News Roundup 12/18/2023

by | Dec 18, 2023

News Roundup 12/18/2023

by | Dec 18, 2023

US News

  • House Passes $886 Billion National Defense Authorization Act AWC

Venezuela

  • Guyana and Venezuela Agree Not to Use Military Force to Resolve Territorial Dispute Miami Herald AWC

Ukraine

  • Senate to Return Next Week to Work on Border Deal to Get Ukraine Aid AWC
  • Congress Approves Bill to Prevent Any President From Leaving NATO AWC
  • Putin Calls Biden’s Claim That Russia Will Attack NATO ‘Nonsense’ AWC

Korea

  • North Korea Fires Short-Range Ballistic Missile Into Sea Fox News
  • US Nuclear Submarine Arrives in South Korea The Institute

Israel

  • Biden Admin Staffers Hold Rally Calling for Gaza Ceasefire Outside White House Common Dreams
  • US Pushing Hezbollah to Withdraw from Lebanon-Israel Border FT AWC
  • Israeli Forces Kill Three Hamas Hostages Axios
  • Pressure Mounts on Netanyahu to Reach New Deal With Hamas After IDF Killed 3 Israeli Hostages AWC
  • Israeli Defense Minister Tells Jake Sullivan Gaza Onslaught Will Last ‘More Than Several Months’ AWC
  • Nearly Half of All Israeli Munitions Dropped on Gaza are Imprecise ‘Dumb’ Bombs AWC
  • Israeli Spy Chief to Meet with Qatari PM About Resuming Hostage Talks with Hamas Axios
  • Hamas Official Signals Interest in Negotiating a Lasting Ceasefire With Israel AWC
  • Pope Francis Condemns Israeli ‘Terrorism’ After IDF Kills 2 Women at Catholic Church in Gaza AWC
  • Netanyahu Says He’s ‘Proud’ of Preventing a Palestinian State AWC
  • Israeli Town Council Head Says Israel Should Make Gaza Look Like Auschwitz AWC

Yemen

  • Leading Tanker Company May Halt Transits Through Red Sea FT AWC
  • Shipping Giants Suspend Transits Through Red Sea Due to Houthi Attacks AWC
  • Pentagon Reporting Downing Drones Fired from Yemen CENTCOM

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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