Reuters: Hezbollah seizes much of IS enclave on Syrian-Lebanese border: Nasrallah
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah has captured much of an Islamic State pocket on Syria's side of the border with Lebanon in a joint offensive with the Syrian army, its leader said on Thursday.
In parallel with the fighting, talks on a truce have begun with Islamic State but a military victory is more likely, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised speech.
Syrian troops and Iran-backed Hezbollah have been fighting to oust Islamic State from Syria's western Qalamoun region.
The attack began last week, coinciding with a Lebanese army offensive against Islamic State on its side of the border in northeast Lebanon.
The zone straddling the border is the last part of the Lebanese-Syrian frontier under militant control.
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MIDDLE EAST
Iraqi forces hope for quick victory over IS in Tal Afar.
Iraqi commander: Troops capture 2 neighborhoods in Tal Afar.
Syria opposition told to come to terms with Assad’s survival.
Syria army encircles IS jihadists in desert: monitor.
YouTube 'made wrong call' on Syria videos.
UN probes Yemen air strike as death toll 'rises to 41'.
White House envoy Jared Kushner begins Mideast peace push. Kushner’s Mideast peace push met with Palestinian skepticism.
Israel charges firebrand Islamic cleric with incitement.
Qatar restores ambassador to Iran amid regional crisis.
1.4 million pilgrims arrive in Saudi Arabia before hajj.
ASIA
Eggs hurled in parliament as Maldives crisis drags on.
Russia says Trump's new strategy for Afghanistan is 'dead end'.
Russia sends nuclear-capable bombers on mission near South Korea, Japan.
North Korea calls Trump's tweeting habits 'weird,' 'ego-driven'.
Thousands of Rohingya flee Myanmar for Bangladesh.
Pakistan's PM, military meet to respond to Trump's criticism.
Rodrigo Duterte tones down drug war amid protests, warns police to kill only if necessary.
Sri Lanka to get first Tamil military leader in 50 years.
Southern China, Hong Kong assess losses from Typhoon Hato.
AFRICA
Burundians still fleeing abuses: report.
Lourenco: ex-general set to be Angola's next president.
Report: Angola’s ruling party claims victory in election. Angola awaits vote outcome on successor to Dos Santos.
Somalia in fresh bid to stop illegal fishing.
Tanzania rights body slams govt 'harassment' of opposition.
As guns fall silent, Benghazi residents return to battered homes.
Boris Johnson: Libya is terror fight front line.
S. African model challenges Grace Mugabe's immunity.
Russian ambassador to Sudan found dead.
EUROPE
Turkey will never be EU member under Erdogan: Germany's Gabriel.
Has 'ambitious' British PM aimed too high with EU demands?.
Explosion in Kyiv as Ukraine marks Independence Day.
Poroshenko insists on deploying UN peacekeepers to Donbass.
Moscow has no doubts US will try to meddle in Russia’s presidential election.
Germany ‘will not automatically side with US’ in war with N. Korea - Merkel.
Spain terror attacks: Catalan interior ministry was warned about imam.
Spanish had ‘concrete info’ of planned concert attack: Rotterdam police.
European cities ramp up security with new barriers to protect people from terrorists (VIDEOS).
Clashes in Rome as police evict refugee squatters from square.
Net migration to UK drops to lowest level for three years.
Eight missing after mudslide strikes Swiss village near Italian border.
AMERICAS
Trump attacks Republican leaders over debt ceiling ‘mess’.
Donald Trump rebuked by Republicans after threat to shut down Government over border wall.
Exclusive: Top Trump aide's email draws new scrutiny in Russia inquiry.
Facing big fights, Kelly seeks to restore White House order.
Vast number of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
Harvey likely to be first hurricane to strike Texas since 2008.
Colombian TV channel Caracol says Venezuela pulled it from airwaves.
Pence vows US will not allow 'collapse of Venezuela'.
Canada frets over possible huge surge in asylum-seekers: sources. Trudeau says steps to tackle spike in asylum-seekers yielding 'positive results'.
Canadian teachers seek to remove first prime minister's name from schools.
Brazil opens vast Amazon reserve to mining.
Colombia FARC rebels include boots, kitchen supplies in list of assets.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
US must prepare for al Qaeda's next target: trains.
Islamic State asks Hezbollah, Syrian Army for withdrawal from Syria-Lebanon border: source.
Rotterdam Allah-Las concert canceled - two people arrested. Second suspect is arrested over 'foiled terror attack at Rotterdam rock gig' where US band Allah-Las were due to play after police found car filled with GAS CANISTERS near concert venue.
Belgium gave 'informal' tip to Catalan police about imam: source.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
Stocks choppy as bankers meet, Trump talks debt.
puzzle for central bankers: Solid growth but low inflation.
China criticizes US trade probe as protectionism.
Wall Street banks warn downturn is coming.
The world's 100 richest tech billionaires: Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg close in on frontrunner Bill Gates as their fortunes increase by $15BILLION each.
Google will ask: 'Are you depressed?'
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Excessive masturbation and soft drinks are blamed for poor fitness of potential recruits to Chinese Army
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4817130/Growing-number-Chinese-army-applicants-fat-join.html
In one city in China, 57 per cent of try-outs were rejected on grounds of fitness
One in five said to be too fat, while 8 per cent had overly large testicular veins
Army chiefs have blamed junk food and overuse of technology like smartphones
An increasing number of young Chinese people are too fat and unhealthy to join their nation's military.
In just one city in China, more than half - 57 per cent - of try-outs were rejected by the army because they failed the physical exam.
According to the state-controlled People's Liberation Army Daily newspaper, wannabe soldiers in the communist republic are also being found to suffer from liver and kidney problems caused by junk food and alcohol.
One in five was said to be simply too fat to join.
About eight per cent of men applying were found to have unusually large testicular veins caused by excessive masturbation.
Eyesight, too, has been found to be substandard in many applicants - making them unfit for duty in the largest army in the world.
Senior staff blame poor diets and and technology including smartphones for the apparent dip in standards among Chinese youth.
It also suggested that the high mineral content in water was partly to blame for liver and gallbladder problems.
But the report - spread by social media app WeChat - did attempt to reassure patriots by stressing that in the USA, 80 per cent of applicants are rejected.
RussInSoCal,
LOL
That is my late night post.
And we 'Muricun's are flocking to arid Nevada to partake in Burning Man. (rich bay area techies migrate to a drug-fueled desert art installation) Its actually quite spectacular. /...for paganism...
BUCKET,
LIST,
R
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/burning-man-festival-nevada-desert-ken-feldman-vasily-klyukin-peter-hazel-a7910321.html
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