- Maj. Danny Sjursen explains the dangers of Mike Pompeo becoming Secretary of State. [Link]
- Heather Nauert has been prompted to Undersecretary of State. [Link]
- Trump will roll out a plan to seek the death penalty in some drug cases. [Link]
- A video is released of prison guards mocking a man as he dies. The man was subject to torture before he died. [Link]
- US debt hits $21 trillion. [Link]
- Jeremy Corbyn says don’t rush to blame Russia for the chemical attack on the former spy. [Link]
- Putin wins reelection as Russia President for a six-year term. [Link]
- The Philippines tell the UN Security Council the country will withdraw from the International Criminal Court. [Link]
- Turkey now controls the city of Afrin. Turkish allied fighters report the YPG fled the city. [Link]
- A Palestinian man killed two IDF soldiers with his car. [Link]
- Vice President Pence tells the Pakistani Prime Minister that Pakistan must do more to fight the Taliban. [Link]
- Forces allied to Assad take a town near Damascus from Syrian rebels. [Link]
- Syrian Army is using incendiary bombs in Eastern Ghouta. The Syrian Army is also accused of using cluster bombs. [Link]
- Up to 68,000 people have fled Eastern Ghouta. [Link]
- Seven US soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash in Iraq. [Link]
- Public Health officials in Iraq are concerned that the bodies in the Tigris River are contaminating the water. [Link]
- A diphtheria outbreak in Yemen has infected over 1,300 and killed at least 70. [Link]
- Canada to send up 600 troops to Mali to join the UN peacekeeping mission. [Link]
- Former South African President Jacob Zuma to face 16 charges of corruption. [Link]
