US News
- The FBI and IRS search the home and office of Baltimore’s mayor. [Link]
- A Georgian businessman claims he was misrepresented in the Mueller report. [Link]
- A US soldier dies in Iraq. His death is being reported as a non-combat fatality. [Link]
- Instagram blocks the account of Syria’s President Assad. [Link] Assad’s Instagram account was reactivated. [Link]
Venezuela
- Juan Guaido calls for major marches on May 1st. [Link]
Kim/Putin Meeting
- Putin/Kim talks end without a signed agreement. Kim said the peace of the Korean Peninsula depends on the attitude of the US. [Link]
- After meeting with Kim, Putin says North Korea is willing to denuclearize if given international security guarantees. [Link]
Myanmar
- 2 Reuters journalists have lost their final appeal and will serve a seven-year sentence in Myanmar. The journalists were jailed for documents they possessed while investigating the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya. [Link]
Afghanistan
- Afghan government forces are responsible for most civilian death in the first three months of 2019. [Link]
Middle East
- Saudi Arabia executes 37 people in one day. Saudi says those killed were guilty of terrorism and had adopted terror ideologies. The Saudis have executed 95 people in 2019. [Link]
- Mohammed bin Salman will likely be the next king of Saudi Arabia. [Link]
- Iran’s foreign minister says Bolton is responsible for the aggressive US policy towards Iran. [Link]
- A new study finds US airstrikes killed at least 1,600 civilians in Syria. [Link]
- A UN report says the Yemen War has set the country back more than 20 years. [Link]
Africa
- The UN/US backed Libyan government has pushed the forces of Field Marshal Haftar out of southern Tripoli. Haftar’s troops pushed into southern Libya after starting an offensive to take the city a few weeks ago. [Link]
- Sudan’s ruling military council and the leadership of popular protest groups agree to form a committee to resolve differences. [Link]
