’s top diplomat said Monday, hours...

Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s new, uncertain chapter (Defense One)

This episode we speak about where Afghanistan might go from here—with help from former Afghan translator Habib Hassan and former State Department official Elizabeth...

Afghanistan/USA. The Taliban Reportedly Have Control of US Biometric Devices (Margaret Hu, Defense One)

In the wake of the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul and the ouster of the Afghan national government, alarming reports indicate that the insurgents could potentially access...

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