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War Countries - SERIES 301 {12 articles}

Afghanistan braces for militant attacks as polling centres open

10/20/2018, 4:39:06 AM
Afghans braced for more deadly violence on Saturday as voting gets under way in the long-delayed legislative election that the Taliban has vowed to attack. Polling centers opened at 7 a.m. across the war-torn country, with some 54,000 security forces deployed to protect them. But there are concerns the killing… ✔ Shambolic preparations for the ballot have been made worse by a wave of poll-related violence that has left hundreds dead or wounded ✔ Votes cast without the controversial machines will not be counted, the IEC has said, even though polling center workers have received little or no training in how to use them


Attack in Afghanistan is a reminder of formidable task

10/20/2018, 5:33:21 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — A brazen attack that the Taliban says targeted the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan is a stark reminder of the formidable task the Trump administration faces as it tries to extricate America from its longest war. The commander, Army Gen. Scott Miller, escaped unharmed from Thursday's attack. Elections for the lower house of parliament are still expected to be held as scheduled Saturday in much of the country. And administration officials said U.S. resolve is unshaken.


'Some heads will roll, maybe literally': Saudi version of Khashoggi's last 'fight' casts doubts

10/20/2018, 5:21:58 AM
The Saudi tale of journalist Jamal Khashoggi's accidental death in a 'fistfight' resembles a poorly hatched Plan B to salvage the record arms deals with the US, while shifting the blame on underlings, political analysts told RT. ✔ There're reports that they simply store some of them in warehouses because they don't know what to do with them, Jatras explained ✔ The United States, together with Britain and France, have blocked UN Security Council resolutions for the ceasefire, Naiman said, stressing that it will be up to US Congress to make a decision on how and whether to sanction Saudi Arabia ✔ Trends: Jamal Khashoggi newsSalman of Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia news US news


The Latest: Police report 2nd explosion in Afghan capital

10/20/2018, 6:06:17 AM
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Latest on parliamentary elections in Afghanistan (all times local): 10:10 a.m. A Kabul police official says a second small explosion has been reported just hours after parliamentary election polls opened in Afghanistan. Jan Agha says a "sticky bomb" placed beneath the vehicle of an intelligence official exploded Saturday in the Karte Se neighborhood in the west of the capital. There were no immediate report of injuries but security officials are on high alert as both the upstart Islamic State affiliate and Taliban have vowed to disrupt polling


Khashoggi on life under MBS: 'Nobody dares to speak'

10/20/2018, 7:37:59 AM
In his last interview with Al Jazeera UpFront, the late Saudi journalist spoke on the need for debate in Saudi Arabia. ✔ Al Jazeera's UpFront looks back to a March interview with the man who dared to criticise the Saudi royal leadership ✔ So, it had been extremely…extreme when Saudi Arabia was founded, and then by the late 1970s it had gotten much, much more liberal ✔ MBS is the great reformer in the eyes of some people


Prince Harry's touching tribute to Australia's war dead at Anzac memorial

10/20/2018, 6:06:31 AM
Harry, wearing his Blues & Royals tropical dress, medals & KCVO opened a new extension of Sydney’s ANZAC memorial with wife Meghan ✔ Prince Harry and Meghan paid tribute today to the thousands of Australians killed in battle throughout the last century ✔ Now, it honours the fallen from campaigns including the Korean War, Afghanistan, Iraq & the Colonial Wars of 1856-1901 ✔ Of those 164,000 were from the state of New South Wales


New generation asserts itself in Afghan vote

10/20/2018, 5:50:36 AM
The emergence of a new generation of first-time candidates is, to many Afghans, a bright spot at a time of worsening security. ✔ Last week, US officials met with Taliban representatives in Qatar, one in a series of meetings aimed at building confidence for face-to-face talks to end the fighting ✔ Los Angeles Times Election Afghanistan Democracy Most Viewed in World Loading Please explain Our weekly podcast giving you insight into the stories that drive the nation


Handwritten note left by Harry and Meghan for fallen ANZAC soldiers 

10/20/2018, 6:13:54 AM
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle laid a wreath at the ANZAC war memorial in Sydney on Saturday ahead of the first event of the Invictus Games, complete with a touching note. ✔ They included soldiers with missing limbs, people wrapped in plastic, and one soldier, in a coma yet clutching tiny bottles of shrapnel removed from their skull ✔ The extension of the memorial has been designed to enhance the its role in supporting and providing services for veterans and their families who have suffered loss, ensuring a public and a private place of contemplation, remembrance, education and reflection


Saudi crown prince loses key aides over Khashoggi death but is on way to defusing diplomatic crisis

10/20/2018, 4:52:33 AM
There were few surprises when Saudi Arabia finally admitted what most of the world already believed: ✔ There were few surprises when Saudi Arabia finally admitted what most of the world already believed: Jamal Khashoggi, the missing dissident journalist, had indeed been killed at its Istanbul consulate ✔ He had also arranged interviews for visiting journalists


Clementine Ford, Chloe Hooper, Shaun Tan and more on what they're reading this month

10/20/2018, 4:44:16 AM
Plus memoirs from Celeste Barber and Mike Carlton, essays from Fiona Wright, and novels from the authors of The Dressmaker and the Phryne Fisher mysteries ✔ Probably Markus Zusak’s Bridge of Clay, a book he mentioned to me back when we were much younger men, still finding our feet in the world of YA literature (whatever that is) ✔ I’m a Bligh freak, and I’m curious to see if Pete has made him hero or villain


Here's Are The Issues Russians Are Using To Interfere With The Midterm Elections

10/20/2018, 4:37:22 AM
Russian-run social media accounts are still attempting to sow discord in the US, according to federal prosecutors, and they're spending millions a year on the effort. ✔ On Friday, federal prosecutors filed charges against Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova, who allegedly served as the chief accountant for the wide-ranging campaign to disrupt US elections ✔ (Bring up McCain), it offered as an example of Republicans critical of the president ✔ And we are ready to vote for Trump again in 2020!


Saudi officials removed from posts after Jamal Khashoggi's death

10/20/2018, 6:21:50 AM
Saudi Arabia has said that it has fired five high-ranking officials in connection with finally admitting that journalist Jamal Khashoggi died at its consulate in Turkey on October 2. ✔ He will have been aware of the general instruction to tell people to come back.'  Jamal Kashoggi is seen with his finacee Hatice Cengiz, who stood outside the consulate waiting for hours after he walked inside on October 2, never to emerge The country is to restructure its intelligence agencies after the killing of Khashoggi, under King Salman Abdulaziz Al Saud's orders However the mission is said to be led by his son Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who was suspected of being behind Khashoggi's disappearance in some reports The former head of MI6, Sir John Sawers (pictured) has said evidence suggests Saudi's Crown Prince ordered the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi But former British spy Sir John Sawers said earlier on Friday to BBC Radio 4 show, World at One: 'All the evidence points to it being ordered and carried out by people close to Mohammed bin Salman


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