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Updated February 24, 2021 - 9:49 PM EST

Rouhani Works to Preserve Deal Despite Pressure

		*IAEA Chief Defends Weekend Deal as Iran Starts Reduced Access*
		*European Nations Bristle at Iran's New Access Deal With IAEA*
		*After Iran Strategy Meeting, Netanyahu Rails Against Nuclear Deal*

Biden Presented With 3 Options for Afghanistan

Taliban Warns Biden Staying in Afghanistan Will 'Cause Problems'

Biden's No. 2 Treasury Pick Vows China Hardline

Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Chief May Signal Shift in Policy on Beijing

Biden Launches Review of War on Terror

Iraqi Militia Denies Role in Attack on US Base

Twitter Adds a 'Hacked Materials' Label to Tweets

Biden to Call Saudi King Ahead of Khashoggi Findings

Viewpoints

	The Biden Administration Should Drop Military Commitment to Saudi Arabia by Doug Bandow
	What Planet Is NATO Living On? by Medea Benjamin & Nicolas J.S. Davies
	The Blob Circles Wagons Around Failing Afghanistan Strategy by Daniel Larison

	Coups and Colonialism: Why Does America Do What It Does? by Ted Snider
	Robert Kagan Sticks to His Guns by Andrew J. Bacevich
	The ICC, Israel, and Antisemitism by Osama Abuirshaid
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

Reuters, BBC, and Bellingcat Engaged in UK-Funded Programs To 'Weaken Russia'
by Max Blumenthal

Frontline

	'The Jewish Half': SNL's Dig at Israeli Apartheid Angers Many
	Lawrence Ferlinghetti – Poet, Publisher, and Activist – Dies at Age 101
	Facebook Agrees to Restore Australian News Pages

Gaza Suffers $1.5m Losses as Israel Open Floodgates, Destroys Crops

The War at Home

	'We Lied': NY Prosecutors Face Heat in Botched Iran Sanction Case
	Baltimore's Police Surveillance Planes Raise Privacy Concerns
	Al Jazeera To Launch New Platform Targeting US Conservative Audiences
	That Time an Airman Accidentally Saved World From Nuclear War
	Schumer Says Senate Will Draft Tech Research Funding Bill to Challenge China
	Navy Sailor in Virginia Dies of Covid-19
	US Special Forces to Operate Hand-Launched, Signal-Jamming Drones

China

	China Would Welcome UN Human Rights Council Visit 'Because There Is No Genocide in Xinjiang'
	China Condemns Canada's Motion Calling Treatment of Uighurs Genocide
	China Refits Combat Trucks in Tibet to Take on Indian Military
	Chinese Surveillance Plane Test Flight Hints at Advanced Aircraft Carrier Design

Afghanistan

	Afghan Peace Talks Resume in Doha as US Reviews Taliban Deal
	Nine Security Members Killed in Logar Attack
	UN Says Afghan Civilian Casualties Down by 15% Last Year
	Afghan Defense Ministry to Increase Special Operations Forces in Spring
	Afghanistan Begins Covid-19 Vaccination Drive Amid Rising Violence
	Growing Number of Afghan Children 'in Crisis': AIHRC Report
	Afghan War Has No Legitimacy, Peace Must Prevail: Clerics
	Afghan Surgeon Killed in Attack by Unidentified Armed Men in Baghlan

Myanmar

	More Myanmar Protests Follow Strike Amid Foreign Concerns
	A Digital Firewall in Myanmar, Built With Guns and Wire Cutters
	Suu Kyi's Lawyer Soldiers on 'in Defense of Democracy'
	Indonesian Foreign Minister to Visit Myanmar as Pressure Mounts on Generals

Sri Lanka

	Sri Lanka Slams Resolution on 'Deteriorating' Rights
	Pakistan Prime Minister Khan Arrives in Sri Lanka to Boost Ties

Asia

	Nine Women Arrested Over Philippine Bomb Plots: Military
	Bangladesh Court Rejects Sedition Case Over Al Jazeera Report on Corruption
	Nepal's Top Court Orders Reinstatement of Parliament in Blow to PM
	Tightly-Controlled Turkmenistan Toddles Towards Family Rule

Mexico

	After Social-Media Sites Booted Trump, Mexican Leaders Want to Put 'Clear Limits' on What Those Companies Can Do
	Mexico President Presses US for Details on Arrest of El Chapo's Wife

Colombia

	UN Registers Steep Rise in Murders of Colombian Activists
	Colombian Army 'False Positives' Scandal: 'No One Listened to Us'
	UN Urges Colombia to Fulfill Peace Deal, Stem Violence

Americas

	Venezuela Ships Jet Fuel to Iran in Exchange for Gasoline: Sources
	Proposed US Legislation Would Target Honduras President

Palestine/Israel

	Biden Moves to Reengage With Palestinians After Israel Focus
	Gas to Gaza? The Pipeline That Might Provide a Lifeline
	Palestine, Arab Diplomats Meet International Quartet Members to Revive Peace Process
	Israel Donates Vaccines to Countries That Moved Embassies to Jerusalem
	Israeli Forces Arrest Hamas Members in West Bank Ahead of Palestinian Elections
	Families of Disappeared Yemenite Children Demand Israel Open Secret Files
	Israeli Soldier Seriously Injured at Jordan Valley Base
	Israeli, 17, Indicted for Stun Grenade Attack on Palestinians, Vandalism
	Israel to Buy Two KC-46 Tankers, With Plans for More F-35s and Weapon Systems

Iran

	Iran: South Korea Releasing $1 Billion Frozen by US Sanctions
	Mob Storms South Iran Governor Office After Border Violence
	Reviving Iran Deal Is 'Most Urgent' Priority, Says EU's Josep Borrell

Syria

	Syria's Rebel-Held Northwest to Get Covid Vaccines by End March: WHO
	Russia Digs Up Graves in Refugee Camp in Search of Dead Israeli Spy Eli Cohen

Middle East

	Iraq Daily Roundup: 12 Killed; Protests Resume in Nasariya
	UAE-Backed STC Forces Accused of Torturing Yemeni Journalist
	UAE Weapons Maker EDGE Wants in on F-35 Supply Chain
	Turkey Says Greek Jets Harass Research Vessel Over Aegean Sea
	Outcry in Kuwait Over Suicide of Stateless Bidoon Child

Egypt

	US: Human Rights Will Be 'Central' to Relations With Egypt
	Egyptian Judge Accused of Running Drug-Trafficking Network
	Egypt and Qatar Hold First Meeting Since Accord Ending Gulf Row
	Lawyer: Egypt Releases Activist After 17 Months of Detention
	Egypt's Sisi Faces Backlash Against Removal of the Quran From School Textbooks

Africa

	7,000 Seek Sudan Asylum After Fleeing Western Ethiopia Violence
	Hutu Rebels Accuse DRC, Rwanda After Italian Ambassador Killed
	UN: Lots of Work to Do Before Sending Ceasefire Monitors to Libya
	Mohamed Bazoum Declared Niger's New President
	Sahel, UN Must Ready for 'Battle' With Jihadists, Says Senegal President

Europe

	European Companies Back Out of Nord Stream 2: US Report
	British Royals Met With Autocratic Arab Monarchs 'Over 200 Times' Since 2011
	One Ukrainian Soldier Killed, Two Injured in War-Torn East
	Thousands Rally After Georgia Arrests Main Opposition Leader
	France Summons Pakistan Envoy Over Criticism of 'Separatism' Bill
	Moldova Court Rules Against Presidential Decree on New Government
	Armenia Protests: PM Pashinyan Faces Fresh Calls to Quit