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Updated August 6, 2020 - 2:34 PM EDT

75 Years Ago: The Elusive Horror of Hiroshima

		*Nuclear War or Invasion: The False Dichotomy of Hiroshima*
		*The Decision to Drop the Bomb and the Genesis of the Cold War*

US Sends Highest Official to Taiwan in 40 Years

		US-China Hotline Sparks Paranoia Among Military, Intel Officials
		*Chinese Firms Helped Saudis Build Secret Nuclear Production Site*

US Presses for UN Vote on Iran Arms Embargo

Iran's Mock Aircraft Carrier Sinks After Exercises

Little-Known US Firm Secures Deal for Syrian Oil

Pompeo Reports Progress on Russia Nuke Talks

DNC Delegates: Biden Foreign Policy Team 'A Horror Show'

Viewpoints

	Nuclear War or Invasion: The False Dichotomy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by Brett Wilkins
	The Elusive Horror of Hiroshima by Hiroki Kobayashi
	Hiroshima and Nagasaki as Collateral Damage by Jack Gilroy

	Hiroshima and Nagasaki by Ralph Raico
	Hiroshima by John Hersey
	Poet Survivors, Military Realists, and Millennials: August 6 and 9 by H. Patricia Hynes
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

The Decision to Drop the Bomb on Japan and the Genesis of the Cold War
by Scott Ritter

Frontline

	Airwars Monthly Assessment – June 2020
	Army Shows First-Ever Footage of New Hypersonic Missile in Flight, Impacting
	French Intel Agents Charged in Murder Plot
	Modi Enjoys Twin Triumphs for India's Hindu Nationalists

Hiroshima Bombing 75th Anniversary: What Damage Looked Like in Japan

Lebanon

	'Most Believe' Beirut Blast 'Accident,' Esper Says, Contradicting Trump
	Trump Tempers His Description of Beirut Explosion as an Attack: 'Nobody Knows Yet'
	Years After Civil War's End, Half of Beirut Damaged in Catastrophic Blast
	Beirut Explosion: 'Casualties Everywhere' – Hospitals Struggle to Cope as Bloodied People Walk Streets
	Beirut Explosion Leaves 250,000 Homeless, Hospital Decimated
	Dazed and Wounded, Lebanese Emerge From Massive Blast Angry at Rulers
	Beirut Blast: Tracing the Explosives That Tore the Capital Apart
	After Blast, Lebanon Has Less Than a Month's Grain Reserves
	Tribunal Postpones Verdict in Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri's Assassination Case in Wake of Beirut Blast
	Ammonium Nitrate: Fertilizer Behind Many Industrial Accidents

Iran

	Four Policemen Injured in Sound Bomb Explosion in Southeast Iran
	Iran Executes Man for Killing IRGC Member During 2017-18 Protests

Middle East

	Iraq Daily Roundup: Six Killed
	Yemen Rejects Houthi Attempts to Implement Swap Deal in Stages
	American Trucks Land in Israel to Support Iron Dome Testing Ahead of US Army Delivery

Africa

	UN Closes Two Malian Refugee Camps in Niger, Citing Security Fears
	Security Forces Responsible for Mali Protest Killings, Says Amnesty
	DR Congo Armed Groups Killed 1,300 in First Half of 2020: UN
	Italy Defense Ministry Seeks Closer Ties With Libya
	Anger in Togo After Government Accused of Using Spyware on Critics
	US Slaps Sanctions on Leading Zimbabwe Businessman

Europe

	Ukraine Asks Belarus to Transfer Arrested Russian Mercenaries
	Bulgarian PM Says He Is Prepared to Quit but Wants Government to Stay
	Croatia Marks 25 Years Since War With Tolerance Message

Hiroshima 75 Years Later

	Japan Marks 75th Anniversary of WWII Hiroshima Atomic Bomb
	American Conservatives Are the Forgotten Critics of the Atomic Bombing of Japan
	In a Flash, a Changed World – Remembering Hiroshima
	Abe Renews Calls to Abolish Nukes at Hiroshima Ceremony
	In Milestone Year, A-Bomb Survivor Keeps Up Fight for Nuclear Disarmament
	Hiroshima: The Great Taboo
	Photos: Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Before and After the Bombs
	Counting the Dead at Hiroshima and Nagasaki
	Hiroshima University to Unveil Docs on Hibakusha Movement Dating to 1950s
	Hiroshima Survivors Worry That World Will Forget
	Atomic Bombings at 75: Scholars Speak Out Against 'Unnecessary' Attacks
	Bomb Survivors Lament Japan Not Doing Enough for Nuke Ban

The War at Home

	Mike Pompeo Set to Tour Europe to Discuss More US Troop Moves, Officials Say
	Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Urges US App Stores to Remove 'Untrusted' Chinese-Owned Apps
	She Was a Pioneering Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer. A Tsunami of Sexual Harassment Followed
	Former Clients of Acting Homeland Security Chief Chad Wolf Get Millions in DHS Contracts

Afghanistan

	12 People Killed in 'Roadside Blast' in Baghlan
	Taliban: Loya Jirga Not Legally Valid, Obstruction to Peace

India/Pakistan/Kashmir

	Indian PM Modi Lays Foundation of Controversial Hindu Temple at Razed Mosque Site
	30 Injured in Grenade Attack in Pakistan at Kashmir Rally
	Pakistan PM Reiterates Support for Kashmiri Self-Determination
	Pakistan Soldier Killed, Two Injured in Heavy Firing From Across Afghan Border