Turkey to host Syria summit with Russia, France and Germany
10/19/2018, 9:44:16 AMTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will host a summit on the Syria conflict with the leaders of Russia, Germany and France on October 27 in Istanbul, his spokesman said Friday. ✔ Erdogan had previously planned to host the international summit in September, but it did not take place then ✔ James Jeffrey, Washington's special representative on Syria, hailed Wednesday the Russian-Turkish deal as a major step that has frozen the country's devastating seven-year war
Afghanistan delays vote in Kandahar after killing of commander
10/19/2018, 9:19:07 AMSaturday's parliamentary election in the southern Afghan province of Kandah... ✔ It was unclear how the attack would affect moves toward a peace process, following a meeting last week of Taliban officials and the U.S. special envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad, but it complicates an already difficult situation ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Russian Electronic Warfare in Syria Forces US to Develop New Gear
10/19/2018, 8:15:45 AMThe Pentagon’s in-house tech incubator is trying to stop Russia from scrambling US battlefield signals in Syria, federal contract documents show. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — or DARPA — has awarded at least $9.6 million worth of contracts over the past couple of months for radio systems designed to protect US signals used to call in air and artillery strikes. The agreements with US defense contractors Northrop Grumman and L3 Technologies come amid rising concerns that Russia could intercept and manipulate US targeting data. ✔ The US campaign in Syria, including the fight for the former Islamic State capital of Raqqa, has relied heavily on the integration of close air support with American-backed proxy forces such as the Syrian Democratic Forces ✔ That includes ingraining electronic warfare (EW) into military training
Turkey to host four-nation summit on Syria crisis
10/19/2018, 10:22:22 AMANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish official says a summit between the leaders of Turkey, France, Germany and Russia will be held in Istanbul this month to discuss the conflict in Syria. Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin, in a written statement Friday said a summit will take place on Oct. 27. Russia and Turkey reached an agreement last month to set up a demilitarized zone around the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib preventing a government offensive on the last rebel stronghold in the country.
'It is time': Women candidates in Afghanistan promise change
10/19/2018, 11:04:08 AMThis year, a total of 417 women are fighting for a seat in the 250-member Afghanistan parliament. ✔ Arabzai is among the 118 women candidates trying to secure one of the nine seats in the city reserved for women ✔ Life in Afghanistan is full of risks and challenges ✔ And it's not just politicians facing them, but also the average citizens, the former diplomat told Al Jazeera ✔ Follow Hamza Mohamed on Twitter: @Hamza_Africa
Istanbul summit on Syria aimed at avoiding new humanitarian...
10/19/2018, 9:10:57 AMThe leaders of France, Germany, Turkey and Russia will meet on Oct 27 in Istanbu... ✔ PARIS (Reuters) - The leaders of France, Germany, Turkey and Russia will meet on Oct 27 in Istanbul to discuss the war in Syria and identify ways of avoiding a humanitarian catastrophe in the country’s Idlib region, the French presidency said on Friday ✔ President Emmanuel Macron’s office said Paris wanted to ensure a ceasefire in Idlib remained in place to prevent a new exodus of refugees and to provide new momentum for peace talks ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
ISIS kill 'spies' in region where they kidnapped hundreds of hostages
10/19/2018, 11:01:55 AMImages show five captives, purportedly members of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, kneeling in front of masked fanatics in Deir ez-Zor province before being shot in the head. ✔ He claimed that the hostages included several U.S. and European nationals ✔ Earlier this week, the United Nations warned that the fight for Hajin, where the SDF estimates some 3,000 ISIS fighters remain, was having a 'devastating' effect on thousands of civilians
We must hold the Saudis to account in Khashoggi case, says ROSS CLARK
10/19/2018, 10:03:30 AMIT WAS easy to sneer at New Labour's "ethical foreign policy", culminating as it did in the disastrous invasion of Iraq on the pretext of Saddam Hussein's alleged possession of human shredders and weapons of mass destruction. ✔ Islamic extremism is an even bigger threat to the Saudi kingdom than it is to us ✔ That is what we need to do before Mohammed bin Salman picks up the idea that – as long as he continues to shop for UKproduced goods – he can murder and bomb with impunity
US blasts Vladimir Putin’s ‘inaccurate’ claim ISIS took 700 hostages in Syria saying its ‘not aware’ of any Americans being taken
10/19/2018, 9:03:31 AMAMERICA has blasted claims by Vladimir Putin that ISIS has taken hundreds of people hostage in Syria and will execute ten a day. Putin said the jihadi group had taken almost 700 people from a camp … ✔ Although the figure of 700 hostages has not been independently verified, images have emerged appearing to show a militant attack in the region ✔ Pictures show fighters performing ISIS' signature one-fingered salute as they grab the hair of their victims ✔ The group’s founder, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was also rumoured to be in the area at one point
‘US Congress has no Russian policy other than sanctions’ – Stephen Cohen
10/19/2018, 9:14:07 AMInconvenient thoughts on Cold War and other news. Intelligence agencies, Nikki Haley, sanctions, and public opinion. ✔ Moscow regards these exercises as a major provocation , and not unreasonably ✔ This article was originally published by The Nation ✔ Share it with a friend! The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT
Australia may downgrade delegation to summit as Saudi backlash grows
10/19/2018, 10:54:12 AMGrowing list of countries boycotting Riyadh trade talks amid backlash over alleged slaying of Jamal Khashoggi ✔ We want a complete boycott of the event to send the strongest possible signal, Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson told Guardian Australia ✔ A key suspect in the case worked in Australia for three months at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, where he observed autopsies being performed
Power Up: Trump praises attack on a reporter while some allies smear Khashoggi
10/19/2018, 10:19:22 AMIt's been a crazy week (again) ✔ Any guy that can do a body slam, he’s my kind ofhe’s my guy ✔ (SAUL LOEB/AFP) On The Hill IF THE PRESIDENT FAILS TO HOLD THE KINGDOM ACCOUNTABLE ✔ The country needs Americans who mutually lift each other up ✔ Politics is like the weather, ideas are like the climate
Analysis | Former U.S. Special Forces were reportedly hired to kill Yemen’s leaders. Did the government know?
10/19/2018, 11:18:50 AMWe're all in trouble if exporting hit squads becomes the new normal. ✔ The carcass of a car reportedly destroyed in an airstrike during clashes near the eastern entrance of the Yemeni city of Hodeida, as coalition forces seized rebel supply routes into the coastal city ✔ As others have suggested before, when the CIA joins with PMSCs the evasion of normal processes can be multiplied
Kandahar poll delay after assassination
10/19/2018, 8:52:50 AMVoting in the Afghan province is delayed after the Taliban shoot dead a powerful police chief. ✔ The local intelligence head was also killed and the governor was critically injured ✔ A spokesman for President Ashraf Ghani said that voting in the province would be delayed by a week in line with the wishes of the people ✔ Elections are due to be held across most of the rest of Afghanistan on Saturday
Russia: Anti-Putin critics receive GOAT’S HEAD and funeral wreath in terrifying warning
10/19/2018, 10:08:01 AMRUSSIAN critics of Vladimir Putin have spoken out after they were sent a goat’s head and funeral wreath in the post - branding them “traitors of the nation”. ✔ We have only two weapons: publicity - which means we must continue our work - and the law ✔ Pro-government forces now control 78,000 sq km compared to 19,000 sq km before Putin got involved ✔ Moscow's devastating air power has almost wiped out the opposition in urban centres
ISIS RETURNS: Jihadi bride thwarts own festival attack after messaging AUTHORITIES
10/19/2018, 11:22:44 AMAN ISIS jihadi has revealed the terror cell was plotting a massacre at a German festival. ✔ The ISIS converts fled to Syria in 2015 to fight for Daesh (Image: IG (file pic)) Prosecutor General Peter Frank said: For us, the evidence base in this case was very tangible and reliable as well ✔ Although the plan was thwarted, authorities continue investigating it as Marcia and Oguz are awaiting transfer to Germany
Message to President Moon
10/19/2018, 8:42:04 AMundefined ✔ This reflected his diplomatic success and the quality of his leadership in how problems can be solved in a peaceful way ✔ Korea needs to establish hospitals, industries, universities, and research institutes in poor nations so the people there will have access to quality education and services ✔ He was national secretary at Pragyik Vidyarthi Parishad Nepal (PVP Nepal)
'We run where the fire is - and that's DC'
10/19/2018, 10:48:30 AMWhy we're seeing the return of the veteran-politician this year, in our latest mid-terms round-up. ✔ Your US mid-term elections daily digest The US mid-term elections in two-and-a-half weeks' time will help define the rest of Donald Trump's presidency ✔ Heitkamp began the debate with another apology, adding: I don't know if I could ever expect these women would accept my apology nor am I asking them to accept my apology but I am praying for guidance and forgiveness as we go forward
US Treasury Secretary pulls out of Saudi Arabia summit
10/19/2018, 8:29:22 AMThe decision comes as the Trump administration has faced mounting pressure following the disappearance of columnist Jamal Khashoggi ✔ The fire was extinguished within eight minutes AP 49/50 31 August 2018 Mourners attend Aretha Franklin's funeral at Greater Grace Temple in Detroit AFP/Getty 50/50 30 August 2018 Firefighters watch on as flames leap from a giant factory fire in the inner Melbourne suburb of West Footscray - More than 120 firefighters are fighting the fire, with 30 trucks and cherry picker aerial appliances on the scene which is sending large plumes of smoke across the city
Girl guide sells out of cookies in under an hour after setting up shop outside Canadian cannabis store
10/19/2018, 11:32:58 AMElina Childs finds queue of customers on first day of legal sales in country ✔ A Canadian Girl Guide sold out of cookies in under an hour after setting up shop outside a cannabis store on the first day of legal sales ✔ There were no deaths reported among the 164 passengers and six crew members aboard the Utair Boeing 737, but the Russian health ministry said 18 people were injured
Ex-girlfriend of Crimean school killer says he was bullied
10/19/2018, 10:20:19 AMVladislav Roslyakov, 18, let off 'nail-bombs' and stalked halls with a shotgun before killing himself in the school library. Ex-girlfriend says 'he lost trust in people' after being 'humiliated' ✔ Nastya (Anastasia) Baklanova, 26, born November 1991 20 ✔ But they react more to the coins in your pocket than just a metal bar ✔ But they react more to the coins in your pocket than just a metal bar ✔ 'My friend Dasha was killed in front of my own eyes ✔ I'm so scared.' Three days of mourning have been declared in Crimea
Turkey says it has not shared Khashoggi audio with anyone
10/19/2018, 11:48:47 AMTurkey has not shared audio recordings said to document the killing of Saudi jou... ✔ U.S. President Donald Trump has appeared unwilling to distance himself too much from the Saudis, citing Riyadh’s role in countering Iranian influence in the region and tens of billions of dollars in potential arms deals ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Woman’s moving obituary helps raise £8,500 for drug-free centre
10/19/2018, 8:41:48 AM'We've been overwhelmed by the generosity' ✔ She left behind a toddler, two grieving parents, as well as a sister and partner, who for years feared her addiction would claim her life ✔ It is believed that over one million Russians are addicted to the drug ✔ It has allowed people to see that these are human beings first with talents and skills and yes they struggle with an addiction, he told ABC news
Analysis | The Cybersecurity 202: U.S. tech firms slam Australian bill that could weaken encryption
10/19/2018, 11:42:52 AMBig players are making their case Down Under. ✔ THE KEY Australia's Parliament House in Canberra on May 9, 2012 ✔ But even though communication has improved, the AP reported that some local officials say they are still in the dark about what actually took place in the past presidential election ✔ Reuters Will There Be a Ban on Killer Robots
As Khashoggi crisis grows, Saudi king asserts authority, checks...
10/19/2018, 11:36:08 AMSo grave is the fallout from the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashog... ✔ He did not say what evidence he was basing the allegation on ✔ Trump said on Thursday he presumed Khashoggi was dead but that he still wanted to get to the bottom of what exactly happened ✔ An IMF spokesperson did not give a reason for her deferring her trip to the Middle East ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
'It is a movie about trauma': How Halloween became a horror film for the #MeToo era
10/19/2018, 8:29:35 AMThe film's star, Jamie Lee Curtis, says the film perfectly reflects our changing attitudes to trauma. This was just what was needed to make the franchise feel relevant in 2018, reports Clarisse Loughrey ✔ The Exorcist ( 1973) mined the growing public anxiety over occultism, spurred on by the Manson murders of 1969 ✔ We know that through history, we've studied history ✔ A24 11/17 Phantom Thread If Phantom Thread is indeed Daniel Day-Lewis’s final film as an actor, he is going out on a wondrously bizarre note ✔ Halloween is released in UK cinemas on 19 October
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