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• Top Asian News 12:49 a.m. GMT
• Runners sidelined by bomb blast take to streets of NYC
• The U.S. Scores Its First Terror-Related Hacking Conviction In The War Against ISIS
• With Clinton and Trump in a Virtual Tie, Monday’s Debate Could Tip the Balance
• The Latest: UN takes no action after arguments over Aleppo
• Jordan writer in anti-Islam case shot dead at court
• Jordan’s small light in a dark Mideast
• Jordanian writer shot dead outside court before trial over cartoon
• U.S., Russia trade blows over Syria as warplanes pound Aleppo
• Jordan's PM re-appointed after elections
• Jordanian writer gunned down outside courthouse
• Algeria urges OPEC decision to stabilise oil price
• In battle for Iraq's Mosul, many forces with many motives
• US terror attacks' common denominator: Anwar al-Awlaki
• Suicide bomber targets Shiites in Iraqi capital, kills 7
• Islamic State claims Baghdad suicide bombing that kills seven
• Turkey treating Iraqi Kurdish security wounded fighting IS
• Muslim Americans Should Reject The Politics of Normalcy
• Today in History
• The Latest: Somalia says al-Shabab is defeated militarily
• Battle rages near Aleppo, air onslaught continues
• Two teenage girls held in France over 'terror plot'
• Turkey could only join US Raqa op without Kurds, says Erdogan

Top Asian News 12:49 a.m. GMT Posted: 25 Sep 2016 05:49 PM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — After fleeing North Korea to avoid extreme poverty and oppression, the young woman allowed a stranger to arrange a marriage for her with a rural Chinese farmer because she had nowhere to go. An even more painful decision came later. She said severe abuse by her husband, including once being tied to a post, and the constant fear police would send her back to the North to face torture and prison convinced her that she needed to flee to South Korea. She decided she had to make the risky journey alone, leaving behind the young daughter she had with her Chinese husband.

Runners sidelined by bomb blast take to streets of NYC Posted: 25 Sep 2016 05:23 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — A group of runners whose New Jersey race was canceled after a pipe bomb exploded on the route linked arms as they joined a New York City race Sunday, and said they had no fear about taking part.

The U.S. Scores Its First Terror-Related Hacking Conviction In The War Against ISIS Posted: 25 Sep 2016 02:53 PM PDT Recent reports suggest that 40 ISIS operatives who assisted in the Paris attack are still at large in Europe, and the group has claimed smaller-scale (though no less tragic) attacks like the recent Minnesota mall stabbing around the world. A high-ranking spokesperson was recently killed in Syria, but the U.S. government is also fighting a root cause of ISIS' rise — the use of technology in aiding the Islamic State. Ardit Ferizi pleaded guilty to several acts, including gaining system-administrator level access to a server that held names of military and other government personnel.

With Clinton and Trump in a Virtual Tie, Monday’s Debate Could Tip the Balance Posted: 25 Sep 2016 02:27 PM PDT With signs of an ever-tightening presidential contest, the political world was abuzz with speculation and advice for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump Sunday on the eve of their crucial first nationally televised debate. Meanwhile, Trump, who has made it this far on the strength of vicious personal attacks on his opponents, harsh anti-immigrant rhetoric and scary, dystopian portrayals of the U.S. in sharp decline, must somehow show he has the vision and temperament to lead the country. Just 24 hours before Clinton and Trump face off on the campus of Hofstra University on Long Island in the first of three scheduled debates, the Sunday talk shows were dominated by tons of free strategic advice from political pols along those lines.

The Latest: UN takes no action after arguments over Aleppo Posted: 25 Sep 2016 12:51 PM PDT The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local): 10:30 p.m. An emergency session of the U.N. Security Council on Syria has ended with no action taken as Russia clashed openly with representatives ...

Jordan writer in anti-Islam case shot dead at court Posted: 25 Sep 2016 11:47 AM PDT A prominent Jordanian writer was shot dead Sunday on the steps of a court where he was facing charges for sharing an anti-Islam cartoon on Facebook. Nahed Hattar was struck by three bullets before the alleged assassin was arrested at the scene of the shooting in Amman's central Abdali district, said the official Petra news agency. The assailant -- bearded and dressed in a grey dishdasha worn by conservative Muslim men -- shot Hattar, a 56-year-old Christian, as he made his way up the steps outside the court, a security source told AFP.

Jordan’s small light in a dark Mideast Posted: 25 Sep 2016 11:38 AM PDT A good example is the Sept. 20 election in Jordan for a new lower house of parliament. The Muslim Brotherhood put up candidates for the first time in nearly a decade and did well – largely because it dropped the slogan "the Quran is our constitution" and instead proposed secular reforms. In addition, an estimated 2,000 Jordanians have joined Islamic State.

Jordanian writer shot dead outside court before trial over cartoon Posted: 25 Sep 2016 11:33 AM PDT By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - A gunman shot dead Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar on Sunday outside the court where he was to stand trial on charges of contempt of religion after sharing on social media a caricature seen as insulting Islam, witnesses and state media said. Hattar, a Christian and an anti-Islamist activist, was arrested last month after sharing on social media a caricature depicting a bearded man in heaven smoking in bed with women and asking God to bring him wine and clear his dishes. Lebanon's powerful Shi'ite Hezbollah militant group mourned Hattar as a "brave and vocal voice" against the Takfiris, a derogatory term used to describe hard-line Sunni fundamentalists such as Islamic State.

U.S., Russia trade blows over Syria as warplanes pound Aleppo Posted: 25 Sep 2016 11:14 AM PDT By Michelle Nichols and Suleiman Al-Khalidi UNITED NATIONS/AMMAN (Reuters) - The United States accused Russia of "barbarism" in Syria on Sunday as warplanes supporting Syrian government forces pounded Aleppo and Moscow said ending the civil war was almost "impossible". A diplomatic solution to the fighting looked unlikely as U.S. and Russian diplomats disagreed at a U.N. Security Council meeting called to discuss the violence, which has escalated since a ceasefire collapsed last week. Rebels, who are battling President Bashar al-Assad's forces for control of Aleppo, said any peace process would be futile unless the "scorched earth bombing" stopped immediately.

Jordan's PM re-appointed after elections Posted: 25 Sep 2016 10:32 AM PDT Jordan's King Abdullah II re-appointed Prime Minister Hani al-Malki on Sunday to form a new government following elections in which the Muslim Brotherhood made its return as a parliamentary force. "The king has accepted the resignation of Hani al-Malki's government and charged him with forming a new one," the royal palace said in a statement. Malki, 65, an engineer by training, was closely involved with the negotiations that led to Jordan signing a peace deal with Israel in 1994.

Jordanian writer gunned down outside courthouse Posted: 25 Sep 2016 10:25 AM PDT AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A prominent and outspoken Jordanian writer on Sunday was shot dead in front of the courthouse where he had been on trial for posting a cartoon deemed offensive to Islam on social media.

Algeria urges OPEC decision to stabilise oil price Posted: 25 Sep 2016 10:15 AM PDT The world's top oil producers "must take a decision" to stabilise prices, Algeria's energy minister said on Sunday ahead of an OPEC meeting on Wednesday in Algiers. Oil prices are already depressed after two years of oversupply amid deep disagreements between members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Failing to agree on a production freeze could push prices even lower, Noureddine Boutarfa told reporters in Algiers.

In battle for Iraq's Mosul, many forces with many motives Posted: 25 Sep 2016 09:48 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — An unlikely array of forces is converging on the city of Mosul, lining up for a battle on the historic plains of northern Iraq that is likely to be decisive in the war against the Islamic State group.

US terror attacks' common denominator: Anwar al-Awlaki Posted: 25 Sep 2016 08:03 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Five years after Anwar al-Awlaki was killed by an American drone strike, he keeps inspiring acts of terror.

Suicide bomber targets Shiites in Iraqi capital, kills 7 Posted: 25 Sep 2016 05:19 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber in Iraq killed at least seven people who were setting up tents on Sunday ahead of a major Shiite religious observance next month, officials said.

Islamic State claims Baghdad suicide bombing that kills seven Posted: 25 Sep 2016 03:42 AM PDT A suicide bomber blew himself up in a commercial street of Baghdad on Sunday, killing seven and wounding 28, police sources said, as Islamic State steps up attacks in Iraq. The militants' Amaq news agency said the bombing targeted members of the Badr Organisation, the most powerful Iraqi Shi'ite militia, which is backed by Iran. Islamic State has intensified bomb attacks in government-held areas of Iraq this year as it loses territory to U.S.-backed Iraqi forces and Iranian-backed Shi'ite militias.

Turkey treating Iraqi Kurdish security wounded fighting IS Posted: 25 Sep 2016 03:17 AM PDT ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey's foreign ministry says 60 security personnel belonging to the Kurdish Regional Government in Iraq who were critically wounded fighting the Islamic State group are receiving treatment in Turkey.

Muslim Americans Should Reject The Politics of Normalcy Posted: 25 Sep 2016 01:00 AM PDT It seems like every day, there is a new story involving Muslim Americans being kicked off of planes, harassed online, assaulted on the street, or worse. With news of each new terrorist attack perpetrated by extremists in the United States and abroad, Islamophobia is on the rise. Donald Trump has made suspicion of American Muslims a pillar of his campaign, and discussions of blanket bans and religious tests for immigrants have become so regular as to be mundane.

Today in History Posted: 24 Sep 2016 09:01 PM PDT Today in History

The Latest: Somalia says al-Shabab is defeated militarily Posted: 24 Sep 2016 08:00 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The latest on the high-level U.N. General Assembly meetings (all times local):

Battle rages near Aleppo, air onslaught continues Posted: 24 Sep 2016 07:05 PM PDT By Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government and rebel forces battled for control of high ground on the Aleppo outskirts on Saturday as warplanes bombed the city's opposition-held east relentlessly in a Russian-backed offensive that has left Washington's Syria policy in tatters. In their first major ground advance of the offensive, the army and its militia allies seized control of the Handarat Palestinian refugee camp, a few kilometers north of Aleppo, only for rebels to counterattack a few hours later. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the battle was ongoing.

Two teenage girls held in France over 'terror plot' Posted: 24 Sep 2016 05:35 PM PDT The suspects, aged 17 and 19, live in the same area of Nice as Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, the radicalised Tunisian man who drove the truck that killed 86 people in the city on July 14. The teenagers have told investigators they had been in contact with Rachid Kassim, a French jihadist based in the areas of Syria and Iraq held by the Islamic State group. "They admitted they had been planning a violent attack under the influence of Rachid Kassim before abandoning their plans," a source in the investigation said.

Turkey could only join US Raqa op without Kurds, says Erdogan Posted: 24 Sep 2016 05:27 PM PDT President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Turkey could join a US-led operation in Syria to retake the Islamic State group's stronghold of Raqa only if Kurdish fighters are not involved, a newspaper reported Sunday. US support for Kurdish forces in Syria is a sore point for Ankara, which considers such fighters to be "terrorists" linked to the Kurdish rebels waging a bloody insurgency across the border in southeast Turkey.

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