North Korea, Texas, Afghanistan: Your Wednesday Briefing
The new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan, announced by President Trump last week, includes
plans to increase air support to Afghan forces fighting a resurgent Taliban.
[Al Jazeera] • In Iran, an appeals court upheld the convictions of a prominent Iranian-American father
and son who were accused of "collaborating with an enemy state" — meaning the U.S. [The New York Times] • Sea Shepherd, the self-described "eco-vigilante" group, called off its annual pursuit of Japanese whaling ships in the Southern Ocean, saying they were unable to get around surveillance technology.
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More than 1,000 people have died in floods across South Asia in recent weeks, according to the U.N.,
and at least 41 million people in Bangladesh, India and Nepal have been affected by flooding and landslides.
