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North Korea tests new 'tactical' weapon, releases U.S. prisoner

11/16/2018, 11:28:04 PM
SEOUL/WASHINGTON-- North Korea's leader witnessed the test of a newly developed high-tech weapon, th ✔ SEOUL/WASHINGTON-- North Korea's leader witnessed the test of a newly developed high-tech weapon, the country's state media reported on Friday, while Pyongyang also released a U.S. prisoner, sending conflicting signals at a time of sensitive negotiations ✔ North Korea has held previous American detainees for longer, and Washington has accused Pyongyang of using them as bargaining chips



Trying to make Yemen child smile 'like tickling a ghost': U.N. food...

11/16/2018, 9:34:25 PM
United Nations food chief David Beasley spotted a tiny foot sticking out from un... ✔ REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo It was just like tickling a ghost, Beasley, executive director of the World Food Programme, told reporters in New York on Friday after returning from a three-day visit to the war-torn, impoverished Arabian Peninsula country ✔ It’s now going to require an economic infusion of substantial liquidity ✔ Both are going to be required to avert a famine, he said ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Japan remain undefeated under new boss with Venezuela draw

11/16/2018, 10:00:28 PM
Japan drew with Venezuela 1-1 in a home friendly on Friday with defender Hiroki Sakai netting his first goal for the Blue Samurai, who stay undefeated under their new coach. The draw in Oita came as Japan are gearing towards an attempt at a record-extending fifth title in the Asian… ✔ Japan made it three wins and one draw from Hajime Moriyasu's first four games following their surprise run to the last 16 of the World Cup under Akira Nishino ✔ Japan will take on Kyrgyzstan in another friendly Tuesday next week before going to the United Arab Emirates for Asia's showcase tournament



USAID expands funding to private, religious schools under new global education policy

11/16/2018, 11:02:40 PM
The U.S. Agency for International Development plans to fund private and religious schools in developing countries as part of its new education policy, citing the need to provide instruction to millions of children globally who lack access to public schools. ✔ These children, living in increasingly fragile environments tainted with violent conflict, natural disasters, and humanitarian crises, would not often have access to education if not for the work of missionaries and faith-based providers already in their communities, said Kenneth Blackwell, former U.S. Ambassador to the UN Human Rights Commission



How World War One blew apart the old empires and shaped the world we now live in

11/16/2018, 11:47:16 PM
A century later we are still living in a world shaped by the war and the messy peace that followed it ✔ The Arabs and the Jews had both been promised Palestine ✔ Money for housing, welfare and pensions meant less for battleships ✔ Read More Top news stories from Mirror Online Killer's chilling text Dad spent £10,000 bank error 'Cage bed pictured' Steve Bannon protest



'Firm assurances' Yemen's warring parties will attend talks: UN

11/16/2018, 8:31:14 PM
Yemen's warring parties have given "firm assurances" that they ar... ✔ I have received firm assurances from the leadership of the Yemeni parties .. ✔ I will also be happy to travel myself, if necessary, with the delegation to the consultations, Griffiths said ✔ He is aiming to convene talks before the end of the year ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Britain to push U.N. Security Council to back humanitarian truce in...

11/16/2018, 10:05:59 PM
Britain said on Friday it will push the United Nations Security Council to back ... ✔ aid chief Mark Lowcock, one of which was for a truce around infrastructure and facilities on which the aid operation and commercial importers rely ✔ A Saudi-led military coalition intervened in Yemen in 2015, backing government forces fighting the Iran-allied Houthi group ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Syrian and Israeli diplomats clash at U.N. over Golan Heights

11/16/2018, 8:48:22 PM
The Syrian ambassador vowed to retake the Golan Heights “by peace or by war,” while Israel said the plateau is essential to Israel’s security and it will never withdraw. ✔ By Carol Morello Carol Morello National reporter focusing on foreign policy and State Department Email Bio Follow November 16 at 3:21 PM Amid flaring tensions along the Israeli-Syrian border, Syria’s ambassador to the United Nations on Friday said his country would retake the Golan Heights by peace or by war, and Israel’s ambassador vowed to never withdraw from the territory it captured in 1967 ✔ But the Golan has grown more tense, and a demilitarized buffer zone has been built to separate Israel and Syria



N Korean official urges Japan to apologize over forced labor

11/16/2018, 10:00:26 PM
A senior North Korean official on a visit to South Korea called Friday for Japan to apologize for the wartime forced labor of thousands of Koreans. Ri Jong Hyok made the comments at a forum in Goyang, north of Seoul, which represented a rare effort by the rival Koreas to… ✔ Officials from South Korea's national government said they have no plans to meet Ri and four other visiting North Korean officials during their stay in the South ✔ The Koreas have rarely taken joint steps to tackle history and other issues stemming from their colonization because of their decades-long split ✔ This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.



U.S. opposes U.N. Golan resolution, wins Israeli praise

11/16/2018, 9:20:14 PM
The United States opposed on Friday for the first time an annual draft resolutio... ✔ Further, the atrocities the Syrian regime continues to commit prove its lack of fitness to govern anyone, she added ✔ Only Israel joined the United States in voting no. The General Assembly is due to formally adopt the resolution next month ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



‘With his government on the brink of collapse, Netanyahu has paid the price for his aggression towards Gaza’

11/16/2018, 10:25:26 PM
The Israeli PM has worsened a humanitarian crisis in Gaza and pushed more people to Israel’s borders for eight months of protests and clashes. His actions are now coming back to haunt him ✔ Hundreds gathered, burning tyres, blocking roads and chanting disgrace when the rocket sirens finally went silent ✔ Israeli army report that approximately 300 missile launches were identified from the Gaza strip toward Israel ✔ The Independent has launched its #FinalSay campaign to demand that voters are given a voice on the final Brexit deal



Netherlands secure victory over France to condemn Germany to relegation

11/16/2018, 11:03:56 PM
Germany were relegated to League B of the Nations League after the Netherlands beat France 2-0 in Rotterdam ✔ Les Bleus, who needed a point to ensure top spot in the group, seemed content to sit back and they were grateful Depay’s 13th-minute volley was straight at Lloris ✔ The Dutch deservedly edged ahead a minute before half-time following a mistake by Steven N’Zonzi ✔ The Fiver: sign up and get our daily football email



Tens of thousands of Muslims say prayers at Mecca for Jamal Khashoggi 

11/16/2018, 8:23:26 PM
Mourners surrounded the Kaaba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to pay tribute to Jamal Khashoggi, who was their countryman and a vocal critic of the Islamist autocracy that governs the state. ✔ After first insisting Khashoggi left the consulate unharmed, Saudi authorities said he was killed in an argument that degenerated into a brawl before finally accepting what Turkey had said virtually from the start - that he was killed in a premeditated hit



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