US News
- A new non-profit group – US CyberDome – is filled with promoters of Russiagate. [Link]
- Only two of the twenty-three US test F-35s are fully operational. [Link]
South American
- The US seizes a cargo ship headed to Venezuela carrying food. [Link]
- Venezuela withdraws from talks with the opposition led by Juan Guaido. The Maduro government said it was over the Guaido government celebrating and encouraging the US to sanction Venezuela. [Link]
- Fighting between three armed groups over drug territory in Colombia puts 300,000 civilians in danger. [Link]
Kashmir
- Six people were killed in Kashmir as India cracked down on protesters. [Link]
Middle East
- The Taliban leadership says the US is creating mistrust in the negotiation process. [Link]
- An Israeli soldier in civilian clothing was stabbed to death in the West Bank. Israel is calling the killing a Palestinian attack. [Link]
- Saudi loans $250 million to the Sudanese central bank. [Link]
- Turkey says it will not be delayed by the US in establishing ‘safe zones’ in Kurdish-held northern Syria. A Turkish official said a safe zone 30-35 km into Syria would help stabilize the region. [Link]
- Syria rejects the US/Turkish plan for safe zones as a violation of Syrian sovereignty. [Link]