Yemen on brink of 'world's worst famine in 100 years' if war continues
10/15/2018, 11:29:00 AMUN warns that famine could overwhelm country in next three months, with 13 million people at risk of starvation ✔ The Houthi rebels reported that five members of the same family were among those killed, adding that many children were among the casualties ✔ Meanwhile the country’s currency has collapsed and food prices have doubled in the last month, fuelling the threat of famine
Sole crossing between Syria and Israel-occupied Golan reopens
10/15/2018, 11:57:38 AMTwo key borders reopen in a major boost to the Syrian government as it takes over most rebels areas. ✔ It also reinforces the Syrian government's message that it is slowly emerging victorious from the seven-year conflict ✔ Nearly 450,000 Syrians have been killed in the war, and the country has been devastated by the violence that drew the involvement of regional and international powers as well as foreign fighters ✔ UpFront Has Bashar al-Assad won the war in Syria
World War 3: The secret nuclear bunkers built in the UK in the event of disaster
10/15/2018, 11:57:51 AMTHE THREAT of World War III forever looms, with recent news surrounding the threat of an attack from Russia or North Korea. Britons should head to these locations in the UK where secret nuclear bunkers can be found. ✔ It could accommodate hundreds of people for up to three months, but has since been decommissioned and is now a museum ✔ World War Three: Most underground bunkers have been decommissioned or make public to tourists (Image: Getty) Kingsway Telephone Exchange, London Located underneath High Holborn street, it was built as an air-raid shelter in the 1940s ✔ It is one of the few Royal Observer Corps control buildings to retain all of its original mechanics to visit
Analysis | There’s grim news on climate change. Will it lead to mass migration and conflict?
10/15/2018, 10:17:38 AMPeople try to adapt and stay in place — but environmental damage hits some people harder than others. ✔ An Afghan boy pumps water in Sakhi village on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif on July 19 ✔ We study conflict perceptions, because at the individual level it is hardly possible to gather data on actual conflict behavior, e.g., fighting ✔ In particular, we asked migrants whether they faced any challenges at their new locations
Merkel faces 'fight for survival' after Bavaria election ‘earthquake’
10/15/2018, 9:12:04 AMAngela Merkel's sister party Christian Social Union (CSU) saw their worst election results in almost 70 years, the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), saw support in Bavaria halved. ✔ Profiting from the refugee backlash, the AfD took millions of votes in last year's general election to weaken all the mainstream parties ✔ Merkel has been largely absent from the CSU election campaign, which in its final rally on Friday invited instead Austria's right-wing Chancellor Sebastian Kurz
In between tangling with Trump, Mattis attempts to reshape the U.S. military
10/15/2018, 11:18:53 AMThe defense secretary has laid the groundwork for substantive changes but has yet to cement legacy-defining reforms. ✔ The president has demanded a space force, a ban on transgender troops, a military parade, a National Guard deployment at the border and other politically tinged initiatives far from Mattis’s list of priorities ✔ He understands how to govern, Shanahan said at the annual Air Force Association conference ✔ You can’t just apply the word ‘lethal’ to everything the military does, he said
NATO Supreme Commander: US Carrier Group in North Sea Puts Russia 'On Notice'
10/15/2018, 9:38:50 AMThe USS Harry Truman, a 104,000 ton Nimitz-class aircraft carrier capable of deploying some 90 combat and support aircraft, has entered the North Sea in preparation for Trident Juncture, a series of drills which are expected to become the largest alliance exercises in the region since the Cold War. NATO Supreme Allied Commander in Europe Curtis Scaparrotti has characterized the deployment of the USS Harry Truman in the North Atlantic "a demonstration of our capabilities" to Moscow. ✔ Escorted by nine other warships, the massive US carrier will deploy some 49 jets in the upcoming Trident Juncture drills, which are expected to run between October 25 and November 7 in and around Norway ✔ Over the last several years, Russia has committed substantial resources to modernizing its navy, coastal defenses and air defenses, as well as arming navy cruisers, missile boats and other vessels with cruise missiles such as the Kalibr, capable of striking targets at ranges up to 2,500 km away from the Baltic and Black seas and the Pacific Ocean
Two Koreas agree to push ahead with road, rail links despite sanctions
10/15/2018, 9:55:44 AMPlans to establish transport links may reflect a growing desire for sanctions relief. ✔ Once North Korea reaches a certain stage in the denuclearization process, from that point on, gradual relief of economic sanctions on North Korea should also be seriously considered, Moon told the BBC in an interview last week ✔ Even if the sanctions are imposed for a decade or a century, North Korea will overcome them to emerge as the world's strongest power and socialist paradise, it wrote
North, South Korea agree to reconnect roads, rail amid U.S. concern over easing sanctions
10/15/2018, 10:48:27 AMThe two countries will carry out joint transport surveys later this month. ✔ In June, Kim met U.S. President Donald Trump in an unprecedented summit in Singapore and the two sides are arranging a second meeting, which Trump said was likely after U.S. congressional elections on Nov. 6 ✔ Trump said on Wednesday South Korea would not lift sanctions on North Korea without U.S. approval
Analysis | After several high-profile murders in Iraq, here’s what headlines missed about their cause.
10/15/2018, 11:19:06 AMIn the shadow of a 'peaceful' transition, violence is deeply rooted in Iraq's post-invasion fragmentation. ✔ Their deaths reveal the intensity of the political repression of this protest movement ✔ Zahra Ali is an assistant professor of sociology at Rutgers University and author of Women and Gender in Iraq: Between Nation-Building and Fragmentation (Cambridge University Press, 2018)
The Latest: Syria's border crossings with neighbors reopened
10/15/2018, 8:07:04 AMBEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on developments in Syria (all times local): 10:45 a.m. A vital border crossing linking Syria and Jordan has reopened for the first time in three years, promising to restore commercial trade and travel between the two countries. Another crossing, for U.N. observers along the frontier with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights has also reopened on Monday. Syria State TV showed the Syrian flag raised at the crossing which has been closed for four years because of the fighting. The Quneitra crossing will only be opened for the U.N. observers for now, who have been stationed there to monitor a cease-fire between the two countries since 1974. But the observers left the crossing as Syria's civil war made it unsafe. At Naseeb crossing, dozens of private cars lined up to cross from Jordan. Security personnel and dogs searched the vehicles.
White House shirks Saudi threat of retaliation in Jamal JKhashoggi standoff
10/15/2018, 10:16:17 AMTrump's economic adviser says U.S. "energy boom" can "cover any shortfalls" if Saudis cut oil flow over missing journalist accusation ✔ Rubio declined to rule out a halt to the arms sales, stressing that the U.S. must send a message to repressive governments worldwide, from Russia to Syria and China ✔ These targeted killings or disappearances, abroad, of journalists, human rights defenders, independent minds must stop, Callarmard told CBS News' Pamela Falk
Impending calamity for the Kim regime
10/15/2018, 8:32:00 AMundefined ✔ Retailers will react by pulling inventory off shelves in order to sell for higher prices in won at a later date ✔ Dr. Chan Young Bang is the president of KIMEP University and principal investigator at the DPRK Strategic Research Center in Almaty, Kazakhstan ✔ The views expressed in the above article are the author's own and do not reflect the editorial direction of The Korea Times
Britain on the Leash with the United States – but at Which End?
10/15/2018, 11:12:48 AMThe “special relationship” between the United States and the United Kingdom is often assumed to be one where the once-great, sophisticated Brits are subordinate to the upstart, uncouth Yanks. Iconic of this assumption is the mocking of former prime minister Tony Blair as George W. Bush’s “poodle” for his riding shotgun on the ill-advised American stagecoach blundering into Iraq in 2003. Blair was in good practice, having served as Bill Clinton’s dogsbody in the no less criminal NATO aggression against Serbia over Kosovo in 1999. ✔ The special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom is often assumed to be one where the once-great, sophisticated Brits are subordinate to the upstart, uncouth Yanks ✔ Control of the Middle East – and opposing the Russians – became a British obsession, first to sustain the lifeline to India, the Jewel in the Crown of the empire, then for control of petroleum, the life’s blood of modern economies
Syria’s militants give tepid support to demilitarized zone in final opposition stronghold
10/15/2018, 9:42:30 AMWith 3 million civilians crammed into Idlib, Russia and Turkey have been trying to stave off a Syrian offensive. ✔ By Louisa Loveluck Louisa Loveluck Reporter in The Washington Post's Beirut bureau, focusing on Syria ✔ But we warn at the same time against the trickery of the Russian occupier or having faith in its intentions, it added ✔ The group also said it would not forget the foreign fighters who came to assist it
SoftBank Shares Are Falling and Analysts Are Tying It to the Saudi Khashoggi Scandal
10/15/2018, 9:14:21 AMAnalysts say SoftBank's close Saudi ties are responsible for a drop of more than 7% in the Japanese conglomerate's share price. ✔ The Saudis deny this, but have provided no evidence to back their claim that he left the consulate alive ✔ Meanwhile, Myojo Asset Management CEO Makoto Kikuchi told Reuters that the sell-off was more psychological than anything related to worries on [SoftBank’s] fundamentals ✔ Saudi media has warned that sanctions would create an economic disaster that would rock the entire world
Seoul stocks likely to remain bearish
10/15/2018, 8:01:47 AMundefined ✔ By Lee Kyung-min The stock market is expected to continue to falter for a while due to lingering uncertainties created by multiple challenges both at home and abroad, analysts said Monday ✔ The soured foreign investor sentiment last week followed a plunge of over 5 percent on the Dow Jones industrial average the week before, partly triggered by comments from U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome H
Kaesong: gateway to Korea's past and future
10/15/2018, 10:45:23 AMundefined ✔ Google says the 172.3km Pyongyang-Kaesong Highway is a 102-minute trip, but the actual time is closer to two and a half hours due to the patchy roads that hinder travel speeds ✔ Many of the reconstructions were said to date back to 1602 ✔ In Kaesong, the inherent value in reunification for both Koreas will shine brightly
Trump's strange portrait with former GOP presidents has netizens in stitches (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
10/15/2018, 10:16:28 AMJournalist Leslie Stahl’s interview with President Trump on 60 Minutes didn’t yield much information people didn’t already know. However, one seemingly explosive revelation came in the unexpected form of... a painting. ✔ However, one seemingly explosive revelation came in the unexpected form of.. ✔ Trump covered a lot of ground in the interview, including the threat of war with North Korea, allegations of Russian and Chinese election meddling, and migrant family separations ✔ He made a comment that he’d seen a lot of paintings of himself and he rarely liked them ✔ Share it with a friend! Trends: Donald Trump newsUS news
Saudi currency at weakest in two years on Khashoggi case
10/15/2018, 10:48:38 AMSaudi Arabia's currency fell to its lowest level in two years and its inter... ✔ In November 2015, when oil prices were plunging, the riyal dropped as low as 3.7598 ✔ In the forwards market, the dollar rose on Monday as high as 100 points against the riyal, a nine-month high, from 54 points on Friday ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Kanye wants a hydrogen-powered 'iPlane 1' to replace Air Force One
10/15/2018, 11:33:35 AMDuring the meeting between Kanye West and President Donald Trump at the Oval Office the rapper pitched the futuristic designs of Shabtai Hirshberg's 2012 masters project. ✔ Kanye West's visit to the Oval Office saw the world-renowned rapper pitch a hydrogen powered successor to Air Force One - dubbed the iPlane 1 ✔ I had sleep deprivation which could cause dementia 10 to 20 years from now, where I wouldn't even remember my son's name
Turkey and Saudi Arabia to inspect consulate where Khashoggi went missing 2 weeks later
10/15/2018, 10:37:44 AMTurkey and Saudi Arabia are expected to conduct a joint "inspection" on Monday of the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, nearly two weeks after the disappearance of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, Turkish officials said. ✔ It showed a clenched fist made of a crowd of people in the country's green color ✔ News that the CEO of Uber, Dara Khosrowshahi, would pull out of the conference drew angry responses across the region ✔ Those policies are all seen as initiatives of the crown prince
Is Tamino the heir to Jeff Buckley?
10/15/2018, 8:27:54 AMThe 21-year-old Belgian-Egyptian artist is about to release his debut album 'Amir'. He speaks exclusively to Roisin O'Connor about the record, his musical heritage, and working with Radiohead's Colin Greenwood ✔ For some, it only happens once or twice in their lifetime, to hear something with a visceral, immediate power so unique that it seems otherworldly ✔ I’m very flattered when people compare me to artists I look up to, he says ✔ But I’ve never really listened to someone and said, ‘that’s what I want to do’
Trump downplays Russian poisoning attacks because 'it's not in our country'
10/15/2018, 9:32:24 AMTrump also concedes Russia meddled in 2016 presidential election, but says that China did too ✔ no, I never would Getty 1/15 You are fake news! Then President-elect Trump directed this insult to CNN's Jim Acosta while refusing him a question at a press conference on January 11 2017 ✔ At the time, a spokesman for Downing Street welcomed the strong response to the Salisbury attack by our US allies, which would send an unequivocal message to Russia that its provocative, reckless behaviour will not go unchallenged
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