Here's Why Rodrigo Duterte Could Be Making a High-Profile Visit to China
Fiery bluster or a genuine shift in allegiance? That’s the question U.S. officials will be trying to answer about Rodrigo Duterte’s diplomatic maneuvers when the Philippine President lands in Beijing on Tuesday, having vowed to sever his nation’s historic alliance with Washington and instead move closer to rival superpower China. Chinese President Xi Jinping will, in turn, be trying to assess whether the erratic Duterte — whose savage extrajudicial war on drugs has so far claimed at least 3,6..>> view originalGerman, Russian, Ukrainian, French leaders to meet in Berlin
By Associated Press October 18 at 4:17 AM BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office says she will host a meeting with the Russian, Ukrainian and French presidents on Wednesday to discuss efforts toward peace in eastern Ukraine. A German government statement Tuesday said that Merkel invited Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and French President Francois Hollande to “assess the implementation of the Minsk (peace) agreements since the last meeting and discu..>> view originalConspiracy Theorists: Pamela Anderson Poisoned Julian Assange With a Vegan Sandwich
According to today’s most ludicrous new conspiracy theory, PETA activist Pamela Anderson poisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with a vegan sandwich. Beware of body doubles!In past years, a Presidential nominee calling women he’s accused of groping ugly liars or a major foreign power allegedly hacking into huge swathes of campaign emails would be Internet-breaking ammo. In this election cycle, that’s a slow news day. As America’s collective bad karma continues to manifest in this strange sur..>> view originalThai Junta Cracks Down on Royal Insults After King's Death
Thailand’s military government said it is stepping up efforts to stamp out criticism of senior members of the royal family -- a crime punishable by years in prison -- following the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej."The Justice Ministry has set up a team to oversee the breaching of Article 112," junta member and Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya said Tuesday, referring to the section of the criminal code that governs lese majeste. “We have worked on this issue all along, but we are obstructed b..>> view originalRussia Says Russian, Syrian Planes Halting Aleppo Strikes
MOSCOW รข€” Russian and Syrian warplanes on Tuesday halted their airstrikes on Syria's besieged city of Aleppo in preparation for a temporary truce that Moscow has announced for later in the week, the Russian defense minister said.According to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, the halt in the strikes should help pave way for militants to leave the eastern rebel-held parts of the contested city.Both Russian and Syrian air raids on Aleppo were suspended on 10 a.m., Shoigu said, describing the suspe..>> view originalDetaining Asylum Seekers on Nauru is Not 'Torture,' Says Australia's Prime Minister
Amnesty International’s condemnation of Australia’s practice of holding asylum seekers arriving by sea in offshore detention centers on Nauru as “torture” in an “open-air prison” has attracted the ire of the country’s Prime Minister. “I reject that claim totally,” Malcolm Turnbull told an Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) radio program Tuesday, calling it “absolutely false.” Based in part on field visits conducted in July and interviews with 58 detainees on the island, the Amnesty rep..>> view originalYemen to Start 72-Hour Cease-Fire
DUBAI—A temporary cease-fire will take effect in Yemen Wednesday night, the United Nations’ envoy for the country said, the latest bid to end more than 18 months of war there. The cease-fire is set to start just before midnight and last 72 hours, the envoy, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, said in a statement Monday. It was subject to renewal, he...>> view originalThink-tank: N. Korea's Musudan missile could be ready by next year
Think-tank: N. Korea’s Musudan missile could be ready by next year North Korea is on track to perfect its Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile — capable of reaching U.S. bases in Japan and Guam — much earlier than expected, a Washington-based think tank says. An aggressive schedule that has seen multiple tests, coupled with the communist nation carrying out launches near Kusong on its west coast, suggest the missiles could enter service as early as next year, says an analysis..>> view originalMosul offensive: Territory recaptured from ISIS
These were the visceral indications of how dedicated and single-minded Mosul's ISIS occupiers can be, and equally how bloody and grinding Iraq's battle to take back the city could be.As dawn broke Tuesday, the second day of the offensive to liberate Iraq's second largest city from ISIS, a diverse coalition of Iraqi troops, Kurdish Peshmerga allies and thousands of Iraqi irregulars gritted their teeth and prepared to again meet militant forces in the dusty scrubland outside the city. One Iraqi so..>> view original
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