US News
- Trump tweets California should return $3.5 billion to the federal government after the state announced it would only complete a small part of the planned high-speed rail. [Link]
- Andrew McCabe ordered the obstruction of justice investigation of Trump. [Link]
- The number of children used as soldiers has increased by 159% over five years. [Link]
Great Powers
- Senator James Inhofe says the US could use force in Venezuela if Russia deployed weapons there. [Link]
- The US is in talks with Poland about deploying more troops to Poland. [Link]
- The US sails two destroyers into the South China Sea to challenge Chinese territorial waters claims. [Link]
Kashmir
- 33 Indian soldiers were killed by a suicide bombing in Kashmir. [Link]
Middle East
- The Trump Administration is expanding a program that targets Iran’s space program. Two recent Iranian rockets have failed. [Link]
- Qatar says they are in talks with Russia to buy the S-400 air defense system. Saudi Arabia objects to Qatar getting the weapon. [Link]
- The SDF captures 200 ISIS fighters. Fifty people were killed in the fighting between the SDF and ISIS. [Link]
- The US is unsure of what to do with the 1,000 ISIS fighters held by the SDF. [Link]
- Reuters reports on the Yemeni children starving to death. [Link]