US News
- A F-35 shot itself, causing $2.5 million in damage. [Link]
- The Netherlands will spend $40 million to upgrade an American Army arms depot. [Link]
- Secretary of State Blinken is deciding if the US will label the ethnic cleansing targeting the Muslim minority. [Link]
China
- Biden vows to not let China become a leading country. [Link]
- The US is working with the EU and NATO to take steps to unite against China. [Link]
Korea
- Japan says North Korea launched two ballistic missiles. [Link]
- Biden says the US will respond to the missile tests and the tests were a violation of a UN resolution. Biden said he was open to talks if they ended in denuclearization. [Link]
Afghanistan
- Rep. Adam Smith says Biden will keep US troops in Afghanistan beyond May 1st. [Link]
- From 2017 to 2020 the US flew coalition partners around Afghanistan at the cost of $770 million. The US failed to track or charge partner states for the service. [Link]
- At a press conference Biden says he can’t picture troops remaining in Afghanistan next year. [Link]
Middle East
- The US Ambassador to Lebanon called on the Lebanese leaders to form a government. [Link]
- Germany approves a plan to keep 1,300 troops in Afghanistan until 2022. [Link]
- 43 Senators sent Biden a letter demanding he abandon the JCPOA and seek a broader agreement with Iran. [Link]
- An Israeli cargo ship was hit by a suspected missile in the Arabian Sea. [Link]
- The Iraqi military claims to have killed 27 ISIS fighters over the past two weeks. [Link]
Africa
- A Pentagon official said Trump reducing troop numbers in Somalia had a significant downside. [Link]
- Ethiopia confirms Eritrean troops entered Tigray during fighting in 2020. The Eritrean troops helped the Ethiopian military put down an alleged rebellion in Tigray. [Link]
- Doctors Without Borders staff reported Ethiopian soldiers murdering four civilians. [Link]
- Militants killed ten people raiding a village in Niger. [Link]
- Militants in Mozambique attacked a gas hub city. [Link]
