News Roundup 10/9/18

by | Oct 9, 2018

News Roundup 10/9/18

by | Oct 9, 2018

  • The Trump administration released a new counter-terrorism strategy. [Link]
  • New Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh has a poor record on national security and war-making powers. [Link]
  • Several US allies have considered buying the S-400 missile system from Russia. [Link]
  • Secretary of State Mike Pompeo traveled to North Korea to meet with Kim Jong-un. Pompeo said significant progress was made. [Link]
  • Pompeo said North Korea agreed to allow inspectors inside of its nuclear and missile testing facilities. The Secretary of State also said a second summit between Trump and Kim is close. [Link]
  • India confirms that it will ignore US sanctions by continuing to buy oil from Iran. [Link]
  • Iranian oil exports continue to drop as US sanctions against Iranian oil will soon take effect. [Link]
  • Turkey claims a Saudi journalist was killed after entering the Saudi consulate in Turkey. [Link]
  • Three Palestinians were killed by Israeli soldiers while protesting on Friday. [Link]
  • About 200 people were killed in Afghanistan over the weekend. Over 150 Taliban were killed and 40 Afghan soldiers. [Link]
  • Saudi Arabia killed five Yemeni beekeepers with an airstrike. [Link]

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