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Govt, army chief deplore Afghan attack  By gowidenews October 19, 2018 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday condemned the shooting incident in Kandahar in which top security and intelligence leadership of the Afghan province was eliminated and hoped for peaceful conduct of upcoming parliamentary polls in the war-ravaged country. “Pakistan strongly condemns the terrorist attack, resulting in the sad demise of senior Kandahar security officials and causing injuries to many others,” a statement issued by the Foreign Office on the insider attack said. The statement, besides expressing solidarity with Afghan people, underlined Pakistan’s support for the democratic process in Afghanistan. “We hope that the parliamentary elections due to take place the day after tomorrow will be held peacefully. Strengthening of democracy is key to long-term peace and security in Afghanis­tan,” the statement said. Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa also condemned the attack. “Wish to see Afghan an...

China-US trade war: More pain to come for China   By gowidenews  19 October 2018  Report reaching us says that The world's second largest economy is losing steam and with some big risks on the horizon, that slowdown is likely to continue. Data released on Friday show China's economy grew at an annual pace of 6.5%. That's a slight slowdown from the previous quarter when China grew by 6.7% - but this is the lowest reading since the first quarter of 2009 when China's growth tanked in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, growing by just 6.2%. You should always have some healthy scepticism around China's official growth figures, but they remain a relatively useful indicator of the trajectory of the economy. These figures are also the first to be released by the Chinese government since US President Donald Trump hit China with two sets of tariffs since July, encompassing $250bn (£192bn) worth of Chinese goods, which will add weight to the current na...

Russia Spotted 19 Foreign Spy Aircraft Near Border Over Past Week Russia.  By gowidenews 05:21 19.10.2018 Report reaching us says that in MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Nineteen foreign aircraft had been detected while carrying out reconnaissance activities near the Russian border over the past week, the Russian Armed Forces' official newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda reported on Friday. Russian aircraft had been scrambled eight times to prevent foreign jets from crossing the Russian border, the outlet added. The MIG-31 interceptor jet © Sputnik / Vitaliy Ankov Russia Spotted 21 Foreign Spy Jets Near Border Over Past Week Moreover, Russia has participated in four inspections of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), according to the newspaper. Various military equipment, including Shturm-S anti-tank missiles, KamAZ-5350 military vehicles and Msta-SM self-propelled howitzers had been commissioned to the Russian Armed Forces, the outlet pointed out. Previousl...

Brexit: Jewish families in UK who fled Nazis seek German passports 4m ago By gowidenews 19/10/20 04:04 A.M Report reaching us says, As Brexit approaches, figures show that Germans who made Britain their home are increasingly applying for repatriation. The majority are the families of those who fled because they were persecuted by the Nazi regime. An increasing number of people living in the UK have applied for repatriation to Germany since the June 2016 referendum result for Britain to leave the EU, according to government figures. EU summit: More time for Brexit, more funds for migrants Chancellor Angela Merkel at the EU Summit Individuals who were persecuted by the Nazis and their descendants made up the majority of those applying, a report on Friday said. Of the 3,731 applications since 2016, 3,408 referred to the German Constitution's Article 116. Under the article, former German citizens who were deprived of citizenship on "political, racial, or religious ...

Russia hopes NATO ‘wise enough’ to prevent war : By gowidenews Fri Oct 19, 2018 02:08AM  Report reaching us says that the Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attend a ceremony to receive diplomatic credentials from newly appointed foreign ambassadors at the Kremlin in Moscow on October 11, 2018. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says the NATO military should be “wise enough” not to start a war with Russia, warning that unintended incidents between the two sides have increased due to a complete lack of dialogue. "I believe everyone will be wise enough to prevent that,” Lavrov told RT France, Paris Match and Le Figaro on Thursday, when asked whether NATO drills in Europe risked a third World War.     “However, we are certainly very much concerned about the total absence of any professional dialogue between the Russian military and NATO,” he added. The Western military alliance severed ties with Moscow in 2014, after th...

US offers reward for Al-Qaeda jihadist From The report reaching out to us says that the US offers $5 million reward to find Al-Qaeda terrorist who urged attacks on Jews and Americans after Washington recognized Jerusalem. By gowidenews 19/10/18 05:05 The United States on Thursday offered a $5 million reward to find Al-Qaeda leader Khalid Batarfi, who urged worldwide attacks on Jews and Americans after Washington recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital last December, AFP reported. The Saudi-born Batarfi is a veteran of the jihadist fighters who backed the Taliban in Afghanistan and has become a senior leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which the United States considers the global network's deadliest branch. In a video released in January, weeks after Trump’s Jerusalem move, Batarfi described the decision as "a declaration of a new Jewish-Crusader war" and called on Muslims to "rise and attack the Jews and the Americans everywhere." He...

  Berlin Calling Stop playing the Hitler card Comparing the AfD to the Nazis gives them more attention than they deserve. By gowidenews 10/19/18, 4:04 AM From The report reaching us says, BERLIN — A surprising thing or two happened last week after Alternative for Germany’s leader Alexander Gauland wrote an op-ed for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. An anonymous tweeter found that Gauland’s piece had some likeness to a speech given by Adolf Hitler in 1933. The Berlin daily newspaper Tagesspiegel then asked a couple of historians to compare the two speeches. Their verdict? The wording differed, but Gauland and Hitler had explored the same basic idea — a critique of global elites who move effortlessly across borders and have no sense of national belonging. Other media, national and international, picked up the story, duly reporting that the AfD leader had echoed the Nazi führer. But then the story took an amusing turn. A Tagesspiegel reader discovered that Gauland’s...

Putin Says IS Militants In Syria Have Seized 700 Hostages; Pentagon Skeptical  By gowidenews October 19, 2018 01:24 Report reaching us says that the Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that Islamic State militants recently seized about 700 hostages in a part of Syria controlled by U.S.-backed forces, and are carrying out executions -- a claim questioned by the Pentagon. At an international policy forum in Sochi on October 18, Putin said the hostages include several Americans and Europeans, and claimed that IS is expanding its territory on the left bank of the Euphrates River, currently controlled by the U.S.-allied Syrian Democratic Forces. Putin did not specify what the militants' demands were, but said "they took about 130 families hostage, which accounts for about 700 people." He said the militants have warned that they would kill 10 people a day if their demands are not met. "They have issued ultimatums, specific demands, and warned that i...

Head of Israeli human rights group criticizes Netanyahu’s government of ‘oppression’ of Palestinians By gowidenews October 19, 2018 Report reaching out to us says, The head of Israel’s leading human rights group strongly criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government during a contentious UN Security Council meeting on Thursday for what he called its “supremacy and oppression” of the Palestinians. Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon responded, accusing Hagai El-Ad, director of B’Tselem, of staging “a circus” in the council and then in Hebrew telling him: “Shame on you! You are a collaborator!” That drew a rebuke from Britain’s UN Ambassador Karen Pierce who complained that council members could not understand Danon’s remarks in Hebrew, which is not one of the UN’s official languages. AP obtained a translation after the council meeting. B’Tselem opposes Israeli settlements in the West Bank and has documented abuses committed by Israeli soldiers, sparking accusations...

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at the Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland, on Thursday. By gowidenews 19 Oct, 2018 02:24 A.M Trump says Khashoggi likely dead, mulls ‘very severe’ response From The report reaching us says, US President Donald Trump said he presumes missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead and that his country’s response to Saudi Arabia is likely to be “very severe”, although he still wants to get to the bottom of what exactly happened, Reuters reports. Turkish police are searching a forest on the outskirts of Istanbul and a city near the Sea of Marmara for the remains of Khashoggi more than two weeks after he vanished after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, two senior Turkish officials told the news agency. Trump, who has forged closer ties with Saudi Arabia and the 33-year-old Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, acknowledged for the first time on Thursday that Khashoggi, a US ...