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• Iraqi army's elite force pauses advance near Mosul
• Philippines Duterte tells U.S. to forget about defense deal 'if I stay longer'
• NATO seeks troops to deter Russia on eastern flank
• Workers wield sledgehammers to tear down Calais "Jungle"
• Russia says it extends moratorium on Aleppo air strikes
• Forensic police examine Australian theme park ride that killed four
• US says alleged Bali bombing figure to stay at Guantanamo
• Top Asian News 12:37 a.m. GMT
• Nicaragua to accept OAS election observers
• Kids' 'miracle' survival as Australia theme park deaths probed
• Brazilian cowboys protest Supreme Court ruling
• McIlroy using new metals as equipment shift begins
• Mexico proposes senator for new attorney general
• Brazil widens investigation of gang rape in Rio suburb
• Gambia announces withdrawal from International Criminal Court
• Venezuela's congress opens political trial against Maduro
• Brazil president's plan to restore finances takes step forward
• Arizona sheriff officially charged with criminal contempt
• Canada parliament votes to take in Yazidi refugees
• Paul Beatty's 'The Sellout' is first US Booker Prize winner
• Women and men won't reach economic equality until 2186, index says
• Economic gender parity nearly two centuries off, WEF finds
• Global game: One-fourth of NBA rosters is international
• Panama, Colombia step up border security
• Guatemala deports US fugitive wanted in California killing
• Exclusive: WHO cancer agency asked experts to withhold weedkiller documents
• Italy PM threatens EU budget veto over migrants
• Injured Anderson misses start of England's tour of India
• Guatemala mayor, daughter slain in troubled border region
• White House weighing whether greenhouse gas deal needs Senate approval
• Guilty verdict in 2011 Elko County murder; nabbed in Mexico
• Maduro, opponents trade 'coup' charges in Venezuela crisis
• Sturridge, Oxlade-Chamberlain seize League Cup opportunities
• Mexico's president: he doesn't think "how to screw Mexico"
• France starts tearing down 'Jungle' migrant camp
• US intel chief: Getting NKorea to give up nukes 'lost cause'
• Leverkusen upset in German Cup with coach watching on bus
• Ontario nurse charged in deaths of 8 nursing home residents

Iraqi army's elite force pauses advance near Mosul Posted: 25 Oct 2016 08:59 AM PDT By Stephen Kalin and Maher Chmaytelli EAST OF MOSUL/BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - An elite unit of the Iraqi army paused its week-long advance on Mosul as it approached the city's eastern edge on Tuesday, waiting for other U.S.-backed forces to close in on Islamic State's last major urban stronghold in Iraq. On the ninth day of the offensive on Mosul, government forces and allied Kurdish Peshmerga fighters are still fighting their way towards the outer limits of the northern city, in the early stages of an assault which could become the biggest military operation in Iraq in over a decade. The first force to get near to Mosul, advancing to within two kilometers (just over a mile) of Iraq's second largest city, was the elite U.S.-trained Counter Terrorism Service (CTS).

Philippines Duterte tells U.S. to forget about defense deal 'if I stay longer' Posted: 25 Oct 2016 03:47 AM PDT Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte hit out at the United States on Tuesday, saying he did not start a fight with Washington and it could forget about a military agreement between both countries if he were to be in power longer. Duterte said he was against the presence of any foreign troops in his country and the United States could "forget" an Enhanced Defence Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) with the Philippines, if he stayed longer, without elaborating. The United States, he said, should not treat the Philippines "like a dog with a leash", adding to confusion about the future the longtime allies' ties.

NATO seeks troops to deter Russia on eastern flank Posted: 25 Oct 2016 04:02 PM PDT By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO will press allies on Wednesday to contribute to its biggest military build-up on Russia's borders since the Cold War as the alliance prepares for a protracted quarrel with Moscow. With Russia's aircraft carrier heading to Syria in a show of force along Europe's shores, alliance defense ministers aim to make good on a July promise by NATO leaders to send forces to the Baltic states and eastern Poland from early next year. The United States hopes for binding commitments from Europe to fill four battle groups of some 4,000 troops, part of NATO's response to Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea and concern it could try a similar tactic in Europe's ex-Soviet states.

Workers wield sledgehammers to tear down Calais "Jungle" Posted: 25 Oct 2016 11:32 AM PDT By Matthias Blamont CALAIS, France (Reuters) - French workers began demolishing the "Jungle" shanty town in Calais on Tuesday, wielding sledgehammers to tear down makeshift dwellings as their former residents - migrants seeking entry to Britain - were moved out. Police equipped with water cannon stood guard over the demolition, while hundreds of migrants - some of whom have lived in the scrubland on the northern French coast for months or years - waited for buses to take them for resettlement across France. "The migrants have known for a long time this was going to happen," the Calais region's prefect, Fabienne Buccio, told Reuters after arriving at the camp escorted by between 150 and 200 riot police.

Russia says it extends moratorium on Aleppo air strikes Posted: 25 Oct 2016 02:00 PM PDT By Andrew Osborn and Lisa Barrington MOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Russia said on Tuesday it would extend a moratorium on air strikes on Syria's Aleppo into a ninth day, but a monitor and a civil defense official said that rebel-held parts of the divided city had been struck in recent days. Defence ministry spokesman Major-General Igor Konashenkov said Russian and Syrian planes had not even approached, let alone bombed, the devastated city since last Tuesday when Russia suspended air strikes ahead of a pause in hostilities. Rudskoi said that meant planes from Syria and Russia, which has been Damascus's most powerful ally in its six-year-old civil war, would continue to stay out of a 10-km (six-mile) zone around Aleppo.

Forensic police examine Australian theme park ride that killed four Posted: 25 Oct 2016 04:27 PM PDT By Tom Westbrook and Jane Wardell SYDNEY (Reuters) - Forensic police were examining a river rapids ride at Australia's biggest theme park on Wednesday after four people were killed when it apparently malfunctioned and they were trapped beneath an upturned raft. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those whose lives were lost in this terrible accident," Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio on Wednesday.

US says alleged Bali bombing figure to stay at Guantanamo Posted: 25 Oct 2016 05:38 PM PDT MIAMI (AP) — A U.S. government review board has rejected the release of the alleged Southeastern Asian terrorist leader known as Hambali from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Top Asian News 12:37 a.m. GMT Posted: 25 Oct 2016 05:37 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — National Intelligence Director James Clapper says it appears that a "non-state actor" was behind a massive cyberattack last week that briefly blocked access to websites including Twitter and Netflix. Clapper says investigators are gathering a lot of data and preliminary indications are that a non-state actor is to blame. But he says he wouldn't want to completely rule out whether a nation state might have been behind it or not. Clapper spoke Tuesday at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. Last Friday, cyberattacks crippled a major internet firm, repeatedly disrupting the availability of popular websites across the United States.

Nicaragua to accept OAS election observers Posted: 25 Oct 2016 05:30 PM PDT MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — The Organization of American States will send observers to Nicaragua's Nov. 6 elections, after President Daniel Ortega's government reversed its opposition to outside monitors.

Kids' 'miracle' survival as Australia theme park deaths probed Posted: 25 Oct 2016 05:27 PM PDT Two children had a "miracle" survival when a raft flipped at an Australian theme park killing four adults, police said on Wednesday, as claims emerged that safety concerns had been raised at Dreamworld last year. Two women and two men died when two rafts on the Thunder River Rapids ride at the Gold Coast tourist attraction collided Tuesday, tipping one backwards, with police saying the victims were "caught in machinery". "It seems, from what I've seen, almost a miracle that anybody came out of that," Queensland Police assistant commissioner Brian Codd told reporters after viewing CCTV footage of the tragedy.

Brazilian cowboys protest Supreme Court ruling Posted: 25 Oct 2016 05:22 PM PDT BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Police say at least 2,000 cowboys, many on horseback, are protesting in Brazil's capital against a Supreme Court decision earlier this month that the rodeo sport of "vaquejada" is illegal because it causes needless cruelty to animals.

McIlroy using new metals as equipment shift begins Posted: 25 Oct 2016 05:21 PM PDT SHANGHAI (AP) — Rory McIlroy is replacing his Nike driver and two fairway metals this week at the HSBC Champions as he begins to search for new equipment.

Mexico proposes senator for new attorney general Posted: 25 Oct 2016 05:14 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's president has nominated a senator to replace Arely Gomez as the country's attorney general.

Brazil widens investigation of gang rape in Rio suburb Posted: 25 Oct 2016 05:11 PM PDT SAO GONCALO, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian police widened the probe into a brutal gang rape by suspected drug dealers on the outskirts of Rio after the woman told investigators it wasn't the first time she had been sexually assaulted by traffickers, officials said Tuesday.

Gambia announces withdrawal from International Criminal Court Posted: 25 Oct 2016 05:47 PM PDT The government of Gambia said on Tuesday it was withdrawing from the International Criminal Court, accusing the world body of ignoring the "war crimes" of Western nations and seeking only to prosecute Africans. The decision by the tiny West African nation, whose president, Yahya Jammeh, has called on the court to investigate African migrant deaths on the Mediterranean, comes just days after South Africa said it was quitting The Hague-based tribunal. "This action is warranted by the fact that the ICC, despite being called the International Criminal Court, is in fact an International Caucasian Court for the persecution and humiliation of people of colour, especially Africans," Information Minister Sheriff Bojang said on state television.

Venezuela's congress opens political trial against Maduro Posted: 25 Oct 2016 04:56 PM PDT CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's opposition-controlled congress has opened a political trial against President Nicolas Maduro for breaking the constitutional order, deepening a standoff triggered by authorities' suspension of a recall referendum against the widely unpopular socialist leader.

Brazil president's plan to restore finances takes step forward Posted: 25 Oct 2016 04:53 PM PDT By Maria Carolina Marcello BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil President Michel Temer won another victory on Tuesday in his effort to restore fiscal discipline when the lower house of Congress approved a constitutional amendment to cap spending for 20 years. Heavy public spending, a recession and a massive corruption scandal rocking Brazil's political establishment undermined confidence in South America's biggest economy last year and stripped the country of its investment-grade rating with creditors. The constitutional amendment would limit the growth of public spending to the rate of inflation of the previous 12 months for up to 20 years.

Arizona sheriff officially charged with criminal contempt Posted: 25 Oct 2016 05:46 PM PDT PHOENIX (AP) — The longtime sheriff of metropolitan Phoenix was charged Tuesday with criminal contempt-of-court for ignoring a judge's order in a racial-profiling case, leaving the 84-year-old lawman in a tough spot two weeks before Election Day as he seeks a seventh term.

Canada parliament votes to take in Yazidi refugees Posted: 25 Oct 2016 04:45 PM PDT Canada's parliament adopted Tuesday an opposition motion to resettle Yazidi refugees within four months, while declaring IS group's persecution of Yazidis near the Syrian border in northern Iraq a genocide. Iraqi activist Nadia Murad was on hand for the unanimous vote in the House of Commons. The government said it is still sorting out a plan for the airlift and does not yet know how many Yazidi refugees Canada will take in over the 120-day period.

Paul Beatty's 'The Sellout' is first US Booker Prize winner Posted: 25 Oct 2016 04:41 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Paul Beatty's "The Sellout," a stinging satire of race and class in the United States that has drawn comparisons to Richard Pryor and Mark Twain, won the Man Booker Prize on Tuesday — the first time an American has taken the prestigious fiction award.

Women and men won't reach economic equality until 2186, index says Posted: 25 Oct 2016 04:37 PM PDT By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Efforts to close gender gaps in pay and workforce participation slowed so dramatically in the past year that men and women may not reach economic equality for another 170 years, the World Economic Forum said on Tuesday. Statistics just a year ago predicted the economic gap between genders could close in 118 years, but progress has decelerated, stalled or reversed in nations around the world, the Swiss non-profit WEF said in its annual gender gap index. Instead, they reflect the current state of progress and serve as a call to action," Saadia Zahidi, a member of the WEF executive committee, said in a statement.

Economic gender parity nearly two centuries off, WEF finds Posted: 25 Oct 2016 04:30 PM PDT By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi ZURICH (Reuters) - Progress in closing the global workplace gender gap is slowing dramatically, according to a World Economic Forum study, with a notable exception in Rwanda, a country still emerging from the aftermath of genocide that has become the world's leader on equal pay. "Progress towards parity in the key economic pillar has slowed dramatically with the gap now larger than at any point since 2008," WEF said when releasing its 2016 Global Gender Report on Wednesday. While high-income countries showed the narrowest gender gaps, low-income countries on average performed just as well as their upper-middle-income peers.

Global game: One-fourth of NBA rosters is international Posted: 25 Oct 2016 04:26 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA begins its season Tuesday night with international players making up one-quarter of the league.

Panama, Colombia step up border security Posted: 25 Oct 2016 04:14 PM PDT PANAMA CITY (AP) — The presidents of Panama and Colombia have signed agreements to increase security along their porous border, which is used by migrants and drug traffickers.

Guatemala deports US fugitive wanted in California killing Posted: 25 Oct 2016 04:10 PM PDT GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A U.S. fugitive wanted by the FBI for the Valentine's Day 2008 killing of a woman in Southern California was deported from Guatemala on Tuesday, a day after he was captured in the Central American nation.

Exclusive: WHO cancer agency asked experts to withhold weedkiller documents Posted: 25 Oct 2016 03:52 PM PDT In a letter and an email seen by Reuters, officials from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) cautioned scientists who worked on a review in 2015 of the weedkiller glyphosate against releasing requested material. The review, published in March 2015, concluded glyphosate is "probably carcinogenic," putting IARC at odds with regulators around the world. Critics say they want the documents to find out more about how IARC reached its conclusion.

Italy PM threatens EU budget veto over migrants Posted: 25 Oct 2016 03:48 PM PDT Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Tuesday threatened to veto the EU's budget over a lack of solidarity from European neighbours as it struggles with a huge influx of migrants. "We give 20 billion (euros) to Europe so that we can get back 12 -- and if Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia want to preach at us about immigrants, allow Italy to say that the system is no longer working," Renzi told RAI 1 television. Renzi railed against central European countries that have closed off their borders to migrants and refused to take in asylum seekers under an EU quota plan as Europe battles its worst migration crisis since World War II.

Injured Anderson misses start of England's tour of India Posted: 25 Oct 2016 03:36 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — England's record test wicket-taker James Anderson will miss at least the start of the team's tour of India as the pace bowler continues his recovery from a shoulder injury.

Guatemala mayor, daughter slain in troubled border region Posted: 25 Oct 2016 03:30 PM PDT GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan authorities say armed attackers have killed the mayor of a northern municipality near the country's border with Mexico. The man's 12-year-old daughter was also slain in the attack.

White House weighing whether greenhouse gas deal needs Senate approval Posted: 25 Oct 2016 03:06 PM PDT By Roberta Rampton LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Obama administration is evaluating whether an international agreement reached earlier this month to cut back on greenhouse gases used in refrigerators and air conditioners will need approval by the U.S. Senate, the White House said on Tuesday. Nearly 200 countries, including the United States and China, signed on to a deal in Kigali, Rwanda that would reduce the use of factory-made hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) gases. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said it is unclear whether the accord, which is an amendment to the 1987 Montreal Protocol, would need to be ratified by the U.S. Senate.

Guilty verdict in 2011 Elko County murder; nabbed in Mexico Posted: 25 Oct 2016 03:04 PM PDT ELKO, Nev. (AP) — A 34-year-old man accused of killing his estranged wife in Nevada and fleeing to Mexico more than five years ago has been convicted of murder in Elko County.

Maduro, opponents trade 'coup' charges in Venezuela crisis Posted: 25 Oct 2016 02:58 PM PDT Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accused the opposition-majority legislature Tuesday of staging a "parliamentary coup" after lawmakers voted to put him on trial amid a tense political and economic crisis. Accused by the legislature of "abandoning his post" and "criminal and political responsibility" for Venezuela's descent into crisis, Maduro fired back by calling a meeting of his National Defense Council on Wednesday -- the same day the opposition plans massive anti-government protests. Lawmakers earlier voted to open a "political and criminal trial" against Maduro over what they themselves have declared a coup: authorities' decision last week to halt their efforts to call a referendum on removing the leftist leader from power.

Sturridge, Oxlade-Chamberlain seize League Cup opportunities Posted: 25 Oct 2016 02:58 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — While the English League Cup lacks prestige, it still provides a platform in the early rounds for out-of-favor players or those lacking in confidence to make an impact. Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge and Arsenal winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain did just that on Tuesday.

Mexico's president: he doesn't think "how to screw Mexico" Posted: 25 Oct 2016 02:55 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's increasingly frank, embattled president launched a campaign to get people to talk positively about Mexico.

France starts tearing down 'Jungle' migrant camp Posted: 25 Oct 2016 02:53 PM PDT French workers escorted by riot police on Tuesday began tearing down shacks and tents in the Calais "Jungle" vacated by migrants who have been bussed to shelters around the country. The demolition work began on the second day of a massive operation to clear the squalid camp in northern France, where an estimated 6,000-8,000 migrants, mostly Afghans, Sudanese and Eritreans, have been living. Mattresses, blankets, clothes, pots and suitcases left behind by the migrants were also carted away.

US intel chief: Getting NKorea to give up nukes 'lost cause' Posted: 25 Oct 2016 02:44 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — National Intelligence director James Clapper said Tuesday that the U.S. goal of persuading North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons is probably a "lost cause" and the best hope is to cap its capability.

Leverkusen upset in German Cup with coach watching on bus Posted: 25 Oct 2016 02:42 PM PDT BERLIN (AP) — Bayer Leverkusen coach Roger Schmidt was helpless to intervene on Tuesday as his side slumped a 4-3 defeat on penalties at third-division Sportfreunde Lotte in the second round of the German Cup.

Ontario nurse charged in deaths of 8 nursing home residents Posted: 25 Oct 2016 02:33 PM PDT TORONTO (AP) — A nurse has been charged with the murders of eight elderly people at nursing homes in southwestern Ontario over a seven-year period, police said Tuesday.

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