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An IRGC commander reacts to S Arabia, Bahrain's latest statement  By gowidenews Oct. 23, 2018 Report reaching out to us says that The deputy chief of IRGC’s Sarallah Headquarters has condemned the Saudi Arabia and Bahrain’s action in issuing a statement against three IRGC commanders, saying their move was aimed at deflecting public attention from the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi. “Saudi Arabia is stuck in a quagmire from which it cannot get out easily, so they are looking for a escape forward by taking such actions,” deputy chief of IRGC’s Sarallah Headquarters Brigadier General Esmaeil Kosari said on Tuesday hours after a statement issued by Saudi security services put the names of Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force, and the force’s Hamed Abdollahi and Abdul Reza Shahlai on their self-proclaimed terror list. “The Saudis are seeking to deflect public attention in the region and the world from the Jamal Khashoggi’s case, the Saudi dissident journalist who...

Palestinian teenage boy succumbs to wounds sustained in Gaza border clashes  By gowidenews Tue Oct 23, 2018 07:42PM Slain Palestinian teenager Montaser Mohammed Ismail al-Baz (Photo by Arabic-language al-Ain news website) Slain Palestinian teenager Montaser Mohammed Ismail al-Baz (Photo by Arabic-language al-Ain news website) Report reaching us says that A Palestinian teenager has died after succumbing to wounds he sustained during at an anti-occupation protest near the border between the besieged Gaza Strip and Israeli-occupied territories. Spokesman for the Gaza Ministry of Health, Ashraf al-Qidra, said in a n a statement that 17-year-old Montaser Mohammed Ismail al-Baz succumbed to his Israeli-inflicted gunshot wounds at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday evening. He had been shot and injured in the head during a “The Great March of Return” demonstration east of Deir al-Balah city, located over 14 kilometers (8.7 miles) south of Gaza City. Palestinian s...

IDF: Gazan tried to get arrested by entering Israel with knife to escape Strip  By gowidenews 23 Oct, 2018 Report reaching us says that the Military picks up Palestinian who breached security fence; during interrogation, he says he wanted to be detained in order to stay in Israel By Judah Ari Gross Today, 4:59 pm 0 Illustrative. A Gazan takes bolt cutters to a border fence in footage released by the IDF from May 14 violence at the border (Israel Defense Forces) Illustrative. A Gazan takes bolt cutters to a border fence in footage released by the IDF from May 14 violence at the border (Israel Defense Forces) A Palestinian man who crossed into Israel from the Gaza Strip on Monday was deliberately trying to be arrested in order to remain in Israel, the military said Tuesday. The Gazan man was spotted by troops as he breached the security fence in the southern Strip on Monday afternoon. He was arrested shortly after entering Israeli territory. A knife was found on the gro...

Croatia begins second corruption retrial of former PM By gowidenews 23 Oct, 2018 Report reaching us says that the Croatia’s former prime minister Ivo Sanader pleaded not guilty at the start of a retrial on Tuesday on charges that he accepted a bribe from Hungary’s MOL in exchange for letting it become the dominant shareholder in Croatian energy firm INA. Former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader is seen at a court during an announcement of a verdict in Zagreb, Croatia October 22, 2018. In 2015 Croatia’s Constitutional Court ordered retrials in two corruption cases against Sanader, ruling that procedural errors had affected his right to a fair trial. Sanader was sentenced to 8-1/2 years in prison in the case in 2014. His fellow defendant, MOL’s Chief Executive Zsolt Hernadi, is being tried in absentia after Hungary refused to heed an international arrest warrant for him. “Not guilty,” Sanader told the court when entering his plea at the first hearing, state news agency Hin...

  NATO gathers 50,000 troops in C. Norway for biggest military exercises since Cold War end By gowidenews : 23 Oct, 2018 11:29 Edited time: 23 Oct, 2018 14:04 From the report received which says that Some 50,000 troops will kick off NATO’s biggest military exercises since the Cold War on Thursday in Norway. Trident Juncture 18, which runs until November 7, is aimed at “training the Alliance to mobilize quickly to defend an ally under attack.” The head of NATO’s Allied Joint Force Command, US Navy Admiral James Foggo, said the exercise was intended to “show NATO is capable to defend against any adversary,” AFP reports. “Not a particular country, anyone,” Foggo added. Russia, which carried out its biggest ever military exercises in September in the Far East, has not been officially identified as the intended adversary. “Russia doesn’t represent a direct military threat to Norway,” said Norwegian Defense Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen. While the exercises will take place at a dist...

China Opens World's Longest Sea Bridge  By  gowidenews 23 Oct, 2018.  From our news report reaching us today says that   Beijing, Oct 23 (Prensa Latina) China on Tuesday opened the world''s longest sea-crossing bridge that, in addition to representing a new record, mark a milestone in linking three important locations for its plans to establish a sustainable and open development model. President Xi Jinping officially declared it on duty during a tour of one of the artificial islands of that link route among the city of Zhuhai -Guangdong province-, Macao and Hong Kong, the two special administrative regions that returned China by late 20th century. The expected traffic of vehicles started this Wednesday, October 24, at 09:00 local time in both directions of the bridge, considered the most ambitious project in China and a contemporary engineering marvel. In addition to automobiles and cargo transportation, a bus line will transport passengers from one end t...

Turkish president says Jamal Khashoggi's killing was a planned operation By gowidenews Oct 23 2018 From our news report on 23 Oct, 2018 says that the Turkish authorities inspect abandoned vehicle owned by Saudi consulate as they investigate Jamal Khashoggi’s death Breakfast The car was discovered in an underground carpark around the same time the journalist disappeared from the Saudi embassy in Istanbul. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was a "planned" and "brutal" murder and called on Saudi Arabia to extradite 18 suspects to Turkey to face justice for the crime. His comments, during a speech to his ruling party in Ankara, the Turkish capital, contradicted Saudi accounts that Khashoggi was killed when an argument escalated into a fistfight. Erdogan urged the Saudi authorities to reveal whether senior officials had been involved in planning the killing, suggesting Turkey was unsatisfied...

Vietnam parliament elects Communist Party chief as president By gowidenews 23 Oct, 2018 From our news report reaching us says     Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong is sworn in as the country's president in Hanoi, Vietnam, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. The 74-year-old Trong was elected president by the National Assembly succeeding thelate President Tran Dai Quang who died last month after battling a viral illness for more than a year. HANOI, Vietnam – Vietnam's rubber stamp National Assembly elected Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong as the country's president on Tuesday, consolidating his influence as the most powerful man in the Southeast Asian nation. The 74-year-old Trong is the first Vietnamese leader to hold the two positions since founding President Ho Chi Minh in the 1960s. He succeeds President Tran Dai Quang, who died last month after battling a viral illness for more than a year. Raising one hand and placing t...

Palestinian security in Gaza destroys drugs worth $1m Captured narcotic drugs are displayed for press members at a court hearing in Gaza City, Gaza on 19 March 2017 By gowidenews October 23, 2018 From our news report says that Palestinian security services in Gaza yesterday destroyed $1 million worth of drugs in a public square in Gaza City, a statement said. In a statement, Major General Nasser Sulieman, the head of the military prosecution in Gaza, said: “The damaged drugs included 1,242 sedative pills, 1,383.5 hash containers and 900g of opium.” Sulieman said that he had permission from the specialist courts in Gaza to destroy these in a public place in the city. Meanwhile, Palestinian MP Faraj Al-Goul said the drugs “would have corrupted the youth should they not have been seized”. He called for the military prosecution to inflict the “harshest” punishment on the drug dealers, who he described as “criminals”. A group tried to steal the drugs over the weekend bef...

Hong Kong taps UK for post-Brexit trade deal Territory targets RCEP membership amid US-China tensions, says Chief Executive Lam By gowidenews October 23, 2018 Report reaching us says that Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said the territory "always welcomes more bilateral and multilateral relationships" in an interview with the Nikkei Asian Review.  Hong Kong has been working with the British government on a potential free trade agreement, seeking to become one of the U.K.'s first bilateral trade partners after its withdrawal from the EU, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said. "In the last two years, we have been working very closely with the U.K. government," on a possible free trade deal. "We are making some steps already," she said in an interview with the Nikkei Asian Review. Lam also said her administration was taking a more "proactive" approach to forging such agreements, as the trade war between China and the U.S....

Iran arrests groups planning attacks on pilgrims Hundreds of thousands of Iranians travel to the Iraqi city of Kerbala each year where remains of Imam Hussein are believed to be entombed. (AFP)     Iran’s Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi did not specify when and where the arrests had taken place     The militant groups were allegedly planning to attack during the annual pilgrimage of Arbaeen By gowidenews October 23, 2018 07:10 Report reaching us says Iran said on Tuesday it arrested three militant groups planning attacks on Shiite Muslims at the annual pilgrimage of Arbaeen, which marks the end of a 40-day mourning period for the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, Imam Hussein. Hundreds of thousands of Iranians travel to the Iraqi city of Kerbala each year, where Shi’ites believe the remains of Imam Hussein are entombed. Iran’s Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi, visiting in the Iran-Iraq border area, was quoted by state television as saying that “...

US will build up nuclear arsenal until Russia, China ‘come to their senses’, says Donald Trump But when other countries do come to their senses, ‘we’ll all be smart and we’ll all stop’, said the president. By gowidenews 23 Oct, 2018 Report reaching us says that US will build up nuclear arsenal until Russia, China ‘come to their senses’, says Donald Trump. United States President Donald Trump on Monday said his country will build up its nuclear arsenal until other countries “come to their senses” – and when they do, “we’ll all be smart and we’ll all stop”. Trump made the remark while explaining his threat to abandon the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, which he said Russia was not adhering to. Trump said the United States has “more money than anybody else, by far” to build up its arsenal. When asked if it was a threat to Russia, he said: “It’s a threat to whoever you want. And it includes China, and it includes Russia, and it includes anybody else who wants to p...