US News
- The FBI claims to have foiled an ISIS attack on former President George W. Bush. [Link]
Russia
- A US general offered to create military options for breaking the Russian blockade of Ukraine. [Link]
- The US awards Raytheon a nearly $700 million contract to replenish the Stinger anti-aircraft missiles sent to Ukraine. [Link]
- Zelensky called for more weapons. [Link]
- Kissinger called for Ukraine to cede territory to achieve peace. [Link] Zelensky attacked Kissinger for making the suggestion. [Link]
- The EU is considering making breaking sanctions on Russia a crime. [Link]
- Russia controls nearly all of the Luhansk. [Link]
- Talks between Sweden/Finland and Turkey have failed to make progress. Ankara is blocking Helsinki and Stockholm from joining NATO. [Link]
- Poland will transfer 18 155MM self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine. [Link]
- Zelensky calls for regime change in Russia and claims his country will reclaim all its territory. [Link]
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Russia will take the Donbas and calls for a referendum in eastern Ukraine. [Link]
China
- Russia and China held joint air drills. [Link]
- China plans military drills near Taiwan in response to increasing ties between Taipei and Washington. [Link]
- China proposes a plan to increase economic and security cooperation with ten Pacific island nations. [Link]
North Korea
- North Korea test-fired an ICMB and two short-range weapons. [Link]
Afghanistan
- The New York Times reports on the Taliban taking some steps to crack down on solar panels. [Link]
Iran
- Iran seized two Greek-flagged tankers in retaliation for Greece helping the US sell-off seized Iranian oil. [Link]
- The US sanctioned what it claims is a Russian oil smuggling network that was funding the IRGC. [Link]
- An Iranian engineer was killed by a drone strike near Tehran. [Link]
- Israel says Iran will not go unpunished for using its proxies to attack Israel. [Link]
- Israel claims responsibility for the killing of an IRGC officer in Iran last week. [Link]
- Iran Envoy Robert Malley says the prospects of reviving the Iran nuclear deal are tenuous at best. [Link]
- Senator Rand Paul calls for the US to be open to lifting the terrorism designation for the IRGC. [Link]
- A former Israeli intelligence chief says the nuclear deal is the least bad Iran policy. [Link]
