Yemen: Death toll from tropical storm Luban rises to 12
10/22/2018, 10:11:43 PMHealth official warns of cholera and malaria outbreaks unless action is taken to address stagnant waters. ✔ The United Nations reported earlier this week that coastal areas of al-Mahrah had been the hardest hit, with around 2,000 families affected ✔ The war in Yemen has brought the country's already poor healthcare system to its knees with many hospitals unable to help patients due to a lack of appropriate medicine and damage to equipment caused by air attacks by a Saudi-UAE coalition battling the country's Houthi rebels
Teenage suspect in fatal shooting of police officer shot and killed by cops
10/22/2018, 8:54:47 PMOfficer Antwan Toney died of his wounds after being shot over the weekend ✔ The strongest typhoon to hit Japan in 25 years made landfall on September 4, the country's weather agency said, bringing violent winds and heavy rainfall that prompted evacuation warnings AFP/Getty 50/50 3 September 2018 Myanmar journalist Kyaw Soe Oo is escorted by police after being sentenced by a court to jail in Yangon
Soldier and his military dog travel the road to recovery together
10/22/2018, 11:21:33 PMArmy Spc. Alec Alcoser and his bomb sniffing dog Alex have gone on countless missions together. While they were in Afghanistan, they were both injured when a suicide bomber attacked. CBS News Omar Villafranca has their story.
Opinion | Why the Arab World Needs Democracy Now
10/22/2018, 11:26:23 PMThe dangerous idea of the benevolent autocrat, the just dictator, is being revived in the Arab world. ✔ The tight grip that the religious establishment has had on social life is gradually loosening ✔ They preach against democracy in the mosques and through acts of violence ✔ We must reassure people in the Arab world who either have lost hope in democracy because of its perceived failures or because they fell victim to the concentrated propaganda about democracy coming from television networks run by states and the intellectuals aligned with them ✔ Jamal Khashoggi was a Washington Post Global Opinions contributing columnist
MBS with a sword over Khashoggi’s head appears on hacked Saudi investment conference website
10/22/2018, 8:33:35 PMHackers have defaced the website of a major Saudi Arabian investment conference, days after Saudi officials admitted journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside their Istanbul consulate, allegedly in a “fist fight.” ✔ Siemens has been a reliable partner to Saudi Arabia for decades and supports its great Vision 2030 ✔ Across the Atlantic, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on Monday that her government would freeze its arms deals with Saudi Arabia in light of current circumstances, and called on Germany’s allies to do the same ✔ Trends: Jamal Khashoggi newsSaudi Arabia news
Wounded soldier embarks on road to recovery with the dog who never left his side
10/22/2018, 11:07:25 PM"I want to be next to my dog. I want to be able to walk him out. Go running with him. Do all the stuff that we used to do" ✔ SAN ANTONIO, Texas The bond between two soldiers goes beyond the call of duty ✔ I saw there was a lot of blood, so I tried to stop the blood with combat gauze and I wrapped it up real quick and left it at that ✔ The 23-year-old had dozens of broken bones and shrapnel over 40 percent of his body ✔ The two were airlifted out of Afghanistan and seperated for weeks
Koreas finish removing land mines from border village
10/22/2018, 11:17:57 PMSEOUL--The two Koreas have completed removing land mines planted at their shared border village as p ✔ Officially, the entire DMZ area, including Panmunjom, is jointly overseen by North Korea and the U.N ✔ Seoul's liberal government is pushing for greater engagement with North Korea, but U.S. officials say such moves should be in tandem with global efforts to denuclearize North Korea
Mandy Moore and her ex-boyfriend Wilmer Valderrama reunite
10/22/2018, 8:41:02 PMThe 38-year-old NCIS actor who dated the This Is Us star, 34, from 2000 to 2002, got together to go to the Hollywood studio's annual scarefest on Friday evening. The pair have remained pals. ✔ The tradition lives on.' They're coming: Wilmer also shared a shot of himself, Mandy and a pal sitting in the Stranger Things living room waiting for horrific creatures from the Upside Down to jump out on them This Is Us star Mandy posted another snap on Saturday with the caption, 'Good crew
Opinion | Arms Control for Dummies
10/22/2018, 11:36:02 PMTrump is right to nix a treaty that Putin has violated for a decade. ✔ Russian tactic missile Iskander-M during Zapad 2017 military exercises on Luga range in St ✔ Yet somehow this is said to be reckless behavior byDonald Trump ✔ Mr. Putin wants the new missiles as a show of Russian power and as leverage over Europe in a conflict
Bolton meets with Moscow after Trump threatens to exit landmark nuclear weapons treaty - Los Angeles Times
10/22/2018, 9:31:25 PMU.S. national security advisor John Bolton met with top Russian officials Monday and is expected to announce a withdrawal from a landmark nuclear weapons treaty. The threat is intended as a punitive strike against Russia, but Moscow could walk away the short-term winner. ✔ U.S. national security advisor John Bolton arrived in Moscow on Monday to begin two days of talks on a spectrum of issues testing U.S.-Russia relations ✔ Accusations that Moscow was violating the treaty were first raised in 2014 by the Obama administration
Woman filmed harassing family for speaking Spanish at a restaurant
10/22/2018, 8:54:43 PMThe woman has been banned from the establishment by the owners ✔ Two Reuters journalists were jailed for seven years for breaching Myanmar's official secrets act during their reporting of the Rohingya crisis, a judge said, a case that has drawn outrage as an attack on media freedom AFP/Getty 1/50 22 October 2018 Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison (C) delivers a national apology to child sex abuse victims in the House of Representatives in Parliament House in Canberra on October 22, 2018
Istanbul has felt like home for Arab exiles. Khashoggi’s killing has them scared.
10/22/2018, 9:22:29 PMThe slaying of the Saudi journalist has cast a pall over the city’s vibrant diaspora of Arab dissidents. ✔ By Erin Cunningham and Erin Cunningham Middle East reporter covering Iran, Turkey, Syria and the wider region Email Bio Follow Tamer El-Ghobashy Tamer El-Ghobashy Baghdad bureau chief focusing on Iraq's politics, security and the fight against the Islamic State Email Bio Follow October 22 at 5:00 PM ISTANBUL As the brief promise of the Arab Spring uprisings faded, Istanbul became a haven for dissidents and exiles from around the region and of all ideological stripes ✔ I met a lot of real Saudi liberals, who are more open than Egyptian liberals, and they know more about the world and other cultures than the Egyptians, who grow up in a more open atmosphere, Radwan said
Oil market trusts Saudi Arabia for now to temper impact of Iran sanctions
10/22/2018, 9:49:11 PMSaudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, has become a source of market uncertainty just as the U.S. is about to curb Iran's oil exports. ✔ Doshi said his base case is that Saudi Arabia will continue to provide the supply it promises, and the market is expecting that as well ✔ Brent futures ended Monday at $79.83, up five cents, and West Texas Intermediate futures were also up five cents at $69.17 per barrel ✔ Will we block certain types of assistance we can provide in the Yemen war
Gold pendant bought for Lil Wayne's birthday helps pay for art student's university fees
10/22/2018, 11:09:20 PMCommission pays for 'chunk' of Joy Bonfield-Colombara's £9,500-a-year course fees ✔ Continuous rainfall has caused flooding and landslides in parts of Siliguri and surrounding areas, affecting road travel and daily life AFP/Getty 44/50 9 September 2018 Participants wave flowers as they march past a balcony from where North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un was watching, during a mass rally on Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang
Florida governor debate heats up over climate change and race
10/22/2018, 8:54:39 PMThe Democrat is ahead in the polls with just weeks before election day ✔ Two Reuters journalists were jailed for seven years for breaching Myanmar's official secrets act during their reporting of the Rohingya crisis, a judge said, a case that has drawn outrage as an attack on media freedom AFP/Getty 1/50 22 October 2018 Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison (C) delivers a national apology to child sex abuse victims in the House of Representatives in Parliament House in Canberra on October 22, 2018
John Bolton visits Moscow amid fears of new US-Russia arms race
10/22/2018, 8:54:46 PMKremlin’s spokesman Dmitri Peskov has accused the US of 'making the world a more dangerous place' by announcing withdrawal from nuclear treaty ✔ Paddy Dowling travelled with UK based charity Muslim Aid to the disaster areas of North Sulawesi to witness the scale of Indonesia’s earthquake & tsunami ✔ The president's rhetoric brought back memories of the destructive rush to arm that over half a century cost hundreds of billions of pounds, fed paranoia on both sides, and eventually bankrupted the Soviet Union ✔ But where the war can be won is in the economy, information and cyber-space
7 things to look out for in the first election of Donald Trump’s presidency
10/22/2018, 11:09:08 PMVoting is set to take place on 6 November ✔ The strongest typhoon to hit Japan in 25 years made landfall on September 4, the country's weather agency said, bringing violent winds and heavy rainfall that prompted evacuation warnings AFP/Getty 50/50 3 September 2018 Myanmar journalist Kyaw Soe Oo is escorted by police after being sentenced by a court to jail in Yangon
END VETERANS WITCH-HUNT! MPs demand May halts 'disgraceful' Northern Ireland inquiries
10/22/2018, 11:22:11 PMEXCLUSIVE: Scores of MPs and prominent peers will today tell Theresa May to end the veterans witch-hunt in Northern Ireland. ✔ Signatories included former Tory leader and Northern Ireland veteran Iain Duncan Smith, Sir Winston Churchill’s grandson Sir Nicholas Soames, former defence ministers Mark Francois and Sir Mike Penning, along with the chairman of the Defence Committee Julian Lewis
Bolton Says U.S. Plans Talks With Allies Before Leaving Russian Nuclear Pact
10/22/2018, 8:38:12 PMThe U.S. is serious about pulling out of a landmark nuclear agreement with Russia, but further discussions are planned before formal notice of the decision would be given to Moscow, national-security adviser John Bolton told The Wall Street Journal. ✔ National-security adviser John Bolton, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met in Moscow on Oct. 22, days after President Trump declared he intended to pull out of a 1987 nuclear-weapons treaty ✔ Washington hasn’t given formal notice to Moscow of its intention to leave the treaty, the rules of which require the withdrawing party to give six months’ notice
Russia pledges 'balance' if U.S. quits nuclear pact; Trump eyes...
10/22/2018, 11:03:06 PMRussia said on Monday it would be forced to respond in kind to restore the milit... ✔ Russian servicemen drive Yars RS-24 intercontinental ballistic missile systems during the Victory Day parade at Red Square in Moscow, Russia May 9, 2018 ✔ REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin It means that the United States is not disguising, but is openly starting to develop these systems in the future, and if these systems are being developed, then actions are necessary from other countries, in this case Russia, to restore balance in this sphere ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Saudi royal aide 'orchestrated Khashoggi killing with Skype orders'
10/22/2018, 8:02:52 PMAccording to two intelligence sources, Saud Al-Qahtani orchestrated journalist Jamal Khashoggi's brutal killing at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul by giving orders over Skype. ✔ After launching a blog, he caught the eye of Khaled al-Tuwaijri, the former head of the royal court, who hired him in the early 2000s to run an electronic media army tasked with protecting Saudi Arabia´s image , according to a source with ties to the royal court
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