US News
- New evidence surfaces that further confirms Tara Reade’s sexual abuse claim against Joe Biden. [Link]
- Facebook says an Israeli spyware company used US-based servers to hack 1,400 accounts, including those of human rights advocates and journalists. [Link]
- The USS Kidd has an outbreak of coronavirus with at least 17 sailors testing positive. The ship was deployed on anti-narco operations. [Link]
- Navy investigators are recommending that the former captain of the USS T. Roosevelt, Brett Cozier, be reinstated to that post. [Link]
- Assange’s extradition case has been postponed due to coronavirus lockdowns. [Link]
- Critics attack a Trump/Putin statement to celebrate the joint defeat of the Nazis. [Link]
Afghanistan
- More than 500 Afghan civilians were killed in the first three months of 2020. [Link]
Middle East
- Secretary of State Pompeo is now claiming the US is still a party to the Iran nuclear deal after the US withdrew from the deal in 2018. Being a member of the deal would allow the US to try to use mechanisms in the deal to reimpose international sanctions on Iran. [Link]
- The US extends sanctions waivers for Iraq to continue to import Iranian energy for 30 days. [Link]
- Separatists in southern Yemen declare self-rule from the Saudi backed Yemeni government. [Link]
