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UN Syria envoy De Mistura to step down

10/18/2018, 3:45:00 AM
The United Nations envoy for Syria announced on Wednesday he will step down at the end of November after more than four years in the key post as UN efforts to end the seven-year war show no sign of a breakthrough. ✔ Brahimi spent two years in the position, stepping in after former UN chief Kofi Annan quit just six months into the role ✔ Among the names being floated as a possible successor are the UN's Middle East peace coordinator Nickolay Mladenov and the UN envoy for Iraq Jan Kubic, according to UN diplomats


World War 3: US and China Nuclear WAR closer than people know - expert's chilling warning

10/18/2018, 3:46:54 AM
THE risk of nuclear war between the US and China is much higher than people believe, according to a Georgetown professor in a stark warning. ✔ The first would be if China tried to invade Taiwan, with the other possibly arising due to territorial disputes in the south China Sea, an area that China claims as its own despite much of the world viewing it as international waters ✔ Deputy assistant director of the CIA’s East Asia Mission Centre Michael Collins described the current situation between the US and China as fundamentally a cold war


How The Khashoggi Scandal Looks When You've Been Bombed By Saudi Arabia For Years

10/18/2018, 12:41:43 AM
The journalist’s disappearance triggered a massive global backlash against Saudi Arabia. Its bloody war in Yemen never has. ✔ We can’t deny that there is a sourness inside all of us, that Yemenis have been dying for years, thousands of them, and millions starving, and the reaction is not as strong as in this case, she told HuffPost ✔ It’s just that so far, the more powerful voices in civil society and media haven’t consistently done that for Yemen ✔ But she hopes returning to Yemen will be easier in the new year


Return to Rakhine: 'Genocide never happened in this country'

10/18/2018, 1:55:58 AM
CNN joined a government-led tour of Myanmar's Rakhine State in late September, in an apparent attempt to convince the media -- and the rest of the world -- that accusations of genocide are false. ✔ While some self-restrict their movement for real or perceived sense of insecurity, or fear of neighboring communities, others -- particularly the Muslim communities - are not allowed to move freely, UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic said on October 5, after UN agencies conducted an initial needs assessment visit in northern Rakhine State after being largely blocked from the area for the past year


Family members say seven Venezuelans killed in remote gold mine

10/18/2018, 12:51:04 AM
Seven people were killed near a remote gold mine in southeastern Venezuela, fami... ✔ Other residents of Tumeremo said they worried that the violence that killed the seven people may have taken the lives of others working nearby, and staged a protest outside the military base demanding additional searches ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


At Vatican, South Korean leader says he's certain of peace

10/18/2018, 3:45:12 AM
VATICAN CITY--South Korea's president said he was certain peace could be achieved on the Korean Peni ✔ The pope's top diplomat, Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, celebrated the Mass ✔ The history of mankind has been marked by the embarrassment that is war ✔ Following an unusually provocative run of weapons tests last year, Kim has been on a diplomatic offensive, which included three summits with Moon and the one with Trump


Venezuela’s foreign creditors try to lay claim to Citgo

10/18/2018, 12:43:18 AM
If the oil company is seized, it could choke off a reliable source of cash for the already struggling country. ✔ Disrupting it would tighten the noose around the Maduro regime ✔ The United States did not issue sanctions preventing Venezuela from selling oil to Citgo because the U.S. market depends on those imports ✔ Rachelle Krygier in Caracas contributed to this report


CHRISTOPHER STEVENS on Channel 5's How To Get A Good Night’s Sleep

10/18/2018, 2:03:26 AM
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: The idea of Eamonn Holmes advancing on you in his jim-jams with his nostrils flaring is enough to give anyone nightmares. ✔ He also proclaimed: ‘Sleep is more important than eating.’ Well, he would say that, wouldn’t he ✔ Keanie Trick, 23, struggled to walk over uneven ground, following back and hip injuries during Army training ✔ The sound on this show was often muffled, especially the conversations in Land Rovers bumping along on rugged dirt roads


Saudi Journalist, Midterms, DNA: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing

10/18/2018, 12:29:51 AM
Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. ✔ Gruesome details of Jamal Khashoggi’s death were described by a senior Turkish official ✔ The new account came as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was in Turkey ✔ It increases pressure on Saudi Arabia and the U.S. to explain Mr. Khashoggi’s disappearance ✔ Casualties fighting the Taliban have become unsustainable


Opinion | A President Kowtowing to a Mad Prince

10/18/2018, 12:01:33 AM
Trump is providing cover for Saudi barbarism. ✔ Opinion American presidents have periodically engaged in cover-ups of their own corruption or licentiousness, but President Trump is breaking new ground ✔ And if there are no serious consequences this time as well, even now that his moniker is said to stand for Mr. Bone Saw, what will M.B.S


No major change in US-Saudi relationship - Opinion

10/18/2018, 12:05:59 AM
undefined ✔ Meanwhile, the US is also essential to Saudi Arabia ✔ The US will continue to help Saudi Arabia maintain economic stability and development ✔ Ma Xiaolin is a professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University ✔ The article is an excerpt of his interview with China Daily's Liu Jianna


Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression

10/18/2018, 12:10:38 AM
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events. ✔ By Jamal Khashoggi Jamal Khashoggi Bio Follow October 17 at 7:52 PM A note from Karen Attiah, Global Opinions editor I received this column from Jamal Khashoggi’s translator and assistant the day after Jamal was reported missing in Istanbul ✔ As a result, Arab governments have been given free rein to continue silencing the media at an increasing rate


Trump demands to see Khashoggi 'murder' proof amid reports of recording

10/18/2018, 1:38:22 AM
U.S. ✔ Important ties Pompeo meanwhile said Riyadh should be given a few more days to complete its own probe into Khashoggi's disappearance ✔ Marine General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, met his Saudi counterpart on Wednesday for previously scheduled talks, according to a U.S. military readout that made no mention of Khashoggi


Russian Facebook ads inflamed Hispanic tensions over immigration after Trump election

10/18/2018, 2:35:48 AM
Russians bought Facebook ads to further inflame tensions with Hispanics over Trump’s campaign rhetoric and his immigration crackdown after taking office. ✔ Joaquín Castro, a Democrat from Texas who sits on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, deplored the Russians ads targeting the Hispanic community, calling the propaganda campaign the most brazen example of Russia's intent to weaponize our social media platforms, divide and polarize our political system and exploit frustration and anger held by the American public


In final Washington Post editorial, Jamal Khashoggi contemplated a 'freedom he apparently gave his life for'

10/18/2018, 12:57:48 AM
An op-ed Jamal Khashoggi filed right before he went missing earlier this month was published online by The Washington Post on Wednesday evening. In the column, the Saudi journalist discussed the need for a free press in the Middle East. ✔ An op-ed Jamal Khashoggi filed right before he went missing earlier this month was published online by The Washington Post on Wednesday evening ✔ Turkish officials have accused Saudi Arabia of brutally killing Khashoggi, a Saudi national who often criticized the Saudi government in his reporting


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