Yemen conflict creates ‘lost generation’ of children
9/16/2018, 8:14:03 PMundefined ✔ Schools have been bombed and taken over by armed groups and displaced people, with more than 2,500 out of use ✔ But it is the collapse of the economy that is having the most widespread impact on the country’s youth ✔ But Mokhtar’s mother worries that he is now addicted to qat and spends most of his money on the semi-narcotic leaf
Bashar Assad’s Idlib attack to test U.S. Syria, Russia policy
9/16/2018, 9:32:09 PMWith Bashar Assad and his Russian allies on the verge of victory in Syria’s civil war, the Trump administration is facing new pressure to respond forcefully and prevent a bloodbath of historic proportions — but analysts say the U.S. has virtually no good options, as seven years of muddy American policy toward Syria has left Moscow holding all the cards. ✔ Our lack of a strategy in Syria has been a failing practice ✔ She made clear that the U.S. will respond forcefully if chemical weapons are employed ✔ Beyond that, she offered vague threats toward Mr. Assad and his allies ✔ If Assad, Russia and Iran continue down the path they are on, the consequences will be dire, Mrs. Haley said
UN Yemen envoy arrives in Sanaa as battle for Hodeidah rages on
9/16/2018, 5:20:37 PMMartin Griffiths arrives in Yemeni capital as UN push for peace talks between warring sides continues. ✔ That meeting, which would have been the first in nearly two years, was scheduled to take place in the Swiss city of Geneva on September 6 ✔ The country's three-year war has ensnared millions in the world's worst humanitarian crisis, with more than 22 million in dire need of assistance ✔ Inside Story Have war crimes been committed in Yemen
Protests grow over jailing of Reuters journalists in Myanmar
9/16/2018, 4:25:43 PMScores call for Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo's release in Yangon as reporters across globe voice solidarity on social media. ✔ In response, six Myanmar journalist organisations published a rare statement on Friday saying they were disappointed with Aung San Suu Kyi's comments ✔ UN investigators say the violence merits the prosecution of top generals for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity ✔ WATCH: Myanmar - Journalists Paying the Price for Reporting Genocide (26:25)
‘Brink of catastrophe’: Demonizing Russia dangerous for world, Nobel peace prize winner warns West
9/16/2018, 9:17:01 PMThe scapegoating of Russia, which is actively promoted by the West, is “inexcusable” as it pushes the world back into the Cold War era and puts it on the brink of a disaster, Nobel Peace Prize winner Mairead Maguire has warned. ✔ She then called for sanctions against Russia to be lifted and trust among the nations to be rebuilt ✔ They say this is for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples and yet he continues the policy of militarism and occupation of Afghanistan, instead of dialogue and negotiations with all the parties to the conflict, she said at the time
US sanctions are China's big concern right now
9/16/2018, 5:32:16 PMIn her presidential weekly briefing, Samantha Vinograd writes that the Trump administration's announcement that it is considering sanctions against China over its mistreatment of Muslims will lead Beijing to stoke security concerns. ✔ Kim probably knows -- because it's clearly stated online, on the United State Forces Korea website -- that the mission of US Forces-Korea (USF-K) is not limited to just maintaining the Korean War armistice ✔ Spain will now proceed with selling 400 laser-guided missiles to Yemen
South Korean President to Visit Pyongyang in Bid to Revive Diplomacy
9/16/2018, 10:46:03 PMWith denuclearization talks between the U.S. and North Korea stalled, South Korean President Moon Jae-in is set to visit Pyongyang on Tuesday in a bid to revive diplomacy after a summer of challenges. ✔ On Friday, in an unprecedented step, the two sides opened a liaison office north of the demilitarized zone ✔ David Maxwell, a retired U.S. Special Forces colonel and senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said a North Korean inventory of its stockpiles and facilities wouldn’t be meaningful without the chance to conduct on-the-ground verification
South Korean president set for summit with Kim Jong Un
9/16/2018, 10:46:23 PMWith denuclearization talks between the U.S. and North Korea stalled, South Korean President Moon Jae-in is set to visit Pyongyang on Tuesday in a bid to revive diplomacy after a summer of challenges. ✔ At a planned three-day summit, Moon and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are expected to hold talks on a declaration to formally end the Korean War, more than six decades after fighting was halted by an armistice ✔ Also popular on WSJ.com: Want news about Asia delivered to your inbox ✔ Subscribe to MarketWatch's free Asia Daily newsletter ✔ We Want to Hear from You Join the conversation Comment
Police drop terror probe into hate preacher Anjem Choudary’s wife
9/16/2018, 9:24:48 PMPolice have dropped a terror investigation into Rubana Akhtar, 43, the wife of jailed hate preacher Anjem Choudary, after she was filmed leading a secret group of British women supporting IS. ✔ Choudary, 51, will be freed after serving half a 66-month sentence for drumming up support for IS in 2016 ✔ Nazir Afzal, the former chief prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service in the North West, said Akhtar’s support for IS was ‘extremely dangerous’ ✔ A police spokesman said yesterday: ‘Inquiries found no evidence of terrorism or other offences having been committed.’
Teenage boy wounded in drive-by shooting in Huddersfield
9/16/2018, 9:28:03 PMThe teenager, who has learning difficulties, was shot at twice in Abbey Road, Fartown, Huddersfield ✔ The teenager, who has learning difficulties, was shot at twice in Abbey Road, Fartown, Huddersfield (Image: examiner.co.uk) Neighbours reported seeing lots of police and an ambulance in the area shortly after two bangs went off ✔ Neighbours say a teenage boy was taken away in an ambulance
Korea talks lay groundwork for second Trump-Kim summit
9/16/2018, 11:13:26 PMundefined ✔ But although Mr Trump has announced his readiness to meet the North Korean leader again, Mr Moon needs to address the worries in much of the Washington establishment both in the administration and in Congress that Pyongyang does not seriously intend to denuclearise
The vindication of John Bolton
9/16/2018, 7:34:02 PMJohn Bolton is not the first and nor will he be the last observer to point out the contradictions and dangers inherent in trying to impose a universal legal regime. ✔ ANALYSIS/OPINION: John Bolton is not the first and nor will he be the last observer to point out the contradictions and dangers inherent in trying to impose a universal legal regime ✔ In this respect, the ICC is self-evidently racist in that it treats one race of people differently to all others
The Guardian view on Egyptian repression: democracy is a mirage | Editorial
9/16/2018, 4:55:35 PMEditorial: The mass trial of survivors of a massacre of pro-democracy protesters shames Egypt. Western powers should understand how autocracy is eating away at the Arab nation ✔ Meanwhile, observers have little doubt that Egypt is engaged in a bombing campaign and siege tactics in the Sinai ✔ Using judicial mass murder as an instrument of policy is straight from the despot’s playbook ✔ Mr Sisi’s international stock is low; why lower it further still
Security could be strengthened if Poland gets a U.S. military base
9/16/2018, 7:34:04 PMEver since Russia invaded Georgia a decade ago, the world has known the Kremlin will use its military to expand its influence. ✔ ANALYSIS/OPINION: Ever since Russia invaded Georgia a decade ago, the world has known the Kremlin will use its military to expand its influence ✔ Such a multidimensional threat requires a measured, comprehensive response ✔ The two have fought alongside each other for centuries, dating back to Polish-American heroes, Gen
Russia trip keeps Abe in spotlight, but key issues remain unresolved
9/16/2018, 9:27:02 PMAlthough media coverage of his trip to Russia has kept Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the spotlight during the run-up to the leadership election for his Liberal Democratic Party, he failed to achieve any major breakthrough on key diplomatic matters. Already projected to easily beat his sole rival, former… ✔ The islands are called the Northern Territories in Japan and the Southern Kurils in Russia ✔ Unless a pathway to create some room for diplomatic maneuver can be created on the abduction issue, Japan's consultations with North Korea will never go far, regardless of who the prime minister is, she added
Trump is in for a rude awakening in Middle East
9/16/2018, 9:29:44 PMThe American President is taking a wrecking ball to the very concept of Israeil-Palestinian negotiations--advancing a delusional narrative that a peace agreement can be imposed on the Palestinians, writes Jeremy Ben-Ami. Trump and his supporters should beware the law of unintended consequences. ✔ This approach fits perfectly into two other dominant themes of the Trump presidency ✔ Cutting UNRWA funds and bilateral aid is not an abstraction ✔ He apparently sees little value in meaningful diplomacy and negotiation ✔ The rest of us should fiercely oppose this cruel and destructive policy
David Budd gained report that MIGHT have got Julia Montague killed
9/16/2018, 11:55:56 PMBodyguard had reached the penultimate episode of its already pulsating story – making the occasion by, incredibly, stepping up the pace. ✔ Longcross was also desperately looking for the tablet, not only tracking Budd’s movements (in the belief that he had it) but spying on his wife Vicky and even questioning her about it at work ✔ ‘Instead everyone focussed on the counter-terrorism aspect,’ he added, pointed out that they (and we) had spent the whole series suspecting the wrong people
Disruptor in Chief: How Trump is changing world order
9/16/2018, 5:05:58 PMAs the United Nations embarks on its 73rd session, we asked several CNN journalists how they see world order under President Donald Trump. ✔ Liberal Democracies are under pressure from their own electorates ✔ Part of what has made this world order function for US interests is that many states, ranging from Australia and Japan to Belgium and the UK, have voluntarily agreed to play by rules written and promoted by Washington
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