Syria opposition to attend Geneva peace talks
BEIRUT Syria's main opposition group said it would attend peace talks on Monday but accused the government of President Bashar al-Assad of preparing to escalate the war to strengthen its negotiating position. The U.N.-brokered talks, which coincide with the fifth anniversary of the conflict, will take place in Geneva two weeks after the start of a ceasefire agreement.The truce deal has reduced violence although not halted the fighting, with further hostilities reported in western Syria on Frid..>> view originalUS Secretary of State Kerry meets King Salman in Saudi Arabia
HAFR AL-BATIN, Saudi Arabia U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met King Salman and other senior Saudi officials on Friday for talks expected to focus on the war in Syria, according to a U.S. pool reporter accompanying Kerry.Kerry, on a three-day trip to Saudi Arabia and then France, was also expected to discuss the crisis in Yemen and other security issues in the meetings at a military base near Hafr Al-Batin near the Saudi border with Iraq.After talks with the king, Kerry went into a meeting ..>> view originalKim Jong-il Feared For His Libido and Health: Defector
As North Korea grappled with a massive famine in the 1990s, scientists were working at an elite institute to find ways to boost then leader Kim Jong-il's longevity - and his libido, a defector said on Friday. In the early 1990s scientists were sent to Denmark to find ways to improve the tenderness of North Korea's beef which Kim thought was too tough, said biologist Kim Hyeongsoo who worked at the center for six years. He told a human rights conference in London that some 130 scientists selecte..>> view originalThe real loser in Barack Obama's worldview? David Cameron.
British Prime Minister David Cameron talks with President Obama ahead of a flypast by the British Royal Air Force's Red Arrows aerobatic team during a NATO summit in Newport, U.K., on Sept. 5, 2014. (Rowan Griffiths/Pool via Bloomberg) After eight years of often-difficult foreign policy, does President Obama bear any grudges? A lengthy new article based on hours and hours of interviews with the president published by the Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg offers a hard look at Obama's thoughts on A..>> view originalUPDATE 1-China to start civilian flights from disputed South China Sea island
BEIJING China will begin civilian flights to and from a disputed South China Sea island within a year, state media reported on Friday, as the government expands infrastructure on islands and reefs also claimed by other countries in the region.The United States, which has voiced concerns about China's assertive pursuit of territory in the South China Sea, said launching such flights could complicate disputes between rival claimants in the region.Chinese media said the flights would be to Sansha..>> view originalGuinness: Holocaust survivor, 112, named world's oldest man
Last Updated Mar 11, 2016 5:06 PM EST JERUSALEM -- A 112-year-old Israeli who lived through both World Wars and survived the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz is the world's oldest man, Guinness World Records announced on Friday.Guinness said in a statement that Israel Kristal is 112 years and 178 days old as of March 11.Marco Frigatti, Head of Records for Guinness awarded Kristal a certificate at his home in Haifa on Friday."I don't know the secret for long life," Guinness quoted Kristal as ..>> view originalDonald Trump thinks Ben Carson is an education expert. Oy vey.
Speaking after Ben Carson endorsed him for president March 11, Donald Trump praised Carson's expertise on education. (Reuters) You thought Ben Carson was an expert in neurosurgery, because he is, well, a world-renowned neurosurgeon. But, it turns out, he is also an education expert, or so says Donald Trump, who just welcomed Carson’s endorsement for the Republican presidential nomination and declared that Carson was going to help him with education issues because he knows so much about the..>> view originalAngolan President, in Power Nearly Four Decades, Says He'll Step Down
DAKAR, Senegal — The president of Angola, José Eduardo dos Santos, one of Africa’s longest-ruling leaders, announced on Friday that he would step down from office in 2018. He told the leaders of his party, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, known as the M.P.L.A., that he would resign, without elaborating, according to news reports.It was not the first time Mr. dos Santos, 73, a Soviet-educated engineer and former guerrilla who has been in power for nearly 37 years, has pledged ..>> view originalIn South Sudan, City of Hope Is Now City of Fear
Photo Near Juba, the capital of South Sudan, 50,000 people live in a camp for internally displaced people opened after brutal ethnic fighting erupted two years ago. Credit Tyler Hicks/The New York Times JUBA, South Sudan — Diu Tut glanced up at the gates of the displaced persons camp where he lives and shook his head. “I can’t go out there,” he said.“Why not?” he was asked.“Because of this,” he said, rubbing the soft tribal scars on his forehead that mark him as a me..>> view original
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