- The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces declared victory over the so-called Islamic State on Saturday, and the complete liberation of its territory. The battle for Baghouz, all that remained of Daesh’s once vast territory throughout Iraq and Syria, dragged on for more than ten weeks.
- Senior ministers within Theresa May’s cabinet are denying reports they intend to replace her, as a condition for reluctant support of her Brexit deal. The Sunday Times reported either Remainer and de facto Deputy Prime Minister David Lidington or Brexiteer Environment Secretary Michael Gove were being discussed as potential caretaker successors.
- New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, announced a ban on military-style semiautomatic weapons and assault rifles less than a week after the deadliest terror attack in the country’s history. The ban will involve a mandatory buyback, estimated to cost between NZD 100-200 million.
- Two Russian air force planes, carrying a defense official and nearly 100 troops, landed in Caracas on Sunday. This comes amid strengthening ties between Russia and Venezuela, which Washington criticized as Russian encroachment in the region.
- Mali’s Prime Minister announced the firing of senior military chiefs, and the dissolution of a militia, after 134 Muslim civilians from the Fulani ethnic group were massacred Saturday. “The protection of the population will remain the monopoly of the state,” Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga said Sunday.
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