Clouds halt Mosul advance amid deadly IS attacks
Cloud cover slowed air power over Mosul as Iraqi forces pressed urban missions. Mortar strikes in eastern districts killed seven civilians and wounded 35, while a car bomb in Tahrir killed another soldier and wounded others. A sniper killed a second soldier in Bakir as drones and aircraft operations paused.
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Tahrir
Bakir
Haider Fadhil
U.S
Aleppo Struck Again Amid Escalating Syrian Air Campaign
Rebels in eastern Aleppo face renewed airstrikes killing more than 20 and damaging the Bab al-Nairab water plant as Russia and Syria press a broad offensive. Activists report extensive civilian harm including a 6 year old child pulled alive from rubble after four hours. Authorities cite hospital and water shortages as winter nears. World Health Organization counts 126 medical facility attacks this year.
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Syrian Civil Defense
Public Services Authority
Bab al-Nairab
Ahmad al-Shami
Aid
Oxfam
U.N
Horrors Reach Yei as Civil War Returns to South Sudan
The AP reports in Yei near the Uganda and Congo border that civilians face machete attacks, gang rapes, arson, killings by ethnic groups, and detentions as South Sudan's renewed civil war escalates. UN warns of genocide risk while residents describe nightly gunfire and looting.
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Congo
Adama Dieng
U.N
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Betty
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Sudan
Juba
Kiir
Machar
Arctic Anomalies Show Heat Amid Record Low Sea Ice
Scientists note a paradox as Arctic temperatures spike by about 20 C north of 80N while sea ice extent hits record lows, staying unusually slow to freeze after September's low. Researchers and Arctic watchers, including Zack Lake, warn the anomaly defies typical seasonal cooling.
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Siberia
Polar Ocean
Twitter
Zack Lake
University of California At Irvine
Danish Meteorological Institute
Labe
Surgeon General calls addiction a national moral test
The Surgeon General, Vivek H. Murthy, released Facing Addiction calling drug and alcohol misuse a major public health crisis on par with smoking and AIDS. The report notes 20.8 million affected in 2015 and urges action while highlighting brain mechanisms, treatment, and relapse challenges.
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Vivek H. Murthy
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Murthy
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