Mike Pompeo: US allows military aid to Saudi Arabia in Yemen war
9/13/2018, 1:35:09 AMThe Trump administration on Wednesday said it was sticking with Saudi Arabia and its allies, telling Congress that they are doing all they can to avoid civilian casualties in Yemen’s bloody civil war. ✔ Oxfam America estimates that nearly 1,000 Yemeni civilians, including more than 300 children, were killed last month alone ✔ That toll included a widely publicized incident in which a Saudi airstrike hit a school bus, reportedly killing 40 people, including nearly two dozen children ✔ ⦁ This article is based in part on wire service reports
UN granted access to Myanmar villages to investigate Rohingya abuse
9/12/2018, 10:27:30 PMUnited Nations inspection teams have been granted access to Myanmar's Rakhine State to assess dozens of villages and townships which housed Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution last year. ✔ MUST WATCH What these Rohingya refugees want you to know 02:33 An independent UN investigation last month into alleged human rights abuses carried out against the Rohingya called for the country's military leaders to be investigated and prosecuted for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes
Tony Blair: world's strategy for countering Islamist extremism flawed
9/12/2018, 9:15:38 PMFormer British Prime Minister Tony Blair will warn on Thursday that the threat from Islamist militants is growing and the current approach for tackling the threat will fail unless there is a global strategy to tackle the roots of extremism. ✔ He instead calls for higher spending on education and development, investing in war-torn states and supporting Muslim leaders working to counter extremism ✔ Unless there is a global will to meet the depth of the challenges, the ideology of Islamism will growand with it, the violence ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
'We're doing this in order to prevent World War III': I read Bob Woodward's explosive new Trump book cover-to-cover, and there's one big takeaway
9/12/2018, 10:06:06 PMAmid all the eye-popping exchanges and battles that take place in journalist Bob Woodward's explosive new book about President Donald Trump and his administration, "Fear: Trump in the White House," one theme in particular really stands out. ✔ President Donald Trump's foreign policy is driven by one thing: the bottom line ✔ It's a different approach than perhaps any other in the nation's history one that fits a president who made his experience in the business world ✔ Reuters He insisted the other nations were making money off the US ✔ But we're losing so much money in trade with South Korea, China and others, Trump responded
‘Your talking bird s**t!’ - Far-right German MP suffers embarrassing REBUKE in Bundestag
9/13/2018, 12:18:39 AMA FAR-RIGHT German politician who claimed Chancellor Angela Merkel could be leading her country into a “war against Russia” was accused of talking “bird s**t” by another parliamentarian in a shocking rebuke. ✔ Mr Gauland, that bird s**t is a dung heap (Image: GETTY ) She said: I hear the outrage and I understand it and I share in the reasons behind it ✔ GETTY (Image: Protests in eastern city of Chemnitz) In response, thousands of protestors took to the streets, and rioting broke out leading to dozens of injuries ✔ Polls suggest 74 percent of Germans oppose intervention in Syria
British forces to KILL off ISIS for good in final mission
9/12/2018, 10:13:55 PMBRITISH forces will help “kill off” ISIS for good in a huge final mission which will see the final fighters destroyed. ✔ Brit military bosses have voted to support a final fight to clear the terror cult from its last pocket of territory in north-east Syria ✔ A supply point was destroyed in the Euphrates valley on September 5, a terrorist roadblock near Abu Kamal was taken out two days later and a command post near Hajin was demolished on September 9
Two Koreas to hold working-level military talks
9/13/2018, 1:08:15 AMundefined ✔ An undated file photo released by the North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the state news agency of North Korea, shows an 'underwater test-fire of strategic submarine ballistic missile' conducted at an undisclosed location in North Korea (reissued 06 March 2017) ✔ Servicemen march during a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the foundation of North Korea in Pyongyang on Sept
Afghanistan's Charlie Chaplin says he aims to make people smile,...
9/13/2018, 3:00:07 AMAfghanistan's Charlie Chaplin says he has witnessed suicide attacks, explosions and threats from hardline Islamic militant groups, but is determined to waddle and bumble to fulfill the primary goal of his life. ✔ Asir says he has been threatened by militants who say his performances are un-Islamic ✔ But despite the threats, he performs in public parks, orphanages, private parties and at charity events organized by international aid agencies ✔ Afghanistan’s traditional culture includes music and performance arts ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Turkey defiant on deal with Russia despite U.S. threat to cancel sale of F-35s
9/12/2018, 11:39:24 PMPlanned delivery of Russian air defense system strains an already tense U.S.-Turkey relationship. ✔ Turkey’s requests for U.S. extradition of Fethullah Gulen, a Turkish cleric who Erdogan said was the coup mastermind, went unanswered ✔ In this country, federal prosecutors in New York broke open a major case of Iran sanctions violations, convicting Turkish citizens and implicating a major state-owned bank for helping Iran to illegally sell oil ✔ If they say they can do anything they want, like in cowboy movies, then they will get a response, he said
U.S. diplomat says Eritrea human rights record is still a concern
9/12/2018, 10:59:51 PMThe top U.S. diplomat for Africa welcomed a rapprochement between Ethiopia and Eritrea ending two decades of hostility but said concerns over Eritrea's human rights record hindered cooperation with Washington. ✔ Tibor Nagy, the U.S. State Department’s assistant secretary for Africa, told a congressional hearing on Wednesday that the United States had deliberately engaged with Eritrea in recent months but it was too soon to talk about lifting United Nations sanctions imposed in 2009, which accused it of supporting Islamist militants in Somalia ✔ imposed sanctions on Eritrea in 2009, backed by 13 of the 15 members of the U.N ✔ The sanctions included an arms embargo, travel restrictions and asset freezes for some of the country’s top officials ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Corbyn faces probe over how aide can work in the House of Commons
9/13/2018, 1:00:07 AMEvery Parliament staffer needs a Commons pass and has to pass a counter-terrorist check (CTC) into their background and associates. It normally takes a matter of weeks at most to process. ✔ Anyone working on the estate on a visitor pass would be in breach of this rule.’ Applicants are asked to provide information about themselves, family members and other associates, which may be checked against data held by MI5 and third party references
D.C. United survives early struggles as late rally upends Minnesota United
9/13/2018, 3:30:43 AMUnited improves to 7-2-0 since Audi Field's grand opening in mid-July as playoff chase continues ✔ Four days after just 15 players were available because of international duty and injuries, D.C ✔ …Midfielders Zoltan Stieber (Hungarian national team duty) and Junior Moreno (Venezuela) are expected to return to active duty Sunday against the first-place New York Red Bulls
Mother of slain journalist James Foley says filmmaker took their story
9/12/2018, 10:57:50 PMThe maker of “Viper Club,” starring Susan Sarandon, says the movie is a work of fiction, not the experience of Diane Foley and her son. ✔ She’s frustrated to find that FBI agents investigating his kidnapping aren’t talking to State Department officials who are supposedly in charge of diplomatic efforts to free him ✔ That would be absurd and contrary to the First Amendment ✔ Just out of respect for another human being, I’d have thought you’d want to get it right with the family ✔ But it is a fictional character going through events that happened in real life
Raising the alarm over the growth of right-wing nationalism in Europe
9/12/2018, 10:11:28 PMWarning against the danger of intensifying nationalism across Europe, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said in separate appearances Wednesday that the rise of populism and the far-right represent existential threats to the European Union. ✔ Even though the numbers of refugees and migrants has declined sharply this year, her own popularity and that of her conservative party have dwindled over the decision to bring in so many outsiders ✔ Let’s embrace the kind of patriotism that is not directed against others and seek scapegoats rather than looking for solutions that allow us to coexist better
Emerging markets checklist: a guide to the key economies
9/13/2018, 1:46:51 AMundefined ✔ A rising US dollar and hawkish Federal Reserve have hit the fortunes of emerging economies and markets ✔ This move could weaken investment and business sentiment Brazil Strengths Although the country has emerged from recession, its current account deficit has shrunk from 4.3 per cent of GDP in 2014 to 0.5 per cent last year
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