News Roundup 4/10/18

by | Apr 10, 2018

  • The FBI raids the home of Trump’s lawyer Micheal Cohen. [Link]
  • The Pentagon removes information on US troop numbers in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria from their website. [Link]
  • Hungary’s President Viktor Orban wins a third term in office. [Link]
  • Trump says he will meet with Kim Jong Un in May or early June. [Link]
  • China says the US selling Taiwan submarine technology makes a conflict between China and Taiwan ‘more probable.’ [Link]
  • A video shows an Israeli sniper killing an unarmed Palestinian protester. After killing the man, the snipers celebrated. [Link]
  • The Israeli Defense Minister says that there are no innocent people in Gaza. [Link]
  • Turkey will deport about 600 Afghan migrants back to Afghanistan. [Link]
  • General Votel says the ‘Hard Part’ of the Syrian Civil War is still to come. [Link]
  • Ron Paul explains that the US needs to bring our troops home from Syria now. [Link]
  • US Special Forces have set up two advanced mortar systems outside of Manbij. [Link]
  • Syrian rebels in Douma agree to surrender to the Syrian government and relocate to another area of Syria. [Link]
  • 3,000 Syrian Rebel fighters and their families leave Douma. [Link]
  • On Monday morning, Trump said the US will be deciding on responding the to new chemical weapons allegations in 24-48 hours. [Link]
  • Defense Secretary Mattis says he is not ruling out ‘anything’ in response to the new chemical weapons allegations. [Link]
  • The UN will carry out more thorough inspections of ships going to Yemen. [Link]
  • Saudi Arabia kills at least 17 Yemeni civilians in airstrikes. [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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