Islamic State commanders, including founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, are huddling in bunkers in Mosul, where they are directing the defense against an Iraqi-led offensive to retake the city, Iraqi military intelligence officials say ... Baghdadi, the Muslim fundamentalist religious teacher who declared the caliphate in Mosul in 2014, is one of the key targets for the invading Kurdish and Iraqi forces....
The northeastern Philippine coast bore the initial brunt of SuperTyphoonHaima as it pounded the area with ferocious winds and rain reminiscent of the catastrophe wrought by 2013’s Typhoon Haiyan, The Associated Press reported. With sustained winds of 225 kilometers (140 mph) and gusts of up to 315 kph (195 mph) Haima made landfall at Penablanca town in Cagayan province shortly before midnight, weather officials said....
A Russian hacker suspected of cyberattacks in the United States has been arrested by Czech police, officials told the Associated Press Wednesday.Police said an international warrant for the man, who was not identified, was issued by Interpol and officers cooperated with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation on the case, the report said. Police spokesman Jozef Bocan said the man was arrested in a Prague hotel....
A Saudi prince has been executed after he was convicted of murder, a rare punishment for a member of the royal family in the conservative kingdom. Prince Turki bin Saud bin Turki bin Saud Al Kabir was found guilty of shooting another Saudi national after a brawl ... Twitter. Mohamad Bazzi on Twitter ... ....
FilmmakerMichael Moore has premiered a surprise film discussing the presidential election just three weeks before Americans head to vote in the next quadrennial election, The Associated Press reported Wednesday.The film premiered in New York Tuesday night in front of an audience of his fans, The Hollywood Reporter said ... It will also be shown at a theater in Encino, California.Moore says he hopes more theaters will be announced soon. ....
Sahodaya district president M ...Antony, Renitta, Joseph Madathil, SunnyThomas, Jobin Sebastian and Oormila Padmanabhan spoke ... Joseph’s SS School, Puthanangadi, won the first prize in band display ... ....
A Kent City Schools employee is accused of crashing her car and leaving the scene while driving impaired during her lunch hour last month ... on Sept. 27 ... GeorgeJoseph, superintendent of Kent schools, said Baliman initially was placed on paid administrative leave but has since returned to work ... Joseph said she has little contact with students....
Authorities say one man is dead and five people are injured after construction scaffolding fell to the street from a downtown Miami high-rise. Miami Fire Rescue Deputy ChiefJoseph Zahralban … Click to Continue » ... ....
According to a statement of facts, 25-year-old EdwardJoseph Matish was a member of a Playpen, a hidden website that shares child pornography. Between October 2014 and March 2015, Matish logged into Playpen and viewed content depicting the sexual exploitation ... ....
Sahlen Packing Co. has been run by the same family since it was founded in Buffalo in 1869. That tradition will continue beyond the ownership of current owner Joe Sahlen, 64, who's run the meat processing company on Howard Street in Buffalo since 1980. "It will be family-operated," Sahlen said. "Who's doing what, that will be worked out during the transition ... Not that it's imminent. Joseph Sahlen remains an active and hands-on… ... ....
With just three months until he and President Barack Obama vacate the White House, Vice PresidentJosephBiden put the vitriol of the presidential campaign trail to the side Wednesday during a stop in Boston where he discussed the "cancer moonshot" he is leading to accelerate research in the quest for a cure. Tapped at the beginning of the year by Obama to lead the cancer effort, Biden visited the Edward M ... ....
The man who died was a bystander in his 50s who ran from falling debris and had a “cardiac episode,” according to MiamiFire Rescue Deputy ChiefJoseph......
The issue came up for discussion when the agenda item on a shop in the Sreekaryam shopping complex was read out. United Democratic Front (UDF) councillors JohnsonJoseph and Beemappally Rashid said that many shops owned by the Corporation were being sub-let ... Rasheed ... ....