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• Islamic State steps up counter-attacks as fighting edges closer to Mosul
• Forty eight dead in Pakistan police academy attack
• Philippines' Duterte softens stance toward U.S. before Japan visit
• Venezuela, opposition announce dialogue as protests brew
• At odds over Brexit, UK nations hold 'frustrating' talks on common stance
• Exclusive: Philippines police plan new phase in drugs war - sources
• Premier League club in probe over fake HSBC letters: report
• Venezuela opposition figure denies talks agreed with govt
• The Latest: UN blames all sides for Aleppo aid failure
• Mexican police finds meth hidden in cheese
• Actress Shailene Woodley set for January trial in pipeline protest
• Top Asian News 12:16 a.m. GMT
• Mexico president: Trump visit could have been handled better
• Lakers waive Yi Jianlian, Anthony Brown before season opener
• As Syrian deaths mount, world's 'responsibility to protect' takes a hit: experts
• More coal plants will deepen - not cut - poverty, researchers warn
• Iraqis are world's most generous to strangers: global survey
• Simone Gbagbo lawyers walk out of Ivory Coast trial
• Fashion brands ignore 'endemic' abuse of Syrian refugees in Turkey: watchdog
• Twenty dead, more than 100 wounded, in Pakistan police academy attack: official
• Mexico held 20,000 child migrants in 2015: authorities
• Police in Rio seek 10 suspects in gang rape of woman
• Trump says he's winning, polls say otherwise
• German diplomat's immunity eyed amid wife's assault claim
• Health official raises death toll to 33 police trainees in attack in southwestern Pakistan
• Maduro meets pope as Vatican steps into Venezuela crisis
• US, Iranian chief diplomats win prize for Iran nuclear deal
• Government official says 20 police trainees killed in attack in southwestern Pakistan
• Peru scrutinizes pacts between police and miners after clash
• In the NBA, foreign players try to understand social issues
• Costa Rica relocates croc that attacked US man in beach town
• Belgium's Wallonia misses EU 'ultimatum' on Canada trade pact
• Kerry confident U.S. and Philippines can 'work through' Duterte confusion
• Migrants stream out of Calais 'Jungle' before demolition
• UN struggles to raise funds for Haiti cholera victims
• UN wants $200 million to compensate Haiti cholera victims
• Griezmann wins best player award in Spain for last season
• France moving more than 6,000 migrants from makeshift camp

Islamic State steps up counter-attacks as fighting edges closer to Mosul Posted: 24 Oct 2016 10:15 AM PDT By Maher Chmaytelli and Stephen Kalin BAGHDAD/BARTELLA, Iraq (Reuters) - Islamic State expanded its attacks on Monday against the army and Kurdish forces across Iraq, trying to relieve pressure on the militant group's defenses around Mosul, its last major urban stronghold in the country. About 80 Islamic State-held villages and towns have been retaken in the first week of the offensive, bringing Iraqi and Kurdish forces closer to the edge of the city itself - where the battle will be hardest fought. The Mosul campaign, which aims to crush the Iraqi half of Islamic State's declared caliphate in Iraq and Syria, may become the biggest battle yet in the 13 years of turmoil triggered by the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, and could require a massive humanitarian relief operation.

Forty eight dead in Pakistan police academy attack Posted: 24 Oct 2016 05:25 PM PDT Gunmen stormed a Pakistani police training academy in the southwestern city of Quetta late on Monday night, killing at least 48 people and wounding more than 100, hospital officials said early Tuesday morning. "Forty eight bodies have been brought to the hospital," said Wasim Beg, senior doctor at Quetta's Civil Hospital. Mir Sarfaraz Bugti, home minister of Baluchistan province, of which Quetta is the capital, had confirmed early on Tuesday that five to six gunmen had attacked a dormitory inside the training facility while cadets rested and slept.

Philippines' Duterte softens stance toward U.S. before Japan visit Posted: 24 Oct 2016 04:33 PM PDT By Linda Sieg and Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte softened his remarks about a "separation" from long-time ally the United States on the eve of a visit to Japan, a country worried about Manila's apparent pivot away from Washington and towards China. "The alliances are alive," Duterte told Japanese media in Manila on Monday, Kyodo News reported.

Venezuela, opposition announce dialogue as protests brew Posted: 24 Oct 2016 02:02 PM PDT By Diego Oré and Anggy Polanco CARACAS/SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela's socialist government and opposition on Monday announced surprise talks for the weekend to deal with a worsening political standoff since the suspension of a referendum drive to remove unpopular President Nicolas Maduro. "At last we are installing a dialogue between the opposition and the legitimate government," Maduro said from Rome, after a meeting with Pope Francis who urged him to alleviate Venezuelans' suffering during a brutal economic crisis. The opposition says Maduro is an inept autocrat who must leave office before the crisis worsens while the former bus driver and union leader vows not to be pushed out by what he calls a power-hungry elite seeking a coup.

At odds over Brexit, UK nations hold 'frustrating' talks on common stance Posted: 24 Oct 2016 08:43 AM PDT By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May tried to persuade the leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on Monday to work with her government on a common Brexit negotiating position, but the Scottish leader dismissed the meeting as "deeply frustrating". May says that while the devolved governments of the UK's three smaller nations should give their views on what the terms of Brexit should be, they must not undermine the UK's strategy by seeking separate settlements with the EU. "I don't know what the UK's negotiating position is because they can't tell us," Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said after talks at May's Downing Street office.

Exclusive: Philippines police plan new phase in drugs war - sources Posted: 24 Oct 2016 10:09 AM PDT By Tom Allard and Clare Baldwin MANILA (Reuters) - Signaling a shift in strategy in its blood-soaked war against drugs, Philippines police aim to reduce the killing of suspects and put more resources into arresting prominent people tied to the trade, two sources with knowledge of the matter said. Project Double Barrel Alpha will put a stronger focus on arresting politicians, military, police, government officials and celebrities allegedly involved in narcotics, the sources said. The new approach will be outlined on Tuesday at a meeting of police chiefs from each of the Philippines' 18 regions at Camp Crame, the police headquarters north of the capital Manila, Philippines National Police spokesman Dionardo Carlos confirmed to Reuters.

Premier League club in probe over fake HSBC letters: report Posted: 24 Oct 2016 05:44 PM PDT Premier League club Watford are under investigation for allegedly submitting forged HSBC bank letters to support Gino Pozzo taking control of the club, British media reported on Monday. The English Football League has launched a probe into documentation submitted to the sport authority by Watford in July 2014, The Telegraph newspaper said. Two letters dated a week apart state Hornets Investment Limited, the club's parent company, had a bank guarantee of £7 million ($8.6 million, 7.9 million euros) to fund Watford for the upcoming season.

Venezuela opposition figure denies talks agreed with govt Posted: 24 Oct 2016 05:38 PM PDT Caracas (AFP) - A top Venezuelan opposition leader has dismissed the government's claim that it was ready for talks to settle the country's political crisis after Pope Francis weighed in on the dispute.

The Latest: UN blames all sides for Aleppo aid failure Posted: 24 Oct 2016 05:34 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on developments in Syria where government forces have renewed their attacks on eastern rebel-held districts of the city of Aleppo (all times local):

Mexican police finds meth hidden in cheese Posted: 24 Oct 2016 05:30 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Police in Mexico say they have found 4.2 pounds (1.9 kilograms) of methamphetamine hidden in a block of cheese at a package-delivery facility in Mexico City.

Actress Shailene Woodley set for January trial in pipeline protest Posted: 24 Oct 2016 05:24 PM PDT By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Shailene Woodley will stand trial in January on charges stemming from her arrest with more than two dozen other activists while protesting construction of the Dakota Access pipeline, court documents showed on Monday. Woodley, 24, who has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges of trespassing and engaging in a riot, faces up to two months in jail and a $3,000 fine if convicted. The actress, who had been livestreaming the Oct. 10 protest at a Dakota Access pipeline construction site 2 miles (3.2 km) south of St. Anthony, North Dakota, was seen on camera being taken into custody and narrated her own arrest.

Top Asian News 12:16 a.m. GMT Posted: 24 Oct 2016 05:16 PM PDT QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen stormed a police training center Monday in Pakistan's restive Baluchistan province and detonated explosive vests, killing at least 41 police trainees, authorities said. Baluchistan's top health official, Noor Haq Baloch, said at least 106 people were wounded — mostly police trainees and some paramilitary troops. Major General Sher Afgan, chief of the paramilitary Frontier Corps, told reporters that the attackers appeared to be in contact with handlers in Afghanistan. He said the attacker belonged to the banned Lashker-e-Jhangvi group, an Islamic militant group affiliated with al-Qaida. Haq said many of the trainees were killed when the gunmen detonated explosive vests.

Mexico president: Trump visit could have been handled better Posted: 24 Oct 2016 05:07 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto says he could have done a better job handling a controversial Aug. 31 meeting with Republican candidate Donald Trump.

Lakers waive Yi Jianlian, Anthony Brown before season opener Posted: 24 Oct 2016 05:06 PM PDT EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Metta World Peace and Thomas Robinson both went into training camp with only a small chance of making the Los Angeles Lakers' roster.

As Syrian deaths mount, world's 'responsibility to protect' takes a hit: experts Posted: 24 Oct 2016 05:00 PM PDT By Tom Esslemont LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As civilians in the Syrian city of Aleppo are battered by air strikes, ground offensives and shelling, what has happened to the world's responsibility to protect populations under threat? The Geneva Conventions and the United Nations Security Council were established after World War Two to maintain peace and protect people in conflict zones.

More coal plants will deepen - not cut - poverty, researchers warn Posted: 24 Oct 2016 04:58 PM PDT By Laurie Goering LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Building just a third of planned new coal-fired power plants around the world would push hundreds of millions of people into poverty as it accelerates climate change past an agreed limit of 2 degrees Celsius of warming, development experts warn. As pressure builds to phase out coal as a power source in favor of cleaner renewable energy, the coal industry has fought back, arguing that coal is the cheapest and most reliable way to bring power to millions without it. In particular, "clean coal" technology offers emissions 25 to 40 percent lower than traditional coal plants, industry officials say.

Iraqis are world's most generous to strangers: global survey Posted: 24 Oct 2016 04:57 PM PDT By Matthew Ponsford LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Although torn by civil war, Iraq is the world's most generous country towards strangers in need, according to a new global index of charitable giving. Eighty one percent of Iraqis reported helping someone they didn't know in the previous month, in a global poll commissioned by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF). For the first time since CAF began the poll in 2010, more than half of people in 140 countries surveyed said they had helped strangers - with many of the most generous found in countries hit hard by disaster and war.

Simone Gbagbo lawyers walk out of Ivory Coast trial Posted: 24 Oct 2016 04:55 PM PDT The lawyers of Ivory Coast's former first lady Simone Gbagbo on Monday suspended their participation in her trial for crimes against humanity because the court refused to hear testimony from leading politicians. Monday was supposed to be the first day of witnesses called by the defence, with Gbagbo's lawyers calling figures including parliament speaker Guillaume Soro, former premier Jeannot Kouadio Ahoussou and former army chief Philippe Mangou. The process is biased, the court does not want a fair trial," said Dohora Blede, one of the lawyers defending Gbagbo over post-election violence that left more than 3,000 dead in 2010-11.

Fashion brands ignore 'endemic' abuse of Syrian refugees in Turkey: watchdog Posted: 24 Oct 2016 04:55 PM PDT By Timothy Large LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Big fashion brands are failing to protect Syrian refugees from "endemic" abuse in Turkish clothing factories supplying European retailers, a monitoring group said on Tuesday. Child labor, pitiful pay and dangerous conditions are among the risks facing undocumented Syrian refugees working in Turkey's garment industry, according to the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre. The London-based charity surveyed 38 major brands with Turkish factories in their supply chains on steps they are taking to protect vulnerable refugee workers from exploitation.

Twenty dead, more than 100 wounded, in Pakistan police academy attack: official Posted: 24 Oct 2016 04:50 PM PDT Gunmen stormed a Pakistani police training academy in the southwestern city of Quetta late on Monday night, killing at least 20 people and wounding more than 100, officials said. Some 200 trainees are stationed at the facility, officials said, and some had been taken hostage. Mir Sarfaraz Bugti, home minister of Baluchistan province, of which Quetta is the capital, confirmed early on Tuesday that five to six gunmen had attacked a dormitory inside the training facility while cadets rested and slept.

Mexico held 20,000 child migrants in 2015: authorities Posted: 24 Oct 2016 04:50 PM PDT Mexico detained more than 20,000 unaccompanied child migrants, mostly from Central America, in 2015, authorities said on Monday. Mexico's National Human Rights Commission said the minors were at risk of kidnapping and rape by criminal gangs or even by corrupt officials. "The authorities are acting without considering the interests of the children and protecting them," Luis Raul Gonzalez, president of the commission told a news conference, presenting the figures.

Police in Rio seek 10 suspects in gang rape of woman Posted: 24 Oct 2016 04:49 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Police in Brazil are looking for at least 10 men in connection with the gang rape of a woman on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.

Trump says he's winning, polls say otherwise Posted: 24 Oct 2016 04:46 PM PDT Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump launched their two-week scramble to the finish line of the US presidential race Monday, with the billionaire Republican dismissing the polls to insist he's "winning" the race. "This is bigger than Brexit, what's going on," the 70-year-old Trump told a rowdy rally in Florida, referring to Britain's shock June vote to leave the European Union. The Democrat Clinton, 68, sought to cement her lead over her White House foe by conquering swing states including Florida, North Carolina and Ohio where early voting has already begun, as the rivals blitz crucial battlegrounds where the race will be won or lost November 8.

German diplomat's immunity eyed amid wife's assault claim Posted: 24 Oct 2016 04:45 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — New York officials are trying to get a German diplomat's immunity waived to prosecute him on charges of hitting his wife in the face, and the U.S. State Department said Monday it had gotten involved in the matter.

Health official raises death toll to 33 police trainees in attack in southwestern Pakistan Posted: 24 Oct 2016 04:29 PM PDT QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Health official raises death toll to 33 police trainees in attack in southwestern Pakistan.

Maduro meets pope as Vatican steps into Venezuela crisis Posted: 24 Oct 2016 04:21 PM PDT CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro met Monday with Pope Francis as the Vatican took a more active role trying to defuse a tense political standoff in the South American nation.

US, Iranian chief diplomats win prize for Iran nuclear deal Posted: 24 Oct 2016 04:17 PM PDT US Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif have won an international diplomatic prize for their part in a historic agreement on Iran's nuclear program, organizers announced Monday. The two officials, who negotiated the deal face-to-face and together with counterparts from the P5+1 powers (the United States, China, Russia, France, Britain and Germany) between 2013 and 2015, won the Chatham House Prize "in recognition of their crucial roles" to resolve "one of the most intractable diplomatic stand-offs in international affairs in the 21st century," Britain's Chatham House think-tank said in a statement. The agreement -- aimed at stopping Iran from using its civilian nuclear industry to develop a nuclear weapon in exchange for the lifting of sanctions against Tehran -- was signed in July 2015 and implemented in January.

Government official says 20 police trainees killed in attack in southwestern Pakistan Posted: 24 Oct 2016 04:14 PM PDT QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Government official says 20 police trainees killed in attack in southwestern Pakistan.

Peru scrutinizes pacts between police and miners after clash Posted: 24 Oct 2016 04:09 PM PDT Peru is scrutinizing paid security services that federal police provide to mining companies following a deadly protest by local residents that suspended exports from one of the world's biggest copper mines, the government told Reuters on Monday. The three-month-old centrist government of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski is also talking with the Red Cross about setting up a program to teach police to manage protests better, Rolando Luque, director of the National Office of Dialogue in Kuczynski's Cabinet, said in an interview.

In the NBA, foreign players try to understand social issues Posted: 24 Oct 2016 04:06 PM PDT Andrew Bogut grew up in a richly diverse area of Melbourne, Australia, and has estimated that he went to school with people from nearly 100 different nationalities.

Costa Rica relocates croc that attacked US man in beach town Posted: 24 Oct 2016 04:05 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — A crocodile that seriously injured an American man in a Costa Rican beach town popular with surfers and eco-tourists has been captured and relocated to a wildlife refuge, community leaders and residents said Monday.

Belgium's Wallonia misses EU 'ultimatum' on Canada trade pact Posted: 24 Oct 2016 04:00 PM PDT A Brussels summit to seal a landmark EU-Canada trade deal is "still possible" this week, European Council President Donald Tusk said Monday, even though Belgium cannot give its approval. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau earlier appeared unlikely to attend Thursday's summit after the Belgian government said regional leaders were preventing it from supporting the pact, effectively blocking the 28-nation bloc.

Kerry confident U.S. and Philippines can 'work through' Duterte confusion Posted: 24 Oct 2016 03:49 PM PDT By David Brunnstrom and Manuel Mogato WASHINGTON/MANILA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is confident after speaking to his Philippine counterpart that the two countries can "work through" a period of confusion caused by anti-American rhetoric from President Rodrigo Duterte, the State Department said on Monday. State Department spokesman John Kirby said Kerry expressed concern in his conversation on Sunday with Foreign Minister Perfecto Yasay about the tone of remarks by the Philippine president, who has sharply criticized President Barack Obama and talked of separation from Washington.

Migrants stream out of Calais 'Jungle' before demolition Posted: 24 Oct 2016 03:40 PM PDT Almost 2,000 migrants rode buses out of the Calais "Jungle" on Monday as French authorities kicked off an operation to dismantle the notorious camp that has become a symbol of Europe's refugee crisis. "Bye Bye, Jungle!" one group of migrants shouted as they hauled luggage through the muddy lanes of the shantytown where thousands of mainly Afghans, Sudanese and Eritreans had holed up, desperate to sneak into Britain. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said 1,918 migrants had left Calais on buses bound for 80 reception centres across France under a heavy police presence.

UN struggles to raise funds for Haiti cholera victims Posted: 24 Oct 2016 03:34 PM PDT The United Nations is struggling to raise $200 million to help the families of victims of a deadly outbreak of cholera in Haiti, a senior UN official said Monday. The financial aid follows the United Nations' admission that it had a moral responsibility to help Haiti deal with the epidemic that has been blamed on UN peacekeepers.

UN wants $200 million to compensate Haiti cholera victims Posted: 24 Oct 2016 03:24 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says it is looking to raise $200 million from member states to compensate the families of people who have died from cholera in Haiti.

Griezmann wins best player award in Spain for last season Posted: 24 Oct 2016 03:00 PM PDT VALENCIA, Spain (AP) — Antoine Griezmann has won the best player award in the Spanish league for last season.

France moving more than 6,000 migrants from makeshift camp Posted: 24 Oct 2016 02:59 PM PDT CALAIS, France (AP) — France began the mass evacuation Monday of the makeshift migrant camp known as "the jungle," a mammoth project to erase the humanitarian blight on its northern border, where thousands fleeing war or poverty have lived in squalor, most hoping to sneak into Britain.

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