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How do Palestinians see the Syrian war?

10/20/2018, 2:39:05 PM
A complex set of factors is shaping Palestinian attitudes towards Syria. ✔ As the US-Israeli-Saudi axis intensifies its campaign against Iran, it might seek to bring the Palestinian armed groups back into its axis of resistance with Hezbollah and other regional allies ✔ ABOUT THE AUTHOR Adnan Abu Amer Dr Adnan Abu Amer is the head of the Political Science Department at the University of the Ummah in Gaza


Yemen praises Saudi decisions on journalist's death: Yemeni news...

10/20/2018, 1:56:05 PM
Yemen on Saturday praised decisions made by the Saudi king in relation to the de... ✔ Saudi Arabia said on Saturday that Khashoggi, a prominent journalist and critic of the kingdom’s de facto leader Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, died in a fight inside its Istanbul consulate - after two weeks of denials that it was involved in his disappearance ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Afghanistan elections: At least 10 dead in suicide bombing in Kabul

10/20/2018, 1:54:35 PM
A suicide bomber killed at least ten people in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Saturday, as people were still casting their votes in the national parliamentary elections. ✔ A suicide bomber blew himself up in an area in the north of the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday ✔ The blast came as voting was still going on in parliamentary elections that authorities had feared would be a target for militant attacks ✔ The Taliban and Islamic State (IS) had both called for a boycott of the vote and threatened voters and candidates in the run up to election day


Cate Blanchett defends straight actors who play gay characters

10/20/2018, 3:04:47 PM
'I will fight to the death for the right to suspend disbelief and play roles beyond my experience' ✔ Cate Blanchett has defended straight actors who play gay characters on screen ✔ It’s a wartime story in which, for a change, the men are relegated to supporting roles ✔ Examples include Tom Hanks, who won an Oscar for Philadelphia, while Sean Penn scooped it for Milk


What's Nikki Haley really up to?

10/20/2018, 2:13:39 PM
On Thursday night, soon-to-be-former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley spoke to an annual gathering of media and political types in New York City. While her speech was primary defined by its jabs -- at herself and others, including Elizabeth Warren -- the most important and telling moment of the speech came when Haley turned serious at its conclusion. ✔ While her speech was primary defined by its jabs -- at herself and others, including Elizabeth Warren -- the most important and telling moment of the speech came when Haley turned serious at its conclusion ✔ It's impossible -- like, literally impossible -- given that recent context to think that Haley is referring to anyone other than her almost-ex-boss ✔ That's the process Haley began on Thursday night in New York


Congo's controversial voting machines start arriving

10/20/2018, 3:00:30 PM
Congo's deputy prime minister said on Saturday that tablet-like voting mach... ✔ The introduction of electronic voting and the authorities’ exclusion of a number of candidates from the ballot such as exiled opposition leader Moise Katumbi and former Vice President and acquitted war crimes suspect Jean-Pierre Bemba has prompted opposition leaders to cry foul


Nikki Haley mocks Trump and Elizabeth Warren in speech a week after resigning

10/20/2018, 3:04:38 PM
Ms Haley is due to leave her UN post at the end of the year ✔ 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 ✔ After her resignation announcement, Mr Trump praised the ambassador, saying she has done a fantastic job, and that she is a fantastic person


Jamal Khashoggi's death: what will Saudi Arabia do next?

10/20/2018, 2:04:32 PM
Turkish investigators’ leaks paint a different picture to Riyadh’s claim ✔ Eighteen suspects had been arrested in relation to the case ✔ The identities of the 18 men Riyadh says it has arrested are currently unknown ✔ ,An official from the ruling AK party said on Saturday that the country would never allow a cover-up in determining what happened to Khashoggi


Saudi admission on Khashoggi's death won't touch 'reformist' crown prince

10/20/2018, 3:33:38 PM
undefined ✔ Ultimately, that will be the kind of compromise reached ✔ We're starting to understand what Trump's all about ✔ He's a transactional politician, and issues concerning human rights don't really feature ✔ There are still important questions that remain unanswered, such as who gave the order, and who knew


Ex-terror boss says tech giants elevated Anjem Choudary's profile

10/20/2018, 12:15:36 PM
Britain’s former head of counter terrorism Mark Rowley has criticised tech giants like Google and YouTube for giving radical preacher Anjem Choudary a platform and elevating his status. ✔ When Choudary was jailed, many of his twisted posts and videos which inspired hundreds of Britons to carry out terror attacks, remained online as Twitter and YouTube refused to remove them ✔ ‘That’s why we’ve invested heavily in people, technology such as Machine Learning and collaborated with other tech companies to fight it.’ Google was approached for comment


Heartwarming moment Prince Harry thanks Australia for celebrating his 'personal joy'

10/20/2018, 3:17:04 PM
PRINCE Harry has opened the Invictus Games with a heartwarming speech paying THIS special tribute to his wife Meghan Markle and even cracking his first 'dad joke'. ✔ We have been so happy to be able to celebrate the personal joy Prince Harry The fourth Invictus Games was launched on the forecourt of Sydney Harbour Bridge on Saturday night - although the ceremony was delayed by an hour after an electrical storm struck in the early evening


Theresa May under pressure to suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia

10/20/2018, 1:14:54 PM
Saudi Arabia is the UK's key ally in the region and also a significant trading partner. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt is considering the 'next steps' in Britain's response to the case, officials said. ✔ 'There were no orders for them to kill him or even specifically kidnap him,' said the official to Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity and adding that there was a standing order to bring critics of the kingdom back to the country ✔ A conference spokesperson confirmed the conference would proceed with an updated program that includes heads of state from the Arab world, Africa and Asia


Far-right hecklers confront Nancy Pelosi and call her a 'communist' at Florida campaign event

10/20/2018, 12:21:55 PM
Some 40 protestors hurled insults at Pelosi, including members of self-proclaimed 'western chauvinists' group, the Proud Boys ✔ A group of hecklers angrily confronted House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi during a campaign stop for a congressional hopeful in South Florida, cursing at her and calling her a communist in a moment that was captured on video ✔ AFP/Getty 32/50 19 September 2018 Los Angeles has moved to ban the sale of fur within its city limits


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