US News
- Trump signs an executive order condemning social media companies for choosing to censor some speech. [Link]
- Twitter hid Trump’s tweet on the protests in Minneapolis for ‘glorifying violence.’ [Link]
- The US limits the number of charter flights to Cuba. [Link]
- The US is planning to send additional trainers to Colombia to help with cocoa eradication. [Link]
- The US sailed a warship near islands in the South China Sea claimed by China. The maneuver added to mounting tensions between the US and China. [Link]
- The State Department approved a $1.4 billion sale of Patriot Missiles to Kuwait. [Link]
Afghanistan
- The three-day ceasefire in Afghanistan has expired, but violence is still down. The Taliban are still negotiating with the Afghan government on a prisoner release. [Link]
Africa
- Militants in Somalia killed seven healthcare workers. [Link]
- The family of a human trafficker in Libya killed 30 people because the trafficker was killed. [Link]
- Armed men killed 27 people in Mali. [Link]
- Amnesty International reports the Ethiopian military has executed at least 39 people. [Link]
- A Sudanese military officer was killed in an attack by Etoipian militants. [Link]