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Republicans Launch Surprise Bid To Prevent Debate On U.S. Support For Bloody Saudi War 11/13/2018, 9:33:02 PM Critics 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 AM The 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

People's Choice stars send wildfire prayers 11/14/2018, 12:32:40 AM Stars at the People's Choice Awards in Santa Monica discuss the impact of the California wildfires, calling the disaster "soul-crushing." (Nov. 12) Emergency response activated after landslide in SW China 11/14/2018, 12:31:14 AM Chinese authorities on Monday initiated a national emergency response after a landslide hit Southwest China, leading to the formation of a barrier lake. ✔ The China National Commission for Disaster Reduction and the Ministry of Emergency Management jointly activated a level-IV emergency response, the lowest level, on Monday, the ministry said in a statement ✔ A joint work team had been dispatched to the barrier lake area to guide and assist emergency rescue work ✔ By 6 a.m. Tuesday, a total of 67,449 people had been relocated in Sichuan, Tibet and the neighboring Yunnan, according to local authorities Southern California wildfire destroys homes 11/14/2018, 1