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• Clinton and Trump chase last-minute support on U.S. election eve
• Top Asian News 12:28 a.m. GMT
• Islamic State brutality comes to light after military advance
• US using Apache helicopters in the battle for Mosul
• Feds say Ohio man tried to join Islamic State to wage jihad
• Ohio man arrested on charge of trying to provide support to Islamic State
• US official: Security controls 'working' despite NSA theft
• Iraqi Kurdish forces advance as mass grave found near Mosul
• In Iraq, fewer displaced than expected from Mosul push: US
• Lebanese President receives Iranian Foreign Minister
• Anti-IS fighters in Syria dig in to prevent surprises
• Syria's SDF: a risky US ally to take Raqqa
• American volunteer medics treat casualties of Mosul combat
• Iran's foreign minister is first to meet Lebanon's new president
• Iraq forces find mass grave in area recaptured from IS
• Syrian Kurds make small advances in push toward Raqqa
• Turkey's treatment of dismissed officials reminiscent of Nazis: Luxembourg
• Kurdish officials deport Japanese journalist over IS links
• Mosul Today: Iraqi Kurdish forces advance, mass grave found
• Iraq peshmerga storm Islamic State town as army battles in Mosul
• The Latest: Iraqi military finds mass grave near Mosul
• 'They Were Just Like Us, and They Lost Everything'
• Memorable_ and cringe-worthy_ moments from the 2016 Campaign
• Iraqi military says it has found mass grave south of IS-held Mosul, with some 100 decapitated bodies
• Iraqi Kurds advance into IS-held town near Mosul
• Military and political obstacles in fight for IS's Raqa
• Japanese journalist detained in Iraq released
• Casualties mount as Iraqis press deeper into IS-held Mosul
• AP FACT CHECK: Greatest hits of a fact-challenged campaign
• Sniper's deadly cat-and-mouse game holds up Kurds in Iraqi town
• South of Mosul, reconciliation gets off to a false start
• 2 more detained in Kosovo over alleged work for terror group
• OPEC chief says oil cooperation with non-members 'vital'
• Syrian militias make slight progress in attack on Islamic State stronghold Raqqa
• Egypt says Saudis have cut off fuel shipments indefinitely
• How ‘Faithless’ Electors Can Turn a Definite Presidential Winner Into a Loser
• Iraq forces retake key town on Mosul southern front
• The Kurdish gun fixer taking aim at Islamic State
• Stolen dog that helped vet with PTSD reunited with family

Clinton and Trump chase last-minute support on U.S. election eve Posted: 07 Nov 2016 04:52 PM PST By Amanda Becker and Emily Stephenson GRAND RAPIDS, Mich./SCRANTON, Pa. (Reuters) - The U.S. presidential campaign neared its end on Monday in the same angry tone it began, with Republican Donald Trump calling Democrat Hillary Clinton a "phony" and Clinton accusing him of splitting the country, as a new Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll showed Clinton with a strong chance of winning. Clinton and Trump raced through several battleground states in a last-ditch attempt to encourage their supporters to show up and vote on Tuesday. Clinton sought to capture more support from Latinos, African-Americans and young people, while Trump looked to win over disaffected Democrats and rev up a middle class that he said has been sidelined by the political establishment.

Top Asian News 12:28 a.m. GMT Posted: 07 Nov 2016 04:28 PM PST BEIJING (AP) — China's top legislature took the rare step Monday of intervening directly in a local Hong Kong political dispute by effectively barring two legally elected separatist lawmakers from taking office, setting the stage for further turmoil in the semiautonomous city. Beijing moved to deny the two a second chance to take their oaths after being disqualified on their initial attempt last month for using anti-China insults and foul language. But the maneuver circumvented Hong Kong's courts, raising fears that the city's independent judiciary is being undermined. The decision was intended to nip in the bud the rise of separatist sentiment, but it has raised the specter of more political unrest in Hong Kong.

Islamic State brutality comes to light after military advance Posted: 07 Nov 2016 03:31 PM PST By Stephen Kalin HAMMAM AL-ALIL, Iraq (Reuters) - From behind the curtains of his bedroom window, 29-year-old Riyad Ahmed would peer out at Islamic State fighters dragging civilians into a makeshift jail across the street and then sending them in the middle of the night to be executed. The former English teacher from the town of Hammam al-Alil, south of the jihadists' Mosul stronghold, recalls hearing victims' cries of agony as he hid with dozens of neighbors in the shadow of one of the group's detention centers. "The devil himself would be astounded by Daesh's methods of torture.

US using Apache helicopters in the battle for Mosul Posted: 07 Nov 2016 03:17 PM PST The United States is using Apache helicopters in the battle to retake Iraq's second city of Mosul after more than two years of Islamic State group rule, the Pentagon said. The US military, backing the ground campaign by Iraqi forces, is directing the attack helicopters against explosives-packed vehicles the jihadist group is employing for suicide bombings, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said Monday. The helicopters are being used "with significant effect" in Mosul, he said.

Feds say Ohio man tried to join Islamic State to wage jihad Posted: 07 Nov 2016 02:20 PM PST COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man accused of trying to join the Islamic State group was arrested Monday while attempting to fly to Libya, federal authorities said.

Ohio man arrested on charge of trying to provide support to Islamic State Posted: 07 Nov 2016 02:04 PM PST An Ohio man was arrested on Monday on charges of trying to provide material support to Islamic State, the U.S. Justice Department said. Aaron Travis Daniels, 20, of Columbus, was arrested as he tried to leave the city, planning to make his way to Libya to join Islamic State, the department said in a statement. A criminal complaint against him said Daniels sent $250 in January 2016 to an Islamic State operative and had communicated his commitment to violent overseas jihad, it said.

US official: Security controls 'working' despite NSA theft Posted: 07 Nov 2016 01:58 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. counterintelligence official says secret government data is vulnerable to thieves, such as the National Security Agency insider accused of working undetected over 20 years to steal a large trove of classified material, even as he defends the security controls put in place after the Edward Snowden theft.

Iraqi Kurdish forces advance as mass grave found near Mosul Posted: 07 Nov 2016 01:49 PM PST Iraqi Kurdish fighters exchanged heavy fire with militants on Monday as they entered a town held by the Islamic State group east of Mosul, while troops advancing south of the city discovered a mass grave ...

In Iraq, fewer displaced than expected from Mosul push: US Posted: 07 Nov 2016 12:26 PM PST The offensive to seize Mosul, the Islamic State group's last major stronghold in Iraq, has displaced fewer people than expected so far, US government officials said Monday. The United Nations, the Iraqi government, nonprofit organizations and the US government have mounted a massive effort to help those displaced by the fighting.

Lebanese President receives Iranian Foreign Minister Posted: 07 Nov 2016 12:05 PM PST BEIRUT (AP) — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday became the first foreign minister to visit newly appointed Lebanese President Michel Aoun, underscoring the ties between Iran and Aoun's Hezbollah-backed presidency. The Shiite militant group and predominantly Shiite Iran are close allies.

Anti-IS fighters in Syria dig in to prevent surprises Posted: 07 Nov 2016 11:44 AM PST Outside the newly conquered village of Abu Ilaj on the road to Raqa in Syria, anti-jihadist fighters dig trenches with bulldozers to prevent a surprise Islamic State group attack. On Sunday, the Kurdish-Arab Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance announced it had launched an offensive against the de facto IS capital in northeast Syria, Raqa.

Syria's SDF: a risky US ally to take Raqqa Posted: 07 Nov 2016 11:34 AM PST BEIRUT (AP) — A U.S.-backed campaign to take the Syrian city of Raqqa from the Islamic State group is underway under the banner of the predominantly Kurdish Syria Democratic Forces (SDF).

American volunteer medics treat casualties of Mosul combat Posted: 07 Nov 2016 11:28 AM PST MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — When Iraqi forces pushed into Mosul's urban center last week, Derek Coleman, an American volunteer medic, was among those treating the wounded at a front-line field clinic.

Iran's foreign minister is first to meet Lebanon's new president Posted: 07 Nov 2016 11:21 AM PST Iran's Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday became the first foreign minister to meet Lebanon's new president, underscoring Tehran's struggle with its regional arch-rival Saudi Arabia for influence in Beirut. Aoun is a close ally of Lebanon's Hezbollah, an Iran-backed Shi'ite Muslim group, and Iran welcomed Aoun's election as a victory for Hezbollah.

Iraq forces find mass grave in area recaptured from IS Posted: 07 Nov 2016 11:17 AM PST Iraqi police forces said they found a mass grave at the agricultural college in an area that was recaptured from the Islamic State group on Monday. The grave was found in Hamam al-Alil area, about 14 kilometres (8 miles) from the southern outskirts of Mosul, the last IS-held Iraqi city. "Federal police found a mass grave west of Hamam al-Alil in the agricultural college," the police said in a statement.

Syrian Kurds make small advances in push toward Raqqa Posted: 07 Nov 2016 11:12 AM PST BEIRUT (AP) — Kurdish-led Syrian fighters pushed ahead Monday with an offensive aimed at isolating and encircling the Islamic State group's stronghold of Raqqa, making small advances in villages north of the extremists' de facto capital.

Turkey's treatment of dismissed officials reminiscent of Nazis: Luxembourg Posted: 07 Nov 2016 11:09 AM PST Luxembourg's foreign minister said on Monday that the Turkish government's handling of civil servants dismissed after a failed coup attempt reminded him of methods used by the Nazis, and that sooner or later the EU would have to respond with sanctions. More than 110,000 public servants - from soldiers and judges to teachers, politicians and journalists - have been detained, suspended or sacked since the failed military coup in July, in what President Tayyip Erdogan's critics say has turned into a crackdown on all forms of dissent. The names of those barred from public service are published in the official government gazette, potentially making it hard for them to find work elsewhere.

Kurdish officials deport Japanese journalist over IS links Posted: 07 Nov 2016 10:49 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — Kurdish officials deported a Japanese journalist on Monday whose work on fundamentalist movements and close relationship with extremists has often aggravated authorities.

Mosul Today: Iraqi Kurdish forces advance, mass grave found Posted: 07 Nov 2016 10:44 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi Kurdish fighters exchanged heavy fire with militants early on Monday as they advanced from two directions into a town held by the Islamic State group east of the city of Mosul. Meanwhile, troops advancing south of Mosul discovered a mass grave with some 100 decapitated bodies.

Iraq peshmerga storm Islamic State town as army battles in Mosul Posted: 07 Nov 2016 10:05 AM PST By Michael Georgy BASHIQA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces stormed an Islamic State-held town northeast of Mosul on Monday, clearing a pocket of militants outside the city while Iraqi troops wage a fierce urban war with the jihadists in its eastern neighborhoods. As the operation against Islamic State's Iraqi stronghold entered its fourth week, fighters across the border launched an offensive in the Syrian half of the jihadist group's self-declared caliphate, targeting its base in the city of Raqqa. An alliance of U.S.-backed Kurdish and Arab groups launched the campaign for Raqqa, where Islamic State has been dug in for nearly three years, with an assault on territory about 50 km (30 miles) to the north which they have dubbed Euphrates Anger.

The Latest: Iraqi military finds mass grave near Mosul Posted: 07 Nov 2016 09:31 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — The Latest on the battle in Iraq, now entering its fourth week, to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State group (all times local):

'They Were Just Like Us, and They Lost Everything' Posted: 07 Nov 2016 09:24 AM PST A few weeks ago, I scrambled to evacuate my area with the only five items I could grab—my phone, passport, water, money, and medicine—in the 30 seconds before I had to flee.

Memorable_ and cringe-worthy_ moments from the 2016 Campaign Posted: 07 Nov 2016 09:13 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Every presidential race has its big moments. This one, more than most.

Iraqi military says it has found mass grave south of IS-held Mosul, with some 100 decapitated bodies Posted: 07 Nov 2016 09:09 AM PST IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi military says it has found mass grave south of IS-held Mosul, with some 100 decapitated bodies.

Iraqi Kurds advance into IS-held town near Mosul Posted: 07 Nov 2016 08:51 AM PST Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces said Monday that they had advanced into an Islamic State group-held town near Mosul and were moving from house to house clearing it. "At approximately 0600 hrs on November 7, 2016, peshmerga forces began a large-scale ground assault from three fronts to clear Bashiqa town from (IS) terrorists," the peshmerga said in a statement. The Kurdish forces attacked from the north, east and south of Bashiqa, which is located east of Mosul, IS's last major urban stronghold in Iraq that the country's forces are battling to retake.

Military and political obstacles in fight for IS's Raqa Posted: 07 Nov 2016 08:49 AM PST The Islamic State group will fight ferociously for its Syrian bastion Raqa, but the battle will also be complicated by complex relations between Washington and its allies on the ground. Both US officials and the Kurdish-Arab Syrian Democratic Forces alliance leading the battle have already said it will be lengthy. SDF spokesman Talal Sello echoed that warning, saying the operation, dubbed "Wrath of the Euphrates", "will not be easy".

Japanese journalist detained in Iraq released Posted: 07 Nov 2016 08:30 AM PST TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese freelance journalist detained by local authorities in Iraq was released Monday after being suspected of being a member of the Islamic State group.

Casualties mount as Iraqis press deeper into IS-held Mosul Posted: 07 Nov 2016 08:04 AM PST MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — Zahida Fathi sat on a military-issued cot, rocking back and forth and repeating the names of the dead — her husband and six of her children, killed when a car bomb exploded near their home as they were trying to flee clashes between Iraqi forces and Islamic State fighters in the city of Mosul.

AP FACT CHECK: Greatest hits of a fact-challenged campaign Posted: 07 Nov 2016 07:55 AM PST At times it has seemed as though this presidential campaign was occurring in some alternate universe. Up is down, no means yes, day is night. Donald Trump's tweets, speeches, interviews, debate statements, ...

Sniper's deadly cat-and-mouse game holds up Kurds in Iraqi town Posted: 07 Nov 2016 07:33 AM PST By Michael Georgy BASHIQA, Iraq (Reuters) - Kurdish peshmerga forces who stormed an Islamic State-held town in northern Iraq were confident they would take control quickly. Every five minutes or so, he opened fire at the Kurdish forces and the American special forces accompanying them, holding up any advance by their convoy of 40 vehicles. What unfolded for hours spoke volumes about the difficulties that Iraqi forces will face in the battle for the major city of Mosul, about 15 km (10 miles) to the southwest.

South of Mosul, reconciliation gets off to a false start Posted: 07 Nov 2016 07:15 AM PST Al-Shura (Iraq) (AFP) - It was supposed to be a step towards reconciliation: Friday prayers bringing Sunni and Shiite Muslims together in a small town notorious as a historical jihadist bastion. Long before the Islamic State group took over swathes of Iraq in 2014, Al-Shura had a reputation as a purveyor of die-hard jihadists, including when Al-Qaeda led the insurgency. Iraqi forces retook the town, which lies about 35 kilometres (20 kilometres) south of Mosul, late last month.

2 more detained in Kosovo over alleged work for terror group Posted: 07 Nov 2016 07:07 AM PST PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo police say they have arrested two more people for alleged involvement in terror activities on behalf of the Islamic State group.

OPEC chief says oil cooperation with non-members 'vital' Posted: 07 Nov 2016 06:45 AM PST Coordination between members of oil-exporting cartel OPEC and non-member producers is "vital" to rebalance the market, OPEC chief Mohammad Barkindo said Monday. "We believe it is vital that both OPEC and non-OPEC countries come together and take coordinated... action to rebalance this market for the common good of all," OPEC's secretary general said at a forum in Abu Dhabi. OPEC pledged after a meeting in Algiers on September 29 to cut production for the first time in eight years on the back of a sustained depression in global prices.

Syrian militias make slight progress in attack on Islamic State stronghold Raqqa Posted: 07 Nov 2016 06:18 AM PST U.S-backed Syrian armed groups have captured a number of villages in the first days of an offensive to retake the city of Raqqa from Islamic State militants, a war monitor and a Kurdish source said on Monday. The operation by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which includes the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and some Arab groups, began on Saturday and aims to encircle and ultimately capture Raqqa. The attack, named "Euphrates Anger" so far appears focused on areas north of Raqqa, south of the town of Ain Issa, 50 km (30 miles) away.

Egypt says Saudis have cut off fuel shipments indefinitely Posted: 07 Nov 2016 05:25 AM PST CAIRO (AP) — Egypt said Monday that Saudi Arabia has halted fuel shipments indefinitely, in a sign of lingering tensions following a dispute over the conflict in Syria.

How ‘Faithless’ Electors Can Turn a Definite Presidential Winner Into a Loser Posted: 07 Nov 2016 05:21 AM PST It seems almost cruel to offer up one more thing for American voters to worry about in this wretched election season, but in recent days we've been reminded that even after all the ballots are counted on Tuesday night -- even if we think we know who the winner of the presidential race is supposed to be -- we might still wind up in a state of uncertainty. As we all learn in Middle School civics, and then promptly forget, when casting a ballot for president we are technically voting not for the candidate, but for a slate of "electors" who pledge to cast their votes for that candidate in the Electoral College, the body that officially selects the president. Related: Has Trump Put Michigan and Minnesota in Play?

Iraq forces retake key town on Mosul southern front Posted: 07 Nov 2016 05:12 AM PST Hamam al-Alil (Iraq) (AFP) - Iraqi forces retook a key town from the Islamic State group Monday, a crucial objective on the southern front of the offensive to wrest back the city of Mosul. Federal police, army and elite interior ministry forces established full control over Hamam al-Alil, the last town of note on the way to Mosul from the south, AFP reporters said. It lies on the west bank of the Tigris river, about 15 kilometres (nine miles) southeast of Mosul.

The Kurdish gun fixer taking aim at Islamic State Posted: 07 Nov 2016 05:12 AM PST By Marius Bosch KORRE, Iraq (Reuters) - In Iraqi Kurdistan he is simply known as Uasta - "the fixer". For the past 30 years, Mohammed Fadil has been turning hardened steel salvaged from car suspensions into delicate firing pins and other weapon parts to repair the guns used by Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces against their many enemies. Now those weapons are being turned on Islamic State in the battle for Mosul.

Stolen dog that helped vet with PTSD reunited with family Posted: 07 Nov 2016 04:25 AM PST LOS ANGELES (AP) — A dog that helped an Iraq War veteran cope with post-traumatic stress disorder has been reunited with its owner after being stolen out of his southern California front yard last week.

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