Russian fighter attack on the Euphrates River, 16 Civilians Killed

At least 16 civilians, including several children, were killed in an air strike believed to have been carried by Russian fighter jets, in Deir Ezzor province, Syria, on Thursday (19/10/2017).
In recent times, parts of the province in eastern Syria are controlled by Islamic terrorist groups in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

"Civilians were killed as they tried to cross the Euphrates River near Abu Kamal City," the UK-based Observatory for Human Rights said.
This monitoring agency relies on information from a network of sources in Syria.
Mentioned, they identified the aircraft that attacked, based on the type, location, flight pattern, and ammunition used.
From the analysis, as reported AFP, obtained the conclusion that the Russian fighter jet that has carried out the attack.
Abu Kamal is one of the few remaining ISIS fortresses in Syria.


ISIS has lost control of Raqa this week, previously called the capital of the "caliphate" of terrorists, claimed in 2014.
Meanwhile, Russia started an intervention in Syria to support its ally, President Bashar al-Assad since 2015.
Russia has also helped the regime win back most of the country.
Noted, more than 330,000 people have been killed in Syria since the conflict erupted in March 2011.

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Barack Obama Returns to the Political World

(Pablo GASPARINI / AFP )

Former US President Barack Obama returned to politics for the first time after months "disappearing" and avoiding a direct confrontation with President Donald Trump.

The 56-year-old man is scheduled to attend the Democratic Party of Democratic candidate's campaign in New Jersey and Virginia on Thursday (19/10/2017).

Residents in both states will vote in the November 7 gubernatorial election, a year after Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the presidential election.

This battle could be an important indicator of voter sentiment ahead of the 2018 inauguration, which will be a test of Trump and Republicans.

"There are two major elections this year: the election of governors of New Jersey and Virginia," said political scientist Professor Larry Sabato.

So far it is not known what will be conveyed Obama in both campaigns.

Because, since leaving the White House on January 20 last, Obama away from the hustle and bustle of the political world.

Meanwhile, for the first nine months, Trump methodically eliminated key policies of the Obama administration.

On the other hand, Obama after three months of vacation began writing his memoirs, did not appear to the public, and hardly ever interviewed by the media.

Several times Obama sounds when some national issues are considered very important such as immigration, health care, and climate change.

However, the 44th US president was apparently unable to keep silent, let alone Trump repeatedly cast criticism against him.

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Being the Location of Nuclear Test, Mount in North Korea is experiencing Negative Phenomena

North Korea's ongoing actions to develop its nuclear program not only stir the West.
However, inside the country itself, there are fears that this program will disrupt the natural conditions of North Korea.
The concern arose after a study showed a negative geological condition at a site that has been used as a nuclear test site.
During this time, five of six nuclear launch tests were conducted on the Punggye-ri site, Mount Mantap, southwestern North Korea.
Site 38North, as quoted by Sky News which always provide related developments of North Korea, describes a phenomenon occurs in the region Punggye-ri.
Especially since North Korea conducted the final test on September 3, which claimed to be the largest nuclear test.

The news website 38North explained, there were three small earthquakes after the test.
The first quake occurred shortly after the test. Then the two remaining quakes with a smaller scale felt late September and last weekend.
Then, the impact of a series of tests, the area around the explosion extends up to 1.4 kilometers.
This condition is called "Tired Mountain Syndrome", with stones around the site of Mount Mantap become fragile and easily destroyed.
However, 38North added, the study did not destabilize the Kim Jong Un administration to continue to use the Punggye-ri site as a test location for nuclear detonation.
Kim Jong Un himself earlier this month said the North's nuclear program is a "worthwhile sword" to ward off all the aggression that leads to them.

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ISIS Threatens to Attack the 2018 World Cup in Russia part 2

In addition, a World Cup logo image completes the photo so as to make ISIS threats more real.
World Cup 2018 was held in 11 cities of Russia on 14 June to 15 July with the final party held at the Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow.
Hundreds of thousands of soccer fans are expected to flood Russia to support their beloved team.
In April a suicide bomb exploded at a subway station in Russia's second largest city, St. Petersburg and killed 14 people.
ISIS claimed the bomb blast was a reprisal of a Russian air strike in Syria. Russia is known as the main ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Last week, ISIS also released a propaganda photo featuring photos of US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin filled with bullet holes.
The photos were scattered through pro-ISIS sites and Telegram's messaging services that called on his supporters to take any chance to attack the US and Russia.

During this time many Russians and former Soviet Union, especially from the regions of Central Asia, went to Iraq and Syria to join ISIS.
Some experts believe that no less than 2,400 Russians and former Soviet states joined ISIS only throughout 2015

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ISIS Threatens to Attack the 2018 World Cup in Russia part 1

A photo released by ISIS to social media presents a threat to the 2018 World Cup event in Russia. (Mirror)

Expelled from the city of Mosul, Iraq and Raqqa, Syria did not make ISIS really dead.
In fact, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's group re-launched the threat this time related to the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia.
Through social media ISIS deploys photos of a man carrying an assault rifle and a bomb image with an ISIS black flag.
The photo of the gunman was then made as if he stood in front of the Volgograd Arena of a football stadium in southern Russia.

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The Story of the Turkmenian Woman Pilgrims Live Under the Grip of ISIS

a woman from the unnamed Turkmenistan Shiite community recounted the brutality of the ISIS group that controlled its territory. (BBC / Mahmut Hamsici)

The Shiite Turkmenistan community in Iraq is one of the ethnic groups targeted for the brutal persecution of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
One woman, who asked not to be named, told the BBC's Turkish correspondent, Mahmut Hamsici about the dificulty of life in the hands of this militia.
"We lived in the al-Alam district of Tikrit before the ISIS militant group took control of our lives," she said.
she is a Turkmenian Shiite and her husband is a Sunni Arab. He is a priest and honorable person in the community and the mosque where he leads the prayers adjacent to their abode.

"We do not know who is Sunni and who is Shia before, no one discussed it and there is no hostility in our community," she added.
"We have a big house that is rented to young women from Turkmenistan who work as teachers, one of them has a baby," she continued.
The woman has two children, a boy and a girl. They study in the same school so that every day the two children go to school together.

Husband brought ISIS
When the ISIS group entered Tikrit in June 2014, they executed many Iraqi troops at Speicher Camp.
"Several soldiers who escaped the massacre began to arrive in our town, after crossing the Tigris River (which flows between al-Alam and the city center) and the ISIS group is chasing them," she recalled.
Among the people who fled there were those from Turkmenistan. Some of them took refuge in my home, when they realized that the woman was also Turkmenian.
The women's family then helped some of them to escape by dressing like a woman.

"My husband hid three soldiers in the mosque, they are Shia members from the city of Basra."
One day, the ISIS group arrived at three in the morning and later learned that the woman and her family had helped the Iraqi soldiers.
They found the hideout of the young soldiers from Basra and immediately killed him.
"They also took my husband, I have not heard from him since that," she said sadly.
"Then they came back, blew up our house and told us to leave."
After that, the woman went with her two children, the teachers, the baby from Turkmenistan, and my stepdaughter - my husband's daughter from another wife.
But later, the ISIS group intercepted and took them to a garage with other women from a territory they had already mastered.

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Pyongyang Wants Diplomacy after They Have a US-Possible Missile

The anti-US action in Kim Il Sung Square appeared on Saturday (23/9) on a picture broadcast by North Korea's Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on Sunday (24/9). Posts on banners (ki-ka) Global military power, Complete with the United States, United States is a demon center, the old enemy of the United States. KCNA / via REUTERS / djo / 17 (KCNA / via REUTERS)

Diplomacy becomes a taboo word if it is offered to North Korea in an effort to end its dispute with the United States (US).
The country, led by Kim Jong Un, announced that Pyongyang is not interested in diplomatic way in reducing tensions with Washington.
Pyongyang is only willing to dialogue with Washington if North Korea has successfully completed a missile capable of reaching the east coast of the United States.
The statement was made by Pyongyang officials to CNN, as reported by The Independent on Monday (16/10/2017).
"Before we diplomate with Donald Trump's government, we want to give a strong message that North Korea has both a defense system and an offensive capable of warding off any aggression," the officials said.

The statement was in line with North Korea's diplomatic remarks at the UN, Kim In Ryong, while attending the Annual Meeting of the United Nations Disarmament Committee on Monday (16/10/2017).
In his speech, Kim In Ryong said North Korea felt it necessary to develop nuclear weapons.
He argued, since the 1970s, North Korea has often become a "nuclear weapons threat" every time the United States holds a military drill.
Pyongyang also blames, in every nuclear exercise, the US allegedly trying to "carry out an operation to overthrow our supreme leader".
Kim In Ryong continued, now the North Korean missile is able to reach all US territory.
"If they dare to harass our territory despite a minute, we will punish him repeatedly to the end of the world though," said In Ryong.

Inevitably, these two words will further increase the tension of friction between the two countries, as well as North Korea threatened to get additional sanctions from the UN Security Council.
Earlier, Pyongyang had warned Washington if Trump had been "rash," then the United States should be ready to lose Guam.

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After Guam, North Korea Threatens to Destroy Australia

(AFP PHOTO AND USFK / HANDOUT)

The North Korean government issued its latest threat to Australia for being a US and South Korean ally.
North Korean government media say, Australia shows a dangerous step in carrying out military and ipolitical provocations with the United States.
"If Australia keeps following US steps to impose military, economic and diplomatic sanctions even though we have repeatedly warned them (Australia) will not escape destruction," the North Korean news agency KCNA said.
The North Korean threat follows the visit of Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Defense Minister Marise Payne to a demilitarized zone separating North korea and South Korea.

However, Bishop dismissed North Korea's threat to Australia.
"The North Korean threat will further strengthen our efforts to resolve the solution on the Korean peninsula that is entirely due to North Korea's provocative behavior and threats," Bishop said in Sydney on Sunday (15/10/2017).
Meanwhile, the staff of the Australian Ministry of Defense, Dan Tehan, said the country would not be a mockery of North Korea.
"We will not surrender to North Korea, we will do everything you can to protect, help and support our allies," Tehan told Sky News.
Tehan continued that North Korea should carry out what the international community is calling for, such as obeying the UN Security Council resolution, condemning nuclear testing, and criticizing efforts to build nuclear weapons.
"If all these things are met by North Korea then the whole world will look for business opportunities with them," Tehan added.

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The Last ISIS Militants Leave Raqqa, 400 People were Used as a Shields

Smoke billowed forth near the stadium in the northern city of Raqqa, where ISIS troops hide after US air strikes destroyed that zone on Thursday (12/10/2017) (Reuters via Egypt Today)

The last group of Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) began to leave Raqqa on Saturday (14/10/2017) night, after the capital of their "caliphate" was controlled by US-backed militia

However, ISIS militants take 400 civilians hostage and taken away to be shielded lives that could protect them from possible attacks on militants.
The city of Raqqa in northern Syria fell to ISIS three years ago, shortly after the group's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, announced his "caliphate" in Mosul, Iraq

In a withdrawal of ISIS troops, agreed with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a US-backed Syrian militia surrounded them, ISIS militants must have started leaving Raqqa on Saturday night

Officials provided conflicting reports as to whether foreign fighters would also leave the city, after the SDF battled to expel ISIS from Raqqa since June 2017.

SDF spokesman Talal Silo said every militant who did not sign an agreement allowing them to leave Raqqa should be prepared "to surrender or die".

Omar Alloush, a member of the Raqqa Civil Council, said the evacuation would include foreign militants. He said the evacuation took place on Saturday night until Sunday (15/10/2017).
The jihadis led as many as 400 civilians as human shields, Alloush said.
ISIS's last defensive at Raqqa is a memorial and will be a milestone in the effort to restore the ISIS theocratic "caliphate" announced in 2014 at the mosque of Al Nuri, Mosul.

ISIS has made Raqqa as a base for planning attacks against their Western enemies.
The US-led foreign coalition against ISIS said a convoy had abandoned Raqqa on Saturday in a deal approved by a local party.

It was not explained where the ISIS militants left. However, the ISIS militant escape arrangements were made possible thanks to mediation by the Raqqa Council of Civil Affairs and local Arab tribal chiefs on Thursday (12/10/2017).

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Kim Jong-un Builds a Luxury Resort at Missile Launch Site

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un smiled while visiting an apple garden in Kwail County, southern Hwanghae province (STR / KCNA VIS KNS / AFP)

In the seaside town of Wonsan, a number of North Korean families staged a barbeque party on the beach, fishing, and eating royal jelly ice cream in the summer. For their leader, Kim Jong-un, the venue is a summer resort, a future 'palace' for tourism, and a missile launch area.Reported by The Straits Times, Wonsan has indeed become a popular tourist destination for families in North Korea to enjoy summer activities. There is also Kim Jong-un to build a number of new buildings, ranging from ski resorts, five star hotels, and airports.

Today, the place that is home to 360,000 people is being built into a multibillion-dollar tourist attraction. At the same time, Kim has also launched 40 missiles from the region."Maybe it sounds crazy for people to launch missiles from places he wants to build economically, but that's how Kim Jong-un runs his country," said North Korean economist Kyungnam University Lim Eul-chul.

According to some researchers, the combination of missile launch sites and tourism is Kim Jong-un's strategy to defend his regime.
Kim first announced the construction of Wonsan in 2014. According to North Korean Economy Watch, in the design of the development of the facility, mentioned about the construction of world-class facilities, including super five star hotels a luxury called Wonsan Hotel.
at the same year, North Korea has also held the largest military drill on the coast near the construction site.
An associate professor at Yonsei University Graduate School of International Studies, John Delury, said Kim wants North Korea  more prosperous than his father Kim Jong-il.
"So far, Kim works better in terms of economic growth," Delury said.

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Turkey accept the Hamas and Fatah Reconciliation Agreement

(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Ibrahim Kalin, The press secretary of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said it welcomed the signing of a reconciliation deal between two rival political groups in Palestine, Hamas and Fatah."This reconciliation agreement put an end to the conflict between our brothers in Palestine," Kalin said in a statement quoted by Anadolu news agency on Sunday (15/10/2017).Hamas and Fatah are known to sign a reconciliation deal in Cairo, Egypt on Thursday, October 12, 2017. The move marks a new chapter in Palestine history as well as ending the political split that has lasted for more than 10 years.

Under the agreement, Fatah based in Ramallah will assume political and administrative responsibilities in the Gaza before December 1.Furthermore, Kalin added that President Erdogan always supported the reconciliation agreement. The Number one in Turkey was also reported to have met both Hamas leaders and Fatah leaders.
Erdogan's last meeting and Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas was held last August in the Turkish capital, Ankara.

Kalin also urged international organizations, especially the United Nations to end the humanitarian crisis in Palestine and revive the peace process and realize a two-state solution.
"Israel must end its siege on Palestine land and avoid movements that endanger the reconciliation process," said Kalin.
The West Bank and the blockaded Gaza Strip have been politically divided since 2007. At that time, Hamas defeated Fatah in parliamentary elections.
Through a bloody conflict, Hamas succeeds in ousting Fatah who refuses to recognize the election results. And since then, Hamas and Fatah have each gained control of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Some reconciliation efforts failed.

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North Korea prepares to launch missile ahead of joint US-South Korean exercise

                                                                   (KCNA Via Reuters)

North Korea (North Korea) is believed to be preparing to launch a ballistic missile. The preparation for the missile launch coincides with a joint military exercise between the United States (US) with South Korea (ROK), its allies.

A number of satellite images showed ballistic missiles being loaded into launch vehicles and taken out of nearby hangars near the capital, reported a local newspaper, Donga Ilbo, quoting South Korean government sources as saying on Saturday (14/10/2017) Pyongyang and in the province of North Phyongan.

According to Donga Ilbo, US and South Korean military officials suspect North Korea is preparing to launch missiles capable of reaching US territory
The alleged North Korea will launch a Hwasong-14 missile which is a type of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of reaching Alaska or Hwasong-12 missiles that are medium-range missiles. In August, North Korea threatened to fire missiles at Guam, the US territory in the Pacific Ocean.

Alternatively, call Donga Ilbo, North Korea may be preparing to test a new type of ICBM missile named Hwasong-13. The new type of missile is thought to have further range than the other two types of missiles. It is estimated, Hwasong-13 missiles will be able to reach the US West Coast.

When asked for feedback about Donga Ilbo's report, the South's defense ministry declined to comment. "We do not comment on military intelligence," said a press secretary for South Korea's defense ministry. "We keep a close to watch on the North," he added.
The United States and South Korea will hold a joint Navy training from October 16 to 26. The combined military exercises will be deployed in the East Sea or the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea. The USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier and two US destroyers will participate in the exercises together with South Korean military vessels.

This exercise will be a showcase of the latest forces in North Korea related to its nuclear and missile programs. It is known that joint military exercises always angered the North. The North's authority sees such exercises as an invasion exercise into their territory. Though the US has confirmed this exercise purely for defense purposes.

In his analysis, Professor Yang Moo-Jin of the University of North Korean Studies called 'likely' North Korea will hold a missile launch in response to a joint US-South Korean exercise next week.

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Trump Stop Nuclear Agreement, Call Iran "Fanatic Regime"

                                                       (photo:afp)

US President Donald Trump denounced Iran as a "fanatical regime" and refused to continue the signing of an international nuclear deal.

In his speech, Friday (13/9) in Washington DC, Trump accused Iran of sponsoring terrorism and proposed new sanctions.

Trump said Iran had breached a 2015 agreement, which imposes restrictions on Iran's nuclear capabilities in return for easing an international embargo.

International observers say Iran has complied with the agreement in full.

However, in his speech at the White House, Trump said he acted to reject Iran's "whole nuclear arsenal".

"We are not going to continue with what might be expected to result in more violence, more terror, and Iran's nuclear threats real," he said.

What does Trump reject?

Congress requires the US president to set every 90 days that Iran holds its deal. Trump has granted two endorsements, but refused to sign the third ahead of the deadline on Sunday.

Congress currently has 60 days to decide whether to withdraw from a nuclear deal by reimposing sanctions.
Agreement signed by Iran and six major countries namely England, US, Russia, France, Germany and China. A number of lawyers involved in the deal fear the United States will completely retreat.

Instead, he basically handed the matter over to Congress, who will now decide whether to write the limits that suit Trump's wishes.

The President made it clear that if there were no changes then he would cancel the deal.

"If we do not get a solution with Congress and our allies, then the deal will be stopped," he said. "It's in the middle of a continuous review and our participation can be canceled by me, as president, anytime."

What changes Trump want?

Trump is seeking to end a nuclear deal, allowing for the lifting of Iran's nuclear enrichment program restrictions after 2025.

He also called for new sanctions for the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' elite forces, which he calls the "corrupt Iranian leader of terror", and a ban on Iran's ballistic missile program, which is not covered by the deal.

Last month, Iran said it had successfully test-fired a new medium-range missile with a range of 2,000 kilometers. Trials can not be verified internationally.
The President said that congressional leaders have drafted an amendment that could reduce the development of ballistic missiles and eliminate expiration dates on restrictions on Iran's nuclear development.

What is the response of the countries involved in the deal?

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the US is "getting isolated" and can not change the nuclear deal.

"As long as our rights are guaranteed, as long as our interests are served, as long as we benefit from a nuclear deal, we will respect and comply with the agreement," Rouhani said.

Yukiya Amano, leader of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said Iran is in agreement and is subject to "the world's most powerful nuclear verification regime".

European diplomats warned that any unilateral change to the deal would spark a deadlock in the deal and return to nuclear disputes in the Middle East.

EU foreign policy captain Federica Mogherini called the "strong" agreement and no "violations" were committed by Iran.

He said there was no "presidential elite anywhere in the world" that could stop the deal.

In a joint statement, Britain, Germany and France said they were "concerned" by Trump's move but remained committed to the deal.

After North Korea, Trump is now slamming Iran over the 2015 nuclear deal

The countries said they were "equally concerned about the ballistic program and Iran's regional activities."

Russia says it remains committed to the deal and rejects the use of "aggressive and threatening rhetoric in international relations".

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulates Trump, whom he calls "boldly facing Iran's terrorist regime". Saudi Arabia also supports the "firm strategy" of the US president.

What has changed?

President Trump has changed the list of threats in the Middle East, with Iran replacing a group calling itself ISIS Islamic State as Enemy Number One.

The view is supported by supporters in the region including Israel and the Arab Gulf leaders who have long viewed Iran as their main threat, and rivals in the Middle East.

They hate Washington's deal with Iran during President Obama's administration. Like President Trump, those countries want to change that decision.

New approach to impose sanctions back but stop accusing the elite Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist group - a move that Iran calls the same as the declaration of war.

The current urgent question is whether this new strategy will spark the spirit of Iranian hardliners including the Revolutionary Guards.

Like US troops, the Revolutionary Guards are also involved to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria, and may also be seen as a new enemy.

What is a nuclear deal?

Formally known as the Comprehensive Joint Action Plan, designed to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

The deal also lifted some sanctions that prohibit Iran from selling oil in international markets.

The lifting of the sanctions depends on restrictions on Iran's nuclear program. The country must reduce its uranium inventory, not build a reactor for 15 years and also allow inspectors to enter the country.

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Released from the Taliban, Boyle refuses to return home with US military aircraft

                                                                (VIA THE SUN)

Canadian male joshua Boyle and his wife Caitlan Coleman, United States, arrived in Toronto, Friday (13/10/2017)

Boyle with Coleman and their three children, just released from hostage-taking of radical Taliban groups in Afghanistan, a few days ago.

Boyle and Coleman were kidnapped by Taliban militants during a backpacker trip in Afghanistan in 2012.

The couple was later handed over to the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani network in Pakistan.

In the ceremony, both were blessed with three children.
"Today, we joyfully join the Boyle family, which has been eagerly awaited in Canada and is now back, to us and their loved ones."

A statement from the Canadian Foreign Ministry quoted by AFP news agency as saying.

"Canada has been actively involved in the Boyle case at all levels."

"We will continue to support Boyle and his family today, after they return."

The family was freed by Pakistani troops who held operations on information received from the US intelligence service.

Boyle on Thursday rejected a return trip with a US military aircraft.

she is worried that she will get oversight from the US over her previous marriage with a sister from a prisoner at Guantanamo, Omar Khadr.

He chose to fly back from Islamabad to Canada via commercial flights via London.

In 2009, Boyle married Zaynab Khadr, the sister of Omar Khadr, a Canadian captured in combat in 2002 in Afghanistan.

Khadr was detained at a US prison facility at Guantanamo Bay, before being handed over to Canada and released in 2015.

Before being kidnapped, Boyle was active in a campaign for the liberation of Khadr from Guantanamo and transfers to Canada.

On Thursday, Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said Boyle was not the target of an investigation in Canada.

Boyle's parents live 80 kilometers southwest of Ottawa.

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Jhon Kerry call The manner of President Trump about Iran is dangerous

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US President Donald Trump created an international crisis following a "dangerous" decision to break Iran's nuclear deal.

The view was expressed by former US Secretary of State John Kerry, who at that time became a figure who negotiated the deal.

"It harming our concerns of US national security and the concerns of our closest allies," Kerry said, Friday (10/14/2017), as quoted by AFP.

Trump has long enough criticized the deal, and wants to take steps to limit Tehran's nuclear program.

In a speech filled with complaints related to the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Trump railed against Iran's dictatorship, the role of sponsoring terrorism, and continued aggression in the Middle East, and around the world.

Trump then threatened to "tear" the 2015 deal. He then quit, and took no procedural steps to declare it.

Trump then left the fate of the deal in the hands of Republican-controlled Congress.

Kerry asked the legislature to say that the stakes are huge for Congress if it happens.

On Sunday (15/10/2017), a report will be published, whether Iran abides by the terms set out in the agreement

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Following the US, Israel is also Out of UNESCO

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu(EPA/The Independent)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country will follow in the footsteps of the United States (US) to withdraw from the UN cultural body UNESCO.

Netanyahu instructed the Israeli Foreign Ministry to prepare for his country's withdrawal from the organization with the United States.

So the statement issued by Netanyahu's office on Thursday (12/10/2017). According to Netanyahu, the US decision was a bold and moral step.

The Israeli move was announced just hours after the United States declared resignation from UNESCO after judging that it was "anti-Israel".

The US State Department in Washington said on Thursday (12/10/2017) that UNESCO needed "fundamental reform".
US State Department press secretary Heather Nauert said the US government made this decision after going through considerable deliberations.

"This reflects the concerns of the US government ... UNESCO needs to carry out fundamental reforms," Nauert said.
It was also said that after the retreat the US - known as one of UNESCO's founders - will act as a monitoring country.

Under UNESCO regulations, US resignation begins in December 2018 and up to this period the United States remains a full member and will send a membership fee of 80 million dollars a year.

Director of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, said it regrets Washington's decision.

"When conflicts destroy communities in different parts of the world, it is unfortunate that the United States has decided to withdraw from UN agencies promoting the need for protection for endangered cultures," Bokova said.

"This is a big loss for the big family of the United Nations," Bokova said.

Washington cut its financial contribution to UNESCO after the Paris-based organization included Palestine as a full member in 2011.

Some time ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strongly condemned UNESCO for severing the Old City of Hebron in the West Bank as a World Heritage.

Last year, Israel froze cooperation with UNESCO after the UN agency adopted a resolution that no longer included a Jewish link with a holy shrine in Jerusalem.

Ever since President Donald Trump came to power, the US has withdrawn from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade cooperation and the climate agreement approved in Paris.

Trump also called the North Atlantic Defense Alliance (NATO) cooperation no longer relevant.

Diplomats said they feared the impact of diminishing US intensity in international affairs.

A diplomat at UNESCO told Reuters news agency that the absence of any major US or any major state of influence is a huge disadvantage.

UNESCO could be a forum to promote values ​​that are important to the US itself such as education and culture, he said.

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'White Widow' ISIS Militant Killed in US Drone Attack in Syria

 Sally Jones wears a burka while holding a shotgun (left), wearing nuns clothes and pointing     a gun (right) (The Telegraph / Twitter)


Sally Jones, a British militant who became a recruiter for the radical group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), was killed in a US drone strike in Syria. Jones was killed with his 12-year-old son.

The news of Jones's death (50) was reported by British newspaper, The Sun, and dilansir Reuters on Thursday (12/10/2017). Jones was reportedly killed in a US drone strike in June. The Sun quotes British intelligence sources who have obtained information from US intelligence.

Spoken by British intelligence sources quoted by The Sun, Jones and his son were killed in a US drone Predator attack on the Syrian border region near Iraq. At that time Jones called trying to escape from the city of Raqqa, the headquarters of ISIS in Syria.

According to British intelligence sources, the US intelligence director admitted could not be 100 percent sure that Jones died because it was impossible to find his DNA sample directly on the field. But US intelligence authorities 'believe' Jones has been killed.

Jones's son Jojo is believed to have been killed in the same drone attack. Although called by The Sun, Jojo's whereabouts are not known to US military authorities when launching drone attacks. Jojo was not the target of the attack.

Jones, a convert from Chatham, Kent, England, traveled to Syria in 2013 and married ISIS militant Junaid Hussain, who is also from Britain. Hussain, dubbed the 'leading cyber jihad', was killed in a US drone strike in Syria in 2015.

Hussain's death prompted Jones to be dubbed the 'White Widow' by British media. He continues to be active as a member of ISIS with his role as a militant recruiters online. Sometimes Jones posted ISIS's propaganda message on social media, including a picture of himself wearing nuns who were pointing a gun at the camera.

While still living in England, Jones is known as the mother of two children and a former punk singer. After joining ISIS, he was in charge of leading the women's wing to the ISIS foreign militant battalion. The goal is to attack Europe and America.

The US includes Jones in the list of 'High Values ​​Target' to be killed. US intelligence blamed Jones for deploying a list of 1,300 US military personnel to the public and asking militants and ISIS supporters to attack them.

Together with her husband, Jones planned a series of ISIS terror attacks on three different continents. The attack included a plan to detonate a bomb on the streets through which Queen Elizabeth Elisabeth II and Prince Philip were in London during VJ day celebrations - the surrender of Japan in World War II - two years ago. In 2016, Jones is accused of calling on women in Britain to carry out terror attacks during the holy month of Ramadan.

Jones became the sixth British citizen killed in Syria in a drone strike. In addition to him there are other ISIS militants like Reyaad Khan, Ruhul Amin, and ISIS executioner Mohammed Emwazi aka 'Jihadi John' who both died in 2015.

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War on Twitter Heating Up, Trump Calling Senator Corker "The Short"

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The tensions between US President Donald Trump and Tennessee Senator Bob Corker are heating up.

Rain chirping that reciprocated the line of time in Twitter account two figures who used to be friends and political allies.

In the latest Twitter chirp, as reported by the New York Times on Wednesday (10/11/2017), Trump mocks Corker's height.

"The falling New York Times has caught the 'short' Corker by recording an interview with him," Trump chirps.

This Trump sentence refers to an interview between the US daily and Corker before.

These reproaches continue to characterize Trump who is fond of embarrassing political opponents, with a series of degrading epithets.

Prior to this, Trump had labeled Florida Senator Marco Rubio a "small" figure.

Trump also mentioned his former opponent in a recent presidential election, Hillary Clinton, called a disgusting corrupt woman.

Now, Trump calls Corker a short man.

This tension is in stark contrast, especially considering that Trump once considered the 65-year-old senator to occupy the position of the foreign minister.

Trump even glanced at Corker as his vice presidential candidate.

However, Trump finally did not choose senator with 173 centimeter height to occupy these positions.

Trump and Corker disputes began to happen since last weekend.

In his chirp, Trump stated, Sen Cork Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, Bob Corker, was a "negative voice" and "partly responsible for Iran's bad nuclear deal".

Corker retaliated by saying, The White House under Donald Trump has become an "adult kindergarten".

The split of Trump and Corker relations began in August when the senator criticized Trump's response to clashes between white supremacists and antifascist demonstrators in Charlottesville, Virginia.

At that time, Corker assess Trump still not able to demonstrate the competence to perform the duties as President with success.

In an interview with the New York Times, Corker publicly said the Trump government had the potential to trigger the outbreak of World War III.

"I am very anxious. He worries all who care about this country, "Corker sighed.

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Vampire Rumors Trigger Mass Violence in Malawi, UN Staff pulled out of the country

     Malawi President, Peter Muthalika during a speech at the United Nations. Peter admitted sad with       the vampire rumors that are rampant in his country. (Photo: Reuters)



Several United Nations staff (UN) were pulled out of Malawi after mass violence. The violence was sparked by rumors about people who turned into vampires or bloodsucking creatures.

Withdrawal of UN staff for safety. Over the past month, five people have died from mass violence. The five men were accused of being vampires.

The outbreak of vampire rumors can not be separated from the conditions of southern Africa that still practice a lot of magic.

The UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) in a security report seen by Reuters confirmed the rise of vampire rumors as a trigger for mass violence in Malawi. "These districts are deeply affected by the story of blood sucking and the possibility of vampires," the UNDSS report says.
According to UNDSS reports, rumors of vampires have begun in neighboring Mozambique, although it is not clear the beginning of the story. "It recommends the temporary suspension of UN activities in the area until the situation is normalized," continued the UNDSS report, reported Tuesday (10/10/2017).

UN resident coordinator Florence Rolle said some staff had moved, while others lived in districts depending on where their operations were taking place.

"UNDSS continues to monitor this situation closely to ensure all affected UN staff return to the field as soon as possible," Rolle told Reuters.

Malawi president Arthur Peter Mutharika said the report was "sad and torturous". "This development is very concerned about the President and the entire government," Malawi president's office said in a statement.

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Iran Will Shoots Missiles To US Base, If There Are New Sanctions for Tehran

       Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, General Mohammad Ali Jafari. (AP PHOTO)


The Iranian Revolution Guards commander warned that US military bases in the Middle East are at risk of an Iranian missile strike if the United States dares to impose new sanctions on Tehran.

In the coming days, President Donald Trump plans to declare Iran not to comply with an international agreement signed in 2015, to restrict its nuclear weapons.

However, Trump then gave Congress 60 days to decide whether to renew economic sanctions against Tehran, or not.
However, Iranian state media quoted Commander Guard Mohammad Ali Jafari as saying on Sunday that if new sanctions were imposed, the United States should move its base beyond the reach of Iranian missiles, up to 2,000 kilometers.

US military bases are known to be located in Bahrain, Iraq, Oman and Afghanistan, all within 500 kilometers of the Iranian border.

Jafari refused to negotiate with the US on regional issues.

He said that if the United States considers the Guards as a terrorist group, then Iran will also consider the US military as a terrorist.

He added that the new US sanctions will close the chance of lasting relations between the US and Iran.

UN nuclear watchdog judge, Iran has complied with the nuclear agreement.

In addition, five other countries in the two-year international agreement have not hinted at wanting to renegotiate.

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