US News

• The Pentagon misspent covid relief funds. [Link]
• The Biden administration official makes Colombia a major non-NATO ally. [Link]

Russia

• Zelensky warns Russia will come for America if Ukraine falls. [Link]
• A Ukrainian court ordered the arrest in absentia of former President Viktor Yanukovich. [Link]
• The US announced that allied countries would supply Harpoon missiles and a launcher to Ukraine. [Link]
• Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Russia will not depend on the West for anything and will increase ties with China. [Link]
• The US is considering sending special operations forces to Ukraine to defend the reopened embassy. [Link]

China

• The Missile Defense Agency wants to build a new command center in Guam. [Link]

Middle East

• Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian teen during a raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. [Link]
• Israeli intelligence sources say no dead is worse than a bad deal. [Link]
• Iran says the assassinated IRGC officer will be avenged. [Link]
• Turkish strikes in Iraq killed three members of the PKK and three civilians. [Link]
• Turkey says it will start military operations and secure 30 km into Syrian territory along its border. [Link]
• Three people in Yemen were killed by a drone that was downed over the capital. [Link]

Africa

• Ethiopia arrests 4,000 people in the Amhara region during a campaign to crack down on militias. [Link]
• Rwanda says its civilians came under fire from Congolese soldiers. [Link]