'This shouldn't be happening': Civilian deaths spike in Yemen
9/24/2018, 10:33:03 AMSave the Children says 349 civilians have been killed since June when Saudi-UAE alliance launched assault on Hodeidah. ✔ In the past few months we've seen a shocking spike in violence - from an airstrike that hit a school bus full of children to a bombing near a hospital ✔ These attacks have targeted weddings and hospitals as well as water and electricity plants, killing and wounding thousands
Russia Gives up on Trump and the West
9/24/2018, 9:08:06 AMBy the end of his second term, President Ronald Reagan, who had called the Soviet Union an “evil empire,” was strolling through Red Square with Russians slapping him on the back. Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive. And how have we husbanded the fruits of our Cold War triumph? This month, China’s leader-for-life Xi Jinping stood beside Vladimir Putin as 3,000 Chinese troops maneuvered with 300,000 Russians, 1,000 planes and 900 tanks in Moscow’s largest military exercise in 40 years. An uncoded message to the West from the East. ✔ By the end of his second term, President Ronald Reagan, who had called the Soviet Union an evil empire, was strolling through Red Square with Russians slapping him on the back ✔ In the Balkans, over Russian protests, the U.S. is moving to bring Macedonia into NATO
Russia to jam signals in Syria and supply regime with more advanced anti-missile technology after plane was shot down
9/24/2018, 11:46:54 AMRussia has said it is to supply ally Syria with more advanced anti-missiles technology and jam radar signals in the eastern Mediterranean, after a deadly incident of friendly fire. ✔ Russia's President Vladimir Putin (front) aims a rifle at the Kalashnikov shooting centre at Patriot military park.Credit:Tass Mr Shoigu also announced Russia would be blocking satellite navigation, airborne radar and communication systems of combat aviation in the eastern Mediterranean, which could prevent Israel from carrying out sorties off the coast of Syria
Britain’s defence chief orders STRONGER military ties with FRENCH as Russia threat deepens
9/24/2018, 8:23:45 AMBRITAIN’S defence chief Sir General Nick Carter is strengthening ties between the UK and France ahead of Brexit and “the growing risks to UK security” in order to unify the two European nations against threats from Russia, China and the continuing conflict in Syria. ✔ Mr Carter continued: When I spoke alongside my French counterpart at the Franco-British Council last week, my message was that we must take our alliance to the next level ✔ The drills were Russia’s largest military exercises since the Zapad drills in 1981
Russia to send S-300 missile defence systems to Syria
9/24/2018, 11:07:12 AMMoscow bolsters Syria's air defence a week after it blamed Israel for the accidental shooting down of its aircraft. ✔ The Russian military said the Il-20 electronic intelligence plane was hit 35km off Syria's Mediterranean coast as it returned to its home base nearby ✔ A dispute between Israel and Russia could restrict Israel's ability to mount air raids inside Syria on what it considers the greatest threat to its security from the Syria conflict: the build-up of Iranian forces or Iranian-backed Hezbollah fighters
What does Iran want in northern Syria?
9/24/2018, 9:43:07 AMIran seeks to increase pressure on the US in Syria and portray its military presence there as an occupation. ✔ For his part, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the final step to resolve the Syrian crisis would be in eastern Euphrates [where] it is mainly America's illegal interventions that are causing the problems … one of our demands are for American forces to get out of Syria immediately
Russia to upgrade Syrian air defences
9/24/2018, 10:57:42 AMRussia says it will send the S-300 system within weeks, after an aircraft was shot down off Syria. ✔ Reports on Syrian state media spoke of an attack in the area shortly before the plane disappeared ✔ In a statement on Sunday evening, the Israel Defense Forces said that figures in the Russian military had been clear that the deconfliction mechanism worked and did so in a timely manner
Russia to give Syria S-300 air defense after accusations against...
9/24/2018, 11:36:52 AMupply an S-300 surface-to-air missile system to Syria in two weeks against stron... ✔ Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on a conference call that the decision to supply the weapons was not directed at any third country ✔ Russia needs to increase safety of its military and it should be clear for everyone, he said ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
British chemist held in Syria 'was struck off in 2014'
9/24/2018, 8:50:44 AMVideo footage shows Mohammed Anwar Miah, from Birmingham, blindfolded and being interrogated by Kurdish fighters on a pick-up truck after his capture in Syria's Deir ez-Zur last month. ✔ I don’t know what he would be doing there but if he has it would have been to genuinely help people.' In the video, Mr Miah, who spoke with a Birmingham accent, was asked whether he was part of ISIS ✔ The security services say around 900 Britons have travelled to Syria since 2011, including the executioner Jihadi John killed by an air strike in 2015
Russia beefs up air defence systems in Syria in warning to Israel
9/24/2018, 9:46:48 AMundefined ✔ Please note that we suspended the delivery of the S-300 system to Syria in 2013 at the request of Israel ✔ Otherwise, we will have to respond in accordance with the current situation ✔ The incident has dented previously strong relations between Russia and Israel
At the UN, ‘America first’ becomes America alone
9/24/2018, 10:58:34 AMundefined ✔ Even leaders among traditional allies, such as France and Canada, now ponder aloud whether Washington has gone rogue ✔ Much of the liberal agenda that flourished then, including the burgeoning commitment of member states to the responsibility to protect people threatened by genocide and ethnic cleansing, has since been rendered wishful thinking
Venezuela news: President Maduro FEASTS at 'Salt Bae' restaurant as country GOES HUNGRY
9/24/2018, 11:46:39 AMVENEZUELA'S President Nicolas Maduro has been filmed feasting on lamb-chops at a five-star celebrity restaurant, as millions flee the country from the looming threat of starvation. ✔ According to reports, almost two-thirds of Venezuelans have lost weight as food shortages worsen, with some residents forced to search through garbage for food ✔ President Maduro made reference to the controversial meal in a televised news conference, confirming that he had visited the restaurant during a stopover from China, where he had been attempting to negotiate investment into the countries rapidly failing economy
Syrian jihadists to state position on Idlib deal 'in coming days'
9/24/2018, 11:14:17 AMThe main jihadist group in northwest Syria will announce its position on a Turki... ✔ A smaller, harder line jihadist faction in Idlib, Huras al-Din, has rejected the agreement and urged rebels to launch new military operations ✔ Close to three million people live in Idlib, around half of them Syrians displaced by the war from other parts of Syria, and the United Nations has warned that an offensive would cause a humanitarian catastrophe ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Russia to supply S-300 to Syria within 2 weeks after Il-20 downing during Israeli raid – MoD
9/24/2018, 10:08:31 AMWithin two weeks Russia will complete the delivery to Damascus of an S-300 air defense system previously suspended on a request by Israel as part of response to the downing of a Russian plane amid an Israeli air raid on Syria. ✔ The most important thing is that it will ensure identification of Russian aircraft by the Syrian air defense forces ✔ Potentially it would also expose Israeli aircraft tracked by Russian radar stations to Syrian fire ✔ Subscribe to RT newsletter to get stories the mainstream media won’t tell you
Trump, at UN, to again confront North Korean nuclear threat
9/24/2018, 9:46:34 AMBRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — As he begins the sequel to his stormy U.N. debut, President Donald Trump will again confront the dangers posed by North Korea's nuclear threat, though its ✔ While Trump is not seeking a meeting with Rouhani, he is open to talking with the Iranian leader if Rouhani requests one, administration officials said ✔ 27, 2018, on North Korea, an issue the Security Council was united on in imposing increasingly tough sanctions
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Unification minister vows support for separated families
9/24/2018, 8:09:59 AMundefined ✔ The scene of the divided families exchanging their addresses and wishing for each other's health at the recent reunion touched people's hearts ✔ We will make every effort to help them keep their promises to see each other again ✔ During their third summit last week, the leaders of the two Koreas agreed make a joint effort to declare the formal end to the war by the end of this year
Ukraine’s right-wing Azov Battalion stages own version of Nazis’ ‘Cathedral of Light’ ceremony
9/24/2018, 9:40:49 AMThe Ukrainian Azov Battalion, known for its ultra-nationalist sympathies, has staged a memorial service apparently inspired by a ceremony widely used by the German Nazi Party, the ‘Lichtdom.’ ✔ Death to the enemies! This phrase was inherited by the Azov Battalion from the Ukrainian nationalists of the UPA, or Ukrainian Insurgent Army ✔ These included looting, unlawful detention, rape and torture ✔ This was made law by the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for FY 2018
Commanders in Chief: Lockheed Martin and the Women Building America’s Military Machine
9/24/2018, 10:35:56 AMLockheed Martin’s Marilyn Hewson, Boeing’s Leanne Caret, and Engility’s Lynn Dugle on (largely female) leadership of the defense industry. ✔ I worry a lot with nation-state adversariesif you just add up [the populations of ] a few of those big players, we’re outmanned ✔ A version of this article appears in the Oct. 1, 2018 issue of Fortune as part of the Most Powerful Women package with the headline Show Of Strength
Iran facing 'revolution with social media stoking protests'
9/24/2018, 10:35:01 AMTHE Iranian regime is facing the “beginning of the end” as millions of expats stoke a revolution using social media, claims a US general. In recent weeks, protesters have taken to the streets of Ir… ✔ THE Iranian regime is facing the beginning of the end as millions of expats stoke a revolution using social media, claims a US general ✔ Rouhani's remarks could refer to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates or Bahrain – all close US military allies that view Iran as a regional menace over its support for militant groups across the Middle East
Unipolar Moments Never Last More Than a Moment
9/24/2018, 10:44:17 AMAmerican leaders, politicians, policymakers and pundits are fond of talking about the “Unipolar Moment” and “Hyper Power” position that they imagine the United States enjoys in the world. Totally lacking from this fantasy are any inconvenient historical facts. The US Unipolar Moment (insofar as it existed at all) lasted less than a decade from the break-up of the Soviet Union at the end of December 1991 to June 15, 2001. The US “moment” barely made it into the 21st Century. ✔ But in fact Spain was already embroiled in a Dutch revolt that started in 1568 ✔ Since 2001, the United States has bankrupted and exhausted itself, just as Habsburg Spain, Bourbon France and post-Victorian Britain did before it in futile, doomed and ludicrous attempts to deny and roll back the inevitable tides of history
How Britain's first purpose-built mosque was built by a Hungarian Jew
9/24/2018, 11:37:55 AMIncredible images of the Shah Jahan Mosque after it was built in Woking, Surrey, in 1889, show soldiers, royalty and regular Muslims during worship at religious festivals. ✔ Women embrace at the festival of Eid as men look on in the background following a ceremony by Sheikh Hafiz Wahabn, an experienced Imam who was serving as the Saudi Arabian Minister in London at the time ✔ The 2011 census recorded 2,786,635 Muslims in Britain - which is 4.4 per cent of the total population
How Russian Sanctions Are Helping Putin Achieve His Most Desired Goal
9/24/2018, 9:56:56 AMA recent flurry of Russian sanctions put in place by the United States are causing Russia's oligarch billionaires to repatriate more of their offshore assets, perversely aiding a long-held ambition for Vladimir Putin, who has been trying to encourage such repatriations for the past two decades according to a new Bloomberg report. ✔ As Bloomberg notes, the penalties on Deripaska led to an aftershock across the country, prompting boardrooms in Russia to take action ✔ For now, the forced dedollarization is largely confined to Russia, where it is helping Putin amass much of Russia's wealth which fled the country in the past 20 years; however as the US pursues the use of a weaponized currency to hit back at more adversaries around the globe, it may serve two purposes: i) further weaken the role of the world's reserve currency and ii) provide indirect financial support for those very regimes that the US is seeking to challenge
10 of the most memorable royal tours of Africa
9/24/2018, 10:26:10 AMundefined ✔ Perhaps because he has three young children at home - or perhaps, as is officially the case, because he is travelling in his capacity as the president of the United for Wildlife conservation group - the Duke of Cambridge will be found flying across Africa in the next few days ✔ His bones were initially dumped without ceremony under a paving stone in the palace grounds
Analysis | The Cybersecurity 202: Why lawmakers' personal accounts are a prime target for foreign hackers
9/24/2018, 11:32:48 AMCongress doesn't have a plan for protecting them. ✔ Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 19, 2017 ✔ The line between ‘Come over for a dinner party’ and ‘Let’s talk business’ isn’t all that great ✔ Rogers added that it wasn't installed by the company after 2007, and stressed that it was never installed on machines that voters used to cast their ballots, Parks wrote
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