News Roundup 2/18/20

by | Feb 18, 2020

News Roundup 2/18/20

by | Feb 18, 2020

News Roundup from The Libertarian Institute by Kyle Anzalone

Wikileaks

  • Wikileaks says Julian Assange’s health is improving. [Link]

The New Cold War

  • Russia says the US is taking a more constructive approach towards renewing the New Start Treaty. [Link]
  • Russia says the US plan to use weapons in space will deal an irreversible blow to the current security balance. [Link]
  • At least one Ukrainian soldier was killed when violence flared up in eastern Ukraine. [Link]

Pakistan

  • A suicide bomber killed ten people in Pakistan. [Link]

Afghanistan

  • Taliban attacks in Afghanistan continue as the reduction in violence pact is yet to be put in place. [Link]
  • The Taliban say the language in the peace deal between the US and Taliban has been finalized. [Link]
  • The reduction in violence pact between the US and the Taliban is expected to start February 22nd. [Link]

Turkey

  • Turkey will arrest another 700 people who are alleged to be connected to Gulan. Turkey’s president accuses Gulan of being behind a 2016 coup against him. [Link]

Africa 

  • Warring parties in Libya are digging in for a long battle. [Link]
  • Gunmen killed 22 people in Cameroon. [Link]
  • Gunmen killed 24 people in an attack on a church in Burkina Faso. [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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