News Roundup 6/26/17

by | Jun 26, 2017

News Roundup 6/26/17

by | Jun 26, 2017

  • The parents of Mike Brown were awarded $1.5 million from the City of Furgerson. [Link]
  • A mistrial was declared in the trial of the police officer who killed Sam Dubose. The mistrial was declared after a jury was unable to come to a decision. [Link]
  • Police searches in Colorado and Washington decreased by 50% after the states legalized weed. [Link]
  • The actions of DEA agents lead to the massacre of a Mexican town. [Link]
  • Bernie and Jane Sanders are under investigation for fraud. The accusations are related to Jane’s time as president of Burlington College. [Link]
  • F-35 flights out of Yuma Airforce base have been resumed. [Link]
  • At a Defense Department press briefing, the Defense Department spokesperson admitted the US was not investigating civilian deaths caused by the YPG. [Link]
  • Several Senators are calling for the Pentagon to invest claims of torture prisons in Yemen. [Link]
  • Obama ordered that cyber weapons be implanted within Russia that can be switched on to retaliate to a Russian cyber attack. [Link]
  • Russia says that Norway’s decision to extend the amount of time US Marines will remain in Norway is a threat to Russia. The US Marines are stationed about 900 miles from the border with Russia. [Link]
  • Erdogan says Turkish troops will remain in Qatar. [Link]
  • Saudi Arabia gave Qatar a list of demands that must be met before diplomatic relations can be reestablished. Saudi Arabia has given Qatar till July 3rd to meet the demands. Moon of Alabama gives analysis on the situation. [Link]
  • Egypt’s leader has signed an agreement to transfer islands in the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia. [Link]
  • This article looks at Russian involvement in Libya. [Link]
  • At least 85 people were killed in suicide bombings in Pakistan on Friday. [Link]
  • 153 people were killed when an oil truck exploded in Pakistan. [Link]
  • At least 34 people were killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan. The bomb hit the capital city of the Helmand Province on Thursday. [Link]
  • A suicide bomber killed at least three people in Mosul. [Link]
  • Civilians continue to flee ISIS-held Mosul. 100,000 civilian remain in the 1.2 sq. miles held by ISIS. [Link]
  • Iranian militias enter Deir Ezzor and are making progress against ISIS. [Link]
  • According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the US coalition killed 472 Syrian civilians with airstrikes in May. [Link]
  • Israel carries out airstrikes against the Syrian Army. Israel claims this is a response to mortar fire that landed in the Golan Heights. The mortar fire was from fighting between the Syrian Army and IS linked groups. [Link]
  • Moon of Alabama looks at Israel’s support for jihadist groups in the Syrian Civil War. [Link]
  • A spokesperson for the US-led coalition fighting ISIS says that the coalition welcomes help from Syria or Iranian militias to fight ISIS. [Link]
  • SDF has captured another Raqqa district from ISIS. [Link]
  • A member of the White Helmets was fired after he was caught dumping the mutilated bodies of Syrian Army soldiers. [Link]
  • Over 200,000 cases of cholera have occurred in Yemen. 1,300 have died of cholera since April 27th. [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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