- A man, who traveled to Syria to join the Islamic State then was captured, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. [Link]
- Harvard-Harris polling that showed 70% of Americans support renegotiating the Iran nuclear deal was based on a biased question. [Link]
- Raytheon won a $1.5 billion contract from the Pentagon. [Link]
- The IAEA Cheif confirms Iran is living up to the nuclear agreement. [Link]
- The Spanish government has dismissed the Catalan Parliment, president, the president’s cabinet, and chief of police. [Link]
- 23 people were killed in a suicide truck explosion in Mogadishu. Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack. [Link]
- Trevor Timm on the growing US mission in Niger. [Link]
- A US service member was killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. [Link]
- The US gave the Afghanistan military six additional A-29 attack planes. [Link]
- The leader of the Kurdish Regional Government, Barzani, will resign from office. [Link]
- Moon of Alabama highlights inconsistencies in the UN report on the April 4th chemical attack in Khan Sheikhoun. [Link]
- The Syrian government killed 11 civilians and destroyed a school outside of Damascus. [Link]
