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UK calls for end to Yemen war, Khashoggi justice

11/12/2018, 3:17:53 AM
Visiting Saudi Arabia on Monday, British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt urges Riyadh to halt the bloody war in Yemen. ✔ What we're seeing from the Saudis and Emirates is to really recapture Hodeidah before potential peace talks that are scheduled for the end of the year ✔ That's the strategy overall but of course it comes at an enormous cost to civilians, Momani told Al Jazeera ✔ Inside Story US calls for halt to the Saudi-backed war in Yemen


US decision to stop refueling Saudi jets attacking Yemen 'means nothing'

11/12/2018, 3:39:40 AM
The United States' decision to end airborne refueling support to Saudi Arabia for its war in Yemen means nothing militarily. It is cost-free virtue signaling by the Trump administration. ✔ Photos: Children peer out of a window in a former government building in the suburbs of Ibb ✔ And, advanced techniques for the manufacture of drones and improvised explosive devices ✔ Morality is often trumped by reality in foreign affairs, especially in this administration


UK to press Saudi on Khashoggi murder and Yemen bloodshed

11/12/2018, 3:06:46 AM
The UK foreign secretary will visit Saudi Arabia on Monday to urge leaders to end the war in Yemen and cooperate with Turkey's investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. ✔ Hunt will meet with King Salman and his son, the country's de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ✔ The international community remain united in horror and outrage at the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi ✔ A Saudi-led multinational coalition intervened in the conflict in March 2015


South Korea-U.S. military drills violate agreements: North Korea media

11/12/2018, 3:18:30 AM
South Korea's resumption of small-scale military drills with the United Sta... ✔ North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to work toward denuclearization at their landmark June summit in Singapore, where Trump promised to end joint, U.S. South Korea military exercises ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


A national museum where veterans, not war, come first

11/12/2018, 12:23:08 AM
The National Veterans Memorial and Museum, recently opened in Columbus, Ohio, puts the stories of veterans first. Learn about their journeys from the decision to serve to life after service. ✔ Every role counts Jaspen Boothe, a disabled Army veteran who served for 17 years, first as an 88 Mike (or truck driver), and then as a human resources officer in the ROTC (a college program that prepares young adults for the military), says she was surprised to be asked to be a part of the museum's creation


Khashoggi murder: Pompeo tells crown prince the US will hold all involved accountable

11/12/2018, 1:12:12 AM
Secretary of state had previously said US was reviewing possible sanctions on individuals that took part in killing of journalist ✔ Hunt, the first British minister to visit Saudi Arabia since the murder of Khashoggi a month ago, will also call on the Saudi authorities to do more to deliver justice and accountability for his family ✔ Agence France-Presse and Reuters contributed to this report


Ministers accused of shirking commitment to veterans

11/12/2018, 2:17:24 AM
As the centenary of the end of the First World War was marked at emotional events around the globe, ministers were accused of shirking their duty of care under the Armed Forces ‘covenant’. ✔ It was the moment we paid tribute to those lost a century ago ✔ The analysis said a further 6,000 veterans have nowhere to live and 10,000 have been convicted of crime ✔ It provides comprehensive healthcare services at specialist medical centres and outpatient clinics, and non-healthcare benefits including disability compensation, vocational rehabilitation, education assistance, home loans and life insurance


Trudeau shows Trump how a world leader honours war heroes in the pouring rain

11/12/2018, 12:37:58 AM
The US President sparked a furious backlash after scrapping a visit to a US military cemetery because of bad weather ✔ The bad weather made it impossible to arrange transport, the White House claimed ✔ Trudeau attended his own ceremony to pay tribute to Canadian troops killed at Vimy Ridge, on the battlefields of northeastern France ✔ It’s worth a trip in a limo and a few words from under a tarpaulin


‘Will he lose his leg?’: Thousands of Gaza protesters facing life-altering injuries from Israeli high velocity bullets

11/12/2018, 1:33:18 AM
Israeli army appears to be moving from shoot to kill to shoot to maim policy, writes Sarah Helm ✔ Hala Mughazi, the chief nurse who hoped for peaceful change in March, is instead overseeing the biggest emergency nursing response UNRWA has ever known in Gaza, organising treatment in clinics up and down the strip for thousands with wounds so big you can put your hand through them, she says


UK piles pressure on Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi killing

11/12/2018, 2:06:01 AM
Jeremy Hunt will attempt to encourage Saudi authorities to cooperate with Turkish investigation ✔ Turkey has not revealed whether the tape implicates Prince Mohammed directly in the killing ✔ His chief domestic aide, Saad al-Qahtani, was sacked two weeks after the assassination, as was a deputy intelligence chief ✔ He will also raise the case of British academic Matthew Hedges arrested earlier this year on spying charges


Fiancée of murdered Saudi journalist weeps as tributes are paid

11/12/2018, 2:17:22 AM
Hatice Cengiz, 38, was pictured in tears as tributes were paid to her fiancé Jamal Khashoggi, including from Nobel Prize winner Tawakkol Karman who spoke in front of images of the journalist. ✔ Yemeni human rights activist Tawakkol Karman, who won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize for her participation in the Arab Spring uprisings, said the killing was reminiscent of crimes committed by the Islamic State Group ✔ With the Middle Eastern royal being accused of planning the attack, the US-Saudi alliance came under immense strain as people called for America to get to the bottom of the story


What lies at the bottom of one of the deepest holes ever dug by man?

11/12/2018, 12:46:35 AM
A South African gold mine that goes two miles beneath the Earth's surface holds far more than just precious metals ✔ Vesuvius and traveled the depths of the New York City subway ✔ When the chairlift stopped suddenly we had to hike down the last 50 yards to the bottom ✔ Then, at the end of an abandoned tunnel our scientists found something amazing ✔ Associate producers, Sarah Carter and LaCrai Mitchell


Burned to death because of a rumour on WhatsApp

11/12/2018, 3:39:29 AM
In a small town in Mexico, a story on social media drove a mob to murder. But it was fake. ✔ Mango, fig and walnut trees grow from vast plots of land owned by local farmers ✔ They took him from us and he didn't even leave a child behind for us to take care of, she said ✔ Also on the team's remit: identity theft, extortion attempts, and human trafficking ✔ To see more stories and learn more about the series visit


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