World War 3: Russia vows to protect Syria with MISSILES as Assad aims to increase allies
10/17/2018, 5:24:28 AMSYRIA has declared the delivery of new, modern missiles from Russia as a new means to not only secure Syria but the entire Middle East as Assad aims to increase his regional allies. ✔ Russia has been involved in the various conflicts since 2015 with Syria only considering allies Russia and Syria to be legitimate partners ✔ Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said Russia would be willing to deploy troops in Iraq like they did Syria if asked
Exclusive: American Mercenaries Went To Yemen To Carry Out Targeted Killings
10/17/2018, 3:22:02 AM“There was a targeted assassination program in Yemen. I was running it. We did it.” ✔ During a live-fire training mission he led, back in his Navy days, he says he accidentally shot another SEAL ✔ Gilmore said that’s what prompted him to leave the Navy, in 2011 ✔ On December 15, they boarded a chartered Gulfstream G550 ✔ ● Jules Darmanin in Paris contributed reporting to this story
American mercenary boasts of role in ‘targeted assassination program’ in Yemen
10/17/2018, 6:51:18 AMA Hungarian-Israeli security contractor based in the US, Abraham Golan, has claimed he ran a targeted assassination program in Yemen as part of the Saudi-led coalition currently waging a proxy war against Iran-backed Houthis. ✔ While the US theoretically bars mercenaries from participating in combat, it hires them to do everything else in the military, and one man's security detail is another man's firefight ✔ A CIA acquaintance calls him prone to exaggeration ✔ Share it with a friend! Trends: UAE newsUS newsYemen news
Drought affecting Afghans 'more than war'
10/17/2018, 12:32:47 AMThe UN is allocating $34.6m to help 2.2m people estimated to have been affected by the drought. ✔ We took what little we could with us, but lost most of it on the way ✔ AFP Many Afghans believe their political leaders are too detached from the issues facing them Outside a registration centre, many seem desperate ✔ We haven't seen such a large scale disaster in the last 18 years
DR Congo furious with Angola over violent crackdown on migrants
10/17/2018, 3:06:17 AMCongolese migrants and officials have said dozens of people were killed during a crackdown this month, an accusation Angola strongly denies. ✔ Relations between DRC and Angola The comments from Kinshasa will further increase tensions between the government of Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila and its erstwhile close ally ✔ ALSO READ: Angola to revamp system of selling diamonds in bid to attract investment REUTERS
Six years for Fife rapist who attacked war hero medic
10/17/2018, 7:05:14 AMA MONSTER who brutally raped and assaulted a former army medic in a horrifying nine-hour ordeal was jailed for six years.Serial abuser Stephen Graham, who has previously been jailed for domestic violence, repeatedly punched the Afghanistan war hero and tried to strike her with a knife after threatening to kill her. ✔ Her grandmother told the High Court in Edinburgh, where Graham had denied a string of charges: She was shaking and very upset ✔ It is only because of her courage in coming forward to report the abuse she suffered that we were able to ensure Graham was brought to justice for his crimes and will now serve a custodial sentence
The art of warfare
10/17/2018, 7:26:07 AMFor a world in shock, the conflict prompted a unique outpouring of creative expression. Our panel of experts pick their favourites ✔ So for a modern poet to take that on is quite a thing ✔ The grinding attrition of the narrator’s squadron, the struggle to maintain his sanity, the drinking, the comradeship, the loss ✔ The best men could be snatched at any time by a weakened wing strut or a piece of shrapnel, their only epitaph an empty seat in the mess
Trump Admin Is Being Taken Over by Pompeo and Bolton Who Represent Everything Trump Ran Against
10/17/2018, 7:55:27 AMIn covering President Donald Trump’s recent pregnant comments about Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, The Wall Street Journal tucked away in its story an observation that hints at the president’s foreign policy direction. In an interview for CBS’s 60 Minutes, the president described Mattis as “sort of a Democrat if you want to know the truth” and suggested he wouldn’t be surprised if his military chief left his post soon. After calling him “a good guy” and saying the two “get along very well,” Trump added, “He may leave. ✔ In covering President Donald Trump’s recent pregnant comments about Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, The Wall Street Journal tucked away in its story an observation that hints at the president’s foreign policy direction ✔ Now we know he didn’t mean what he said, and the latest tiff over the fate of Mattis crystallizes that reality
US Training for War With Russia Goes Wrong: American & Ukrainian Pilots Killed in Su-27 Crash
10/17/2018, 7:27:04 AMAn American serviceman has been killed in a Su-27 fighter jet crash in Ukraine, Kiev’s military prosecutor has confirmed. The jet was taking part in a military exercise with NATO. The Su-27 crashed during a simulated combat flight. The Ukrainian General Staff initially issued a statement on Facebook that mentioned the citizenships of the two pilots. “We regret to inform that according to the rescue team, the bodies of two pilots have been discovered: one is a serviceman of the Ukrainian Air Force, the other is a member of the US National Guard,” it said. ✔ The US Air Force, which confirmed their service member was involved in the incident, is now investigating the crash ✔ It began rotating when it was flying above the settlement ✔ Other participants include the US, Belgium, the UK, Denmark, Poland, Estonia, the Netherlands, Poland and Romania
Samsung steps up 5G drive as Huawei struggles with trade war
10/17/2018, 4:22:51 AMSouth Korean tech giant increases network presence amid US security concerns ✔ Samsung is benefiting from the trade war, said an industry source close to the company who asked not to be named ✔ But Washington has continued to try to exclude Chinese businesses from its list of communications equipment suppliers, due to concerns over possible leaks of confidential information ✔ According to Miyauchi, SoftBank will start by airing games of its professional baseball team, the SoftBank Hawks, through its 5G network
Analysis: Trump's Saudi bet has become much riskier
10/17/2018, 5:09:41 AMWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump put a big and risky bet on Saudi Arabia and its 33-year-old crown prince. It's now become much riskier. From the early days of his presidency, Trump and his foreign policy team embraced the kingdom and Mohammed bin Salman as the anchors of their entire Middle East strategy. From Iran and Iraq to Syria, Yemen and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the administration gambled that Saudi Arabia, effectively run by the prince, could credibly lead, and willingly pay for, a "Pax Arabica" in a part of the world from which Trump is keen to disengage.
Taking the M out of the DMZ: Koreas to make border safe for tourism
10/17/2018, 3:34:59 AMThe village of Panmunjom, also known as the Joint Security Area, lies inside the Demilitarised Zone, a buffer zone 2.5 kilometres wide that has divided the Korean Peninsula since the Korean War was halted in a truce in 1953. ✔ The three-way channel would be used for more discussions ✔ New York Times, Reuters War South Korea North Korea USA Most Viewed in World Loading Please explain Our weekly podcast giving you insight into the stories that drive the nation
'No coincidence': Saudi Arabia delivers $US100m to US after Trump's 'rogue killers' rationale
10/17/2018, 2:12:59 AMSaudi Arabia had promised to send money to help the US in Syria. It arrived on Tuesday. ✔ The Saudis had committed the money in August, he said, and the United States had expected to receive it in the northern fall, or around now ✔ New York Times International affairs Crime Saudi Arabia Turkey USA Donald Trump Most Viewed in World Loading Please explain Our weekly podcast giving you insight into the stories that drive the nation
ISIS ‘far from defeated’ despite territorial losses, Joint Chiefs chairman warns
10/17/2018, 12:01:13 AMThe Islamic State remains “far from defeated,” one of the nation’s top generals warned Tuesday, seeming to break with President Trump’s assertion that the terrorist group was “99 percent” beaten after four years of U.S.-led military action in Syria and Iraq. ✔ We can deny them the physical real estate … but it’s the ideology that inspires the violence, which many in the West have had a hard time comprehending and identifying, he said ✔ Some analysts argue that while a direct military confrontation with the Iranians and by extension their Russian allies in Syria is undesirable, the situation has tipped in Tehran’s favor
Booker and Miles Franklin winners in line for the PM's Literary Awards
10/17/2018, 1:11:56 AMThe fiction shortlist for this year's Prime Minister's Literary Awards is full of big names. ✔ The list is: Unbreakable , Jelena Dokic & Jessica Halloran; Mischka's War: A European Odyssey of the 1940s , Sheila Fitzpatrick; The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders , Stuart Kells; No Front Line: Australia's Special Forces at War in Afghanistan , Chris Masters, and Asia's Reckoning , Richard McGregor
Pompeo says Saudis committed to complete probe into journalist's...
10/17/2018, 5:27:43 AMSaudi Arabia has committed to conducting a complete investigation into the disap... ✔ I think we have to find out what happened first, Trump told the Associated Press in an interview on Tuesday ✔ These include Riyadh’s involvement in the war in Yemen, the arrest of women activists and a diplomatic dispute with Canada ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Opinion | America’s Dilemma: Censuring M.B.S. and Not Halting Saudi Reforms
10/17/2018, 12:27:53 AMWe have a national interest in Jamal Khashoggi’s saga. ✔ Hey, maybe it was all just a fake to cover for a power grab and win Western support ✔ All of these reforms had intense conservative opponents ✔ Conway Fixing the Climate Requires More Than Technology Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters Daniel E ✔ What Is NPC, the Pro-Trump Internet’s New Favorite Insult
Saudi Arabia, an arrogant ally
10/17/2018, 1:07:35 AMIn the wake of an apparent assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, President Trump is judiciously restrained but has already said that this was a possible “hit” by the Saudis. This incident also serves to raise the fundamental nature of the U.S.-Saudi relationship — and how it has been mishandled for decades by prior administrations. ✔ Since the 1973 Middle East War, the United States has half-heartedly attempted to enlist the Saudis in the process to achieve an Arab-Israeli peace ✔ As a U.S. ally the Saudis should have been urged to stop funding organizations seeking Israel’s destruction, and play a more positive role with their Arab allies in the region ✔ Abraham Wagner served in senior national security positions
Zika in Africa: Rare birth defect on the rise in Angola
10/17/2018, 5:42:47 AMEmiliano Cula starts to cry as his tiny fingers, curled into a tight fist, are s... ✔ LUANDA/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Emiliano Cula starts to cry as his tiny fingers, curled into a tight fist, are stretched by a physical therapist to stimulate motor control ✔ Over time, the virus diverged into two genetically distinct lines – the African and the Asian lineages - and neither was initially associated with large epidemics
Hugs for Harry! Pregnant Meghan's joy as boy won't let go of Prince
10/17/2018, 6:17:54 AMLuke Vincent, a five-year-old in kindergarten at Buninyong Public School, was overjoyed to meet Harry and Meghan when his turn came - and he just couldn't stop hugging a delighted Prince Harry. ✔ The visit to Dubbo is part of a jam-packed schedule of 76 engagements across 16 days, with the royals visiting Sydney, Melbourne and Queensland's Fraser Island, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand on their first overseas tour since they were married ✔ The media is spoiling the whole deal that was supposed to happen.'
Trump gives Saudi Arabia benefit of doubt in journalist's disappearance
10/17/2018, 4:10:11 AMU.S. President Donald Trump gave Saudi Arabia the benefit of the doubt in the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi even as U.S. lawmakers pointed the finger at the Saudi leadership and Western pressure mounted on Riyadh to provide answers. "I think we have to find out what happened first," Trump… ✔ Here we go again with, you know, you’re guilty until proven innocent ✔ He had this guy murdered in a consulate in Turkey and to expect me to ignore it, I feel used and abused, Graham said ✔ The Saudi stock index initially dropped 3 percent but finished up after state-linked funds came in to buy toward the close
How social democracy lost its way: a report from Germany
10/17/2018, 4:30:29 AMundefined ✔ Germany’s Social Democrats had watched their hapless candidate, Martin Schulz, stumble through a campaign bereft of ideas and drained of confidence ✔ Perhaps the most noticeable structure in Bochum is a mineshaft tower – a reminder of the city’s proud industrial heritage
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