News Roundup 5/13/19

by | May 13, 2019

News Roundup 5/13/19

by | May 13, 2019

US News

  • Trump nominates Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan to take over the position permanently. [Link]
  • Body cam footage shows an Oklahoma police officer shot a 14-year-old boy without giving him time to comply with orders. The boy possibly had a toy gun. [Link]
  • Tech companies are deleting evidence of war crimes as they attempt to censor the content on their platforms. [Link]
  • Chelsea Manning has been freed from jail. She spent over a month in prison for refusing to testify in a grand jury targeting Julian Assange. Manning was released when the grand jury’s term ended. She is being subpoenaed to testify again. [Link]
  • The FBI has about 850 open domestic terrorism investigations. [Link]

Venezuela

  • Juan Guaido orders his officials to meet with the Pentagon. [Link]
  • The US threatens to sanction any company that does business with Venezuela’s defense industry. [Link]
  • Spain arrests a former Venezuelan official on a US extradition warrant. [Link]

North Korea

  • Trump says North Korea’s missile tests are not a breach of trust. [Link]
  • The US seizes a cargo ship headed to North Korea. [Link]

Afghanistan

  • A US soldier dies in Afghanistan. [Link]

Israel

  • Moon of Alabama breaks down the rumors of a summer war with Hezbollah or Hamas. [Link]
  • Israeli snipers kill a Palestinian protester and wounded 30 more. [Link]

Africa

  • IS fighters kill 11 Nigerian soldiers. [Link]
  • The African National Congress wins a majority of seats in South Africa’s parliamentary elections. The party’s head is South African leader Cyril Ramaphosa. [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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