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Nobel prize for Congo surgeon exposes region's deadly threat

10/6/2018, 1:03:07 PM
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to a Congolese surgeon brings rare global attention to a region surging for decades with rebel conflict that now threaten ✔ peacekeepers, a rocket explosion and an attack on the town at the center of Ebola efforts that killed at least 18 people and shut down health work for days ✔ Some combatants are fighting for control of the country’s mineral wealth, intensifying the cycle of violence



Afghan official: 2 security forces killed in bomb blasts

10/6/2018, 1:52:27 PM
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — At least two Afghan security forces were killed Saturday in Taliban attacks in the capital Kabul, officials said. Basir Mujahid, spokesman ✔ Mujahid said a roadside bomb hit a military vehicle as police arrived to respond to an insurgent attack, then a second blast took place in the same area causing casualties ✔ Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Taliban, claimed responsibility for the attack



Congo fuel tanker collision kills 50 people – 100 others with serious burns

10/6/2018, 1:03:21 PM
FIFTY people have been killed and about 100 people have suffered serious burns after a fuel tanker crashed into a vehicle in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ✔ (Image: DAILY EXPRESS) The accident happened in the village of Mbuta, about 130 km (80 miles) from the capital ✔ Deputy Governor of Kongo Central province, Atou Matubuana Nkuluki said: We are mourning the death of a about 50 people ✔ The crash follows another incident in 2010 when a fuel tanker overturned and exploded, leaving at least 230 people dead



US to send Israel more F-35s after Moscow supplies S-300s to Syria – reports

10/6/2018, 12:48:32 PM
The US will reportedly provide Israel with more F-35s after Russia supplied Syria with S-300 missile systems. Moscow’s move came in response to the downing of a Russian military plane, which it partly blamed on Israel. ✔ The delivery – initially planned years ago – was halted in 2013 on an Israeli request, but the September events forced Moscow to change its mind ✔ In 2017, a Pentagon report revealed the jet had more than 270 deficiencies, ranging from software trouble to structural problems ✔ Share it with a friend! Trends: Israel newsIsrael vs Iran newsSyria war news



BREAKING: Fuel tanker explosion kills 50 and injures more than 100

10/6/2018, 1:16:48 PM
DOZENS of people have been killed and about 100 people have suffered serious burns after a fuel tanker crashed into a vehicle in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ✔ Deputy Governor of Kongo Central province, Atou Matubuana Nkuluki said: We are mourning the death of about 50 people ✔ There are also about 100 people with second-degree burns ✔ The crash follows another incident in 2010 when a fuel tanker overturned and exploded, leaving at least 230 people dead



Yemen's Houthis arrest protesters in Sanaa

10/6/2018, 1:56:44 PM
Yemen's Houthi group said they arrested a number of people in Sanaa on Satu... ✔ A Saudi-led U.S.-backed international military coalition intervened in 2015 to restore it ✔ Soaring prices have put some basic commodities out of reach for many Yemenis and the central bank has struggled to pay public-sector salaries, on which many depend, as foreign exchange reserves dwindle



Golan Druze gather at border, chanting loyalty to Syria's Assad

10/6/2018, 2:06:57 PM
Carrying Syrian flags and pictures of President Bashar al-Assad, dozens of Arab ... ✔ Israel has largely stayed on the sidelines of Syria’s seven-year civil war ✔ Slideshow (8 Images) The border itself has been mostly calm, with occasional stray fire from Syria or brief exchanges, though heavy fighting could be easily heard and seen in the distance ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Ethnic Russians seen as having weight in Latvian election

10/6/2018, 12:48:10 PM
HELSINKI (AP) — Latvians were casting their ballots on Saturday in a parliamentary election in which a party catering to the Baltic nation's large ethnic-Russian minority is expec ✔ HELSINKI (AP) Latvians were casting their ballots on Saturday in a parliamentary election in which a party catering to the Baltic nation's large ethnic-Russian minority is expected to win the most votes, but is seen to be struggling to find coalition partners ✔ Observers say it is unlikely Harmony, led by Riga Mayor Nils Usakovs since 2009, would team up with Kucinskis' party because of policy differences



Giant US aircraft carrier 'Harry S. Truman' emerges from mist into Portsmouth

10/6/2018, 3:25:21 PM
A MASSIVE US warship is “docked” off the coast of Portsmouth today after arriving in a blinding sea of mist. The giant USS Harry S. Truman is currently on deployment supporting NATO ope… ✔ A MASSIVE US warship is docked off the coast of Portsmouth today after arriving in a blinding sea of mist ✔ 7 The mighty war vessel was launched in 1996 and can carry a crew of more than 5,000 ✔ It has recently been in action supporting attacks on ISIS targets in Syria under Operation Inherent Resolve



WATCH: Moment Banksy artwork 'SELF-DESTRUCTS' seconds after selling for over £1m

10/6/2018, 12:46:38 PM
THIS is the moment the iconic Banksy artwork "Balloon Girl' self-destructed in front of shocked auction-goers seconds after selling for £1 million in London. ✔ Banksy, whose identity remains unknown despite several attempts to unmask the artist behind the name, later used a variation of Balloon Girl to express his dissent to the war in Syria ✔ Others say he is public schoolboy Robin Cunningham or Massive Attack member Robert 3D Del Naja



'We got Banksy-ed': Street artist painting self-destructs after fetching record price

10/6/2018, 3:46:37 PM
A work by street artist Banksy self-destructed in front of startled onlookers Friday. "Girl With Balloon" fetched a record price moments before a shredder apparently embedded in the frame was activated, leaving the painting in strips. ✔ We have not experienced this situation in the past where a painting spontaneously shredded, upon achieving a record for the artist, Branczik said ✔ Girl With Balloon, which depicts a small child reaching up toward a heart-shaped red balloon, was originally stenciled on a wall in east London and has been endlessly reproduced, becoming one of Banksy's best-known images



1,092-foot USS Harry S Truman stops on the Hampshire coast

10/6/2018, 1:33:52 PM
The 1,092-foot U.S vessel arrived in thick fog on the Hampshire coast on Saturday morning as part of a lengthy North Atlantic voyage to 'foster co-operation' with Washington's NATO allies. ✔ The American aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman has arrived in Hampshire today on a mission to 'strengthen regional stability' in the North Atlantic - while Britain's new naval giant HMS Queen Elizabeth is put through her paces on the opposite side of the ocean ✔ The U.S. Navy said the vessel's latest mission was 'fostering co-operation with regional allies and partners, strengthening regional stability, and remaining vigilant, agile and dynamic'



Jews Didn't Lead or Fund the Russian Revolution, and the Death Toll of Bolshevism and Stalinism Is Wildly Exaggerated

10/6/2018, 12:53:50 PM
This is a discussion of some issues raised in a previous article by Ron Unz: ✔ This is a discussion of some issues raised in a previous article by Ron Unz: Back in those late Cold War days, the death toll of innocent civilians from the Bolshevik Revolution and the first two decades of the Soviet Regime was generally reckoned at running well into the tens of millions… I’ve heard that these numbers have been substantially revised downwards to perhaps as little as twenty million or so, but no matter ✔ Some people view Jews with suspicion; political manipulators are aware of it, and they claim that a person they fight with is a Jew



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