‘Tragedy’ inside Mosul as food runs out, battle against ISIS drags on
The Washington Post :Hundreds of thousands of people who remain in this northern Iraqi city are struggling to find food and safe drinking water as...
International
Climate scientist who got death threats says he fears more attacks under Trump
AP, Washington :U.S. climate scientists say they worry the incoming Trump administration might do more than cut off their research funding. Some also fear they...
Tense Aleppo evacuations resume before UN vote
Reuters, Beirut :Convoys of evacuees travelled from a rebel-held area of Aleppo and two Shi’ite villages besieged by insurgents on Monday, a war monitor and...
Indian police have killed hundreds of suspects, rights group alleges
AP, New Delhi :Nearly 600 people died in Indian police custody from 2009-2015, many after being tortured, a human rights group said Monday, urging India...
Trump’s pick for ambassador to Israel signals changes in US policy
Good Morning America :President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for the next U.S. Ambassador to Israel is drawing wide-ranging reactions from jubilant praise to heated criticism.Trump’s choice,...
Trump shrugs off Michelle’s ‘no hope’ remark, says US now has hope
AFP. Washington :President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday insisted that America was full of hope since his election, shrugging off First Lady Michelle Obama’s remarks suggesting...
Desperate ‘thousands’ await evacuation from Aleppo
AFP, Aleppo :Trapped civilians and rebels waited desperately Sunday for evacuations to resume from an opposition-held enclave in Aleppo, as the UN Security Council prepared...
News in brief
4 IS members executed in Iraq: HRWAFP, Baghdad Iraqi pro-government tribal militiamen summarily executed four men suspected of being members of the Islamic State group...
Lt Gen Bipin Rawat new Indian Army Chief
The Indian Express :The government on Saturday announced Lt General Bipin Rawat would be the new Army Chief, superseding two seniormost Lt Generals, Praveen Bakshi...
Winter storm socks US Midwest, East, spawning accidents, deaths
AP, Baltimore :A winter storm of snow, freezing rain and bone-chilling temperatures socked the nation’s mid-section and East Coast on Saturday, causing hundreds of accidents...
Iran showing commitment to N-deal : IAEA chief
Reuters, Dubai :Iran has shown commitment to the deal on its nuclear program agreed with world powers, the head of the United Nations atomic energy...
Saddam Hussein should have been left to run Iraq, says CIA officer who interrogated him
The Washington Post :Iraqi President Saddam Hussein holds up a rifle during a Dec. 31, 2000, military parade in Baghdad. Hussein was forced from power...