News Roundup 10/16/18

by | Oct 16, 2018

News Roundup 10/16/18

by | Oct 16, 2018

  • Facebook bans false information about voting. [Link]
  • The US budget deficit rose to $779 billion in fiscal year 2018. [Link]
  • National Security Advisor John Bolton’s Chief of Staff will leave the White House and head the Center for Security Policy. [Link]
  • Ecuador restores partial internet access to Julian Assange. [Link]
  • The UK, France, and Germany are calling for an investigation into Khashoggi’s disappearance. [Link]
  • Saudi Arabia threatens countermeasures against the US if the US sanctions Saudi Arabia. [Link]
  • At least 22 people were killed by a bombing at an election rally in Afghanistan. [Link]
  • At least 20 Afghan soldiers were killed by Taliban attacks on checkpoints. [Link]
  • Residents of Idlib hate all warring parties in Syria. [Link]
  • A cyclone hits eastern Yemen. [Link]
  • A Saudi airstrike hits a Yemeni bus killing at least 17. [Link]
  • Patrick Cockburn breaks down the food war being waged by Saudi Arabia against Yemen. [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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