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NATO Chief Responds to U.S. Plans to Leave Nuclear Treaty

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10/24/2018

10/24/2018

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NATO Chief Responds to U.S. Plans to Leave Nuclear Treaty

Top News: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that the United States’ European allies do not intend to deploy more nuclear weapons in Europe after the announced U.S. withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, saying the United States is in “full compliance” with the treaty, and calling Russian behavior “the problem, the threat.”

Stoltenberg once again specifically named the development of the land-based intermediate-range missile SSC-8 as a violation of the treaty.

U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton was in Moscow this week to inform Russian president Vladimir Putin of the U.S.’s intended withdrawal. NATO envoys are set to meet later this week in Brussels to hear Washington’s view on leaving the 1987 treaty.

Ecuador: Ecuador will no longer maintain a dialogue with British authorities regarding the case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, an asylee living in Ecuador’s London embassy. Assange sued Ecuador after the South American country set new terms for his stay in its embassy, which required him to pay for medical bills and telephone calls and to clean up after his pet cat. “This is a matter to be resolved between Assange and Great Britain,” said Ecuadorean Foreign Minister José Valencia.

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AFRICA

•  More than 50 people have been reported killed in clan fighting in Somalia’s breakaway Somaliland region.

•  In South Africa, two police officers charged with the murder and attempted murder of Tshwane University of Technology student Katlego Monareng have been granted bail. Students announced that they intend to march in protest.

•  A social media campaign known as #Masaktach, or “I will not be silent,” has taken off in Morocco, decrying incidents of sexual assault, harassment, and rape.

AMERICAS

•  Brazil’s front-runner in the second round of presidential elections, Jair Bolsonaro, has already decided on tentative cabinet picks, his party chief said Tuesday.

•  Now-tropical depression Willa has been downgraded after making landfall Tuesday in Mexico as a Category 3 hurricane.

•  Researchers in Peru have uncovered twenty wooden, human-like statues dating back to 1,100 A.D. at the Chan Chan archaeological complex.

ASIA

•  The former prime minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak, along with his ex-head of Treasury will be charged this week with misuse of government funds.

•  Singapore and China have made a mutual commitment to strengthen defense cooperation, including a potential joint maritime exercise to follow the current ASEAN-China exercise.

•  A Hong Kong court has jailed a Chinese rhino horn smuggler for eight months, after a legal change led to harsher penalties for wildlife trafficking.

EUROPE

•  The European Commission gave a “negative opinion” on Italy’s proposed budget, with Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis saying “It is tempting to cure debt with more debt … but this would not be fair for the younger generation.”

•  French president Emmanuel Macron refused to answer when journalists at a naval defense show asked if France would follow in Germany’s footsteps by halting weapons sales to Saudi Arabia.

•  Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, called Brexit a “historic error,” and said he understood the feelings of those who marched in London to call for a second Brexit vote this past weekend.

MIDDLE EAST

•  U.S.-Turkish joint patrols will begin in the northern area of Manbij in Syria.

•  Israel permitted Qatari-financed fuel supplies to continue crossing to Gaza after a 12-day hiatus.

•  Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda was released after being held in Syria since 2015.

- By Elizabeth Miles

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