North Korea Cuts ICBMs Out of Military Parade
9/9/2018, 7:36:22 AMIntercontinental ballistic missiles were absent from a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of North Korea’s founding, amid a monthslong detente between Pyongyang and Washington that has appeared precarious at times. ✔ SEOULRussia and China’s third-ranking officials were there, as were special envoys and government delegations from Cuba, Venezuela, Iran, Syria and the Palestinian Authority ✔ Instead, Mr. Kim has declared that he was turning his attention entirely toward the economy ✔ The restrained display strongly suggests an interest in continuing talks, he said
Saudi king's brother 'considers exile' after Yemen war criticism
9/9/2018, 7:40:32 AMSenior royal, Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz said King Salman and his crown prince were responsible for the war in Yemen. ✔ Don't blame the entire family, the prince can be heard saying in a video taken earlier in the week ✔ According to the MEE report, a source close to Prince Ahmed said he stood by his original remarks ✔ Prince Ahmed previously served as interior minister in 2012 under the late King Abdullah before he was replaced by Prince Mohammed bin Nayef
No long-range missiles, North Korea military parade features floats...
9/9/2018, 5:45:45 AMWith no long-range missiles on display, North Korea staged a military parade on Sunday focused on peace and economic development, filled with colored balloons and flowers to mark the 70th anniversary of the country's founding. ✔ All Koreans should join forces to accomplish unification in our generation ✔ Slideshow (3 Images) Kim and Moon will meet in Pyongyang on Sept ✔ 18-20 for the third time this year and discuss practical measures towards denuclearization, officials in Seoul have said ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
North Korea celebrates 70th birthday with parade — but doesn’t show off ICBMs
9/9/2018, 4:36:27 AMEarly reports suggest the parade was more low-key than one held in February. ✔ The war ended in an armistice but not a peace treaty ✔ Later on Sunday, the celebrations will continue with the opening of what are known as North Korea’s Mass Games, a synchronized display of gymnastics and dance performed by tens of thousands of people working in unison ✔ The games are being staged for the first time since 2013 and are officially called Glorious Country this year
North Korea keeps ICBMs out of sight at 70th anniversary parade
9/9/2018, 6:59:58 AMKim signals commitment to nuclear talks with US and close China ties at event ✔ Negotiations on denuclearization have been stalled for three months, since the historic summit between Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump in Singapore ✔ Get unique insights on Asia, the most dynamic market in the world ✔ Try 3 months for $9 Offer ends September 30th
NK resumes talks with US on war remains
9/9/2018, 7:25:11 AMundefined ✔ Pompeo received a handwritten letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un stating U.S. President Donald Trump was expecting progress from Kim ✔ This will be his first diplomatic trip apparently aimed at advancing Pyongyang's nuclear disarmament talks, which have been stalled
N. Korea stages huge parade, holds back on advanced missiles
9/9/2018, 4:38:24 AMPYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea staged a huge military parade on Sunday to mark its 70th anniversary as a nation but held back its most advanced missiles and devoted nea ✔ North Korea staged a major military parade, huge rallies and will revive its iconic mass games on Sunday to mark its 70th anniversary as a nation ✔ (Kyodo News via AP) Senior Chinese official Li Zhanshu arrived in Pyongyang on Saturday to take part in celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of North Korea.(Sept
As Putin incites more atrocities in Syria, Europe is exposed as craven | Nick Cohen
9/9/2018, 5:46:13 AMWhere is the challenge to Russia’s aggression as fear of radical Islam strengthens its power in the Middle East? ✔ From massacre to exile to racism to subversion and back again, Vladimir Putin has caught Europe in a rolling trap ✔ Alexander Dubček, the leader of the then Czechoslovakian communist party, thought he could allow freedom of speech, democratisation – all the forbidden fruits – while remaining a part of the Soviet empire
N Korea holds military parade WITHOUT ballistic missiles as regime marks 70 years
9/9/2018, 6:31:18 AMNORTH Korea has staged a huge military parade WITHOUT ballistic missiles – as the regime marks its 70th anniversary today. Kim Jong-un seemingly decided to tone down the display after his pro… ✔ With tensions once again on the rise, a parade featuring the very missiles that so unnerved Trump last year, and led to a dangerous volley of insults from both leaders, could be seen as a deliberate provocation ✔ The economy was also a big part of a concert held on the eve of the anniversary for foreign dignitaries and a large foreign media contingent allowed in for the events
Donald Trump told James Mattis to become Nato's 'rent collector,' Bob Woodward book 'Fear' says
9/9/2018, 5:32:45 AMDonald Trump decided early in his presidency that the United States would stay in Nato, but told his defence secretary James Mattis to become its "rent collector". ✔ Details of the meeting were disclosed for the first time in Fear, an upcoming book by legendary Watergate journalist Bob Woodward, which has been seen by The Sunday Telegraph ✔ At the end of the dinner Mr Trump told Mr Mattis the US would support Nato but allies must pay ✔ :: Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward is published by Simon & Schuster on September 11
Airstrikes batter Syria's last rebel stronghold after cease-fire bid fails
9/9/2018, 7:11:42 AMObservers said the violence was the most intense in weeks, with helicopters also dropping barrel bombs packed with shrapnel. ✔ Russia is wary of being drawn deeper into a bloody battle as it tells international partners that Syria is stabilising and open for reconstruction ✔ The Observatory said Saturday that some 2,000 people were already on the move from areas being bombed, heading deeper into Idlib province ✔ Our new podcast series from the team behind Phoebe's Fall View episodes
Why shouldn't America's allies build nukes?
9/9/2018, 6:05:35 AMundefined ✔ For years Washington officials whined about Europe's and especially Germany's failure to take defense seriously ✔ In April 2016 Abe observed that the Japanese constitution does not preclude the country from possessing and using nuclear weapons ✔ A former special assistant to President Ronald Reagan, he is author of Foreign Follies: America's New Global Empire
China engages in Australia's largest maritime drill for first time
9/9/2018, 4:52:06 AMChina is participating for the first time in Australia's largest maritime exercise as more than 3,000 personnel from 27 countries engage in joint training off the strategic northern port of Darwin. ✔ The joint military practice, which will continue until Sept ✔ The participating countries in Exercise Kakadu are: China, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Cook Islands, Fiji, France, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, The Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, East Timor, Tonga, United Arab Emirates, U.S., Australia, and Vietnam
North Korea's 70th anniversary marked without ballistic missiles
9/9/2018, 7:08:41 AMWith no advanced missiles on display, Pyongyang celebrates 70th birthday with huge military parade focussing on peace. ✔ North Korea routinely uses major holidays to showcase its military capabilities and the latest developments in missile technology ✔ The Arirang Mass Games is a huge, nationalist pageant performed by up to 100,000 people in one of the world's largest stadiums
Sweden votes in election overshadowed by rise of anti-immigrant party
9/9/2018, 5:36:26 AMSwedes vote on Sunday in a tight election dominated by fears over asylum and welfare, with the populist, anti-immigration Sweden Democrats vying to become the biggest party in a country long seen as a bastion of liberal values. ✔ But if the Sweden Democrats get a quarter of the vote, it would be a sensation in a country described as a humanitarian superpower by then Moderate party prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt in 2014 ✔ Results from the vote count will become clear later in the evening
Cyber Saturday—North Korean Hacker Indicted, JPMorgan Robber Cuffed, Equifax Anniversary
9/9/2018, 7:49:14 AMYour weekend brief on code-makers and codebreakers. ✔ The proposed covenant was supposed to set guidelines prohibiting both sides from seeking out hacked materials and using them for their benefit ✔ The echo signal can be used to profile user interaction with the device ✔ We’re not sure which is the good robocop and which is the bad one
Cyber Saturday:
9/9/2018, 7:40:21 AMYour weekend brief on code-makers and codebreakers. ✔ The proposed covenant was supposed to set guidelines prohibiting both sides from seeking out hacked materials and using them for their benefit ✔ The echo signal can be used to profile user interaction with the device ✔ We’re not sure which is the good robocop and which is the bad one
North Korea’s anniversary parade features pomp, no ballistic missiles
9/9/2018, 6:55:11 AMThousands of North Korean troops paraded through Pyongyang Sunday as the nuclear-armed country marked its 70th anniversary, followed by artillery and tanks, but it refrained from displaying its most advanced missiles that have sparked sanctions. ✔ At one point jets trailing red, white and blue smoke -- the colours of the North Korean flag -- roared above the Juche Tower, the stone monument to Kim Il Sung's political philosophy ✔ Following Sunday’s celebrations, Kim once again meets in Pyongyang with South Korean President Moon Jae-in to discuss ways to break the impasse over his nuclear weapons
‘Only bones remain’: shattered Yazidis fear returning home
9/9/2018, 7:44:30 AMLast week the BBC’s Lyse Doucet broadcast the fate of a community at Isis’s hands. She recounts the stories she heard ✔ A generator sputters into life and men in farmers’ trousers spray water on muddy tractors as the sun slips from a late summer sky ✔ The beatings have frozen one side of her face, a paralysis which extends down her arm ✔ But even with tired eyes drained of any sparkle, her relief is palpable ✔ Lyse Doucet is the BBC’s chief international correspondent
Abe to kick off party-head election: Here are five things to know
9/9/2018, 7:46:20 AMIncumbent wants 3-year social security overhaul; challenger takes long-term view ✔ He first served in the office from September 2006 to September 2007 ✔ Abe was elected to the lower house in 1993, winning the seat of his deceased father, Shintaro ✔ Get unique insights on Asia, the most dynamic market in the world ✔ Try 3 months for $9 Offer ends September 30th
Don’t panic! Meet the experts with a steady hand when catastrophe strikes
9/9/2018, 7:44:29 AMIn an extreme life-or-death situation, would you be able to hold your nerve? Candice Pires speaks to the people whose job it is to make snap decisions in disaster situations ✔ Right now I’m in Bangladesh working in a camp for the Rohingya refugees ✔ Blazing squad: a firefighter controls a large grass fire near Heathrow ✔ In this case it was to not close the southern runway of Heathrow airport ✔ You’re there and you’re performing the work that you’ve trained so long for
Iraq is facing a major internal crisis
9/9/2018, 5:29:51 AMDespite the fact that production and export figures presented by Iraqi sources are showing a significant improvement, optimism should be tempered. ✔ Nouri Al Maliki, the former PM, has been able to form an alliance with militia commander Hadi al-Amiri, the leader of the Shi’a militia Hashd al Shaabi ✔ The latter is strongly supported, and arguably led by, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) ✔ This article was originally published on Oilprice.com
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