News Roundup 9/9/19

by | Sep 9, 2019

News Roundup 9/9/19

by | Sep 9, 2019

US News

  • The Philadelphia District Attorney has exonerated nine people in 19 months. [Link]

Russia

  • Ukraine and Russia swap dozens of prisoners. [Link]

Afghanistan 

  • The Taliban kidnapped six journalists. [Link]
  • Trump says he canceled planned talks with the Taliban because of a Taliban attack in Kabul that killed an American soldier. [Link]
  • Pompeo said the US would continue to support the Afghan government and pressure the Taliban. Pompeo said peace talks are dead for now. [Link]

Iran

  • The US offered an Iranian ship captain millions of dollars to turn his ship over to the US. [Link]
  • Iran said an Iranian ship, formally detained by Gibraltar, has sold its cargo. [Link]
  • Iran seized a ship in the Persian Gulf accused of smuggling fuel. [Link] 

Middle East

  • Israeli snipers killed two Palestinian children during protests. [Link]
  • Four people were killed in Iraq on Saturday. [Link]
  • Syria condemns joint patrols by US and Turkish forces along a safe zone in northern Syria. [Link]
  • Saudi Arabia and the UAE issued a joint statement calling for a ceasefire in southern Yemen. [Link]

Burkina Faso

  • Twenty-nine people were killed in two attacks in Burkina Faso. [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.

View all posts

Our Books

Shop books published by the Libertarian Institute.

libetarian institute longsleeve shirt

Our Books

cb0cb1ef 3fcb 417d 80d8 4eef7bbd8290

Recent Articles

Recent

News Roundup 3/28/2025

News Roundup 3/28/2025

US News Federal Agents Arrest Tufts Student as Part of Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Speech AWC Full Signal Chat Reveals US Officials Celebrated Bombing a Residential Building in Yemen AWC Russia Macron Says Potential European Force in Ukraine Could ‘Respond’ to Russian...

read more
News Roundup 3/25/2025

News Roundup 3/25/2025

Russia Zelensky: Russia Has Influenced the Trump Administration The Institute  US Holds Separate Talks With Russian and Ukrainian Officials The Institute  Iran Iran Says It’s Open to Indirect Talks With the US AWC Israel Gaza Health Ministry Releases Names of 15,613...

read more
News Roundup 3/24/2025

News Roundup 3/24/2025

US News Trump Invokes Wartime Emergency Powers in Order To Prioritize US Mineral and Industrial Production AWC Boeing Wins Contract To Develop New US Fighter Jet AWC Ukraine Ukraine, Russia Trade Massive Drone Attacks Amid Ceasefire Talks AWC US Officials Meet With...

read more

Pin It on Pinterest

Share This