Reuters: Kurds abandon territory in the face of Iraq government advance
BAGHDAD/KIRKUK (Reuters) - The Baghdad government recaptured territory from Kurds across the breadth of northern Iraq on Tuesday, making startlingly rapid gains in a sudden campaign that has shifted the balance of power in the country almost overnight.
In the second day of a lightning government advance to take back towns and countryside from forces of the Kurdish autonomous region, Kurdish troops known as Peshmerga pulled out of the long disputed Khanaqin area near the Iranian border.
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MIDDLE EAST
Israel: No peace talks with Palestinian government reliant on Hamas.
Raqqa recaptured from Islamic State, US-backed forces announce.
All eyes are on Hezbollah in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor.
Baghdad: Iraqi forces in full control of Kirkuk. Kirkuk: Iraqi forces seize largest oilfields near city.
After Kirkuk, Kurdish forces pull out of more areas in Iraq.
Netanyahu says Israel won't tolerate Iran presence in Syria.
South Yemen separatists not in rush for vote.
12 Turkish police officers wounded in bombing.
ASIA
Suspected U.S. drone strikes kill 31 on Pakistan-Afghanistan frontier.
U.N. urges Bangladesh to move Rohingya refugees stranded at border.
Taliban attacks kill at least 69 across Afghanistan.
Over 60 percent of Afghan girls not in school, says report.
U.S. official says not ruling out eventual direct talks with North Korea.
North Korean official says diplomacy is off the table until it builds a missile that can hit the east coast of the US.
S, Japan agree to maximize diplomatic pressure on N. Korea.
US diplomat: We must be ‘prepared for the worst’ if diplomacy fails with North Korea.
U.S. Democrat Jack Reed: South Koreans 'confused, shaken' by Trump handling of North.
Philippine military pushes to defeat last Marawi fighters. Duterte: Marawi 'liberated' from ISIL-linked fighters.
China expected to work with Europe to preserve Iran nuclear deal after Trump threat.
Anger as Chinese media claim harassment is just a western problem.
AFRICA
Central African Republic children starve as aid workers flee fighting.
Chaotic response to Somali bombing cost lives, medics say.
Fighting in Libyan capital closes airport.
Death toll tops 300 from Mogadishu blast.
Mogadishu bombing: al-Shabaab behind deadly blast, officials say.
Boko Haram raids military base in Nigeria’s northeast, seizes weapons, ammunition.
'Shocking' abuse of migrants in Libya smuggling hub - UN.
US military plane lands in Somalia with aid after bombing.
DR Congo controversially elected to UN Human Rights Council.
Cairo 'most dangerous' megacity for women - survey.
EUROPE
Catalonia refuses to renounce independence, separatist protesters rally.
Foreign experts to help Malta investigate reporter's killing.
Spain High Court jails Catalan separatist leaders pending investigation. Spanish judge jails two Catalan independence leaders.
Protests erupt as Catalan separatist leaders jailed. Catalonia: Protests after Spain detains separatists.
Turkey spies betraying asylum seekers in German immigration offices.
US society ‘based on leaks,’ but proof of Russian election meddling never emerged – Lavrov.
Russia pressures Serbia on status of controversial base.
Malta journalist death: Caruana Galizia's son hits out.
Holocaust denier Ursula Haverbeck, 88, given six-month jail sentence.
AMERICAS
Trade talks with Canada and Mexico dissolve in harsh words.
Judge blocks Trump's latest travel ban order.
US Senators reach bipartisan deal on Obamacare backed by Trump.
Venezuela's Maduro defends disputed vote, opposition divided.
California wildfire death toll hits 41 as survivors face long road to recovery.
Trump says he'll declare the US opioid crisis a national emergency 'next week'.
Trump’s claim about predecessors, fallen troops disputed.
FBI uncovered Russian bribery plot before Obama administration approved controversial nuclear deal with Moscow.
Venezuela's opposition refuses to accept elections results.
US says Venezuela vote 'neither free nor fair'. Venezuela elections neither 'free nor fair', says US.
Sonic attack on US diplomats? Cubans don't believe it.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
British spy chief says Islamist militants can execute deadly attack plans in just days.
Pentagon: Dozens of ISIS fighters killed in Yemen strikes.
Supreme Court won't take case of alleged USS Cole mastermind.
ISIL capitalises on Peshmerga retreat in northern Iraq.
Alleged IS female recruiter arrested in Spain with FBI help.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
Dow tops 23,000 for first time as stock market rally gains speed.
Iran aircraft deals hang by thread as Trump targets Tehran.
US tech giants may find their future shaped by Europe.
Airbus takes majority stake in Bombardier airliner program.
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Sounds like a deal has been struck.
It looks like it.
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