Russian Missile Crisis

Some European countries bordering Russia's territory of Kaliningrad are worried about possible nuclear capable missiles that are stationed there. Lithuania and Poland have issued their concerns, though Russia hasn't claimed confirmation. Russia also adds that they have every right to station missiles in its western-most location. Moscow has threatened to move Iskander short-range systems to Kaliningrad to respond to the US's own European shield. The Russians also see this a nuclear deterrent making a possible threat of violence even more tense. Obama has tried to "reset" Russian relations, but has not moved on either front. The "shield" is a missile shield, that can blow up any missile that is a threat to the surrounding nations. Russia believes that this system might be used against them, causing unrest for Russian officials.

US and UK Suspend Syrian Rebel Aid

The diceision was made to suspend all "non-lethal assistance" for the opposition in northern Syria on the basis that Islamist rebels seized bases belonging to the Western-backed Free Syrian Army. Rebels from the Islamic Front assumed control over  bases at Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey last week. The humanitarian assistance will not be affected because of this though. The group of rebels have been gathering up there numbers from different "clans" in which they have been gathering for a while. It has been the larges group of rebels in the conflict yet with over 45,000 fighters. This group said that their aim was at "independent political, military and social formation". This is mostly because of Bashar al-Assad's government and the lack of the Islamic statehood.

Radioactive... But not in Iran

Dangerous radioactive medical material that was stolen from a truck in Mexico has been found, the local officials say. The material in question was cobalt-60, which was removed from a casing and then abandoned nearby. The thieves' lives may be in danger from the exposure from it. The residents in the surrounding area aren't at risk from it though. The stolen substance and truck were found near to where they were stolen in the first place, barely 2 km (1.4 mi). The radioactive substance is now with the authorities, and the military has sealed off the area of truck and substance. Some speculations among officials say that it might have been made to use as a "dirty bomb". But another speculation among these officials is that the thieves didn't know what they were stealing in the first place.

US neo-Nazi Serial Killer Executed

A US white supremacist who targeted black and Jewish people in a nationwide killing spree has been sentenced and executed in Missouri. Joseph Franklin was charged for shooting dead a man and wounding two others outside a synagogue in 1977. This 63 year old was also convicted of seven other racially motivated murders. In total, he has admitted to 20 in total. The execution came after the US Supreme Court upheld an appeal on the decision to lift a stay of execution. Franklin had declined to make a final statement and was pronounced dead 12:17 GMT on Wednesday. A new agency journalist witnessed that Franklin swallowed hard as five grams of phenobarbital were administered. It took him 10 minutes to be pronounced dead.

Iran backed out of Nuclear Deal

US secretary of State John Kerry said that Iran has now backed out of a deal on its nuclear program during talks with the world powers in Geneva. Reports that France's reservations had come up with an agreement, Kerry told Reporters that "The French signed off on it; we signed off on it." He also said that Iran had been unable to accept the deal at the particular moment. Within the next few months, Kerry said, the US and Iran should be able to find some agreement that would meet everyone's standards. Another meeting will be held on the 20th of November. Iran is stressing that the nuclear program is strictly peaceful purposes. But the world powers suspect that the true motive is nuclear weapons. The world powers are willing to help resolve issues with Iran in order to gain a nuclear power.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24895911

Yasser Arafat 'may have been poisoned with polonuim'

The late Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat may have been poisoned with the radioactive form of Polonuim according to a Swiss forensic report. Arafat's official medical record says that he died in 2004 from a stroke that had been the result of a blood disorder. His body was exhumed for further investigation of whether or not that he was murdered. The new report says that there was an unexpected high activity of polonuim which "moderately" provided evidence to the poison theory. Many Palestinians believed that Israel was the culprit of these poisons, but has consistently denied any such thing. Others believe that it might have been cancer or Aids. An Israeli spokesman said that this report was "more soap opera than science". The scientists of the investigation have stressed that they were unable to reach a more definitive conclusion based on the lapsed time since his death; providing limited samples, and a confused "chain of custody" on some of the specimens.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24838061

Starving Syrians Flee Damascus

Thousands of Syrian civilians are now allowed to go back to their homes from the besieged Damascus suburb, Moadamiya. The besiege of some parts in Syria have been due to the civil that the country is going through at the current time. Supplies in Moadamiya had been running low and the residents pleaded from starvation. An apparent relaxation in the military forces on the blockade brought the freedom of thousands of people. The besiege was also on the surrounding suburbs of Yarmouk and Eastern Ghouta and has been an ongoing conflict for several months. The situation became desperate enough tthat the Muslim clerics allowed people to eat cats, dogs, and donkeys in order to survive. (These animals are usually seen as unfit for human consumption in the Islamic beleif)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24730536