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☆ Iran strikes dissident sites in Iraqi Kurdistan, two dead - officials
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Local officials and security sources said the attacks had struck targets near Erbil and Sulaimaniya. The Revolutionary Guards have attacked Iranian Kurdish militant opposition bases in Iraq's Kurdish region since the death of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini on Sept. 16 triggered nationwide unrest. Iran has accused Iraq-based Kurdish militants of fomenting the unrest and threatened strikes against armed Iranian Kurdish dissidents. In an attack by the Guards in September, 13 people were killed and 58 were wounded near Erbil and Sulaimaniya. A media and public relation official with the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), an exiled Iranian Kurdish opposition party, told Reuters two of its fighters were killed in attacks on four of its offices.

☆ 'Yellowstone' is back, as Season 5 of the Kevin Costner series takes a sharper turn into politics
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —“Yellowstone” is one of those mysteries of the TV business, a series that generates major ratings but like the late comic Rodney Dangerfield, doesn’t always get much respect. Yet the new season of the Paramount Network series nevertheless reaches for what feels like a bit more relevance by making a sharper turn into politics, to go with all of the soapy doings around John Dutton, the character played by Kevin Costner, and his sprawling ranch. Granted, Montana politics has been a part of the series since the beginning. The new season of “Yellowstone” might even get a few more people talking about it. “Yellowstone” premieres its fifth season November 13 at 8 p.m.

☆ For East Timor president, ASEAN membership a lifelong dream
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( Kate Lamb | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

At the time, East Timor was ruled by Portugal, although it was clear that Lisbon would soon relinquish its colony. East Timor was later annexed by Indonesia and gained full independence only in 2002. At a summit in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh this week, ASEAN said East Timor would be granted observer status at high-level meetings of the bloc as it formulates a "roadmap for full membership". He served as the country's first foreign minister, prime minister from 2006 to 2007, and president from 2007 to 2012, during which time he survived an assassination attempt by rebel soldiers. East Timor celebrated 20 years of independence this year, but the country of 1.3 million people is heavily dependent on dwindling reserves of oil and gas.

☆ Sylvester Stallone is not a fan of ‘Creed III’
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

CNN —Sylvester Stallone will not be reprising his role in “Creed III.”Stallone, who began playing “Rocky” in 1976, said in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter that he doesn’t like where the franchise is headed, so he opted out. It was taken in a direction that is quite different than I would’ve taken it,” Stallone told the publication. I like my heroes getting beat up, but I just don’t want them going into that dark space. I just feel people have enough darkness.”Stallone is still a producer on the film, set for release in March 2023. He will next star in the Paramount+ series “Tulsa King,” playing a mobster released from prison who’s exiled to Oklahoma.

☆ Factbox: Pakistan's history of coups and assassinations
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Pakistan has a history of political coups and unrest. 2007 - Two-time Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a gun and bomb attack after holding an election rally in Rawalpindi. He puts Bhutto under house arrest, imposes martial law, suspends the constitution and bans political parties1973 - Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto elected as prime minister, taking over from General Yahya Khan. 1958 - In Pakistan's first military coup, Governor-General Iskander Mirza enforces martial law with General Ayub Khan as chief martial law administrator. 1951 - Pakistan's first Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan, after the 1947 partition of India, is shot dead at a political rally in Rawalpindi.

☆ Egyptian security arrests dozens ahead of COP27 climate summit- rights group
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

CAIRO, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Egyptian security forces have arrested nearly 70 people in connection with calls for protests to coincide with the COP27 climate summit, a rights group said. The arrests come after some social media users, including an exiled former construction contractor and actor, Mohamed Ali, made renewed calls for anti-government protests in Egypt on Nov. 11. The COP27 United Nations climate talks will be held in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh from Nov 6 to 18. Sisi, who was elected president in 2014, says security measures were needed to stabilise Egypt. Abd al-Fattah will stop consuming honey, tea and milk from Tuesday and plans to stop drinking water from Nov. 6, when COP27 opens, his family says.

☆ Elon’s erratic entry leaves Twitter in chaos as he vows to free suspended users from ‘Twitter jail’
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Not only do politicians sometimes stretch the rules in the run-up to elections, but foreign actors aiming to disrupt the process often run operations on social media aiming to spread disinformation. Musk on Friday addressed the Trump question with an effective non-answer: “Twitter will be forming a content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints,” Musk tweeted. He has said he will run Twitter in a way that hues closer to free speech absolutism. There still has not been an all-hands meeting at Twitter to inform staff of the key decisions and changes underway. Twitter is often referred to as a social media website.

☆ Ex-Russian diplomat warns Putin willing to sacrifice 20 million soldiers to win the war with Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An ex-Russian diplomat has warned that Putin will sacrifice 20 million soldiers to win the war in Ukraine. Putin is using the nuclear button to "compel other countries to whatever he wants," he said. He may sacrifice 10 or 20 million Russians just to win this war just to slaughter all Ukrainians because it's a matter of principle. A destroyed Russian Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) is seen near the village of Nova Husarivka, Ukraine, on September 15, 2022. "While Putin and his regime are in power in Russia, this threat of war — the threat of nuclear war — will not go anywhere," he said.

☆ Thousands in new Moldova anti-government protest
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Alexander Tanas | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

About 7,000 demonstrators decried steep price increases, particularly for gas bought from Russia. Demonstrators converged on Chisinau's central square in four columns but police kept them well away from the parliament and the president's residence. Three smaller parties, including Moldova's Communists, joined in the protest for the first time. Gazprom has already cut October supplies by 30% and insists Moldova settle outstanding debts totalling $709 million. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterEditing by Ron Popeski and Daniel WallisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Venezuela Opposition Parties Aim to Remove Juan Guaidó as Leader
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Kejal Vyas | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Juan Guaidó in Caracas last month. In 2019, the U.S. and dozens of other countries recognized him as Venezuela’s legitimate president. Venezuela’s biggest opposition parties are moving to remove Juan Guaidó as their leader and phase out a U.S.-led strategy in which he was recognized as the legitimate president in an effort to remove Nicolás Maduro from power, according to several people familiar with the discussions. Leaders of three of the largest parties that make up the opposition coalition said during meetings in Panama last week that they would no longer support Mr. Guaidó as the so-called interim president after his term expires on Jan. 5, these people said. While there was no formal vote on the measure, the main parties—A New Era, Democratic Action and Justice First—control a majority of Venezuela’s exiled congress, whose support is essential for Mr. Guaidó to continue in office.

☆ 'Black Adam': Meet the characters
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Meet the Justice Society of America (JSA), a crew of superheroes who want to tamp down, or at least better control, the titular antihero Black Adam. Before you see “Black Adam,” familiarize yourself with the new cast of morally ambiguous super-humans. From Doctor Fate to Adam himself, here are the fresh faces you’ll meet in “Black Adam.” (“Black Adam” is distributed by Warner Bros., which shares parent company Warner Bros. We meet Adam when he returns from a 5,000-year-long imprisonment. Doctor FateDoctor Fate isn't one to start unnecessary wars, especially with a formidable warrior like Black Adam.

☆ Video: CNN reporter gets rare access to Ukraine's front lines
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

'It's not only about the veil, it's about the freedom': Exiled Iranian actress talks to CNN about Iran protests

☆ WATCH: Exiled Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani talks to CNN about Iran protests
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

Exiled Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani talks to CNN about the protests that erupted in Iran on September 17, triggered by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in a hospital three days after being arrested by "morality police" and taken to a "re-education center."

☆ Ohio 'incel' who plotted to 'slaughter' women pleads guilty to attempted hate crime
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

An Ohio man who federal prosecutors accused of planning to "slaughter" women and kill thousands of people in a mass shooting pleaded guilty to an attempted hate crime, authorities said Tuesday. InstagramNeither the prosecutor's office nor Genco's lawyer immediately responded to requests for comment Tuesday night. On the same day, Genco searched online for a university and sororities in Ohio, the indictment says. Genco left Ohio that month for Georgia, where he attended basic training until December, according to the indictment. He was arrested in July 2021, the prosecutor's office said.

☆ Blasts heard in Russia-occupied Kherson, Melitopol
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Oct 12 (Reuters) - Five blasts were heard in the city of Kherson early on Wednesday, Russian media reported, adding that according to unofficial information air defence systems were launched. Kherson, the administrative centre of the broader Kherson region, was one of the first cities to fall to Russian forces after they launched their invasion in Ukraine in February. Earlier on Wednesday, Ivan Fedorov, the exiled mayor of Russian-controlled Melitopol in the south of the Zaporizhzhia region, said on the Telegram messaging app that there was a powerful explosion in the city. RIA reported, citing local Russia-installed police, that a device exploded near the city's central market. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting in Melbourne by Lidia Kelly; Editing by Kim CoghillOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Self-exiled Hong Kong democrat sentenced to 3 1/2 years in jail in absentia
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

HONG KONG, Sept 29 (Reuters) - A court in Hong Kong on Thursday sentenced a pro-democracy activist and former lawmaker, Ted Hui, to 3 1/2 years in jail for "criminal contempt" after he failed to show up for trial in several criminal cases. Hui, 40, fled Hong Kong in December 2020, several months after China imposed a sweeping national security law punishing offences like subversion and foreign collusion with possible life imprisonment. "After the National Security Law came into effect in Hong Kong, the courts in Hong Kong have been reduced to become courts of the (Chinese) Communist Party. Political trials, and sentencing against dissent has become the norm in Hong Kong," Hui wrote. Hong Kong and Chinese authorities say the national security law has restored stability to Hong Kong after mass pro-democracy protests in 2019, and that the judiciary remains independent.

☆ Nine reported killed as Iran Revolutionary Guards target dissident sites in Iraq
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Smoke rises from the Iraqi Kurdistan headquarters of the Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran, after Iran's Revolutionary Guards' strike on the outskirts of Kirkuk, Iraq September 28, 2022. REUTERS/Ako RasheedDUBAI, SULAIMANIYA, Iraq Sept 28 (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday they fired missiles and drones at militant targets in the Kurdish region of neighbouring northern Iraq, where an official said nine people were killed. A senior member of Komala, an exiled Iranian Kurdish opposition party, told Reuters that several of their offices were struck as well. The Revolutionary Guards, Iran's elite military and security force, said after the attacks that they would continue targeting what it called terrorists in the region. Protests erupted in Iran this month over the death of a young Iranian Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, in police custody.

☆ Ukraine annexation votes to end amid Russian mobilisation exodus
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Tom Balmforth | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

A man walks with his bicycle past banners informing about a referendum on the joining of Russian-controlled regions of Ukraine to Russia, in the Russian-controlled city of Melitopol in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine September 26, 2022. The mobilisation has also seen the first sustained criticism of the authorities within state-controlled media since the war began. Over the weekend, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia would defend any territory it annexes using any weapons in its arsenal. Even traditional Russian allies such as Serbia and Kazakhstan have said they will not recognise the annexation votes. When it held a referendum in Crimea after seizing that peninsula in 2014, it declared 97% of people had voted for annexation.

☆ Daughter of Thailand's exiled ex-PM Thaksin leads opinion poll
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterOusted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was deposed in a bloodless 2006 coup, poses with his daughter Paetongtarn during her graduation day at a Bangkok university July 10, 2008. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND)/File PhotoBANGKOK, Sept 26 (Reuters) - The daughter of Thailand's ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a 2006 military coup and lives in self-imposed exile, has emerged as a leading candidate for premier in a preliminary opinion poll ahead of elections due next year. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) poll surveyed 2,500 people nation-wide from Sept. 15 to 21. Paetongtarn Shinawatra, known by the nickname "Ung Ing", is an executive in the pro-Thaksin Pheu Thai party and began appearing at party rallies earlier this year. Pheu Thai topped the opinion poll as the favourite party of 34.4% of respondents, followed by "no party" at 24% and the youth-oriented opposition Move Forward party with 13.6%.

☆ Opinion: The tyranny of Idi Amin -- and limits of a British welcome
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Opinion Lucy Fulford | Lucy Fulford | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

She is the author of a forthcoming book, "The Exiled: Empire, Immigration and How Ugandan Asians Changed Britain." In early August 1972, Uganda's brutal military dictator Idi Amin ordered the expulsion of the country's entire Asian population -- including my grandparents. And a British welcomeBut when Amin gave his expulsion order, the British government didn't leap into action. Prince Philip meets Ugandan Asians at a British reception center in Kent, November 1972. Lucy FulfordFormer Prime Minister David Cameron has referred to Ugandan Asians as "one of the most successful groups of immigrants anywhere in the history of the world," a legacy many British Ugandan Asians are rightly proud of.

☆ Navid Afkari: Executed Iranian wrestling star’s voice is ‘everywhere now’
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-28 | by ( Don Riddell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

Editor’s Note: Wrestler Navid Afkari was executed by the Iranian government on September 12, 2020. On that fateful morning, he learned that another Iranian wrestler, Navid Afkari, had been executed, hanged for a crime that his family and friends say he didn’t commit. The spirit of wrestling is deeply engrained in Iranian culture, where it has transcended the arena of sport. The executionAccording to the Afkari family, his final days were brutal, but there wasn’t necessarily any reason to think that the end was near. Iranians in Canada on Mel Lastman Square demonstrate against the execution of wrestler Navid Afkari by the Iranian regime, in Toronto, Ontario in September 2020.

☆ ‘Groundhog Day’ movie: The Buddhist lifehacker film
▼ + stars: | 2016-02-01 | by ( David G. Allan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

The 1993 film "Groundhog Day" starred Bill Murray. “So I proselytize it without practicing it.”And what an entertaining Buddish proselytization “Groundhog Day” is. ‘Groundhog Day’ is all about karmaOne of the central tenets of Buddhism is that we must continue to reincarnate until we find enlightenment. And many references and motifs that recur in the film support the notion that “Groundhog Day” is Christian rather than Buddhist. ‘Groundhog Day’ is about hopeWhatever spiritual takeaway the film holds for you, it’s an undeniable call for hope.

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