Iraqi forces advance into E. Mosul, ISIS moves west
Iraqi forces Tuesday made significant advances into Mosul from the east Tuesday on the 16th day of the coalition offensive to drive ISIS from Iraq’s second city. Iraqi forces are reported by official sources to be in control of the Gogjali neighborhood and the Mosul state TV building....
GERMANY AT BOILING POINT: Furious mob takes to streets hunting and attacking migrants
The incident has highlighted once again the seething resentment that the far-right has for refugees who are spread out in accommodation centres across the country.
WAR ON THE STREETS OF PARIS: Armed migrants fight running battles in the French capital
A MIGRANT turf war erupted into violence on the streets of one of Paris' trendiest neighbourhoods early this morning as asylum seekers beat each other to a pulp with wooden clubs.
'We're being invaded right now'
The question is, why are liberals so quick to embrace this invasion, and why are traditionalists and conservatives like myself so resistant to erasing the borders, language and culture of this great nation?” More than 3 million foreigners came to the United States in 2014 and 2015 according to a new report from the Center for Immigration Studies. The foreign-born population in the United States, now standing at 43.3 million people, is at an all-time high.
Clinton, Trump Prepare for Possibility of Election Overtime
Clinton is assembling a voter protection program that has drawn thousands of lawyers agreeing to lend their time and expertise in battleground states, though the campaign isn’t saying exactly how many or where. It is readying election observers in Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Hampshire, Iowa, Nevada and Arizona to assess any concerns -- including the potential for voter intimidation -- and to verify normal procedures.
Hackers may abuse open data for ‘ultimate’ attack and chaos, says ‘father’ of World Wide Web
“If you disrupted traffic data for example, to tell everybody that all the roads south of the river are closed, so everybody would go north of the river, that would gridlock you [and] disable the city,” he told the outlet.
Netanyahu to Abbas: If settlements didn’t exist, would you recognize a Jewish state?
“I [have] turned not only to Hamas, but to President Abbas, and I said, 'Would you recognize a Jewish state, assuming we solve the settlement problem?'” Netanyahu said. “And they won't, because the real settlement issues are the settlements of Tel Aviv, Jaffa, Haifa, Akko,” Netanyahu said.
Volcano on Rome’s doorstep is slowly reawakening
A dormant volcano just outside Rome could be slowly reawakening, scientists have said, raising fears of a Pompeii-style ash-and-rock cloud sweeping across the Italian capital...an international team of researchers reported that the ground in the region is rising by 2-3mm per year and underground chambers located several kilometres below the towns of Ariccia, Castel Gandolfo and Albano are filling up with magma...
Another Earthquake Hits Oklahoma Area Shook by Major Temblor
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has shaken north-central Oklahoma, hitting the same area where a record-setting 5.8 magnitude quake struck two months ago. The earthquake occurred at 11:27 p.m. Tuesday. The U.S. Geological Survey reports the epicenter was near Pawnee, about 70 miles northeast of Oklahoma City.
Islamic State-Linked Magazine Urges ‘Lone-Wolf’ Attacks in West to Avenge Mosul
In the second issue of the magazine, titled Nashir – Now Fight Has Come, the writers remind Muslims...of the “privilege” they have residing “among our enemies who live peacefully in their countries,”... “...You should stop its bleeding by carrying out exhaustion operations of the Enemy’s power and blood … cut their heads by your knives, let us hear your guns blasting their heads,” it also states, according to FD.
Number of home-schooled students has doubled since 1999, new data shows
Approximately 1.8 million U.S. children were home-schooled in 2012, more than double the number that were home-schooled in 1999, when the federal government began gathering data on national home-schooling trends, according to estimates released Tuesday. The estimated number of home-schooled children represents 3.4 percent of the U.S. student population between the ages of 5 and 17.
Society Commentary DC City Council Votes to Allow Physician-Assisted Suicide. That’ll Change Us All, for the Worse.
Earlier today, the D.C. City Council voted to allow physician-assisted suicide. But the debate isn’t over. The Washington Post reports that “the council must still hold a final vote on the bill, possibly as early as Nov. 15,” and that the mayor, Muriel Bowser, must decide if she’ll sign or veto the bill.
Mosul battle: Iraqi troops secure foothold in eastern outskirts
Iraqi forces are securing their foothold in the city of Mosul, moving from house to house to clear areas of Islamic State (IS) militants. Soldiers and special forces paused their advance on Wednesday, a day after pushing into the eastern outskirts. A BBC journalist says they are moving with caution, amid fears of ambushes, secret tunnels and booby traps.
Is a ‘Moroccan spring’ coming?
Angry demonstrations in Morocco have raised the question of how stable the kingdom, which survived the Arab spring intact, actually is today. The trigger for the protests, which have been peaceful thus far, bears similarities to that which set off unrest in Tunisia nearly six years ago and spread into the convulsions that swept up Egypt, Libya and Syria.
Hurrah to American Express for Dumping Roger Waters for Anti-Israel Bias
Major companies pride themselves on being good corporate citizens. It is not always true, but when a positive example is set, it merits praise. I would like to single out American Express for its integrity after withdrawing its sponsorship for a tour by former Pink Floyd front man, Roger Waters. According to the New York Post, “The credit giant took off the table a $4 million sponsorship of Waters’ 2017 tour in North America following his partisan and anti-Israel rhetoric this month at a festival that American Express sponsored.”
Russian Armada Enters Mediterranean En Route to Syria
A Russian naval contingency led by the missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky has arrived in the Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean, Russia’s Defense Minister General Sergey Shoigu said on Tuesday, according to a TASS report.
Venezuela's Currency Disintegrates: Bolivar Plummets 20% In One Week
When we reported last week that Venezuela's government has finally thrown in the towel on the hyperinflation plaguing the bankrupt nation...
3,210 Syrian Refugees So Far in 2016; Up 675% from 2015; 99.1% Are Muslims
The Obama administration has resettled 13,210 Syrian refugees into the United States since the beginning of 2016 – an increase of 675 percent over the same 10-month period in 2015.
The U.S. Stock Market Isn’t Going Clinton’s Way
Few institutions have a better track record calling presidential races than the U.S. stock market. At the moment, it’s sending information that counts against Democrat Hillary Clinton.
China proudly debuts its new stealth jet it built 'by hacking into US computers and stealing plans'
China's controversial stealth jet has China's controversial stealth jet has made its first flyby, giving the public and media a glimpse of the aircraft believed to be a copy of America's F-22 and built using hacked US military blueprints. Taking to the skies at the airshow in the southern city of Zhuhai, in Guangdong province, the J-20 stealth fighter passed by onlookers in a thunderous demonstration