Archived Antiwar.com News from June 09, 2023

News

Updated June 9, 2023 - 12:34 PM EDT

GOP Senators Introduce 'End Endless Wars Act'

US: New $2.1 Billion Arms Package for Ukraine

		*Sweden Will Allow NATO Deployments in 'Signal to Russia'*
		*Russia Says It Repelled Large Ukrainian Attack*
		*Russian Official: US Pressured Ukraine Not to Sign Peace Deal*
		Russian Neo-Nazi Fighting Putin Was Taught at UK Far-Right Camp
		NATO Members Continue Trading With Russia Despite Sanctions

US Dismisses Report on Chinese Spy Base in Cuba

US, Taiwan, Japan to Share Real-Time Drone Surveillance Data

Report: US, Iran Close on Interim Nuclear Deal

		White House Says Iran Is Helping Russia Build a Drone Factory
		Netanyahu Threatens No Deal on Iran Will Tie Israel’s Hands

UK High Court Rejects Assange's Appeal Request

Viewpoints

	*Hypocrisy, Thy Name Is Wall Street Journal* by Walter Block**
	Biden Aide's Smear of Roger Waters's 'The Wall' Performance Is Slammed at Briefing by Philip Weiss

	NATO's Farcical Balkans Mission by Ted Galen Carpenter
	State Secrets Undermine Due Process by Andrew P. Napolitano
More Viewpoints

Nord Stream Revelations Should Chasten Ukraine Dam 'Hot Takes'
by Kelley Beaucar Vlahos

Frontline

	Billionaire Biden Donor Bankrolled 2020 Election Social Media Censorship
	Australia to Get One New Build Virginia Class Sub, Two From US Navy

Russia/Ukraine

	Kakhovka Dam Collapse Another Blow to Middle East Wheat Security
	Dam's Destruction May Cause 'Much Bigger' Problem for Ukraine Farming: Minister
	Zelensky Denies Ukraine Involvement in Nord Stream Pipeline Blasts
	Ukraine Accuses Russia of Shelling Rescuers Amid Dam Evacuations
	Two Weeks at the Front in Ukraine
	Damaged Reservoir Can Still Provide Water for Big Ukrainian Nuclear Plant: IAEA
	Bodies Found Floating After Kakhovka Dam Collapse: Zelensky
	Russian Crude Prices Via Druzhba Pipeline to Jump 16% After Dam Collapse

United Kingdom

	'Real Good Shape': Biden-Sunak Hail Ties at White House Meet
	Biden Said NATO Allies Need to Discuss Candidates for Secretary General
	Britain Steps Up Sanctions Against Belarus for Its Support of Russia
	British Military Should Raise Recruitment Age to 18, Says UN Panel

Europe

	Italy-Azerbaijan Energy Talks Spawn C-27J Aircraft Sales for Leonardo
	Kosovo Complains of Biased Western Envoys in Talks With Its Former Foe Serbia
	Romania's Foreign Ministry Informs Russia That It Is Reducing the Number of Available Embassy Positions by 51
	India, Germany Closer to Inking $5.2 Billion Submarine Deal

Afghanistan

	11 Killed, 30 Wounded in Blast at Funeral for Assassinated Provincial Governor
	US Announces Re-Parole Process for Afghan Nationals in the Country
	Afghan Students Feel Abandoned as India Restricts Visas
	UNICEF Concerned by Likely Stop in Operation of NGOs Active in Education in Afghanistan

Pakistan

	Afghan Embassy Asks Pakistan to Stop Arresting Afghan Refugees
	China, India Must Step Back From Himalayan Border Confrontation: Indian Minister

Sudan

	Rebel Mobilization in Sudan's South Raises Fears of Conflict Spreading
	Battles Intensify Between Sudan's Warring Factions

Palestine/Israel

	Israel 'Should Recognize' Western Sahara as Part of Morocco, Says Knesset Speaker
	Palestinian Journalist Seriously Injured as Israeli Army Raids Ramallah
	Israeli Arms Manufacturer Sent Equipment to Myanmar Despite US Embargo, Says Report
	Israel's Punitive Home Demolition Policy, Explained
	Grand Mufti Warns of Religious War Following Escalation in Israeli Aggression Against Al-Aqsa
	Israel to Demolish Residential Building in Northern Jordan Valley
	Rights Groups Call for UN to Oppose IHRA Antisemitism Definition
	Gaza's Shifting Seafood Culture Under Israel's Blockade

Saudi Arabia

	Why Has Saudi Sovereign Fund Taken Over Kingdom's Soccer Clubs?
	Saudi Foreign Minister: Wants US to Bid in Domestic Nuclear Program
	Saudi Arabia Defense Spending Rebounds

Iraq

	Iraq Daily Roundup: 11 Killed
	Iraq Says Over 3,000 ISIS Fighters Repatriated From Syria
	US, Saudi Urge Western Nations to Repatriate ISIS Jihadists

Lebanon

	IMF Says Lebanon Needs Urgent Economic Reforms to Stop Deepening Crisis
	Why Is Hannibal Gadhafi on Hunger Strike in a Lebanese Prison?

Middle East

	US Claims Russia 'Stopped Adhering to Deconfliction Protocols' in Syria
	Iran Proposes New Gas Hub With Russia, Qatar, Turkmenistan
	Future Unknown but Syrians in Turkey 'Relieved' After Erdogan Win
	Blinken Warns Fight Against ISIS Is 'Not Yet Done'

Africa

	USAID Says It Is Halting All Food Aid to Ethiopia Amid Diversions
	Opposition Coalition Secures Majority in Guinea Bissau's Parliament in Landmark Elections
	Moroccan Activists Protest Israeli Knesset Leader Visit
	Armed Men in Civilian Clothes Spread Terror During Clashes in Senegal
	Four Tunisian Soldiers Die in Military Helicopter Crash
	Guinea-Bissau Heads to Power-Sharing After Legislative Vote