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Islamic State claims suicide truck bomb that killed about 100 in Iraq: A suicide truck bomb killed about 100 people, most of them Iranian Shi'ite pilgrims, at a petrol station in the city of Hilla 100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad on Thursday, police and medical sources said.

Iraqi police kill 50 ISIS fighters, arrest 32 south of Mosul; A statement by the police service said operations have also resulted into the destruction of four barracks, adding that efforts continue to comb the villages recaptured over the past few days

20 militants, 5 personnel dead in Anbar operations; Twenty militants from the Islamic State and five security and army personnel died on Friday when Iraqi forces forestalled an attack by the Islamist group at the outskirts of Rutbah, Anbar.

ISIS takes 250 police personnel to Syria, execute slacking members; ISIS kidnapped 250 police agents from the towns of Annah, Qaem and Rawa and transported them to Syria in vehicles run by the group, according to Nazem al-Jugheifi, intelligence commander

2 US Service Members Killed in Syria, Iraq; One service member, embedded with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in northern Syria, died from injuries caused by a blast from an improvised explosive device, military officials said.

Bombs knock out 2 hospitals in northern Syria: Activists: Airstrikes and rockets in northern Syria knocked out two medical centers dedicated to women Friday and killed at least 12, including two people in one of the health facilities, according to opposition activists, a charity group and a hospital manager.

Syria: Rebel group supplied with anti-air missiles; A Syrian rebel group has paraded a cache of shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missiles, the first evidence of the weapons being supplied to opposition forces after an expected relaxing of US restrictions.

Iran ‘expects’ Iraq’s Shia militias to fight in Syria; A senior Iranian military commander has said that he expects the Shia-dominated Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) to fight in support of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad after Mosul has been retaken from Daesh.

Syria government set “red line”; A deadly Syrian airstrike against Turkish soldiers served as a message by Damascus to Ankara that it will not allow rebels taking part in the Ankara-led Operation Euphrates Shield to take the key town of Al-Bab, according to a pro-government daily.

Erdogan, Putin discuss Syria as Turkish-backed rebels push to al-Bab; The killing of the Turkish soldiers on Thursday - the first anniversary of Turkey's downing of a Russian jet over Syria - raised fears of an escalation in an already complex battlefield.

Sinai checkpoint car bomb kills 11 : Eight Egyptian soldiers have been killed in a car bomb attack on a checkpoint in the country's North Sinai region, an army spokesperson said. Three attackers were killed, and the remainder fled after the Thursday evening assault, he said.

Yemen: Coalition raids kill seven Houthi militias; A raid launched by the coalition forces targeting the rebels’ military bases in the Serwah region in the west of the Marib province region has killed seven Houthi militias and those belonging to Ali Abdullah Saleh.

Palestinian Teen killed by Israeli Occupation Forces After Alleged Stabbing Attempt: A 16-year-old Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli occupation forces at a roadblock in occupied East Jerusalem on Friday after he allegedly tried to stab one of them

Iran warns of retaliation if U.S. breaches nuclear deal: Extending U.S. sanctions on Iran for 10 years would breach the Iranian nuclear agreement, Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei said on Wednesday, warning that Tehran would retaliate if the sanctions are approved.

Nigerian security forces allegedly killed 150 pro-Biafra protesters; Amnesty International on Thursday accused Nigeria's security forces of killing at least 150 pro-Biafra protesters and injuring hundreds since August 2015.

Afghanistan: 5 killed, 27 injured in triple bombing: The Islamic State group appears to be intensifying attacks against the government and civilians as Afghan forces, backed by NATO air strikes, step up operations against them in Nangarhar.

French prosecutor says 4 friends plotted imminent attack: Four long-time friends in their 30s, were planning a terror attack in France as early as next week on orders from an ISIS group member in Iraq or Syria, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said Friday.

Turkey threatens EU with new refugee surge; Erdogan threatens to open land borders and allow refugees to cross into Europe if talks on EU membership bid are frozen.

Brexit: Tony Blair says EU exit can be stopped: Tony Blair says Britain's exit from the European Union can be stopped if voters decide the pain of leaving the world's biggest trading bloc outweighs the benefits of leaving.

Spain issues arrest warrant for Ukraine oligarch: Spanish police have announced an international arrest warrant against a powerful Ukrainian oligarch, identified by media Friday as controversial gas magnate Dmytro Firtash.

Colombia signs historic peace deal with Farc; The Colombian government and leftist Farc rebels have signed a revised peace agreement to end more than 50 years of conflict, despite continued objections by many who rejected the original deal in an October referendum.

Wave of Mexico violence reveals hidden graves, severed heads: Soldiers and police fanned out Friday across the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, chasing a wounded gang leader and trying to quell a wave of violence that included the discovery of hidden graves holding dozens of bodies

Richest 10% Control 89% of World's Wealth: The world has reached outrageous levels of inequality, and it's only expected to get worse. .

Black Friday madness: Two people are killed outside a Macy's and a Walmart while customers fight over everything from TVs to towels

Electoral College Must Not Elect Donald Trump Unless He Sells His Business; The former ethics lawyers for president Barack Obama and George W Bush have asked the electoral college to not appoint Donald Trump as the next president due to his potential conflicts of interest.

Trump's tax plan: massive cuts for the 1% will usher 'era of dynastic wealth': More than eight million low-income and single-parent families will face sharp tax increases under Donald Trump exacerbating income inequality, experts warn

How Donald Trump's Tax Repatriation Plan Will Create Jobs: Trump’s pre-election economic plans included a special one-off tax holiday allowing U.S. firms to repatriate funds held overseas with only a 10% payment, versus the current 35% rate.

Trump’s big infrastructure plan? It’s a trap: Trump’s plan is not really an infrastructure plan. It’s a tax-cut plan for utility-industry and construction-sector investors, and a massive corporate welfare plan for contractors.

Trump Taps Fox News Analyst K.T. McFarland for National Security Post: President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Kathleen Troia "K.T." McFarland, a former government official and current Fox News analyst, as a deputy national security adviser

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Iraq: 97 killed in petrol station Hilla attack; ISIL claims responsibility for blast targeting Shia Muslims returning from Arbaeen pilgrimage in holy city of Karbala.

Iraqis advance in Mosul as bomb south of Baghdad kills 21: Iraqi troops on Thursday drove Islamic State militants from three more neighbourhoods in the northern city of Mosul, a commander said, as a bomb south of Baghdad killed at least 21 people, including 10 Iranian pilgrims.

Civilians flee as Shi'ite fighters near flashpoint town near Mosul; The exodus from Tal Afar, 60 km (40 miles) west of Mosul, is worrying humanitarian organizations as some of the civilians are heading into insurgent territory, where aid cannot be sent to them, provincial officials said.

5 ISIS fighters killed in coalition airstrikes in Anbar: army: “Our cameras detected the death of five militants, while three others were seriously wounded,” said, Mohammadi , adding that a stack of missiles and other weaponry were destroyed in the strike.

Rebels in Aleppo block families’ escape route: An official for the Syrian Democratic Forces, which is allied to the Kurdish YPG militia and has promised to house refugees in Sheikh Maqsood, said that 250 civilians were prepared to cross and had not been able to do so.

UN awaits 'green light' for aid deliveries to Aleppo: Syrian rebels in besieged east Aleppo have agreed to a plan for aid delivery and medical evacuations, according to UN officials, but the global body is awaiting a "green light" from Russia and the Syrian government before it can begin life-saving operations.

Russia censures US call for ban on Syria-bound fuel tankers: Russia has blasted the US for urging other countries to deny port access to Russian oil tankers heading to Syria to deliver fuel to Moscow’s jets, which are on anti-terror mission in the Arab country.

Israel Media: Trump Secretly Preparing Joint US-Russian-Turkish Assault on Daesh; An Israeli military intelligence website is claiming that US President-elect Donald Trump, prior to being sworn in to the White House, is already managing America’s military, and that he is secretly preparing for a joint assault on Daesh with Russia and Turkey.

Syrian Warplanes Kill Turkish Soldiers Fighting in Syria; Turkish soldiers were killed on Thursday by Syrian warplanes while fighting inside Syria for the first time since the civil war there began in 2011, the Turkish military announced.

Blast kills 2 at governor's office in southern Turkey: Authorities impose news blackout after apparent vehicle bomb hits Adana

Twelve Yemeni civilians killed in Saudi-led air strike Twelve Yemeni civilians were killed while riding in a pickup truck, residents said. Locals said the passengers were shoppers heading to a local market in the Hiran area of northwest Hajja province

End the war in Yemen, Mr. Trump; The war doesn't make many headlines in the United States, even though the U.S. is directly involved in helping the Saudi military fire at targets in Yemen and blockade that country.

Israel proposes 500 new (illegal) settlement homes near Jerusalem; Jerusalem's municipality has proposed building 500 more housing units in an area of the city annexed by Israel after the 1967 Middle East war, a settlement monitoring group said on Wednesday.

Somali car bomb kills military officer in Mogadishu; A military officer was killed and five other people -- including two soldiers -- wounded when a car bomb exploded in Mogadishu on Thursday afternoon.

Gunmen kill at least 3 policemen in Egypt’s Sinai; Gunmen killed at least three policemen and injured seven in an attack on a checkpoint in the restive northern Sinai on Thursday, Egyptian security sources said.

Tunisia confirms U.S. drones over Libyan border, monitor Islamic State; Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi has said U.S. surveillance drones are flying over the Tunisian-Libyan border to ward of attacks by Islamic State, after lawmakers called on his government to clarify U.S. reports on such a mission.

Tensions soar as Indian kills 10 civilians in Kashmir; Indian troops fired on a Pakistani passenger bus in Kashmir on Wednesday, killing 10 civilians in one of the deadliest incidents in weeks of violence in the disputed Himalayan region, stoking tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals.

3 Pakistani Soldiers Killed Along Line of Control In Jammu And Kashmir: Report; Three Pakistani army soldiers were killed in an exchange of fire with Indian troops at the Line of Control (LoC) on Wednesday, authorities said.

Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif, military chiefs vow to teach India a 'lesson': Pakistan on Thursday stepped up its anti-India rant with the military chiefs, including outgoing Army chief General Raheel Sharif, threatening that the armed forces were capable of teaching India "a lesson" if the border tension escalates.

Duterte tells local tycoons: 'I owe you nothing,' opening Philippines to foreign investment; "The only way for the deliverance of this country is to remove it from the clutches of the few people who hold the power and money," Duterte told a news conference.

Merkel: Germany must boost defence spending, unlikely to meet NATO goal soon: "I know we still have a pretty long way to go to reach NATO's 2 percent target for defence spending and I can't promise we will get there in near future.

Blame Russia; European Parliament urges action against Russian 'hostile propaganda': The European Parliament on Wednesday warned of "hostile" Russian propaganda and support for anti-EU forces and urged Brussels to take action to counter disinformation designed to sow discord within the bloc.

If EU parliament resolution to counter Russian media implemented, retaliation will follow – Moscow: If an EU resolution against the Russian media is implemented, Moscow will take retaliatory measures, Russia’s Foreign Ministry has stated.

Ukraine's President Confident Of Continued U.S. Support; Speaking on November 24 at the EU-Ukraine summit in Brussels, Poroshenko said that "Ukraine has strong bipartisan support in the U.S. Congress and among the U.S. politicians, both Republican and Democrat.”

Ukraine citizens to get visa-free travel to EU; Ukrainian citizens will be able to travel to most EU countries without a visa, European Council President Donald Tusk has announced.

France to give €2,500 to migrants who return home voluntarily : The offer, which is only valid till December 31, is meant to “significantly increase the number of aided voluntary departures” following the demolition of the notorious ‘Jungle’ camp in Calais.

Migrants riot in largest Bulgaria refugee camp: police; The migrants set car tires on fire and threw stones at some 250 police, firefighters and gendarmerie. The protest erupted over "a recently imposed ban on migrants leaving the premises of the center".

Germany: some Syrians won't get full asylum; A German state court says authorities are entitled to grant Syrians a form of protection that falls short of full asylum, a decision that goes against rulings by several lower courts.

My Mother Was Incarcerated in an Internment Camp as a Child. She Tells Us 2016 Reminds Her of 1942.

Jill Stein raises over $3mn in 24hrs for vote recount in swing states: The three states carry a total of 46 electoral votes, and Trump would have to lose all three in the recount for them to impact the presidential result.

Hillary Clinton leads by two million in US popular vote; Clinton has received 64,223,958 votes to Trump’s 62,206,395, with several million more votes remaining to be counted

Wilbur Ross, billionaire known as “king of bankruptcy,” is said to be Trump's Commerce pick : A billionaire investor who became known as the “king of bankruptcy” for buying, restructuring and selling off steel makers and other fading industrial companies, officials on the transition team said on Thursday.

Betsy Devos, billionaire philanthropist, picked as Trump education secretary: Her brother is Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater. DeVos is a strong advocate of vouchers for private and religious schools

DeVos family foundations reported lifetime charitable giving of more than $1.2 billion. Political donations — to oppose gay marriage, support vouchers, and sway lawmakers from increasing oversight to charter schools — came on top of that.

Where Does Nikki Haley, Trump's Pick for UN Envoy, Stand on Israel?: Though she has limited foreign policy experience, Haley is a vocal opponent of the Iran deal and the BDS movement.

In case you missed it; WATCH: Nikki Haley Calls Out Obama on Israel : 'We would make international agreements that were celebrated in Israel and protested in Iran, not the other way around,' said Republican Governor Nikki Haley in response to Obama's address, which did not mention Israel.

Giuliani Took Money From a Group That Killed Americans. Does Trump Care?; You can tell a lot about potential Cabinet nominees by the terrorist group they shill for.

5 things to know about Trump's U.N. pick: S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley: She vehemently spoke against Trump on the campaign trail

Poll: Trump's popularity soars after election; Forty-six percent of voters now have a very favorable or somewhat favorable opinion of the president-elect. Twelve percent have a somewhat unfavorable opinion and 34 percent have a very unfavorable opinion of him.

In Stunning Reversal, Trump Scraps His Calls to Bring Back Torture: President-elect Donald Trump delivered a stunning about-face on his support for torturing terrorism suspects, and despite months of bragging that he would bring back waterboarding and “a hell of a lot worse,” he now says it might not be an effective tool.

Trump Has Not Changed His Mind About Torture: The transcript of the New York Times interview contradicts the paper’s own story.

Trump letting Hillary off the hook is his biggest mistake yet: Trump must explain his thinking, including whether he believes it’s his prerogative to decide who gets investigated and who gets a pass

Donald Trump's Conflicts of Interest: A Crib Sheet; A semi-comprehensive list of the business concerns that may influence the president-elect as he prepares for the nation’s highest office

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US-led airstrikes kill 10 civilians in Syria's al-Raqqah: At least 10 civilians were killed on Monday by a US-led airstrike on the country's northern province of al-Raqqah, the de facto capital of the Islamic State (IS) group, state news agency SANA reported.

More than 1,000 Iranian combatants killed in Syria, says official: "The number of martyrs from our country defending the shrines has now passed 1,000," Mohammad Ali Shahidi Mahalati, the head of Iran's Foundation of Martyrs' and Veterans' Affairs, said

Pentagon says air strike killed 'senior al Qaeda leader' in Syria: An air strike carried out by the United States last week killed Abu Afghan Al-Masri, a "senior al Qaeda leader," near Sarmada, Syria, on Nov. 18, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said on Tuesday.

US names Syrian generals and officers accused of attacks on civilians: The ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, read out the names and the military units alleged to be conducting torture to a meeting on Monday of the UN security council.

Aleppo: Civilians flee as Syrian troops advance on rebels: More than 140 civilians have been killed in renewed fighting in eastern Aleppo: Government troops are battling rebels on several fronts inside opposition-held districts

UN chemical watchdog refused to send experts to Aleppo under Western pressure – Lavrov: The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons refuses to send its experts to Aleppo to check substances used by rebels in attacks. The move was “seemingly done under pressure from our Western colleagues,”.

Syria launches new commando force as war heats up in rebel-held eastern Aleppo.: An army statement said the move came "in response to the rapid development of events, to support the successes of armed forces, and to meet people's wishes to put an end to terrorist acts in the Syrian Arab Republic".

Russian tankers defy EU ban to smuggle jet fuel to Syria - sources; At least two Russian-flagged ships made deliveries - which contravene EU sanctions - via Cyprus, an intelligence source with a European Union government told Reuters.

New mass grave with 200 bodies found in Mosul: “ A security force noticed a group of stray dogs scavenging the ground in Hammam Al-Alil. Moving to that spot, the forces ran into dead bodies pulled out by the dogs,”

Iraqi villagers mourn U.S.-led air strike victims : As Kurdish forces drove militants from his Iraqi village four weeks ago, an air strike by a U.S.-led coalition hit his brother's home, killing the brother and seven relatives, family and local officials say.

Chaos in Mosul as locals scramble to get food from aid trucks (VIDEO); Video shows hundreds of desperate and starving Iraqi residents pushing and shoving each other as emergency food aid is handed out of a truck in the northern city of Mosul.

Media Blackout As Millions Of Muslims March Against ISIS In Iraq: Millions of marchers participated in the annual Arbaeen Procession in Karbala. Each year, Sunni Muslims and followers of other religious groups such as Christians join the journey to mourn the martyrdom of Imam Hussein.

Renewed clashes kill at least 19 in Yemen; Government troops and Houthi rebels suffer casualties in heavy fighting near Taiz and Midi a day after truce expires.

Palestinian killed in West Bank, say Israeli occupation forces; : A Palestinian was shot dead at a West Bank checkpoint on Tuesday after walking towards guards wielding a knife, Israeli police said.

Israel to raze Palestinian village; The Israeli government has announced plans to demolish Umm al-Hiran, a Bedouin village in the country's southern Negev region that is home to Palestinian citizens of Israel.

Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan 'Disillusioned' With Barack Obama Over Syria and Gulen: The refusal of Washington to bow to the demand of its key NATO ally with speed has led to suspicion within the Turkish government that the U.S. is harboring Gulen.

Turkey undertakes another round of mass, post-coup firings: More than 110,000 people have been sacked or suspended in the military, civil service, judiciary and elsewhere, while 36,000 people have been jailed pending trial as part of the investigation into the failed putsch.

European lawmakers call for end to Turkey EU membership talks; The leaders of the European Parliament's two largest groups called on Tuesday for the European Union to halt membership talks with Turkey because of its post-coup purges.

Six soldiers killed in Boko Haram attack in Cameroon: : An attack by Nigeria's Boko Haram extremists against a Lake Chad army base manned by an anti-insurgent regional force has left six Cameroonian soldiers dead, a military source said Tuesday.

Three children killed in blast in east Libya's Benghazi: A Reuters reporter saw billowing smoke and flames at the site of the explosion near the city's Jala hospital, which witnesses said had been caused by a car bomb.

Russia has right to defend against ‘aggressive’ NATO: “Russia is doing all that is necessary to protect itself against the backdrop of NATO's expansion toward its borders. NATO is indeed an aggressive bloc, that is why Russia is doing everything that is necessary,” as cited by Interfax.

Richard Branson's Virgin to bankroll secret Blairite campaign to stop Brexit: Richard Branson’s Virgin Group is to help bankroll a campaign set up in secret by Blairite former ministers and advisers to derail Brexit

Amnesty: UK 'utterly disingenuous' about human rights in Bahrain; British ministers have acted like overexcited cheerleaders for Bahrain’s woefully inadequate human rights reforms,

3 killed, 5 injured in NW Pakistan bomb explosion:At least three security personnel were killed and five others injured when a bomb went off near their vehicle in Pakistan's northwest Peshawar city, local media reported Tuesday.

Japan PM says TPP trade pact meaningless without U.S.: The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would be meaningless without U.S. participation, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said he would withdraw the United States from the pan-Pacific free trade deal.

Venezuela's president threatens legal action against US bank: "JPMorgan's attitude is of a criminal nature," Maduro said. He said local and foreign opponents were conspiring to give a false impression that Venezuela is on the verge of a debt default.

There is no such thing as western civilisation: The values of liberty, tolerance and rational inquiry are not the birthright of a single culture. In fact, the very notion of something called ‘western culture’ is a modern invention

Study Shows Marijuana 114 Times Safer Than Drinking Alcohol: Alcohol was found to be the deadliest drug on an individual level, at least when it comes to the likelihood of a person dying due to consuming a lethal dose. Heroin and cocaine were the next most deadly substances,

Edward Snowden talking about New President Donald Trump : Video -

CNN, Mainstream TV News Continues Ignoring Dakota Access Pipeline; A lazy mainstream media propagates false narratives based on second-hand sources

Texas police knock woman out of wheelchair, Taser her while handcuffed : It shows the 36-year-old woman being shocked twice with a taser, once when she was on the ground and already handcuffed.

State Regulators Deny the Homeless a Free Meal ; Kansas City Health Department put the kibosh on Kookers Kare’s attempts to feed the homeless before anyone was even able to enjoy the food.

News analysis - Medicare Will Be Gone By Next Thanksgiving If Republicans Have Their Way: This Thanksgiving, while I give thanks for my Medicare, Speaker Paul Ryan and his Republican Congress are actively plotting to dismantle it.

Trump v the media: did his tactics mortally wound the fourth estate?: From a bonanza of free airtime to an overt media campaign against him, Donald Trump was a candidate covered like no other. But were journalists unwitting accomplices in his election? And where does the industry go from here?

Trump tax plan helps ultra wealthy, businesses more than middle class, hurts single parents : A family earning between $40,000 and $50,000 ? and for whom he promised to “massively cut taxes” ? would only see a tax cut of $560. Many in the middle class will even see their taxes go up,

Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard 'Under Serious Consideration' for Trump Cabinet: the 35-year-old Hawaii congresswoman is being looked as a candidate for secretary of state, secretary of defense or United Nations ambassador.

Trump naming Mattis as Pentagon chief would break with 65 years of U.S. history: Putting a retired senior military officer in the job 65 years after Congress passed legislation that said it was “the sense” of lawmakers that “no additional appointments of military men to that office shall be approved.”

Donald Trump picks anti-Muslim intel officer to be national security adviser: Donald Trump has tapped an immigration hardliner and a former intelligence officer to be top members of his administration.

Jeff Sessions - Racism Allegations ‘ False ’ and ‘ Discredited ’ : Jeff Sessions Fmr Counsel - Racism Allegations ‘ False ’ and ‘ Discredited ’ - Fox News