Yemen conflict could push millions more to brink of famine, says UN
10/16/2018, 6:20:40 AMThe number of Yemenis on the brink of famine could rise to 12 million -- or two in five people -- from around 8.5 million in the coming months due to escalating war and a deepening economic crisis, the United Nations said Monday. ✔ All its air, land and sea ports are currently functioning, but fighting around Hodeidah is preventing WFP workers from reaching its 51,000 tonnes of wheat stocks at the Red Sea Mills facility - enough to feed 3.7 million people in northern and central Yemen for one month, Verhoosel said
Can China be a force for good?
10/16/2018, 5:02:30 AMBeijing wants to convince the world it can play peacemaker in regional conflicts ✔ But that is standard operating procedure for emerging superpowers ✔ To think otherwise would be redolent of Cold War zero-sum thinking that needs to be changed ✔ Michael Vatikiotis is Asia director of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue based in Singapore
As Ukraine and Russia step up confrontation, US not a bystander
10/16/2018, 4:41:42 AMTrump administration officials have been maintaining a harder line on Russia's role in Ukraine as the hot war continues in the eastern Donbas region. ✔ The purpose of the exercises is to increase the level of interoperability of our combat aircraft with the air forces of the United States and other member states of the alliance, he said ✔ A schism is always bad, Lukashenko said, according to a statement released by the Moscow Patriarchate
DR Congo: Ebola claims 24 lives in one week
10/16/2018, 7:32:19 AMThe rate of new Ebola cases has more than doubled after rebels forced response efforts to be briefly suspended. ✔ In recent weeks the rate of new Ebola cases has more than doubled after rebel violence in northeastern DRC caused response efforts to be briefly suspended, health officials said earlier this week ✔ Following the rapid increase in cases in northeastern DRC, the WHO also warned the disease might spread to neighbouring Rwanda and Uganda, adding that those countries are well prepared but have not yet approved the use of a vaccine
Russian Leadership Has Now Embraced the New Cold War and Is Comfortable Escalating It
10/16/2018, 7:54:43 AMAs a certified “dupe of Putin” in the eyes of our McCarthyite, mob rule majority that speaks for the American foreign policy establishment, I use this opportunity to restate my claim to independent thinking about the big issues of responsibility for the ongoing and escalating New Cold War, including each and every major incident along the way. ✔ This was just after the British released what they called the real names and GRU affiliations of the two alleged perpetrators of the poisoning ✔ There are ever more false flag provocations in the pipeline and no one outside a small circle of experts takes an interest in the often highly technical elements of such argumentation
Reopening of Jordan-Syria crossing signals regional powers move to restore ties with Damascus
10/16/2018, 6:31:08 AMThe newly re-opened border crossing between Syria and Jordan will not only help to restore a key Middle East trade route but also move regional actors to restore relations with Damascus, experts told RT. ✔ #Assad says #Syria reaches ‘understanding’ with Arab states – report https://t.co/9b4bszva20pic.twitter.com/im4nu9BVzS RT (@RT_com) October 4, 2018 Syria is now being increasingly accepted by its neighbors as a country, which stability is important to everyone around, the director of Gnosos told RT
'It's against the law': Syrian refugees deported from Turkey back to war | Shawn Carrié and Asmaa Al Omar
10/16/2018, 6:21:50 AMWith tension mounting in Idlib, people trying to flee across the border are being given the choice of detention or waiving their right to asylum ✔ Tareq* can recall in detail each of the 22 times he climbed over the concrete border wall, dodged a flurry of bullets, and sprinted as fast as he could – until Turkish border guards caught him and turned him back ✔ According to the prohibition of refoulement, Syrians in our country are not deported in any way, the letter says
Trump is not slowing down on Tehran
10/16/2018, 6:11:06 AMundefined ✔ By Dr. Imran Khalid Apparently, both sides are tightening their belts for a long tiff ✔ Be it a national healthcare plan or the Iran nuclear deal, Trump is doing all it takes to erase the fingerprints of Obama from the Oval Office ✔ Dr. Imran Khalid (ikhalid99@yahoo.com) is a freelance contributor based in Karachi, Pakistan
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Two Koreas, UN Command discuss disarming Joint Security Area in DMZ
10/16/2018, 5:01:21 AMundefined ✔ The closed-door meeting is to open at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) at 10 a.m., it said ✔ On Oct. 1, the two sides started a 20-day effort to remove landmines in the JSA ✔ Burke Hamilton, the Military Armistice Committee secretary
A chance for Turkey and America to rebuild ties
10/16/2018, 4:55:30 AMundefined ✔ Within 24 hours of his release from a Turkish prison, Andrew Brunson found himself in the Oval Office with President Donald Trump ✔ The Americans are unsettled by Mr Erdogan’s wooing of President Vladimir Putin, and angered by his decision to buy a Russian air-defence system
Trump Hits A New High-Water Mark: The Biggest Federal Deficit In 6 Years
10/16/2018, 4:49:12 AMThe federal deficit has soared 17 percent in the president's first fiscal year. ✔ President Donald Trump likes to boast that he’s breaking records with the latest low unemployment figures ✔ It hasn’t been that large a percentage since World War II ✔ Trump promised the tax cuts would pay for themselves by boosting business, which would produce more taxes ✔ Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) October 15, 2018 Download
Jamal Khashoggi: US secretary of state arrives in Saudi Arabia for crisis talks
10/16/2018, 7:51:32 AMMike Pompeo to meet King Salman amid reports Riyadh may admit journalist was killed in Istanbul consulate ✔ Both reports cited anonymous people said to be familiar with the Saudi plans ✔ The US president has been pressing King Salman and Opec to boost production for weeks to drive down high crude oil prices, caused in part by the coming re-imposition of oil sanctions on Iran after the US withdrawal from that’s country’s nuclear deal with world powers
It takes a neocon: DC hawk reinvents self as trans woman
10/16/2018, 6:31:09 AMA neoconservative policy hawk has brought the transgender revolution to the world of Washington, DC think tanks, suggesting that having the “right” politics goes a long way towards acceptance - unlike, say, Chelsea Manning. ✔ For a conservative institution, the AEI seems to have taken Donnelly’s gender u-turn in stride, perhaps a sign of the shifting cultural tides in the US ✔ I, for one, decline to participate in someone's delusion ✔ Trends: Pentagon newsUS newsWashington DC news
Prince Harry teases baby's sex at Sydney's Admiralty House
10/16/2018, 7:11:12 AMPrince Harry teased a reception at Admiralty House as he said the royal couple were thrilled to announce their baby news in Australia - but wouldn't reveal whether they were expecting a boy or a girl. ✔ Prince Harry refused to hint whether he's expecting a boy or a girl as he gave a lighthearted reception in Sydney ✔ They will also will see first-hand the hardships local drought affected farmers are facing by visiting a local property ✔ Later that morning, the couple will take part in a youth advocate programme
Analysis | Trump joins Saudi Arabia’s Khashoggi cover-up
10/16/2018, 5:27:32 AMAs the Saudi story surrounding Jamal Khashoggi collapses, the president is still bending in Riyadh's direction. ✔ By Ishaan Tharoor Ishaan Tharoor Reporter covering foreign affairs, geopolitics and history Email Bio Follow October 16 at 12:59 AM (Evan Vucci) It’s now been two weeks since Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappeared after entering his country’s consulate in Istanbul ✔ Never, never, never, a former senior U.S. diplomat with long experience in Saudi Arabia told my colleagues, referring to Mohammed
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