State Dept: Pompeo Certifications on Saudi Arms Did Not Break the Law State Dept IG was fired while investigating the certifications
US Plans To Build Up Syrian Proxy Forces to Guard Oilfield Plan to exploit Syrian oil comes with plan to strengthen Kurdish SDF
Germany Pullout: Esper Says Troops are Moving Closer to Russia About 5,600 of the US troops withdrawing from Germany are moving into Poland and Baltic states
Taiwan Sends 200 Marines to Island in South China Sea Deployment comes after rumors of PLA simulating invasion of small islands
Gulf Alliance Pressures UN to Extend Iran Arms Embargo Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says UN Security Council will make a "mockery of its mission" if the embargo is not extended
US Begins Highest Level Taiwan Visit in Decades Trump signed a bill into law in 2018 that allows high-level visits to Taiwan
Esper Says There Will Be Less Than 5,000 US Troops in Afghanistan by November Peace talks between Afghan government and Taliban expected to start soon
Afghanistan’s Tribal Council Approves Release of 400 Taliban Prisoners Intra-Afghan talks set to begin in Doha
Nagasaki Mayor Stresses the Importance of Arms Control Last major nuclear arms control agreement between US and Russia set to expire in February 2021
As Trump Advances Ban, CIA Says No Evidence of TikTok Giving Data to China TikTok will contest banning
