Skip to main content

War Countries - SERIES 342 {17 articles}

Dom Joly revisits trauma of childhood after meeting Ukrainian landmine victim

10/27/2018, 8:44:34 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Dom was a schoolboy in war-torn Beirut when another pupil, ­unbalanced by the horror or war, brought a ­severed head into class ✔ The former I’m A Celebrity star said: As a kid and it would have really helped me if I’d talked stuff through, but you just didn’t do that at the time ✔ I’m ­really bad at therapy but it’d have been interesting if I’d had it as a kid ✔ To donate please visit www.savethechildren.org.uk/donate



Syria summit: call for 'lasting ceasefire' at last rebel-held stronghold, Idlib

10/27/2018, 8:07:33 PM
Joint statement from Russia, Germany, France and Turkey followed summit on war-torn country ✔ On Friday seven civilians were killed by Syrian regime artillery fire, the highest death toll since the ceasefire was reached ✔ It also said that conditions needed to be created throughout the country for the safe and voluntary return of refugees and internally displaced persons



Syria summit calls for continuation of Syrian ceasefire

10/27/2018, 8:03:18 PM
The leaders of Turkey, Russia, France and Germany said at a summit on Saturday that Syrians must lead efforts to make peace in their war-torn country, a challenge that was highlighted by the absence of any Syrian groups from the Istanbul talks. ✔ Idlib has been relatively calm since then, although both sides have accused each other of violating the deal ✔ The summit comes amid Turkish threats of a new military operation across the border into northern Syria, in zones held by Syrian Kurdish fighters ✔ Turkey considers the Syrian Kurdish militia, which is backed by the U.S., to be terrorists and a part of the Kurdish insurgency within Turkey



Leaders of Turkey, Syria, France and Germany hold Syria talks

10/27/2018, 8:06:05 PM
Istanbul summit addresses numerous issues, including Idlib demilitarised zone, constitutional reform and refugees. ✔ Meanwhile, Macron called on Russia to exercise very clear pressure on Damascus which depends on it for survival ✔ What we're hearing is that Macron is trying to set-up a high level meeting in Paris because at the end of the day, you're going to need the US on board if you want to reach an internationally backed-deal to end the war



At Syria summit, Russian and NATO leaders come up with few answers

10/27/2018, 8:04:42 PM
Russia, Turkey, Germany and France reiterate years-long calls for a negotiated settlement, but carved no new path forward. ✔ By Louisa Loveluck Louisa Loveluck Reporter in The Washington Post's Beirut bureau, focusing on Syria ✔ There were few indications that this was likely to materialize in the short-term ✔ Turkey has been hardest hit, taking in 3.5 million refugees while becoming a staging ground for terrorist attacks



Mail bomb suspect made numerous references on Facebook to Russian associates and echoed pro-Kremlin views

10/27/2018, 8:04:08 PM
The now deleted Facebook account belonging to Cesar Sayoc, the man charged with sending pipe bombs to prominent Democrats this week, discussed his “Russian brothers” and posted video links aligned with Russian views on the Syrian war. Sayoc’s Russian-themed discussions began abruptly in 2015. But the meaning and motive of the posts, many of them rambling and hard to understand, are not clear. The Washington Post obtained the posts from a researcher who collected them before Facebook deleted the account. ✔ The posts list specific places, nicknames of people and communities, such as Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach, with large Russian populations ✔ We can’t afford to put Americans in harms way , as her Obama has done ✔ There has never been so many terrorist attack on American soil than Obama , Clinton administration



Common ground on Syria: What France, Germany, Turkey & Russia agreed on in Istanbul

10/27/2018, 10:41:18 PM
Despite years of disagreements on Syria, leaders of Turkey, France, Germany, and Russia have worked out a common vision of the steps to reconciliation in the war-torn country as they met in Istanbul. Here’s the summary of it. ✔ At the same time, they emphasized the importance of fighting terrorism and condemned the usage of chemical weapons ✔ #Putin: #Syria peace process a priority, but remaining terrorists must be destroyed https://t.co/XrojPWUnwgpic.twitter.com/lUKhM3hPvt RT (@RT_com) October 27, 2018 Trends: France news Germany newsRussia news Syria newsSyria war news Turkey news



Mail bomb suspect made numerous references on Facebook to Russian associates and echoed pro-Kremlin views - Los Angeles Times

10/27/2018, 11:51:13 PM
Cesar Sayoc, 56, a vocal supporter of President Trump who was arrested in Florida on Friday and charged with multiple federal crimes, apparently spoke of his "Russian brothers" on a Facebook page on several occasions in 2015. ✔ These references to Russian associates on Facebook are repetitive, rambling and hard to understand ✔ We can't afford to put Americans in harms way , as her Obama has done ✔ There has never been so many terrorist attack on American soil than Obama , Clinton administration



Mattis says Russia cannot replace U.S. in Mideast

10/27/2018, 9:54:20 PM
Russia is no replacement for the United States in the Middle East following Moscow's military intervention in Syria, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told a regional security conference on Saturday. "Russia's presence in the region cannot replace the longstanding, enduring, and transparent U.S. commitment to the Middle East," Mattis told… ✔ More than 360,000 people have been killed since the conflict erupted in 2011, while millions have been displaced, many of them seeking refuge in neighboring countries such as Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon ✔ Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Friday that the primary goal would be to clarify the steps to be taken for a political solution and to determine a roadmap



Ex Army chiefs back Sunday People demands for log of vets who commit suicide

10/27/2018, 8:07:44 PM
EXCLUSIVE: This year – the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War – 50 ­serving and former military personnel are suspected of taking their own lives ✔ We have been trying to convince the Government to do this for months ✔ Read More Top news stories from Mirror Online Philip Green tracked down to US Miracle baby born after 11 weeks Thomas Cook couple have 'organs missing' No-one charged for newborn baby death



Who is Levan Shonia and why did the boxer punch his own trainer?

10/27/2018, 8:16:53 PM
BOXING fans in Bulgaria were left stunned ahead of local hero Kubrat Pulev’s fight with Hughie Fury when Levan Shonia punched his own trainer. The fighter lost to local Spas Genov and then to… ✔ He has an orthodox stance and currently fights out of Kiev, Ukraine ✔ Shonia's defeat to Genov means that he now has a record of 15-11-0 ✔ Of his 15 wins, eleven have come by way of knockout ✔ But the referee quickly noticed what was happening and stepped in to break things up



Child survivors of Nazi death camps reveal stories and ambitions since escape

10/27/2018, 9:49:19 PM
The World War 2 refugees are pleading with today's Government not to turn its back on these modern day orphans of war and oppression ✔ The first 200 from a Jewish Berlin orphanage arrived at London’s Liverpool Street on December 2, 1938 ✔ Some of these children in Europe and elsewhere are in a terrible situation ✔ The dad-of-five was knighted in 2010 for services to charity and to the Kindertransport



Trump condemns 'evil' Pittsburgh synagogue shooting in which 11 are killed

10/27/2018, 10:54:30 PM
FBI investigating motive searching social media posts under name of suspect that appear to show antisemitic rants ✔ - Morrison on October 22 issued an emotive apology to children who suffered sexual abuse, saying the state had failed to protect them from evil dark crimes committed over decades AFP/Getty 7/50 21 October 2018 A derailed train in Yian, eastern Taiwan



Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Depart Sydney for New Zealand for the Last Leg of the Royal Tour

10/27/2018, 11:56:27 PM
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry bid farewell to Australia to head to the final stop of their royal tour: New Zealand ✔ You have seen it happen before your very eyes because these competitors have made it happen ✔ The royal couple started their whirlwind 16-day tour Down Under in Sydney, with a number of day trips to other areas of the country, and kicked off the 2018 Invictus Games before spending a few days in Fiji and Tonga



With AR-15s, Mass Shooters Attack With the Rifle Firepower Typically Used by Infantry Troops

10/27/2018, 11:23:55 PM
When a gunman walked into a Florida school on Feb. 14, his rifle let him fire in much the same way that many American soldiers and Marines would fire M16 and M4 rifles in combat. ✔ Joe Plenzler, a 20-year combat veteran of the Marine Corps, is part of a social media movement of military veterans, including those who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, calling for reforms on the sale or possession of modern military-style firearms ✔ John Ismay, Lauren Katzenberg and Thomas Gibbons-Neff contributed reporting



'Trump of the tropics': Brazil's far-right candidate and elections explained

10/27/2018, 11:31:39 PM
Brazil’s most important election in 30 years is just hours away, but voters here are nowhere near arriving at a consensus on who should lead them. ✔ He is the target of a number of lawsuits brought by state public prosecutors over alleged improprieties during his term in Sao Paulo ✔ Any serious democratic government around the world should be concerned with the shift to anti-democratic approaches to government ✔ Election results are expected to start filtering in soon after polls close on Monday morning, Australian time



Meet the man who made Advanced Placement the most influential — and controversial — tool in American education

10/27/2018, 11:19:24 PM
National director Trevor Packer has focused on expanding the program to more students from disadvantaged backgrounds ✔ They eliminated all items relying on factual recall alone ✔ The participants entertain themselves with eye-catching student answers displayed on big white sheets in the hall ✔ Examples: In the War of 1812, tanks helped the North beat the South ✔ Jay Mathews, a Washington Post education columnist, has written three books about Advanced Placement



>>> Open This Series

Comments