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• Islamic State kills civilians in Mosul to deter support for army
• Air strikes pound rebel-held east Aleppo after weeks-long pause
• Air strike targeting militants kills seven in southern Libya: official
• France, U.N. tell Trump action on climate change unstoppable
• U.S. says war crimes probe of U.S. forces in Afghanistan unwarranted
• Polls, Macron campaign launch throw French presidential election wide open
• De Kooning painting fetches record $66.3M in NYC
• UN committee flags Iran over human rights
• Nicaragua ruling party widens majority in Congress after vote
• Energy companies lead indexes higher as oil price soars
• Klinsmann stays with same lineup vs Costa Rica, but in 4-4-2
• How the Dow Jones industrial average fared on Tuesday
• Eagles of Death Metal singer makes appearance at tribute show
• Court defends Venezuela president against trial threat
• China holds officials to account for sloppy environmental efforts
• Deaths by firearms reach record highs in Mexico: study
• Dakota Access pipeline protests spread, firms fight back
• Top Asian News 12:41 a.m. GMT
• Astros name Alex Cora bench coach, replacing Trey Hillman
• Both sides accused of abuses in battle for Mosul
• Ex-Naval attache admits securing clearances for bribes
• UN committee votes to condemn Russian occupation of Crimea
• England freezes twice as Spain snatches 2-2 draw
• Canada's Trudeau visits Cuba to reboot ties
• 'Mollycoddled' Aussie cricketers face backlash
• 4 months on, Italy-Germany ends scoreless in Milan
• US won't turn away from Asia: admiral
• Syria's Assad: must wait and see if Trump lives up to promises to fight militants
• UN condemns Syria over civilian attacks
• Djokovic wins again, reaches semifinals at ATP finals
• Philippe Sands' history of war crimes wins nonfiction prize
• Key Venezuela lawmakers step down in concession to government
• Djokovic beats Raonic to book last four spot at Tour Finals
• GOP senator declares US 'reset' with Russia unacceptable
• Navy reaches quake-hit New Zealand town
• DRCongo transfers mining royalties to Kabila ally: NGO
• Tour going from lasers to cameras to track shots on greens
• U.S. says war crimes probe of U.S. forces in Afghanistan unwarranted

Islamic State kills civilians in Mosul to deter support for army Posted: 15 Nov 2016 05:59 AM PST By Dominic Evans and John Davison BAGHDAD/QAYYARA, Iraq (Reuters) - Islamic State has summarily killed 21 civilians in Mosul it accused of collaborating with U.S.-backed security forces, which said their offensive to recapture the city from the jihadists had made further advances. The killings, reported on Tuesday by a medical source, indicate that the ultra-hardline group has maintained its ability to police Mosul, more than four weeks after the start of the offensive on the northern Iraqi city. Counter terrorism forces breached Islamic State defenses in the east of the city two weeks ago but have faced resistance from the militants who have deployed suicide car bombs, snipers and waves of counter-attacks.

Air strikes pound rebel-held east Aleppo after weeks-long pause Posted: 15 Nov 2016 01:33 PM PST By Ellen Francis and Angus McDowall BEIRUT (Reuters) - Intense air strikes resumed in rebel-held districts of eastern Aleppo after a weeks-long pause on Tuesday, killing at least three people, residents and a war monitor said. Syrian state television said the Damascus government's air force took part in strikes against "terrorist strongholds" in Aleppo's Old City while Russia said it had struck Islamic State and former Nusra Front sites elsewhere in Syria, without mentioning Aleppo.

Air strike targeting militants kills seven in southern Libya: official Posted: 15 Nov 2016 02:57 PM PST An air strike targeting Islamist militants has killed at least seven people near the southwestern Libyan city of Sabha, a local official and media reports said on Tuesday. Gunmen later seized the remains of the suspected militants from a morgue, said the official, who did not want to be identified for fear of reprisals. The early morning strike hit three houses in Gardah, northwest of Sabha, destroying two of them and damaging the third, said the official.

France, U.N. tell Trump action on climate change unstoppable Posted: 15 Nov 2016 04:45 PM PST By Nina Chestney and Alister Doyle MARRAKESH, Morocco (Reuters) - France and the United Nations on Tuesday stepped up warnings to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump about the risks of quitting a 2015 global plan to combat climate change, saying a historic shift from fossil fuels is unstoppable. French President Francois Hollande, addressing almost 200 nations meeting in Morocco on ways to slow global warming, said that inaction would be "disastrous for future generations and it would be dangerous for peace". Both he and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Trump, who has called man-made global warming a hoax, to drop a campaign pledge to cancel the global 2015 Paris Agreement that aims to shift from fossil fuels to cleaner energies.

U.S. says war crimes probe of U.S. forces in Afghanistan unwarranted Posted: 15 Nov 2016 04:37 PM PST An International Criminal Court investigation of possible war crimes by U.S. forces in Afghanistan is not "warranted or appropriate," the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday after prosecutors in The Hague found initial grounds for such a probe. State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau said the United States was not a party to the Rome Statute that created the International Criminal Court in The Hague and had not consented to ICC jurisdiction.

Polls, Macron campaign launch throw French presidential election wide open Posted: 15 Nov 2016 03:44 PM PST By Andrew Callus PARIS (Reuters) - France's presidential election campaign, until now apparently sleepwalking towards victory for ex-Prime Minister Alain Juppe, jolts into life on Wednesday as a far younger man launches his bid for the job and polls show the 71-year-old losing his lead. Juppe has fought his campaign so far on a centrist platform to the left of his main rival for the centre-right ticket, Nicolas Sarkozy. Since the weekend, opinion polls have been showing Francois Fillon, the prime minister under Sarkozy's first presidency between 2007 and 2012, gaining ground fast as the "third man" in the Les Republicains ticket contest.

De Kooning painting fetches record $66.3M in NYC Posted: 15 Nov 2016 05:38 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — A large painting from one of Willem de Kooning's most productive periods sold for $66.3 million at Christie's auction of contemporary art.

UN committee flags Iran over human rights Posted: 15 Nov 2016 05:24 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. committee on Tuesday urged Iran to cease enforced disappearances and the widespread use of arbitrary detention and has expressed serious concern about severe limitations on freedom of thought, conscience and religion or belief.

Nicaragua ruling party widens majority in Congress after vote Posted: 15 Nov 2016 05:20 PM PST Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega's party strengthened its majority in the country's Congress after his landslide re-election earlier this month, the country's electoral authority said on Tuesday. Ortega, a former Marxist guerilla and the head of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) party, won his third consecutive term in the election on Nov. 6, as voters cheered years of solid economic growth and overlooked criticism he is installing a family dynasty. The electoral authority, which needed more than a week to tally results from across the country including isolated communities, said Ortega's Sandinistas won 71 of the 92 seats in Congress, up from the 63 seats they won in the 2011 election.

Energy companies lead indexes higher as oil price soars Posted: 15 Nov 2016 05:19 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks climbed Tuesday as the price of oil made its biggest jump in seven months and energy companies rose with it. Technology stocks like Microsoft and Google's parent Alphabet traded higher and bond yields slipped, a break with the pattern since last week's election.

Klinsmann stays with same lineup vs Costa Rica, but in 4-4-2 Posted: 15 Nov 2016 05:42 PM PST SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann stayed with basically the same starting lineup against Costa Rica that opened Friday's 2-1 loss to Mexico but switched to a conventional 4-4-2 formation.

How the Dow Jones industrial average fared on Tuesday Posted: 15 Nov 2016 05:17 PM PST U.S. stocks climbed Tuesday as the price of oil made its biggest jump in seven months and energy companies rose with it. Technology stocks like Microsoft and Google's parent Alphabet traded higher and bond yields slipped, a break with the pattern since last week's election.

Eagles of Death Metal singer makes appearance at tribute show Posted: 15 Nov 2016 05:14 PM PST Eagles of Death Metal frontman Jesse Hughes on Tuesday made a surprise performance at a London tribute concert to his "dear friend" Nick Alexander, the roadie killed in last year's Paris attacks. The US rocker performed a solo set and joined in a mass singalong of Neil Young's classic hit "Rockin' in the Free World" with other artists including British indie group Maximo Park and solo artists Gaz Coombes and Frank Turner. Alexander, a 36-year-old Briton, was selling merchandise at the band's concert at Paris' Bataclan concert hall on November 13 last year when he was killed by Islamic terrorists.

Court defends Venezuela president against trial threat Posted: 15 Nov 2016 05:05 PM PST Venezuela's high court ordered the opposition on Tuesday to drop plans for a political trial against President Nicolas Maduro, whose rivals blame him for food shortages in the volatile country. The opposition majority in the legislature had vowed to stage a kind of impeachment trial against Maduro, who has resisted its other efforts to remove him from office. It ruled that the notion of a political or impeachment trial does not exist in the Venezuelan constitution.

China holds officials to account for sloppy environmental efforts Posted: 15 Nov 2016 04:52 PM PST China has called more than 1,500 government officials to account for recent major environmental problems across three provinces, after recent inspections found insufficient implementation of pollution control efforts, the environmental ministry said. The Ministry of Environmental Protection said late on Tuesday that it had received feedback from inspection teams dispatched to Heilongjiang, Henan and Jiangsu provinces, the first group among eight regions the government plans to check. The country has stepped up its efforts to crackdown on pollution as public anger grows over damaging smog levels and environmental degradation and the ministry has in the past year punished numerous factories and polluting industries.

Deaths by firearms reach record highs in Mexico: study Posted: 15 Nov 2016 04:50 PM PST Murder by firearms in Mexico have hit record levels under the government of President Enrique Pena Nieto as the death toll from gang violence worsens, a study showed on Tuesday. The months of July to September have seen the highest murder tolls since Pena Nieto took office in December 2012 pledging to curb gang violence that rose sharply under his predecessor. August and September, the latest months for which data are available, were also the worst two months for deaths by firearm ever registered, according to the National Citizen Observatory (ONC), a civil group monitoring justice and security in Mexico.

Dakota Access pipeline protests spread, firms fight back Posted: 15 Nov 2016 04:42 PM PST By Liz Hampton HOUSTON (Reuters) - Demonstrators fanned out across North America on Tuesday to demand the U.S. government halt or reroute the Dakota Access pipeline as the companies behind the controversial project asked a federal court for permission to complete it. In what organizers said were the largest demonstrations to date against the pipeline, thousands of people rallied outside Army Corps of Engineers offices, banks and energy companies, a day after the Obama administration delayed granting a permit needed to finish the project. There were arrests in North Dakota, where the most heated protests took place.

Top Asian News 12:41 a.m. GMT Posted: 15 Nov 2016 04:41 PM PST MANILA, Philippines (AP) — U.S. and Philippine special forces will begin annual combat exercises on Wednesday in a sign such joint drills are continuing despite vocal opposition by the Philippine president. The U.S. military says that so far there's been no reduction in cooperation with the Philippines, a longstanding U.S. ally, despite President Rodrigo Duterte's threats to do so and his expressed desire to expand security ties with China and Russia. But in a sign of a possible restriction, Philippine army spokesman Col. Benjamin Hao said Tuesday both the U.S. and the Philippines have agreed to forego live-fire drills in the field during the month-long Balance Piston exercises which will take place in the western province of Palawan.

Astros name Alex Cora bench coach, replacing Trey Hillman Posted: 15 Nov 2016 04:34 PM PST HOUSTON (AP) — Alex Cora has been hired as bench coach for the Houston Astros.

Both sides accused of abuses in battle for Mosul Posted: 15 Nov 2016 04:31 PM PST Islamic State militants summarily killed 21 civilians in Mosul in the last three days, most of them accused of collaborating with the Iraqi forces who are attacking the city, a medical source in Mosul said. No bodies have emerged, unlike last week when 20 corpses were strung up across Mosul in a public warning against cooperating with the army. Human Rights Watch meanwhile said that Iraqi soldiers, militiamen and civilians had mutilated the bodies of Islamic State militants south of Mosul.

Ex-Naval attache admits securing clearances for bribes Posted: 15 Nov 2016 04:31 PM PST SAN DIEGO (AP) — A former U.S. Naval attache to the U.S. embassy in the Philippines illicitly secured diplomatic clearances for a Malaysian defense contractor in exchange for luxury watches and the services of prostitutes, pleading guilty to bribery charges Tuesday in the Navy's worst corruption scandal.

UN committee votes to condemn Russian occupation of Crimea Posted: 15 Nov 2016 04:06 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A key U.N. committee approved a resolution Tuesday condemning Russia's "temporary occupation" of Crimea and reaffirming the United Nations' commitment to Ukraine's sovereignty over the Black Sea peninsula.

England freezes twice as Spain snatches 2-2 draw Posted: 15 Nov 2016 03:59 PM PST LONDON (AP) — When England's players froze on the field at the start of the second half against Spain, it was to celebrate Jamie Vardy establishing a two-goal lead by contributing to the mannequin challenge.

Canada's Trudeau visits Cuba to reboot ties Posted: 15 Nov 2016 03:52 PM PST Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in Cuba Tuesday to boost ties as a breakthrough in the communist island's US relations hung in the balance following Donald Trump's presidential election win. After arriving at Havana airport, Trudeau headed straight to the city's iconic Revolution Square and laid a wreath, an AFP photographer saw. The two-day visit is the first stop on a tour that will also take Trudeau to Argentina and to Peru for the APEC Asia-Pacific trade summit.

'Mollycoddled' Aussie cricketers face backlash Posted: 15 Nov 2016 03:47 PM PST Australia's media lashed out at the country's "mollycoddled" cricketers Wednesday, saying they were a "disgrace" and heads should roll after crashing to a fifth successive Test defeat. The tabloid Sydney Daily Telegraph called the team "a bunch of amateurs", with cricket writer Robert Craddock saying they had become pampered and lost their backbone. "Australian cricket is facing its greatest crisis in 30 years, and it only has itself to blame," he said, adding that there were no longer any of the "flint hard Test players that once did our nation proud".

4 months on, Italy-Germany ends scoreless in Milan Posted: 15 Nov 2016 03:38 PM PST MILAN (AP) — Four months proved to be a long time in international football as Italy drew 0-0 against Germany on Tuesday in a match which bore little resemblance to their enthralling encounter at the European Championship.

US won't turn away from Asia: admiral Posted: 15 Nov 2016 03:34 PM PST The United States will not end up turning away from Asia in coming years, a top US military official said Tuesday, as Donald Trump's White House win kept regional allies fretting. Trump annoyed Japan by saying it was not paying enough in the US-Japanese military relationship. "It would be inappropriate for me to speculate on a potential policy initiative of the next administration or certainly for me to wade in politics," said Admiral Harry Harris, commander of US Pacific Command.

Syria's Assad: must wait and see if Trump lives up to promises to fight militants Posted: 15 Nov 2016 03:28 PM PST By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al Assad said on Tuesday Damascus would have to "wait and see" if U.S. President-elect Donald Trump would change Washington's policy on Syria but that he was ready to cooperate with him in fighting militants. In his first comments on Trump's election victory, Assad said the Republican leader had made promising comments on the need to battle Islamists in Syria's war but "can he deliver?" "We don't have a lot of expectations because the U.S. administration is not only about the President ... So we have to wait and see when he embarks on his new mission as president in two months' time," he said. "What about the countervailing forces within the (U.S.) administration?" Assad told a Portuguese television channel in remarks released by Syrian state television, pointing to what he said were rival "lobbies and powers" that traditionally influence any incumbent U.S. president.

UN condemns Syria over civilian attacks Posted: 15 Nov 2016 03:23 PM PST UN member states on Tuesday overwhelmingly condemned escalating attacks against civilians in Aleppo and called for a ceasefire to pave the way to a settlement of the five-year war in Syria. A resolution drafted by Saudi Arabia, which is backing rebels fighting the Syrian government, was adopted by a vote of 116 to 15, with 49 abstentions, in the General Assembly's human rights committee. Russia and Iran, Syria's allies in the war, were among the 15 who voted against the measure, which is expected to go to the full assembly next month.

Djokovic wins again, reaches semifinals at ATP finals Posted: 15 Nov 2016 03:17 PM PST LONDON (AP) — Novak Djokovic edged a bit closer to the year-end No. 1 ranking.

Philippe Sands' history of war crimes wins nonfiction prize Posted: 15 Nov 2016 03:11 PM PST LONDON (AP) — Human rights lawyer Philippe Sands won Britain's leading nonfiction literary award on Tuesday for a book about the fight to prosecute war crimes that blends historical investigation and family memoir.

Key Venezuela lawmakers step down in concession to government Posted: 15 Nov 2016 03:10 PM PST Three opposition lawmakers at the center of a dispute between Venezuela's congress and its top court stepped down on Tuesday following an agreement meant to ease a political standoff between the opposition and President Nicolas Maduro. Lawmakers Julio Ygarza, Nirma Guarulla and Romel Guzamana submitted their resignations in writing to congress on Tuesday. The lawmakers, two from the Amazonas jungle state and one who represents indigenous groups, were key to handing the opposition a super majority in December 2015's legislative elections.

Djokovic beats Raonic to book last four spot at Tour Finals Posted: 15 Nov 2016 03:10 PM PST Novak Djokovic booked his place in the semi-finals of the ATP Tour Finals with an emotional 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/5) victory over Milos Raonic on Tuesday. Despite having a spiritual guru in his camp these days, Djokovic has been anything but serene lately and once again the defending champion cut an angst-ridden figure for long periods of a tense clash in the prestigious season-ending event at London's O2 Arena. Djokovic had reacted furiously after being grilled by the media about a potentially dangerous incident when he slammed a ball into the stands during his win against Dominic Thiem on Sunday.

GOP senator declares US 'reset' with Russia unacceptable Posted: 15 Nov 2016 03:04 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading Republican voice on national security matters has declared as "unacceptable" any attempt by the incoming Trump administration to reset relations with Russia.

Navy reaches quake-hit New Zealand town Posted: 15 Nov 2016 02:59 PM PST By Lincoln Feast and Charlotte Greenfield WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Two New Zealand navy vessels on Wednesday reached a small South Island town cut off for more than two days by a devastating earthquake, bringing supplies of food and water and plans to evacuate hundreds of stranded tourists and residents. Prime Minister John Key went to Kaikoura by helicopter to inspect damage to roads that cut off the seaside tourist town after the 8 magnitude tremor that struck just after midnight on Sunday. The quake buffeted much of central New Zealand and left two people dead.

DRCongo transfers mining royalties to Kabila ally: NGO Posted: 15 Nov 2016 02:52 PM PST The Democratic Republic of Congo's state mining firm has signed away the royalties from the country's most lucrative mining project to a company owned by a close friend of President Joseph Kabila, Global Witness said on Tuesday. The NGO, which fights corruption and environmental and rights abuses, said Gecamines signed away royalties from Swiss mining giant Glencore for a copper project in the country's southeast to an anonymous Cayman Islands company called Africa Horizons Investment Limited. It said the January 2015 contract "does not explain what, if anything, Congo's state mining company received in compensation for handing over these rights" from the Kamoto mines.

Tour going from lasers to cameras to track shots on greens Posted: 15 Nov 2016 02:52 PM PST JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The laser machines that have been tracing shots at PGA Tour events for more than a decade were getting old and needed to be replaced. That led tour officials to ask if there was a better method to collect data.

U.S. says war crimes probe of U.S. forces in Afghanistan unwarranted Posted: 15 Nov 2016 02:45 PM PST An International Criminal Court investigation of possible war crimes by U.S. forces in Afghanistan is not "warranted or appropriate," the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday after prosecutors in The Hague found initial grounds for such a probe. State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau said the United States was not a party to the Rome Statute that created the International Criminal Court in The Hague and had not consented to ICC jurisdiction.

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