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US Reveals Its Syria Strategy: ‘Create Quagmires Until We Get What We Want’

9/3/2018, 6:15:41 AM
In 2013, top Obama Administration officials described their policy in the Syrian War as one of keeping the war going. The administration wanted a big seat at the table for a political settlement, which officials clarified meant ensuring that the war kept going so that there was never a clear victor. ✔ This means the US now has to save al-Qaeda to keep the war going, which if we’re being honest has been a recurring undercurrent in US policy in Syria for years ✔ Yet several times a week, the US issues statements with allegations of a chemical plot featuring prominently, setting the stage for a reaction


Hope and caution in North Korea as Kim Jong Un shifts gears

9/3/2018, 6:21:01 AM
Tanned and wearing a swimsuit, So Myong Il walks to the barbecue pit and throws on some clams. He obviously loves the beach he's on as well as the rugged, ✔ Reports have portrayed Kim as the consummate statesman, firmly in charge of a carefully considered strategy to make his country safer and more prosperous ✔ Kim is ardently wooing South Korean investment to help him build the very things Trump was offering: infrastructure, particularly roads and railways, and the development of selected tourism zones ✔ I think there will be many changes in the coming years


U.S. Gen. Miller Takes Over in 17-Year Afghan War

9/3/2018, 6:32:53 AM
U.S. Army Gen. Austin "Scott" Miller took command of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan on Sunday, becoming the 18th leader of the military coalition since 2001. Photo: AP


Reuters Myanmar reporters jailed for seven years in landmark...

9/3/2018, 6:35:33 AM
A Myanmar judge on Monday found two Reuters journalists guilty of breaching a law on state secrets and jailed them for seven years, in a landmark case seen as a test of progress towards democracy in the Southeast Asian country. ✔ Kyaw Soe Oo also said the reporters had committed no crime and that they would maintain their fight for press freedom ✔ What I want to say to the government is: you can put us in jail, but do not close the eyes and ears of the people, he said ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Trump sees mixing trade, foreign policy as good politics

9/3/2018, 5:02:46 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump pulled the plug on an upcoming trip to North Korea by his secretary of state, he pointed a finger of blame at China and the global su ✔ WASHINGTON (AP) When President Donald Trump pulled the plug on an upcoming trip to North Korea by his secretary of state, he pointed a finger of blame at China and the global superpower's trade practices ✔ He imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports in March, prompting retaliation from the European Union and other American allies


Time traveller SHOCK claim: Allies won World War 2 with TIME MACHINE in London

9/3/2018, 4:54:37 AM
A SELF-PROFESSED time traveller has shockingly stated Germany had won World War 2, but a time machine in London changed the course of history to help out the Allies. ✔ The alleged time traveller added that nowadays Britain is bigger because it enlarges its area with the help of that machine and thousands of helicopters were sent during a centuries-old war between England and Scotland ✔ Many unanswered questions and his explanation was too vague to be taken seriously


Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in Damascus for Assad talks

9/3/2018, 7:51:33 AM
Ttop Iranian diplomat scheduled to meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as well as Prime Minister Imad Khamis. ✔ The continued presence of Iran's advisers in Syria is one of the areas covered in the defensive-technical agreement between Tehran and Damascus, said Brigadier-General Abolghasem Alinejad last Tuesday, according to the Fars and Tabnak news agencies ✔ Syria's war has left more than 350,000 people dead and displaced millions since it broke out with the brutal repression of an initially peaceful uprising in 2011


A US-led Indo-Pacific alliance against China is an outdated idea

9/3/2018, 5:04:50 AM
Asia should avoid being divided by Sino-American rivalry ✔ But is the unformulated plan for a free and open Indo-Pacific -- promoted by officials from President Donald Trump down -- a realistic way to woo regional support ✔ 11 attacks in 2001 did the U.S. attempt to bring India back inside the Western-led democratic tent ✔ His latest book, Asian Waters: The Struggle Over the South China Sea and the Strategy of Chinese Expansion is published by Duckworth-Overlook


Punishing tax stops refugees studying at Hungarian universities

9/3/2018, 7:10:02 AM
Dozens of refugees will not finish studies after Hungary's anti-migrant government imposed a punishing university tax. ✔ Hungarian-born American billionaire George Soros, who funds the programme, has been a persistent target of the nationalist government led by populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban ✔ One way to control people is to not grant them access to education, Bard said


Jeremy Corbyn SUMMONED by MI5 for a briefing on REAL terrorist threats

9/3/2018, 6:01:32 AM
JEREMY CORBYN has been summoned by the M15 for a full briefing on real terrorist threats as some of the Labour leader’s public statements on terrorism have been “troubling” to the security services. ✔ The labour leader postponed the briefing due to an agenda clash (Image: Getty) The Labour leader was criticised by the Defence Secretary for implying that this attack might be our fault and the fault of Britain’s foreign policy ✔ A Government source said: The meeting has been postponed due to a diary clash


All eyes on what NK can offer

9/3/2018, 7:41:07 AM
undefined ✔ By Kim Bo-eun Attention is focusing on North Korea's next possible offer in the denuclearization process, as President Moon Jae-in's envoys are set to visit Pyongyang on Wednesday ✔ Shin added, however, it does not appear likely that North Korea would take a major step


Move over Ivo van Hove: Europe's hottest theatre directors

9/3/2018, 6:17:22 AM
The Belgian director has blazed his way into the British theatre scene. Who’s next? A French marathon man and an Austrian politico among others ✔ Instead of speaking, they lip-sync along to recorded, distorted dialogue ✔ It’s December 2017 and, in just six months time, Italy’s new interior minister, Matteo Salvini, will announce a compulsory census of Roma people ✔ ‘I wanted to channel the anger’: Europe’s fearless political playwrights


Pakistan: US aid cut was money owed, not assistance

9/3/2018, 7:10:01 AM
Pakistan FM $300m cancelled by the US was money which Pakistan spent through its own resources. ✔ It is our shared objective to cleanse the region and the world of terrorism ✔ Pompeo visit Pompeo and Dunford are expected to hold talks with the newly elected government, led by longtime opposition politician Imran Khan, and military chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa ✔ Asad Hashim is Al Jazeera's digital correspondent in Pakistan


America's Newly Reactivated 'Atlantic' Fleet Will Actually Operate on Russia's Northern Shores

9/3/2018, 7:13:45 AM
The boundaries of the Navy’s reestablished U.S. 2nd Fleet extends well past the old submarine stomping grounds of the Cold War and into waters north of Scandinavia and the Arctic Circle, near the submarine headquarters of Russia’s Northern Fleet, Chief of Naval Operations John Richardson said on Friday. ✔ However, it’s well known the Russian Navy has invested heavily in its attack submarine fleet and its new Kaliber land strike missile with about a 1,000-mile range ✔ James Foggo wrote in U.S. Naval Institute’s  Proceedings  that the Russian sub threat has continued to grow creating a Fourth Battle of the Atlantic


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