Kremlin warns Ukraine peace deals at stake after murder of rebel leader
9/1/2018, 3:37:32 PMThe assassination of a Kremlin-backed separatist leader in East Ukraine has jeopardised Western-brokered peace agreements and risked fuelling tensions in the war-torn region, Russia has warned. ✔ The assassination of a Kremlin-backed separatist leader in East Ukraine has jeopardised Western-brokered peace agreements and risked fuelling tensions in the war-torn region, Russia has warned ✔ This is a serious situation that has to be analysed, he said
New general takes over in Afghanistan amid questions about the U.S. military’s future there
9/1/2018, 12:17:28 PMLt. Gen. Austin Miller is the new commander in a 17-year-old war, but will he be the last? ✔ By Missy Ryan, , Dan Lamothe and Paul Sonne September 1 at 8:00 AM Army Lt ✔ In June, the Taliban agreed to a temporary cease fire, the first of its kind ✔ Military officials’ emphasis on the need for a political resolution is a departure from their earlier resistance to the notion of cutting a deal with an adversary that has killed thousands of U.S. troops
Saudi-UAE coalition admits Yemen school bus bombing 'unjustified'
9/1/2018, 2:34:52 PMProbe by Saudi-UAE coalition launched after international condemnation over air raid that killed 40 children. ✔ Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF's regional director in the Middle East and North Africa, tweeted at the time: NO EXCUSES ANYMORE!! Does the world really need more innocent children's lives to stop the cruel war on children in Yemen ✔ The US has been the biggest supplier of military equipment to Riyadh, with more than $90bn of sales recorded between 2010 and 2015
Deadly Yemen air strike on bus was unjustified, says coalition body
9/1/2018, 3:32:17 PMAn air attack by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen last month that killed dozens of people, including children travelling on a bus, lacked military justification and requires a review of the rules of engagement, a coalition body said on Saturday. ✔ The rare concession by the Joint Incident Assessment Team, an investigative entity set up by the coalition, follows mounting international pressure, including from allies, to do more to limit civilian casualties in the 3-1/2 year civil war ✔ Mansour also recommended that the coalition hold those responsible for the error accountable and compensate victims
US Says Has Already Drafted List of Targets to Hit in Threatened Syria Strike
9/1/2018, 12:57:59 PMThe US military and intelligence have already compiled a list of preliminary targets they would strike in response to another chemical-weapons incident in Syria, CNN reported, citing US administration officials. ✔ Specifically, Russia has suggested that as a pretext for United States strikes against the Assad regime, humanitarian organizations in Syria were planning a chemical weapon attack ✔ Moscow has explained that it’s taking additional safety measures amid heightened tensions in the Idlib province, which it described as a hotbed of terrorism
Yemen's rebels say they targeted Saudi ship
9/1/2018, 2:36:56 PMSANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen's Shiite rebels say they have targeted a Saudi ship off the kingdom's southern province of Jizan. The rebel-run Al-Masirah TV channel repor ✔ Yemen's civil war has been raging for more than three years ✔ The coalition backs Yemen's internationally recognized government and aims to restore it to power ✔ Rebel attacks on Saudi ships prompted Saudi Arabia's state oil company, Aramco, to temporarily suspend oil shipments in late July
Iran says it plans to boost ballistic, cruise missile capacity
9/1/2018, 3:10:40 PMIran plans to boost its ballistic and cruise missile capacity and acquire modern fighter planes and submarines, the Iranian state news agency IRNA quoted a senior Defence Ministry official as saying on Saturday. ✔ Speaking to Tehran-based foreign military attaches, Ahadi said international sanctions had not hampered the development of Iran’s arms industry ✔ We have the necessary infrastructure and what we need to do is research and development, and at the same time upgrade and update the defense industry while relying on the country’s very high scientific capacities and tens of thousands of graduates in technical fields and engineering, Ahadi was quoted as saying ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Bosnian police intercept 50 migrants on cargo train
9/1/2018, 12:41:35 PMBosnian police stopped about 50 migrants from Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan trying to cross from Serbia in a cargo train overnight on Friday as authorities step up patrols of the border. ✔ They pay between 250 and 300 euros to smugglers to take them over the Drina, said a police source who asked not to be named ✔ The cargo train carrying coal was stopped near the Bosnian border town of Zvornik on the banks of the River Drina ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Far-right groups hope to build German force in joint protest
9/1/2018, 2:49:42 PMCHEMNITZ, Germany (AP) — Emboldened far-right activists in Germany hope to make a Saturday protest a pivotal event in which clusters of nationalists — from lawmakers to Hitl ✔ CHEMNITZ, Germany (AP) Emboldened far-right activists in Germany hope to make a Saturday protest a pivotal event in which clusters of nationalists from lawmakers to Hitler-saluting skinheads come together as a nationwide anti-migrant movement to challenge the political establishment ✔ I've a lot of experience with far-right protests in Chemnitz, said Tim Detzner, a member of the Left Party in Chemnitz, adding that the street riots this week were a new dimension
Israel praises US halt to Palestinian refugee aid; PLO slams the move
9/1/2018, 12:32:24 PMIsrael on Saturday praised the United States' decision to end funding for the UN agency responsible for providing education, health care and other services to Palestinian refugees, while Palestinian officials said the move threatened peace in the region. ✔ A senior Trump administration official and a regional diplomat briefed on the decision had suggested the funding announcement would include a rejection of the Palestinian refugees' right to return ✔ He welcomed increased and new donations from other members of the international community which he said had gone some way to filling a funding gap created when the US initially decided to reduce its contributions to UNRWA early this year
The Latest: Range of foreign leaders on McCain guest list
9/1/2018, 2:23:59 PMWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. (all times local): 10:15 a.m. Among the current and foreign leaders and officials on ✔ (all times local): 10:15 a.m. Among the current and foreign leaders and officials on the guest list or John McCain's memorial service are about a dozen from former Soviet states, particularly Ukraine and Georgia ✔ John McCain, R-Ariz., at Washington Nationals Cathedral in Washington, Saturday, Sept
Residents of Jeju island offer helping hand to the Yemenis
9/1/2018, 12:22:52 PMWith anger and hatred, there is also sympathy and support for the Yemeni asylum seekers on Korea's Jeju island. ✔ We're planning a bigger one where we can house 100 of them ✔ The government, superficially, says it will fight against this ✔ Nothing is stopping this fake news from spreading and causing more problems ✔ ABOUT THE AUTHOR Faras Ghani Faras Ghani is Deputy Online Editor at Al Jazeera English
Palestinians condemn US aid cut for UN refugee agency
9/1/2018, 1:38:27 PMThe US decision to end its decades of funding for the UN agency that aids Palestinian refugees and their descendants is "an attack on the rights of the Palestinian people," Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's spokesman said Saturday. ✔ The decision cuts nearly $300 million of planned support ✔ Stopping or cutting aid to UNRWA could really affect UNRWA's operations, he said ✔ We don't think cutting this aid will help stability or pushing the peace process, especially as UNRWA plays a big role in the stability of the region ✔ All these decisions will not stop our people's struggle to gain freedom and return
Iran news: Tehran building 'ballistic missile factory' – Israel releases satellite images
9/1/2018, 2:45:26 PMSATELLITE images released by Israel appear to show a missile factory being built by Iran as Tel Aviv accused the nation of constructing ballistic munitions capable of reaching Israel’s capital city. ✔ The development, which appears to be a factory, is being built in northwest Syria, near the town of Baniyas ✔ Iran is building a missile factory in Syria (Image: GettyImages) Iran says its missile programme is is not negotiable, defying the United States and European countries
Turkey calls for a new chapter in relations with Greece
9/1/2018, 12:55:42 PMTurkey's foreign minister called for a new chapter in testy diplomatic ties with Greece on Saturday, even as he berated the neighboring country for providing a safe haven for Turkish "criminals." ✔ The Greek justice system, contrary to the rules and the principles of the international law, is letting the culprits go unpunished and is violating the victims’ rights, Cavusoglu was quoted as saying ✔ Long-time regional rivals, the two neighbors have been at odds over a host of issues from ethnically divided Cyprus to rights in the Aegean Sea ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Palestinian refugees angry and dismayed at U.S. for halting funds...
9/1/2018, 12:12:14 PMPalestinian refugees reacted with dismay on Saturday to a United States decision to halt funding to a U.N. agency, warning that it would lead to more poverty, anger and instability in the Middle East. ✔ There was no immediate comment from the Israeli government to the decision by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, which was issued during the Jewish sabbath ✔ Israeli opposition lawmaker Yair Lapid said on Twitter: Aside from providing cover to terror, UNRWA is responsible for the fact that the 750,000 people they registered originally (most of whom have since died) became 5.5 million fake refugees ✔ [GRAPHIC: tmsnrt.rs/2P0TJmx] Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
MSM one step away from McCain myth-making – well, you can learn from Lenin classic!
9/1/2018, 12:53:47 PMWith the US media venerating the late John McCain, one can only wonder if the stories will soon cross into the realm of pure mythology. If so, Russia's Soviet history may offer the MSM some quality myth-making inspiration. ✔ The 'nil nisi bonum' maxim became a matter of utmost importance in the case of McCain ✔ An illustration to Mikhail Zoshchenko’s Lenin and the stove-maker ✔ The internet is full of classical paintings, with scary monsters from behind the wall photoshopped in place of the peasants
Firefighters blast colleague who wrote book on his Grenfell 'heroics'
9/1/2018, 2:04:21 PMEdric Kennedy-Macfoy, 35, claimed the building was 'fully on fire' when he risked his life during the West London inferno. But colleagues say the blaze had burned itself out five hours before he arrived. ✔ Edric Kennedy-Macfoy, 35, claimed the West London building was 'fully on fire' when he arrived Firefighters who battled the blaze at Grenfell Tower have slammed a colleague's book about his 'heroics' - saying the fire was already out when he arrived ✔ 'I am even more proud as a brother that my siblings did not leave my parents behind, even though they might have had the chance to escape.' Mr Hakim's parents, who were born in Bangladesh, had mobility issues
For Tencent, Game Over?
9/1/2018, 2:28:38 PMHow Beijing is Rewriting the Rules for the World's Online Gaming Champion ✔ Shares in Ascletis, which went public on Wednesday, rose over 6% in intraday trading, but ultimately closed at their opening value of HK$14 per share ✔ GB Times This edition of CEO Daily was edited by Eamon Barrett ✔ Find previous editions here, and sign up for other Fortune newsletters here
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