US News

• The new St. Louis prosecutor is looking to create a department to examine false convictions and crimes committed by police. [Link]
• A court rules a police officer who shot a child in the leg had qualified immunity and will not face charges. The police officer was trying to shoot a dog – that was attempting to hide from the police officer – when the officer accidentally shot the boy. [Link]
• A Florida police officer planted drugs on at least dozens of people. One of the officer’s victims lost their child because of the manufactured meth charges. [Link]
• ICE is getting access to more driver’s license databases. [Link]

Ukraine

• Putin speaks with the Ukrainian president about ending the war in eastern Ukraine. [Link]

Afghanistan

• An Afghan government airstrike killed seven civilians. [Link]
• General Mark Milley – nominee to head the Joint Chiefs – says leaving Afghanistan prematurely would be a strategic mistake. [Link]

Middle East

• In a tweet, Trump accuses Iran of secretly enriching and says he will impose new sanctions. [Link]
• The UK accuses IRGC ships attempting to block a UK ship in the Gulf. Iran has denied this allegation. [Link]
• An explosion in Afrin Syria kills 11 people. [Link]
• Saudi forces are replacing UAE forces that withdrew from Yemen. [Link]

Africa

• Egypt arrests a man who ran a pro-Mubarak Facebook page. [Link]
• A car bomb killed at least four people at a funeral in Libya. [Link]
• At least 58 people have died from a migrant ship capsizing off the coast of Tunisia. [Link]
• Sudan’s ruling military council says it prevented a coup by military officers. The ruling military claims the coup plotters were attempting to undermine a power-sharing agreement that had just been made with protest leaders. [Link]