News Roundup 8/6/18

by | Aug 6, 2018

News Roundup 8/6/18

by | Aug 6, 2018

  • The Pentagon is using ‘Other Transaction Authority’ to spend money without Congressional approval or oversight. [Link]
  • The 2019 NDAA requires the Pentagon to create a post to track civilians killed by the US. [Link]
  • The FBI reveals payments to Trump Dossier author Steele. [Link]
  • Scott Ritter explains why Trump’s fire and fury threats will not work with Iran. [Link]
  • Venezuelans are registering their vehicles in a new government car census program. [Link]
  • At a public speech by Venezuelan president Maduro a drone exploded. The Venezuelan government claims it was an assassination attempted against Maduro. Seven were injured in the attack and Maduro was uninjured. [Link]
  • Kim Jong Un sent a letter to Trump. Trump sent Kim a letter in response. [Link]
  • Japan removes anti-missile systems citing a reduced threat from North Korea. [Link]
  • An Okinawa school has evacuated 670 times in 2018 due to US military aircraft. [Link]
  • Israel bans fuel from entering Gaza. [Link]
  • Israel and Jordan report killing ISIS fighters attempting to flee Syria. [Link]
  • Some of the sanctions removed by the JCPOA were reimplemented against Iran today. More sanctions will take effect in November. [Link] Iran received five commercial aircraft before the sanctions went into place. [Link]
  • Canada criticizes Saudi Arabia’s imprisonment of human rights activists. In response, Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic ties with Canada and expelled the Canadian ambassador. [Link]
  • In Summer 2017, then Secretary of State Rex Tillerson worked to prevent a Saudi and UAE invasion of Qatar. [Link]
  • Russia proposes corporation with the US in Syrian reconstruction. [Link]
  • Gunmen open fire and denoted a suicide bomb in an attack on a Shia mosque in Afghanistan. At least 39 were killed in the attack. [Link]
  • The UN invited the warring parties in the Yemeni Civil War for talks on September 6th. [Link]
  • Warring parties in South Sudan sign on to a peace agreement to share power. [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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