US News
- The Oregon National Guard engaged in war games with the Bangladesh armed forces. [Link]
- Venezuela is buying and leasing oil tankers in anticipation of the US lifting sanctions. [Link]
Russia
- A top Pentagon official says the US is working on a plan to send S-300 parts and missiles to Ukraine. [Link]
- Biden announces $500 million in direct budgetary aid to Ukraine. [Link]
- Biden will invoke the Defense Production Act to increase the output of electric vehicle batteries. [Link]
- Senator Rand Paul cuts a deal with the body to allow quicker passage of a bill that will end the normal US-Russian trade relations. [Link]
- Russia welcomed the Ukrainian written proposal but said the two sides are far from a deal. [Link]
- The US warns India against a significant increase in Russian energy imports. [Link]
- Hungary accused Ukraine of interfering in its election. [Link]
Afghanistan
- The UN is seeking to raise $4.4 billion to avoid a food crisis in Afghanistan. [Link]
Middle East
- The US kicks off war games with Israel. [Link]
- Three Palestinians were killed across Israel. [Link]
- A US official says Israel is not bound by any agreement the US makes with Iran. [Link]
- Blinken asks Israel for an alternative to the Iran deal. [Link]
- Russia says it could take weeks to reach an agreement on the Iran nuclear deal. [Link]
- Iran calls on the US to give up excessive demands in nuclear negotiations. [Link]
- The US says there are a few issues remaining that are preventing a return to the JCPOA. [Link]
- Warring parties in Yemen have announced unilateral ceasefires. [Link]
Africa
- Saudi Arabia places $5 billion in the Egyptian central bank in an effort to boost Egypt’s economy. [Link]
- Ethiopia seeks to kill a UN investigation into crimes committed during the ongoing civil war. [Link]
- Uganda says its forces killed over 300 people in an eight-month operation to quell violence caused by cattle rustling. [Link]
