News Roundup 9/18/2025

by | Sep 18, 2025

News Roundup 9/18/2025

by | Sep 18, 2025

US News

  • White House Begins Crackdown After Charlie Kirk Assassination Nap
  • Trump Backs AG Bondi’s Assertion that Hate Speech Is Not Protected Speech The Institute 

Venezuela

  • Trump, Treasury Secretary Say Deal to Buy TikTok From China Is Close The Institute 
  • Maduro: Secretary of State Rubio Is the Lord of Death and War The Institute 
  • US Bombs Another Boat Near Venezuela AWC
  • Trump Says the US Has Bombed Three Boats Near Venezuela AWC

Russia

  • Senate Republican Lashes Out at Trump Over ‘Love Affair’ With Putin The Institute 
  • Trump Administration Clears First Arms Packages for Ukraine Funded by NATO Allies AWC
  • Zelensky: Ukraine Needs $60 Billion from Foreign Backers to Pay for War Next Year The Institute 
  • Trump’s Ukraine Envoy Says the US Could ‘Kick Russia’s Ass’ AWC
  • Zelensky: Ukraine Needs $60 Billion from Foreign Backers to Pay for War Next Year Nap

Korea

  • North Korea Denounces US, South Korean and Japanese Nuclear War Games Nap

Israel

  • Israeli Officials Claim Trump Knew About Qatar Assassination Plot Before the Attack The Institute 
  • Israeli Forces Kill More Than 50 Palestinians in Gaza as It Continues Destruction Campaign in Gaza City AWC
  • IDF Chief: Correct Path Is To Reach a Deal to Save All the Hostages Nap
  • Rubio Says Diplomatic Solution for Gaza May Not Be Possible AWC
  • Pope Leo Speaks With Priest at Gaza City Catholic Parish After IDF Launches Ground Offensive AWC
  • Hundreds of US State Lawmakers Travel to Israel for Lecture on Anti-Boycott Legislation Nap
  • Netanyahu Says Trump Invited Him To Visit the White House for the Fourth Time This Year AWC
  • Israeli Sniper Admits to Killing Children Near Aid Distribution Site Nap
  • Israel Kills Over 100 Palestinians in Gaza as It Launches Ground Offensive to Conquer Gaza City AWC
  • Smotrich Calls Gaza a ‘Real Estate Bonanza,’ Says US and Israel Discussing Dividing the Land AWC
  • Israeli Attack on Gaza City: Gaza Has Never Been Hit Like This Before The Institute 
  • Sen. Sanders Says Israeli Onslaught in Gaza ‘Is Genocide’ Nap

Qatar

  • Netanyahu Justifies Bombing Qatar By Pointing to Qatari Payments to Hamas He Helped Facilitate AWC

Lebanon

  • Israeli Strikes in Southern Lebanon Kill Two Since Sunday AWC

Syria

  • 12 Wounded, Mostly Women and Children, as Israel Attacks Building in Southern Lebanon AWC
  • Israel Arming, Bankrolling Druze Fighters in Syria’s Suwayda, Commanders Confirm AWC
  • Israel Wants ‘Aerial Corridor’ Over Syria to Strike Iran The Institute 
  • Thousands Rally for Decentralization in Syrian Kurdistan AWC

Yemen

  • Israeli Airstrikes Hit Yemen’s Hodeidah Port as Yemenis Mourn Journalists Killed by Previous Israeli Attack AWC

Somalia

  • US Bombs Somalia for 77th Time This Year AWC
  • US Takes Credit for Somalia Airstrike That Locals Say Killed Prominent Clan Elder AWC

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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