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Father of ISIS bride Lisa Smith pleads for Leo Varadkar to help locate his daughter and granddaughter in Syria 15 Oct 2019 21:13 Irish Post THE FATHER of ISIS bride Lisa Smith has launched an emotional appeal for help finding his daughter and two-year-old granddaughter who are both caught up in the chaos unfolding in Syria. A former Defence Forces Soldier from Dundalk, Smith first travelled to …
Morning mail: Irish border Brexit fix, doomsdayer rescue, jobseeker pain 15 Oct 2019 21:13 The Guardian Good morning, this is Helen Sullivan bringing you the main stories and must-reads on Wednesday 16 October. Top stories Boris Johnson appears to be on the brink of reaching a Brexit deal after making major concessions to EU demands over the Irish border. A …
Landmark Saudi-Palestine World Cup qualifier ends in goalless draw 15 Oct 2019 21:10 Israel News A landmark soccer match between the Saudi Arabian and Palestinian national teams in the West Bank ended in a goalless draw Tuesday. The two met in a qualifier for the 2022 World Cup at the Palestinian national stadium in Al-Ram, near Ramallah, playing …
Russia says 'unacceptable' Turkish incursion into Syria must be temporary 15 Oct 2019 21:08 Jerusalem Post Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) meets with his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, Turkey November 19, 2018. (photo credit: SPUTNIK/RAMIL SITDIKOV/POOL VIA REUTERS) ABU DHABI/MOSCOW, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Russia called Turkey' …
RenaissanceRe Announces Estimated Net Negative Impact from Third Quarter 2019 Catastrophe Events 15 Oct 2019 21:06 Odessa American PEMBROKE, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 15, 2019-- RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: RNR) (the “Company” or “RenaissanceRe”) today announced it currently estimates that losses from third quarter 2019 catastrophe events will have an estimated net negative …
Mass shootings hearing set 15 Oct 2019 21:06 Odessa American Spurred by a series of mass shootings in Texas, including one Aug. 31 in Odessa and Midland, the Senate Select Committee on Mass Violence Prevention & Community Safety will bring its fact-finding mission to Odessa College at 2 p.m. Thursday in …
Syria Kurds call up civilians to fight Turkey... 15 Oct 2019 21:00 Khaleej Times Ankara said on Tuesday it would "shortly" begin an offensive into northern Syria, as it sent more armoured vehicles to the border. The Kurdish administration in northeastern Syria called up civilians on Wednesday to defend the region against a …
Trump is condemning millions of Syrians to Assad and Iran’s cruelty 15 Oct 2019 20:54 The Washington Post The U.S. withdrawal from northern Syria abandons a five-year project that kept a full third of Syria free from Assad’s control. That region has Syria’s richest oil and agricultural resources, as well as millions of innocent people — mostly Sunni Arabs — …
Why Trump won’t lose many voters over Syria 15 Oct 2019 20:53 The Washington Post Voters are also not especially favorable to U.S. involvement in conflicts such as the one in Syria when they do think about foreign policy. The Center for American Progress recently released a comprehensive poll detailing voter attitudes about U.S. foreign …
Newsdeck: Russia says ‘unacceptable’ Turkish incursion into Syria must be temporary 15 Oct 2019 20:52 News * Russia criticises Turkish operation in Syria * Says Ankara didn’t agree details with Moscow * Says incursion must be limited in time and scale (Recasts to add new Kremlin envoy quotes, details) By Olesya Astakhova and Andrew Osborn In Russia’s strongest …
Gov. Wolf reaffirms commitment to refugees in letter penned to President Trump, Secretary of State Pompeo 15 Oct 2019 20:51 WPMT × Gov. Wolf reaffirms commitment to refugees in letter penned to President Trump, Secretary of State Pompeo HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf reaffirmed his commitment to refugees Tuesday in a letter penned to President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike …
McFeely: In Cramer's world, breaking law is hunky dory if you do it in the open 15 Oct 2019 20:49 Grand Forks Herald But he doesn't and besides, Cramer likely doesn't want to screw up his retirement gig as Trump's pool boy at Mar-a-Lago whenever he decides this cushy U.S. Senate gig has run its course. Cramer's appearance on Tapper's "State of …
Study: German youth fear environmental destruction, more vocal 15 Oct 2019 20:49 DW.DE Nearly three-quarters (71%) of Germany's youth aged 15 to 26 rate environmental destruction and pollution as their top fear in the latest Shell Youth Study — a survey series begun in 1953 and now into its 18th sampling. Among the 2,572 children, teens …
Study: Women who are stressed during pregnancy are more likely to have a girl 15 Oct 2019 20:45 Malay Mail New research has found that women who are stressed during their pregnancy are more likely to have a girl than a boy. — AFP pic NEW YORK, Oct 15 — New US research has found that women who experience stress during their pregnancy are more likely to give …
Erdogan Accepted Putin's Invitation to Visit Russia in Next Few Days - Kremlin 15 Oct 2019 20:41 Sputnik International Russia 23:30 15.10.2019(updated 23:41 15.10.2019) Get short URL MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin in phone talks on Tuesday invited Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to visit Russia, the Kremlin press service said. "Putin …
A single piece of paper is stopping this pharmacist from practising in Australia 15 Oct 2019 20:37 ABC.net.au Updated October 16, 2019 07:35:28 Anas Barbaree was a qualified pharmacist working overseas, but has never been able to work in Australia in his chosen field. Key points: Each year, about 200,000 people move to Australia from overseas Multicultural …
Pence to Meet Erdogan in Ankara on October 17 – White House 15 Oct 2019 20:37 Sputnik International Middle East 22:47 15.10.2019(updated 23:20 15.10.2019) Get short URL US Vice President Mike Pence will travel to Ankara to meet Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan this week to discuss the country's ongoing military operation in Syria, the …
A British actor left Hollywood to fight Isis - now he's marooned in Belize 15 Oct 2019 20:32 The New Zealand Herald How a bleeding heart idealist with a Kalishnikov and a respectable IMDb page got himself exiled from America. It sounded like death made airborne in those brutal days in Raqqa. Bullets screamed across the ruined streets in swarms thicker than flies on …
Report: First Amendment Advocates Sound Alarm over Anti-‘Terrorism’ Bill 15 Oct 2019 20:29 NewsBusters.org A proposed commission to bully online platforms into cracking down harder on speech has civil rights advocates outraged, The Hill reported. At least three bills were discussed, including ones targeting cybersecurity, drones and online platforms. The last …
Rand Paul says Lindsey Graham 'has been wrong about almost every foreign policy decision of the last two decades' 15 Oct 2019 20:27 FOX News Fox News Flash top headlines for Oct. 15 are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., slammed colleague Sen. Lindsey Graham on Tuesday, saying the Republican from South Carolina has an abysmal foreign policy record. Paul…
Israel stuck in a new Middle East amid Turkey's Syria offensive 15 Oct 2019 20:22 DW.DE US President Donald Trump has done little for Israel, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told the Jerusalem Post. Recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state and then the Golan Heights as Israeli territory were empty gestures, he said. …
Opinion: Donald Trump's tricky Syria 'gift' to Vladimir Putin 15 Oct 2019 20:22 DW.DE Russian troops in Syria moved into a base at Manbij on Tuesday, a day after US forces abandoned it on the orders of President Donald Trump. Brett McGurk, Washington's former special envoy to the international coalition fighting the Islamic State group, …
President Trump abandoned the Kurds, but Liz Cheney blames Turkey's invasion of Syria on impeachment 15 Oct 2019 20:21 Salon In spite of President Donald Trump’s effective endorsement of the incursion, House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., has blamed Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria on the Democrats pursuing an impeachment inquiry against the commander-in- …
New front in Syria's war: Why Manbij matters - Aljazeera.com 15 Oct 2019 20:17 Google Sanliurfa, Turkey - Despite mounting international pressure, fresh US sanctions and the potential of a direct confrontation with Syrian government forces, Ankara is pressing ahead with its week-long military operation in northeast Syria. Following the …
‘Watchmen’ Review: A Dazzling Reinvention of a Landmark Comic - Rolling Stone 15 Oct 2019 20:17 Google Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen landed on comic book fans in the fall of 1986 with the force of a thunderbolt, if not that of a giant psychic interdimensional squid. (You kind of had to be there.) The series was, among other things, a murder mystery, …
Turkish offensive: Trump defends retreat, Germany, France halt arms exports 15 Oct 2019 20:15 Daily News Egypt United States (US) President Donald Trump, who abandoned Washington’s key allies, the Kurds, last week, has defended his decision to pullback US forces from northeast Syria. “I don’t think our soldiers should be there for the next 50 years guarding a …
Keeping the Peace on the Temple Mount 15 Oct 2019 20:10 Daily Alert (Israel Hayom) Yoav Limor - Former head of the Israel Security Agency MK Avi Dichter said in an interview: "The Palestinians will never drop the matter of the Temple Mount. It's a tool that they, and parts of the Arab and Muslim world, use to take …
Syrian Kurdish Commander Explains Deal with Assad and Putin 15 Oct 2019 20:10 Daily Alert The world first heard of us, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), amid the chaos of our country’s civil war. I serve as our commander in chief. The SDF has 70,000 soldiers who have fought against jihadi extremism, ethnic hatred, and the oppression of women …
U.S. Involvement in Syria Lacked Purpose, Objective 15 Oct 2019 20:10 Daily Alert (Israel Hayom) Prof. Eyal Zisser - American forces didn't enter Syria to end the bloody civil war there, nor did they ever purport to be the bearers of liberty and justice for the Syrian people. They also didn't go there - as Israel had hoped - to …
U.S. Forces Come under Turkish Artillery Fire in Syria 15 Oct 2019 20:10 Daily Alert "US troops in the vicinity of Kobani came under artillery fire from Turkish positions at approximately 9 p.m. local Oct. 11," Navy Capt. Brook DeWalt, a Pentagon spokesman, said in a statement. "The explosion occurred within a few hundred …