US News

• A police officer has been charged for his inaction during the Parkland Shooting. [Link]
• A House panel adds a provision to the NDAA preventing the deployment of low-yield nuclear weapons. [Link]
• The US will spend $700,000 improving a military base in Germany. The military base has not decided how to spend the money. [Link]
• The State Department approves the sale of $1.67 billion in F-16s to Bulgaria. [Link]  

Asia

• South Korea, the Philippines, New Zealand, and Japan are building up their military in response to actions by Great Powers. [Link]
• The US agrees to sell 34 surveillance drones to Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Philippines. [Link]
• American and Indonesian defense officials meet to discuss increasing ties with an Indonesia special operations force that has a history of war crimes. [Link]
• Azerbaijan cancels a $1 billion contract with Boeing over concerns about the safety of 737 Max jets. [Link]

Afghanistan

• The leader of the Taliban says his group will continue to fight until their goals are met.  [Link]

Middle East

• A terrorist killed two Lebanon police and two soldiers before blowing himself up. [Link]
• Trump and Pompeo temper expectation for the Israel/Palestine peace deal. [Link]
• Syrian state media reports three Syrian soldiers were killed by an Israeli rocket. [Link]

Africa

• ISIS in Somalia is generating enough recruits to grow despite an increase in US bombing ISIS targets. [Link]
• Algeria’s ruling council announces it will not hold planned elections on July 4th. [Link]
• Congolese forces kill 26 militants during a battle in an area with Ebola. [Link]
• Medics report that 30 people died when Sudanese government forces entered a protest camp. [Link]