Key words : US media militant group quoted
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US media say Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State militant group, is believed to have been killed in a US military raid in Syria.
Newsweek and other media quoted sources as saying a US special force carried out the operation in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib on Saturday.
The US military is working to confirm the death of the target.
Trump tweeted "Something very big has just happened!" on Saturday night.
The Whitehouse says Trump will make a major announcement from 9 AM on Sunday.
Rumors had spread that al-Baghdadi died in 2017, but recordings of a voice that was said to be his has been posted multiple times on the Internet since that time.
In April, the militant group posted footage of a person it said was al-Baghdadi calling for militants to continue with their attacks.
Key words : 15 fighters
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A total of 15 fighters from both Kurdish forces and pro-Turkey forces were killed on Saturday in northern Syria, despite a permanent ceasefire being in place.
A monitoring group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, says fierce fighting took place along the road between Ras al-Ayn and Tal Tamr near the border between Syria and Turkey.
Turkey began the offensive on October 9. And a temporary ceasefire was agreed so that Kurds could withdraw from the border area.
Turkey decided to stop the military offensive because they say that Kurds were withdrawing from the area. Turkey made the ceasefire permanent on Wednesday.
But skirmishes continued to occur.
Both the Kurdish and the Turkish forces say that they acted to defend themselves in response to aggression.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Turkey will resume the military offensive if the Kurdish forces do not complete the withdrawal by the deadline on Tuesday, agreed upon with Russia.
Key words : russia spotted
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US and Russian military vehicles were spotted passing by each other in northern Syria on Saturday.
Turkey suspended its military operation indefinitely on Wednesday after confirming that Kurdish fighters were withdrawing from towns near the border.
But clashes have continued between the Kurds and forces supporting Turkey. Fifteen people were killed on Saturday.
The US had started withdrawing its troops before Turkey launched its offensive. Under its agreement with Turkey, Russia has deployed soldiers to patrol the border area with Syrian government forces.
The US troops are believed to have been heading for eastern Syria, as Washington plans to protect oilfields there from Islamic State militants.
Russia is accusing the United States of using the militant threat as an excuse to maintain a presence in Syria.
Key words : north korea break
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North Korea has again demanded that the United States come up with solutions to break the deadlock in denuclearization talks by the end of the year. It called the working-level negotiations in Sweden a failure.
The North's state news agency, KCNA, carried a statement under the name of Kim Yong Chol, vice chairman of the North Korea's Workers' Party, on Sunday.
The vice chairman, known to be a close aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, accused Washington of unilaterally demanding denuclearization and trying to isolate and stifle his country.
The statement said that relations between the two countries have been maintained due to the "close personal relationship" that Kim and US President Donald Trump have.
It said that it would be a mistake for Washington to ignore the year-end deadline because of that.
The North Korean leader has said he would wait patiently until the end of the year for the US to come up with what he called "a courageous decision."
Kim is demanding concessions from the US, which maintains sanctions on North Korea and continues to hold joint military drills with South Korea.
Sunday's statement reiterates Pyongyang's position of demanding that the US make concessions, implying a possible deterioration of the relationship between the two leaders.
Key words : US state David
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A senior US State Department official has urged South Korea to reconsider ending an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan.
David Stilwell, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, spoke to reporters in Tokyo on Saturday.
The General Security of Military Information Agreement, or GSOMIA, will expire on November 23 following South Korea's decision not to renew it.
Stilwell said Japan and South Korea should find creative ways to resolve bilateral friction while the US will not take the role of a mediator.
He added that the pact is beneficial to Japan, South Korea, and the US.
Stilwell also referred to North Korea's launch of a submarine launched ballistic missile earlier this month. He said it is a different type of threat than that posed by short-range ballistic missiles.
He indicated Washington hopes to continue dialogue with Pyongyang even though working-level talks failed as the North demanded concessions from the US.
Key words : Vietnam
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Vietnam's prime minister is seeking the identification of 39 bodies found in a truck container near London on Wednesday as it emerged that the dead may include Vietnamese.
Police have charged a 25-year-old man with 39 counts of manslaughter and other offenses, including conspiracy to traffic people.
Police initially said all the victims are believed to be Chinese. But they have now received reports that some may be Vietnamese.
Police say they will not disclose any information on the dead, including their nationalities, until the identification process is complete. Police suspect the incident came about as a result of organized human trafficking.
Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told his country's embassy in Britain on Saturday to work with local authorities to identify the bodies.
Vietnamese media are giving extensive coverage to the incident. They report that a 26-year-old woman who is believed to be one of the victims sent a text message to her mother, saying she could not breathe.
Key words : Iraq high commission
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The Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights says two days of anti-government protests have left 63 people dead and nearly 2,600 others injured.
People frustrated with poor public services and high unemployment started rallying in the capital of Baghdad, southern cities, and elsewhere on Friday. It was exactly one year since Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi took office.
Some demonstrators turned violent in the southern town of Nasiriya on Saturday, setting fire to a building.
Roughly one week of anti-government demonstrations in Iraq earlier this month claimed the lives of 157 people.
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, issued a statement on Saturday.
The statement calls on the Iraqi government and protesters to resolve the situation through dialogue and other means. It says, "Iraq...cannot afford to slide back into a new cycle of violence."
The prime minister sought to calm the protests by promising such measures as benefits for the unemployed and cuts in lawmakers' salaries.
But demonstrators are continuing to accuse government officials of corruption and demand the resignation of the prime minister and other leaders.
Key words : underway heavy rain
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Flooding and mudslides from torrential rainfall have caused major damage in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. Of the ten people confirmed dead in the rains in Japan, nine are in the prefecture. Rescue and reconstruction efforts are underway.
On Friday, heavy rain from a low-pressure system hit the prefecture. In some areas, more rain fell within a 12-hour period than the average for the whole of October.
Nineteen rivers overflowed in the prefecture, inundating roads and residential areas. The downpours also triggered landslides.
The extent of the damage to houses remains unclear, but officials have confirmed that three homes were totally destroyed, two homes half destroyed, and one home partially destroyed.
Sixty-two houses were inundated above floor level and 195 homes below floor level.
Chiba officials say 116 people were staying at evacuation shelters as of 8 a.m. on Sunday.
The water supply has been restored to households across the prefecture.
Key words : hanyu has won tanaka
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Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu has won the Skate Canada International, a competition in the ISU Grand Prix series.
The two-time Olympic champion triumphed in the free skating event on Saturday. That came after Hanyu got the top score in the short program on Friday.
He was competing in Skate Canada International in the Canadian city of Kelowna. The competition is part of the international Grand Prix series.
Hanyu first made a glitch when landing from a quadruple loop. He had spent a lot of time practicing it. But he executed an almost perfect quad Salchow, and other two quad jumps. Hanyu's steps and spins earned him the highest rating of four. He received a score of 212.99 in the free routine.
Hanyu's total score of 322.59 is just 0.83 points short of the world record held by Nathan Chen of the United States. It was also his personal best.
Another Japanese skater, Keiji Tanaka, came in third with a total score of 250.02.
Key words : russian skater
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Fifteen-year-old Russian figure skater Alexandra Trusova landed three quadruple jumps to win the ladies competition at the Skate Canada competition on Saturday.
Trusova fell while attempting an opening quad Salchow jump, but she came back to land three quad jumps, including combination jumps. She racked up two world record scores after earning 166.62 points in the free skating event and 241.02 points overall.
Japan's Rika Kihira, the short-program leader, fell on her first triple axel attempt. But she then landed a triple axel combination jump, a triple and a triple combination jump and 3 jump combinations.
Kihira's spins and steps earned her the highest rating of four.
Kihira finished second, with 148.98 points in the free program, and 230.33 points overall.
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