Republicans Launch Surprise Bid To Prevent Debate On U.S. Support For Bloody Saudi War
11/13/2018, 9:33:02 PMCritics of the war in Yemen said the move will make them more determined to have Congress tackle what the U.N. calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis. ✔ ASSOCIATED PRESSHouse Speaker Paul Ryan and Saudi King Salman ✔ Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), other sympathetic legislators like Sen ✔ Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and human rights groups have pushed hard to try the fight again and hold that vote ✔ Saudi Arabia has become even less popular in the U.S. because of its role in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and Congress is eager to signal that the longtime U.S. partner does not have carte blanche
US, UN warn against Rohingya repatriation plan
11/14/2018, 3:15:55 AMThe United States and United Nations' top human rights official have expressed concern at a plan to repatriate thousands of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar beginning this week, warning that such a move is premature. ✔ The history of the Rohingya in Myanmar is one filled with repeated episodes of violence, flight and return, Bachelet added ✔ We need to speak with one voice to stop this cycle from repeating itself yet again ✔ CNN's Angus Watson, Bex Wright, Rebecca Wright, Matt Rivers and Mark Phillips contributed to this report
Trump names retired general John Abizaid to be ambassador to Saudi Arabia
11/14/2018, 1:12:06 AMThe diplomatic post has been vacant throughout Trump’s presidency. ✔ Last month, the Trump administration launched a public pressure campaign urging Saudi Arabia to end the conflict in Yemen amid growing opposition in Congress to U.S. military support for the kingdom’s war there ✔ Sometimes you need to stand for something instead of saying it’s all up to them, he said in a 2015 speech at the University of California at Berkeley
Slaying the demons of demonetization
11/13/2018, 10:09:54 PMIndia's ban on high-value bank notes backfired -- there are better ways to fight corruption ✔ Indian elections have been plagued by anonymous cash donations, which have amounted to as much as 85% of the total receipts of political parties ✔ Meera H Sanyal, a former CEO and chairperson of RBS India, is a member of the National Executive Committee of the Aam Aadmi Party ✔ Her book The Big Reverse is published by HarperCollins India
Trump envoy urges Russia help free journalist Austin Tice held in...
11/13/2018, 9:59:07 PMA Trump administration envoy on Tuesday urged Syria's ally Russia to push f... ✔ O’Brien spoke at a news conference called to announce a National Press Club drive for private donations to match a $1 million FBI reward for information leading to Tice’s freedom ✔ Tice was 31 years old when he was abducted in August 2012 while reporting in Damascus on the uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Trump says North Korean missile sites are 'nothing new'
11/14/2018, 12:36:41 AMundefined ✔ U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a ceremonial lighting of the Diya for the holiday of Diwali in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, Tuesday ✔ I will be the first to let you know if things go bad! Pyongyang halted missile and nuclear bomb testing earlier this year but U.S. and South Korean negotiators have yet to elicit from North Korea a concrete declaration of the size or scope of its weapons program or a promise to stop deploying its existing arsenal ✔ Washington said it was continuing to push for denuclearization
U.S. lawmakers expect votes on steps to crack down on Saudi Arabia
11/14/2018, 2:18:00 AMU.S. lawmakers said on Tuesday the Senate could vote within weeks on legislation... ✔ Gulf Arab states have been battling since 2015 to restore a government driven out by the Houthis, Shi’ite Muslim fighters that Yemen’s neighbors view as agents of Iran ✔ The war has killed more than 10,000 people and created the world’s most urgent humanitarian emergency ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Raqqa after Isis: Mass grave reveals horror of city’s final battle
11/13/2018, 9:02:14 PMIn the second part of a series from Syria, Richard Hall visits the site of the largest mass grave in Raqqa, where 80 per cent of those buried are civilians ✔ The gravediggers lift the shrouded body delicately from the trench, just as they have done hundreds of times before ✔ The US has admitted responsibility for the deaths of around 100 civilians in Raqqa ✔ There is every reason to expect that more will be found in Syria
Trump says NoKo report not new, promises to say 'if things go bad!'
11/13/2018, 10:20:58 PMPresident Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States was aware of undeclared North Korean missile bases revealed by US researchers but insisted all was fine. ✔ 'I will be the first to let you know if things go bad!' he said ✔ CSIS expert Victor Cha, who was a top adviser to former president George W ✔ North Korea deploys medium-range missiles just 55 to 100 miles (90 to 150 kilometers) from the Demilitarized Zone that divides the peninsula
Report: Pakistani Air Force, Government Hacked
11/13/2018, 10:23:17 PMAnalysts at cybersecurity firm Cylance believe the widespread attack originated from a Middle Eastern nation. ✔ A flag flies at half-mast at the Supreme Court in Karachi, Pakistan ✔ Pakistan's armed forces play an outsized role in its politics ✔ They deliberately distracted attention and time and resources, and to confuse the victim into thinking something was wrong
Brit drugs baron 'once one of Europe's most investigated criminals is jailed
11/13/2018, 11:25:55 PMBrian Charrington, 61, of Warrington was also ordered to pay a fine of more than €30million, which is the equivalent of £26million ✔ In the eighties he teamed up with Curtis Warren, whose personal fortune was so large he appeared on the Sunday Times Rich List, to import cocaine to the UK from Venezuela ✔ Read More Top news stories from Mirror Online Bronson seen for first time in years Brit who died of rabies is pictured Blizzards and big freeze due in weeks Students investigated for 'Nazi salute'
Abe goes on tour to pitch 'free and open' Indo-Pacific
11/13/2018, 8:48:12 PMJapanese prime minister will meet with Russia's Putin on the sidelines ✔ An Indonesia Navy officer watches a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense vessel enter port in September 2018 ✔ He is also stressing the importance of transparent and financially sound infrastructure investment, hoping to create new guidelines to prevent countries from being drawn into debt traps by China's Belt and Road infrastructure initiative
'El Chapo' Guzman trial begins under unprecedented security measures
11/14/2018, 2:24:42 AMNearly two years after his extradition from Mexico, notorious cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera faces an American jury on Tuesday in the most significant criminal trial in decades. ✔ 00:59 New York (CNN)While a US prosecutor painted for a jury the picture of Joaquin El Chapo Guzman Loera as the leader of a powerful and murderous drug cartel, his defense lawyer countered that Guzman was a leader of nothing, a myth, not a feared boss ✔ Photos: Famous US extradition cases Ira Einhorn, a well-known hippie, environmentalist and anti-war activist, jumped bail and fled the United States after investigators accused him of murdering his girlfriend and stuffing her remains in a trunk
Brit drugs baron who smuggled cocaine into Europe jailed on the Costa Blanca
11/14/2018, 1:45:12 AMA BRITISH drugs baron dubbed one of Europe’s most notorious criminals has been jailed for more than 15 years after a Costa Blanca trial. Brian Charrington, 61, a former associate of notorious… ✔ 4 Charrington was once described as one of Europe's most investigated criminals Charrington started out as a car dealer in Middlesborough but went on to own a Rolls Royce, Bentley, private jet and fleet of yachts thanks to his international drugs empire
Russia draws closer to Southeast Asia with arms and energy trade
11/14/2018, 2:43:17 AMPutin to attend regional summit to build on economic and political cooperation ✔ Southeast Asia has wanted to beef up its defense capabilities in light of the dispute over China's island-building in the South China Sea and counterterrorism ✔ And to the authoritarian regimes of countries such as Cambodia, Russia appears a more attractive partner than the U.S. or European countries that stress the importance of human rights and democracy
Tough talk, tough women: New House members come together to form 'The Badasses'
11/14/2018, 2:36:19 AMVeteran and service candidates across the U.S. formed friendships during the 2018 election and are now excited to work together in D.C. ✔ As a senator, Duckworth introduced both the Troop Talent Act and the Clay Hunt SAV Act, which helps veterans and service members obtain civilian certifications for skills they built in the military and helps prevent veteran suicide, respectively ✔ Luria, the former Navy surface warfare officer, had other ideas
Trump, stung by midterms and nervous about Mueller, retreats from traditional presidential duties - Los Angeles Times
11/13/2018, 8:54:16 PMPresident Trump, brooding over midterm losses and the Mueller probe, has cancelled a number of events that presidents normally attend, including a visit to Arlington National Cemetery. Behind the scenes, he has lashed out at aides, from low level press assistants to senior officials. ✔ For weeks this fall, an ebullient President Trump traveled relentlessly to hold raise-the-rafters campaign rallies sometimes three a day in states where his presence was likely to help Republicans on the ballot ✔ It’s such a striking difference between the enthusiasm he showed during the campaign and then going to Paris and sulking in his hotel room
Meet the new members of Congress - Los Angeles Times
11/14/2018, 1:52:33 AMThey are veterans, activists and well known DC insiders. They are overwhelmingly female, and Democratic and have little prior experience in politics. A look at the newly elected representatives joining Congress in 2019. ✔ Novices Hundreds of people ran for Congress this year saying they were inspired to enter politics by President Trump either for him or against him and the incoming class includes a striking number of people who have never before held elected office
APEC is being held by the member country that can least afford it
11/14/2018, 12:41:18 AMPapua New Guinea has been preparing all year for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, which begins on November 17. But experts warn the city isn't ready, as concerns remain over costs, infrastructure and security. ✔ But some critics have warned that the meeting of regional leaders could do the very opposite, exposing systemic issues within PNG and embarrassing it in front of the world ✔ This support is a clear demonstration of Australia's close and longstanding defense relationship with PNG and the interoperability our defense forces have developed over a number of decades
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