'We are all leavers now' - Britain's May wins over pro-Brexit wing
By Elizabeth Piper and Kylie MacLellan | BIRMINGHAM, England BIRMINGHAM, England Few noticed, but when Prime Minister Theresa May said Britain would once again decide alone how "we label our food" after quitting the European Union it was what many of her pro-Brexit lawmakers had dreamt of.After years of being dismissed as "headbangers", life-long euroskeptics in May's ruling Conservatives felt they had finally won over the party when their prime minister told an annual conference on Sunday t..>> view originalPope Makes Surprise Visit to Earthquake-Hit Towns in Italy
Photo Pope Francis with a firefighter in Amatrice, Italy, on Tuesday. Credit L'Osservatore Romano, via Associated Press ROME — When Amatrice and several other small Italian towns were ravaged by an earthquake six weeks ago, Pope Francis made a promise to the residents there.On Tuesday, he kept it.Catching even local officials by surprise, the pope made an unexpected trip to the region, following through on a pledge to visit residents so that they could all pray together..>> view originalUS, Philippines launch war games amid uncertainty over ties
The United States and the Philippines launched annual joint military exercises on Tuesday, nearly a week after President Rodrigo Duterte said they would be the last between the treaty allies. The nearly weeklong combat exercises designed to increase capability and boost camaraderie between forces involve 1,100 American and 400 Filipino troops. They come as the newly-elected Duterte has gone on a number of verbal tirades against the United States since taking over the presidency for a six-year t..>> view originalDuterte Tells Obama 'You Can Go to Hell,' Warns of Breakup
Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte told President Barack Obama "you can go to hell" in a speech Tuesday that was his strongest tirade so far against the U.S. over its criticism of his deadly anti-drug campaign, adding that he may eventually decide to "break up with America." He also lashed out anew at the European Union, saying the bloc, which has also criticized his brutal crackdown, "better choose purgatory, hell is filled up." Since becoming president in June, Deuterte has had an uneasy r..>> view originalHurricane Matthew makes landfall on impoverished Haiti
Hurricane Matthew is expected to carry winds of more than 145 mph across the Caribbean before heading toward Florida and up the East Coast. USA TODAY NETWORKA tap tap (public transportation) crosses the water left by the rain after hurricane Matthew, in Port-au-Prince, on October 4, 2016.(Photo: Hectpr Retamal, AFP/Getty Images)Hurricane Matthew lashed Haiti's southwestern coast Tuesday with raging winds and storm surge that threatened to devastate the impoverished Caribbean nation's to..>> view originalUS abandons efforts to work with Russia on Syria
U.S.-Russia relations fell to a new post-Cold War low Monday as the Obama administration abandoned efforts to cooperate with Russia on ending the Syrian civil war and forming a common front against terrorists there, and Moscow suspended a landmark nuclear agreement. The latter move, scuttling a deal the two countries signed in 2000 to dispose of their stocks of weapons-grade plutonium, was largely symbolic. But it provided the Kremlin with an opportunity to cite a series of what it called “unfr..>> view originalTurkey purges 13000 police officers over failed coup
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Thousands of police were also among those purged in the immediate aftermath of July's failed overthrow Turkey has suspended almost 13,000 police officers for their alleged links with the US-based Muslim cleric, Fethullah Gulen. The latest wave adds to the 100,000 or so government workers dismissed or suspended since July's failed coup.Mr Gulen denies the government's accusation that he or his supporters orchestrat..>> view originalHungary's anti-migrant vote: Is it about refugees or Orbán?
Paris — Ever since Budapest’s Keleti train station became the epicenter of Europe’s migration crisis last fall, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has led the charge among former communist states of the European Union to reject Muslim refugees in Europe.He sought to shore up that position – and his role as provocateur to Brussels and its aims to relocate asylum-seekers fairly across the bloc – in a referendum on Sunday. But while those who voted overwhelmingly rejected the EU’s redistributi..>> view originalStakes for Iraq's future couldn't be higher as Mosul offensive looms
It's a race against time: this will be an improvised base for troops from Iraq's 9th Armored Division amid final preparations for the assault to end ISIS' control of Iraq's second largest city and the group's last major stronghold in the country.Iraqi troops were last in this part of northern Iraq in the summer of 2014, when they were fleeing the rampant advance of ISIS fighters. Now, as part of an agreement with the Kurdistan Regional Government and the United States, they are preparing to reve..>> view originalSyria: White House Warns of 'Actions' If Russia Won't Negotiate
President Obama faces an increasingly stark choice in Syria — he can order American military action or watch thousands of women and children die as the rebel stronghold of Aleppo falls. So far, he has shown no willingness to launch a U.S. military response, but White House officials told NBC News Monday they are now considering escalating the U.S. involvement in Syria's civil war, including unspecified "actions…that would further underscore the consequences of not coming back to the negotiat..>> view original
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