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Forced to fight as soldiers and taking casualties, Afghan police...

9/17/2018, 6:17:21 AM
Afghanistan's poorly armed and underpaid police are usually on the frontlin... ✔ REUTERS/Mustafa Andaleb The Afghan National Police acted swiftly but they were defeated because they are not trained to fight the Taliban ✔ It was found that some policemen were scared and ran away to neighboring villages, the report said ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Moon Jae-in prepares for make or break inter-Korean summit with Kim Jong-un

9/17/2018, 2:59:03 AM
South Korean president will push for North Korea to make ‘bold moves’ when it comes to denuclearisation ✔ Moon Chung-in admitted there was still a huge perception gap between Washington and Pyongyang, where Kim feels he has made concessions and US officials want to see more concrete steps such as shipping nuclear warheads out of North Korea ✔ But things could get dicey with Washington if their activities run up against sanctions or if they do things without keeping Washington in the loop


Last stand: Syria's rebel Idlib prepares for a losing battle

9/17/2018, 6:15:13 AM
BEIRUT (AP) — They dug trenches around towns, reinforced caves for cover and put up sand bags around their positions. They issued calls to arms, urging young men to join in the de ✔ BEIRUT (AP) They dug trenches around towns, reinforced caves for cover and put up sand bags around their positions ✔ But with the onset of a military offensive, HTS has set up joint operation rooms with different National Front factions ✔ It is cynical but puts the international community before its contradictions, said Balanche


Will summit render progress in NK nuke talks?

9/17/2018, 7:45:12 AM
undefined ✔ We are expecting President Moon will hold a bilateral summit with President Trump, Im said ✔ This is the first time for a South Korean foreign minister to visit Pyongyang _ former summits in 2000 and 2007 were centered on developing inter-Korean relations ✔ Kim Jong-un told South Korean envoys who visited Pyongyang earlier this month about his determination for the regime to denuclearize


S. Korea's Moon wants 'heart-to-heart' summit talks with Kim

9/17/2018, 7:51:17 AM
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Monday that he will push for "irreversible, permanent peace," and for better dialogue between Pyongyang and Washi ✔ SEOUL, South Korea (AP) South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Monday that he will push for irreversible, permanent peace, and for better dialogue between Pyongyang and Washington, during heart-to-heart talks Tuesday with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ✔ The navies of the Koreas have fought several bloody skirmishes off the west coast of the Korean Peninsula


'Cuddled in Kim Jong Un’s arms': North Koreans envisage unification...

9/17/2018, 5:56:05 AM
Sixteen-year-old Ri Jin Ryong, a member of North Korea's paramilitary Worke... ✔ While projections of the cost of reunification have ranged widely, running as high as $5 trillion, most believe the cost would fall almost entirely on South Korea ✔ After the first meeting between leaders of the two Koreas in 2000, both sides agreed to consider the idea of one country, two systems, at least as an interim step to unification ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Opinion | Trump’s foreign policy has devolved into chaos

9/17/2018, 12:48:13 AM
The administration’s foreign policy is a scattershot mess of improvised initiatives, some aimed at real problems, some not. ✔ By Jackson Diehl Jackson Diehl Deputy editorial page editor and columnist focusing on international affairs Email Bio Follow Deputy Editorial Page Editor September 16 at 8:17 PM It sounds unlikely, but the record shows that the most effective foreign policy adviser to President Trump since his election has been Barack Obama ✔ But there are perks: In this, as in no other administration, it is possible for anonymous senior officials to pursue their own causes


Will Korean denuclearization prove more than a mirage?

9/17/2018, 7:09:14 AM
undefined ✔ That session was no more than a start to a sustained strategic dialogue, despite the hype put on it by both sides ✔ Trump, for instance, declared the nuclear threat from North Korea was over ✔ Andrew Hammond (andrewkorea@outlook.com) is an associate at the LSE IDEAS at the London School of Economics


Kim Jong-un and South Korean President set for SHOWDOWN summit as US nuke deal stalls

9/17/2018, 3:13:05 AM
SOUTH Korean officials hope to revive the prospect of denuclearisation of the peninsula ahead of showdown talks with the North this week, as a deal with the US stalls. ✔ This issue cannot be discussed at the working level and even if it is discussed at the working level, no agreement can emerge from such talks ✔ GETTY NO MISSILES: The North Koreans failed to show off their top weapons during their annual parade (Pic: GETTY)


[Pyongyang summit]Two students to take part in historic summit

9/17/2018, 7:09:12 AM
undefined ✔ By Kim Hyun-bin It comes as no surprise that politicians and conglomerate CEOs are part of the 200 delegates heading to the third inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang from Sept ✔ I recently saw a picture of you, and you look very similar to my grandfather ✔ Since April she has been a member of the Ministry of Unification's college press corps


‘Cuddled in Kim Jong Un’s arms’: N. Koreans dream of unification

9/17/2018, 6:53:45 AM
PYONGYANG--Sixteen-year-old Ri Jin Ryong, a member of North Korea's paramilitary Worker-Peasant Red ✔ While projections of the cost of reunification have ranged widely, running as high as $5 trillion, most believe the cost would fall almost entirely on South Korea ✔ As a new generation, we want to live with our compatriots in the South as one, (we) want to all live together cuddled in our leader Kim Jong Un’s arms


Cuba's president says can't talk with Trump unless it's as equals

9/17/2018, 5:50:13 AM
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said in his first interview since taking offic... ✔ Raul Castro, 87, remains head of the Communist Party until 2021 and is like a father to Diaz-Canel, according to the 58-year-old president who said they talk nearly every day ✔ Diaz-Canel praised Cuba’s long-standing alliance with Venezuela but also said he welcomed the presidential victory of leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in Mexico that was encouraging for Latin America ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Swiss regulator raps Credit Suisse for anti-corruption failings

9/17/2018, 6:17:20 AM
Credit Suisse will be overseen by an independent monitor after failing in its du... ✔ The identified shortcomings occurred repeatedly over a number of years, mainly before 2014, FINMA said ✔ An above-average number of faults were discovered in business relationships opened by the former Group subsidiary Clariden Leu AG ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Are the Saudis set to turn up the heat on Lebanon?

9/17/2018, 6:46:27 AM
Saudi Arabia could easily target Lebanon with another set of measures to destabilise its economy. ✔ {articleGUID} It is a situation that the speaker of the parliament Nabih Berri is reported to have described as very dangerous ✔ Lebanon now has one of the largest debt burdens in the world, with government debt standing at more than 150 percent of GDP ✔ ABOUT THE AUTHOR Bill Law Bill Law is a Middle East analyst


Combat veterans coming home with CTE

9/17/2018, 12:14:50 AM
A brain disease best known for impacting football players who suffered concussions is now being found in soldiers ✔ Until a few years ago, NFL players who struggled with severe depression, bouts of rage and memory loss in their retirement were often told they were just having a hard time adjusting to life away from the game ✔ Dr. Ann McKee: No, no, it would be completely clear


When Moon meets Kim: Can roads pave way to denuclearization?

9/17/2018, 3:48:27 AM
PYONGYANG--Reunification Highway runs all the way from the North Korean capital of Pyongyang to the ✔ In his first summit with Moon, he expressed his embarrassment about the poor transit infrastructure ✔ The Trump administration says it will keep its maximum pressure policy and sanctions in place until the North demonstrates it is serious about denuclearization


The Theranos deception

9/17/2018, 12:14:45 AM
How a company with a blood-testing machine that could never perform as touted went from billion-dollar baby to complete bust ✔ It was, she claimed, the most important thing humanity has ever built ✔ Sunny Balwani: This invention is going to be way up there, um, with-- with the discovery of antibiotics ✔ Theranos told investors this month the company had run out of money and is closing its doors


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