This Week in War : 2nd week, August 2018

Iron Dome anti-missile system fires an interceptor missile as rockets are launched from Gaza towards Israel near the southern city of Sderot, Israel. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

2nd week, August 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.  

• Bangladeshi authorities are "unlawfully attacking" student protesters with machetes and sticks and assaulted media workers, Human Rights Watch group says.

• Yemen War : Airstrike by Saudi-UAE military explodes a school bus killing at least 50 children --Red Cross.

• Trump officials were warned that family separations would traumatize children.

• Israel pounds Gaza, killing a 9-month pregnant woman and her 16-month child.

• Foreign Policy Security Brief: Catch up on everything from the Korean War remains turned over by North Korea to deal-making with al-Qaeda in Yemen to Russia’s proposal to cooperate with the United States on rebuilding Syria.

• Yemen War : Saudi-UAE coalition are using al-Qaeda fighters against Houthi rebels.

• Trump administration seeks to end refugee status for millions of Palestinians.

• Australia's most populous state '100 %' in drought.

• Crime Against Humanity: 99-year-old Nuremberg prosecutor calls out Trump’s detention of children.

• U.S Congressman Rand Paul delivers a letter from Trump to Putin.

• The U.S. administration is reluctant to help with Syrian recovery.

• Rashida Tlaib is set to be the first Muslim American woman in Congress.

• US-China Trade War : US sets date for additional $16bn in tariffs on China products.

• US-China Trade War : China to hit the US back with tariffs on US imports worth $16bn.

• Trump’s $12 billion bailout is no remedy for farmers caught in trade war

• Saudi-Canada Spat : Why is Canada and Saudi Arabia in a diplomatic spat?

• Saudi-Canada Spat : Saudi Arabia expels Canadian ambassador.

• Saudi-Canada Spat : Saudi Arabia halts all medical treatment for citizens in Canada.

• US Mid-Term Elections : Women break records for nominations.

• Spanish fighter jet accidentally fires missile over Estonia.

• Puerto Rico Update : Hurricane Maria deaths are more than 1,400, and not 64 as claimed in the US official death count.

• Puerto Rico Update : The Puerto Ricans still without electricity.

• President Trump’s first congressional endorsement was just arrested for insider trading.

• North Korean state media urge US to drop sanctions immediately.

• Venezuela cracks down on opposition in wake of  ‘attack’.

• French police accused of harassing aid workers at Calais, also known as the “Jungle” internal displacement camp in France.