Syria rebels battle IS at Iraqi border, aim to cut 'caliphate' in two
AMMAN/BEIRUT Syrian rebels advanced into an Islamic State-held town at the border with Iraq on Wednesday, a rebel commander told Reuters, in a new U.S.-backed offensive aimed at cutting the jihadists' self-declared caliphate in two.The operation aiming to capture the eastern Syrian town of Al-Bukamal, which began on Tuesday, adds to the pressure facing Islamic State as it faces a separate, U.S.-backed offensive in northern Syria aimed at driving it away from the Turkish border.The offensive is..>> view originalProfile: Duterte to take helm in the Philippines
Rodrigo Duterte, a city mayor popularly known as "The Punisher", is set to become the 16th president of the Philippines, riding high on a populist agenda and a promise to get rid of crime and corruption. Duterte, who easily won an election last May, is to serve a six-year term starting on Thursday. He will inherit from President Benigno Aquino a mixed bag - solid economic gains, a dysfunctional bureacracy tainted with corruption, and unfinished talks with both Muslim and communist rebels. At 7..>> view originalHere are the EU's four options for negotiating Brexit
British flags are attached between buildings along Oxford Street in central London on June 27. (Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images) As the fog clears from the Brexit vote in the United Kingdom, governments in the remaining European Union states must reconsider their relationship with London. As an E.U. member state, the U.K. has roughly the same regulations as the rest of the E.U. about such issues as workers’ rights, environmental standards and the like. Agreeing to common regulatory standards m..>> view originalIslamic State prime suspect after suicide bombers kill 36 at Istanbul airport
ISTANBUL Turkish investigators pored over video footage and witness statements on Wednesday after three suspected Islamic State suicide bombers opened fire and blew themselves up in Istanbul's main airport, killing 36 people and wounding almost 150.The attack on Europe's third-busiest airport was one of the deadliest in a series of suicide bombings in recent months in Turkey, part of the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State and struggling to contain spillover from neighboring Syria's war.P..>> view originalConservative leadership: More contenders to launch leadership bids
Image copyright PA Image caption Stephen Crabb will be the first Tory to formally declare their candidacy Contenders to succeed David Cameron as Tory leader and prime minister are declaring their intention to stand. With nominations to open later, Work and Pensions Secretary Stephen Crabb has said he will seek the leadership, promising a "One Nation" Conservatism.Boris Johnson is reported to have the support of 100 MPs, and Home Secretary Theresa May ..>> view originalThe US Will Offer Recognition to the Thai Junta's Anti-Trafficking Efforts, Reports Say
The U.S. government is reportedly set to remove Thailand from a blacklist of countries that fail to tackle human trafficking. If true, the move would sound a rare positive note in recent relations between the two countries, which cooled after the Thai military seized power in a bloodless coup in May 2014. That year, the State Department downgraded Thailand in its annual Trafficking in Persons report, amid revelations of rampant human trafficking and forced labor in the country’s multi-billion..>> view originalNetherlands, Italy to Share UN Security Council Seat
UNITED NATIONS— The Netherlands and Italy took the rare step Tuesday of agreeing to share a two-year seat on the U.N. Security Council, after a contest that ended in a dead heat. After five rounds of voting, the countries were tied with 95 votes each. Neither was able to reach the two-thirds majority needed to secure a seat. After discussions, the two European Union members offered to split the seat allocated to the “Western Europe and Others Group” for one year each. FILE - “I think it’s a sig..>> view originalGay marriage in spotlight in Australia election
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Same-sex marriage supporters march through the streets of the central Sydney. Some voters expected Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to be more progressive on the issue Same-sex marriage has become a front-page issue in the final days of Australia's election campaign. The ruling conservative Liberal Party has promised to hold a plebiscite on the issue if it returns to power at this weekend's election.But questi..>> view originalReality Check: Have MEPs done 'proper jobs'?
The claim: MEPs have not done "proper jobs" that benefit the economy. Reality Check verdict: It depends on your definition of a "proper job". Of the 14 MEPs who spoke on Tuesday, 13 have spent part of their careers outside politics. Five have worked in business or trade. Of these, four have started their own business, including Nigel Farage MEP. Speaking at the European Parliament's first debate on the UK's vote to leave the EU, MEP and UKIP leader Nigel Farage told MEPs: "I know that virtu..>> view original
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