Rohingya shocked, terrified as deadline for Myanmar return nears
11/13/2018, 12:47:51 AMMyanmar and Bangladesh expected to start repatriation of thousands of Rohingya this week, but UN says move is premature. ✔ One family of orphaned siblings, the oldest of whom is 18, is also on the list, he added ✔ And Myanmar's authorities, fuelled by anti-Muslim nationalists, have severely restricted access to basic services including healthcare and education ✔ To me it seems likely the government is going to make more camps; they're going to be trapped like the people in Sittwe
North Korea still running nuclear programme despite vow to scrap missiles
11/13/2018, 1:54:26 AMThe sites are scattered in remote, mountainous areas and could be used to house ballistic missiles, with the largest capable of striking anywhere in the US ✔ Asked whether those hidden sites went against the spirit of the summit and North Korea must give them up, a State Department official said Trump has made clear that should Chairman Kim follow through on his commitments - including complete denuclearisation and the elimination of ballistic missile programmes - a much brighter future lies ahead for North Korea and its people
Signs of rebellion? North Korea urges officials to closely monitor public sentiment
11/13/2018, 2:32:55 AMundefined ✔ Participants cheer as they take part in a parade marking the 70th anniversary of North Korea's founding day in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Sept ✔ It also urged an all-out fight against non-socialist and anti-socialist acts, saying that the bourgeois ideological culture and unusual trends are dangerous toxins that eat into the socialist system from the inside
Exclusive: Britain's Hunt sees prospect for Yemen talks, news on...
11/13/2018, 12:46:59 AMBritish Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt on Tuesday said prospects for talks to end ... ✔ Even though there’s been a temporary lull in the fighting, .. ✔ If this unblocks that, then that makes the prospect of those peace talks happening more real and that will be very important, Hunt added ✔ KHASHOGGI INVESTIGATION The murder of Khashoggi, a Washington Post contributor and critic of Prince Mohammed, has provoked little concrete action by world powers against Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter and a supporter of Washington’s plans to contain Iranian influence across the Middle East ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Prospect for Yemen talks rise as Saudi agrees to evacuate Houthis
11/13/2018, 2:05:46 AMSaudi Arabia confirms to UK minister willingness to evacuate 50 wounded fighters as a confidence-building measure. ✔ Hunt's trip, which included a meeting in the United Arab Emirates with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, comes as Riyadh, already under scrutiny for civilian deaths in Yemen air strikes, is facing global criticism and potential sanctions over Khashoggi's killing inside its Istanbul consulate on October 2
UK increases pressure on Saudis and UAE in Yemen ceasefire bid
11/13/2018, 12:00:44 AMJeremy Hunt in Riyadh after airstrikes reportedly kill 150 people in 24 hours in Hodeidah ✔ Before flying to Saudi Arabia, Hunt had consulted with his key American and European allies to ensure he was carrying a joint message ✔ Asked if the UK had been given access to a secret Turkish audio tape of Khashoggi’s murder, Hunt said: We don’t comment on intelligence matters, but my understanding of what happened actually is not dissimilar to what I have read in the newspapers
Opinion | To rescue Yemen, the U.S. must end all military support of the Saudi coalition
11/13/2018, 12:40:53 AMIf the Trump administration will not get tough on Saudi Arabia, Congress should act in its place. ✔ Mohammed bin Salman’s apologists whisper that he has been chastened by the backlash against the Khashoggi murder; that his wings have been clipped; that his militant advisers have been replaced by older and wiser heads ✔ Chris Murphy: We must demand accountability for Saudi Arabia’s behavior The Post’s View: The worst may be yet to come in the Middle East
Opinion | A Saudi Murder Becomes a Gift to Iran
11/13/2018, 2:50:41 AMThe assassination of a journalist has further hurt the Trump administration’s frail strategy of buddying with Saudi Arabia to restrain Iran’s expanding influence. ✔ All it needs to do is remain committed to the deal it signed with Barack Obama and let Mr. Trump recognize that his maximum pressure strategy falls short ✔ Follow The New York Times Opinion section on Facebook , Twitter (@NYTopinion) and Instagram
Why peace on the Korean Peninsula should be a U.S. priority
11/13/2018, 3:20:26 AMIn the fives months since President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met for a historic rendezvous in Singapore, progress in U.S.-North Korea nuclear negotiations has been fleeting. While Secretary of State Mike Pompeo continues to engage with his North Korean counterparts, and while the White House is reportedly planning another summit next year, much of Washington is highly skeptical Pyongyang is interested in denuclearization. ✔ There is no evidence Mr. Kim a man fixated on his regime’s preservation and his place atop that regime is any different than the earlier strongmen who had control of the nuclear bomb ✔ In the meantime, the White House should provide its South Korean ally with the leeway to continue its drive in pursuit of a more peaceful and predictable Korean Peninsula a transformation that would be just as important to Washington as it would be to Seoul
N Korea hiding at least 13 missile bases, U.S. researchers say
11/13/2018, 3:46:07 AMNorth Korea is operating at least 13 undeclared bases to hide mobile, nuclear-capable missiles, a new study released Monday has found, raising fresh doubts over U.S. President Donald Trump's signature foreign policy initiative. Trump has hailed his July summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as having opened the… ✔ While U.S. sanctions on North Korea remain in place, enforcement by traditional trading partners China and Russia has relaxed since the summit, U.S. officials have acknowledged ✔ Led by Joseph Bermudez, an authority of North Korea, the researchers' findings were based on satellite imagery, defector interviews and interviews with intelligence and government officials
What Trump's 'sulk' told America's friends
11/13/2018, 2:06:15 AMRain kept the President from an Armistice Day ceremony that other world leaders attended. The message to the nations whose veterans served with American troops, often under US command: US presidents, it seems, are happy to send European troops into the face of battle in Iraq and Afghanistan, but not to travel 50 miles to mourn our shared war dead, writes Kate Maltby. ✔ He spent four years in the camp after the fall of the British military base at Fort Stanley ✔ It makes it harder and harder to justify our continued alliances ✔ Then again, perhaps President Trump doesn't believe in honoring men like Freer ✔ I understand he prefers war heroes who didn't get captured
Curbing Iran’s ambitions in the Middle East
11/13/2018, 3:28:53 AMToday, international attention is heavily focused on restraining Iran’s aspiration to develop nuclear weapons. Tehran, however, is using a large portion of its resources to increase its power by creating a continental corridor of terror, running from Tehran to the Mediterranean Sea. Syria is a critical piece of this corridor. ✔ Escalation might encourage the international community to insist that Iran’s withdrawal from border areas be balanced with Israeli withdrawal from the Golan ✔ This would significantly endanger Israel and the Kingdom of Jordan two of America’s important allies in the Middle East ✔ • Doug Lamborn is a Republican U.S. representative from Colorado
Ebola outbreak worst in Congo's history
11/13/2018, 1:21:35 AMThe Ebola outbreak in Congo has infected nearly 330 people, making it the worst in the troubled nation's history. The tally exceeds that of Congo's first epidemic, when Ebola was discovered in 1976. It's the third worst in global history, though for now it trails far behind the outbreak that killed more than 11,000 in West Africa earlier this decade and the 400-plus cases in Uganda recorded nearly two decades ago. The outbreak, which is unfolding in a North Kivu province riven by conflict, also passed a grim milestone over the weekend: The World Health Organization said the death toll now exceeds 200.
Poland marks centennial of independence
11/13/2018, 1:01:43 AMWe celebrated a significant milestone this Veterans’ Day: exactly 100 years since the end of World War I. But another noteworthy anniversary fell on that day. Nov. 11, 2018 also marked the centennial of a free Poland, one of America’s most important allies in Europe. ✔ But this state of affairs was not destined to last forever ✔ Poland ranks 45th out of 180 countries in the latest Index of Economic Freedom ✔ Sure, it has a couple of weak spots, but considering how long the country suffered under communist rule, that’s really a remarkable accomplishment ✔ Ed Feulner is founder of The Heritage Foundation (heritage.org)
Putin, Trump have 'good conversation' - World
11/13/2018, 2:56:07 AMundefined ✔ White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said Trump had sat with world leaders including Putin, Macron and Merkel at lunch and the group had held very good and productive discussions ✔ They may change with our American colleagues and with us, that is why there are no firm agreements, he said
Vice President Pence seeks 'update' on trade talks with Japan
11/13/2018, 3:04:09 AMU.S. Vice President Mike Pence told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesda... ✔ In September, Abe and Trump agreed to start trade talks in an arrangement that appeared, temporarily at least, to protect Japanese automakers from further tariffs on their exports, which make up about two-thirds of Japan’s $69 billion trade surplus with the United States
Teen Mom's Bristol Palin's Ex Dakota Meyer Claims 'She Tried to Put Me in Jail for 18 Months'
11/13/2018, 3:52:08 AMBristol Palin's ex-husband Dakota Meyer claims the mother of three tried to imprison him for 18 months over an alleged financial error ✔ RELATED: Teen Mom OG’ s Bristol Palin Breaks Down in Tears of Frustration After Splitting from Dakota Meyer Yeah, she tried to put me in jail for 18 months over it, Meyer alleged ✔ Meyer filed for divorce in February and they finalized it earlier this summer
The quiet revolution that's making your phone smarter than you at photography
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‘Tell your boss’: Recording links Saudi prince to Khashoggi killing
11/13/2018, 2:08:10 AMAudio of one of the Saudi assassins is believed to be the closest link yet implicating Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Khashoggi's killing. ✔ Jamal Khashoggi was allegedly killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.Credit:AP But while Turkish officials have played the recording for US and other intelligence agencies and provided transcripts, the Turks have not handed over the recording for independent analysis, according to Turkish officials
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