News Roundup 9/18/18

by | Sep 18, 2018

News Roundup 9/18/18

by | Sep 18, 2018

  • Google developed a prototype search engine for China. The prototype censored results and connected searches with phone numbers. [Link]
  • A man remained free for 15 years and raped three women because the rape kits went untested. [Link]
  • The US will reduce the maximum number of refugees it will accept in FY 2019 to 30,000. [Link]
  • The Air Force says it needs to grow by 25% over the next 7 to 12 years to combat Russia and China. [Link]
  • Venezuelan President Maduro says China has committed to fund improvements in Venezuelan oil and gold infrastructure. [Link]
  • Daniel L Davis argues the US should prioritize peace with North Korea over North Korea denuclearizing. [Link]
  • The Netherlands ends support for the White Helmets and withdraws from the US-led anti-ISIS coalition. Moon of Alabama explains the story. [Link]
  • The US expels the Palestinian Ambassador. [Link]
  • Taliban attacks kill 17 Afghan police. [Link]
  • A Russian plane was accidentally downed by Syrian government air defenses. The accident occurred while Israel was attacking Syrian government positions. Russia blames Israel for acting irresponsibly. [Link]
  • Patrick Cockburn gives analysis on the protests in southern Iraq. [Link]
  • Daniel Larison explains how Secretary of State Pompeo lied to Congress to allow the US to continue to aid war crimes in Yemen. [Link]
  • The AP reports on children in rural Yemen starving to death. [Link]
  • The US carried out an airstrike in Somalia after US troops came under fire. [Link]
  • A rebel group in South Sudan accuses the government of violating a peace agreement. [Link]
  • At least 23 people were killed in Ethiopia in fighting between ethnic groups. [Link]
  • Ethiopia claims to kill 70 al-Shabaab militants in Somalia. [Link]
  • Rwanda’s President frees an opposition leader and 2,100 other prisoners. [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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