Houthis not expected at Yemen peace talks, government leaving:...
9/8/2018, 7:55:42 AMYemen's Houthi group is not expected at U.N.-brokered talks in Geneva to end the country's three-year war and the Yemeni government delegation will leave on Saturday, a diplomat and a delegation official told Reuters. ✔ REUTERS/Denis Balibouse There are no expectations the Houthis are coming, the diplomat said on Saturday ✔ Martin Griffiths, the United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen who set up the talks, the first in three years, is due to hold a news conference at 0800 GMT ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
N. Korea revives iconic mass games for 70th anniversary gala
9/8/2018, 5:32:03 AMPYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea is bringing back one of its most iconic art forms — mass games performed by tens of thousands of people working in precise unison & ✔ The current games' more nationalistic name may reflect the younger Kim's ambitions for his own years ahead as the country's ruler ✔ The performance, which takes months if not years of intense preparation and training, is being called Glorious Country this year
North and South Korea ask U.N. to circulate peace declaration
9/8/2018, 4:56:50 AMUNITED NATIONS--North Korea and South Korea asked the United Nations on Friday to circulate a peace ✔ They announced that Kim and Moon would hold their third summit on Sept ✔ Both Koreas also said they would jointly push for talks with the United State and also potentially China to officially end the Korean War, which stopped with an armistice that did not formally end the war
Pentagon, White House Confer on Military Options in Syria
9/8/2018, 4:33:40 AMThe top U.S. military commander said he is engaged in “routine dialogue” with the White House about military options should the Syrian government use chemical weapons in an expected assault on a rebel stronghold. ✔ Joseph Dunford, left, and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis at a meeting with Indian military officials in New Delhi ✔ It certainly is disappointing but perhaps not surprising that the Russians, the Turks and the Iranians weren’t able to come up with a solution, Gen
Pentagon ‘Routinely’ Briefs Trump on ‘Military Options’ in Case of Chemical Attack in Syria
9/8/2018, 6:56:42 AMWhile no final decision has yet been made, a top US general says he's involved in “routine dialogue” with Donald Trump to keep him informed about “military options” for retaliation in case “chemical weapons are used” in Syria. ✔ The US and France – which, along with the UK, jointly struck Syria in ‘retaliation’ for the previous and yet-to-be-investigated chemical incident last April – have already warned that they are ready to conduct more strikes against Syria ✔ In a final statement, the leaders of the so-called Astana peace process agreed to eliminate all terrorist elements from the province, stressing that the solution to the Syrian crisis can only be negotiated through a political settlement
US lacks leverage as assault on Syrian enclave looms
9/8/2018, 4:48:33 AMWASHINGTON (AP) — Despite dire U.S. warnings and fears of a humanitarian disaster, the Trump administration has little leverage to stop Russia, Iran and Syria pressing ahead with ✔ And on Thursday, the man Pompeo chose to be his point-man on getting the Geneva process back on track, veteran diplomat James Jeffrey, reiterated Trump's message, saying the U.S. would use all the tools it has to respond to a chemical attack ✔ (Syrian Civil Defence White Helmets via AP, File)
The Koreans in China waiting 70 years for peace
9/8/2018, 2:05:29 AMUS President Donald Trump's nuclear talks with North Korea may have faltered in recent weeks, but in the Chinese border town of Tumen, they are getting on with building a bridge. ✔ Tumen resident, third generation Chinese Korean In little over a week, Moon will make the historic trip to Pyongyang for his third summit with Kim this year ✔ It was Trump's fault, for behaving worse than a child, that the road back to recovery had stalled, in this border town resident's eyes
Two Koreas ask UN to circulate 'Panmunjom Declaration'
9/8/2018, 5:22:18 AMundefined ✔ Mission said ambassadors of the two countries sent a letter Friday to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and General Assembly President Miroslav Lajcak requesting that they circulate the ''Panmunjom Declaration on Peace, Prosperity and Reunification of the Korean Peninsula'' as an official U.N ✔ North Korea said Friday the request to circulate the document ''shows full determination'' to keep advancing North-South ties
2-way race begins for LDP leadership
9/8/2018, 7:14:44 AMPrime Minister Shinzo Abe filed his candidacy on Friday for a ruling party leadership election, in a two-way race for the top post he has been holding since 2012 against former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba. Abe is widely predicted to win the Liberal Democratic Party's Sept 20 leadership contest, which… ✔ Known as a security hawk, Ishiba, 61, has assumed other key posts, including minister in charge of regional revitalization and LDP secretary general under Abe ✔ Ishiba has proposed establishing a liaison office in Pyongyang that would have the task of negotiating with North Korea to secure the return of Japanese nationals it abducted in the 1970s and 1980s
Can military commanders refuse an order from Trump?
9/8/2018, 5:41:47 AMDamaging portraits of President Donald Trump are drawing new attention to the options available to military commanders who feel they have been given an illegal or seriously ill-advised order by their commander in chief. ✔ He'll tell me what to do, and if it's illegal, guess what's going to happen ✔ And in the event that there ever was reason to question the legality of orders, subordinate commanders and appointed leaders have the duty, responsibility and official lines of communication to do so -- to have that conversation right up the chain of command, he said
Chinese government's top diplomat in Pakistan to meet new government
9/8/2018, 1:27:34 AMThe Chinese government's top diplomat was in Pakistan on Saturday for the first high-level meetings between the neighbors since new Prime Minister Imran Khan took office, the south Asian nation's foreign office said. ✔ REUTERS/Jason Lee Beijing has pledged $57 billion in loans for Pakistan as part of its vast Belt and Road initiative, deepening ties at a time when Islamabad’s relations with Washington are fraying over how to deal with Islamist militants waging war in Afghanistan ✔ Pakistan is battling a worsening balance of payments crisis that may push it to seek a fresh bailout from the International Monetary Fund, or other lenders ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Bodyguard creator Jed Mercurio reveals plans for second series
9/8/2018, 1:32:56 AMFollowing the success of BBC's political thriller Bodyguard, writer Jed Mercurio has revealed plans for second series are in the pipeline. ✔ Well received: The series, written and created by Line Of Duty's Jed Mercurio, kicked off on August 26, when it scored the highest overnight audience for a drama launch this year Delighted with the response to the political thriller, Jed shared the article, writing: 'Thanks to Amber Rudd for an interesting and thought provoking article on Bodyguard
Retribution over Russia will be hard to exact
9/8/2018, 4:08:13 AMundefined ✔ The week’s revelations in the Skripal case are a partial triumph for Britain ✔ At the level of basic detection, that speed reflects the extensive CCTV coverage across public places in the UK; some estimates put this at about 5m cameras of different types, or one for every 14 people
U.S. sends Iran messages 'every day' to begin negotiations: Iran...
9/8/2018, 6:58:15 AMThe United States constantly sends messages to Iran to begin negotiations, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday in a speech broadcast on state television. ✔ He added, [They say] we should negotiate here, we should negotiate there ✔ Washington aims to force Tehran to end its nuclear program and its support of militant groups in Syria and Iraq ✔ U.S. sanctions targeting Iran’s oil sector are scheduled to be reimposed in November ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
China — from vast market to enemy No. 1
9/8/2018, 6:13:01 AMU.S. Republicans, Democrats, unions and manufacturers are aboard the anti-China train. What about Silicon Valley? ✔ This may seem like an abstract issue, but for Americans it has traditionally been quite powerful ✔ Bloomberg Opinion columnist Hal Brands is the Henry Kissinger distinguished professor at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies
Opinion | So this is how Paul Ryan says goodbye
9/8/2018, 12:51:49 AMThe outgoing House speaker has chosen to spend his final months of public service aiding in the trafficking of lies, name-calling and racism. ✔ By Dana Milbank Columnist September 7 at 7:25 PM So this is how retiring House Speaker Paul D ✔ Republicans had intended to make the tax cut the centerpiece of their campaign, but they discovered in the Pennsylvania special election and elsewhere that this didn’t work
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