US News
- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio can sign a bill to end qualified immunity in the city. [Link]
- White House Press Secretary Jen Paski received at least $5,000 from Israeli spy firm AnyVision. [Link]
- Facebook suspended the account of Venezuela’s President for 30 days. Maduro pushed a Venezuelan made treatment for Covid in a Facebook post. [Link]
China
- Special Operations Command informed Congress it has formed a new task force to combat Chinese information operations. [Link]
- Secretary of State Blinken said that aspects of the US relationship with China are “increasingly adversarial.” [Link]
- Biden wants a massive infrastructure program to rival China’s Belt and Road. [Link]
Ukraine
- Ukraine’s President dismisses the head of the country’s Constitutional Court. The judge was blocking anti-corruption laws that Ukraine needs to pass to get foreign loans. [Link]
Myanmar
- Reports in Myanmar say the military killed over 100 protesters in a single day. Then, troops fired at mourners. [Link]
- The Myanmar Army carried out airstrikes against a regional ethnic group. [Link]
Afghanistan
- The Taliban threatened to target foreign forces if they remain in Afghanistan beyond May 1st. [Link]
- Members of the intelligence community are attempting to use a classified intelligence assessment that says the Afghan government could fall within two to three years if a power sharing agreement isn’t agreed to before the exit of US troops. [Link]
Middle East
- Iran and China signed a 25 year economic cooperation agreement. [Link]
- The US takes down two websites belonging to Iraqi military, Katlib Hezabolah. [Link]
- The US killed over 30 Yemeni civilians in 12 military operations in Yemen. [Link]
- A Houthi attack damaged a Saudi oil facility. [Link]
