Peshmerga forces 5 miles from Iraq's Mosul in key battle against ISIS
A coalition of 100,000 troops have been closing in on Mosul since Monday, liberating surrounding communities village by village and making quicker-than-expected gains. Officials and analysts say that entering Mosul is likely to kick off intense street fighting as coalition forces try to retake what has become the cultural capital of ISIS' envisaged caliphate, or Islamic state. 'Freed' and then forgottenPeshmerga commanders said Sunday that two of their attacking forces had linked up after surro..>> view originalJunko Tabei, first woman to climb Mount Everest, dies age 77
TOKYO - The first woman to climb Mount Everest didn’t stop there.Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei, who died Thursday at 77, devoted her adult life to scaling peaks, climbing the tallest mountains in more than 70 countries.Her philosophy was to live life to the fullest. “I want to climb even more mountains,” she said in a 1991 interview with The Associated Press, 16 years after conquering Everest. “To think, ‘It was great,’ and then die.”To do so required defying stereotypes, and a supportive h..>> view original1 dead after 2 explosions hit Japanese city; suicide suspected
Kirk Spitzer, USA TODAY 10:29 a.m. EDT October 23, 2016Police officers investigate near a damaged wooden bench, right, following an explosion at a park in Utsunomiya, north of Tokyo, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016. One person is dead and at several people have been injured after two apparent explosions back-to-back in the city. Japanese media say the reported blasts occurred before noon Sunday at the park and a nearby pay-parking lot. It wasn’t clear if they were related, and police are inve..>> view originalSuzanne Evans and Paul Nuttall run for UKIP leadership
Media captionUKIP's Suzanne Evans announces leadership candidacy Suzanne Evans and Paul Nuttall have announced they are to run for the leadership of UKIP, with both promising to unite the troubled party.Ms Evans said she would make the party less "toxic" and aim to occupy the "common sense centre" ground.Mr Nuttall, like Ms Evans an ex-party chairman, said he was the man to "bring the factions together".However, interim leader Nigel Farage, speaking about Ms Evans, said: "I won't be voting ..>> view originalStill here? EU reality dims British demand on full membership
By Alastair Macdonald | BRUSSELS BRUSSELS Britain will "continue to play a full role until we leave", Prime Minister Theresa May told fellow leaders at her first EU summit; but for many Britons in Brussels that is a forlorn hope. Formally, yes, the heads of European Union institutions say Britain and its citizens will keep seats at council tables and in Parliament or go on with EU civil service careers in the two to three years left before it quits the 28-nation bloc. In reality, say Br..>> view original'All of these liars will be sued': Trump on claims of sexual misconduct
An adult film actress is the latest woman to accuse Donald Trump of inappropriate behavior. Jessica Drake said Trump kissed her and two other women on the lips "without asking for permission" when they met him after a golf tournament in 2006. (Oct. 22) APGOP presidential nominee Donald Trump addresses the crowd at Eisenhower Hotel in Gettysburg just after noon on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016.(Photo: Noelle Haro-Gomez, Chambersburg Public Opinion)Seeking to re-set the presidential race, Donal..>> view originalSpain's Political Impasse Ends as Socialist Party Clears Way for Rajoy's Re-election
Updated Oct. 23, 2016 9:12 a.m. ET MADRID—Mariano Rajoy, a prominent target of the antiestablishment fervor rising across Europe, was assured of re-election as prime minister when his Socialist rivals conceded defeat Sunday, ending Spain’s 10-month leadership impasse. Socialist leaders, in a reversal, instructed their party’s lawmakers to abstain when Parliament considers his candidacy next weekend, depriving other opposition parties of the votes needed to keep blocking the cons..>> view originalHungarian revolution, 60 years on: How I fled Soviet tanks in a hay cart
Today, the journey between Hungary's capital of Budapest and the city of Linz in Austria is only a four-hour drive. But in 1956, it was along this treacherous route that Hungarian Janos Antal Peter fled as a doomed revolution was quashed at home. Back in Hungary, what started as a student march through the capital October 23 had become a fully-fledged uprising against Communist rule and Soviet suppression. Sunday marks the 60th anniversary of the start of the ill-fated revolution.Mounting tensio..>> view originalIran's president criticizes US presidential candidates
In this photo released by official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks to the crowd during a visit to the central city of Arak, Iran, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016. Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani criticized the U.S. presidential candidates’ behavior during their debates. Rouhani said on Sunday: “Did you see the debate and the way of their speaking, accusing and mocking each other? Do we want such a democracy and election in our country?” (Iranian Preside..>> view originalChina's Xi Jinping Seeks Safety in Numbers—Or Else
Oct. 23, 2016 6:21 a.m. ET BEIJING—Ahead of a top-level Communist Party conclave, Chinese President Xi Jinping is sending an unmistakable signal about what he expects from the tens of millions in the party’s ranks: total loyalty. Culminating a weekslong state-media blitz hailing the sacrifice of Communist forces that trekked thousands of miles in the mid-1930s to find a haven to continue their revolution, Mr. Xi on Friday called for an equal display of commitment. “In our Long ..>> view original
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