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....
During the final presidential debate Wednesday night, Donald Trump was unwilling to say that he would accept the results of the upcoming November Presidential election if he loses to Hillary Clinton, according to The Associated Press... Trump was adamant that he did nothing wrong, saying he did not apologize to his wife since the complaints were created by the Clinton campaign and that the claims were "largely debunked."....
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 ... ....
JordanRadio and TV Corporation (JRTV) was created by a separate law and does not fall under the authority of the audiovisual law. JRTV received some good news last week when the government agreed to allow news editors to bypass protocol in order to give priority to local and international news that has news value ... The annual budget lists JD30 million as going to JRTV....
Interra Systems today announced that Jordan Radio and Television (JRTV) has selected Interra’s Baton® product as their quality control and verification solution for their primary content ingest workflow. JRTV delivers programming throughout the Kingdom of Jordan...JRTV will pass all their ingested files through Baton QC for compliance and quality control before moving them for playout ... About JRTV. ... http.//jrtv.jo/....