- Trump says he will order 800 troops to the southern border to stop migrants. [Link] The Pentagon will deploy helicopters, engineers, and medics. [Link]
- The Pentagon grounds 24 F-35s over fuel system concerns. [Link]
- Col. Douglas Macgregor explains how Trump is dealing with the end of the US empire. [Link]
- NATO states urge Trump not to withdraw from the INF Treaty. [Link]
- China tells two state-owned oil companies to stop buying Iranian oil. US sanctions against Iranian oil will start on November 4th. [Link]
- North and South Korean military officials have high-level talks. [Link]
- Sri Lanka’s former strongman Rajapaksa has been appointed as Prime Minister. [Link]
- A Sri Lankan minister’s bodyguard gunned down two protesters. [Link]
- Defense Secretary Mattis says the Khashoggi murder undermines Middle East stability. [Link]
- Gareth Porter argues the US should use the Khashoggi murder to move away from Saudi Arabia. [Link]
- Senator Rand Paul doubles down on his pledge to block weapon sales to Saudi Arabia. [Link]
- A Military Times reporter challenged Gen Dunford’s claims that the Afghan War is improving. [Link]
- The Iraqi Prime Minister is relocating major government offices outside fo the Green Zone. [Link]
- Russia claims, in January, the US control drones that attacked a Russia military position in Syria. [Link]
- Germany, France, Turkey, and Russia call for a lasting ceasefire in Syria. [Link]
- 130 Yemeni children under 5 die every day from starvation and disease. [Link]
- A new study finds that 56,000 people have been killed by violence in Yemen since the start of the war. [Link]