Rights group: Strike on bus in Yemen is 'apparent war crime'
9/2/2018, 4:59:12 PMCAIRO (AP) — An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi rebels in Yemen that killed dozens of people last month is an "apparent war crime," an in ✔ The coalition backing Yemen's internationally recognized government expressed regret Saturday and pledged to hold accountable those found to be responsible for the airstrike, which hit a bus carrying children in a busy market in the northern province of Saada ✔ It also pledged to coordinate with Yemen's government to compensate civilians ✔ Since March last year, the U.N.'s humanitarian aid agency has said Yemen already the Arab world's poorest country is facing the world's worst humanitarian crisis
Tens of thousands gather for funeral of Ukrainian rebel leader
9/2/2018, 5:47:38 PMAlexander Zakharchenko was the highest-profile member of Moscow-backed rebels to be killed in Ukraine's war. ✔ You are a cool guy, a true hero and it's a huge honour to be your friend, it read ✔ A shaky internationally brokered ceasefire has been in force since 2015, halting large-scale fighting ✔ But there are still frequent firefights on the front line between separatists and Ukrainian forces ✔ In the Field Eastern Ukraine: Enduring the suffering of war
Do reports on atrocities serve any purpose?
9/2/2018, 7:21:41 PMThe Saudi-UAE-led coalition fighting a war in Yemen admits it made a 'mistake' with a deadly air raid on a school bus. ✔ Fifty-one people, including 40 children, were killed when the bus was struck on August 9 in Sadaa province ✔ The Saudi-UAE-led coalition now says the attack was unjusitified and is promising to hold those responsible to account ✔ It's recommended top military figures in Myanmar to face genocide charges over their campaign against the Rohingya in Rakhine state
McCain’s funeral was a disgusting exercise in historical revisionism
9/2/2018, 6:49:17 PMJohn McCain’s death has inspired a slew of whitewashed obituaries, cringeworthy plaudits and declarations of love from both sides of the political divide — but as historical revisionism goes, his funeral was a step too far. ✔ That much is to be expected and few would take much issue with it ✔ Particularly disturbing, were the efforts by some to frame McCain’s funeral as some kind of mass rebuke of President Donald Trump ✔ But there is no ‘wrong’ time to stand against the war mongering and barbarism of which John McCain was a chief proponent
U.S. General Takes Over Afghan Military Effort at Uncertain Moment
9/2/2018, 6:34:25 PMA veteran of the U.S. military’s most elite and secretive combat units took command of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan on Sunday, citing the danger posed by terrorist sanctuaries here to explain why the 17-year mission must continue. ✔ It was Mr. McCain, as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, who told Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Marine Gen ✔ This young guy sitting behind meI never anticipated that his [generation] would be in a position to deploy as I sat there in 2001, he said
When battery life saves human life
9/2/2018, 6:42:48 PMFew would equate human life with battery life, but for many migrants escaping war or famine, a single percentage point of battery can mean getting the right information at the right time – or not surviving at all. Smartphones today have become an integral part of a forced migrant’s journey. From na… ✔ Dropped GPS pins and Google Maps turn directions into practical routes migrants can take ✔ Nashid ends our conversation by asking me to confirm a rumor he’s heard on WhatsApp ✔ A charger like that, he stresses, would make a world of a difference to him out here miles away from the nearest plug
News outlets raise questions over U.S. military presence in Japan
9/2/2018, 4:18:59 PMWar remembrance in Japan tends to adhere to a seasonal schedule. As the nation swelters in the mid-summer heat, media coverage, particularly on NHK, comes ✔ However, film director Kazuyuki Izutsu has an idea ✔ As the site explains: In June of 1942, the navy decided the lost ship’s hulk was not a hazard to navigation in the harbor and the ship would remain where she fell ✔ Later in the war, the decision was made to leave the crewmembers with their ship, considering the men to be buried at sea
Socialism in America
9/2/2018, 6:23:35 PMThe increasing popularity of socialism is more about stiffening Democrats’ spines than revolution ✔ Maria Svart, the DSA’s national director, says that her group doesn’t see capitalism as compatible with freedom or justice or democracy, but good luck winning elections with that slogan (indeed, candidates endorsed by Democratic Party organs have won far more primaries than those endorsed by Our Revolution, which grew out of Bernie Sanders’s campaign)
Opinion | The McCain funeral offered a promise of deliverance at a dark moment in American history
9/2/2018, 4:39:09 PMMcCain's funeral was a rejection of the ugliness of the Trump years. ✔ Bush praised McCain for his reminding us that We are better than this, America is better than this, when former president Barack Obama noted that so much of our politics, our public life, our public discourse, can seem small and mean and petty, trafficking in bombast and insult and phony controversies and manufactured outrage there was no doubt who the speakers or the audience were thinking of
Bodyguard spoilers: Writer Jed Mercurio speaks out on message in new BBC drama
9/2/2018, 4:21:34 PMBODYGUARD writer Jed Mercurio has revealed that there isn’t a political message in his new show, and that he actually believes that both David Budd and Julia Montague are, in fact, wrong. ✔ David feels that a different approach is needed, especially after having spent time stationed in the Helmand Province in Afghanistan and witnessed the horrors of war first hand ✔ And what I’m trying to say that a person’s opinion has to be plausible and it has to feel like it has some basis in their character ✔ Bodyguard’s third episode will air on BBC One tonight at 9pm
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