- Mitt Romney will face a primary challenger in the Utah Senate race after losing the Utah GOP Convention vote. [Link]
- Florida police attempt to use a dead man’s fingerprints to unlock his iPhone. [Link]
- John Bolton hires Mira Ricardel as Deputy National Security Adviser. [Link]
- Adam Johnson explains that every major American newspaper who responded to the attack on Assad was in support of the strike. [Link]
- Moon of Alabama takes down the “Russian Bot” narrative. [Link]
- Western media has painted Julian Assange as a Russia Bot. [Link] The Guardian identifies real people as Russian Bots. [Link]
- 20 people have been killed during protests in Nicaragua. A journalist was killed while live streaming the protests. [Link]
- Gareth Porter debunks the UK’s dossier alleging Russia was behind the Skripal poisoning. [Link]
- North and South Korea establish a hotline between the countries leaders. [Link]
- Jason Ditz explains how mainstream media outlets are attempting to derail Korean peace. [Link]
- The CIA Blacksite in Thailand left a lasting legacy of torture. [Link]
- In Friday’s Return March protests, Israeli snipers killed four Palestinian protesters. A child was among those killed. [Link]
- Palestinian women are taking a leading role in the Return March protests. [Link]
- Iran’s Foreign Minister says his country will begin vigorously enriching uranium if the US withdraws from the nuclear agreement. [Link]
- At least 52 people have been killed in an ISIS suicide bombing on a Kabul voter registration facility. [Link]Â At another voter registration site, six members of a family were killed in a bombing. [Link]
- The Taliban killed six Afghan police at a checkpoint in the Sari Pul Province. [Link]
- The OPCW investigates the alleged chemical weapons attack site at Douma. [Link]
- Assad’s forces are working to free south Damascus from ISISÂ and al-Qaeda linked rebels. [Link]
- Moon of Alabama updates the Syrian battlefield. [Link]
- A Saudi airstrike has killed at least 20 civilians at a Yemeni wedding. [Link]