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Donald Trump’s campaign manager admits: ‘We are behind’

24 October 2016

Kellyanne Conway, campaign manager for Donald Trump, answers questions after the final presidential debate in Las Vegas on Wednesday. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) MIAMI — Donald Trump’s campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, a longtime Republican pollster, admitted Sunday that her candidate is currently losing to Democrat Hillary Clinton. “We are […]

Mosul Trap: US-Led Coalition’s Operation to Create New Challenges for Assad

24 October 2016

The US-led coalition’s Mosul operation leaves more questions than answers, observers note, adding that Daesh militants fleeing the Iraqi city of Mosul to Raqqa, Syria, may pose a serious challenge to Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian Arab Army. In this undated file image posted on Monday, June […]

Little Known Group Says It’s Behind Egypt Officer’s Killing

24 October 2016

CAIRO — A little known Egyptian group has claimed responsibility for the killing of a senior Egyptian army officer outside his suburban Cairo home. The claim came in a statement by the “Banner of the Revolution” posted late Saturday on social media accounts known to […]

Iraqi Kurds, Turkish Artillery Pound IS Stronghold Near Mosul

24 October 2016

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters backed by Turkish artillery on Sunday claimed major advances against Islamic State extremists outside Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul, at one point claiming to have seized full control of the town of Bashiqa. Peshmerga commanders outside the town told reporters their fighters […]

Iraqi Kurds claim capture of town in advance on Mosul

24 October 2016

Kurdish fighters said they had taken the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from Islamic State on Sunday as coalition forces pressed their offensive against the jihadists’ last stronghold in Iraq. Masoud Barzani, President of the Iraqi Kurdish region, told U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter that […]

The Dueling Narratives In The Fight For Mosul

24 October 2016

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST We go to Iraq now, where a major battle for the city of Mosul is underway. It’s the second biggest city in Iraq, and Iraqi forces are trying to take the city back from ISIS, which has held it for the last […]

Líbano, pequeno e belo

24 October 2016

O Líbano é famoso por sua rara beleza, diversidade, glamour, sabor europeu e povo hospitaleiro. Sua rica cultura e sua história colocaram-no na lista de “preciso ver” de cada viajante do mundo. Cidades libanesas estão entre as mais famosas da historia antiga e majestosa ruínas […]

Iran’s President Criticizes US Presidential Candidates

24 October 2016

Several leaders around the world have taken the liberty to pass judgement about the presidential election in the United States. Iran’s president is the latest. Speaking Sunday in a televised speech in the city of Ark, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said he had no preference […]

Russian Jets Pummel Aleppo, Kurds and Syrian Rebels Clash North of City

24 October 2016

Fierce clashes broke out this weekend in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo, hours after a three-day cease fire ended with Russian and Syrian government warplanes launching waves of airstrikes and rebel militias targeting western districts held by Assad government troops with Grad rockets newly […]

As South Sudan Fights, Refugees Flow Into Uganda

24 October 2016

One way to measure the growing turmoil in South Sudan is by the rapidly expanding refugee influx in neighboring Uganda. A crowd of refugees press into a food distribution area at Pagirinya Refugee Settlement, one of the newest camps built to accommodate the latest arrivals […]

Mosul offensive: Iraqis arriving at camp bring tales of peril

24 October 2016

The Dibaga camp, an hour’s drive south of Irbil, is home to nearly 30,000 people who have been displaced by Islamic State fighting in northern Iraq. Since the Mosul offensive started, hundreds of families from areas around the city have managed to flee. The UN […]

Mosul offensive: Turkish and Kurdish forces launch attacks on IS

24 October 2016

Kurdish forces have carried out new attacks on positions of so-called Islamic State (IS) in northern Iraq to retake the town of Bashiqa, near Mosul. Kurdish Peshmerga commanders said they made large advances into IS territory and secured part of a highway that will limit […]