News Roundup 5/16/18

by | May 16, 2018

News Roundup 5/16/18

by | May 16, 2018

  • Dozens of Google employees quit over the company assisting the Pentagon. [Link]
  • Senate leaders restrict access to a classified memo revealing Gina Haspel’s history of torture. [Link]
  • The US has sanctioned the head of Iran’s central bank. [Link]
  • The Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, and the UK meet with their Iranian counterpart to discuss saving the Iran Deal. Those countries are also urging European business to continue to do business with Iran. [Link]
  • Turkey’s President Erdogan said the US is returning the world to dark days and criticised Trump for withdrawing from the JCPOA. [Link]
  • Israel and Turkey expel envoys over a diplomatic dispute caused by Israel’s massacre of Palestinians. [Link]
  • Palestinians on what its like to live under occupation. [Link]
  • Daniel Larison explains how Israel can massacre Palestinians with impunity. [Link]
  • Syrian rebels explain how US weapons ended up in the hands of jihadists. [Link]
  • The Taliban have nearly seized the capital of the Farah Province. [Link]
  • Scott Paul on the Yemen Civil War and the humanitarian crisis. [Link]
  • Saudi backed forces begin their push towards Hodeida. [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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