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France accuses Iran over bomb plot near Paris

10/2/2018, 10:57:19 PM
France accused Iran's intelligence ministry on Tuesday of being behind a foiled plot to bomb an exiled opposition group near the French capital in a move that risks straining already complicated ties between Paris and Tehran. The French government announced it was freezing assets belonging to two suspected Iranian intelligence… ✔ One of the detained men was an Iranian diplomat based in Vienna who was stopped by German police ✔ Gouasmi is also the founder of the Anti-Zionist Party in France and an associate of controversial comedian Dieudonne M'bala M'bala, a convicted anti-Semite


Pompeo to visit North Korea again at weekend despite negative signals

10/2/2018, 10:23:01 PM
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to North Korea at the weekend fo... ✔ Pompeo’s last trip to North Korea did not go well ✔ He left Pyongyang in July hailing progress, only for North Korea to denounce him for making gangster-like demands ✔ That that can only help us to achieve our final goal ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Russia completes delivery of S-300 missile system to Syria

10/2/2018, 11:01:47 PM
Russia has delivered an S-300 surface-to-air missile system to Syria, it said on Tuesday, in defiance of Israeli and US concerns that the arms sale would embolden Iran and escalate the Syrian war. ✔ Israel voiced regret at the deaths of 15 Russian air crew while saying Syrian incompetence was at fault and that it was compelled to continue taking action against suspected deployments of Iranian-backed forces across its northern border ✔ In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert could not confirm reports that the S-300 had been delivered


Jason Kander, a star for Democrats, drops out of Kansas City mayoral race to treat PTSD

10/2/2018, 10:29:06 PM
Kander, an Afghanistan war veteran and founder of Let America Vote, sidestepped a 2020 run to run for mayor of Kansas City, Missouri. ✔ When I wrote in my book that I was lucky to not have PTSD, I was just trying to convince myself ✔ And second, I hope it helps veterans and everyone else across the country working through mental health issues realize that you don’t have to try to solve it on your own


Jason Kander Is Dropping Out Of The Kansas City Mayoral Race To Get PTSD Treatment

10/2/2018, 9:21:02 PM
Kander, who previously served in Afghanistan, had been seen as a possible Democratic contender for president in 2020. ✔ He will also take a step back from working on Let America Vote, but said the organization’s vital work across the country to stop voter suppression will continue ✔ If you’re struggling with something similar, it’s OK ✔ Other international suicide helplines can be found at befrienders.org


Meet the man at the center of the high-stakes, winner-take-all $10 billion Pentagon cloud contract called JEDI

10/2/2018, 9:32:18 PM
Dana Deasy, the Pentagon’s new Chief Information Officer, defends the department’s approach in what’s become a controversial bidding war. ✔ Dana Deasy Department of Defense, Chief Information Officer, poses for his official portrait in the Army portrait studio at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, May 07, 2018 ✔ Earlier this year, Amazon’s competitors said their suspicions were when the Pentagon awarded a contract worth up to $950 million to a start-up called Rean Cloud that is a partner with AWS


‘I’m done hiding this’: Rising star Jason Kander pulls out of mayor’s race, citing PTSD and depression

10/2/2018, 10:59:58 PM
Kander said that he was done “trying to outrun depression and PTSD symptoms” that he had suffered since he did a tour in Afghanistan 11 years ago. ✔ He founded Let America Vote, a nonprofit dedicated to ousting Republicans working for more restrictive voting laws around the country, and has been an active liberal presence on social media ✔ Read more: This Ted Cruz attack ad is just a Trump tweet on a truck FBI agent shot by booby-trapped wheelchair in ‘Indiana Jones’-inspired house, police say The FBI’s Anita Hill investigation: Quick, professional and flawed


Abe faces host of diplomatic, economic issues after cabinet revamp

10/2/2018, 10:13:12 PM
Following a cabinet reshuffle Tuesday that retained familiar faces, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to tackle a host of diplomatic challenges Japan faces with neighboring countries from North Korea and Russia to China. Japan will face difficult negotiations with the United States, its longtime ally, for a bilateral trade… ✔ Abe is now willing to engage in direct talks with Kim, who also reportedly wants to do so at an appropriate time, although the prime minister maintains that any summit should yield progress on the long-standing issue of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s


‘I hope they didn’t do it’: State Dept in doubt over S-300 delivery, warns of ‘serious escalation’

10/2/2018, 9:14:08 PM
The news of Russia completing the delivery of its S-300 air defense system to the Syrian Army has provoked a nervous reaction in Washington, as the US State Department said it still hopes that the delivery had not taken place. ✔ I hope that they did not, the State Department’s spokeswoman, Heather Nauert, said, referring to the Russian military, as she responded to a question about the S-300 ✔ A unified air defense control system will be created in Syria by October 20, while training of the Syrian crews will take three months, according to Shoigu ✔ Share it with a friend! Trends: Russia news Syria war news US news


Pompeo to visit Pyongyang Sunday as North digs in heels

10/2/2018, 11:01:03 PM
Secretary plans visits to Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing to consult next steps ✔ North Korea followed up on its position on Tuesday with a statement through the state-sponsored Korean Central News Agency, which accused the U.S. of trying to subdue someone by resorting to sanctions, oft-repeating the story about escalation of sanctions pressure on the North


Trump and North Korea’s Kim: Caught in a bad romance?

10/2/2018, 8:50:20 PM
Trump says he “fell in love” with a dictator who wrote him beautiful letters, but veterans of past negotiations say somebody’s gonna get hurt. ✔ It’s not unprecedented for presidents to make personal remarks about other leaders, she said ✔ Many observers took as threat that Washington should lift sanctions or risk talks falling apart ✔ An abusive partner who has a history of cheating, Magsamen deadpanned


All you need to know about UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov

10/2/2018, 11:24:17 PM
The Russian defends his UFC lightweight title against McGregor on Saturday night ✔ And after an intense event during which a stoic Nurmagomedov struggled to get a word in edgeways, the pair squared off ✔ White replied: Don't touch each other, please before allowing the fighters to inch closer ✔ 8000+ VOTES SO FAR Conor McGregorKhabib Nurmagomedov


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