US News

• A security guard was shot and killed by looters at a St. Louis pawn shop. [Link]
• The Department of Justice gave the DEA the authority to carry out covert surveillance of the George Floyd protest movement. [Link]
• One thousand six hundred soldiers are on standby in DC in case the government wants to deploy them against protesters. [Link]
• Rep Adam Schiff is blocking an amendment in the House that would prevent warrantless spying on internet search histories. [Link]

Asia

• Russian President Putin signed a new nuclear warfare document saying Russia could respond to a conventional attack with nuclear weapons. [Link]
• The Pentagon has accepted a South Korean proposal for South Korea to pay the salary of South Koreans working for the US. [Link]
• The President of the Philippines has reversed course and will now keep an agreement with the US that allows for American soldiers to be in the Philippines. [Link]

Afghanistan 

• The Afghan government reports a significant drop in violence since a three-day ceasefire started last week. [Link]
• Two people were killed in Afghanistan by a bomb planted at a mosque. The Taliban denied involvement. [Link]

Africa

• The UN says warring parties in Libya have agreed to restart ceasefire talks. [Link]
• Five civilians were killed in a Libyan park by mortar fire. [Link]
• Twenty-five people were killed when militants attacked a market in Burkina Faso. [Link]
• The Congo reports a new Ebola outbreak. [Link]