News Roundup 8/25/20

by | Aug 25, 2020

News Roundup 8/25/20

by | Aug 25, 2020

News Roundup from The Libertarian Institute by Kyle Anzalone

US News

  • A judge rejected a police officer’s bid for qualified immunity. The police officer strip-searched a four-year-old while investigating a mother for leaving her kids in the car for a few minutes. [Link]
  • A judge grants qualified immunity to a police officer who damaged a vehicle during a search. The officer lied about the reason for the search before doing $4,000 in damage to the car. [Link]
  • A video shows Kenosha police officers shooting a man in the back seven times as he attempts to enter his vehicle. [Link]
  • Both Trump and Biden call for ending endless wars. However, when both men had power, they increased the wars. [Link]
  • A high-level State Department official says the US sees no indication of Russia planning a military intervention in Belarus. [Link]

Asia

  • Two bombings in the Philippines killed fifteen people. [Link]
  • Myanmar is preventing people from the Rohingya ethnic group from running in the upcoming election. [Link]
  • Rohingya hold a silent protest to remember the third anniversary of the ethnic cleansing by the Myanmar army. [Link]
  • The Taliban killed three people in a truck bomb attack on the Afghan Army. [Link] 

Middle East

  • Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the US will maintain Israel’s military advantage in any future sales to Arab states. [Link]
  • The Islamic State bombed Syria’s main pipeline causing power outages for several hours. [Link]

Africa

  • Rebels in Burundi killed at least 15 people. [Link]

Kyle Anzalone

Kyle Anzalone

Kyle Anzalone is news editor of the Libertarian Institute, opinion editor of Antiwar.com and co-host of Conflicts of Interest with Will Porter and Connor Freeman.

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