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Syria's war: Deadly car bomb attack hits rebel-held Azaz

9/1/2018, 10:24:03 AM
At least one person killed and several wounded in car bomb attack in the town of Azaz, opposition-linked media report. ✔ مراسلنا: شهيد وعدد من الجرحى المدنيين بانفجار سيارة مفخخة وسط مدينة #اعزاز في ريف #حلب الشمالي pic.twitter.com/pDeIaKY6W1 HalabToday حلب اليوم (@HalabTodayTV) September 1, 2018 Al Jazeera could not immediately verify the report ✔ It is not clear who was responsible for the attack


Battling Ebola in a war zone in Congo

9/1/2018, 8:22:19 AM
Health workers are finding it hard to outrun a deadly virus ✔ Médecins Sans Frontières, an international charity running the Ebola treatment centre in Mangina, had four of its staff abducted by the ADF in 2013 ✔ But they are finding it difficult to outrun the virus because of poor roads and the threat of attack from armed rebels


Blast strikes north Syria town

9/1/2018, 10:22:12 AM
A blast killed at least one person in a region of north Syria controlled by Turkey-backed Syrian rebel groups, a witness and a war monitor said on Saturday. ✔ It took that territory after offensives against the two mutually hostile groups that previously controlled it: Islamic State and the Kurdish YPG militia ✔ It also pays for some services inside the area it controls ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Pompeo says 'world is watching' the situation in Idlib

9/1/2018, 9:09:10 AM
Washington sees a potential attack on Idlib as an escalation of an already dangerous conflict, US secretary says. ✔ During a press conference with his Saudi counterpart in Moscow on Wednesday, Lavrov hinted the assault may be imminent ✔ Intense negotiations have been under way for weeks between Russia and Turkey, which hosts some three million Syrians and has already stated that it will not open its borders to accept further refugees in the event an assault takes place


Russia Offers a Carrot to Embattled Syrian Rebels

9/1/2018, 11:08:31 AM
Moscow has been negotiating conditional surrenders with rebel groups in Syria as it tries to wind down a military campaign that has cost Russia billions and courts donors to help rebuild the country. ✔ A Russian embassy statement said that Mr. Antonov requested the meeting and that he warned the U.S. against striking the Syrian military over accusations of chemical weapons use ✔ Once a group sees that reconciliations mostly work to prevent more violence, more and more sign up, and you see a cascading effect, said Mr. Heras


Mauritania votes in key test for democracy

9/1/2018, 10:23:27 AM
Mauritanians are voting Saturday in general and local elections viewed as a key test of President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz's record with the international community calling for a credible and peaceful vote. ✔ Around 1.4 million registered voters are casting their ballots to elect their members of parliament, regional counselors and mayors But in the lead-up to the vote, human rights groups such as Amnesty International have condemned the crackdown on dissent, including arrests of opposition figures, anti-slavery activists and journalists


Why Syria's last battleground could be its deadliest yet

9/1/2018, 8:25:52 AM
The Syrian regime has clawed back control of much of the country over the past few years: the city of Homs, the great prize of Aleppo, the countryside around Damascus and most recently the birthplace of the uprising: Daraa. ✔ MUST WATCH Russia's master plan in Syria 02:42 (CNN)The Syrian regime has clawed back control of much of the country over the past few years: the city of Homs, the great prize of Aleppo, the countryside around Damascus and most recently the birthplace of the uprising: Daraa ✔ So far there are no takers, although one activist noted that militant groups were being offered a stark choice: merge or die


UNRWA: US funding cut 'deeply regrettable and shocking'

9/1/2018, 11:09:19 AM
Spokesperson says a 'doomsday scenario' could unfold unless the Palestinian agency gets funding within 30 days. ✔ WATCH: UNRWA concerned about Palestinian refugees in Syria's Yarmouk (2:38) His comments were echoed by Nikki Haley, the US Ambassador to the UN, earlier this week who accused the agency of exaggerating the number of Palestinian refugees it currently provides aid to


Russia warns the Mediterranean will be DANGEROUS as massive military drills begin TODAY

9/1/2018, 10:08:36 AM
RUSSIA has declared part of the Mediterranean will be ‘dangerous’ while they hold a massive naval exercise ahead of the final assault on Syria’s rebels, insiders have said. ✔ The Kremlin’s Ministry of Defence confirmed Russia will begin the major naval exercise today involving 25 warships and support vessels and around 30 planes, including fighter jets and strategic bombers ✔ Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said: We will go all the way in Idlib


Pakistan closes consulate in Jalalabad over 'interference'

9/1/2018, 11:29:06 AM
Alleged interference by the provincial governor and lack of security cited by Pakistan for consulate's closure. ✔ The closure of the consulate is the latest episode in a period of increasingly strained relations between the neighbouring countries who accuse each other of providing safe haven to armed fighters along the 2,600km, largely porous, border ✔ There is a need to move forward for betterment of our relations, he said


Scenery and soldiers on Myanmar's ailing railways

9/1/2018, 10:13:06 AM
Single-track lines are spectacular, but only the military travels well ✔ The two trains pull up alongside each other and Myanmar women, their arms full of colorful flowers or with large bunches balanced on their heads, hurry up and down between the trains ✔ The network may be in poor shape, but it offers an excellent illustration of the difficulties that face Suu Kyi and the NLD government


US aid cut 'an assault', say Palestinians

9/1/2018, 11:44:52 AM
The US has ended all funding to the UN's Palestinian refugee agency. ✔ He has previously tweeted that the US has not received appreciation or respect for the aid it has provided, and that the Palestinians are unwilling to negotiate with Israel ✔ However, some Israelis have previously raised concerns that weakening Unrwa could cause regional instability and create more extremism in the region


Palestinians condemn US ending funding for UN refugee agency

9/1/2018, 11:42:41 AM
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The U.S. decision to end its decades of funding for the U.N. agency that aids Palestinian refugees and their descendants is "an attack on the rights of ✔ RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) The U.S. decision to end its decades of funding for the U.N ✔ The move follows the American slashing of more than $200 million in bilateral aid to the Palestinians, and as Trump Mideast team plans its rollout of the much-anticipated yet unclear peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians


32 World Flags That Are So Creative, They Must’ve Been Made by Geniuses

9/1/2018, 9:39:07 AM
There are 197 recognized countries in the world and each of them has its national flag. Just like clothes say a lot about a person, the national flag can say a lot about the country it represents. ✔ 32 World Flags That Are So Creative, They Must’ve Been Made by Geniuses There are 197 recognized countries in the world and each of them has its national flag ✔ The obverse side depicts the country’s national coat of arms, and the reverse side depicts the seal of the treasury


Who Really Put up the Berlin Wall?

9/1/2018, 9:17:40 AM
Nikolai Starikov is a famous Russian public intellectual and nationalist historian. I think some of you may have heard on more than one occasion about how that bloodthirsty tyrant Stalin set up a blockade of West Berlin in 1948 and how the freedom-loving nations organized the Berlin airlift to circumvent it. But today we’ll let you in on what really happened. ✔ Nikolai Starikov is a famous Russian public intellectual and nationalist historian ✔ And as luck would have it, the monetary reform was scheduled to take effect in the western sector of Berlin three days later than in the Bizone and the French occupation zone – on  June 25, 1948


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