- A Georgia sheriff buys a $70,000 Dodge Charger with civil asset forfeiture money. [Link]
- Trump says he is ready to make a real deal with Iran. [Link]
- More than half of Germans believe Europe can defend itself without US assistance. [Link]
- South Korea will reduce troops along the DMZ. [Link]
- Israel shot down a Syrian jet, claiming the plane entered Israeli airspace. [Link]
- The Afghan government lost two districts to the Taliban. [Link]
- Lt Col Daniel Davis explains why the US should engage in talks with the Taliban. [Link]
- On election day, a suicide bomber killed 29 people at a Pakistani voting center. [Link]
- MSNBC has not run a story on the US role in Yemen’s civil war in over a year. [Link]
- The proposed 2019 NDAA includes a provision that will require the Secretary of State to certify that Saudi/UAE are meeting conditions, set by the NDAA, to be able to receive US midair refueling in Yemen. [Link]
- Ethiopia and Eritrea will play a soccer game next month as the countries continue to normalize relations. [Link]