PM urged to calm the backlash against Brexit ruling
Image copyright AFP Image caption Some newspapers reacted with fury to the High Court ruling Labour has urged the government to come out and defend the three judges behind the controversial High Court ruling on the process of leaving the EU.The Daily Mail branded them "Enemies of the people", while the Daily Express said the ruling had marked "the day democracy died".Labour called the silence of Justice Secretary Liz Truss "embarrassing" and said she ..>> view originalUS airstrike kills top Al Qaeda leader in Afghanistan, Pentagon confirms
WASHINGTON – The Defense Department says an airstrike in Afghanistan last month killed Al Qaeda's top leader in the eastern part of the country. Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook has issued a written statement saying a precision strike conducted by the U.S. military on Oct. 23 in Kunar, Afghanistan, killed Faruq al-Qatani. Cook says al-Qatani was one of Al Qaeda's "senior plotters of attacks against the United States." Cook says U.S. officials are still working to determine whether a second ..>> view original3 US Military Trainers Killed at Jordan Air Base
JERUSALEM — Three American military trainers assigned to help upgrade Jordan’s armed forces were shot to death on Friday at a Jordanian Air Force base, an alarming confrontation that raised questions about the relationship between two longtime allies.The Jordanian military said the trainers failed to stop as they approached a gate at the air base in the southern part of the country, and the Pentagon said it was examining the circumstances of the episode. It came a year almost to the day after a..>> view originalISIS seizing boys as young as 9 to fight in Mosul, UN warns
Photos: Mosul operation: Iraqi-led forces push toward key cityIraqi special forces advance on the outskirts of Mosul, Iraq, as an airstrike targets ISIS positions on Friday, November 4. An Iraqi-led offensive is underway to reclaim Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city and the last major stronghold for ISIS in the country. Photos: Mosul operation: Iraqi-led forces push toward key cityIraqi soldiers patrol an alley on the outskirts of Mosul on November 4. Heavy fighting erupted in Mosul's eastern ne..>> view original'I Saw My Father Dying': A View From Aleppo's Government-Held Side
“My wife and family are hiding in the bathroom,” he said.Even as Syria and Russia threatened an all-out assault on the rebel side of Aleppo, saying Friday was the last chance for people there to exit, they had been unable to put down a counteroffensive by a mix of Qaeda-linked and United States-backed insurgent groups. Three Qaeda-linked suicide bombers attacked a military position with explosive-packed personnel carriers on Thursday, military officials said, and mortar fire was raining on neig..>> view originalTurkey arrests pro-Kurdish lawmakers as crackdown widens
ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sharply escalated his conflict with the Kurdish opposition on Friday as his government formally brought terrorism-related charges against at least eight members of parliament belonging to Turkey’s largest pro-Kurdish party, including the party’s two leaders. The arrests, after chaotic nighttime raids on the homes of some of Turkey’s most prominent elected lawmakers, were criticized by Kurdish and human rights activists as a withering assault on..>> view originalDoD identifies two Green Berets killed in deadly Afghan battle
The Defense Department on Friday released the names of two soldiers killed in Afghanistan. Capt. Andrew Byers and Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Gloyer died Thursday in Kunduz, Afghanistan, from wounds sustained while engaging enemy forces. Both men were assigned to B Company, 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, at Fort Carson, Colorado. Byers and Gloyer were killed Thursday along with 26 civilians and three Afghan troops. Four other American troops were wounded. The soldiers came under fire du..>> view originalIndonesian President cancels Australia trip after violent protests
Widodo informed Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of his decision Saturday and instructed his Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi to reschedule his visit, according to a statement released from the palace. Violent clashes erupted in Jakarta on Friday as protesters demanding the ouster of the city's governor, who has been accused of blasphemy against Muslims, clashed with police, CNN Indonesia reported.Gov. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, commonly known as Ahok, is alleged to have insulted Islam by criticizing ..>> view originalPutin can't seem to find a 'national idea' for Russians, so he's proposing a law to do it.
MOSCOW — Among Vladimir Putin’s headaches as he headed into the weekend were an international tug of war over a medieval saint, an infamous revolution he’d rather that no one remembered and crowds of angry men calling for his imprisonment. And you think you had a rough week. The Russian president, when he is not fighting a proxy war with the United States in Syria or trying to outwit U.S. presidential campaign managers, has a day job that entails keeping together a massive, multiethnic coun..>> view original
Saturday, November 12, 2016
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