US News The first UN investigator allowed inside the notorious US prison at Guantanamo Bay said the 30 remaining detainees in the facility are facing “ongoing cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment under international law.” AWC Russia The Secretary General of NATO...
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News Roundup 6/26/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 26, 2023 | News Roundup
US News On Thursday, a group of Republicans introduced a bill in the House and Senate that would reaffirm NATO’s Article 5 does not override congressional war powers. The effort was led by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Reps. Chip Roy (R-TX) and Warren Davidson (R-OH). AWC...
News Roundup 6/20/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 20, 2023 | News Roundup
Russia A neo-Nazi-aligned militant leading cross-border raids into Russia using American military equipment told the Washington Post that his forces were escalating tensions with Moscow. The Institute NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday that NATO will...
News Roundup 6/19/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 19, 2023 | News Roundup
Russia Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley predicted Thursday that Ukraine’s counteroffensive will be long and “very violent” following a meeting of military officials in Brussels. AWC A bipartisan group of US lawmakers introduced a piece of...
News Roundup 6/15/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 15, 2023 | News Roundup
US News A report released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) on Friday shows the intelligence community is purchasing massive amounts of Commercially Available Information (CAI) that can “reveal sensitive and intimate information about...
News Roundup 6/13/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 13, 2023 | News Roundup
US News The White House is developing plans to expand the number of permanent members to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), the Washington Post reported on Monday. Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield is spearheading the effort to enlarge the body by...
News Roundup 6/11/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 11, 2023 | News Roundup
US News A group of Republican senators on Thursday introduced a bill to repeal the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) that was passed in the wake of the September 11th attacks and is still being used to justify wars today. AWC Russia Russian...
News Roundup 6/8/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 8, 2023 | News Roundup
US News The FBI aided a Ukrainian intelligence effort to ban Twitter users and collect their data, new leaks show. Twitter declined to censor journalists targeted by Ukraine, including The Grayzone’s Aaron Maté. Grayzone Russia Russia on Wednesday questioned what the...