- The US budget deficit is $898 billion over the past 11 months. [Link]
- The State Department approves a $2.6 billion weapon sale to South Korea. [Link]
- The State Department pushed Twitter to ban an Iraqi politician. [Link]
- Two Russians charged by the UK of poisoning of the Skripals deny the accusations. [Link]
- Spain will move forward with a sale of bombs to Saudi Arabia. Spain paused the sale last week. [Link]
- Turkey moves additional special forces and tanks into Idlib, Syria. [Link]
- At least 15 Afghan security forces were killed in two Taliban attacks. [Link]
- Afghan peace talks are stalled because the US is demanding to retain at least two bases in Afghanistan. The Taliban demand that the US keeps no bases in Afghanistan. [Link]
- The UN warns the humanitarian situation in Yemen is quickly getting worse. [Link]
- A Saudi airstrike kills 20 civilians in Hodeida. Most of the dead are children. [Link]
