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News Roundup 3/31/2022

by | Mar 31, 2022

News Roundup 3/31/2022

by | Mar 31, 2022

News Roundup from The Libertarian Institute by Kyle Anzalone

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]

Articles by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter

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About 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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