North Korea accuses Australian 'riff raff' of destabilising peace deal
10/25/2018, 5:11:52 PMThe newspaper said "riff raffs such as Australia" risked destabilising the peace process between North and South Korea. ✔ Armed soldiers will be removed from the border village of Panmunjom.Credit:AP The communist north and the US-backed south have been divided for more than 60 years and remain officially at war despite an armistice in 1953 ✔ The occasional deployment of maritime patrol aircraft and surface vessels to the region adds weight to Australia’s ongoing economic and diplomatic pressure on North Korea and enhances the capacity of ongoing multinational enforcement efforts, he said in October
Yemen: Death toll from Saudi raid on vegetable market rises to 21
10/25/2018, 6:51:23 PMHealth official says two children were among the 21 civilians killed in an air attack near Hodeidah. ✔ Hodeidah's port is the main gateway for commercial imports and relief supplies into the country, and also carries strategic importance for the alliance ✔ Conflict escalated in March 2015, when a Saudi-UAE led alliance began a campaign to roll back Houthi gains
Lion King Meets His Queen: Famous Syrian War Lion Gets a Shot at Love with Rescued Circus Lioness
10/25/2018, 6:17:43 PMThis is the stuff Disney classics are made of ✔ Last week PEOPLE reported on a wild baboon holding up a baby monkey Lion King -style ✔ The whole process from arrival to release took about 30 minutes ✔ LIONSROCK offers feeding game drives at sunrise and sunset, hosts special events on the grounds, such as engagements and weddings, and there’s also a medical office and education center on site for volunteers and visits from schools ✔ To learn more about visiting LIONSROCK, click here
Russia airbase in Syria blasted by 13 US drones, claims Kremlin
10/25/2018, 5:45:09 PMA RUSSIAN airbase located in Syria has been attacked by 13 US drones, the Kremlin has claimed amid fears of World War 3 breaking out as tensions between global powers soar. ✔ Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov refused to rule out whether Vladimir Putin would raise the alleged attack with Donald Trump before the two power leaders are expected to meet in Paris for a summit on November 11 ✔ Russian President Vladimir Putin has since argued it is of the utmost importance for the two countries to start talks on nuclear disarmament before 2021
Six immigrants die in flood on Turkish-Syria border: Anadolu
10/25/2018, 6:56:44 PMSix immigrants died on Turkey's border with Syria after being swept away by... ✔ The influx of migrants was drastically curtailed by a 2016 accord between Ankara and the EU, after hundreds died crossing to Greek islands a few miles off the Turkish shore ✔ Mediterranean arrivals to the bloc, including refugees making the longer and more perilous crossing from North Africa to Italy, totalled 172,301 in 2017, down from 362,753 in 2016 and 1,015,078 in 2015, according to United Nations data ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Nato holds biggest exercises since Cold War to counter Russia in Arctic
10/25/2018, 5:53:55 PMNato has kicked off its largest military exercises since the Cold War across northern Europe as the West tries to keep up with Russia's growing military presence in the Arctic and the Baltic Sea. ✔ With 31 countries involved, they are meant to test Nato's response to an attack on Norway, where most of the drills are taking place ✔ The focus of the war games has not been missed in Moscow ✔ Despite lofty rhetoric from Nato commanders, the Trident Juncture exercises got off to a rough start when four US soldiers were injured in a collision between supply trucks in Norway on Tuesday
Human remains found in the DMZ
10/25/2018, 5:35:53 PMHuman remains of what is thought to be a South Korean sergeant, sixty-five years after he died in battle, have been recovered from a front line in the border between North Korea and South Korea. ✔ Seoul's Defense Ministry has said that Pak was a sergeant who died in a battle there in 1953 in the final weeks of the 1950-53 Korean War ✔ The two countries are separately taking steps to disarm their only shared border village of Panmunjom in a different section of the Demilitarized Zone
France plans to bring back children of ISIS fighters - but leave mothers in Syria
10/25/2018, 6:29:07 PMPARIS is actively working to bring back children held by Kurdish forces in Syria and belonging to French Islamic State (ISIS) militants, but will leave their mothers behind to be prosecuted by local authorities, French officials said on Wednesday. Some 150 French children – most under the age of six – are currently living in Syria. ✔ France is worried that if these children are left in Syria, they could also turn to armed jihad in adulthood, and become ticking time bombs ✔ Figures for the number of French ISIS fighters in the Levant region have varied between 500 and 700 over the years
Opinion | Zero Hour for the Islamic Republic
10/25/2018, 4:20:49 PMThe time has come for the world to unite against Iran’s regime. ✔ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the U.N ✔ He invited the International Atomic Energy Agency, or anyone with a smartphone, to inspect the site: latitude 35.5022, longitude 51.2997 ✔ Europe should stand fast with the U.S. Wishful thinking and appeasement will not keep the Continent safe
Opinion | The Day the Evil Empire Retreated
10/25/2018, 4:20:51 PMThe Cold War began to end 35 years ago when Ronald Reagan ordered the liberation of Grenada. ✔ The international situation was bleak when Ronald Reagan assumed office in 1981 ✔ The British governor-general alerted the outside world to the imminent outbreak of civil war ✔ Mr. Reich has served as an assistant secretary of state, U.S. ambassador to Venezuela and special envoy for Western Hemisphere affairs
Just imagine... The response if Jamal Khashoggi had been Russian
10/25/2018, 5:01:02 PMAll we have to do to highlight the enormous hypocrisy and double standards which are the hallmark of domestic and international politics is to switch the names around. ✔ It's time we followed the money and the lies and held a Mueller-style inquiry into the subverting of our own democracy ✔ Share it with a friend! The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT
NATO back on the hunt for Russian submarines in the Arctic
10/25/2018, 6:03:09 PMIn a far-flung corner of Iceland's main international airport, a once-raging strand of the Cold War is being rekindled -- NATO's hunting of Russian submarines. ✔ Vladimir Komoyedov, the former head of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, told Tass ✔ It's a combination of a lot of work, from a lot of different units ✔ It's the sort of team work among allies that Adm ✔ We can no longer take for granted that we can sail with impunity in all of the oceans
Naser Almadaoji, Ohio man, charged with attempt to provide support to ISIS affiliates
10/25/2018, 6:21:55 PMAn Iraqi-born U.S. citizen was charged Thursday with attempting to provide material support to the terrorist organizations affiliated with the Islamic State, the Justice Department said. ✔ He explained to an individual whom be believed to be in contact with ISIS that he wanted to learn weapons training, planning, executing hit and run, capturing high value targets and ways to break into homes and avoid security guards, prosecutors said
These are the migrant women and children Trump is sending the army to protect America from
10/25/2018, 6:32:18 PMUS president is seeking to make political capital from the migrants' plight ✔ The list included cleaning the bathroom, not commenting on foreign political affairs online and taking better care of his cat (pictured) ✔ Melkin Claros, 34, was travelling with his seven-year old son and a teenage nephew ✔ It’s true you risk your life a lot here, but we risk more in our country
The woman rebuilding Raqqa after ISIS and U.S. coalition airstrikes left it in pieces
10/25/2018, 6:54:11 PMIn ISIS’ former capital, where women were killed and abused, a woman has become the de facto mayor. 60 Minutes reports, Sunday at 7 p.m. ET/PT on CBS. ✔ Lindsey Graham, R-SC, and Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, spoke to Williams for this report ✔ They wanted to show brutality in order to make people obey them ✔ And a challenge for women to emerge from the struggles of injustice, violence, and exploitation, says Mustafa
How the migrant caravan became a Trump election strategy
10/25/2018, 5:28:22 PMPresident Trump has used Twitter to blame the Democrats for the exodus ✔ The flyer began circulating on social media in Honduras this month, showing a lone migrant sketched against a bright red backdrop ✔ 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
Donald Trump deserves some credit for economy’s strength
10/25/2018, 5:42:24 PMAlthough President Donald Trump is prone to hyperbole, he is not wrong to tout the strength of the economy on his watch, writes Michael Boskin. ✔ Returning to 2018, the Trump administration’s rollback of Obama-era regulations and enactment of corporate-tax reform have both helped to promote growth ✔ This article was published with permission of We Want to Hear from You Join the conversation Comment
President Trump latches onto migrant caravan as top issue in midterms
10/25/2018, 5:14:02 PMThe caravan of migrants heading toward the U.S. is more than 1,000 miles from the border, but the political potency of their journey is already here. ✔ 'An issue created by Mr. Trump' The growing caravan of Central Americans arrived in the southern Mexican town of Huixtla earlier this week ✔ The visit was part of an effort to boost the re-election of Gov ✔ Scott Olson, Getty Images Fullscreen Last SlideNext Slide
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