Cut ties with Saudi and stop supplying its bombing of Yemen
10/25/2018, 6:52:47 AMundefined ✔ Congress can stop these horrific crimes, because the Saudi and UAE bombers are dependent on mid-air refueling from U.S. planes ✔ The U.S. also provides assistance with targeting and intelligence and logistics ✔ His commentary was distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC
US-Backed Regime Losing Control in Afghanistan
10/25/2018, 5:04:50 AMNOTE: This is not some pointless report about someone using a "bad word" -- shock, horror! -- like most "news stories" these days. This is a real news story about important stuff, so read on... ✔ NOTE: This is not some pointless report about someone using a bad word -- shock, horror! -- like most news stories these days ✔ This could almost be an account from a Victorian history book, with the besieged garrison cut off, demoralised, and finally overrun by an onrush of the angry natives
UN investigator says Myanmar genocide against Rohingya 'ongoing'
10/25/2018, 5:47:53 AMUN Security Council urged to take action as 'most severe' repression of remaining Rohingya minority continues. ✔ Al Jazeera's Diplomatic Editor James Bays said a referral was unlikely, with China and Russia able to use their veto to protect Myanmar from any action ✔ The camps, the shelters, the model villages that are being built, it's more of a cementing of total segregation or separation from the Rakhine ethnic community ✔ Inside Story Will the Rohingya ever get to go home
U.N. investigator: Genocide still taking place in Myanmar
10/25/2018, 5:02:44 AMUNITED NATIONS--Genocide is still taking place against Rohingya Muslims remaining in Myanmar and the ✔ UNITED NATIONS--Genocide is still taking place against Rohingya Muslims remaining in Myanmar and the government is increasingly demonstrating it has no interest in establishing a fully functioning democracy, U.N ✔ Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia accused supporters of the briefing of torpedoing consensus in the council and forcing council members to engage in loud-speaker diplomacy
Japanese journalist happy after 3-year hostage ordeal ends in Syria
10/25/2018, 7:16:01 AMJapanese freelance journalist Jumpei Yasuda has expressed happiness about his imminent return to his country after more than three years of captivity in Syria, Reuters news agency reported from Turkey. "I am happy that I can return to Japan. At the same time, I don't know what will happen from… ✔ Although it was not immediately known how or why Yasuda, who often provided coverage on war zones, was freed, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga indicated Qatar, which has some influence over Syrian rebel groups, and Turkey, Syria's northern neighbor, brokered negotiations
NATO begins biggest military exercises since end of Cold War
10/25/2018, 4:00:13 AMNorway hosts NATO's biggest exercises since the end of the Cold War from Thursday, to remind Russia the Alliance stands united despite seeds of doubt planted by US President Donald Trump. ✔ Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, speaking in early October, condemned what she termed as NATO's sabre-rattling, and vowed Moscow would take retaliatory measures ✔ Two Russian and two Belarus military observers have been invited to watch the manoeuvres ✔ Stoltenberg said he hoped Russia would avoid dangerous behaviour
Rosamund Pike stuns in low-cut nude gown at A Private War premiere
10/25/2018, 6:52:27 AMThe British actress is garnering Oscar buzz for her performance as journalist Marie Colvin in the film A Private war. ✔ Jamie, 36, looked dapper in a black suit with white shirt and black tie ✔ Rosamund said she researched the role heavily, spending time with Colvin's close friends and watching videos of her Paying tribute: Marie Colvin pictured left in 2011, a year before her death in a rocket strike in Syria,and Rosamund, right, as her in the movie Rock icon: Annie Lennox was among the VIPs and wore a scarlet red pant suit with patterned blouse and silver hoop earrings Guests: Grey's anatomy actress Sarah Drew, left, shimmered in a cold-shoulder red jumpsuit and Arrow's Charlotte Ross, right, who paired a white blouse with a black leather skirt Flashed some skin: Katherine McNamara from Shadowhunters chose a dark purple shiny cold-shoulder dress with cut-outs at the waist
Two Koreas set to let tourists cross DMZ line
10/25/2018, 4:26:51 AMundefined ✔ Recommended From flashpoint to peace park: Koreas eye new future for the DMZ The process entailed removing landmines, guard posts, troops and firearms from the co-managed zone, which is often used as a venue for negotiations between the Koreas as well as the US
Yasuda relates physical and emotional abuse during captivity
10/25/2018, 6:09:55 AMJumpei Yasuda, the freelance journalist released after being held by terrorists in Syria for more th ✔ He also explained that he gave his name as Umar and claimed to be a South Korean in a video posted in July 2018 because I was told not to give my real name or that I was Japanese ✔ In 2017, while still in captivity in Syria, Yasuda was given a special award under the Mika Yamamoto International Journalist Award program that was set up to perpetuate the spirit of Mika Yamamoto, a journalist who was killed while covering the civil war in Syria in 2012
Home is right there but out of reach
10/25/2018, 7:45:24 AMundefined ✔ His brothers made the dangerous 20-minute trip over the water to land on Gyodong first and his mother and sisters escaped the North and joined later ✔ I don't think my mother still be alive, but my only remaining wish is to visit her grave and call the word mother out loud
Analysis | A caravan of phony claims from the Trump administration
10/25/2018, 7:20:40 AMZero evidence shows that Middle Easterners or terrorists are traveling with the caravan of Central American migrants. ✔ Although Houlton said DHS can confirm that some people in the caravan are gang members or have significant criminal histories, once again, we ran into the brick wall of no evidence ✔ Four Pinocchios (About our rating scale) Send us facts to check by filling out this form Sign up for The Fact Checker weekly newsletter The Fact Checker is a verified signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network code of principles
North Korean general says country seeking ‘stable peace’
10/25/2018, 7:37:19 AMBEIJING--A top North Korean general said Thursday that his country seeks a ✔ It is our unwavering stand to lead the current state of tension .. ✔ The Chinese side expresses strong condemnation and firm opposition ✔ Organizers said more than 500 representatives from 67 countries and seven organizations were attending the three-day gathering
AP PHOTOS: Fishermen risk death in Yemen's violent waters
10/25/2018, 6:34:05 AMHODEIDA, Yemen (AP) — Every time Ammar Ahmed heads out to sea, he thinks about the helicopter. Earlier this month, after three days without a catch, he and eight other Yemeni fishermen decided to take their small boat into deeper waters, closer to the invisible boundary off the Red Sea coast enforced by the Saudi-led coalition at war with Yemen's Houthi rebels. That's when the Apache helicopter swooped in over the waves, its heavy guns causing a frenzy in the churning waters. "The Apache attacked, firing everywhere," the 70-year-old father of three told The Associated Press in his small port town of Mahwa. "Everyone jumped in the water."
CIA director set to brief Trump on Khashoggi as President fumes
10/25/2018, 5:24:54 AMCIA director Gina Haspel is set to brief President Donald Trump on the investigation into the death of Jamal Khashoggi on Thursday, as the President increasingly expresses frustration with the Saudi response and the country's crown prince vows "justice" for the journalist's killers. ✔ The ideal thing for Trump to do is recognize that Mohammed bin Salman is weakened by the outrageous murder of Khashoggi, said Indyk, who argues that the one threat to the crown prince's survival is if the US tells Saudi Arabia's King it cannot work with his heir apparent
CNN President Jeff Zucker slams White House after suspicious package scare
10/25/2018, 7:17:37 AM"There is a total and complete lack of understanding at the White House about the seriousness of their continued attacks on the media," Zucker said in a statement. ✔ White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement Wednesday: These terrorizing acts are despicable, and anyone responsible will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law ✔ Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 22, 2018 The three countries received a total of more than $500 million in funding from the U.S. in fiscal year 2017, though it was not immediately clear how much Trump is seeking to cut
Jamal Khashoggi’s killing has broken the Saudi spell over the west
10/25/2018, 4:57:35 AMundefined ✔ It is too late, however, for a return to business as usual with Saudi Arabia ✔ Questions are being asked about whether promises to rein back the export of Wahhabi fundamentalism are more than cosmetic ✔ Mr Trump may still think nothing matters besides the value of American defence sales ✔ The cynicism of the realists has lost its hiding place
Khashoggi case underlines western fears over Saudi crown prince
10/25/2018, 4:16:04 AMundefined ✔ The former senior western intelligence official said MBN’s personal style appealed to security professionals ✔ The US wants to protect extensive US strategic interests in Saudi Arabia, ranging from oil to efforts to counter Iran ✔ But he explained that Prince Mohammed’s supporters have sought to persuade Mr Trump that staying committed to him would pay off
Wave of rebel attacks leads to surge in DRC Ebola cases
10/25/2018, 5:21:56 AMDisease outbreak centres on North Kivu and Ituri, amid calls for intensified response ✔ This is not normal in a country with a working intelligence service ✔ At the moment the outbreak is active in Beni and Butembo and the reaction team is focusing there ✔ More than 11,000 people who have come into contact with an infected individual have been traced, with around 5,000 still under surveillance ✔ Additional reporting by Fiston Mahamba, Goma, and Ignatius Ssuuna, Kigali
'It's not like the rest of the city': can a Democrat flip Trump-voting Staten Island?
10/25/2018, 6:51:05 AMThe ‘forgotten borough’ has sent Republicans to Congress for all but two of the last 35 years – but Max Rose thinks he can win ✔ Things looked different a few months ago, when Donovan faced a primary challenge from ex-con and ex-congressman Michael Grimm ✔ In this odd way, I’m alive today because Congress got something done ✔ Even a lot of Democrats happen to think Dan is a nice guy and a good congressional representative
Frenchwoman frontrunner to become Georgia’s next president
10/25/2018, 4:16:03 AMundefined ✔ Fifteen years ago, Salome Zurabishvili was France’s ambassador to Georgia, an experienced diplomat representing the Elysée in Tbilisi ✔ if you deprive yourself of the diplomatic instrument, what is left ✔ For that we need someone who can speak to the Europeans on their level
Why you should believe the hype around new UK thriller Bodyguard
10/25/2018, 4:05:58 AMSix new and returning shows to tune into this week. ✔ Unforgotten Stan There's an appealing ordinariness in the way that London detectives Cassie Stuart (Nicola Walker) and Sunny Khan (Sanjeev Bhaskar) go about their business ✔ Stan is a joint venture between Fairfax Media, which publishes this website, and the Nine Network
Russia Opposes US OneWeb Satellite Service, Cites Security Concerns
10/25/2018, 5:29:32 AMRussia's state security agency is opposing a high-level deal for the U.S. OneWeb satellite startup to bring Internet access to remote parts of the country because it says the project could be used to gather intelligence and damage national security. ✔ Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shipenkov/Pool/File Photo Russia is important to the success of the project as it has many remote and far-flung areas where high-speed broadband is not available ✔ OneWeb was founded by former Google manager Greg Wyler and closed an $1.7 billion investment deal with Airbus Group, Bharti, Coca-Cola, Hughes, Virgin Group, Qualcomm and SoftBank ✔ (Editing by Richard Balmforth and Alison Williams) - Reuters
Tommy Robinson and the far right’s new playbook
10/25/2018, 5:45:11 AMThe long read: The former EDL leader is one of a new breed of entrepreneurial activists who are bringing extremist myths into the mainstream – while also claiming they are being silenced ✔ In order to overturn this, challengers to the dominant system would have to create their own institutions, their own way of seeing the world, and use these to build support for their ideas ✔ The leading far-right activists understand this, and the campaign around Stephen Yaxley-Lennon is just one symptom of a bigger problem – which must be challenged, locally and internationally, before it starts to do serious damage
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