2016年10月15日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


White House Brief: Things to know about Hillary Clinton

Posted: 15 Oct 2016 02:18 PM PDT

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton waves to the crowd after speaking at a fundraiser at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle, Friday, Oct. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton may be within striking distance of becoming the first woman to win the White House, now that the U.S. is in the final weeks of one of its nastiest presidential campaigns in recent history.


Syria talks in Lausanne end without breakthrough

Posted: 15 Oct 2016 02:07 PM PDT

Foreign ministers meet around a table during a bilateral meeting where they discussed the crisis in Syria, in LausanneBy Lesley Wroughton and Alexander Winning LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Syria talks convened by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in the Swiss city of Lausanne on Saturday evening failed to agree on a common strategy with Russia to end the conflict in Syria, now in its sixth year. Kerry was seeking a new path to peace after failing to secure a ceasefire in direct talks with Moscow, one of Syria's key backers, amid mounting international outrage over the Russian and Syrian bombardment of rebel-held eastern Aleppo. Kerry hosted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and seven foreign ministers from the region - from Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Qatar, Jordan and Egypt - weeks after the collapse of a painstakingly crafted U.S.-Russian ceasefire plan that many saw as the last hope for peace this year.


Fresh Syria talks end with no breakthroughs

Posted: 15 Oct 2016 01:53 PM PDT

Officials from the US, Russia, Syria, Egypt, Qatar, Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Jordan and the UN gather to speak during a meeting to revive a ceasefire in Syria, in Lausanne, on October 15, 2016US Secretary of State John Kerry said the Lausanne meeting produced some new ideas on reviving a ceasefire in Syria, where the regime continues to pound rebel-held areas in Aleppo. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov joined Kerry in welcoming the idea of bringing other powers into the mix saying, "we must prolong our contacts over the coming days".


Global deal reached to phase out super greenhouse gases

Posted: 15 Oct 2016 01:45 PM PDT

Nearly 200 countries have agreed to phase out HFCs, widely used in refrigerators and air conditionersIn a major step toward curbing global warming, the world community agreed on Saturday to phase out a category of dangerous greenhouse gases widely used in refrigerators and air conditioners. Nearly 200 countries agreed to end production and consumption of so-called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) under an amendment to the 1987 Montreal Protocol on protecting the ozone layer. HFCs stoke climate change because they are super-efficient at trapping heat in Earth's atmosphere.


Amid Syria's violence, diplomats produce ideas but no truce

Posted: 15 Oct 2016 01:25 PM PDT

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, attend a bilateral meeting where they discussed the crisis in Syria, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Pool Photo via AP)LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The United States, Russia and seven other would-be Syria mediators ended a 4½-hour meeting Saturday without agreement or concrete steps to match what America's top diplomat described as the urgent crisis in the city of Aleppo. Instead, the envoys said only that new ideas were proposed and more discussions planned.


Turkey's Erdogan says Iraq cannot handle Mosul assault alone

Posted: 15 Oct 2016 01:02 PM PDT

A member of the Iraqi security forces stands with his weapon on the east of Mosul during preparations to attack Mosul, IraqTurkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Iraq could not deal alone with driving Islamic State from the city of Mosul and that the presence of Turkish forces in a nearby military camp was an insurance against attacks on Turkey. Turkey has been locked in a row with Iraq's central government about the presence of Turkish troops at the Bashiqa camp in northern Iraq, and over who should take part in the planned U.S.-backed assault on Mosul.


IS suicide bomber strikes Baghdad funeral tent, killing 35

Posted: 15 Oct 2016 12:56 PM PDT

People gather at the site of a suicide bomb attack in the city's northern Shaab district in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber struck a funeral gathering in Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 35 people and wounding more than 60, Iraqi police and hospital officials said.


Turkish-backed Syria fighters advancing on IS-held Dabiq

Posted: 15 Oct 2016 12:05 PM PDT

Free Syrian Army fighters battle Islamic State jihadists in Yahmoul in the Marj Dabiq area on October 10, 2016Turkish-backed fighters were advancing Saturday on the northern Syrian town of Dabiq, which has become a rallying cry for the Islamic State group as the prophesied scene of an end-of-days battle. To Dabiq," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in televised comments in the Black Sea province of Rize. Turkey launched an unprecedented operation inside Syria on August 24, helping Syrian rebels to rid its frontier of IS jihadists and Syrian Kurdish militia.


Nearly 200 nations agree binding deal to cut greenhouse gases

Posted: 15 Oct 2016 11:08 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers his keynote addres to promote U.S. climate and environmental goals held in Rwanda's capital KigaliBy Clement Uwiringiyimana KIGALI (Reuters) - Nearly 200 nations have agreed a legally binding deal to cut back on greenhouse gases used in refrigerators and air conditioners, a major move against climate change that prompted loud cheers when it was announced on Saturday. The deal, which includes the world's two biggest economies, the United States and China, divides countries into three groups with different deadlines to reduce the use of factory-made hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) gases, which can be 10,000 times more powerful than carbon dioxide as greenhouse gases. "While diplomacy is never easy, we can work together to leave our children a planet that is safer, more prosperous, more secure, and more free than the one that was left for us," the White House said in a statement on the deal.


WHY IT MATTERS: Issues at stake in election

Posted: 15 Oct 2016 09:19 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 26, 2015, file photo, a supporter of same-sex marriage runs with an "equality" flag under a larger "equality" drape outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, before the court declared that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the U.S. Same-sex marriage is now the law of the land, but there are other battlegrounds related to civil rights and non-discrimination protections for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people. Two polarizing questions: What sort of access should transgender people have to public bathrooms? And are the advances for LGBT rights infringing on the religious freedom of some Americans? (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — A selection of issues at stake in the presidential election and their impact on Americans, in brief:


Devastating Hurricanes Could Be New York’s New Norm

Posted: 15 Oct 2016 08:33 AM PDT

How Syria's War Threatened the Middle East's Food FutureThe catastrophic flooding Hurricane Sandy inflicted on New York City in 2012 took lives, destroyed neighborhoods, and caused more than $65 billion in damage. The superstorm was seen as one of those perfectly timed disasters—the storm surge coincided with high tides, inundating entire communities. Thanks to climate change, scientists estimate that by the end of the century a Hurricane Sandy–type storm could become as much as 17 times more likely to hit New York City in any given year, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.


US bid to revive Syria peace plan with fresh talks

Posted: 15 Oct 2016 08:25 AM PDT

US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) arrives on October 15, 2016 in Lausanne to meet with top diplomats in a bid to revive the ceasefire in SyriaPessimistic envoys from the United States, Russia and Syria's neighbours met Saturday in Switzerland as Secretary of State John Kerry tried to revive hopes of a ceasefire for the war-torn country. The talks marked Kerry's first encounter with his Russian opposite number Sergei Lavrov since a US and Russian-sponsored truce collapsed last month amid a ferocious Syrian offensive.


Iraq Kurdish leader says time for Mosul battle to begin

Posted: 15 Oct 2016 08:10 AM PDT

Massud Barzani (centre) says it is time for the battle for Mosul to beginIraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani said Saturday that preparations for the operation to retake Mosul from jihadists have been completed and it is time for the battle to begin. Forces from Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region are expected to play a major role in the battle for Mosul, the country's second city, which has been held by the Islamic State group since June 2014. "The time has come to begin the liberation of Mosul," a post on Barzani's official Twitter account said.


Turkey 'ready to help recapture Mosul from IS'

Posted: 15 Oct 2016 08:00 AM PDT

Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey may join an offensive to recapture Mosul from Islamic StateTurkey will on Saturday talk to its coalition partners about possibly joining a major US-backed offensive by the Iraqi army to recapture Mosul from Islamic State jihadists. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the offer would be presented by Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu during Syria crisis talks in the Swiss city of Lausanne. Cavusoglu "will present a proposal to coalition forces in Lausanne," Erdogan said in a televised speech.


Iraq attacks kill 46, including suicide bombing

Posted: 15 Oct 2016 07:47 AM PDT

Iraqis inspect the damage at the site of a suicide bombing that targeted Shiite Muslims in the Shaab area of the capital Baghdad on October 15, 2016Attacks killed at least 46 people in Iraq on Saturday, including a suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State group that was the deadliest to hit Baghdad in months. The violence comes as Iraqi forces prepare for an operation to retake Mosul, the last IS-held city in the country -- a key battle, but one that will not end the threat of attacks such as those carried out on Saturday. In the deadliest attack, a suicide bomber targeted a funeral tent where mourners were gathered to pay their respects in the Shiite-majority Shaab area of north Baghdad, killing at least 34 people and wounding least 36, officials said.


Merkel says should consider protected zones for Yazidis in northern Iraq

Posted: 15 Oct 2016 07:23 AM PDT

Displaced Yazidi children study English after an English course in DohukGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday plans should be considered to give Yazidis in Iraq protected areas to retreat to in the north of the country. "The plans are not finished yet, I'll be honest with you, but they are on the agenda," Merkel told a conference of the youth wing of her conservatives, adding that the survival of the Yazidis was at stake. United Nations investigators said in June that Islamic State was committing genocide against the Yazidis in Syria and Iraq to destroy the religious community of 400,000 people through killings, sexual slavery and other crimes.


Turkey-backed Syrian rebels attack Islamic State's Dabiq: rebel

Posted: 15 Oct 2016 06:40 AM PDT

BEIRUT/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey-backed Syrian rebels began an attack on Islamic State's symbolically potent stronghold of Dabiq in northwestern Syria on Saturday, a rebel commander said, taking territory that has all but cut it off according to a war monitor. Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said the rebels were advancing on Dabiq and a Turkish security source said they had that morning cleared the militants from the hamlet of al-Ghaylaniyeh. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, said the rebels had also taken the villages of Irshaf and Ghaitun, which would all but cut off Dabiq and another large village, Soran, in an isolated pocket surrounded by insurgents.

Refugees stranded in Greece 'feel normal' at soccer match

Posted: 15 Oct 2016 06:32 AM PDT

In this Friday, Oct. 14, 2016 photo, spectators watch a soccer match between refugee teams from Nea Kavala camp and Herso camp, in the village Nea Kavala northern Greece. Soccer players and fans from Syria and Iraq got a break from life at migrant camps to play a match organized by a government migration agency, launching a tournament that will include local amateur Greek teams. The first game on Friday was slow paced, with white lines on the pitch only half painted in. Spectators were seated on grass or on the terrace of a half-built home to get a decent view. (AP Photos/Giannis Papanikos)NEA KAVALA, Greece (AP) — Refugees in Greece have had a field day.


Suicide bombing, shootouts kill around 55 in Iraq: police

Posted: 15 Oct 2016 04:55 AM PDT

People gather at the site of a suicide bomb attack in the city's northern al-Shaab district in BaghdadBy Kareem Raheem and Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Around 55 people were killed in Iraq in attacks on Saturday that targeted a Shi'ite Muslim gathering, a police check-point and the family of a Sunni paramilitary leader opposed to Islamic State, according to security and medical sources. The escalation comes as Iraqi forces are getting ready to launch an offensive to take back Mosul, the last Iraqi city still under control of Islamic State, in northern Iraq. The heaviest toll was caused by a suicide bomber who detonated an explosive vest in the middle of a Shi'ite gathering in Baghdad, killing at least 41 people and wounding 33.


Ang Lee unveils his hyper-real 'Billy Lynn' to mixed reviews

Posted: 15 Oct 2016 03:24 AM PDT

Jane Lin and Ang Lee attend the world premiere of "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk", during the 54th New York Film Festival, at AMC Loews Lincoln Square on Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)NEW YORK (AP) — Mixed reviews greeted Ang Lee's long anticipated "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" at the New York Film Festival on Friday night, casting further doubts over the promise of Hollywood's latest technological savior: high-frame rate filming.


Libyan forces advance in Sirte, 14 troops killed, officials say

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 10:34 PM PDT

Smoke rises from a ruined house after it was hit by an air strike as fighters from Libyan forces allied with the U.N.-backed government advance into the last area controlled by Islamic State, in SirteLibyan pro-government forces have advanced into another area in their battle to liberate Sirte from Islamic State in fighting that killed 14 of their troops, military officials and hospital sources said. After six months of fighting, backed by U.S. air strikes, Libyan forces allied with the U.N.-backed government in Tripoli are close to clearing out the last remnants of the militant group from the former hometown of dead leader Muammar Gaddafi. Heavy street-to-street fighting in the Ghiza Bahriya area involved tanks and armored vehicles with heavy machine guns, as well as air strikes to retake houses occupied by Islamic State, according to military officials and a Reuters reporter.


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