News Roundup 10/28/21

by | Oct 28, 2021

News Roundup 10/28/21

by | Oct 28, 2021

News Roundup from The Libertarian Institute by Kyle Anzalone

US News

  • Police arrested a vet – Joshua Graham Rohrer- for panhandling. During the arrest, police tased his service dog and refused to allow the vet to take his service dog with him. The dog was hit by a car and died. After the loss of his dog, Rohrer tried to commit suicide. [Link]
  • The White House walks back a requirement for all federal contractors to have all employees vaccinated by December 8th. [Link]

China

  • At a summit for Southeast Asian nations, Biden condemned China’s actions as coercive and said the US is committed to Taiwan. [Link]
  • Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley says China recently tested a hypersonic missile and said it was close to a Sputnik moment. [Link]
  • China says the US targeted it with over 2,000 spying missions in the past year. [Link]
  • Taiwan’s leader confirms US forces are training Taiwanese soldiers. [Link]
  • Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is encouraging other UN members to include Taiwan more. [Link]

Afghanistan 

  • Russia calls on Afghanistan’s neighbors to not allow NATO or the US to use their countries to attack Afghanistan. [Link]

Middle East

  • Israel announces it will build 3,000 new West Bank settlement homes. [Link]
  • Iran says talks to save the nuclear deal will resume by the end of November with an official date coming next week. [Link]
  • Turkey extends its military operations in Iraq and Syria for two years. [Link]

Yemen

  • Saudi Arabia is seeking to buy more arms from the US. [Link]
  • The Houthi captured more territory in central Yemen. [Link]
  • The UAE released 12 former Gitmo detainees in Yemen. [Link]

Sudan

  • Secretary of State Blinken condemns the coup in Sudan. [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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