U.S. General Shot In Taliban Attack In Afghanistan, Pentagon Confirms
10/22/2018, 11:16:33 AMArmy Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Smiley suffered a gunshot wound and two senior Afghan officials were killed. ✔ This is just a message to the Afghan government and U.S. military commanders that whenever and wherever we want, we can enter and carry out attacks on them, a Taliban commander said in a statement obtained by Reuters ✔ With casting our ballots without fear we honor the sacrifices of the fallen, Ghani said on Twitter
Centrist saviour or hypocrite? David Miliband reminded of his Saudi dealings as he decries Yemen War
10/22/2018, 11:00:18 AMDid David Miliband forget when he was involved in the selling of Typhoon fighter jets to Saudi Arabia? The ex-UK Foreign Secretary was labelled a hypocrite as he decried the kingdom, calling for “new politics.” ✔ The assassination of #Khasoggi is an appalling crime ✔ On September 17, that year, Saudi Arabia confirmed that they had ordered 72 Eurofighter Typhoon warplanes from the UK at a cost of £4.43 billion, then $8.86 billion ✔ Subscribe to RT newsletter to get stories the mainstream media won’t tell you
U.S. general confirmed wounded after Afghanistan shooting
10/22/2018, 8:00:43 AMU.S. Army Brigadier General Jeffrey Smiley, was confirmed as one of two American... ✔ The attack, which was claimed by the Taliban, was a devastating blow to the government, decapitating the security command of one of Afghanistan’s most strategically important provinces and demonstrating the insurgents’ ability to strike even top leaders ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Russian oligarch under U.S. sanctions files suit against Nordic banks
10/22/2018, 10:23:08 AMRussian businessman Boris Rotenberg, under U.S. sanctions over the Ukraine confl... ✔ Danske Bank is aware of Mr Rotenberg’s claims but cannot comment on this individual ongoing matter due to corporate policy, a Danske spokesman said in an email ✔ He added that Danske which has recently been hit by a money-laundering scandal at its Estonian branch takes money-laundering prevention and sanctions very seriously and has made significant efforts to ensure that all regulations are complied with ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
US Hopes to Palm off 40-Year-Old Frigates on Kiev as 'Military Aid'
10/22/2018, 10:43:36 AMAmid strengthening bilateral defence cooperation the United States has reportedly offered Oliver Hazard Perry Class guided missile frigates to the government of Ukraine as part of an attempt to strengthen its newfound Eastern European ally’s defences against neighbouring Russia. ✔ Entering service in 1975, the Perry Class was largely developed with exports in mind in the final days of the Vietnam War - with the Iranian government of Mohamed Reza Shah expected to be the first major customer ✔ A Ukrainian report states regarding the American offer to provide the country with warships: Among the proposals, the issue is being considered of obtaining the Oliver Hazard Perry type frigates that are in the possession of the U.S. Navy and could be transferred under the Excess Defense Property program
Two Koreas, U.N. forces agree to remove weapons at border
10/22/2018, 11:07:57 AMNorth and South Korea and the U.N. Command agreed on Monday to withdraw firearms... ✔ At Monday’s meeting, the three sides agreed to remove firearms and guard posts from the JSA by Thursday, and carry out a joint inspection over the following two days, the ministry said ✔ The two Koreas have been removing landmines around the area as part of the agreement and they confirmed the completion of the demining operation at the talks with the UNC ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Stalled nuke talks may affect inter-Korean events
10/22/2018, 9:03:50 AMundefined ✔ With regards to these concerns, Cheong Wa Dae spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom said We hope for the second summit between North Korea and the U.S. to be held without a setback ✔ With regards to this matter, the Cheong Wa Dae spokesman said It is our belief that if the end of war declaration is made before Chairman Kim's trip, his visit will be much more meaningful, and the Koreas will be able to have a deep dialogue and produce agreements accordingly
Germany halts arms exports to Saudi Arabia over Jamal Khashoggi
10/22/2018, 11:39:03 AMundefined ✔ Following his promise to lift the lid on what happened, Mr Erdogan spoke by phone with Mr Trump ✔ It added the real casualty figure was likely to be significantly higher ✔ The diplomatic tensions have created difficulties for German companies trying to secure contracts in the kingdom
Inside the mind of Bashar al-Assad: Author explores brutal dictatorship
10/22/2018, 9:40:25 AMPERSPECTIVE : He has traits of Latin American dictators, of leaders of former Eastern European regimes but he distinguishes himself through his unique... ✔ That's the description of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a new book published this month ✔ After eight years of brutal civil war, with over half a million people killed and millions more forced to flee their homes, there is talk of an endgame in Syria - but to what end
Gorbachev calls Trump's nuclear treaty plans 'unacceptable'
10/22/2018, 10:58:50 AMFormer leader of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev has criticized President Donald Trump's plan to pull the United States from a Cold War-era nuclear arms treaty as "unacceptable" and "irresponsible," Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported. ✔ He added that it was the United States that dilutes the agreement by deploying anti-missile systems that can also be used to launch short or medium-range missiles ✔ Moscow also threatened to shoot down US missiles in Syria, and Trump responded on Twitter with threats of nice and new and 'smart!' US missiles
MJ Hegar Isn't Here For Congress' 'Good Ol' Boys Club'
10/22/2018, 11:16:34 AMVoters are "really tired of seeing fake people," says the Texas Democrat and Air Force vet running for Congress. ✔ But Hegar is hedging on voters judging her by her character rather than just her party ✔ As far as turning the district, or Texas, blue, I don’t really care what color it is, as long as it’s the right person ✔ HuffPost’s Her Stories newsletter brings you even more reporting from around the world on the important issues affecting women
'Hitman' seen walking around Istanbul in murdered Jamal Khashoggi's clothes
10/22/2018, 11:19:22 AMA member of a Saudi hit squad dressed in Khashoggi's clothes to make it look like he had left the consulate building alive, senior sources say ✔ On Saturday the regime claimed the 59-year-old had died in a fight at the consulate building in Istanbul ✔ Read More Top news stories from Mirror Online Khashoggi WAS murdered Saudi admits Jailed drink drive student took own life Meghan 'baby girl' to get special name Arctic blast as snow hits by weekend
Meet The Woman Who Is Proudly Russia’s Troll-In-Chief
10/22/2018, 10:43:20 AMMaria Zakharova has revolutionized what it means to be a Russian diplomat — in real life and online. “She’s like Marmite: Some people love her and some people hate her.” ✔ One such briefing, in late May, exemplified the approach that has made her a star ✔ The same people who talk about human rights in public easily toss around human lives behind closed doors, she said ✔ I was not ready for all that, for the cynicism and roughness ✔ Alberto Nardelli contributed reporting to this story
The Empire Splits the Orthodox World – Possible Consequences
10/22/2018, 11:38:17 AMIn previous articles about this topic I have tried to set the context and explain why most Orthodox Churches are still used as pawns in purely political machinations and how the ✔ The geostrategic ones range from trying to save the highly unpopular Ukronazi regime in Kiev to breaking up the Orthodox world thereby weakening Russian soft-power and influence ✔ This is as true for Russia as it is for Iraq or the Balkans ✔ In the end, as always, they will blame the other guy
France's Macron told Trump that nuclear pact is key to Europe's...
10/22/2018, 9:40:40 AMFrench President Emmanuel Macron spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday ... ✔ French President Emmanuel Macron holds a news conference at the European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium October 18, 2018 ✔ Over the weekend, Trump said Washington would withdraw from the landmark treaty that eliminated nuclear missiles from Europe because Russia was violating the pact, triggering a warning of retaliatory measures from Moscow ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Power Up: Trump presses on immigration while Washington and world talk Khashoggi
10/22/2018, 9:53:20 AMIt's a parallel world. ✔ In an interview with Fox News, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir said he didn't know ✔ Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat and leading critic of the war in Yemen ✔ Peggy Sue Singleton and the ruins of her barbershop ✔ In the Agencies Outside the Beltway On K Street At the Pentagon From the Courts
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Presidential cannibalism
10/22/2018, 9:03:55 AMundefined ✔ Syngman Rhee was deposed after massive student demonstrations ✔ He was old and delusional and perhaps, as some have said, it was all Yi Ki-bung's fault, his corrupt running mate, but nonetheless, Rhee had to go ✔ Mark Peterson (markpeterson@byu.edu) is professor emeritus of Korean, Asian and Near Eastern languages at Brigham Young University in Utah
Transgender, Turkey, N.F.L.: Your Monday Briefing
10/22/2018, 9:35:41 AMHere’s what you need to know to start your day. ✔ • More good news for Los Angeles sports fans: The Rams remain the N.F.L.’s only unbeaten team ✔ Tony Cenicola/The New York Times Was Interracial Love Possible in the Days of Slavery ✔ Opinion: Count Me Among the Mob Opinion: Who Will Teach Silicon Valley to Be Ethical
Jamal Khashoggi was a journalist, not a jihadist
10/22/2018, 11:30:36 AMPeter Bergen writes that the efforts of some supporters of President Trump to cast aspersions on the background of the slain journalist are groundless; he spoke out against jihadist politics years ago. ✔ MUST WATCH What happened to Jamal Khashoggi?: A timeline 02:54 Peter Bergen is CNN's national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University ✔ I went to Peshawar [in Pakistan] and then I traveled inside Afghanistan
'He's the president, and he's the president'
10/22/2018, 11:38:06 AMSenator Ted Cruz avoids saying whether he sees Mr Trump as friend or foe ahead of their Texas rally. ✔ Your US mid-term elections daily digest The US mid-term elections in just over two weeks' time will help define the rest of Donald Trump's presidency ✔ One big number That would be 150,000 - the number of times an app built for the National Rifle Association (NRA) has been downloaded, according to the New York Times
With the midterm campaign in its final weeks, poll signals a Democratic edge for the House and widespread doubts about Kavanaugh - Los Angeles Times
10/22/2018, 10:06:39 AMDespite storms of news, the midterm race has barely changed since January, according to a new USC/LATimes poll. Partisanship and Trump dominate the race. Democrats continue to hold the edge for control of the House. A majority doubts Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh can be impartial. ✔ The last year has seen the enactment of a major tax cut, the first-ever summit between a U.S. president and the leader of North Korea, felony convictions and guilty pleas from two of the president’s former top aides and a bitterly fought battle over confirmation of a Supreme Court justice ✔ Democrats have, however, made gains across a crucial part of the country that played a big role in Trump’s upset victory that year, Midwestern and mid-Atlantic industrial states
Trump was right to pull out of arms treaty, but not because of Russia
10/22/2018, 9:17:07 AMUS President Donald Trump announced Saturday that the US is pulling out of the landmark Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia. But the situation with China, uninhibited by any agreement, is very different and far more pressing. ✔ But there is almost no chance that Beijing would agree to any INF-like terms ✔ Closer to the truth is that Trump's announcement will send a shiver down its spine ✔ It is further indication that America will no longer compete with one hand tied behind its back
Saudi consulate employees talking to Turkish prosecutors in Khashoggi inquiry
10/22/2018, 11:04:26 AMThe witness interviews signaled new progress in the case despite Saudi attempts to quell the global uproar. ✔ American intelligence officials have said they intercepted communications showing that Saudi officials were plotting to lure Khashoggi back to the kingdom an operation that was ordered by the crown prince, the officials said ✔ Kareem Fahim in Istanbul, Souad Mekhennet in New York and Peter Holley, Felicia Sonmez, Carol Morello and Karoun Demirjian in Washington contributed to this report
Trump’s Plans to Deter Migrants Could Mean New ‘Voluntary’ Family Separations
10/22/2018, 10:33:22 AMNew policies to deter illegal immigration include a plan that would ask migrants to choose between their children and longer detention. ✔ What she really cared about, she said, were education and reproductive rights ✔ Descendants of One Couple Think So Trending ‘Transgender’ Could Be Defined Out of Existence Under Trump Administration Turkey’s President Vows to Detail Khashoggi Death ‘in Full Nakedness’ Miscarrying at Work: The Physical Toll of Pregnancy Discrimination Opinion: Brazil’s Sad Choice House and Senate Latest, Cruz Rally, Florida Debate: 15 Days to Go The Case of Jane Doe Ponytail Migrant Caravan Continues North, Defying Mexico and U.S. Saudis’ Image Makers: A Troll Army and a Twitter Insider I’ve Interviewed 300 High Achievers About Their Morning Routines
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