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Opinion | Trump’s nuclear-treaty withdrawal sends a message to North Korea

10/26/2018, 12:02:20 AM
By pulling out of the INF Treaty, Trump can now put more pressure on Pyongyang. ✔ Neither does Beijing, which knows such a deployment would restore U.S. military supremacy in the Pacific ✔ The Post’s View: Trump is eyeing a dangerous repeat of the Cold War Michael McFaul and Jon Wolfsthal: The right way to manage nuclear competition with Russia



Trump likely to make a 'bad deal' on North Korea, US experts warn

10/26/2018, 6:44:40 AM
CSIS analysts say Kim holds the upper hand over a Washington in 'chaos' ✔ Kim Jong Un has a strategy, and it is working -- he's calling the shots, said Terry, who was a senior analyst on Korean issues at the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency from 2001 to 2008 ✔ The way to do so, and to avoid a potential public split with Seoul, is for the U.S. and South Korea to divide talks into two tracks, negotiating peace and denuclearization separately



Google app tested in Venezuela takes swipe at press censors

10/26/2018, 4:28:52 AM
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Google has unveiled a tool meant to help fight press censorship around the world, testing it first in Venezuela, where journalists say they're battling a government bent on burying online stories that expose corruption and human rights abuses. News junkies in Venezuela clicking on links to independent websites have been frustrated in recent years by messages on their screens saying the pages don't exist — a problem most blame on government moves to block access to critical information.



Myanmar court frees journalists on bail in incitement case

10/26/2018, 7:44:08 AM
YANGON--A Myanmar judge on Friday freed on bail three journalists from the country’s largest private ✔ Their detention, in Insein prison on the outskirts of the city, marked the latest blow to press freedom in the country, where dozens of journalists have been prosecuted in recent months ✔ According to that instruction, the Yangon regional government should have dismissed the case today, said defense lawyer Kyee Myint ✔ Phyo Min Thein told a news conference at the time that the allegations were intended to defame my personal dignity



U.S., U.N. seek to identify weapons seized off the coast of Yemen

10/26/2018, 12:13:01 AM
U.S. Navy confiscated 2,500 AK-47s, which officials believed may have been intended to strengthen Houthi rebels. ✔ By Missy Ryan Missy Ryan Reporter covering the Pentagon, military issues and national security Email Bio Follow October 25 at 7:59 PM ABOARD THE USS JASON DUNHAM, PERSIAN GULF U.N ✔ Three crew members from the skiff boarded the Dunham after U.S. officials determined that the craft, which had been weighed down with the guns, was no longer seaworthy



People Think The Photos From This Congo-Themed Wedding On Instagram Are Deeply Problematic

10/26/2018, 2:18:45 AM
"I don't even know where to start with this absolute dumpster fire of a situation." ✔ https://t.co/QtqikmThKL 12:25 PM - 24 Oct 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite Milton's Instagram page is no longer available, and BuzzFeed News has been unable to contact him ✔ BuzzFeed News has contacted @Dodolucia, EyeEm, Steve Huff, and Eric Kim for comment



Yemeni refugees yearn for peaceful life in Korea

10/26/2018, 4:10:56 AM
undefined ✔ If the war does not stop in my country, we don't know where we go ✔ Al Dram also voiced hope that the media will focus more on their urgent humanitarian needs rather than highlighting the rumors about alleged links to terrorist organizations or other negative aspects ✔ Unfortunately some from the media, when they start to talk about Yemeni refugees, they start to talk about the refugees being dangerous for children and women



Why waste your social media on Yemen when Goatgate will get you more likes? | Ian Pattison

10/26/2018, 6:35:31 AM
Indignation about the hunting of wild goats will get you further than atrocities in faraway places, says playwright and novelist Ian Pattison ✔ Predictably, there was an outbreak of humanity on social media ✔ By the in-store food bank I scrolled through Facebook on my phone and noted that the post preceding the pictures of the dead goats was one of similarly dead kids in Yemen ✔ In no time flat you’ll be run over by a stampede of big red love hearts



Journalism Has Become a Cult-Like Formula of Bias, Hearsay, and Omission - John Pilger

10/26/2018, 4:54:11 AM
The death of Robert Parry earlier this year felt like a farewell to the age of the reporter. Parry was “a trailblazer for independent journalism”, wrote Seymour Hersh, with whom he shared much in common. Hersh revealed the My Lai massacre in Vietnam and the secret bombing of Cambodia, Parry exposed Iran-Contra, a drugs and gun-running conspiracy that led to the White House. In 2016, they separately produced compelling evidence that the Assad government in Syria had not used chemical weapons. They were not forgiven. ✔ Hersh revealed the My Lai massacre in Vietnam and the secret bombing of Cambodia, Parry exposed Iran-Contra, a drugs and gun-running conspiracy that led to the White House ✔ With not a penny going to WikiLeaks, a hyped  Guardian  book led to a lucrative Hollywood movie deal ✔ His latest film, The Coming War on China, is available in the U.S. from  www.bullfrogfilms.com



Tories abstain as European parliament overwhelmingly backs EU-wide arms embargo on Saudi Arabia

10/26/2018, 4:25:40 AM
Pressure on Theresa May to stop arms sales grows ✔ By abstaining in the separate vote, we noted that the decision on whether to impose an arms embargo is a matter for member states, not the European parliament ✔ Support free-thinking journalism and subscribe to Independent Minds The late Mr Khashoggi’s son Salah and his family were reported to have left the Saudi capital of Riyadh today, said to be on their way to US



NATO holds huge drills in signal to Russia

10/26/2018, 7:41:43 AM
NATO has begun its largest military exercises since the Cold War as the West tries to keep up with Russia's growing military presence. ✔ NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the exercises would show the organisation was ready to defend its allies amid a significantly deteriorated security environment in Europe ✔ Telegraph, London Russia Most Viewed in World Loading Please explain Our weekly podcast giving you insight into the stories that drive the nation



Khashoggi crisis: a blessing in disguise for Pakistan's Imran Khan

10/26/2018, 6:12:46 AM
undefined ✔ Ensuring that Pakistan, home to the world's largest Shiite minority, does not snuggle up too much to Iran has become even more crucial for Saudi Arabia as it seeks in the wake of Khashoggi's death to enhance its indispensability to U.S. President Donald J. Trump's effort to isolate and cripple Iran economically, if not to engineer a change of regime in Tehran



Opinion | Let Jamal Khashoggi be a beacon of light even in death

10/26/2018, 12:02:09 AM
Any hopes for a modern Saudi Arabia must include more liberal freedoms of the press. ✔ My guess is that Khashoggi was seen as dangerous for the simple reason that he couldn’t be intimidated or controlled ✔ Samir Kassir, a fearless columnist for An Nahar, was assassinated in June 2005 ✔ The Post’s View: What Erdogan didn’t say about Jamal Khashoggi may matter more than what he said



Abe welcomed near Tiananmen Square

10/26/2018, 4:07:50 AM
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe inspected troops off Beijing's Tiananmen Square Friday during a rare visit to China as ties further improve and the two countries face trade challenges from U.S. President Donald Trump. Premier Li Keqiang greeted Abe as Japan's flag flew outside the opulent Great Hall of the… ✔ Since an awkward 2014 encounter between Abe and Xi on the sidelines of a summit, there have been ministerial visits by both sides and a softening of rhetoric ✔ Japanese media have reported Abe is hoping the visit will produce a soft power win in the form of some panda diplomacy, with zoos in Sendai and Kobe apparently angling for new additions



Africa's top shots: Funky fashion and Big Brother parades

10/26/2018, 12:24:44 AM
A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week. ✔ Africa's week in pictures: 19-25 October 2018 A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere in the world this week ✔ EPA A show at South African Fashion Week in Johannesburg on Wednesday also has a futurist look… AFP But in Mali's capital, Bamako, it was a throwback to flares at the We Wax the World fashion show on Saturday..



Women in SAS: TIM COLLINS asks - is it all just a case of PC meddling?

10/26/2018, 2:45:23 AM
TIM COLLINS: Having female operators badged in the SAS gave us the flexibility to get close to targets who would have otherwise seen us coming a mile away. ✔ Private Laura Docherty of the Royal Army Medical Corp pictured on patrol in Helmand province, Afghanistan Having female operators badged in the SAS gave us the flexibility to get close to targets who would have otherwise seen us coming a mile away ✔ My fervent hope is that Gavin Williamson is doing this for all the right reasons and not because he has caved into the bankrupt military equality lobby which he so long resisted



Federal investigators search coast to coast for bombing suspect as packages sent to Biden and De Niro

10/26/2018, 12:38:54 AM
FBI working 'around the clock' to find perpetrator as eight vocal critics of the president receive suspect packages ✔ - US President Donald Trump said Friday, October 19, 2018, that he found credible Saudi Arabia's assertion that dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi died as a result of a fight AFP/Getty 6/50 19 October 2018 A Palestinian youth runs past a rolling burning tire during clashes with Israeli forces following a demonstration after the weekly Friday prayers, in the centre of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron AFP/Getty 7/50 18 October 2018 Honduran migrants heading in a caravan to the United States, leave Guatemala City



At least 18 dead after floods sweep away students and teachers on school trip near Dead Sea

10/26/2018, 4:25:33 AM
Dozens rescued by military after bus plunges into valley ✔ Continuous rainfall has caused flooding and landslides in parts of Siliguri and surrounding areas, affecting road travel and daily life AFP/Getty 46/50 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



A Bolsonaro victory will put Brazil’s democracy to the test

10/26/2018, 4:21:21 AM
undefined ✔ After elections last year in Venezuela, a country where opposition leaders are now routinely harassed or jailed, Gleisi Hoffman, the PT president, praised the overwhelming victory of the Maduro regime ✔ When a candidate announces that he will come after the press, use the state to attack his opponents and bully the courts, he usually means it



AP Investigation: Hospital patients held hostage for cash

10/26/2018, 4:54:08 AM
The Kenyatta National Hospital is east Africa's biggest medical institution, home to more than a dozen donor-funded projects with international partners — a "Center of Excellence," says the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ✔ Image 1 of 2 ▼ Margaret Oliele, former detained patient, poses for a portrait in her home in Nairobi, Kenya ✔ There was one lady I met in the corridor and she was crying, 'please let me go home,' Passaris said ✔ ___ Desmond Tiro in Nairobi and Paola Flores in La Paz, Bolivia contributed to this report



ISIS media empire destroyed by U.S. cybercampaign

10/26/2018, 12:45:50 AM
At its peak, the Islamic State’s online propaganda machine was one of the group’s most potent weapons, a calling card that distinguished it from any other terrorist organization that the world had ever seen. ✔ At its peak, the Islamic State’s online propaganda machine was one of the group’s most potent weapons, a calling card that distinguished it from any other terrorist organization that the world had ever seen ✔ It isn’t necessarily broadcast, but there’s a battle going on in cyberspace between ISIS and other terrorist organizations and the U.S. government and its allies, Mr. Mansoor said



Netflix employees reveal the company's 'culture of fear'

10/26/2018, 7:16:21 AM
Top Netflix executives believe the best comes by being transparent and ruthless. CEO Reed Hastings fired one of his closest friends and earliest employees last year. ✔ The company has a history of cutthroat goodbyes ✔ They are pictured here together in 2014 'I just left the office and never came back,' Tam said ✔ 'Getting cut, when it happens, is very disappointing but there is no shame at all ✔ Sometimes, it seems, the perks are worth the pain



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