News Roundup 10/1/18

by | Oct 1, 2018

News Roundup 10/1/18

by | Oct 1, 2018

  • A federal judge strikes down Arizona’s anti-BDS law. [Link]
  • Facebook will partner with the Republican and Democratic NED groups to combat fake news. [Link]
  • An F-35 crashed in South Carolina. [Link]
  • Philip Giraldi explains why Trump’s sanctions will not work. [Link]
  • Senator Rubia calls for Venezuela to be added to the states that sponsor terrorism list. [Link]
  • Macedonia voted in a referendum on changing the name of a country. The name change will resolve a long-standing dispute with Greece and allow Macedonia to enter NATO. [Link] The referendum did not receive the minimum 50% voter turnout. However, the country’s leader says he will push forward with the name change. [Link]
  • US Navy ships will sail through the South China Sea. [Link]
  • Two Afghan police commanders were killed in an insider attack. [Link]
  • Trump is assisting Saudi Arabia in destabilizing the Middle East. [Link]
  • Trump complains that the US is subsidizing Saudi Arabia’s military. [Link]
  • The Iranian Foreign Minister says an oil deal with the EU is close to being completed. [Link]
  • Seven Palestinians – including two children – were killed by Israeli snipers during protests in Gaza. [Link]
  • Syria’s Foreign Minister calls on Syrian refugees to return home. [Link]
  • Russia says Syria now has S-300 air defense system. [Link]
  • Turkey’s president claims that the US has not removed all Kurdish militants from Manjib. [Link]
  • The Pentagon continues to undercount civilian casualties in Iraq and Syria. [Link]
  • The US closes its consulate in Basra Iraq. [Link]
  • An Egyptian woman who spoke out about being a victim of sexual harassment was sentenced to two years in jail for spreading fake news. [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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