Hezbollah leader calls on Saudi Arabia to end war in Yemen
10/19/2018, 4:43:29 PMBEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah has called on Saudi Arabia to make a "courageous" decision and end the fighting in Yemen, saying the alleged killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey has tarnished the kingdom's image to an unprecedented degree. Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said in a speech in Beirut Friday that "the international cover" for the war in Yemen has begun to collapse. "Saudi Arabia's image worldwide is the worst in its history," Nasrallah said, referring to the Khashoggi case.
U. S., South Korea suspend joint military exercise because of North Korea talks
10/19/2018, 6:27:49 PMPentagon says this year’s Vigilant Ace air combat exercises won’t take place in December. ✔ Both ministers are committed to modifying training exercises to ensure the readiness of our forces, White added ✔ Friday’s decision to suspend Vigilant Ace marked the fourth canceled exercise ✔ Pompeo has said that he is looking to organize a second summit between Trump and Kim
Afghanistan elections delayed in Kandahar as nation braces for polling day violence
10/19/2018, 6:27:02 PMVoting for parliamentary elections in Afghanistan's second city has been postponed after a key security official was assassinated and the country braced for widespread insurgent violence on polling day. ✔ Voting for parliamentary elections in Afghanistan's second city has been postponed after a key security official was assassinated and the country braced for widespread insurgent violence on polling day ✔ This year's polls have already been delayed since 2015 because of rifts within Dr Ghani's government and rows how to clean up the voting system
'Breakthrough' & 'message to US': France & Germany to join Russia & Turkey in Syria summit
10/19/2018, 7:37:13 PMFrance and Germany will meet Russia and Turkey this October for a four-way summit on Syria, a potentially groundbreaking gathering that could finally see key EU states working together with local players to end the war. ✔ Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will host Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron ✔ Europeans understand the threats coming out of Syria very well ✔ Share it with a friend! Trends: France news Germany newsRussia news Syria newsTurkey news
Reports: Dozens killed or wounded in east Syria airstrikes
10/19/2018, 8:00:11 PMBEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media and a war monitor say airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition on a town held by the Islamic State group have killed and wounded dozens. State news agency SANA said the airstrikes on Sousa Thursday and Friday left several people dead or wounded. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights gave a much higher death toll saying 46 people were killed since Thursday, including civilians and IS fighters.
Ukraine secures new $3.9 billion IMF deal after gas price hike
10/19/2018, 7:22:09 PMUkraine secured a new $3.9 billion stand-by aid agreement with the International... ✔ it will focus in particular on continuing with fiscal consolidation and reducing inflation, as well as reforms to strengthen tax administration, the financial sector and the energy sector ✔ If we are not able to continue cooperation with our international partners, Groysman warned, then the country will not be able to service its debt ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Syria news: How female soldiers were made to bite off the heads of snakes for Assad
10/19/2018, 7:42:43 PMTHE Assad regime once forced female soldiers to bite off the heads of snakes and male soldiers to kill puppies to show their loyalty towards former president Hafez al-Assad, according to a new BBC documentary. ✔ And that he owed it to his father to fight for continuing power and not to just walk away ✔ Bashar's brother Bassel was destined to become the future leader of Syria and his mother Anisa was a strong figure in the family ✔ The deployment of this defence weapon will help make the situation more stable and safe across the Middle East
ISIS propaganda posted on Facebook sees civil engineer facing jail
10/19/2018, 5:02:15 PMAbdulrahman Alcharbati, 32, of Newcastle, was found with a bomb-making manual when Facebook disabled and reactivated his account nine times between December 2016 and March last year. ✔ It emerged during the interviews that he and his brother and father were arrested in Ohio after the Twin Towers were destroyed in 2001 ✔ Judge Sloan told Alcharbati: 'You will understand I am adjourning this case for sentence and given no indication of the sentence I impose which will be either a substantial custodial sentence or if the doctors evidence suggest it and I concur with their conclusions there will be a hospital order imposed.'
As pressure on Saudi Arabia grows, Jamal Khashoggi has achieved his life’s mission | Jonathan Freedland
10/19/2018, 5:16:52 PMAt last there’s a chance this brutal regime may be held to account, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland ✔ Jamal Khashoggi was a Saudi patriot and reformer, whose journalism helped expose the reality of Saudi Arabia and the cosseted, hypocritical relationship the kingdom enjoys with the west ✔ Those in Washington or London who, rightly, demanded Moscow face swift punishment for the attempted murder of the Skripals found themselves tongue-tied when it came to acting against Riyadh
Prince Harry and Meghan to unveil statue of Fijian special forces hero
10/19/2018, 6:26:32 PMPrince Harry and Meghan Markle will unveil a statue of Sergeant Talaiasi Labalaba, a Fijian member of the elite British Special Air Service. The statue will be erected in Nadi, on the main island of Viti Levu. ✔ They arrived too late, but Labalaba had held off the guerrilla force long enough for the Sultan's Strikemaster jets to arrive ✔ His first tour of duty was as a forward air controller - a cavalry officer calling in air strikes on Taliban positions and then commanding a squadron of light tanks - and his second was as co-pilot and gunner of an Apache attack helicopter in the British Army Air Corps
Khashoggi's fate is proof the US-Saudi relationship is over | Michael H Fuchs
10/19/2018, 4:06:49 PMMichael Fuchs says it’s time for the US to take a stand against the destructive bond that Donald Trump has with Saudi Arabia ✔ And while lower tensions between Israel and its neighbors is a good thing, their improving relationship is not about the United States – it’s about increasingly shared anti-Iran views ✔ It’s about whether or not America will stand up for democratic values and human rights, including against the growing brazenness of autocracies like Russia and China to reach beyond their borders to murder and abduct critics
Analysis | Nikki Haley joins a growing list of Trump officials who criticize Trump on their way out the door
10/19/2018, 5:14:48 PM"Our opponents are not evil. They’re just our opponents." ✔ By Amber Phillips Amber Phillips Reporter for The Fix covering Congress, statehouses Email Bio Follow October 19 at 12:55 PM She was one of the few Trump administration officials to leave on her own terms and with reputation intact ✔ That was the parting shot Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin left Washington with
The MPs who accepted thousands of pounds worth of benefits from Saudi Arabia
10/19/2018, 4:19:40 PMThe Kingdom has tripled the amount of money it spends lavishing gifts, hospitality and overseas trips on British MPs ✔ Mr Docherty told the Mail: It’s important to note that these visits are not treats or donations but working visits that take time and effort to a serious purpose – i.e ✔ After being rebuked by the Speaker, Mrs Whateley said: I perhaps should have drawn the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests ✔ Mr Hoare accepted another £7,800 trip two months later
Analysis | Did Saudi Arabia have a reputation to ruin?
10/19/2018, 4:26:40 PMThe country has long been unpopular with the American public. That could prove to be a big problem for Riyadh. ✔ But a decade later, its reputation in the United States was sullied when it emerged that 15 of the 19 hijackers on 9/11 held Saudi passports ✔ Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance in Turkey plays into Middle East media war Missing journalist’s fiancee demands to know: ‘Where is Jamal?’
Young parliamentary candidates challenge old guard in Afghan elections marred by violence - Los Angeles Times
10/19/2018, 7:13:54 PMA new generation of Afghans is entering politics as their country grapples with crises on many fronts, shaking up a normally sleepy parliamentary election. ✔ In the last parliamentary elections, in 2010, 93 candidates younger than 40 won seats ✔ Some first-time office-seekers acknowledged they were at a disadvantage against entrenched power brokers, who have greater influence and resources ✔ The young generation will find its place in the government gradually
Afghans set to vote amid chaos, corruption and Taliban threats
10/19/2018, 7:49:47 PMAfghans vote on Saturday in parliamentary elections overshadowed by chaotic orga... ✔ Slideshow (6 Images) Afghan politics is still poisoned by the aftermath of a disputed presidential vote in 2014 that forced the two main rival groupings to form an unstable partnership ✔ Both sides were accused of massive electoral cheating ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Diplomacy shifts in Middle East as three powers jockey for advantage in Khashoggi case - Los Angeles Times
10/19/2018, 7:13:58 PMThe disappearance and suspected murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has temporarily shifted the balance of power in the Middle East, empowering Turkey in its rivalry with Saudi Arabia, with the U.S. caught in the middle. ✔ But Washington and Ankara are trying to use the crisis to jockey for advantage in their own foreign policy priorities ✔ In that, he is being quite transparent, Nasr said ✔ We have certain information and evidence, Cavusoglu, who was visiting Albania, told reporters ✔ He said information would be transparently shared with the world once the investigation had concluded
End witch-hunt of UK soldiers says US hero
10/19/2018, 4:03:42 PMTHE hounding of British veterans is having a "chilling effect" on the Armed Forces and damaging the "special relationship" with America, a former US general warned yesterday. ✔ The Geneva Convention, permits it as a first resort against an enemy ✔ He said: The very special relationship between our two militaries, which has been built over decades of serving shoulder to shoulder in the hardest tests of battle, could be put at risk by the present situation
Bolton readies Moscow visit amid reports of possible Putin meeting
10/19/2018, 6:56:55 PMThe Kremlin said on Friday President Vladimir Putin plans to meet U.S. National ... ✔ REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying, We are preparing a meeting with President Putin and we expect that the meeting will take place ✔ Bolton is scheduled for meetings in Moscow Oct. 22-23, according to RIA ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Swedish student who grounded deportation flight faces prosecution
10/19/2018, 4:18:41 PMElin Ersson had broadcast her protest against Afghan asylum seeker’s removal on Facebook ✔ She decided to continue her protest to prevent the deportation of another Afghan on the flight, who it emerged had a criminal record ✔ If someone has committed a crime, they may be jailed and serve their sentence in Sweden ✔ Europe gives a lot of money to create security in Afghanistan, but it is not working
Julian Assange files case against Ecuador for 'violating rights'
10/19/2018, 4:11:04 PMWikiLeaks founder has lived in Quito's embassy in London since Swedish prosecutors filed rape charges in 2012. ✔ The organisation further accused Ecuador of allying itself with the US under President Lenin Moreno ✔ WikiLeaks gained international attention for publishing a number of high profile leaks, including evidence of alleged US war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables sent from US embassies
China plans to ‘launch its own artificial moon’ by 2020
10/19/2018, 4:35:53 PMCity of Chengdu unveils plans to replace streetlights with a satellite that boosts glow of real moon ✔ China is planning to launch its own artificial moon by the year 2020, it has been reported ✔ Russia's transportation minister says a supervisor at the airport died during the emergency response after a landing airliner careered off the end of the runway, into a riverbed and caught fire
Turkey questions employees of Saudi consulate on Khashoggi
10/19/2018, 5:03:53 PMTurkish prosecutors investigating the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Kh... ✔ Middle East Monitor/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and senior ministers from France, Britain and the Netherlands have abandoned plans to attend an Oct. 23-25 investor conference in Riyadh, putting the event in question
More than half of Americans support impeaching Donald Trump - but Democrats have been told not to talk about it
10/19/2018, 5:24:29 PMNancy Pelosi believes issue could backfire ✔ The second-round-run-off will be between Bolsoanro and the leftist Workers' party Fernando Haddad AP 14/50 6 October 2018 Demonstrators hold a banner that reads freedom of the press, not allowed to be trampled and shame on the governments vindictive move past a symbolic 'political red line' during a protest after Hong Kong immigration authorities declined a visa renewal for senior Financial Times journalist Victor Mallet, outside the immigration department building in Hong Kong
Saudi Arabia pays UK firms millions to boost image
10/19/2018, 7:09:37 PMPR agency Freud’s, the Independent, Vice and Tony Blair Institute for Global Change among those with links ✔ Kekst CNC, a division of French PR company Publicis with offices in London, said it had not worked with the Saudis since the start of the year ✔ Conservative MP Rehman Chrisiti received £46,000 to provide advice to the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies over a period of two years until he resigned the position in January
Jamal Khashoggi news: First his fingers were cut off, then his head
10/19/2018, 6:10:51 PMHIS killers were waiting when Jamal Khashoggi walked into the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul two weeks ago. ✔ It is considered highly unlikely that the execution squad would have acted in the way they did had they not been sanctioned by Mohammed bin Salman, known as MBS, Saudi Arabia's 33-year-old crown prince ✔ Now - in the most appalling circumstances - one educated voice with a global reach has been permanently silenced by the very people he was seeking to enlighten
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