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18th June 2020 / DC News

Prison For Leakers Start Rolling as Former Pentagon Analyst is Convicted for Leaking to CNBC

NEW: Ex-Pentagon analyst who claimed his journalist girlfriend (CNBC's Amanda Macias) pressured him to leak classified information has been sentenced to 30 months in prison. https://t.co/FbEyroaUBV
— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) June 18, 2020

18th June 2020 / Americas

New Steps to Target Maduro’s Regime

Today, the U.S. took steps to stop the Maduro regime from stealing Venezuela's oil. These sanctions target the illegitimate regime’s “oil-for-food” scheme that had no intent of providing food to the people. We stand with Venezuelans in their quest for freedom and prosperity.
— Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) June 18, 2020

18th June 2020 / Asia

North Korean Leaders Offended by Humanitarian Acts Showing Incapability of Feeding Their Own People

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1273562348696096775?s=20

18th June 2020 / Europe

Macron and Johnson to Discuss Post Brexit Economy

President Emmanuel Macron visits the UK to mark the 80th anniversary of General de Gaulle’s appeal to the French resistance and to talk Brexit with Prime Minister Boris Johnson https://t.co/x5U4RyKY1d
— Reuters UK (@ReutersUK) June 18, 2020

18th June 2020 / Asia

Britain To Blame Beijing for Using Pandemic to Infringe Hong Kong Liberties

Britain said that China, Russia and Iran were looking to exploit weaknesses shown by the coronavirus outbreak, amid suggestions Beijing had used the crisis to push through new security legislation for Hong Kong https://t.co/0LNmpntE5U
— Reuters UK (@ReutersUK) June 18, 2020

17th June 2020 / Middle East

U.S. Levied Sanctions Against Syrian Officials And Asad Family

Members who profiteered from the Civil War or abused human rights are in a black list

The Trump administration levied sanctions against top Syrian officials and family members of President Bashar al-Assad, accusing them of supporting and profiting from a brutal civil war https://t.co/ggaI5ugNcZ
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 18, 2020