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• Russian jets resume heavy bombing of eastern Aleppo: rebels, monitor
• Pentagon hints at possible retaliation after Yemen missile fire
• As offensive nears, Islamic State rigs Mosul with bombs
• Putin shuns Paris visit after France offers talks only on Syria
• Syrian suspect in Germany 'had ties to Islamic State'
• Gunman kills 14 at shrine in Afghan capital, police say
• Belarus leads group of about 17 nations to block LGBT rights in U.N. cities plan: sources
• Baby traffickers thriving in Nigeria as recession bites
• Campaigners urge Kazakhstan to free activists facing trial over land reform protests
• Death toll climbs as floods swamp North Carolina after Hurricane Matthew
• Swiss federal court rejects Aussie Rules doping case appeal
• North Korea purges vice foreign minister: report
• US policy on deporting Haitians on hold in wake of hurricane
• Top Asian News 12:25 a.m. GMT
• Airstrikes in Syria's Aleppo and shelling in south kill 20
• Hurricane Nicole re-forms in Atlantic, aims at Bermuda
• U.S. says suspends deportations of Haitians after Hurricane Matthew
• Lawyers say Venezuela is torturing jailed Utah man
• Activists disrupt key Canada-U.S. oil pipelines
• Rio security chief resigns amid rise in violence
• Israel beefs up security for Yom Kippur holiday
• 2 planes clip wings on ground at airport, but no injuries
• Website documents Mexico human rights abuses
• Legal pot could upend years of drug smuggling in Arizona
• South Sudan undermines deal to send more peacekeepers: UN
• Germany beats Northern Ireland 2-0 in World Cup qualifying
• For smartphone-dependent world, Samsung troubles hit hard
• Germany wins again, England stumbles in World Cup qualifying
• China coach resigns after loss, World Cup hopes fading
• Haiti death toll hits 473 as survivors plead for aid
• Hawks' Splitter out again, this time with hamstring injury
• US warns Ethiopia against emergency crackdown
• Lawyer for Turkey refers Ohio charter schools to auditor
• Brazil's Temer working to regain rogue ruling coalition votes
• Flooding after Hurricane Matthew swamps North Carolina towns
• Paraguay: Ex-South American soccer boss loses privileges
• Two French soldiers badly wounded by drone in Iraq
• US stock indexes head sharply lower; oil falls
• Hart shines as disappointing England draws 0-0 at Slovenia
• Brazil poultry farms tepid over clearance of US GMO corn

Russian jets resume heavy bombing of eastern Aleppo: rebels, monitor Posted: 11 Oct 2016 02:28 PM PDT Russian jets resumed heavy bombing of rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Tuesday after several days of relative calm, a rebel official and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said. Air strikes mostly hit the Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood, Zakaria Malhifji of the Aleppo-based Fastaqim rebel group told Reuters. The Observatory said the death toll from bombing in Bustan al-Qasr, Fardous and other neighborhoods rose to at least 25, with scores of wounded.

Pentagon hints at possible retaliation after Yemen missile fire Posted: 11 Oct 2016 11:27 AM PDT By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Tuesday warned that whoever fired missiles at a U.S. Navy destroyer and an accompanying ship off the coast of Yemen over the weekend had done so "at their own peril," language that suggested preparations for possible retaliation. Two shore-launched cruise missiles, which U.S. officials believe were designed to hit vessels at sea, were fired at the U.S. Navy ships on Sunday from Houthi-controlled territory of Yemen, just north of the Bab al-Mandab strait. Both failed to hit the ships but the attack, which was first reported by Reuters, could deepen U.S. involvement in Yemen.

As offensive nears, Islamic State rigs Mosul with bombs Posted: 11 Oct 2016 02:08 PM PDT By Michael Georgy, Babak Dehghanpisheh and Ahmed Rasheed ERBIL/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State militants have placed booby traps across the city of Mosul, dug tunnels and recruited children as spies in anticipation of an offensive to dislodge the jihadists from their Iraqi stronghold, Iraqis and U.S. officials said. Mosul, home to up to 1.5 million people, has been the headquarters of Islamic State's self-declared caliphate in northern Iraq since 2014 and the militants are making complex preparations to prevent Iraqi security forces, backed by a U.S.-led coalition, taking it back. The battle for the city, expected later this month, will help shape the future of Iraq and the legacy of U.S. President Barack Obama.

Putin shuns Paris visit after France offers talks only on Syria Posted: 11 Oct 2016 04:54 AM PDT By John Irish and Gilbert Reilhac PARIS/STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has canceled a visit to Paris next week after President Francois Hollande said he would see him only for talks on Syria - the latest episode in deteriorating relations between Moscow and the West. French officials have been grappling for ways to put new pressure on Russia after Moscow vetoed a French-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution on Syria. French officials' growing anger over a Russian-backed Syrian government onslaught against rebel-held areas of the city of Aleppo had led them to reconsider whether to host Putin on Oct. 19.

Syrian suspect in Germany 'had ties to Islamic State' Posted: 11 Oct 2016 11:35 AM PDT A 22-year-old Syrian refugee arrested in Germany on Monday had ties to Islamic State, Germany's spy chief said on Tuesday, but intelligence sources said there was no evidence he was receiving orders from the militant group. Hans-Georg Maassen, head of the domestic intelligence agency, told German broadcaster ZDF that the arrest of suspect Jaber Albakr had probably prevented an imminent attack. Die Welt newspaper, citing investigative sources, reported late on Tuesday that Albakr had spent several months in Turkey this year, leaving in the spring and returning to Germany only in late August.

Gunman kills 14 at shrine in Afghan capital, police say Posted: 11 Oct 2016 01:00 PM PDT At least 14 people were killed on Tuesday when a gunman in a police uniform opened fire on worshippers gathered at a shrine in the Afghan capital of Kabul for a Shi'ite holy day, officials said. Thirteen civilians and one police officer died and 36 people were wounded, said Ministry of Interior spokesman Sediq Sediqqi. Ministry of Public Health officials said at least 43 people had been injured in the incident and had been taken to hospitals in the city for treatment.

Belarus leads group of about 17 nations to block LGBT rights in U.N. cities plan: sources Posted: 11 Oct 2016 06:00 PM PDT By Paola Totaro LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A group of up to 17 countries led by Belarus has blocked a plan to include the rights of gay, lesbian and transgender communities in a new urban strategy drawn up by the United Nations, according to sources close to negotiations. Canada, backed by the European Union, the United States and Mexico, had pushed for including the recognition of LGBT people and an acknowledgment of homophobia in a key policy paper to be finalised at a major UN conference in Ecuador next week. The UN's 'New Urban Agenda' is a non-binding agreement to address the challenges of rapidly growing cities globally and will be adopted at Habitat III in Quito, setting out guidelines for sustainable urban development over the next 20 years.

Baby traffickers thriving in Nigeria as recession bites Posted: 11 Oct 2016 05:59 PM PDT By Anamesere Igboeroteonwu and Tom Esslemont ENUGU, Nigeria/LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As 16-year-old Maria strained under the anguish of labor in southeastern Nigeria, a midwife repeatedly slapped her across the face - but the real ordeal began minutes after birth. A Thomson Reuters Foundation investigative team spoke to more than 10 Nigerian women duped into giving up their newborns to strangers in houses known as "baby factories" in the past two years or offered babies whose origins were unknown. Although statistics are hard to come by, campaigners say the sale of newborns is widespread - and they fear the illegal trade is becoming more prevalent with Nigeria heading into recession this year amid ongoing political turbulence.

Campaigners urge Kazakhstan to free activists facing trial over land reform protests Posted: 11 Oct 2016 05:58 PM PDT By Umberto Bacchi LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Two Kazakh land rights activists who are due to go on trial over their involvement in public protests against land reforms in the Central Asian nation are facing unfounded criminal charges and should be released, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday. Max Bokayev and Talgat Ayanov are each facing up to 10 years in prison on charges of inciting social and national discord, disseminating false information and organizing an illegal protest, the human rights group said. "What we have here are individuals that are being criminally prosecuted and face extended prison terms for exercising their right to peaceful protest," Mihra Rittmann, Europe and Central Asia researcher at HRW, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

Death toll climbs as floods swamp North Carolina after Hurricane Matthew Posted: 11 Oct 2016 05:56 PM PDT By Carlo Allegri and Gene Cherry LUMBERTON, N.C./KINSTON, N.C. (Reuters) - Flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew has displaced several thousand people in North Carolina, and authorities were helping more evacuate on Tuesday as swollen rivers threatened a wide swath of the state. Governor Pat McCrory warned of "extremely dangerous" conditions in the coming days in central and eastern North Carolina, where several rivers were at record or near-record levels. McCrory's office said four additional deaths were confirmed on Tuesday in North Carolina, raising the death toll in the state to 18.

Swiss federal court rejects Aussie Rules doping case appeal Posted: 11 Oct 2016 05:49 PM PDT LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Switzerland's supreme court has rejected an appeal by 34 Australian Rules football players who challenged the authority of the Court of Arbitration for Sport to ban them for doping.

North Korea purges vice foreign minister: report Posted: 11 Oct 2016 05:42 PM PDT North Korea has purged its vice foreign minister as punishment for the recent defection of the nuclear-armed country's deputy ambassador to Britain, South Korean media reported on Wednesday. The mass-circulation JoongAng Ilbo, quoting an anonymous source familiar with North Korean affairs, said that Kung Sok-Ung had been removed from his post and expelled from Pyongyang to a rural farming area with his family. It said the purge was ordered by supreme leader Kim Jong-Un following the defection of the North's deputy ambassador to Britain, Thae Yong-Ho, and his family to the South two months ago.

US policy on deporting Haitians on hold in wake of hurricane Posted: 11 Oct 2016 05:40 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. Homeland Security secretary says Hurricane Matthew's devastation in Haiti has put on hold a new policy of deporting Haitians in the United States without permission, but the government intends to resume it in the future.

Top Asian News 12:25 a.m. GMT Posted: 11 Oct 2016 05:25 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Yes, you heard that right. Samsung is asking owners of its fire-prone Galaxy Note 7 to do something crazy: "power down and stop using the device." In an age when smartphones have become extensions of ourselves, the last thing we look at before falling asleep and the first thing we grab in the morning, this is all but unthinkable, even at the dinner table, even on the toilet. Risking a battery fire might seem like a small price to pay for obsessively checking your latest Instagram "likes," catching up on email, Skyping your grandkids across the country, getting directions, confirming your travel itinerary, reading the news, searching for a dinner recipe, hailing a ride and so on.

Airstrikes in Syria's Aleppo and shelling in south kill 20 Posted: 11 Oct 2016 05:18 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Airstrikes on rebel-held parts of the northern city of Aleppo killed at least 14 people Tuesday, while the shelling of a government-held neighborhood in southern Syria hit a school, killing at least six, including children, opposition activists and state media said.

Hurricane Nicole re-forms in Atlantic, aims at Bermuda Posted: 11 Oct 2016 05:18 PM PDT HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) — Hurricane Nicole has re-formed in the Atlantic and authorities in Bermuda are warning people to prepare for a blow.

U.S. says suspends deportations of Haitians after Hurricane Matthew Posted: 11 Oct 2016 05:11 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The United States has temporarily suspended deportations of Haitians, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson said on Tuesday, after Hurricane Matthew killed at least a thousand on the island nation last week. In September the United States, announced it would end special protections for Haitians dating back to a 2010 earthquake that devastated that nation responding to a surge in Haitian immigrants. (Reporting by Frank Jack Daniel)

Lawyers say Venezuela is torturing jailed Utah man Posted: 11 Oct 2016 05:02 PM PDT CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan prison guards forced a jailed Utah man to strip naked in a hallway and perform exercises, his lawyer said Tuesday.

Activists disrupt key Canada-U.S. oil pipelines Posted: 11 Oct 2016 04:58 PM PDT By Nia Williams CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Climate-change activists on Tuesday disrupted the flow of millions of barrels of crude from Canada to the United States in rare, coordinated action that targeted several key pipelines simultaneously. Activists in four states were arrested after they cut padlocks and chains and entered remote flow stations to turn off valves in an attempt to stop crude moving through lines that carry as much as 15 percent of daily U.S. oil consumption. Protest group Climate Direct Action said the move was in support of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, which has protested the construction of a separate $3.7 billion pipeline carrying oil from North Dakota to the U.S. Gulf Coast over fears of potential damage to sacred land and water supplies.

Rio security chief resigns amid rise in violence Posted: 11 Oct 2016 04:54 PM PDT Beltrame will be replaced by his deputy, Roberto Sa, starting Monday, the state government said. In the post since 2007, Beltrame is best known for creating so-called Police Pacification Units (UPPs) to crack down on drug gangs that had seized de facto control of the impoverished favelas, or slums, that dot the city of Rio de Janeiro, the state capital.

Israel beefs up security for Yom Kippur holiday Posted: 11 Oct 2016 04:45 PM PDT Israel boosted security and barred Palestinians from entering from the occupied West Bank or the Gaza Strip ahead of the solemn Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur that began Tuesday evening. Thousands of Jews visit the Western Wall in east Jerusalem's Old City around Yom Kippur, or Day of Atonement, which ends on Wednesday evening. Israeli security forces are on especially high alert after a Palestinian gunman killed two people in Jerusalem on Sunday.

2 planes clip wings on ground at airport, but no injuries Posted: 11 Oct 2016 04:31 PM PDT NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Two airplanes have clipped wings while on the ground at New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport.

Website documents Mexico human rights abuses Posted: 11 Oct 2016 04:27 PM PDT A website documenting notorious cases of human rights abuses in Mexico was launched Tuesday but activists voiced concern that the authorities withheld a trove of documents, pictures and videos. The website, www.memoriayverdad.mx, is a project by the Iberoamericana University, three non-governmental organizations and the governmental national transparency institute, or INAI. The INAI managed to declassify some information.

Legal pot could upend years of drug smuggling in Arizona Posted: 11 Oct 2016 04:02 PM PDT NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — The hills on the Arizona border with Mexico are steep and bumpy as Paul Estrada drives along the fence, patrolling for drug and human smugglers.

South Sudan undermines deal to send more peacekeepers: UN Posted: 11 Oct 2016 03:52 PM PDT JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — A confidential letter from the U.N. secretary-general says South Sudan's government is undermining a U.N. Security Council decision to deploy an additional 4,000 peacekeepers, risking an arms embargo as fighting continues in the world's youngest nation.

Germany beats Northern Ireland 2-0 in World Cup qualifying Posted: 11 Oct 2016 03:48 PM PDT HANNOVER, Germany (AP) — Two quick-fire goals earned Germany a 2-0 win over Northern Ireland to put the defending champions in control of World Cup qualifying Group C on Tuesday.

For smartphone-dependent world, Samsung troubles hit hard Posted: 11 Oct 2016 03:41 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Yes, you heard that right. Samsung is asking owners of its fire-prone Galaxy Note 7 to do something crazy: "power down and stop using the device."

Germany wins again, England stumbles in World Cup qualifying Posted: 11 Oct 2016 03:40 PM PDT MANCHESTER, England (AP) — With a third straight win in qualifying, defending champion Germany is enjoying a comfortable ride on the road to the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

China coach resigns after loss, World Cup hopes fading Posted: 11 Oct 2016 03:30 PM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Despite boasting one of the world's highest-spending domestic leagues, China's dreams of automatic qualification for the 2018 World Cup are fading.

Haiti death toll hits 473 as survivors plead for aid Posted: 11 Oct 2016 03:29 PM PDT Port-au-Prince (AFP) - At least 473 people are now known to have died as Hurricane Matthew leveled swaths of southern Haiti last week, officials said Tuesday, as hard-hit communities struggled to rebuild homes and access food and clean water. Haiti is observing three days of mourning for the victims of the deadly storm, which also left 75 missing and 330 injured according to the provisional toll from the nation's civil protection agency. Matthew struck as the impoverished nation was struggling to stifle a cholera outbreak that authorities fear will now worsen, with the World Health Organization pledging Tuesday to send a million doses of cholera vaccine.

Hawks' Splitter out again, this time with hamstring injury Posted: 11 Oct 2016 03:23 PM PDT ATLANTA (AP) — Tiago Splitter of the Atlanta Hawks will miss the start of the regular season because a strained right hamstring.

US warns Ethiopia against emergency crackdown Posted: 11 Oct 2016 03:21 PM PDT The United States warned its African ally Ethiopia on Tuesday not to abuse the state of emergency it declared this week to suppress dissent and welcomed talk of political reform. Ethiopia declared an emergency on Sunday after six months of anti-government protests, but on Tuesday Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn promised that opposition voices would be heard.

Lawyer for Turkey refers Ohio charter schools to auditor Posted: 11 Oct 2016 03:08 PM PDT COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A group of U.S. charter schools in Ohio started by the followers of a reclusive Muslim cleric engaged in improper business relationships, a lawyer for the Turkish government alleges in a complaint filed Tuesday seeking a state investigation.

Brazil's Temer working to regain rogue ruling coalition votes Posted: 11 Oct 2016 03:01 PM PDT SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Michel Temer will be working to convince lawmakers who voted against his plan to limit budget spending growth to accompany the government in upcoming pieces of economic legislation, presidential spokesman Alexandre Parola said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Guillermo Parra-Bernal and Lisandra Paraguassu; Editing by Chris Reese)

Flooding after Hurricane Matthew swamps North Carolina towns Posted: 11 Oct 2016 02:57 PM PDT By Carlo Allegri and Gene Cherry LUMBERTON, N.C./KINSTON, N.C. (Reuters) - Flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew has displaced several thousand people in North Carolina, and authorities were helping more evacuate on Tuesday as swollen rivers threatened a wide swath of the state. Governor Pat McCrory warned of "extremely dangerous" conditions in the coming days in central and eastern North Carolina, where several rivers were at record or near-record levels. An additional U.S. death occurred on Monday night in Lumberton, North Carolina, where officials said a highway patrol officer fatally shot a man who became hostile and flashed a handgun during search-and-rescue efforts in fast-running floodwater.

Paraguay: Ex-South American soccer boss loses privileges Posted: 11 Oct 2016 02:52 PM PDT ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — A court in Paraguay has annulled a permit that allowed Nicolas Leoz, the former president of South America's soccer confederation, to work once a week outside of his home while under house arrest.

Two French soldiers badly wounded by drone in Iraq Posted: 11 Oct 2016 02:46 PM PDT Two French soldiers were badly wounded in Iraq and two Peshmerga fighters were killed by a booby trapped drone sent by a group related to the Islamic State, Le Monde reported on Tuesday. In what could be the first report of an attack by Islamic State militants on French special forces using a drone, the device was intercepted while flying and exploded after landing on the ground, the paper said. Le Monde said the attack happened on Oct. 2.

US stock indexes head sharply lower; oil falls Posted: 11 Oct 2016 02:43 PM PDT A batch of disappointing company earnings news helped put investors in a selling mood Tuesday, pulling U.S. stocks sharply lower.

Hart shines as disappointing England draws 0-0 at Slovenia Posted: 11 Oct 2016 02:43 PM PDT England required a series of brilliant saves from Joe Hart to salvage a 0-0 draw at Slovenia in World Cup qualifying, with the dropping of captain Wayne Rooney failing to have the desired effect on Tuesday.

Brazil poultry farms tepid over clearance of US GMO corn Posted: 11 Oct 2016 02:42 PM PDT By Gustavo Bonato SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's northeastern poultry producers say they are not planning short-term purchases of U.S. corn, despite the government's recent decision to clear genetically modified varieties for import to ease tight supplies locally. The northeast, a region which has the potential to buy large amounts of corn from the United States, is also relatively close to U.S. Gulf ports and would benefit from cheaper freight costs than importing from Argentina. Last week, Brazil's biosafety regulator CTNBio approved three U.S. GMO corn varieties for import and use in animal feed, which was expected to unleash a wave of corn shipments from the Gulf ports.

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