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Nikki Haley helped lead Trump administration's efforts on Israel, North Korea

10/9/2018, 6:12:52 PM
Nikki Haley was a rookie on the international stage when she was appointed to the position in 2016 ✔ On Tuesday, Haley listed what she said were the accomplishments of her two terms, including North Korea sanctions, support for Israel, cutting the U.N ✔ In her resignation letter, dated October 3, she made her short-term goal clear: I expect to continue to speak out from time to time on important public policy matters, but I will surely not be a candidate for any office in 2020



Who has more Afghanistan cred in Va. congressional race?

10/9/2018, 6:46:38 PM
Ex-reporter says she was on the ground while Air Force intelligence chief planned bombings from an island. ✔ Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in the 5th District by 11 points in 2016, even as Clinton carried the state by more than five points ✔ Riggleman, in an interview Wednesday said generals such as Deptula devise an overall mission plan or campaign plan while the specifics are handled by the mission planners such as himself ✔ We know we hit the targets because I got the battle damage assessment, he said



Iranian-Saudi detente could transform the region, and US power is there to prevent

10/9/2018, 4:39:13 PM
The rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia has for decades roiled the Middle East with sectarian conflict, instability and war. Thinking about how the region would look if these two powerhouses normalized relations is intriguing. ✔ Apart from bringing peace and stability, one potential benefit would be that the Muslim nations are empowered to speak with one voice in support of Palestinian national rights ✔ The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT



England’s Alex Hales signs for Rangpur Riders in Bangladesh Premier League

10/9/2018, 5:00:49 PM
Alex Hales, who pulled out of a tour of Bangladesh on security grounds in 2016, has agreed a two-year deal to play in the BPL ✔ The right-hander is said to have been reassured by that tour passing without incident, while he has also taken advice from the tournament organisers and independent security professionals ✔ The latter, if handed down, will likely take into account matches already missed



Syria offers amnesty to military deserters, but exiles are cautious

10/9/2018, 7:51:30 PM
Refugees routinely cite conscription as a major reason for not returning home. ✔ While the amnesty covers desertion, it does not cover fighting against the government or joining the rebels, who are regarded by the Syrian government as terrorists ✔ On the other hand, a refusal to accept such a program indicates a lack of seriousness on the part of the regime



Jordan says reopening crucial Syria trade route needs more talks

10/9/2018, 6:57:09 PM
Jordan said on Tuesday more talks with Syria were needed before an important bor... ✔ Jordan supports Washington and its Arab Gulf state allies in their tough stance toward Iran, a country Jordanian officials are wary of because of its growing military presence in Syria ✔ Jordan has denied it agreed on a date to reopen the crossing after Syria announced on Sept ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Khashoggi disappearance sparks a Turkish-Saudi war of words, if not deeds

10/9/2018, 4:36:31 PM
Turkey and Saudi Arabia have conflicting accounts of the disappearance last week of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. But can Turkey take on the oil-rich Gulf kingdom and what role can the US play in growing diplomatic spat? ✔ Ideological split between Sunni powerhouses The Khashoggi case has exacerbated the already strained relations between Turkey and Saudi Arabia ✔ Turkey has the higher moral ground and it’s an opportunity for Ankara to further normalise relations with Washington DC



Are U.S. presidents warmongers? In new history, Michael Beschloss looks at power grab

10/9/2018, 4:39:39 PM
In "Presidents of War," historian Michael Beschloss looks at how U.S. presidents have bypassed Congress to go to war. A book review. ✔ In those times, calling on Congress for consent wasn't always easy ✔ Though a student of history and a former U.S. senator from Missouri, Truman's set a dangerous example for later presidents, Beschloff writes ✔ Put these new books on your wish list right now



Opinion | Remembering Anna Politkovskaya, who was killed for telling the truth

10/9/2018, 5:11:39 PM
Remembering the crusading journalist who was murdered 12 years ago. ✔ Russian human rights activists attend a rally in honor of slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya in Moscow on Oct. 7, 2010 ✔ (Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images) By Svetlana Alexievich October 8 at 7:42 PM Svetlana Alexievich is the 2015 Nobel Prize Laureate for Literature and the 2018 Anna Politkovskaya Award winner ✔ I would say that there’s a little bit of Putin in every Russian



Israel set to deport hundreds of Congolese migrants after scrapping protection

10/9/2018, 5:25:48 PM
Hundreds of migrants from the Democratic Republic of Congo are set to be deported from Israel as the government has scrapped the special status they are afforded in the country. ✔ The Hotline for Refugees and Migrants, an Israeli organization dedicated to refugees' rights, described the decision as another failure, Haaretz reports ✔ More than 165 civilians have been kidnapped for ransom or abducted, and dozens of others have been wounded or disappeared this year, the NGO said ✔ Share it with a friend! Trends: Israel news



Syria's Assad grants amnesty to army deserters and draft dodgers - Los Angeles Times

10/9/2018, 7:33:46 PM
The Syrian government announced an amnesty on Tuesday for army deserters and those who avoided military service, in a move designed to woo Syrians refugees back to the country.  ✔ Desertion and draft dodging carry stiff punishments, including years of imprisonment, extension of military service and fines ✔ It also kept troops fighting well beyond the two-year period ✔ We actively encourage this determination of the Syrian leadership ✔ The amnesty demonstrates Assad’s growing confidence that the fighting is drawing to a close with him as the victor



UN Ambassador Haley Resigning in Latest Trump Shake-Up

10/9/2018, 7:13:42 PM
U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley surprise resignation Tuesday caught even White House officials off guard, as speculation raged about the timing of the latest Trump administration shake-up just weeks before the November midterm elections,. ✔ By ZEKE MILLER, DEB RIECHMANN and JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) U.N ✔ The official noted that their conversation coincided with the appointment of Mike Pompeo as secretary of state and John Bolton as national security adviser ✔ He insisted later that the delegates were laughing with him, not at him



Russian spy's grandmother vanishes after telling friends Putin gave him a hero's medal

10/9/2018, 5:44:49 PM
The grandmother of the military doctor outed as a Salisbury assassin has disappeared after disclosing her grandson had been awarded Russia’s highest honour by Vladimir Putin. ✔ Former neighbours confirmed to The Telegraph that Petrov was Mishkin and he had been awarded the country’s highest honour ✔ The men have been charged in absentia with attempted murder and chemical weapons offences under their aliases Petrov and Boshirov



The Baltics fear European “strategic autonomy”

10/9/2018, 5:36:02 PM
The dangers they face are real and immediate ✔ Raimonds Bergmanis, Latvia’s defence minister, was in the room: The president was very clear about his commitments to our security ✔ Estonians recall the crippling Russian cyber-attack that brought their country to a standstill in 2007 ✔ Balts wish more of their European partners did so, too



Missing writer shows Saudi Arabia's dark side

10/9/2018, 7:01:05 PM
As with every country across the Mideast, it's hard to escape posters and laudatory fawning over Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman across the kingdom. ✔ Khashoggi, apparently with royal court support, once even sought to have bin Laden return to the kingdom and renounce terrorism ✔ As Khashoggi wrote in his first column in the Post: 'That is how breathtakingly fast you can fall out of favor with Saudi Arabia.'



Nikki Haley’s demise paves the way for unbridled ‘America First’

10/9/2018, 6:14:30 PM
undefined ✔ Hours later she was contradicted by a White House official, who said she had been momentarily confused ✔ Ms Haley shot back: With all due respect, I don’t get confused ✔ Mr Trump singled out Angela Merkel’s Germany for criticism ✔ Meanwhile, the adult death watch is likely to shift to Mr Mattis’s tenure at the Pentagon



Vietnam to lift foreign ownership cap by next year

10/9/2018, 5:08:53 PM
Investment-hungry economy makes new push for MSCI emerging-market status ✔ The ratio decreases to a 15% stake at companies with more than 100 billion dong in charter capital and 10% when this capital tops 1 trillion dong ✔ Vietnamese financial authorities have been told by the government to accelerate work on modernizing the legal framework needed for an open and transparent stock market, in line with international standards



Turkey says will search consulate where Saudi journalist vanished

10/9/2018, 4:18:34 PM
Turkey said on Tuesday it would search Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul... ✔ Violence against journalists worldwide is going up and is a grave threat to freedom of expression ✔ FORCED DISAPPEARANCE U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had not yet spoken to Saudi officials about the case ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Opinion | Donald Trump Is Complicit In Jamal Khashoggi's Likely Death. So Are Many Others.

10/9/2018, 7:03:10 PM
The Trump administration's enabling of the Saudi state and incitement against the press is partly to blame for Khashoggi's fate. ✔ A key difference between the current Saudi political climate and that of previous historical junctures is the global public relations campaign that the country has mounted in recent years ✔ Marc Lamont Hill is the Steve Charles Professor of Media, Cities, and Solutions at Temple University, a CNN political commentator and a former host of HuffPost Live



Vladimir Putin’s plan to divide Europe is backfiring | Natalie Nougayrède

10/9/2018, 6:30:35 PM
As the truth of the Skripal poisoning unravels, Russia finds itself creating some unlikely allies across Europe, says Guardian columnist Natalie Nougayrède ✔ The former Russian prime minister Viktor Chernomyrdin once famously quipped: We wanted the best, but it turned out as always ✔ After Estonia was hit by a massive Russian cyber-attack in 2007, few in Paris or Berlin worried the danger might one day extend further west



The best films directed by women at this year's BFI festival

10/9/2018, 5:21:35 PM
Out of 385 films originating across 77 countries being shown over 12 days (10-21 October), two-fifths are directed by women ✔ At this year’s Cannes film festival, 82 women stood on the red carpet ahead of the Girls of the Sun premiere in a silent protest against the lack of representation of female directors on the show schedule ✔ This is a powerful film with a grinding intensity about it



Opinion | Saudi Arabia Must Answer for Jamal Khashoggi

10/9/2018, 4:26:36 PM
If the Saudi journalist in exile was abducted and murdered, as many fear, a full accounting is needed. ✔ At this stage, the suggestion of a deliberate and cruel execution must remain only that, a frightening possibility ✔ Politics Life on the Dirtiest Block in San Francisco Dire Climate Warning Lands With a Thud on Trump’s Desk Opinion: Divide and Rule Hurricane Michael Live Updates: Category 2 Storm Bears Down on Florida Panhandle



Little-known UK site Bellingcat hunts online for scoops

10/9/2018, 5:57:16 PM
LONDON (AP) — A little-known website that fingered two Russians with military intelligence backgrounds in the poisoning of an ex-spy derived its name from an old fable about mice ✔ LONDON (AP) A little-known website that fingered two Russians with military intelligence backgrounds in the poisoning of an ex-spy derived its name from an old fable about mice discussing how best to deal with a hungry cat ✔ FILE - In this file still image taken from CCTV and issued by the Metropolitan Police in London on Wednesday Sept



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