World War 3: North Korea tests 'ultramodern' tactical weapons as tensions with US SOAR
11/16/2018, 11:08:16 AMKIM JONG-UN has publicly inspected a "newly-developed ultramodern tactical weapon" amid growing tensions between North Korea and the US. ✔ The test may also have been a response to recent joint military drills by the US and South Korea, which Pyongyang said violated recent pacts to halt to all hostile acts ✔ US Vice President Mike Pence said Mr Trump planned to meet Kim again in 2019 and will push for a concrete plan outlining Pyongyang's moves to end its arms programmes
North Korea to DEPORT US citizen ‘manipulated by CIA’
11/16/2018, 11:50:35 AMNORTH Korea will deport a US citizen detained since October after he illegally entered the nation from China and told his captors he was manipulated by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the North Korean state news agency said today. ✔ North Korea's treatment of US citizens has been highly contentious at times over the years, sometimes holding them as prisoners for extended periods ✔ In 2017, the death of American student Otto Warmbier after having been detained in North Korea for 17 months helped spark nearly a year of tension as Pyongyang and Washington traded threats of war
North Korea to deport US citizen held since October - state media
11/16/2018, 9:05:56 AMAsia-focused English-language publication that brings you insights about business, finance, economic and political news, comments and analysis for Asia, by Asia on asia.nikkei.com ✔ The KCNA news agency identified the American as Bruce Byron Lowrance ✔ A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in the South Korean capital, Seoul, did not have an immediate comment ✔ KCNA said the man had told his captors he was under the control of the CIA ✔ North Korea's treatment of U.S. citizens has been highly contentious at times over the years
North Korea to Deport American Who Illegally Entered From China in October
11/16/2018, 9:16:19 AMThe man, who was detained on Oct. 16 for after arriving in the country from China, will be deported at an unspecified time, state media said. ✔ Pyongyang has typically held U.S. citizens it arrested for extended periods ✔ Their release was a striking contrast to the fate of Otto Warmbier, an American university student who died last year days after he was released from North Korea in a coma after 17 months in captivity
With peace on the horizon in Syria, this Christian city grapples with its decision to back the government
11/16/2018, 11:46:06 AMOnly reluctantly had Mhardeh, a predominantly Christian city of 23,000 people, sided with the government in the war. But it was a choice that put the once-sleepy suburban city on the front lines and isolated it from its Sunni neighbors. ✔ Shadi Shahdeh, a motorcycle mechanic, was working in his shop here when he heard that a missile had struck his neighborhood along the Orontes River ✔ Security personnel, fearing a large attack by armed protesters, handed their weapons to residents and fled their barracks
‘We are on life support’: Doctor makes desperate plea from Yemeni city of Hodeidah as humanitarian crisis worsens
11/16/2018, 10:04:29 AMAn additional five million people across Yemen will starve if fighting along the Red Sea coast continues to push up food prices ✔ Get out of the car, was the last thing Dr Ashwaq Moharram heard before the scream of a missile ended in a deafening crunch of metal on the concrete behind her ✔ Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, a Houthi leader, meanwhile told Reuters skirmishes continued in the outer suburbs
Washington's 'Humanitarian Intervention' Ploy Is Transparent - and Is Now Playing a Very Weak Hand in Syria
11/16/2018, 8:22:22 AMWith Damascus and its allies firmly in control of Syria's largest cities and the vast majority of Syrian territory west of the Euphrates - not only has the US-led proxy war against the nation failed - with Russian and Iranian forces involved indefinitely - the return of additional territory under Damascus' control seems all but inevitable. However, the US still holds territory east of the Euphrates, and - as American policymakers like to gloat - much of Syria's oil wealth falls within this territory illegally occupied by US troops. ✔ I worked as a history teacher in a high school in the centre of Damascus, which I loved ✔ Its humanitarian card is unlikely to wrest concessions in Washington's favor and the continued, repetitive abuse of this card only further undermines this ploy elsewhere it is used by American policymakers
N. Korean official in South demands Japan pay for war crimes
11/16/2018, 9:21:11 AMGOYANG, South Korea--A North Korean delegation called on Japan on Friday to pay ✔ We, the entire Korean people, strongly demand Japan's sincere and frank reflection, apology, and sufficient compensation ✔ If mistrust within Japan grows towards South Korea, there's a strong chance that bilateral relations and matters of defense, especially its stance about North Korea's nuclear issue, could be affected as well, he said
World War 3: Iran to UNLEASH new Isis terror group - Major US fears
11/16/2018, 10:03:02 AMTHE US fears Iran will unleash a new Islamic-State-style terrorist group. ✔ The Saudis have funded rebel groups fighting the Syrian regime, but the US sees Saudi Arabia as a key ally in its offensive against Iran ✔ Mr Jeffrey added: We couldn't be doing what we're doing in the region without them ✔ The Saudis have now handed five death sentences for 17 agents arrested over the incident
Ukraine tore down its Lenin statues. The hard part is filling the spaces left behind.
11/16/2018, 9:15:53 AMMore than 1,300 statues of Lenin have come down in Ukraine under its “decommunization” law, leaving authorities to figure out how to fill the voids in city squares and town centers. ✔ Now it’s a sin to drink there, I guess, his friend Yulia said ✔ The plaque says that Shevchenko passed through this village repeatedly on his way to Kiev ✔ In 40 years, when all those who were born in the U.S.S.R ✔ (Oksana Parafeniuk/For The Washington Post) Oksana Parafeniuk contributed to this report
Group calls for bigger Seoul role in tackling TB in N. Korea
11/16/2018, 8:16:04 AMSEOUL--A U.S.-based nonprofit group has called for South Korea to take stronger steps to fight a tub ✔ The U.S. government, which pledged $1.4 billion (158 billion yen) this year, is one of the biggest donors to Global Fund ✔ Many of these patients can become multidrug resistant, she said ✔ Twenty of these wards are now just rotting at a yard in South Korea
U.S. to withdraw 10% of troops in Africa to counter Russia, China
11/16/2018, 10:22:14 AMThe United States’ military role on the African continent has received increased attention after an ambush last year in Niger, carried out by a local Islamic State affiliate, which killed four U.S. ✔ The Pentagon move comes as China and Russia look to increase their influence in Africa ✔ The charge sheets accuse the troops of breaking into Army Staff Sergeant Logan Melgar’s bedroom, tying him with duct tape and strangling him by placing him in a chokehold
Mounting skepticism
11/16/2018, 8:14:33 AMundefined ✔ US, NK should swiftly resume nuclear talks President Moon Jae-in met with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, Thursday, on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summits in Singapore ✔ The meeting came amid rising concerns about a rift in the Korea-U.S
2 Navy SEALs and 2 Marines charged in Green Beret's strangulation death
11/16/2018, 11:47:41 AMSuspects accused of breaking into a Green Beret's bedroom while he was sleeping, bounding him with duct tape and putting him into a choke hold ✔ The names of the service members who have been charged are redacted in the charging documents ✔ We will not allow allegations or substantiated incidents of misconduct to erode decades of honorable accomplishments by the members of US Special Operations Command
U.S. to oppose U.N. Golan resolution, wins Israeli praise
11/16/2018, 11:08:07 AMThe United States said it would oppose on Friday for the first time an annual re... ✔ Further, the atrocities the Syrian regime continues to commit prove its lack of fitness to govern anyone ✔ Her comments came after the U.S. ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, said in September that he expected Israel to keep the Golan Heights in perpetuity, in an apparent nod towards its claim of sovereignty over the territory ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
There is still hope for Cambodia's democracy
11/16/2018, 9:37:32 AMThe international community has to pressure Cambodia to hold free and fair elections. ✔ They have travelled the world trying to present themselves as a legitimate government - thankfully, no one is buying the ruse ✔ The Listening Post Cambodia: Media blackout by design ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mu Sochua Mu Sochua is the Deputy Leader of the Cambodia National Rescue Party
Mighty Sparrow: the king of calypso on freedom, Windrush and oral sex
11/16/2018, 11:46:59 AMHe inspired Bob Marley’s political awakening, survived a coma, and has sung about everything from sex workers to Khrushchev. And at 83, the calypso great still wants to turn the news into song ✔ While the photographer sets up in my living room in Queens, New York City, the 83-year-old calypso originator scrutinises the screen, where the US midterm elections offer gold to this instinctive satirist ✔ Sparrow’s life since has reinforced these creative imaginings
Turkey says any US attempt 'barter' cleric Gulen to hush the Khashoggi investigation won't work
11/16/2018, 11:16:14 AMThe White House reportedly considered extraditing a prominent Turkish critic so Ankara would ramp down its investigation into Jamal Khashoggi's death. ✔ We have no intention to intervene in the Khashoggi investigation in return for any political or legal favor ✔ Senators also introduced a bipartisan legislation on the same day that would suspend the sale of weapons to Riyadh and block the refueling of Saudi coalition warplanes involved in the deadly civil war in Yemen
Turkey has 'SECOND audio' of Khashoggi murder proving it was planned
11/16/2018, 8:49:32 AMTurkey apparently has a '15-minute' second recording which refutes Saudi version of events. It is said to be of the 'killer team' planning the murder inside the consulate before Khashoggi arrives. ✔ That was a claim backed by foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir who said bin Salman has 'absolutely nothing to do' with the death ✔ Jamal Khashoggi's Turkish fiancee Hatice Cengiz gets emotional during an interview on Turkish news channel Haber Turk ✔ The journalist went into self-imposed exile in the United States in 2017 after falling out with Prince Mohammed
Emma Thompson recalls shooting first sex scene with bits of toast stuck to her 'arse'
11/16/2018, 10:04:33 AM'It was a comedy sex scene, we were shagging on the piano' ✔ Curzon Artificial Eye 1/17 The Guardians From its slow-burning beginning, The Guardians develops into an epic melodrama ✔ The 1989 film was Thompson’s first on screen role; her performance was met with praise while the romp itself receiving middling reviews
Prince Charles: 70 years in 70 pictures
11/16/2018, 11:09:26 AMTo mark the Prince of Wales' 70th birthday, we present an image from every year of his life. ✔ 1986 PA Prince Charles receives a prize and kiss from his wife after playing for the England II team against Chile, at the Cartier International Polo Spectacular at the Guards Polo Club in Windsor Great Park, Berkshire ✔ All photographs from the archives of the Press Association
Since Thomas Hardy wrote about sexual assault not much has changed
11/16/2018, 10:04:13 AMDouble standards and victim blaming faced by fictional characters such as Tess of the D’Urbervilles should be a thing of the past. But as allegations about Brett Kavanaugh and Philip Green dominate headlines, the 19th century novel seems as relevant as ever, Erica Wickerson says ✔ When the news broke that Sir Philip Green was the businessman behind the court injunction preventing publication of his alleged sex offences and accusations of racism, the message that rich, powerful men are subject to a different standard from the rest of society was repeated once again ✔ 2/40 The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 ¾, Sue Townsend Read this one when you’re decrepit enough, and chances are you’ll die laughing
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