This Week in War: 3rd Week, June 2018

Migrant families from Mexico, fleeing from violence, listen to officers of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection before entering the United States to apply for asylum at Paso del Norte international border crossing bridge in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

3rd week, June 2018.

This Week in War:  A Friday round-up of what happened and what’s been written in the world of war and military/security affairs this week.  

• No sign of North Korea dismantling nuclear weapons program, Mattis admits.

• Gaza is 'on brink of war’.

• Trump doubles down as anger grows over child separation policy.

• This recording captures cries of children separated from parents at US border.

• A day in the life of a Kabul emergency room.

• Kashmir government collapsing after BJP withdraws support.

• United Arab Emirates officers sexually tortured detainees in 18 secret prisons in Yemen.

• Israeli jets carry out strikes in Gaza.

• Trump says he won't let U.S. become 'migrant camp’.

• “ ‘At Least During the Internment …’ Are Words I Thought I’d Never Utter”.

• Israel's energy minister has been accused of spying for Iran.

• Trump orders creation of U.S. force to dominate space.

• After backlash from the UN about separating children from their parents, the US plans to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council.

• US withdrawal from UN Human Rights Council: What you need to know.

• No one is protecting India’s bravest journalists.

• In the USA, toddlers of migrants (ages 0-3) are being forcibly taken from their parents and placed in “tender age” camps for an indefinite amount of time. The Trump administration is building a 4th housing unit because the existing ones are almost filled to capacity.

• Covering a war is never easy,  but Yemeni journalists face death threats and kidnappings.

• Hodeidah: What the assault means for Yemen’s civilians and the aid effort.

• Denying it has lost war on drugs, UK rules out legalizing cannabis.

• Civilians own 85% of world's $1 billion firearms, survey reveals, with nearly 40% of all guns are in hands of US citizens.

• In Hungary, a new set of controversial laws imposes jail terms on anybody seen to be aiding undocumented immigrants.

• Young immigrants held in Virginia centre allege physical and verbal abuse by detention centre guards.

• Mossack Fonseca, the Panama Papers firm, did not know who 75% of its clients were.

• Saudi-backed Yemeni forces capture Hodeidah airport.

• Syrians in Golan Heights to boycott the first municipal elections imposed by Israel in the area, rejecting what they call the 'Israelization' of the territory.

• Reports of a Muslim "reeducation” camps in China, where over 200,000 "suspects" are being held.