Street battles rage in Mosul suburbs as ISIL hits back
ISIL mortars, RPGs, and suicide car bombs target Iraqi forces as urban push meets stiff resistance.
ISIL fighters have launched several fierce counterattacks against Iraqi forces on the eastern outskirts of Mosul city, underscoring the intense battle ahead as government troops and their allies push into densely populated neighbourhoods.
An ISIL suicide car bomber targeted Iraqi troops in the city's eastern Qadisiya neighbourhood early on Saturday, setting off heavy fighting that involved mortar rounds, gunfire, and rocket-propelled grenades.
Iraqi officers told the AFP news agency fighting was also under way in the adjoining Arbajiya area.
"The fighting is intense this morning. We're trying to fortify our positions in Arbajiya before continuing our attack into al-Bakr," Colonel Muntadhar Salem of the counterterrorism unit said.
Donald Trump warned by Nato chief that 'going it alone is not an option'
Exclusive: West facing its ‘greatest challenge to security in a generation’ says Jens Stoltenberg as he speaks of his fears for alliance between Europe and US
Nato’s secretary-general has issued a dramatic warning to the US president-elect Donald Trump: “Going it alone is not an option, either for Europe or for the United States.”
Writing exclusively in the Observer, the leader of the western military alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, claims the west faces its greatest security challenge in a generation.
He pointedly recalls the blood spilled by Nato allies after they came to the aid of the US following the 9/11 attacks and warns that, rather than “deepening differences” between the 28 members, now is the time to “nurture what unites” under “strong American leadership”.
Paris attacks anniversary: Bataclan managers deny entry to Eagles of Death Metal over Jesse Hughes' comments
'There are things you can't forgive,' manager says after frontman suggested staff were involved
Members of Eagles of Death Metal, the US band who were playing at the Bataclan when Isis gunmen stormed in and massacred 90 people a year ago, have been turned away from the venue’s reopening concert over controversial remarks made by their lead singer.
A venue manager said he refused to grant the group entry because of allegedtion from frontman Jesse Hughes earlier this year, suggesting Muslim staff at the Bataclan were involved in the attack.
Bataclan co-manager Jules Frutos told AFP: “They came, I threw them out — there are things you can't forgive.”
Colombia, FARC rebels strike new peace deal
The Colombian government and leftist FARC rebels have reached a new peace deal to end Latin America's longest-running conflict. A previous agreement was shot down by voters in an October referendum.
The Colombian government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have reached a new peace accord just six weeks after voters rejected a previous deal in a referendum, chief negotiators from both sides said Saturday.
"The construction of a stable and durable peace, which is the objective of this new accord, must be the commitment of all Colombians that contributes to overcoming polarization and includes all political and social expressions," the joint declaration said.
President Juan Manuel Santos had vowed to reach a new peace deal as soon as possible after voters narrowly defeated an October 2 referendum following more than four years of tough talks that led to the two sides inking the previous accord on September 26.
South Korean protesters march against President again
Updated 0656 GMT (1456 HKT) November 13, 2016
Massive protests roiled Seoul for the second consecutive weekend as hundreds of thousands of angry South Koreans took to the streets Saturday calling for President Park Geun-hye's resignation.
The march, which included families with young children, students -- some in school uniforms -- and union members, came as opposition to Park mounts following her unprecedented admission that she shared classified information with someone who lacked the necessary security clearance.
It was one of the biggest anti-government protests the country has seen in decades.
Poverty coverage reinforces prejudice
BY PHILIP BRASOR
SPECIAL TO THE JAPAN TIMES
In the middle of August, NHK ran a feature on its evening news show about a high school girl as part of its coverage of child poverty. The girl’s name and face were revealed in the report, which described how her educational future was at risk because of her financial situation. In one scene, she was in her room practicing how to use a computer with a piece of cardboard on which her mother had drawn a keyboard, because she couldn’t afford a real PC.
Almost immediately, people began complaining on Twitter and other social media sites: Was this girl really poor? Behind her viewers could see anime-related products, and she seemed to watch a lot of movies, according to her own Twitter feed. Even politician Satsuki Katayama of the Liberal Democratic Party got into the act, requesting an “explanation” from NHK and saying that the girl could easily buy a used computer if she saved more, which wouldn’t be difficult if she stopped eating “¥1,000 lunches.”
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