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Analysis | Trump chooses more of the same in Yemen’s war

9/13/2018, 5:12:40 AM
The United States has given Riyadh a "rubber stamp" for the Saudi-led war effort, critics say. ✔ By Ishaan Tharoor Ishaan Tharoor Reporter covering foreign affairs, geopolitics and history Email Bio Follow September 13 at 12:59 AM Trump chooses more of the same in Yemen's war ((AFP/Getty images)) In Washington, opposition has been mounting to Saudi Arabia’s ruinous role in Yemen’s civil war ✔ While some hedge their bets with Iran, the UAE is fighting its most dangerous proxy


Obama weighed pre-emptive strike against North Korea after fifth nuclear blast and missile tests near Japan in 2016, Woodward book claims

9/13/2018, 6:17:59 AM
Former U.S. President Barack Obama considered a pre-emptive strike on North Korea after it conducted its fifth nuclear test in September 2016, just days af ✔ A ground invasion would trigger a North Korean response, likely with a nuclear weapon ✔ The journalist, famed for his work uncovering the Watergate scandal that felled President Richard Nixon, has struck back, telling NBC’s Today on Monday that his book is as carefully done as you can do an excavation of the reality of what goes on


Vladimir Putin boasts Russian army is 'ready for WW3' as he flies in to inspect war drills

9/13/2018, 7:49:51 AM
VLADIMIR Putin gloated his armed forces are ready to “successfully counter potential military threats” while inspecting Russia’s largest war drills since the 1980s. ✔ The war games are expected to take place at five ranges in Russia’s Far East, and in the waters of the Sea of Japan, Bering Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk, between September 11-17 ✔ He commended them for their high-level performance in the most active stage of Vostok-2018 ✔ The worse Russia behaves, the more Moscow convinces itself that it needs hard military power to protect itself against notional aggressors


Q&A: Idlib battle a climactic end to Syria rebellion?

9/13/2018, 6:15:53 AM
BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian army, backed by allies Iran and Russia, is preparing for a military offensive to retake the country's last major rebel stronghold —the province of I ✔ BEIRUT (AP) The Syrian army, backed by allies Iran and Russia, is preparing for a military offensive to retake the country's last major rebel stronghold the province of Idlib ✔ 10, 2018 by the Syrian Civil Defense group known as the White Helmets, shows flames and smoke rising from a Syrian government airstrike, in Hobeit village, near Idlib, Syria


Indiana Jones and the relics of Brazil

9/13/2018, 6:55:38 AM
As Unesco prepares a mission to help recover priceless antiquities from the Brazilian museum fire, a course in ‘cultural first aid’ shows how it is done ✔ In recent weeks, there was fighting in the Ghazni province and a museum of Islamic civilisation was destroyed, he says ✔ The documents were blown by the wind through the streets ✔ This article is part of a series on possible solutions to some of the world’s most stubborn problems


Aung San Suu Kyi admits Rohingya crisis 'could have been handled better'

9/13/2018, 5:28:06 AM
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has said that, with hindsight, her government could have better handled the situation in Rakhine state that led to the forced displacement of more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims. ✔ Intense criticism UN investigators into the Rohingya crisis found that the Myanmar's civilian government had contributed to the commission of atrocity crimes through their acts and omissions ✔ The case has been held in open court, and all the hearings have been open to everybody who wished to go and attend them, and if anybody feels that there has been a miscarriage of justice, I would like them to point it out, she said


Limited options as another Syrian bloodbath looms

9/13/2018, 7:56:24 AM
undefined ✔ This siege, like others before it, portends a massacre of innocents ✔ Today, Assad remains in power with the backing of Russia and Iran, which now have footholds on this crucial Mideast turf ✔ That goal has been largely accomplished ― Islamic State was routed out of its de facto capital in Raqqa, and its presence in Syria now has shrunk to remote areas near the Iraq border ✔ The above article appeared in the Chicago Tribune


Xi-Kim honeymoon exposed as a facade

9/13/2018, 4:52:29 AM
Ties with Trump more important to the old allies than their own relationship ✔ China no longer needs to be involved in declaring an end to a war that dates back 65 years, does it ✔ This shows the Xi-Kim honeymoon to be little more than a facade ✔ Get unique insights on Asia, the most dynamic market in the world ✔ Try 3 months for $9 Offer ends September 30th


“Leaders will discuss specific denuke measures in Pyongyang,” security chief

9/13/2018, 7:56:10 AM
undefined ✔ Things had been difficult recently in the process of denuclearization consultations between the North and the U.S. It is an important time to revive the virtuous circle ✔ In order to accomplish this, Chung urged for international support and cooperation between South Korea and the U.S.


Experts call for efforts to ease Sino-US rivalry to foster regional peace

9/13/2018, 5:54:52 AM
undefined ✔ A failure to strike that delicate balance and the resulting potential for active hostility among great powers would have ramifications beyond the region, he said ✔ Observers have said that the major powers' geo-strategic initiatives could clash at some point, as they might seek regional primacy based on the initiatives


North Korea's 'Mass Games' provide tourist spectacle, and sobering...

9/13/2018, 6:18:04 AM
Packed into Pyongyang's giant stadium this week with thousands of other tourists, Australian Mitchell Hamilton marvelled at the return of North Korea's “Mass Games,” a huge pageant that has produced some of the most iconic images of the isolated country. ✔ Beyond the sanctions over its nuclear weapons program, North Korea is an impoverished state, where some 40 percent of the population, or more than 10 million people, need humanitarian assistance and about 20 percent of children suffer from malnutrition, according to U.N


N. Korea’s ‘Mass Games’ provide tourist spectacle, sober reminder

9/13/2018, 6:44:54 AM
PYONGYANG--Packed into Pyongyang's giant stadium this week with thousands of other tourists, Austral ✔ Under Kim’s one-man rule, the country has also been accused of widespread human rights abuses, with a U.N ✔ The show, however, dropped most of the typical anti-American themes, instead focusing on Kim Jong Un’s diplomatic engagement with international leaders ✔ We’ve come to realize it’s a bit different from what we hear outside, Goh said of North Korea


A crisis that opened the gates for China

9/13/2018, 4:50:57 AM
undefined ✔ When historians cast around for 21st-century hinge points they will settle on two events during the late summer and early autumn of 2008 ✔ The resulting psychological boost for rising nations of the east and south and for none more than China was as significant as the heavy economic costs imposed on rich democracies by recession and austerity


In South Korea, opposition to Yemeni refugees is a cry for help

9/13/2018, 6:27:57 AM
Earlier this year, 550 Yemeni asylum seekers landed on the resort island of Jeju, putting many South Koreans in the unfamiliar position of being forced to accept outsiders who many believed had no right to be there. ✔ He's written for publications including The New York Times, Washington Post and The Australian ✔ Among the Korean youth, bleak economic prospects coincide with reduced confidence in the political system ✔ You can hear in their shouts of protest, tucked away in the minor key, a cry for help


French disapprove of Trump, no longer consider US ‘trusted ally’ – poll

9/13/2018, 4:32:32 AM
With US and the EU locking horns over economic and political issues, only 44 percent of the French see a safe partner in Washington. An overwhelming 80 percent disapprove of the US president’s record, new poll shows. ✔ The attitudes of the French towards their most powerful ally have changed drastically since Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election 2016, revealed a new survey, commissioned by France's Foundation for Political Innovation and the Sursaut think-tank collective ✔ Some 79 percent say that they treat ordinary Americans as friends, with 82 percent noting that they believe it is important to maintain friendly relations with the US


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