Armed conflicts and attacks
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
A series of car bombs kill 19 people in Balad Ruz, east-central Iraq. (AP via News 24)
International relations
Lithuania–United States relations:
Lithuania signs a trade agreement to buy liquefied natural gas from the United States in a move aimed at reducing the EU Baltic state's heavy dependence on Russian gas deliveries. (Reuters)
United States–Venezuela relations
Venezuela president Nicolás Maduro has announced new sanctions on the United States, including visa restrictions. He stated that Americans would have to obtain visas in order to enter Venezuela. Furthermore, Maduro announced that George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Bob Menendez, and Marco Rubio would be banned from entering the country. (Reuters) (Breitbart)