US News

• Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona says public schools should legally be required to comply with CDC covid recommendations. [Link]

Afghanistan

• The Wall Street Journal reports Erik Price is offering to fly people out of Afghanistan for $6,500 and an additional fee to remove people from Afghanistan outside of the Kabul Airport. [Link]
• The War in Afghanistan will cost Americans $2.3 trillion. [Link]
• Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he believes there are about 1,500 Americans in Afghanistan. The State Department is in contact with about 500. [Link]
• The US warned people to move away from the Kabul Airport because of a potential ISIS attack. [Link]

Israel

• Israel is accelerating its plan to strike Iran. [Link]
• Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett says he will not allow the creation of a Palestinian state. [Link]

Yemen

• Saudi Arabia banned Yemenis from receiving a second dose of the covid vaccine. [Link]

Africa

• Ethiopia reports 150 civilians were killed by the Oromo Liberation Front. [Link]
• Boko Haram attacked a military outpost in Nigeria. Sixteen soldiers and over 50 militants were killed in the attack. [Link]
• Thirty-six people were killed when militants raided a village in Nigeria. [Link]