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Saudi crown prince's 'fit' delays UN resolution on war in Yemen

11/17/2018, 12:54:33 AM
Multiple sources tell CNN that a much-anticipated United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a cessation of hostilities in Yemen and for Saudi Arabia to allow humanitarian aid to reach millions of starving people was "stalled" this week after the resolution's sponsor, British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, met face-to-face with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. ✔ Its executive director, David Beasley, who just returned from Yemen, told reporters he touched babies who felt like ghosts due to starvation ✔ The UK's willingness to make changes to the resolution to ease Saudi concerns drew sharp criticism from human rights advocates ✔ CNN's Nicole Gaouette, Richard Roth, Michael Conte and Kristina Sgueglia contributed to this report



U.N. committee condemns rights violations against Rohingya

11/17/2018, 3:57:12 AM
UNITED NATIONS-- A key U.N. committee overwhelmingly approved a resolution Friday strongly condemnin ✔ The resolution, sponsored by the 57-nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the European Union and Canada, reiterates deep distress at reports that unarmed Rohingya are still being subjected to excessive use of force and rights violations by Myanmar's military and security forces, including killings and rapes



UN envoy: Warring parties in Yemen agree to meet in Sweden

11/17/2018, 12:01:18 AM
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. envoy for Yemen announced Friday the country's internationally recognized government and rival Houthi Shiite rebels have agreed to attend talks aimed at ending their three-year war, which has created the globe's worst humanitarian crisis by pushing the Arab world's poorest country to the brink of famine. Martin Griffiths told the U.N. Security Council that he planned to bring the warring parties together "soon" in Sweden. He also said the Houthis and the government, which is backed by a Saudi-led coalition, were about to conclude an agreement on exchanging prisoners and detainees.



Yemeni Government, Houthi Rebels Agree to Peace Talks, U.N. Says

11/17/2018, 3:02:14 AM
The United Nations’ special envoy to Yemen said Friday that warring factions there had committed to convening peace talks in Sweden shortly. ✔ Yemeni women and their sick children at the emergency unit of a hospital in the rebel-held capital of San’a ✔ Mr. Beasley told the Security Council about an 8-month-old boy named Mohammed who, at 6 pounds, weighed less than one-third of his target weight



World War 3: Warning Asian nations must PICK A SIDE between US and China as tensions rise

11/17/2018, 3:03:31 AM
ASIAN nations have been warned they will be forced to choose between China and the US as tensions between the two superstates continue to rise, sparking fears of an all out war. ✔ Controversially, Mr Pence said the US saw ASEAN as an irreplaceable strategic partner ✔ China’s President Xi Jinping and Trump will meet in Argentina at the end of November to discuss ongoing trade tensions ✔ Mr Pence said: They know what our administration’s position is



European Army would very likely end up fighting a huge war — with itself

11/17/2018, 2:46:41 AM
I’VE often been told by Americans that they won the Second World War. All on their own. With no help from anyone else. Ben Affleck sorted the Battle of Britain and Henry Fonda did D-Day and, were i… ✔ I’VE often been told by Americans that they won the Second World War ✔ And what would happen when one country thought a war should be fought and another one didn’t ✔ Its Asbo tracker bracelet last sent out a signal from Yorkshire on October 26 ✔ Yup, if an osprey lands in your garden and dies, you’re nicked the noo



US voices appreciation for North Korea's release of American citizen

11/17/2018, 3:33:15 AM
undefined ✔ The United States is grateful for the sustained support of Sweden, our protecting power in North Korea, for its advocacy on behalf of American citizens, Pompeo said ✔ Their first summit in Singapore yielded a commitment by Kim to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in exchange for security guarantees from the U.S. (Yonhap)



Andrews heaps praise on law officers despite passport information held

11/17/2018, 2:17:58 AM
Federal police have 400 people on their terror watch list, but only communicate details of the most serious concerns to state police. ✔ National Victoria Bourke Street Andrews heaps praise on law officers despite passport information held By Miki Perkins, Timna Jacks & Erin Pearson17 November 2018 1:05pm Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Premier Daniel Andrews has praised federal authorities despite revelations they did not pass on intelligence to Victorian police that they had cancelled the passport of Hassan Khalif Shire Ali, the man who went on a deadly rampage in Bourke Street eight days ago ✔ The 30-year-old Shire Ali's bail was extended in October after he failed to appear in court on a string of driving offences



D.C.'s Neo-Nazi Brothers Were Hiding In Plain Sight

11/17/2018, 12:52:48 AM
A neighbor in Washington’s Bloomingdale neighborhood warned a cop about extremists Jeffrey and Edward Clark. It wasn’t enough. ✔ Kessler wrote in an email that he does not condone politically motivated violence but he claims it is the natural result of failing to address the grievances of white people ✔ The final point in the plan: End birthright citizenship ✔ This article has been updated with a response from Patrick Little



The week ahead in SoCal theater, Nov. 18-25: 'Cost of Living,' 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern' and more

11/17/2018, 2:04:16 AM
The week ahead in L.A. theater, Nov. 18-25: "Cost of Living" at the Fountain Theatre; "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" at A Noise Within; "Bob Baker’s Nutcracker" at the Carrie Hamilton Theatre; "Clint Black’s Looking for Christmas" at the Old Globe ✔ Openings Down to My Last Egg A woman races her biological clock in writer-performer Remy O’Brien’s solo comedy ✔ Sat., 8 and 10 p.m.; next Sun., 6 and 8 p.m.; ends Nov. 28 ✔ In a slam-bang, briskly calibrated staging, Ormeny melds his gifted performers into an impressively organic ensemble that does full credit to Leora’s pithy, timely play



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