Waiting for a new BFF

“We're going to have a great relationship with Putin and Russia.”  -- Donald Trump

RUSSIA

Navalny's campaign manager in Khabarovsk is fined 150,000 rubles for promoting a legal public protest 

Plan to relocate 1.6 million Muscovites turns middle-class Russians into protesters

Moscow police say they'll arrest anyone on Tverskaya St. shouting slogans or marching with political banners

Photos from protests sweeping hundreds of Russian cities on June 12

Largest anti-Kremlin protests in years roll across Russia

ISRAEL

Israeli Settler Attacked By Rock Throwers Kills Palestinian

Memo To Trump Voters: Had Enough After Israel Intelligence Betrayal? OPINION

EXPLAINED: 5 Reasons Israel Is Alarmed By Trump’s Leak Of Its Intel To Russia

Israeli Icon Noa Shares The Truth Behind Israel’s Alternative Memorial Day OPINION

Israel Denounces Trump’s ‘Troubling’ $110B Saudi Arms Deal

QATAR

Qatari capital brims with fear, uncertainty and resilience as Arab crisis intensifies

Qatar willing to listen to Gulf concerns, Kuwait says

Qatar, in Regional Crisis, hires former U.S. Attorney General

Iran sends planes stuffed with food to Qatar

Gulf rift: Qatar 'not ready to surrender'

Qatar begins shipping cargo through Oman to bypass Gulf rift

Qatar Controversy: U.S. Creates Vacuum with Mixed Messaging

Qatar brings lobbyists into Gulf showdown

YEMEN

Reaping the fruits of war in Yemen 

Yemen cholera cases pass the 100,000 mark: WHO

Want to Reduce Iran’s and al-Qaeda’s Sway in Yemen? End the War

Alliance legitimacy in support of Yemen: offering a UAE ship attack by a missile from a boat off the coast of Yemen 

Yemeni Forces Hit Saudi Warship off Southwestern Coasts

Saudi Arabia Tries to Ease Concerns Over Civilian Deaths in Yemen

ISIS

ISIS Attack in Tehran Stokes Cross-Gulf Tensions, Weakens Iran’s Reformers 

The IRGC is key to the ‘US-led’ coalition fighting to oust ISIS from Mosul

What the Islamic State wants in attacking Iran

Syrian accused of working for ISIS news agency is arrested in Germany

Beyond Iraq and Syria: ISIS’ ability to conduct attacks abroad

Iran says it has killed mastermind of twin attacks

The US Joins the Philippines in a Battle Against ISIS

Russia: the US colludes with ISIS & has no right to be in Syria. Iran, Syria & Russia all don't want the US in Syria

CARICOM to clampdown on returning ISIS fighters

U.S. MILITARY

Jumping the fence: For cybersecurity tech, a short leap between military and commercial use INFOMERCIAL

Trump is said to ease combat rules in Somalia designed to protect civilians

U.S. strike against al-Shabaab logistics node

A Notification Requirement for Using Cyber Weapons or for Unauthorized Disclosure of a Cyber Weapon

Military Omnipresence: A Unifying Concept for America’s 21st-Century Fighting Edge

Qassem Soleimani allegedly spotted in Syria near the Iraqi border

US deploys long-range artillery system to southern Syria for first

READ

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness FICTION 

Little Fox in the Forest PICTURE BOOK

The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder  NONFICTION

U.S. TRAVEL BAN

With Every Tweet, Trump Turns His DOJ Into More of a Mockery 

Trump Uses London Attack as Excuse to Call for Muslim Travel Ban

The Supreme Court’s Options in the Travel Ban Case

Trump calls it a travel ban — lawyers call it sabotage

How President Trump's Tweets Hurt His Travel Ban

Is Trump Trying to Lose?

Poll: Half support Trump travel ban

Trump passes the travel ban buck to the Supreme Court

DEPARTMENT OF "JUST US"

Justice ethics experts clear Mueller to head Russia probe 

Justice Department asks in budget proposal that cities be forced to detain illegal immigrants

DOJ pitches agreements to solve international data warrant woes

Trump calls for investigation of U.S. leaks in Manchester bomb investigation probe

MARC KASOWITZ

In statement, Pres. Trump's outside lawyer Marc Kasowitz says POTUS "feels completely and totally vindicated" by Comey remarks. 

Trump feels 'totally vindicated' by Comey testimony, lawyer says

Team Trump’s official response to the Comey testimony — now, with context

Trump lawyer accuses Comey of 'improperly' leaking memo to press

Trump’s lawyer in Russia probe has clients with Kremlin ties

Trump’s Personal Lawyer Boasted That He Got Preet Bharara Fired

LGBTQ

“Either you kill him or we will. You choose.” A gay Chechen man speaks 

Pride’s raucous parades began as suit-and-tie protests called the ‘Annual Reminder’

Capital Pride parade disrupted by protesters; revelers rerouted

Trump promised to protect LGBTQ people. But he hasn’t even recognized Pride Month

Joe Biden: Americans must stand with LGBT people around the world OPINION

BIGOTRY

Virginia Jewish Mayor Trolled After White Supremacist Rally

White nationalist Richard Spencer leads torch-bearing protesters defending Lee statue

Anti-sharia demonstrators hold rallies in cities across the country

How an anti-sharia protest outside the Texas statehouse got totally shut down

ACTIVISM

The Activists Who Are Staging Acts of Protest Inside Trump Tower 

Photos: New York’s Annual Puerto Rican Day parade.

Photos: 2017 Puerto Rican Day Parade More Protest Than Party

Inspired by Sanders, activists push Democrats to the left — or out of the way

GAMES

Blue Falcon: The Game to Screw Over Your Friends

Secret Hitler: How To Play

Online gamers: How to protect yourself from cybercriminals

Brain Games for Kids

NOTE: The news sources here vary.  Not all sources have the same credibility, but in an effort to share some different perspectives, they are included here.  This compendium itself cannot claim to be unbiased.  Please take into consideration where these different perspectives originate in assessing their value.  Thank you.