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• New York Thanksgiving parade goes off safely under tight security
• IS car bomb kills 56, including 20 Iranians, in Iraq
• At least eight security forces members killed in Egypt's Sinai
• ISIS Claims Responsibility for Truck Bomb Attack That Killed at Least 60 in Iraq
• Suicide truck bomb kills about 100 in Iraq, mostly Iranian pilgrims
• White house condemns attack on Iranian Shi'ite pilgrims in Iraq
• IS truck bomb in Iraq sows carnage among Shiite pilgrims
• Thanksgiving in Mosul: US Troops Enjoy Turkey Near ISIS Stronghold
• Islamic State uses drones to attack Iraqi army in Mosul: military
• Kurds and Shi'ite forces to coordinate in push to encircle Mosul
• In fight for Mosul, an effort to bridge divide with Sunnis
• Status of main battle fronts in Iraq and Syria
• Suspect in Turkey car-bombing reported dead after shootout
• Syrian forces aim to split east Aleppo in two: rebel commander
• U.S. soldiers celebrate thanksgiving in a military base north of Iraq
• Risking flames and mines, Iraq oil workers battle to cap burning wells
• Desert industrial city points to Saudi economic future
• Economic reforms weigh on Kuwait's parliamentary election
• The Latest: Toll from IS-claimed bombing in Iraq rises to 56
• The military parade for Donald Trump has come early
• 7 things Americans can be grateful for on Thanksgiving
• Iraqi Christians revisit ghost town abandoned by Islamic State
• Trump names Haley, a foreign policy novice, as envoy to U.N.
• Today in History
• Turkey's Oscar Hopeful 'Cold of Kalandar' Sweeps Asia Pacific Screen Awards
• Iraq forces in fierce Mosul fighting with jihadists

New York Thanksgiving parade goes off safely under tight security Posted: 24 Nov 2016 03:30 PM PST By Daniel Trotta NEW YORK (Reuters) - Macy's 90th Thanksgiving Day Parade went off without incident in New York on Thursday amid heightened security, police said, after Islamic State militants abroad encouraged their followers to attack the popular holiday event. New York police used sand-filled trucks, radiation detectors, bomb-sniffing dogs and heavily armed officers to defend the 2.5-mile (4-km) parade route in Manhattan. A New York Police Department spokesman said there were no reports of arrests, injuries or disturbances.

IS car bomb kills 56, including 20 Iranians, in Iraq Posted: 24 Nov 2016 02:14 PM PST HILLA, Iraq (AP) — A car bomb tore through a gas station south of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 56 people, including 20 Iranians, in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.

At least eight security forces members killed in Egypt's Sinai Posted: 24 Nov 2016 02:04 PM PST At least eight members of Egypt's security forces were killed on Thursday in an attack on a checkpoint in the northern Sinai, a military spokesman said in a statement. An Islamist insurgency in the rugged, thinly populated Sinai Peninsula has gained pace since the military toppled President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's oldest Islamist movement, in mid-2013 following mass protests against his rule. The militant group staging the insurgency in Sinai pledged allegiance to Islamic State in 2014 and adopted the name Sinai Province.

ISIS Claims Responsibility for Truck Bomb Attack That Killed at Least 60 in Iraq Posted: 24 Nov 2016 01:50 PM PST A truck bomb left dozens dead and injured in an attack apparently targeted at Shia religious pilgrims on Thursday in the Iraqi city of Hilla -- 60 miles south of Baghdad. The White House said "initial reports indicate at least 80 people" are dead. Al-Radhi said that a fuel tanker was used to attack a gas station near the city of Hilla.

Suicide truck bomb kills about 100 in Iraq, mostly Iranian pilgrims Posted: 24 Nov 2016 01:22 PM PST A suicide truck bomb killed about 100 people, most of them Iranian Shi'ite pilgrims, at a petrol station in the city of Hilla 100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad on Thursday, police and medical sources said. Islamic State, the ultra hard-line Sunni militant group that considers all Shi'ites to be apostates, claimed responsibility the attack in an online statement. The group also is fighting off a U.S.-backed offensive on its stronghold Mosul, in northern Iraq, in which Iranian-trained Shi'ite militias are taking part.

White house condemns attack on Iranian Shi'ite pilgrims in Iraq Posted: 24 Nov 2016 12:59 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday condemned an attack in Hilla, Iraq, that killed about 100 people, most of them Iranian Shi'ite pilgrims, saying the bombing "was clearly intended to stoke sectarian tensions." (Reporting by Roberta Rampton; Editing by Sandra Maler)

IS truck bomb in Iraq sows carnage among Shiite pilgrims Posted: 24 Nov 2016 12:07 PM PST A suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 70 people, mainly Shiite pilgrims, south of Baghdad Thursday, as Iraqi forces battle to retake Mosul from the jihadists. The attack took place near a village called Shomali, about 120 kilometres (75 miles) southeast of Baghdad. IS, which is fighting to defend its Mosul stronghold in northern Iraq, claimed responsibility for the attack.

Thanksgiving in Mosul: US Troops Enjoy Turkey Near ISIS Stronghold Posted: 24 Nov 2016 11:45 AM PST Just south of Mosul, U.S. troops deployed in Iraq came together to celebrate Thanksgiving with turkey and trimmings today, according to Reuters. "I want to tell my family, you know, to be thankful that all these people out here, just be thankful for being alive, that's all," Joe Hamilton, a U.S. Marine at the Qayyara West Airfield Base, told Reuters today.

Islamic State uses drones to attack Iraqi army in Mosul: military Posted: 24 Nov 2016 11:39 AM PST By Ulf Laessing MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Islamic State has been using drones to attack Iraqi troops advancing in the northern city of Mosul, the militant group's last major urban stronghold in country, the military said on Thursday. Iraqi forces, with air and ground support from a U.S.-led coalition, launched an offensive on Oct. 17 to retake Mosul in the most complex campaign in Iraq since the U.S.-led 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.

Kurds and Shi'ite forces to coordinate in push to encircle Mosul Posted: 24 Nov 2016 11:23 AM PST By Isabel Coles, Saif Hameed and Ulf Laessing ERBIL/BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - Kurdish and Shi'ite forces near Mosul have agreed to coordinate their operations in support of a U.S-backed offensive seeking to encircle and capture Islamic State's last major urban stronghold in Iraq, U.S. and Iraqi officials said on Thursday. The agreement will restrict the movement of the jihadists in and out of Mosul and aid the attempts of the forces ranged against them to complete the encirclement of the city from the western side, according to the officials. It came after Iraqi Kurdish and Shi'ite fighters linked up near the Islamic State-held town of Tal Afar, west of Mosul, on Wednesday in an advance that cut the militant group's supply route from the rest of the territory it holds in western Iraq and Syria.

In fight for Mosul, an effort to bridge divide with Sunnis Posted: 24 Nov 2016 11:02 AM PST MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — The Mosul district of Gogjali was captured from the Islamic State group weeks ago. So the commander of Iraqi troops here was alarmed when a surprise attack by militants sparked an hour-long gunbattle with his forces.

Status of main battle fronts in Iraq and Syria Posted: 24 Nov 2016 10:54 AM PST Iraqi forces battled the Islamic State group deep inside Mosul, piling pressure on jihadists who have no more escape routes but leaving trapped civilians in the crossfire. Since the October 17 start of a broad offensive to retake Mosul, Iraqi forces have already recaptured several eastern neighbourhoods despite fierce jihadist resistance. Maan al-Saadi, a commander with the Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS), told AFP on the front line in Mosul Thursday that his forces were battling IS in the neighbourhood of Al-Khadraa in Iraq's second city.

Suspect in Turkey car-bombing reported dead after shootout Posted: 24 Nov 2016 10:03 AM PST ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A car bomb attack targeting a government building in southern Turkey killed at least two people and wounded 33 others Thursday, senior cabinet officials said. A suspect was later reported dead after a shootout with security forces.

Syrian forces aim to split east Aleppo in two: rebel commander Posted: 24 Nov 2016 09:49 AM PST By Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government forces are trying to split opposition-held eastern Aleppo in two in a fierce ground and air assault that is taking a heavy toll on besieged civilians and rebel fighters who are battling hard to stop them, a rebel commander said. Abu Abdelrahman Nour, Aleppo commander of the Jabha Shamiya, one of the biggest groups fighting against President Bashar al-Assad in northern Syria, called for more help from countries such as France and Turkey, saying it would be a "catastrophe" if the government forces managed to bisect eastern Aleppo. Aleppo, Syria's biggest city before the start of a civil war that has killed hundreds of thousands of people, is already divided into the government-held west and rebel-held east, where U.N. officials say at least 250,000 people are under siege.

U.S. soldiers celebrate thanksgiving in a military base north of Iraq Posted: 24 Nov 2016 09:15 AM PST By Hamuda Hassan and Thaier al-Sudani BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. troops celebrated Thanksgiving at an Iraqi army base in Qayyara, some 60 km (38 miles) south of Mosul, where a U.S.-led coalition is helping Iraqi forces battle Islamic State. Dozens of soldiers lined up, rifles slung over their shoulders and heads bowed, as one member recited a Thanksgiving prayer. Around 5,000 soldiers are currently in northern Iraq, assisting and advising Iraqi forces participating in the offensive to recapture Mosul from Islamic State.

Risking flames and mines, Iraq oil workers battle to cap burning wells Posted: 24 Nov 2016 08:49 AM PST By John Davison QAYYARA, Iraq (Reuters) - His face blackened and helmet coated in soot, Hussein Saleh watched the oil fields of his home town in northern Iraq burn, belching up thick smoke that blotted out the sun. "I've worked in oil for 30 years and I've never seen anything like this," 57-year-old Saleh said, standing close enough to the flames to feel the heat. "Daesh (Islamic State) just put explosives on the wellheads and blew them up," he said.

Desert industrial city points to Saudi economic future Posted: 24 Nov 2016 08:38 AM PST In the desert, far from the skyscrapers and busy streets of its big cities, oil-dependent Saudi Arabia is looking to build its future on two other natural resources. Phosphate minerals, used to produce fertiliser, and bauxite, the chief ore in making aluminium, are at the core of an effort to make mining a pillar of a diversified Saudi economy. About 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of Jubail on Saudi Arabia's Gulf Coast, the Ras Al Khair Industrial City has risen from the barren sands of the desert over the last eight years.

Economic reforms weigh on Kuwait's parliamentary election Posted: 24 Nov 2016 08:34 AM PST By Ahmed Hagagy KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwaitis vote on Saturday for a new parliament the government hopes will help push through reforms to a lavish welfare state to curb a budget deficit caused by weak oil prices. The parliament was due to run until July 2017, but the emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, dissolved it in October, saying "security challenges" in the region - an apparent reference to wars in Iraq and Syria - should be met by consulting the popular will. Although the deficit is likely to be smaller than forecast as it was based on an oil price of $25 a barrel, many Kuwaitis fear the government will try to further raise prices and cut many of the perks they have enjoyed for decades, including free health care, education, subsidized basic products, free housing or land plots and interest-free loans to many citizens.

The Latest: Toll from IS-claimed bombing in Iraq rises to 56 Posted: 24 Nov 2016 08:26 AM PST The Latest on the conflict in Iraq (all times local): 7:20 p.m. Iraqi officials say the death toll from a car bomb south of Baghdad claimed by the Islamic State group has risen to 56, including 20 Iranians. ...

The military parade for Donald Trump has come early Posted: 24 Nov 2016 08:09 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The military parade for Donald Trump has come early. Two months before Inauguration Day festivities, an extraordinary number of recently retired generals, including some who clashed with President Barack Obama's administration, are marching to the president-elect's doorstep for job interviews.

7 things Americans can be grateful for on Thanksgiving Posted: 24 Nov 2016 03:57 AM PST It's been a tough year in some regards for the United States, from a divisive election campaign to the Orlando mass shooting. In 2015, the poverty rate for US families was 10.4 percent, the lowest level since 2008. Of all races and age groups, the poverty rate of black Americans under the age of 18 decreased the most in 2015, from 36 to 31.6 percent.

Iraqi Christians revisit ghost town abandoned by Islamic State Posted: 24 Nov 2016 01:11 AM PST By Ulf Laessing BARTELLA, Iraq (Reuters) - A damaged picture of Jesus and a CD from his daughter's wedding were pretty much all Iraqi Christian Said Shaba found when he returned to the ransacked house he had to flee when Islamic State arrived two and a half years ago. The militants stole a safe with his savings and set the two-storey house ablaze before Iraqi forces pushed them out a month ago from the northern town of Bartella as part of a campaign to retake nearby Mosul, the group's last stronghold in Iraq. With the jihadists using suicide car bombers to stop an army advance on Mosul located just 20 km (12 miles) away, Bartella remains a tense ghost town.

Trump names Haley, a foreign policy novice, as envoy to U.N. Posted: 23 Nov 2016 11:54 PM PST By Roberta Rampton and Doina Chiacu WEST PALM BEACH, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump on Wednesday named South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, a former critic with little foreign policy experience, as the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations at a time of uncertainty over America's international role under his presidency. Haley, one of two women chosen so far for a job in Trump's Cabinet, is "a proven dealmaker, and we look to be making plenty of deals. Trump on Wednesday also picked wealthy Republican donor and school choice advocate Betsy DeVos to lead the Education Department.

Today in History Posted: 23 Nov 2016 09:01 PM PST Today in History

Turkey's Oscar Hopeful 'Cold of Kalandar' Sweeps Asia Pacific Screen Awards Posted: 23 Nov 2016 09:00 PM PST The sophomore drama from Mustafa Kara won the director the inaugural APSA Young Cinema Award as well as best feature honors.

Iraq forces in fierce Mosul fighting with jihadists Posted: 23 Nov 2016 04:07 PM PST Iraqi forces battled the Islamic State group deep inside Mosul Thursday, piling pressure on jihadists who have no more escape routes but leaving trapped civilians in the crossfire. Elite forces gained new ground in east Mosul, looking for fresh momentum as stiffer-than-expected IS resistance threatened to bog down the five-week-old offensive against the jihadists' last major stronghold in Iraq. Maan al-Saadi, a commander with the Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS), told AFP on the front line in Mosul that his forces were battling IS in the neighbourhood of Al-Khadraa in Iraq's second city.

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