Ukraine

• American Paramedic killed in landmine blast

Venezuela

• Death toll in political protests rises to 26
• Venezuela to leave OAS, a pro-democracy organization

Denmark

• Government claims Russian hackers breached email accounts and servers at both Defense and Foreign Ministry

United States

• Trump administration imposes sanctions on 271 employees of Syrian research center
• Arkansas executed 2 inmates on the same day, first execution in 12 years
• Trump administration imposes 20% tariff on Canada lumber imports
• 2 U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan fighting ISIL
• U.S. service member killed in explosion in Iraq
• U.S. urges new sanctions on North Korea

France

• Macron campaign targeted by Russian hackers
• French Intelligence confirms Assad forces carried out chemical attack
• Latest Polls in Presidential Election predict Macron win, but race tightening 
• France kills more than 20 militants on Mali/Burkina Faso border

India

• 25 soldiers killed by Maoist rebels in ambush

Afghanistan

• Afghan Defense Minister and Army Chief resign amid anger over Taliban deadly attack

Turkey

• Turkish military carries airstrike in Iraq and Syria killing more than 20 US allied Kurdish fighters
• Turkish opposition appeals to European court over referendum
• Government suspends 9,103 police officers in failed coup investigation
• Turkey blocks access to Wikipedia

Spain

• Spanish police arrest 9 suspected Islamist militants believed to be linked to Brussels attack

Iran

• Supreme Leader Khamenei says next President should be less engaged with the West
• 10 Iranian guards killed at Pakistan border
• Head of Iranian TV network killed along with business partner

Congo

• 20 killed in ethnic clashes 

Iraq

• Turkish warplanes kill 6 Kurdish militants
• Turkish military says it killed 14 Kurdish militants in multiple airstrikes
• 4 Policemen killed by ISIL suicide car bomb in Baghdad

South Korea

• South Korea confirms U.S. will pay THAAD anti-missile defense system

Yemen

• International Donors pledge $1.1 Billion to help relieve humanitarian crisis

North Korea

• North Korea stages largest ever military drill
• North Korea’s missile test fails again

China

• Chinese government bans Muslim names

Russia

• Russian intelligence ship sinks off Turkey’s coast after colliding with vessel, all 78 crew rescued
• Dozens arrested as Russians urge Putin not to run for re-election

Syria

• Israel strikes arms depot near Damascus airport
• Airstrike in Hama kills 8 White Helmets rescuers

Guinea

• 1 killed and several injured in riots against mining companies

Palestine

• Abbas tells Israel it will stop funding electricity in Hamas-run Gaza
• Dozens of protesters wounded in West Bank demonstrations in support of hunger-striking prisoners held by Israel

Israel

• Israel defense system shoots down drone over Golan Heights

Nigeria

• Meningitis outbreak kills 813 people

South Sudan

• At least 25,000 people displaced by government offensive on the town of Kodok

Ghana

• British authorities accuse 3 members of Ghana’s parliament of visa fraud

Egypt

• Pope Francis denounces barbarity during Egypt visit

United Kingdom

• Police arrest man carrying knives near British Parliament on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism
• U.K. police shoot 1, arrest 6 in counterterrorism raids
• Opposition gains in British polls but May’s party keeps strong lead

Liberia

• 11 dead of mystery illness in Liberia as Ebola is ruled out

Chad

• Senegal court upholds life sentence for Chad’s former dictator Habre on war crimes and crimes against humanity

Brazil

• Massive general strike to protest austerity measures of government

Macedonia

• Dozens injured as protesters attack Macedonia lawmakers over leadership vote

Pakistan

• Thousands protest in Islamabad to call for the resignation of Prime Minister Sharif over corruption allegations
• ISIL kills senior Afghan Taliban official in Peshawar

Myanmar

• Ultranationalist Buddhist monks force closure of Muslim school

Philippines

• Filipino troops kill notorious tourist kidnapper

Cuba

• Military plane crash kills 8 people

Kyrgyzstan

• Massive landslide kills 24 including 9 children

Tunisia

• Tunisia police kill senior militant commander planning Ramadan terrorist attack

Saudi Arabia

• Saudi Arabia arrests 46 members of a militant cell responsible for deadly suicide attack in Medina

Germany

• Merkel conservatives widen lead to 7 points in latest poll

Mali

• Mali’s National Assembly extends state of emergency by 6 months to prevent Islamist attacks

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