Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, the high commissioner for human rights, doubled down on remarks he gave last month condemning “nationalist demagogues.”
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- The pilot of a small plane that crashed on a busy road near the headquarters of military jet-engine maker Pratt & Whitney, killing a passenger, told police detectives that the wreck was intentional, the mayor said Wednesday....
Washington Post |
The 2016 electoral map is rapidly slipping away from Donald Trump
Washington Post According to the Fix's electoral vote tracker — an amazing tool that marries Real Clear Politics polling averages in swing states with the electoral map — if the election were held today, Hillary Clinton would win 341 electoral votes to Donald Trump ... and more » |
New York Times |
Pentagon Confronts a New Threat From ISIS: Exploding Drones
New York Times WASHINGTON — Kurdish forces fighting the Islamic State in northern Iraq last week shot down a small drone the size of a model airplane. They believed it was like the dozens of drones the terrorist organization had been flying for reconnaissance in the ... Pentagon: Islamic State Arming Small Drones with ExplosivesBreitbart News ISIS Drone Attack In Iraq Kills 2 Kurdish Fighters, Injures 2 French Soldiers, Reports SayInternational Business Times ISIS Uses Exploding Drones to Kill Kurdish Troops in First Successful Attack of Its KindNew York Magazine all 23 news articles » |
Daily Beast |
Deadly Waters Off Yemen Threaten U.S. Ships
Daily Beast Even the best-defended U.S. warships may be pulled farther away from an emerging missile kill-zone after Houthi rebels fired two missiles at American ships. David Axe. 10.11.16 10:00 PM ET. The waters off Yemen are becoming a killing field for ships ... US sees mounting evidence of Houthi role in strike on US warshipReuters Saudi Arabia Says It Shoots Down Yemen Ballistic MissileNew York Times Missiles in failed attack on US ships could have been Iran-supplied, Pentagon says Stars and Stripes USNI News-WTVQ-NBCNews.com-The Japan Times all 68 news articles » |
CNN |
Russia and US move past Cold War to unpredictable confrontation
CNN Washington (CNN) It's not a new Cold War. It's not even a deep chill. It's an outright conflict. US-Russia relations have deteriorated sharply amid a barrage of accusations and disagreements, raising the stakes on issues ranging from the countries ... Barack Obamas Wrong: The New Cold War's Only Just BegunDaily Beast End the Nuclear InsanityHuffington Post Russia Is Preparing for a Nuclear War With the United StatesCharisma News Daily Caller- Washington Examiner (blog)-International Business Times-Al-Arabiya all 56 news articles » |
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Airstrike on Aleppo market kills 15
Fox News Activists say an airstrike on the biggest market in the rebel-held side of Syria's Aleppo has killed at least 15 people. Wednesday's strike came the day after at least 41 people, including five children, were killed in a series of airstrikes across ... Activists Say Death Toll Rises in Bombings of Syria's AleppoNew York Times The Latest: Pope appeals for urgent truce in Syria's AleppoNews & Observer Will the West Ever Stop Lying About Syria?Paste Magazine PR Newswire (press release) -Los Angeles Times -Washington Post -Yahoo News all 219 news articles » |
Dallas News |
Donald Trump is setting a time bomb for racial violence on election day
Dallas News Donald Trump spins so many tales and goes after so many different groups and individuals that it's sometimes easy to miss his most invidious rhetoric. For months, the Republican presidential nominee has undermined confidence in our electoral system, ... Trump recorded having extremely lewd conversation about women in 2005Washington Post all 416 news articles » |
Politico |
White House says US will retaliate against Russia for hacking
Politico White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest promised on Tuesday that the U.S. would deliver a “proportional” response to Russia's alleged hacking of American computer systems. In addition to pledging that the U.S. “will ensure that our response is ... Administration vows 'proportional' response to Russian hackThe Hill White House: Trump's statements were 'sexual assault'Washington Examiner (blog) White House says 'repugnant' Trump video comments constitute sexual assaultThe Independent Globalnews.ca -swissinfo.ch -The Punch all 33 news articles » |
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Donald Trump: 'The shackles have been taken off me'
CNN Washington (CNN) Donald Trump is launching a kamikaze mission -- fracturing his own party four weeks before Election Day. The GOP nominee is lashing out in a stream of tweets boiling with rage and resentment, slamming House Speaker Paul Ryan for ... and more » |
Washington Times |
Three-quarters of Republicans want party to support Donald Trump: poll
Washington Times Republican Presidential nominee Donald J. Trump delivers remarks during a rally at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre Twp., Pa. on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. (Christopher Dolan / The Citizens' Voice via AP) more >. View Comments Print. By David Sherfinski ... Trump unleashes Twitter storm against 'disloyal' Ryan and RepublicansMcClatchy Washington Bureau CNN Anchors Hyperventilate After Crowd Chants 'CNN Sucks' At Trump RallyNewsBusters (blog) 5 things Trump said in the wake of the 2nd debateCNN Breitbart News all 120 news articles » |
Politico |
Clinton, Trump settle into parallel paths
Politico MIAMI -- “I love Wikileaks!” Donald Trump exclaimed at a rally Monday night in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, exuberant about the hack of Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta's personal email account. “I love nurses!” said Clinton, presenting a ... Who's worse: Donald Trump or Bill Clinton?Washington Post Donald Trump Brings Four Bill Clinton Accusers to Debate, Definitely Not Sorry About TapeDaily Beast If the election is close, it's nerd timeYahoo News Reuters -U.S. News & World Report -FiveThirtyEight -NBCNews.com all 120 news articles » |
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Trump Renews Warning About 'Stolen' Election
Wall Street Journal Donald Trump is stepping up warnings about “rigged” elections as he trails in polls and faces a mutiny in his own party. At two rallies Monday in Pennsylvania, the Republican presidential nominee told thousands of supporters the election could be ... The Republican InfernoNew York Times Trump trails Clinton by 8 points after tape scandal, debate: Reuters/Ipsos...Reuters The Trump Tape Vs. Hillary the Assault EnablerTownhall The Atlantic all 2,956 news articles » |
Washington Post |
Trump declares war on GOP, says 'the shackles have been taken off'
Washington Post Donald Trump declared war on the Republican establishment Tuesday, lashing out at House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (Wis.), Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) and other GOP elected officials as his supporters geared up to join the fight amid extraordinary turmoil ... Why Ryan and McConnell split over TrumpPolitico Dems slam GOP for standing by Trump after tape releaseThe Hill Trump vs. the GOP: The road to ruinCNN New York Times- Bloomberg- USA TODAY- Fox News all 2,030 news articles » |
Reuters |
Trump would be 'dangerous' from global viewpoint: UN rights boss
Reuters United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein attends the 33rd session of the Human Rights Council at the U.N. European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, September 13, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse. 2/2. left. right. UN Human Rights Chief: Trump Would Be 'Dangerous' If ElectedABC News all 7 news articles » |
Vox |
Trump's campaign wants to salvage his ground game. But an expert says “the damage is done.”
Vox Less than a month from Election Day, Donald Trump is behind by double digits in the polls. It's clear his campaign needs to do everything it can to get out the vote. It's also clear that Trump does not have a normal campaign; it is small, apparently ... Here's how Donald Trump is taking a page from Reconstruction-era white supremacistsRaw Story Trump Renews Warning About 'Stolen' ElectionWall Street Journal Donald Trump warns that 'other communities' are poised to steal the electionWashington Post Salon -PoliticusUSA -New York Magazine all 64 news articles » |
PARIS (Reuters) - The leaders of France, Germany and Russia discussed on a telephone call on Wednesday what needed to be done to ensure a summit on the Ukraine crisis could take place soon, the French presidency said in a statement.
Russian President Vladimir Putin lashed out at the West over Syria, saying the U.S. and Europe were unfairly placing blame for the breakdown of a cease-fire on Moscow.
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Several Crimean Tatars have been detained in Ukraine's occupied Crimea region after Russian-installed security forces searched their houses in several villages.
Crimean Tatars posted video on Facebook showing Russian police conducting house searches in Simferopol on October 12, in which five men were apparently arrested on terror charges. The incident comes amid ongoing reports of repression of the Crimean Tatar community.
After a long slump that began with the collapse of the Soviet Union, a once exclusive sanitarium along Georgia’s Black Sea coast is enjoying something of a renaissance.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - France, Germany, Italy and Spain have joined forces to plead for a common European defense policy, seeking to keep up momentum on a project Paris and Berlin hope can forge unity following Britain's vote to quit the bloc.
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Heavy air strikes on rebel-held areas in the Syrian city of Aleppo killed 25 people on Wednesday, most of them at a market, a rescue service said, as the Syrian government and Russia pursued their joint offensive to capture the whole city.
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - In late August of last year, 71 refugees from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan were crammed into the back of a small lorry that left the Serbian-Hungarian border and drove toward Budapest.
Drone footage released by Syrian activists shows widespread destruction in the rebel-held eastern part of the besieged city of Aleppo. Russia's deadly attacks on Aleppo, in support of the Syrian government, have been condemned by human rights groups and many countries. But the bombing campaign intensified again on October 11, hitting neighborhoods already in ruins. (Aleppo Media Center via Reuters)
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Putin Says US Hacking Scandal Not In Russia's Interests
Huffington Post Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during the annual VTB Capital “Russia Calling!” Investment Forum in Moscow, Russia, October 12, 2016. The scandal that erupted in the United States over allegations Russia hacked Democratic Party ... Russia's Putin: Moscow is not meddling in US electionWashington Post Putin Says West Unfairly Blaming Russia for Syria Cease-Fire FailureWall Street Journal Putin praises 'stabilization' of Russian economyFox News New York Times -Reuters -Daily Mail -New York Post all 107 news articles » |
French President François Hollande had demanded that the agenda for talks with the Russian leader cover only the war in Syria.
The Russian military says it will cooperate with Beijing on minimizing a threat posed by U.S. missile defense.
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A British lawmaker has compared Syrian and Russian airstrikes on Aleppo to the notorious bombing of civilians in Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.
Despite being accused of war crimes and interference in the U.S. election, Putin garnered his second international peace prize.
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British police have made an arrest in the case of a person in a clown costume who deliberately frightened people on London streets.
The U.N. human rights chief says that if elected, U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump would be “dangerous from an international point of view.”
Russian officials have vigorously rejected accusations of meddling in the U.S. presidential elections and dismissed allegations that Moscow was behind a series of recent hacks on U.S. institutions.
The Philippine president says he has instructed his defense chief not to prepare for joint exercises with the U.S. military next year as he moved to realize his threat to remove the highest-profile symbol of his country’s treaty alliance with Washington.
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Half of those who reported a homophobic incident to the police said they did not feel satisfied with the outcome, the report by an anti-violence group found.
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President Barack Obama sniffs his own hand at a campaign rally for Hillary Clinton in North Carolina on Tuesday, after Trump-supporting radio host Alex Jones said on Monday that Clinton and Obama are demons from hell who smell like sulphur
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President Barack Obama refers to his past drug use when talking about making ‘bad decisions’ in his youth, while promoting his initiative for black males during an ESPN-hosted forum on Tuesday. He also discusses the benefits or tackling inequality to the wider economy
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Trump was never a happy warrior, exactly, but he had some zest in the primaries. There was a hearty gusto in the way he insulted Jeb Bush or Marco Rubio. That gusto was gone tonight, replaced by pure agitation and irritation.
Trump was ill-tempered the whole night, constantly interrupting not just Clinton but also moderator Martha Raddatz. He was curt and dismissive to both, as if could barely tolerate being on stage with them. This wasn’t just a question of manners, but cut more deeply into the core message he was conveying. Donald Trump was pissed off—about the release of the video in which he admitted to a pattern of sexual assault, about the Republican leaders who’ve denounced him and fled his campaign in the aftermath—and he’d had enough. In the first debate he complained about the microphone; in this debate, his trouble was with the moderators (not to mention, of course, the truth). But this anger is likely to appeal to his core supporters, who will see him as a fighter against a corrupt establishment that includes Raddatz as well as Clinton.
The clearest indication that Trump was going to follow through with a “tear it all down” strategy took place before the debate; when Trump held a press conference where he invited three women who have accused Bill Clinton of rape as well as a woman who, when she was 12 years old, was a complainant in a sex-abuse case where Hillary Clinton defended the accused. During that presser, Stephen Bannon, former head of Breitbart and now CEO of Trump’s campaign, could be seen in the background smirking. This was a perfect Bannon move: a nihilistic middle finger at the entire political system, both left and right. Trump also invited these four women to be in the audience of the debate.
This was a massive violation of the rules of decorum. Politically, it only makes sense in terms of satisfying hardcore Republican partisans, who already hate Hillary Clinton and now have a chance to see their champion humiliate her. It’s a move of pure retribution and tribal warfare, one that has no discernible upside in terms of winning the election—but considerable appeal in terms of revenge. And for the fire-breathers on the right, Trump scored a big win. As Ann Coulter tweeted, “WOW! Trump killed it tonight. Media have their work cut out for them.”
In the closing weeks of his campaign, Trump has decided on The Samson Option, the idea that “if I’m going down, I’m going to inflict as much pain as I can on Hillary Clinton and both political parties as I can.”
In the service of tearing down the walls around him, there’s nothing Trump won’t hurt. And even if he loses, there is still a massive amount of damage he can inflict on American democracy. This is why his threat to investigate and jail Clinton was so significant, breaking as it did with the core democratic idea that the opposition is legitimate. He’s clearly shown that there’s not a single norm he’s not ready to violate, nor is there any institution—certainly not the Republican Party—that can rein him in.Nothing will stop him from attacking the fundamental legitimacy of the American system. The rest of this election is going to be a bloodbath. The repercussions will last a long, painful time.
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Donald Trump Is Without Parallel
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"And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, ... There is no modern parallel to what Donald Trump did prior to ...
If Trump Is Going Down, He's Taking the GOP With Him
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Like Trump, Samson was famous for his hair, fought against foreign ... down the pillars of their temple, preferring to die while destroying his ...
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I’ve experienced firsthand the dangers of the demagogy that is sweeping Central Europe. We need to stop it before it’s too late.
The next American president will have to recognize that Russia is less interested in a détente than in being a victor with no need to justify itself.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- When Manasi Gopala immigrated to America, she finally got the chance to row crew....
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- The police chief in East Hartford, Connecticut, has asked the FBI to assist the investigation into a fatal plane crash because it happened so close to Pratt & Whitney corporate headquarters....
Russian warplanes resumed heavy bombardment of rebel-held eastern Aleppo after several days of relative calm.
Russia’s top diplomat in the United States blamed Washington for the worsening ties between the two countries, even as he emphasized common threats the two faced and the potential for cooperation.
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This is Part Three of a special Daily Vertical series on Vladimir Putin and The Ghosts Of Kremlins Past. (The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL.)
The Republican candidate’s supporters are apparently standing by him despite the release of a 2005 recording of him speaking about women in vulgar terms.
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