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EU lawmakers seek checks on arms exports fuelling Yemen conflict

11/14/2018, 6:54:08 PM
Tougher checks on European Union arms exports are needed and sanctions should be imposed on those countries that flout the bloc's rules, the European Parliament said on Wednesday. ✔ That includes, among others, a sanctions mechanism, Losing said ✔ This follows diplomatic efforts to end the conflict in Hodeida, whose Red Sea port serves as a key lifeline for the impoverished country ✔ The Hodeida campaign has sparked fears of a new humanitarian crisis in Yemen, where 14 million people face the risk of starvation


Pressure mounts on Myanmar as ASEAN raises refugee crisis

11/14/2018, 7:57:34 PM
Rare verbal intervention by bloc comes as US also pushes Suu Kyi ✔ Muslim-majority Indonesia is believed to have raised the issue in the summit ✔ Myanmar faces strong criticism from the international community ✔ report accused Myanmar's military of conducting genocide, gang rapes of women, assault of children and the burning of entire villages in Rakhine


UN 'alarmed' by fighting in DR Congo ahead of December elections

11/14/2018, 5:23:18 PM
UN concerned by conflicts in DRC, warning that violence and Ebola outbreak could hamper December poll. ✔ I have grown increasingly alarmed over the situation in Beni in recent months, where we continue to face major challenges in implementing our mandate, she said ✔ DRC is also battling the worst Ebola outbreak in the country's history ✔ MONUSCO, whose mission is now 17,000 strong and among the UN's largest, has been in the DRC since 1999


Algeria’s ruling FLN party head quits

11/14/2018, 4:23:53 PM
The leader of Algeria's ruling party, 84-year old Djamal Ould Abbes, resign... ✔ His departure comes at a sensitive time as presidential elections are due in April 2019 and no official candidate has been nominated by the party ✔ Algeria is a strong U.S. ally in the fight against militants in the Sahel and it is a top gas supplier to Europe ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Trump nominates former Iraq war general to be Saudi Arabia ambassador

11/14/2018, 4:33:13 PM
The post has been vacant since president took office in 2017 ✔ Erdogan's official state visit has been met with protests EPA 49/50 27 September 2018 Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N ✔ Ambassador Joseph Westphal, appointed by Barack Obama, was the last to fill the diplomatic seat


U.N. bemoans lack of funding for African anti-jihadist force

11/14/2018, 6:29:41 PM
International donors have disbursed less than half of what they had pledged for ... ✔ The spread of insecurity and terrorism to other parts of the region, including into eastern Burkina Faso, is particularly worrying, Guterres said ✔ Rebel attacks in eastern Chad indicate that borders are becoming more porous ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Avengers 4: Nick Fury NEVER wanted to call Captain Marvel – He tried to do THIS instead

11/14/2018, 4:17:20 PM
AVENGERS INFINITY WAR new storyline reveals Nick Fury never wanted to call Captain Marvel and was actually planning on doing this instead. ✔ It was the thrilling last scene from Infinity War ✔ Might be helpful to have a back-up plan in case the worst ever comes to pass ✔ Who on Earth (or out in the galaxy) could she betalking about ✔ He also then confesses he never intends to call Captain Marvel ever because he is already putting a different plan in motion ✔ Surely this will be explored in teh upcoming standalone movie


U.N. Security Council removes Eritrea sanctions after years

11/14/2018, 7:35:39 PM
The U.N. Security Council unanimously voted on Wednesday to lift a nearly decade... ✔ The resolution also removes a requirement for countries to ensure that people or companies working in Eritrea’s mining sector prevented funds from being diverted and used to undermine peace and security in the region ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Opinion | The world is moving on from Trump. And others are stepping forward.

11/14/2018, 5:48:07 PM
The United States used to own the role of global broker. Not anymore. ✔ By David Ignatius David Ignatius Columnist covering foreign affairs Email Bio Follow Columnist November 13 at 7:51 PM One of the assumptions that economists sometimes use to frame their models is to specify that some variables will be held constant, a concept that’s expressed with the Latin phrase ceteris paribus ✔ Macron announced Monday the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace


‘The tongue kills like a knife’: Pope Francis equates gossiping with terrorism

11/14/2018, 4:48:28 PM
In a strongly worded warning, Pope Francis decried gossip as a form of “terrorism” which ruins reputations, and said that fake news is a modern day scourge of the church faithful. ✔ During his Wednesday address to the general public in St ✔ Jesus is not pleased with a percentage of love: we cannot love him at twenty, fifty or sixty percent ✔ READ MORE: ‘This is for the little kids’: Indiana priest assaulted as Catholic child abuse scandal unfolds Trends: Pope Francis news


Syria's Armenian minority building new life in Yerevan

11/14/2018, 4:55:16 PM
FOCUS : In the past few years, some 15 to 20,000 Syrians have found refuge in Armenia, the overwhelming majority of them of Armenian origin. Flee... ✔ But the transition has still been tough for some refugees: the language barrier, the difficulty in finding a job, Armenia's poor economic situation, and the trauma of leaving everything behind in Syria have made resettling a challenge ✔ FRANCE 24's Achren Verdian and Natalia Ruiz Giraldo report from Yerevan, with Wassim Cornet ✔ A programme prepared by Patrick Lovett and Gaëlle Essoo


U.N. lifts sanctions on Eritrea, ending nation’s decade of international isolation

11/14/2018, 6:04:36 PM
Despite lingering concerns about Eritrea’s human rights record, the Security Council vote rewarded Eritrea’s improved relations with its Horn of Africa neighbors. ✔ It was hailed as a historic moment in the history of the conflicted Horn of Africa ✔ Eritrea, which lies along the Red Sea, provides bases for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in their war against Shiite rebels in Yemen ✔ Paul Schemm in Addis Ababa contributed to this report


General: Deployment to Southern Border a Deterrent

11/14/2018, 5:06:06 PM
Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan pushes back on criticisms that massing 5,800 troops on the border is needless, a hit to morale. ✔ Jack Reed, ranking member of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee, in a letter to Trump earlier this month blasted the deployment as politically motivated ✔ Military units sometimes voluntarily partner with CBP when the agency needs support for a role that also aligns with the military's training needs, like engineer corps' building roads to border access points, Buchanan says


Meet the insanely successful cofounder of Qualtrics who doesn't like to work 'as a matter of principle' — and just sold his company for $8 billion

11/14/2018, 6:15:00 PM
Jared Smith is the COO and cofounder of billion-dollar startup Qualtrics, working with his younger brother, CEO Ryan Smith. ✔ Qualtrics Jared Smith is one of the most famous names in the tech industry you've never heard of ✔ Business Insider / Matthew Lynley I ruffled some feathers, he said ✔ I've started to slow down and spend more time at my beach house to give execs more space to work


Charles’ daughters-in-law Kate and Meghan wear jewels for birthday

11/14/2018, 7:58:17 PM
Royals were pictured leaving Kensington Palace this evening as they drove through central London to head to Buckingham Palace for the 70th birthday celebration of the Prince of Wales. ✔ Royals were pictured leaving Kensington Palace this evening as they drove through central London to head to Buckingham Palace for the 70th birthday celebration of Prince Charles ✔ 2 - Sons - the Duke of Cambridge and the Duke of Sussex ✔ 'It is true of his work with the Commonwealth in which he has played an active role for many years, and the esteem in which he is held by the Commonwealth was made clear at the Heads of Government meeting earlier this year when the member states unanimously chose to name him as the next head of the organisation.' Mrs May also spoke of Charles's love of music, and joked that they shared a passion for dance


Stephen Baldwin is having an affair with sexy masseuse

11/14/2018, 7:58:14 PM
Actor Stephen Baldwin, 52, has been having an affair with Venezuelan masseuse Ruth Perez Anselmi, 39, who he met at a physical therapy school in LA in 2016, DailyMailTV can reveal. ✔ Wonderful.' Another shows the actor trying to arrange a meeting   Anselmi became increasingly frustrated over Baldwin's time-keeping Friend said Baldwin was typically late to their meetings ✔ Stephen is an avid supporter of Donald Trump and is regularly seen in MAGA caps


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