News Roundup 10/22/18

by | Oct 22, 2018

News Roundup 10/22/18

by | Oct 22, 2018

  • Several independent media outlets banned from social networks were blacklisted by Prop or Not. [Link]
  • Tulsi Gabbard is considering a 2020 presidential campaign. [Link]
  • Max Blumenthal reports on Nikki Haley’s last speech before announcing her resignation. [Link]
  • Jeff Bezos says Amazon will continue to contract with the Pentagon. [Link]
  • The Government Accountability Office finds US weapons have cybersecurity risks. [Link]
  • The Air Force spent $326,000 on 391 coffee cups that frequently break. [Link]
  • John Kiriakou discusses the persecution of whistleblowers. [Link]
  • Secretary of State Pompeo warns Panama against accepting Chinese Belt and Road loans. [Link]
  • The FAA Reauthorization Act includes the BUILD Act. The BUILD Act creates a new agency that can loan up to $60 billion to developing nations. The new agency is tasked with combating China’s Belt and Road. [Link]
  • A proposed Canadian law will eliminate the fees and waiting periods for those seeking to get pardons for their past pot convictions. [Link]
  • Trump threatens to cut aid to Honduras if Honduran migrants reach the US. [Link]
  • The US is asking the UN to prepare an end of the UN mission in Kosovo. [Link]
  • Macedonia’s name change passes the first vote in Parliament. [Link]
  • The US cancels major war games with South Korea. [Link]
  • Saudi Arabia is the second largest weapons buyer from Germany. [Link]
  • Saudi Arabia admits that the journalist Jamal Khashoggi died inside the Saudi consulate in Turkey. Saudi claims that he died during a fist fight. The kingdom has detained 18 people in connection with the journalist’s death. [Link]
  • France withdraws from major Saudi summit over the murder of Khashoggi. [Link]
  • Israel is selling spying technology to several governments who use the Israeli technology to oppress their people. [Link]
  • Trump’s Iran policy is leading to war. [Link]
  • The Commander of US Forces in Afghanistan was nearly killed by a Taliban ‘green on blue’ attack. Reports claim that Gen Miller was shot in his body armor. A critical Afghanistan Army commander was killed in the attack. At least two other American soldiers were injured. [Link]
  • At least 36 were killed during the Afghan elections. [Link]
  • Afghan officials say over 4 million Afghans voted in the election. [Link]
  • The US has failed to make progress against ISIS in Syria. [Link]
  • US airstrikes kill 32 civilians in eastern Syria. [Link]
  • Ethiopia is building a massive new dam on the Blue Nile. Egypt is concerned about the amount of water that will now flow through the Nile in Egpyt. The dam could shift the balance of power in the region. [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.

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