News Roundup 8/28/18

by | Aug 28, 2018

News Roundup 8/28/18

by | Aug 28, 2018

  • The USDA will buy $1.2 billion in farm products and provide $5 billion in aid payments to farmers. [Link]
  • The top US student loan official has resigned. [Link]
  • Trump canceled Pompeo’s trip to North Korea after receiving a belligerent letter from North Korea. [Link]
  • Vietnam demands that Monsanto make payments to the victims of Agent Orange. [Link]
  • Over the past decade, the UAE has increased its influence over the Arab world through building ports and military action. [Link]
  • Turkey’s president Erdogan will visit Iran September 7th. [Link]
  • Joost Hilterman explains how Turkey made a bad bet against Assad in the Syrian Civil War. [Link]
  • Russia postpones Afghan War talks because of protests from the Afghan government. [Link]
  • The Pentagon warns Saudi Arabia that the kingdom could lose US support in the Yemeni Civil War. The Pentagon is asking Saudi Arabia to reduce civilians killed by bombs in Yemen. [Link]
  • Fighting in Libya’s capital kills at least five. [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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