US News
- The Supreme Court blocks Trump from ending the DACA program. [Link]
- A new bill will require any president to get Congressional approval before removing troops from Europe. [Link]
- The Senate National Defense Authorization Act expands the Air Force. [Link]
- The US sanctions a Mexican company claiming it was helping Venezuela. [Link]
- The US offers a $10 million reward for two members of the Colombian group FARC. [Link]
North Korea
- The Pentagon says North Korea still presents an extraordinary threat. [Link]Â
- Trump blames Bolton for messing up talks with Libya and says he should have fired him earlier in his campaign. [Link]
- North Korean soldiers were detected near the South Korea border. Kim Jong-un has threatened to move military assets back to the border. [Link]
China/India
- China releases ten Indian soldiers that were captured in clashes earlier this week. [Link]
AfghanistanÂ
- The Taliban and the Afghan government are closing in on engaging in talks. A final hang-up is the release of several Taliban prisoners the Afghan government says is too dangerous to release. Western governments are backing the Afghan government’s decision. [Link]
- CENTCOM reports US troops levels in Afghanistan are down to 8,600; a key number reached in the US/Taliban agreement. [Link]
Middle East
- NATO will investigate an incident in the Medeterarian Sea between Turkey and France. France claims a Turkish naval vessel failed to respond to a request for inspection. [Link]
- The murder of an unarmed, autistic Palestinian man by Israeli security forces has sparked Palestinian Lives Matter protests. [Link]
- Iraq calls on Turkey and Iran to end attacks on the PKK in Iraqi territory. [Link]
