Super Typhoon Haima batters Philippines and other top stories.

• Super Typhoon Haima batters Philippines

  

  Image copyright EPA Image caption Over 10 million people were in the path of the storm At least four people have been killed in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Haima hit the country.The storm, which brought sustained winds of up to 225km/h (140mph), made landfall over Cagayan in the north on Wednesday.Nearly 100,000 people were evacuated from threatened areas as the storm approached.There was widespread damage overnight, with homes destroyed and powe..

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• North Korea Attempts Missile Launch as US Strengthens Regional Alliances

  

  STATE DEPARTMENT —  North Korea conducted a failed test of an intermediate-range ballistic missile on Thursday morning, shortly after the U.S and South Korea wrapped up high-level security talks in Washington. The U.S. Strategic Command and South Korea's Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said this attempted launch seemed to replicate Saturday’s failed test in that it involved the same type of missile, a Mudsudan with a range of 3,000 kilometers, from the same location, the western city of Kus..

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• Trump appears to admit using charity money to settle lawsuit

  

  When The Washington Post’s David A. Fahrenthold first reported that Donald Trump has used money contributed to the foundation that bears his name to help settle two lawsuits, Trump and his surrogates repeatedly said the charge was untrue. [Trump used $258,000 from his charity to settle legal problems] Not Wednesday. At the third presidential debate with Hillary Clinton, Trump essentially acknowledged he had used Trump Foundation money to settle a lawsuit against the town of Palm Beach, which h..

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• Syria Kurdish Commander Says Turkey Pounding His Forces

  

  BEIRUT — Turkish jets have struck the U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish militia north of the embattled city of Aleppo, claiming to have killed as many as 200 militia members, Turkey's state-run news agency reported Thursday.A senior commander of the main Syria Kurdish militia, which has been supported by the United States, confirmed Turkish jets and artillery were still attacking his forces north of Aleppo, but disputed the casualty count saying no more than 10 of his fighters were killed so far.C..

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• Syria conflict: Aleppo 'humanitarian pause' begins

  

  Image copyright Reuters Image caption Some 2,700 people have been killed or injured in rebel-held Aleppo in the past month, monitors say A "humanitarian pause" in attacks on rebel-held eastern Aleppo - part of a plan to allow civilians and fighters to leave - has come into effect.The unilateral truce, announced by Russia, will last until at least 19:00 (16:00 GMT). Eight exit corridors have been designated from the east. Russian and Syrian air strikes..

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• Cold and frosty EU morning for Theresa May

  

  Image copyright AFP Image caption British Prime Minister Theresa May has been invited to give a "Brexit update" to EU leaders Proudly straightening her skirt, jauntily knotting his tie - a new premier usually feels some excitement about attending their first summit of European Union leaders.Not so Theresa May.I imagine her slipping on her patterned pumps with some dread this morning as she dashes off to Brussels.There are a plethora of English express..

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• China Hails Deal With Duterte to Restart South China Sea Talks

  

  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to new talks over disputed territory in the South China Sea in what China is hailing as a new era of maritime cooperation between the two countries.China’s Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Liu Zhenmin told reporters in Beijing Thursday that the two leaders had agreed to return to a "track of dialogue" over the South China Sea in what is a “new stage of maritime cooperation," adding that Duterte’s visit signified ..

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• Mosul operation moving faster than expected, Iraq's leader says

  

  Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said that the operation by coalition forces to free Mosul was going faster than expected."The fighting forces are currently pushing forward toward the town more quickly that we thought and more quickly than we had established in our plan for this campaign," he said via teleconference to a high-level meeting on Mosul in Paris. Further glimpses of life under ISIS rule are emerging as more refugees flee Mosul, the Iraqi city that is the focus of a major campaign..

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• Leaks put Assange at odds with Ecuador's warming up to US

  

  QUITO, Ecuador — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is finding himself in open conflict with his Ecuadorean protectors as the group’s latest dump targeting Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign runs afoul of the South American government’s goal of warming up to Washington. Ecuador’s move to cut off his internet access at its embassy in London was a stinging rebuke from leftist President Rafael Correa, who in 2012 heralded Assange as a digital-age Robin Hood and granted him asylum over protests ..

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