News Roundup 8/26/19

by | Aug 26, 2019

News Roundup 8/26/19

by | Aug 26, 2019

US News

  • Twitter is relying on US and European government-funded groups to determine what is allowed on Twitter. Government media sites like RT will no longer be allowed to advertise on Twitter. [Link]
  • A green card holder was detained at the airport for suspected drugs. He spent three months in jail before authorities realized that he did not have drugs, just honey. [Link]

Nicaragua

  • Humanitarian groups overreported the number of deaths during Nicaraguan protests. [Link]

Hong Kong

  • Protests in Hong Kong became more violent as police clashed with protesters. Over 50 protesters were arrested and 21 police injured. [Link]

Middle East 

  • An unnamed Taliban commander says the fight against the Afghan government will continue if a deal is made with the US. [Link]
  • Iran says it has sold the oil from its supertanker, formerly the Grace 1. [Link]
  • Turkey accepts its second S-400 missile defense system from Russia. [Link]
  • The US named a military base in Syria after Castle Black. [Link]
  • Yemen’s southern separatists declare a ceasefire in the fight against the Saudi backed government. [Link]

Israel

  • Hezbollah claims an Israeli drone targeted one of its buildings in Beirut. A Palestinian group says an Israeli airstrike hit one of their buildings in Lebanon the next day. [Link]
  • Israel bombed what it claimed were Iranian drone bases in Syria. [Link]
  • Iraqi PMF reports an Israeli airstrike killed one of its soldiers. [Link]

Kyle Anzalone

Kyle Anzalone

Kyle Anzalone is news editor of the Libertarian Institute, opinion editor of Antiwar.com and co-host of Conflicts of Interest with Will Porter and Connor Freeman.

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