U.S. Considers Future of Military Exercises as North Korea Talks Stall
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said the U.S. doesn’t plan to suspend any more military exercises with South Korea, as talks continue with the North, but added that no decision had yet been made on conducting another large maneuver next year. ✔ With denuclearization negotiations in limbo, there is growing concern among military officials that the ability of the U.S. and its longtime ally, South Korea, to jointly exercise could begin to atrophy ✔ The Kremlin has said in recent days that it expects rebels and unspecified foreign agents to use chemical weapons in the area in coming days as a provocation
Sexual violence, child soldiers & war crimes: UN report slams all sides of Yemen conflict
UN investigators said Saudi Arabia, the UAE and the Houthis may all have committed war crimes, including sexual violence and recruiting child soldiers, in a damning report detailing atrocities in the Yemen conflict. ✔ Between July 2015 and January 2016, restrictions on the port of Ta’izz appeared to be in violation of international law, but again, the report said more investigation was required ✔ Subscribe to RT newsletter to get stories the mainstream media won’t tell you
Saudi Arabia, UAE accused in UN report on Yemen war crimes
The military coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in Yemen has killed thousands of civilians in airstrikes, UN investigators said. ✔ Iran has denied involvement, despite evidence that the rebels are using Iranian weaponry, including missiles ✔ The report accused the Saudi-led coalition of routinely having failed to consult its own no-strike list of more than 30,000 sites in Yemen, including refugee camps and hospitals ✔ Our new podcast series from the team behind Phoebe's Fall View episodes
War of words between US-Russia as Syria attack looms
Washington and Moscow trade chemical attack warnings as Russian naval buildup grows ahead of strike on Syria's Idlib. ✔ Western countries and independent analysts say Syrian government forces have conducted several chemical weapons attacks over the course of the seven-year civil war ✔ John Ging called on members of the UN Security Council on Tuesday to do all they can to ensure that we avoid this ✔ Inside Story Inside Idlib: Saving Syria
Mattis: U.S. assistance to Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen is ‘is not unconditional’
Defense secretary says support will depend on efforts to avoid civilian casualties; U.N. report accuses all parties in the war of violating international law. ✔ They should start by immediately stopping the flow of arms to the country and end the coalition’s arbitrary restrictions on humanitarian assistance and essential imports ✔ Mattis pushed back at questioning suggesting that Yemeni children had been killed by American weapons, even though a recent report showed that the laser-guided bomb used in the attack was sold to the coalition as part of a government-backed arms sale
Pentagon rules out an ‘enduring,’ large military footprint in Afghanistan
Senior officials voiced support for strategy despite Taliban’s recent shows of force. ✔ Dunford and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, in a rare appearance in the Pentagon briefing room, highlighted the efforts of Afghan security forces and said their opponent, the Taliban, was showing signs of increased interest in negotiating a settlement to end the war
UN Secretary General decries 'horrendous persecution' of Rohingya in Myanmar
UN Secretary General António Guterres addressed the body's Security Council on Tuesday regarding the Rohingya refugee crisis, calling for the Myanmar government to cooperate with international agencies trying to get help to people who face "marginalization and discrimination." ✔ He said that Myanmar's government had already previously disassociated itself from the UN's fact-finding mission, referring to a position taken by Myanmar authorities due to concerns it would inflame rather than resolve issues ✔ Effective international cooperation will be critical to ensuring that accountability mechanisms are credible, transparent, impartial, independent and comply with Myanmar's obligations under international law
France warns diplomats to AVOID Iran after foiled BOMB PLOT
FRANCE has told its diplomats and foreign ministry officials to postpone indefinitely all non-essential travel to Iran, citing a foiled bomb plot and a hardening of Tehran's attitude towards France, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters. Any hardening of relations with France could have wider implications for Iran. ✔ The memo underscores how confidence in the Tehran government has been eroded in Paris as relations between the two become increasingly strained, even as President Emmanuel Macron talks up preserving the nuclear accord ✔ It flags the risks of terrorist attacks and arbitrary detentions and advises against all travel to the frontiers with Iraq and Afghanistan
US has no plans to suspend future exercises with South Korea amid nuke talks with North, Mattis says
The Pentagon hints at resuming large-scale military exercises with South Korea amid nuclear negotiations with North Korea. ✔ Department of Defense photo Defense Secretary James Mattis waits outside of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., April 23, 2018 ✔ Trump scrapped Pompeo's bilateral meeting because sufficient progress had not been made in regard to denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula
U.S. stops suspension of joint military exercises with South Korea
Mattis had "indefinitely suspended" exercises as part of an overture by the U.S. to keep North Korea engaged on denuclearization negotiations ✔ Last week, Mr. Trump declared that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo would be cancelling his trip to North Korea ✔ The visit, which would have been Pompeo's fourth time travelling to North Korea this year, had only just been announced a day before it was cancelled ✔ They also described the remains as being in moderate-to-poor conditionU.S. ready for talks when it's clear N. Korea will denuclearize Secretary of State
WASHINGTON-- The United States is ready for talks with North Korea when it's clear it will follow th ✔ She cited a statement from Pompeo that despite the decision to delay the trip, America stands ready to engage when it is clear that Chairman Kim stands ready to deliver on the commitments that he made at the Singapore summit with President Trump to completely denuclearize North KoreaRussia to hold its biggest war games since fall of Soviet Union
MOSCOW-- Russia will next month hold its biggest war games since the fall of the Soviet Union, Defen ✔ The country's ability to defend itself in the current international situation, which is often aggressive and unfriendly towards our country, means (the exercise) is justified, Peskov told reporters on a conference call ✔ Imagine 36,000 armoured vehicles - tanks, armoured personnel carriers and armoured infantry vehicles - moving and working simultaneously, and that all this, naturally, is being tested in conditions as close as possible to military ones, Shoigu said on Tuesday
US chose ‘neocolonial course’ in Syria to gain control over its resources – Russian envoy to UN
Washington pursues a “neocolonial” policy aimed at dividing Syria and ultimately seizing its resources, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said during a special UN Security Council (UNSC) meeting. ✔ The US continues its inherently neocolonial course aimed at division of [Syria] as the US-led coalition supports the establishment of some loyal governmental substitutes, Nebenzya said during the UNSC session on Tuesday, as he slammed Washington’s actions in the war-torn Middle Eastern country ✔ He also said that such an irresponsible approach contradicts the UN principle of neutrality and should be immediately reviewed
India right to spurn foreign disaster relief
Rejecting aid for Kerala floods, Modi shows country no longer needs handouts ✔ India's post-colonial identity is at stake here because Modi and many other Indian politicians and state elites have inbuilt suspicions about ulterior motives that emanate from receiving foreign aid for disasters or for regular economic development projects
Analysis | Suu Kyi’s longtime backer Mitch McConnell says she was powerless to stop atrocities against Rohingya
McConnell’s comments came the same day that the United States put its weight behind a U.N. report that called for Myanmar military officials to face criminal charges of genocide. ✔ Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) answers questions after the weekly Republican policy luncheon at the Capitol on Aug. 28, 2018 ✔ report’s findings and recommendations deserve serious consideration ✔ Well, they’re complex legal designations that have legal meaning and weight in courts around the worldU.S. military hints could resume major exercises on Korean peninsula
WASHINGTON-- The U.S. military has no plans yet to suspend any more major military exercises with So ✔ A South Korea presidential spokesman said he was not in a position to comment on the authenticity of the letter but acknowledged that talks between Washington and Pyongyang were at a stalemate ✔ Foal Eagle is designed to simulate war scenarios and involves ground, air, naval and special operations forces
Cyber- and electronic warfare at core of Japan's defense policy
Guidelines for five-year plan aims to guard against today's threats ✔ Boeing's electronic warfare aircraft EA-18G speacializes in radar jamming and deception ✔ The 2006 creation of a Joint Staff Office to manage the three SDF branches has improved the force's cohesion, but work remains to be done ✔ It focused on deploying defensive forces to the remote Ryukyu Islands in the southwest, wary of possible Chinese incursions, and building up a ballistic missile defense system -- including ships equipped with Lockheed Martin's Aegis anti-missile technology -- to guard against North Korean attacks
Stan McChrystal: John McCain Took No B.S.—and He Made Us All Better for It
He respected honesty and courage, even from those he disagreed with. ✔ Afghanistan, in the summer of 2009, was not a happy place ✔ But I came to feel that he had a strong fear of being B.S.’edand that was one way he tried to prevent it ✔ He wanted unvarnished directness, and even if he disagreed, he would respect the person who delivered it
After Local Theater Star Commits Grisly Double Murder for Cash, a Two-Year Quest for the Truth
Linda Sawyer believes there's more to the Daniel Wozniak case than has been revealed — and her work is chronicled in the iHeartRadio podcast Sleuth ✔ The 2010 double murder of Juri Julie Kibuishi and her friend Sam Herr was as gruesome as it was surprising ✔ Buffett, a former actress and Disneyland princess, has not been charged with homicide but authorities accused her of being an accessory after the fact
Opinion | America Goes on the Cyberoffensive
U.S. government hackers will now have greater latitude to deter and answer attacks. ✔ Or would the code be reverse-engineered and used against the U.S. after the operation burned American intelligence sources ✔ Fear of the latter has resulted in a very conservative approach to engaging adversaries in cyberspace ✔ Appeared in the August 29, 2018, print edition
Stoke 2-0 Huddersfield: Saido Berahino finally scores as Potters win through
Saido Berahino's first goal for two-and-a-half years and a comical 97th-minute own-goal from Juninho Bacuna helped Stoke shock Premier League Huddersfield 2-0 and advance to the Carabao Cup third round. ✔ Stoke 2-0 Huddersfield Saido Berahino's first goal for two-and-a-half years and a comical 97th-minute own-goal from Juninho Bacuna helped Stoke shock Premier League Huddersfield 2-0 and advance to the Carabao Cup third round ✔ But it was the hosts who were the brighter starters and whom could have been in front inside a minute
Analysis | ‘Kind of an irreplaceable void:’ GOP wonders if anyone can seize the McCain mantle
The six-term Arizona senator, who died Saturday, filled so many spaces in the GOP’s intellectual firmament. No single Republican is poised to fill that role. ✔ By Paul Kane August 28 at 7:19 PM Sen ✔ Was he thinking about kind of cultivating, working and getting in place the next generation of senators who think like him on foreign policy and national security ✔ But McCain’s biggest role, in terms of the Senate, might have been as a bipartisan dealmaker on some of the most contentious issues of the day
Why Canada's exclusion from US-Mexico deal raises obstacle
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's drive to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement has taken an unexpected turn — one that complicates his effort to replace ✔ WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump's drive to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement has taken an unexpected turn one that complicates his effort to replace that deal with one more favorable to American workers ✔ During the presidential campaign, Trump railed about the manufacturing jobs lost to Mexico and about the U.S. trade deficit with its southern neighbor: $69 billion last year>>> Open This Series
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