Angel of Afghanistan
9/17/2018, 11:48:38 PMA WAR hero who lost three limbs fighting in Afghanistan came face to face with the woman who saved his life. ✔ The triple amputee made a heartfelt statement as his three children recorded a moving message, which said: Thank you for saving our daddy ✔ Because of her and her team, I was brought back to life ✔ Dubbed the Angel of Afghanistan, Wing Commander Thompson-Edgar was given the Royal Red Cross in 2015 for services in military nursing
US-Russia spat over North Korea sanctions at UN security council
9/17/2018, 9:34:17 PMAcrimonious meeting at the UN headquarters in New York comes on the eve of inter-Korea summit in Pyongyang. ✔ The Security Council has voted unanimously to ratchet up penalties on Pyongyang several times since 2006, with the most recent bout of sanctions rolled out last December ✔ The continuation and further development of the DPRK's nuclear programme and related statements by the DPRK are a cause for grave concern, International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano said in the report, referring to North Korea's official name - the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
BREAKING: Russian military aircraft 'SHOT DOWN' over Mediterranean during assault in Syria
9/17/2018, 11:53:54 PMA RUSSIAN il-20 aircraft carrying 14 Russian soldiers has gone off radar in Syria during an attack by Israel in the Latakia province, the Russian Defence Ministry has claimed. ✔ A RUSSIAN il-20 aircraft has disappeared from radars (Image: EXPRESS.CO.UK) The MOD confirmed that air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane on Monday evening
Classrooms near empty as school starts in crisis-stricken Venezuela
9/17/2018, 8:04:48 PMVenezuela's school year began on Monday with few students arriving in class... ✔ Education Minister Aristobulo Isturiz on Friday said classes would start this week for 7.6 million students at 30,000 schools around the country, a figure that includes 5,000 private schools ✔ Venezuela’s hyperinflationary collapse has left pencils, books, and uniforms out of the reach of the average citizen ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Putin Appeases Erdogan on Syria, Calls Off Idlib Offensive, Agrees Buffer Zone
9/17/2018, 10:22:45 PMRussia and Turkey have agreed a “demilitarized zone” between militants and government troops in Syria’s Idlib, President Vladimir Putin said after hours-long talks with Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan focused on solving the crisis. “We’ve focused on the situation in the province of Idlib, considering presence of large militant groups and their infrastructure there,” Putin said at a press conference after the talks. ✔ The territory controlled by the Syrian opposition must be demilitarized and the Syrian opposition that is holding these territories will remain there ✔ Now it appears that despite the rocky last few years of Russian-Turkish relations, the mutual trust built up between Putin and Erdogan has allowed them to overcome a clash of interests and reach a compromise
Trump Administration Caps Refugee Entrance to the U.S. at 30,000 People—an All-Time Low
9/17/2018, 11:30:12 PMSyria has 6.3 million refugees. The U.S. admitted 60 Syrian refugees in the current fiscal year. ✔ The International Rescue Committee said in a statement, the U.S. is not only abdicating humanitarian leadership and responsibility-sharing in response to the worst global displacement and refugee crisis since World War II, but compromising critical strategic interests and reneging on commitments to allies and vulnerable populations
Syrian air defenses intercept missiles fired at Latakia: state media
9/17/2018, 9:58:50 PMMissiles were fired from the sea at several locations in the Syrian coastal city... ✔ One of the missiles fell in an open area to the west of central Homs city causing a fire in an orchard, Ikhbariya TV said ✔ It said electricity was later fully restored to Latakia province, a stronghold of President Bashar al-Assad, after there was partial blackout due to the attack ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Commentary: Inside Israel’s new Iran strategy
9/17/2018, 11:17:30 PMIn a rare admission, Israel has broken its “no-comment” policy on air strikes to... ✔ While Israel again declined to respond, many in the region speculated that the Netanyahu government was behind the attack – particularly after a U.S. Central Command spokesman denied U.S. involvement and a U.S. official told CNN that Israel had carried it out
Opinion | Imperialism Will Be Dangerous for China
9/18/2018, 12:00:24 AMBeijing risks blowback as it exports surplus economic capacity to Africa and Asia. ✔ A man walks by a propaganda poster in Beijing, Aug. 28 ✔ Too many powerful interest groups have too much of a stake in the status quo for Beijing’s policy makers to force wrenching changes on the Chinese economy ✔ But absent major reforms, the danger of a serious economic shock is growing
Syrian TV reports suspected Israeli strikes on state company
9/17/2018, 9:17:03 PMLoud explosions shook Syria's coastal province of Latakia late on Monday, sending orange flames into the sky. ✔ Israel rarely acknowledges attacks inside Syria, but has said it will use military action to prevent weapons transfers to its enemies ✔ Earlier this month, an Israeli military official said the Jewish state has struck over 200 Iranian targets in Syria over the past 18 months ✔ Our new podcast series from the team behind Phoebe's Fall View episodes
Stocks tumble as markets brace for Trump's next round of tariffs | Markets Insider
9/17/2018, 10:05:38 PMundefined ✔ AFP/File SAUL LOEB Stocks fell Monday as markets braced for major escalations in the US-China trade war ✔ Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended regulations on the country's dairy market, an issue the US has signaled it will not be quick to budge on ✔ North Korea may be circumventing US-led sanctions related to its nuclear weapons program
Black Earth Rising spoilers: Director Hugo Blick reveals ‘brittle relationship’
9/17/2018, 9:42:56 PMBLACK EARTH RISING continued on BBC One tonight with Eve's case prosecuting Simon Nyamoya beginning at the International Criminal Court, but a shocking incident at the start of the episode changed everything. ✔ Black Earth Rising spoilers: Director Hugo Blick reveals ‘brittle relationship’ (Image: BBC) Hugo also spoke about his favourite moments working with actor John Goodman ✔ Can they both continue forward to gain an acquittal for Alice ✔ Black Earth Rising continues next Monday on BBC One at 9pm
Syrian port city Latakia 'attacked by missiles from sea' – local media (VIDEOS)
9/17/2018, 8:06:19 PMSyrian air defenses have engaged missiles targeting the area of Latakia, a city in the coastal province that is the home of Russia’s Khmeimim Air Base. ✔ Multiple reports from the area speak of an attack by missiles launched from drones ✔ It is unclear whether only the Syrian air defense batteries have been engaged, or if the Russian air defenses around Khmeimim are taking part as well ✔ Subscribe to RT newsletter to get stories the mainstream media won’t tell you
NATO stuck in the middle of messy, multi-billion dollar weapon sale between Turkey, Russia and US
9/17/2018, 8:06:27 PMLast year, Ankara signed an agreement with Moscow for S-400 missiles, a deal reportedly worth $2.5 billion. All the while, Turkey has helped finance America's most expensive weapons system, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. ✔ Turkey is a very important ally for NATO for many reasons, but not least because of its geographic location, Stoltenberg began ✔ Read more: White House: US sanctions top Turkish officials over detention of American pastor In October 2016, Turkey detained Brunson on accusations of spying and attempting to overthrow the government
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