Anthony Blinken told members of the House of Representatives that, given Pakistan's actions over the past 20 years, the United States intends to address its relationship with Pakistan in the next few weeks and its expectations for its future role in international cooperation and counterterrorism. Check
Reuters quoted an informed source from the Gulf Arab states as saying that after the US withdrew from Afghanistan and the possibility of the country becoming a new base for al-Qaeda terrorists, US Arab allies were skeptical about continuing to rely on US security support.
The New York Times reported, citing experts who reviewed new data from the International Atomic Energy Agency, that given the amount of nuclear fuel Iran has produced in recent months, the Islamic Republic could have about a month to build up enough fuel to build a nuclear warhead. Available

A German Foreign Ministry spokesman called Iran's agreement to resume IAEA monitoring a "positive first step" and said Germany expected the IAEA to be able to monitor its cameras "immediately". He expressed hope that the nuclear talks would resume soon
April Hines, director of national intelligence, said in a speech that Afghanistan was not currently at the top of the list of terrorist threats to US internal security, but that "the threat posed by ISIS in Yemen, Somalia, Syria and Iraq is the greatest threat." »