Bangladesh, Myanmar agree to begin Rohingya repatriation by...
10/30/2018, 11:19:22 AMBangladesh and Myanmar agreed on Tuesday to begin by November the repatriation o... ✔ The two countries reached a deal in November last year to begin repatriation within two months, but it has not started ✔ Rohingya are still crossing the border into Bangladesh, with nearly 14,000 arriving this year, according to U.N ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
US pushing Saudi Arabia to end GCC crisis, Yemen war: Bloomberg
10/30/2018, 8:22:17 AMInternational pressure on Riyadh continues to mount following assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. ✔ Pressure over Yemen According to one of the sources contacted by Bloomberg, US President Donald Trump's administration is also pushing for Saudi officials to resolve the ongoing war in Yemen, a conflict which has sparked the world's worst humanitarian crisis
Girl, 6, screams "I'm dying daddy" as she's hit by shrapnel in 'forgotten war'
10/30/2018, 8:45:05 AMExclusive: We reveal the heartbreaking stories of the child victims of Yemen's ongoing conflict, why it started, and the devastation that continues today ✔ Former President Ali Abdullah Saleh pictured in 2011 (Image: REUTERS) A man walks on the rubble of his house destroyed by Saudi-led air strikes (Image: X01740) In 2015, Hadi tried to announce a new federal constitution opposed by the Houthis and Saleh, who arrested him
Russia's new game in Syria
10/30/2018, 8:07:57 AMRussia is focusing its efforts on blackmailing Europe into paying for reconstruction and pushing the US out. ✔ The SDF-controlled area contains 90 percent of Syria's oil and gas reserves, including al-Omar, its largest oil field, as well as most of its water resources, major dams, and power plants ✔ ABOUT THE AUTHOR Marwan Kabalan Marwan Kabalan is the Director of Policy Analysis at the Arab Centre for Research and Policy Studies
Saudis demanded good publicity over Yemen aid, leaked UN document shows
10/30/2018, 11:33:55 AMThe UN aid agency, Ocha, was pushed to accept extensive terms attached to $930m from Saudi Arabia and UAE ✔ More emphasis should be placed on strengthening the local visibility plan by engaging local media … so that donors get deserved recognition and not to be overshadowed by the recipient’s agencies’ visibility ✔ Because they are bilateral agreements, we do not discuss the details of the individual agreements in public … Throughout the conflict in Yemen, the UN has been vocal, consistent and public in its call on all parties to the conflict to uphold their obligations under international humanitarian law, including the obligation to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure
Explainer: How a Democratic U.S. House could alter foreign policy
10/30/2018, 10:18:09 AMDemocrats will try to harden U.S. policy toward Saudi Arabia, Russia and North K... ✔ The White House has released few details about the meeting ✔ NORTH KOREA Democrats say they are determined to obtain more information about meetings by Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un, worried that Trump is so eager to make a great deal that he will give Kim too much ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Blast kills three Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims in Iraq: police
10/30/2018, 9:18:26 AMThree Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims were killed by a roadside bomb as they walked... ✔ No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack on the three women ✔ Hundreds of thousands of Shi’ite Muslims gather every year in Iraq for the annual pilgrimage of Arbaeen, which marks the end of a 40-day mourning period for the grandson of the Prophet Mohammad, Imam Hussein ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Trump hits Chinese chipmaker with export ban, still expects ‘great deal’ with Beijing
10/30/2018, 9:33:58 AMThe US Commerce Department has announced restrictions on exports to state-backed Chinese company Fujian Jinhua which makes semiconductors. The decision comes as the latest escalation in Washington's trade fight with Beijing. ✔ The decision comes as the latest escalation in Washington's trade fight with Beijing ✔ The firm was accused of lying to American officials about punishing employees who violated US sanctions against North Korea and Iran ✔ For more stories on economy & finance visit RT's business section Trends: China newsTrade War newsUS news
America Doesn’t Need a 'Fort Trump' in Poland
10/30/2018, 9:18:09 AMPoland spends about two percent of gross domestic product on the military. That puts it near the top of European members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. But it isn’t a serious commitment for a nation which claims to fear invasion and conquest by its neighbor. ✔ Poland spends about two percent of gross domestic product on the military ✔ But it isn’t a serious commitment for a nation which claims to fear invasion and conquest by its neighbor ✔ Warsaw put a couple of billion dollars on the table toward a permanent U.S. base ✔ Next year’s red ink tsunami will breach that barrier
If other countries can balance human rights and border security, so can the United States
10/30/2018, 10:17:26 AMThe United States is obligated to not return anyone to a country where they face real threats to their lives and freedom. That doesn't mean it must open its borders. ✔ Whatever concerns motivated thousands of Central American migrants to form a caravan to the United States in the last few weeks, their trek has undeniably become a political demonstration and media circus ✔ There is a U.S. immigration backlog of about 750,000 cases
Thailand bets on neighbors' rising incomes to lift exports
10/30/2018, 9:03:44 AMBangkok pushes border trade as US-China spat cuts into shipments abroad ✔ A truck approaches a border crossing between Thailand and Laos: Thailand plans new crossings and other infrastructure to deepen trade links with its neighbors ✔ The Southeast Asian country has set up a Joint Border Trade Committee, or JBTC, with Myanmar to reduce paperwork and smooth logistics at border crossings, according to Adul Chotinisakorn, director-general of the Ministry of Commerce's Foreign Trade Department ✔ A barge sails on the Mekong River near the borders of Laos, Myanmar and Thailand
Druze on Golan Heights protest against Israeli municipal election
10/30/2018, 9:45:43 AMHundreds of Druze Arabs, some carrying Syrian flags, gathered outside the gates ... ✔ Many regard themselves as Syrian, even after more than half a century of life under Israeli rule ✔ After an election eve town center meeting and march featuring dozens of rainbow Druze flags, the community’s elders issued a prohibition against candidates standing and people voting, threatening to make outcasts of anyone who took part ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
The best news photos from the past week
10/30/2018, 10:19:57 AMA selection of the best news photographs from around the world, taken over the past week. ✔ Fireweed is a grass bush that takes on a bright red colour in autumn ✔ Ilya Naymushin / Reuters Model Alyona Alekseitseva presents a body of artwork by Russian artist Maria Gasanova, in Krasnoyarsk, Russia ✔ Behind is a reproduction of Victor Vasnetsov's Sirin and Alkonost: A Song of Joy and Sorrow ✔ All photographs belong to the copyright holders as marked
Rosneft’s Iraqi Kurdistan oil and gas play angers Baghdad
10/30/2018, 9:43:08 AMundefined ✔ Over the past 18 months, the Russian company has paid about $3.5bn to the Kurdistan administration including: $400m to develop five exploration blocks; $1.8bn for control of the region’s export pipeline, and a $1.2 loan in pre-payment for oil produced by companies other than Rosneft
Morning Update: Khashoggi's Murder Won't Change The US–Saudi Relationship Much
10/30/2018, 11:49:04 AMThe US sends more troops to the border, prosecutors seek the death penalty for the Pittsburgh suspect, Angela Merkel is stepping down. Your BuzzFeed News newsletter, October 30. ✔ After we contacted the publication, the editor apologized to anyone who has been offended or upset by this ✔ Shortly after taking the photo, Dippel became determined to track the couple down ✔ After the picture went viral and was shared more than 20,000 times, the couple have been found! Now, enjoy the magical photo:
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Why social media is friend to far-right politicians around the world
10/30/2018, 10:08:11 AMThe links between social media, domestic terrorism, and the retreat from democracy ✔ And now, so does Indonesia! More than 187 million people are expected to cast their votes when the country goes to the polls on April 17 ✔ Waiting until someone sends a bomb to admit that yeah, OK, that tweet was a threat represents a new low in negligence ✔ Talk to me Send me tips, comments, questions, and your Gab user name: casey@theverge.com
Analysis | What Trump has said about violent attacks -- depending on who committed them
10/30/2018, 10:14:52 AMHis response to the murders in Pittsburgh this weekend differed sharply from how he's described other attacks in the past. ✔ President Trump speaks during a rally at Southern Illinois Airport in Murphysboro, Ill., on Oct. 27 ✔ Being politically correct is fine, but not for this! .. ✔ … We can’t make these sick, demented, evil people important ✔ A car driven by a refugee from Sudan struck pedestrians near Britain’s Parliament
Republican Party office damaged in hail of gunfire leaving windows smashed and bullet holes in ceiling
10/30/2018, 9:34:30 AMAttack took place while premises closed, say officials ✔ Continuous rainfall has caused flooding and landslides in parts of Siliguri and surrounding areas, affecting road travel and daily life AFP/Getty 1/50 29 October 2018 Rescue team members collecting the remains of the crashed plane at Tanjung Priok Harbour, Indonesia
Power Up: U.S. troops head to the border ... just in time for the midterm elections
10/30/2018, 10:07:36 AMTrump says he'll build 'tent cities' for Central American migrants. ✔ : The Pentagon is sending 5,200 active-duty troops, military helicopters and spools of razor wire to the U.S.-Mexico border ✔ What we are asking for is to add those 53,000 people onto the rolls, said Nse Ufot, the executive director of the New Georgia Project, a voting rights' group founded by Abrams
Eryn Jean Norvill tells court Geoffrey Rush touched her breast and left her 'frightened'
10/30/2018, 9:34:35 AMShe claims the Oscar-winner toucher her 'deliberately' ✔ Catalonia's national day, the 'Diada' commemorates the fall of Barcelona in the War of the Spanish Succession in 1714 and the region's subsequent loss of institutions and freedoms AFP/Getty 50/50 10 September 2018 An Indian man makes his way through floodwaters from the overflowing Panchanai River in Siliguri
Soul singer Candi Staton diagnosed with breast cancer
10/30/2018, 9:34:38 AMSinger received the news as rehearsals began for her new tour ✔ Catalonia's national day, the 'Diada' commemorates the fall of Barcelona in the War of the Spanish Succession in 1714 and the region's subsequent loss of institutions and freedoms AFP/Getty 50/50 10 September 2018 An Indian man makes his way through floodwaters from the overflowing Panchanai River in Siliguri
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Pakistan: Dammed if you do, damned if you don't
10/30/2018, 8:31:42 AMundefined ✔ On the face of it, this is a decision that invites ridicule ✔ The renewed ban on Indian TV and film is really a way of getting the Pakistani public's attention for this campaign ✔ What is not symbolic is the 2025 deadline for more water storage capacity to avoid a collapse in food production in Pakistan ✔ He is the author of 'Growing Pains: The Future of Democracy (and Work)
Ghost Towns by Chris McNab provides the perfect Halloween bucket list
10/30/2018, 10:45:13 AMGhost Towns by Chris McNab reveals a host of abandoned towns from deserted Italian mountain villages to empty settlements in parched African landscapes. ✔ Founded in the fifth century, the city rose to become the capital of the Bagratid Armenian kingdom in the 10th and 11th centuries, before war and time reduced it to ruins by the 17th century The Jahaz Mahal in Delhi, India, is a masterpiece of architecture and aquatic landscaping
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