US News
- House Republicans introduce a bill that labels China as the top national security threat to the US. [Link]
- The fiancee of Jamal Khashoggi is suing Saudi Crown Prince MBS over the death of Khashoggi in a US court. [Link]
- More US troops from Trump’s drawdown in Germany may be deployed to Eastern Europe rather than coming home. [Link]
Asia
- A Chinese soldier captured by India after the soldier crossed the border has been returned to China. [Link]
- A second ceasefire in the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflicts fails to stop fighting. The death toll is at least over 800. [Link]
Afghanistan
- Thousands of Afghans crowded outside the Pakistani consulate, hoping to get a visa. When people started to move around, it caused 15 people to be trampled to death. [Link]
- Major fighting in Afghanistan left as many as 80 dead in the Kandahar Province. In other areas of Afghanistan, the Afghan government claimed to kill 25 Taliban fighters. [Link]
- The special inspector general for the Afghan War finds the US wasted $3.4 billion in Afghanistan in 2018 and 2019. [Link]
Syria
- Israel attacked sites in a Syrian village. [Link]
