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North Korea raps Japan for remarks on end-of-war declaration

9/16/2018, 8:08:49 AM
undefined ✔ North Korea's state-controlled media criticized Japan's top diplomat Sunday for his negative view on declaring an end to the Korean War anytime soon ✔ The two Koreas plan to hold another round of summit talks next week in the North's capital ✔ It added, The trend of the times is dialogue and peace, which no one can deny and go against them


North Korea deal ‘will collapse THIS YEAR as Trump walks away’ warns expert

9/16/2018, 10:45:40 AM
DONALD Trump’s flagship deal with Kim Jong-un will collapse this year, a diplomatic expert has warned. ✔ GETTY WARNING: Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un's nuclear deal 'to collapse this year' (Pic: GETTY) GETTY FIREBRAND: Donald Trump's relations with North Korea have soured since June's summit (Pic: GETTY) There had been hopes that a warming of relations between North and South Korea could eventually lead to the two countries ending their 60-year war and uniting


Army dad's brave words after kissing kids goodbye and jumping in front of train

9/16/2018, 11:22:54 AM
WARNING - GRAPHIC IMAGES Perry Tatler, 29, was shot twice in Afghanistan and struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder after being medically discharged from the British Army ✔ Perry said: The injuries I suffered in Afghanistan were more mental than physical because luckily both bullets went straight through my legs rather than hitting my main arteries or bone ✔ For more information on how they can help, visit their website here


Facebook is hiring a director of human rights policy to work on “conflict prevention” and “peace-building”

9/16/2018, 10:25:10 AM
Facebook is advertising for a human rights policy director to join its business, located either at its Menlo Park HQ or in Washington DC — with “conflict prevention” and “peace-building” among the listed responsibilities. In the job ad, Facebook writes that as the reac… ✔ Facebook is advertising for a human rights policy director to join its business, located either at its Menlo Park HQ or in Washington DC with conflict prevention and peace-building among the listed responsibilities ✔ The costs of the weaponization of digital information in markets such as Myanmar looks incalculable


Syrians go to polls in 1st local elections for 7 years of war

9/16/2018, 9:47:40 AM
Syrians are electing their local councils during first municipal elections since the start of the lingering seven-year war. Polls have opened on Sunday shortly after an overnight airstrike hit Damascus airport. ✔ As many as 6,551 polling stations opened on Sunday morning with Syrians invited to vote for their representatives in local councils, state news agency SANA reported ✔ Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed chlorine-filled canisters were delivered by the Al-Qaeda-affiliated fighters to stage a false flag attack that would be used to accuse the Syrian government of using chemical weapons against its people


Large war games distract from the complexity of China-Russia ties

9/16/2018, 8:30:53 AM
✔ Officially, Russia is supportive of BRI as an engine to help develop infrastructure and enhance supply chain connectivity through the region ✔ ABOUT THE AUTHOR J Berkshire Miller J Berkshire Miller is the director of the Council on International Policy


Turkey sentences alleged British YPG fighter for 'terrorism'

9/16/2018, 8:30:52 AM
Former British soldier, Joe Robinson, was arrested in Turkey last year after posting photos with YPG fighters in Syria. ✔ The 25-year-old, who is from the northern English city of Leeds, was on holiday in Turkey at the time of his arrest ✔ However, Ankara is hostile to the group because of its links with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has been in conflict with the Turkish state since 1980s


Kurds opt out of first local elections in Syria since 2011

9/16/2018, 10:25:56 AM
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria is holding its first municipal elections since 2011 amid tensions with the country's self-administered Kurdish region, which is refusing to allow poll ✔ Polls opened Sunday, with more than 40,000 candidates competing for 18,478 council seats, according to the Ministry of Local Administration ✔ Presidential elections were held in 2014 in limited areas of government control ✔ Its officials say they want a federalized Syria that respects their autonomy from Damascus


The ICC: A common cause between John Bolton and Africa?

9/16/2018, 8:17:43 AM
African states should think long and hard before backing Bolton's attacks on the ICC. ✔ {articleGUID} South Africa's threats to leave the Court came about after it failed to effect an arrest of al-Bashir when he attended an African Union meeting in the country ✔ ABOUT THE AUTHOR Nicole Fritz Nicole Fritz is the CEO of Freedom Under Law, a South African NGO working to promote rule of law and constitutionalism


What were Israeli Arabs doing during the Yom Kippur War? They were helping their country

9/16/2018, 11:13:41 AM
At the start of the Yom Kippur War in 1973, Israel dispatched contingents to Israeli Arab enclaves for fear of unrest. But Israel’s Arabs did not rise up. ✔ As Israel rushed its reserves to meet the surprise Syrian-Egyptian attack opening the Yom Kippur War in 1973, it simultaneously dispatched contingents to Israeli Arab enclaves for fear of unrest ✔ In volunteering their services at such a time, the Israeli Arabs who did so were in effect identifying with the state


Flightpath of US high-altitude drone near Crimea revealed by tracking website

9/16/2018, 11:22:32 AM
A US military high-altitude Global Hawk drone has reportedly been spotted flying an hours-long spy mission over eastern Ukraine and off the shore of Crimea along with another American surveillance plane. ✔ It is understood that the unmanned aircraft took off at around 9:00am GMT from a US Navy installation at NATO Base Sigonella in Sicily, Italy ✔ Its weapons systems include torpedoes, depth charges, Harpoon anti-ship missiles, and others munitions ✔ While the Pentagon called the Russian pilot’s maneuvers unsafe, Moscow hit back, saying there was no emergency situation in the skies


NK elevates festive mood for Pyongyang summit

9/16/2018, 8:08:38 AM
undefined ✔ The reaction is aimed at highlighting the fact that the planned summit will take place in Pyongyang, thereby seeking to show global society that the regime is no longer reclusive and that Kim Jong-un has taken the lead to hold the summit ✔ The North's Korea Central News Agency reacted fiercely to the remark, calling him ignorant for not grasping the ongoing political trend on the peninsula


Israel Strikes Iranian Arms Shipment at Damascus Airport

9/16/2018, 10:29:33 AM
Israeli missiles are suspected to have struck an Iranian arms shipment at Damascus airport late Saturday, the latest in a string of attacks aimed at eroding Tehran’s military foothold in Syria. ✔ in Beirut A handout photo made available by the Syria's Arab News Agency shows a missile over the Damascus International Airport on Saturday ✔ The most recent strikes follow warnings from Israel’s defense minister, Avigdor Lieberman, earlier this month, that his country would broaden its military campaign against Iran


Houthis 'sign memorandum' with UN to transport wounded abroad

9/16/2018, 8:17:42 AM
Rebel group claims the agreement will allow critically ill patients to be air-lifted abroad for treatment. ✔ 'Lives hang in the balance' The humanitarian crisis in Yemen has worsened dramatically since UN-sponsored peace talks collapsed and fighting resumed in the port city of Hodeidah ✔ The death toll, however, has not been updated in years and is likely to be much higher


Syrians in government areas vote in first local polls since 2011

9/16/2018, 11:33:05 AM
✔ Let's be honest, said Humam, a 38-year-old working in the capital's Mazzeh district who opted to stay at home on Sunday ✔ It held parliamentary elections in 2016 and a presidential vote in 2014 that saw Assad win a landslide with 88.7 percent of the vote, renewing his reign for another seven years


Trump is playing a dangerous Asian game

9/16/2018, 9:12:18 AM
By clearly tilting toward India, the U.S. risks pushing Pakistan closer to neighboring China and Russia. ✔ The pact had been stalled largely on Indian fears that it would give the U.S. military access to a range of Indian strategic communications ✔ Andelman, a former foreign correspondent for The New York Times and CBS News, is a visiting scholar at the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School


Instagram teen model set to have last laugh on bullies who jeered her

9/16/2018, 9:01:09 AM
Nicole Lowton, 17, boasts 4,000 Instagram followers and could go on to compete against teens all over the world ✔ A teen who was bullied at school has defied those who tried to bring me down as she is now set to compete in a super model competition ✔ Nicole said: The competition involved a Fashion round- where we were given the opportunity to model clothes that represent our style; Eco round- where we made our own outfit to walk in, and an Evening round- modelling our own choice of evening gown


Refugee advocates blast arrests of rescue workers in Greece

9/16/2018, 11:53:32 AM
Greek authorities have accused the rescue workers of a host of crimes, including espionage and people trafficking. ✔ Advocates say the arrests are part of a broader wave of clamping down on volunteers, aid workers and activists who have worked with refugees and migrants fleeing war zones and economic devastation in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia ✔ In the end, they [authorities] will say, 'Oops, our bad,' but lives will have been ruined already


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