Snaps by AP photographer reveal conflict and changing face of Royals
10/4/2018, 12:13:41 AMTHESE incredible pictures are the work of legendary photographer Max Nash, who has died aged 77. Nash, who covered conflicts in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, was found after collapsing at hom… ✔ THESE incredible pictures are the work of legendary photographer Max Nash, who has died aged 77 ✔ Nash arrived at Saigon's AP Bureau in late 1968, joining Horst Faas and Carl Robinson as the bureau's photo editors ✔ He later transferred to London, covering the British royals, the violence in Northern Ireland, Red Carpet events and car racing
World War 3: US warn Russia and Iran of ‘major mistake’ as they vow to take on troops
10/3/2018, 10:11:24 AMRUSSIA has delivered four advanced missile defence systems along with radars and support vehicles to Syria, despite the Trump administration warning the move is a “major mistake” that will embolden Iran and escalate the Middle East conflict. ✔ The S-300 is capable of intercepting air attacks more than 150 miles away (Image: Getty) That's why the president has spoken to this issue and why we would regard introducing the S300 as a major mistake ✔ Everything had worked correctly until this tragedy
North Korea said to have stolen a fortune in online bank heists
10/4/2018, 3:50:56 AMWASHINGTON--North Korea's nuclear and missile tests have stopped, but its hacking operations to gath ✔ But North Korea has yet to take concrete steps to give up its nuclear arsenal, so there's been no let-up in sanctions that have been imposed to deprive it of fuel and revenue for its weapons programs, and to block it from bulk cash transfers and accessing to the international banking system
South Korea reveals plan to break stalemate in U.S.-North Korea talks
10/3/2018, 7:13:09 PM“We know North Korea better than any party in this process,” Seoul’s top diplomat says in an interview. ✔ On Tuesday, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Pompeo would arrive in North Korea on Sunday but gave few details about the status of the negotiations ✔ This is a very advanced program, so you can’t just dismantle it or do away with it in a matter of a short period
Rebel leader and bodyguard killed by bomb the second they step inside café
10/3/2018, 9:42:56 AMThe explosive was planted in the small restaurant in Ukraine and killed Alexander Zakharchenko, 42, instantly - despite being surrounded by security ✔ Investigators have not revealed if the CCTV cameras also recorded the moment the device was planted ✔ According to our information, this was the result of internal fighting which has already been continuing for years between the terrorists and their Russian sponsors, she said
Pompeo optimistic Pyongyang trip will yield U.S.-North Korea progress
10/4/2018, 1:06:48 AMU.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday he was optimistic his plan... ✔ Pompeo said the day of the Trump-Kim summit he was hopeful there would be major North Korean disarmament by the end of Trump’s term in January 2021 ✔ He said in a statement last month the United States aimed for North Korean denuclearization by that date, but a week later Trump said he did not have a time frame ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Mike Pompeo to meet Kim Jong-un in North Korea
10/3/2018, 12:00:34 AMSecretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Pyongyang this week to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, even as Pyongyang hardens its stance on denuclearization talks and South Korea’s government warned that the Kim regime has as many as 60 nuclear weapons. ✔ The commentary also warned that an official peace declaration for the divided Korean Peninsula shouldn’t be seen as a bargaining chip ✔ The 1950-53 Korean War ended in what was intended to be a temporary cease-fire ✔ ⦁ This article is based in part on wire service reports
Dismal response to Myanmar genocide
10/4/2018, 2:10:27 AMThere is a terrible danger of making the same mistake as a quarter of a century ago when the Rwandan genocide occurred while the world watched on. ✔ Loading Myanmar’s army, unfettered by the ascension of Nobel peace prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, has escalated its long persecution of Rohingya Muslims ✔ A note from the editor – Subscribers can get Age editor Alex Lavelle's exclusive weekly newsletter delivered to their inbox by signing up here: www.theage.com.au/editornote
As Pompeo heads for Pyongyang, North Korea appears to raise its demands
10/3/2018, 11:56:35 AMPyongyang now says the United States needs to lift sanctions to prove it is serious about dialogue. ✔ The United States argues the sanctions should remain in place until North Korea has fully and verifiably denuclearized ✔ Obviously these conversations are going in the right direction, and we feel confident enough to hop on a plane to head there, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Tuesday
Yemen ex-president Saleh's sons transferred to Jordan: Saudi-led...
10/3/2018, 3:27:10 PMTwo sons of slain former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh are being transferr... ✔ The coalition announces that it has issued necessary authorizations to a U.N ✔ It did not name the two sons or specify whether they had already left Sanaa ✔ special envoy to Yemen could not be reached immediately for a comment ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Asia-Pacific countries fight back after wave of cyber attacks
10/4/2018, 2:13:25 AMundefined ✔ Recommended Taiwan hit by jump in cyber attacks from China Canberra has also banned Chinese telecoms equipment makers Huawei and ZTE from providing 5G technology to Australian mobile phone operators amid national security concerns ✔ The US will defend forward to disrupt or halt malicious cyber activity at its source, including activity that falls below the level of armed conflict, the Department of Defense said in a separate strategic update
Russia completes delivery of S-300 missile system to Syria
10/3/2018, 11:01:45 AMRussia's Defence Minister confirms delivery of the long-range surface-to-air missile to Syrian army. ✔ US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert on Tuesday said she could not confirm that Russia had delivered the system to Syria, but said it would be a concern if it had ✔ A dispute between Israel and Russia could restrict Israel's ability to mount air raids inside Syria on what it considers the greatest threat to its security from the Syria conflict: the build-up of Iranian forces or Iranian-backed Hezbollah fighters
Rohingya crisis more than just condemning the military: Myanmar scholars
10/4/2018, 12:19:41 AMundefined ✔ Local news outlet The Myanmar Times said the revolutionary two-year-old administration should handle very carefully the Rohingya and other military conflict issues in Rakhine State as strong international criticism is escalating ✔ But still, international communities should rely on international laws and institutions to help find long-term solutions to the refugee crisis so people can return to their homes
Yemen separatists call for uprising as U.N. pursues peace
10/3/2018, 2:40:44 PMYemen's southern separatist movement called on Wednesday for an uprising in... ✔ The Southern Resistance forces, which have been built and armed by the UAE, have more than 50,000 fighters, including 20,000 armed men battling the Iran-aligned Houthi movement in the port city of Hodeidah ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
'We have found hell': drawings reveal children's trauma at Lesbos camp | Lorenzo Tondo
10/3/2018, 6:22:29 AMViolent and unsanitary conditions in Moria refugee settlement are exacerbating the horror of fleeing conflict for the 3,000 children who live there ✔ Lifeless bodies of children floating among the waves ✔ We fled Iraq last May in search of peace, but here in Moria we found hell ✔ In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255 ✔ In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14
Syria hopes to jumpstart rebuilding despite massive hurdles
10/3/2018, 10:21:16 AMDAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — With back-to-back trade fairs held in Damascus this month, Syria is hoping to jumpstart reconstruction of its devastated cities by inviting international in ✔ For now, Syria will have to rely on small-scale investments and development projects to jumpstart reconstruction efforts, but critics say the government lacks a clear strategy for rebuilding ✔ With back-to-back trade fairs held in Damascus this month, Syria hopes to jumpstart reconstruction of its devastated cities by inviting international investors to take part in lucrative opportunities
Canada revokes Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi's honorary citizenship
10/3/2018, 7:02:32 AMThe Canadian Senate voted unanimously to strip Suu Kyi, Myanmar's civilian leader, of her honorary Canadian citizenship bestowed on her in 2007. ✔ The Senate has also followed the lead of the Commons in recognizing that the crimes against humanity committed by the military against the Rohingya constitute a genocide ✔ We need to send a strong signal here in Canada and around the world that if you're an accomplice of genocide, you are not welcome here
Warning over humanitarian crisis as Yemen faces surge in number of cholera cases
10/3/2018, 5:02:36 PMHealth experts in Yemen are battling to prevent a third wave of the world’s worst ever cholera outbreak as the number of cases of the disease climbs again. ✔ The outbreak began in October 2016, then declined before leading to a second wave in August 2017 ✔ After the rains in the summer water stagnated and the ability to clean reservoirs became an issue ✔ Newsletter promotion - global health security - end of article Protect yourself and your family by learning more about Global Health Security
Faith, power, money: Conflicting agendas in Ukraine Church politics
10/3/2018, 3:22:58 PMOne of the most contentious and significant controversies in the world today is also one of the least-well understood. ✔ What lends the report an air of believability, however, is the depth of the scandal to which it refers ✔ These advocates know they cannot advance their goals if the conciliar and traditional structure of Orthodoxy remains intact ✔ The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT
This Video Shows How Just How Normal US Troops In Syria Have Become
10/3/2018, 4:42:01 PM“That’s the dirty little secret here — there could be thousands of US troops camped out in northern and eastern Syria for decades.” ✔ When mentioning Syria, especially when it came to what was promoted in press releases and social media, the US military usually limited information to air strikes on ISIS, as well as the retaliatory attack on a Syrian air base in the spring of 2017 and 2018 in response to a chemical weapons attack
Pompeo to visit N. Korea again on Oct. 7 despite negative signals
10/3/2018, 1:00:50 AMWASHINGTON--U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to North Korea at the weekend for denucl ✔ Washington has also resisted calls to relax tough international sanctions ✔ I am not going to characterize our relationship with China in any one of those three ways, but relationships can ebb and flow over time, so we certainly have a lot to talk about with the government of China
US NATO Ally, Erdogan, Pledges Support for Venezuela, Considers Visit
10/3/2018, 5:24:59 AMTurkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has defended Venezuela's right to self-determination and said neither he nor his government would abandon the South American country after it faced a week of attacks from various regional and world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. “Turkey will not leave (Venezuelan President Nicolas) Maduro alone,” Erdogan said Thursday in New York while berating other leaders, who have taken aim at Venezuela's leader. ✔ Maduro, who recently survived an assassination attempt, said Thursday that the United Nations Human Rights’ Commissioner Michelle Bachelet was welcome to visit Venezuela and conduct an international investigation on human rights whenever she wants ✔ During Maduro’s participation in the General Assembly, he reiterated his willingness to meet with President Donald Trump to discuss all the truth of our homeland
Now resolve the China trade war, Mr Trump
10/3/2018, 2:07:33 AMAustralia should push the US President to reconsider his policies on steel and China, the two main fronts that remain in his global trade war. ✔ Don't say it to his face but an early reading suggests his NAFTA Mark II makes only minor changes ✔ A note from the editor – Subscribers can get Age editor Alex Lavelle's exclusive weekly newsletter delivered to their inbox by signing up here: www.theage.com.au/editornote
First a Political Coup, and Now a Religious Takeover in Ukraine
10/3/2018, 7:35:38 PMThis article is republished from a new site about the Christian renaissance in Russia, called Russian Faith. Their introductory video is at end of this article. All the kings horses and all the kings men, ✔ To further legitimize the foreign bishops’ position, a tour has been arranged for them in the U.S. The question arises: Why was it not possible to appoint native Ukrainian bishops to this new church ✔ A recurring donation of even $5 or $10 per month would be a blessing, and will help keep us going
The Pentagon Used To Hide US Troops In Syria. Now It's Posting Videos Of Them On Twitter.
10/3/2018, 4:00:59 PM“That’s the dirty little secret here — there could be thousands of US troops camped out in northern and eastern Syria for decades.” ✔ When mentioning Syria, especially when it came to what was promoted in press releases and social media, the US military usually limited information to air strikes on ISIS, as well as the retaliatory attack on a Syrian air base in the spring of 2017 and 2018 in response to a chemical weapons attack
Turkey faces tough choices on the US, Syria and EU
10/3/2018, 4:31:17 AMundefined ✔ The real problem is that the group in power in the US dreams of the old Turkey that was governed by remote control, as one puts it ✔ In return, Russia expects Ankara to sort rebel ranks into Turkey-sponsored sheep and jihadi goats ✔ The people of Turkey must meet again; we cannot tolerate this [division]
Morning Update: Do I Have To Do A Mean Girls Reference Today?
10/3/2018, 11:25:05 AMTrump mocks Christine Blasey Ford, Amazon increases its minimum wage, and women are fleeing Venezuela to give birth. ✔ The Times story, at 14,000 words, is detailed and explosive ✔ The paper published documents and an in-depth report on Trump’s efforts in the 1990s to avoid paying millions in gift and estate taxes ✔ The FDA made a surprise visit to Juul Labs, seizing over a thousand pages of documents ✔ When the device was turned on, the first thing Hayward heard was Kerry proposing
Britain declares CYBER WAR on Russia
10/4/2018, 12:04:05 AMForeign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said last night the Kremlin had been working in secret to wage indiscriminate and illegal cyber-attacks on democratic institutions and businesses. ✔ ‘Our message is clear: together with our allies, we will expose and respond to the GRU’s attempts to undermine international stability.’ Sergei Skripal eating in a restaurant before he was poisoned The Foreign Office added: ‘The National Cyber Security Centre has identified that a number of cyber actors widely known to have been conducting cyber-attacks around the world are, in fact, the GRU
The Russian Peace 'Threat' and America’s Addiction to War
10/3/2018, 1:02:25 PMOrlov is one of our favorite essayists on Russia and all sorts of other things. He moved to the US as a child, and lives in the Boston area. ✔ These theorists believe that modern society is headed for a jarring and painful crack-up ✔ They are a real treasure, full of invaluable insight into both the US and Russia and how they are related ✔ I’m wondering what, how significant this latest event is in the overall context of what we’ve been seeing
Rising Democratic Star Jason Kander Quits Mayoral Race, Citing PTSD and Suicidal Thoughts
10/3/2018, 5:30:01 PMKansas City mayoral candidate and Army veteran Jason Kander wants his supporters to "fight like hell" — because he can't right now ✔ Kander also revealed that he decided to run for mayor as a way to temporarily fix the hole inside me, and to outrun his symptoms, but unfortunately, he explained, it’s faster than me… I have to stop running, turn around, and confront it ✔ If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
A Gutsy Debut Novel About the Insanity of the Afghan War, Written by a Vet (Breakfast With the Dirt Club)
10/3/2018, 12:31:53 PMBREAKFAST WITH THE DIRT CULT, (Amazon) is getting excellent reviews, like this one at the Daily Caller. You can watch the Daily Caller ✔ Tom Walton is a 25 year old team leader at the US Army base in Ft ✔ BREAKFAST WITH THE DIRT CULT at first seems like one more testosterone drenched tale of men and weapons ✔ Tom’s response to this, on the last pages is both abrupt and hopeful as he prepares for a life outside the tribe of 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company
Watch S-300 launchers, interceptors & radars unloaded in Syria after Il-20 downing (VIDEO)
10/3/2018, 3:17:01 AMThe Russian Defence Ministry has released video footage of the delivery of S-300 systems, interceptor missiles, radars and other hardware to Syria to boost the country’s air-defense capabilities in the wake of the Il-20 incident. ✔ The night-time footage shows the military hardware being unloaded off the world's largest military transport jet, the Antonov An-124 Ruslan (the Condor), designed to carry a payload of 120 tons ✔ ‘I hope they didn’t do it’: State Dept in doubt over S-300 delivery, warns of ‘serious escalation’ Trends: Russian operation in SyriaSyria newsSyria war news
How North Korea's ever-bolder cyberattacks target banks
10/3/2018, 9:19:23 PMA U.S. security firm says a hacker group that has stolen hundreds of millions of dollars is "an active global threat" ✔ But North Korea has yet to take concrete steps to give up its nuclear arsenal, so there has been no let-up in sanctions that have been imposed to deprive it of fuel and revenue for its weapons programs, and to block it from bulk cash transfers and accessing the international banking system
‘New reality’? Israel may increasingly use F-35s in Syria raids after Russia’s S-300 delivery
10/4/2018, 12:55:51 AMThe IAF must increasingly rely on the futuristic stealth capabilities of the troubled F-35 jet if it’s to continue its raids with impunity, after Syria’s air-defenses were boosted with S-300 systems, Israeli army radio reports. ✔ According to the technical characteristics of the US-made jets, the active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar system should, in theory, allow the jet to operate undetected inside enemy territory and to evade advanced missile defense systems such as the S-300 by suppressing its signals
Pakistan urges restraint by new US envoy for Afghan peace
10/4/2018, 2:22:02 AMWASHINGTON (AP) — Pakistan's top diplomat on Wednesday urged the Trump administration's new envoy for reconciliation in neighboring Afghanistan to be more sensitive to Pakistani o ✔ WASHINGTON (AP) Pakistan's top diplomat on Wednesday urged the Trump administration's new envoy for reconciliation in neighboring Afghanistan to be more sensitive to Pakistani opinion than he has been as a private citizen ✔ The trip reflects the Administration's intent to support, facilitate, and participate in a peace process in Afghanistan, it added
Putin: No military action in Idlib in near future, focus is to help civilians wherever they live
10/3/2018, 7:57:40 PMVladimir Putin said he does not foresee any military action in Syria’s Idlib in the near future, stressing that peace –not fighting– is the ultimate goal. Putin spoke at a briefing with Austria’s Sebastian Kurz in St Petersburg. ✔ The Austrian chancellor spoke positively of Austria-Russia relations, saying the two countries have a high level of cooperation with one another ✔ Share it with a friend! Trends: Austria news Europe newsRussia news Sebastian Kurz newsVladimir Putin news
Meet the man at the center of the high-stakes, winner-take-all $10 billion Pentagon cloud contract called JEDI
10/3/2018, 2:33:47 PMDana 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
Syria's Assad says 'understanding' reached with Arab states
10/3/2018, 2:05:17 PMBEIRUT (AP) — President Bashar Assad told a little-known Kuwaiti newspaper that Syria has reached a "major understanding" with Arab states after years of hostility over the countr ✔ Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, the Bahraini foreign minister, later told Saudi-run Al-Arabiya TV that it was not the first meeting with my brother the Syrian minister ✔ The paper had been temporarily shut down twice in 2010, and 2014 for insulting the judiciary and the public prosecutor and for publishing false news ✔ Its editor in chief was sentenced to three months in 2010
Pompeo to travel to Pyongyang on Oct. 7, meet Kim
10/3/2018, 12:46:15 AMundefined ✔ U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo speaks during the United Nations Security Council meeting on the Korean Peninsula issue at the UN headquarters in New York, Sept ✔ AFP-Yonhap Nauert said Pompeo will also visit Seoul Sunday and Monday to meet with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha
Turkish, Saudi officials diverge on whereabouts of prominent Saudi...
10/3/2018, 5:01:34 PMTurkish and Saudi authorities gave conflicting accounts on Wednesday about the w... ✔ As a journalist, he interviewed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden several times in Afghanistan and Sudan, and served twice as editor of Al Watan newspaper ✔ Slideshow (5 Images) Scores of businessmen were detained last November in Riyadh’s Ritz-Carlton hotel in a separate campaign against corruption, unnerving some foreign investors ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Budapest warns Kiev against expelling consul, vows to retaliate ‘immediately’
10/4/2018, 3:10:30 AMHungary’s FM Peter Szijjarto has warned Kiev against expelling its consul, vowing it would retaliate “immediately” if it did. Hungary and Ukraine are locked in a bitter diplomatic row over Kiev’s ‘forced Ukrainization’ policies. ✔ HomeWorld News Budapest warns Kiev against expelling consul, vows to retaliate ‘immediately’ Published time: 4 Oct, 2018 01:53 Get short URL © Bernadett Szabo / Reuters Hungary’s FM Peter Szijjarto has warned Kiev against expelling its consul, vowing it would retaliate immediately if it did ✔ If the demand is not met, Kiev will expel the diplomat on Thursday, Klimkin warned
The Neo-Nazi Fight Club Named In The Charlottesville Arrests Is On The "Cutting Edge" Of Peddling White Supremacy
10/3/2018, 4:25:50 AM"It's the cutting edge of white supremacy right now," one expert warned. ✔ It is very troubling how blatant they are making their mission of violence and law enforcement still does not take action, German said ✔ Several other Southern California law enforcement agencies did not immediately respond to BuzzFeed News' inquiries about RAM's activity
Sylvester Stallone's Rambo gets a cowboy makeover in fifth film
10/3/2018, 7:12:04 AMThe 72-year-old action star shared BTS snaps of his troubled Vietnam War veteran perched on his horse on the set of Rambo 5, which started shooting Tuesday ✔ The Green Beret drifter went to Vietnam, Washington State, Thailand, Afghanistan, and Burma on his prior adventures and now he'll battle a Mexican cartel First Blood: The three-time Oscar nominee is rumored to be co-directing the flick with Adrian Grunberg, and the prior four Rambo installments spanning 1982-2008 collectively amassed $727.8M at the box office Home sweet home: When audiences last saw the US Army Special Forces soldier, he had finally returned to a rural horse farm in the States marked with a rusted 'R
Turkey and Russia work to avert a bloodbath in Syria's last major rebel bastion - Los Angeles Times
10/3/2018, 2:19:44 PMA deal forged last month gives Turkey a chance to persuade rebels in the Syrian province of Idlib to lay down their arms. But that may be wishful thinking. ✔ The best hope for averting a bloodbath in the northwest Syrian province of Idlib home to 2.6 million people and the last major bastion of rebels fighting the government depends on cajoling tens of thousands of militants there to lay down their weapons ✔ Many of its residents are packed in overcrowded camps, relying on humanitarian aid from a host of countries arrayed against Assad
Britain halts aid to Syria's Idlib over concern extremists imposing 'terror tax' on trucks
10/3/2018, 3:21:24 PMBritain has halted aid to rebel-held parts of Syria over concern extremists are profiting from shipments through a “terror tax”. ✔ Bab al-Hawa, the main commercial crossing between Syria and Turkey The Salvation Government - the civilian arm of HTS - said in a statement that they would no longer tax trucks carrying aid from October 1 and claimed the money raised had only been used to repair and maintain roads used by the vehicles
Chinese armed drones now flying across Mideast battlefields
10/3/2018, 5:38:21 AMDUBAI--High above Yemen's rebel-held city of Hodeida, a drone controlled by Emirati forces hovered a ✔ DUBAI--High above Yemen's rebel-held city of Hodeida, a drone controlled by Emirati forces hovered as an SUV carrying a top Shiite Houthi rebel official turned onto a small street and stopped, waiting for another vehicle in its convoy to catch up ✔ Since 2014, China has sold more than 30 CH-4's to countries including Saudi Arabia and Iraq in deals worth over $700 million (80 billion yen), according to CASC
Pompeo's 4th NK visit fuels optimism for denuclearization
10/3/2018, 7:42:26 AMundefined ✔ Of course, we have quite a ways to go but we look forward to the next steps in this conversation ✔ Some analysts remained cautious over progress in the nuclear talks, pointing out that Pompeo's third visit only resulted in Washington and Pyongyang accusing each other of dragging their feet on denuclearization
Pompeo's 4th North Korean visit fuels optimism for denuclearization
10/4/2018, 1:04:51 AMundefined ✔ Of course, we have quite a ways to go but we look forward to the next steps in this conversation ✔ Some analysts remained cautious over progress in the nuclear talks, pointing out that Pompeo's third visit only resulted in Washington and Pyongyang accusing each other of dragging their feet on denuclearization
'We have to help them': Syrian Kurdish leaders see new U.S. interest
10/3/2018, 12:05:12 PMPresident Donald Trump's announcement in April that he wanted to pull U.S. ... ✔ A spate of visits to Syria by U.S. diplomats in the past two months and a new readiness to discuss the country’s future point to a longer-term U.S. commitment, they say ✔ At the very least, before there was no talk of this at all ✔ But the results remain the most important to us .. ✔ But rather guarantees of protecting the region and including (us) in the political process ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Pragmatics win: Kurz to meet Putin for 4th time this year to strengthen ties & foster dialogue
10/3/2018, 4:12:01 AMAustrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is set to meet President Vladimir Putin this week, their fourth meeting this year, displaying the pragmatic politics that are so badly needed right now in relations between Moscow and Europe. ✔ Austria’s cumulative investment in the Russian economy accounted for $24 billion, the Russian ambassador to Austria, Dmitry Lyublinsky, told RIA news agency, adding that the two nations are gradually overcoming the economic downturn in bilateral relations caused by the sanctions
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