- The Justice Department is investigating a DEA program that possibly led to massacres in Mexico. [Link]
- Secretary of State Pompeo says the US is planning a series of actions against Venezuela. [Link]
- The US places sanctions on a Chinese military agency because China purchased Russian military planes. The US says the sanctions are directed at Russia for election interference. China demands the US remove the sanctions or ‘bear the consequences.’ [Link]
- Kim Jong-un wants a second meeting with Donald Trump to accelerate the denuclearization process. [Link]
- North and South Korea agree to form a Joint Military Committee. [Link]
- India cancels high-level talks with Pakistan. [Link]
- Secretary of State Mike Pompeo threatens the US will take action against Iran if “Iranian proxy forces” attack US interests in Iraq. [Link]
- A terror attack in Iran kills 25. Two groups are claiming responsibility for the attack. [Link]
- The Pentagon is reporting that the body count for the Taliban is high to convince Trump to keep fighting the Afghan war. [Link]
- Gil Barndollar explains why the US must leave Syria. [Link]
- Patrick Cockburn explains how Putin has expanded Russian influence in Syria. [Link]
- Moon of Alabama gives analysis on the shoot-down of a Russian plane. [Link]
- A history of Turkey’s intervention in the Syrian Civil War. [Link]
- Germany approved a weapon sale to Saudi Arabia. Germany had previously announced an end to arms sales to Saudi Arabia because of Saudi’s brutal war in Yemen. [Link]
- Mark Weisbrot explains how Congress can end the war in Yemen. [Link]
- Yemeni Southern Separatists commit to fighting for Hodeida. [Link]
- The US claims to kill 18 al-Shabaab militants in Somalia. [Link]
- At least 115 have been killed over the last month by fighting around Libya’s capital. [Link]
