US News

• At least 1,000 people in the US prison system have died from Covid. [Link]
• Venezuelan coup plotter Juan Guaido expects support from either Trump or Biden. [Link]
• The US is increasingly focusing on its European defense on the Arctic. [Link]
• The Trump administration announced the US would hold talks with India, Japan, and Australia in September and October in a speech about aggressive Chinese behavior. [Link]
• A US armored vehicle crashed into a civilian SUV during training in South Korea. Four Koreans in the SUV died, no Americans were seriously injured. The US announced it would temporarily suspend training in the area. [Link]

India/China

• India says it prevented China from occupying a new hill along the disputed border. [Link]

Afghanistan

• The US says the Taliban violated the peace deal by firing at a base that houses US troops. [Link]

Middle East

• The death toll from the Beirut explosion has increased to 190. [Link]
• The US is planning to reduce troops in Iraq by a third, to 3,500. [Link]
• Over the past week, nearly 50 Syrian soldiers were killed fighting ISIS. [Link]
• Egypt arrests the lead of the country’s branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. [Link]

Africa

• Libya’s Government of National Accord accuses the Libyan National Army of violating a ceasefire by deploying mercenaries to a city on the front lines of the civil war. [Link]
• Congolese forces ambushed Islamic militants killing ten. Then the militants went and killed five civilians. [Link]