- The Pentagon lost track of $1 billion of weapons that were sent to Iraq and Kuwait. [Link]
- The military planned to replace the A-10 Warthog with the F-35. The Air Force announced the A-10 will not be retired. [Link]
- Congressman Mac Thornberry proposes an $2.1 billion in additional military spending the Asia Pacific. The increased spending will be for munitions and THAAD missiles. [Link]
- This article details some of the weapons Saudi Arabia will purchase in the new weapons deal. [Link]
- Senator Rand Paul has proposed a new bill that would block the $110 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia. [Link]
- The UK has raised the terror threat level to critical. This will allow troops to be deployed in the UK. [Link]
- British police identified the bomber of the Manchester terrorist attack as 22-year-old Salman Abedi. Abedi is of Libyan heritage. ISIS has celebrated the attack on Twitter. [Link]
- The leader of the opposition party in Zimbabwe has demanded the president step down and leave the country. [Link]
- In Nigeria, 1.4 million people are in an emergency food crisis, and 44,000 are near starvation. [Link]
- Ten Afghan soldiers were killed in the Kandahar Province. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. [Link]
- The Pentagon admits there is no evidence showing that Russia arms the Taliban. [Link]
- The Turkish government is seeking to arrest 144 it claims are tied to the coup. [Link]
- Lieutenant General Vincent Stewart said, “Kurdish independence is on a trajectory where it is probably not if but when.” [Link]
- Two US soldiers were injured, and seven members of al-Qaeda Arabian Peninsula were killed in a raid in Yemen. [Link]
- The president of the Philippines declares martial law in a southern province. [Link]
