News Roundup 9/18/20

by | Sep 18, 2020

News Roundup 9/18/20

by | Sep 18, 2020

News Roundup from The Libertarian Institute by Kyle Anzalone

US News

  • Senate Democrats announced a new bill that will spend $350 billion to counter China. The bulk of the money will be used to fund tech in the US, and $125 million is for weapons. [Link]
  • Trump says he will sign an executive order to promote “patriotic education.” [Link]
  • The head of US Strategic Command says there is no scenario where he would recommend a nuclear weapons test. [Link]
  • The US launches war games in Ukraine. [Link]

Afghanistan

  • Scores of fighters were killed in heavy fighting in Afghanistan. Peace talks are starting between the Taliban and the Afghan government in Qatar. [Link]

Iran

  • JPost reports Israel’s role in the attack on an Iranian nuclear facility was “validated,” and the attack was physical, not cyber. [Link]
  • Reports say Trump is prepping an executive order that will allow him to sanction any country that violates the arms embargo against Iran. The embargo, enforced by the UN, is set to expire in October. However, Trump is going to pretend like the embargo is not expiring. [Link]
  • The US indicts three Iranians alleging they were attempting to hack satellite secrets. [Link]
  • The US sanctioned two Iranian entities that are alleged to have carried out malware attacks against dissidents. [Link]

Middle East

  • The US sanctioned two Lebanese companies for doing business with Hezbollah. [Link]
  • Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with senior members of the Qatari government this week. A senior US official said Qatar is on the path to become a “major non-NATO ally.” The status will allow the US to sell Qatar more advanced weapons. [Link]

Ethiopia

  • Thirty people were killed by militants in Ethiopia. [Link]

About 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.

Our Books

thisone

Related Articles

Related

News Roundup 5/25/2023

News Roundup 5/25/2023

Russia Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said Warsaw was “ready” to start training Ukrainian pilots on F-16s after President Biden signed off on the delivery of the American-made aircraft. AWC Russia’s Defense Ministry on Tuesday said that it defeated a...

read more
News Roundup 5/25/2023

News Roundup 5/23/2023

US News American military-industrial complex firms are guilty of “price gouging,” former Pentagon insiders told Newsweek. The Institute  Russia Russian officials said Monday that a Ukrainian sabotage group launched a cross-border raid in Russia’s Belgorod Oblast, and...

read more
News Roundup 5/25/2023

News Roundup 5/22/2023

Russia The US will allow its European partners to transfer F-16s to Kiev, according to the Washington Post. AWC A Russian official said Saturday that the Western plans to provide Ukraine with American-made F-16 fighter jets bring “colossal risks” after the US...

read more
News Roundup 5/25/2023

News Roundup 5/18/2023

Russia Washington is launching the “Ukraine Content Aggregator,” an artificial intelligence program designed to detect so-called Russian disinformation online. The Institute Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that the Black Sea grain export deal...

read more
News Roundup 5/25/2023

News Roundup 5/17/2023

US News The far-reaching effects of America’s War on Terror may have contributed to the deaths of some 4.5 million people, according to new research by Brown University’s ‘Costs of War’ project. While many of the fatalities were the direct result of violent conflict,...

read more
News Roundup 5/25/2023

News Roundup 5/15/2023

Russia The debate in Washington about ending the war in Ukraine has become “amorphous and paradoxical,” according to the New York Times. AWC British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace confirmed on Thursday that London is providing Ukraine with longer-range missiles,...

read more

Pin It on Pinterest

Share This