North Korea Says It Test-Fired a New ‘Super Large’ Multiple Rocket Launcher

(SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea confirmed Friday it conducted its third test-firing of a new “super-large” multiple rocket launcher that it says expands its ability to destroy enemy targets in surprise attacks, as it continues to expand its military capabilities while pressuring Washington over a standstill in nuclear negotiations.

Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency described the tests a day after the South Korean and Japanese militaries said they detected two projectiles launched from an area near the North Korean capital traveling more than 200 miles cross-country before landing in waters off the North’s eastern coast.

Experts say the North could continue to ramp up weapons demonstrations ahead of an end-of-year deadline set by leader Kim Jong Un for the U.S. to offer mutually acceptable terms to salvage a fragile diplomacy strained by disagreements over exchanging sanctions relief and disarmament steps.

Thursday’s launches followed statements of displeasure by top..

Leaked U.N. Report Shows Botched Investigation Into Sexual Abuse Accusations Against Peacekeepers

(DAKAR, Senegal) — The United Nations botched its investigation into accusations of sexual abuse in Central African Republic, letting down victims, according to a draft report.

The report, written in 2017 but not yet made public, was leaked to The New Humanitarian and seen by The Associated Press.

A senior U.N. official disputed the findings in the draft report, which the U.N. said were not included in the final report.

An Associated Press investigative series in 2017 uncovered roughly 2,000 allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation by U.N. peacekeepers around the world over a 12-year period.

The roughly 11,000 peacekeepers in Central African Republic had the most sexual misconduct allegations – 52- of any U.N. peacekeeping mission in 2016.

“The leaked review … gives a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse at how the U.N. system investigates claims of sexual abuse and exploitation by its own peacekeepers – and shows why it often fails the victims it is supposed to serve,” according to..

Český lékař žijící v Británii znovu popisuje horké dění na ostrovech: Britská novinářka napadena muslimy. A webové stránky, kde si muslimové hledají další manželky…

Z BRITÁNIE DO BOHEMIE Lékař Vladislav Rogozov je vděčný osudu, že ho obdaroval hned dvěma domovy. Prvním je Česko a druhým Anglie. Mít dva domovy považuje za dobrou příležitost vnímat každou zemi zblízka, a přitom s určitým nadhledem a perspektivou země druhé. Je optimistou, že Česká republika má stále jedinečnou příležitost vyvarovat se negativních jevů, které dnes můžeme vidět v jiných vyspělých zemích. V tomto pokračování rozhovorů kromě hlavních událostí Brexitu a ragby přibližuje, jak dopadla anglická novinářka při oslavě hinduistického svátku v Londýně, ale i to, jak v tradiční zemi dnes frčí mnohoženství.

U.S. Dispatches Armored Vehicles in Syria to Guard Oil Fields

(BEIRUT) — The U.S. military says its first batch of mechanized armored vehicles have arrived in southeast Syria, where they are to take part in securing oil fields and fighting remnants of the Islamic State group.

U.S.-led Coalition spokesman Col. Myles Caggins said the first batch of Bradley armored infantry carriers have arrived Thursday in Deir el-Zour Province. The province is home to some of Syria’s largest oil fields. It is also where IS militants continue to wage an insurgency and where they lost their last territory in March.

Caggins said the mechanized forces — being deployed for the first time in Syria— provides infantry with maneuverability and firepower. He said the deployment is “de-conflicted” with other forces operating in the region.

U.S. troops have begun withdrawing from northern Syria to reposition in the Deir el-Zour region, he said.

U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the troop withdrawal from the north ahead of a Turkish military offensive there earlier this ..

‘They’re Screaming for Help.’ See Drawings From Children Stuck in Mexico As They Seek U.S. Asylum

“America, where they didn’t let me in,” writes 11-year-old Jose from Honduras in Spanish next to a picture of mountains and trees on a canvas in blue, green and brown colors. He also drew a river — the Rio Grande that separates him from Brownsville, Texas, where his family hopes to claim asylum. “La tierra prometida,” he writes. “The promised land.”

Jose is one of at least 1,450 migrants who are living in a tent encampment on the streets of Matamoros, a city in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, as a result of the Trump Administration’s “Remain in Mexico” policy. Dozens of children in Matamoros drew their experiences as part of an art project, photos of which were provided exclusively to TIME by Dr. Belinda Arriaga, an associate professor at the University of San Francisco who specializes in child trauma and Latino mental health. She traveled to Matamoros Oct. 19-25 as part of a group of volunteers who provided aid and psychological care to migrant children and their families.

The six..

Hundreds of Koalas Feared Dead in Australian Wildfires

(CANBERRA, Australia) — Conservationists fear hundreds of koalas have perished in wildfires that have razed prime habitat on Australia’s east coast.

Port Macquarie Koala Hospital President Sue Ashton said she hoped wildlife carers would be allowed to begin their search of the fire zone for survivors on Thursday. The fire was started by a lightning strike on Friday in a forest in New South Wales state, 300 kilometers (190 miles) north of Sydney, and has since burnt 2,000 hectares (4,900 acres).

Two-thirds of that area was koala habitat, Ashton said.

“If we look at a 50% survival rate, that’s around about 350 koalas and that’s absolutely devastating,” Ashton said of the death toll. “We’re hoping it’s not as bad as that, but because of the intensity of the fire and the way koalas behave during fire, we’re not holding out too much hope,” she added.

Koalas climb high into trees during wildfires and survive if the fire front passes quickly below them.

The koala colony was particularly h..

Ať udělá Zeman cokoliv, pro ně to bude špatně. Už slyším Němcovou. Generál Blaško promluvil také o Pirátech a dýmce hašiše

ROZHOVOR „Cokoliv prezident Miloš Zeman udělá, je to špatně. Kdyby je pozval, budou křičet, že nepřijdou. Když je nepozval, křičí, jak to vypadá,“ tvrdí generálmajor a europoslanec za hnutí SPD Hynek Blaško k udělování státních vyznamenání na Pražském hradě. Sám si netroufá soudit, kdo si vyznamenání zaslouží, a kdo nikoliv, akce mu přišla důstojná. V rozhovoru pro ParlamentníListy.cz také odpovídal na otázky ohledně Sýrie. Turecký prezident prý Evropu nejen vydírá, ale navíc ji má v hrsti a nikdo nemůže prý ani pípnout. A Rusko získává navrch.

Neznám hloupějšího člověka, než je český novinář, ulevil si prezident Zeman a dodal příklady. Těm od Bakaly nesmrdí ani peníze z vytunelovaného OKD, že se nestydí

Moderátor Jaromír Soukup si do pravidelného čtvrtečního pořadu Týden s prezidentem, odvysílaného na TV Barrandov, pro Miloše Zemana připravil řadu témat, která v uplynulém týdnu nejvíce rezonovala v české společnosti. Hlava státu si opět nebrala servítky. Diskusi tentokrát otevřela nad hloupými českými novináři v čele se závistivým kapitalistou Zdeňkem Bakalou. Studenou sprchu si po řediteli Bezpečnostní informační služby tentokrát připravil i pro jejího „hloupého“ mluvčího, který nezná zákony, ale také poslance KSČM Stanislava Grospiče za jeho výroky k roku 1968.