News Roundup 4/27/20

by | Apr 27, 2020

News Roundup 4/27/20

by | Apr 27, 2020

News Roundup from The Libertarian Institute by Kyle Anzalone

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]

Africa

  • As Libya’s Government of National Accord continues to make gains against the Libyan National Army, the leader of the LNA is making a call for international support. The UAE has helped facilitate for more forces from Sudan to come to Libya. [Link]
  • Hutu militants kill 16 people in the Congo. [Link]

Kyle Anzalone

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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