US News
- The Senate passes a bill that authorizes $750 billion in military spending next year. [Link]
- Trump says the US defense pact with Japan is unfair and needs to be changed. [Link]
Italy
- Italy attested the captain of a migrant rescue boat. [Link]
North Korea
- Trump says he looks forward to meeting with Kim Jong-un again soon. [Link]
- Ray McGovern explains how Trump’s meeting with Kim in the DMZ gives hopes for Korean talks. [Link]
The Philippines
- A suicide bomber killed five people at a military base in the Philippines. The IS affiliate group claimed to be responsible for the attack. [Link]
Middle East
- Moon of Alabama explains that Iran did not break the nuke deal. [Link]
- An Israeli airstrike killed four civilians in Damascus. [Link]
- The Iraqi Prime Minister will work to rein in the Shia militias. [Link]
- The US now believes a drone attack on a Saudi pipeline in May originated in Saudi Arabia. The Houthis and Iran were blamed by the attack. [Link]
- Recent Houthi attacks have exposed holes in Saudi air defense. [Link]
- Saudi media says a Houthi drone attack injured nine people at an airport. [Link]
- The UAE has scaled back its military presence in Yemen. [Link]
Libya
- The UN-backed Libyan government seizes US-made missiles from Haftar’s forces. The missiles were sold to the UAE. [Link]
- Haftar’s forces say they will carry out heavy airstrikes in Tripoli. [Link]
- Libyan officials report an airstrike from Haftar’s forces killed 40 people in a migrant detention center. [Link]
- Migrants detained in Libya live in deplorable prisons. [Link]
