Iraqi Shi'ite militias launched an offensive toward the west of Mosul on October 30, an operation that will tighten the noose around Islamic State's Iraq stronghold but has alarmed Turkey and could inflame tensions in the mainly Sunni area.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey was aiming to reinforce its troops deployments in its Iraqi border town of Silopi and that it would have a "different response" for Shi'ite militia groups if they cause terror in the Iraqi city of Tal Afar.

With 11 days to go before the US presidential election, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump by 15 percentage points among early voters surveyed in the past two weeks, according to the Reuters/Ipsos States of the Nation project

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The FBI is investigating more emails as part of a probe into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email system, it said on October 28, in a new twist that could damage the Democratic candidate in the 2016 presidential race.

Syrian rebels including jihadists counter-attacked the army and its allies on October 28 aiming to break a weeks-long siege on eastern Aleppo, insurgents said.

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NC US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump criticized Democrat Hillary Clinton on October 27 over her trade policies, saying she would handle trade deals so badly that the country should "just cancel the election" and name him the victor.

The Iraqi army was trying on October 27 to reach a town south of Mosul where Islamic State has reportedly executed dozens to deter the population against any attempt to support the US-led offensive on the jihadists' last major city stronghold in Iraq.

The fifth ASEAN Heritage Parks Conference (AHP5) has been held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, according to the ASEAN Secretariat.

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop affirmed Australia is having a good relationship with Indonesia at her meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Jakarta on October 26. 

Air strikes by Syrian or Russian warplanes on October 26 killed at least 26 people, most of them schoolchildren, in a village in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province, rescue workers and a monitoring group said.

Britain said on October 26 it will send fighter jets to Romania next year and the United States promised troops, tanks and artillery to Poland in NATO's biggest military build-up on Russia's borders since the Cold War.

Islamic State fighters kept up on October 26 their fierce defense of the southern approaches to Mosul, which has held up Iraqi troops there and forced an elite army unit east of the city to put a more rapid advance on hold.

The United States on October 26 abstained for the first time from a United Nations General Assembly vote on a resolution calling for an end to a US economic embargo on Cuba, after opposing such measures every year for 24 years.

Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand Wissanu Krea-ngam on October 25 affirmed that the country will continue its roadmap to return to democracy and the general election will be held next year. 

Supporters of the self-claimed Islamic States (IS) from Indonesia are travelling to join forces with their “counterparts” in the Philippines, raising concern about cross border violence, according to Indonesian anti-terrorism officials.

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An elite unit of the Iraqi army paused its week-long advance on Mosul as it approached the city's eastern edge on October 25, waiting for other US-backed forces to close in on Islamic State's last major urban stronghold in Iraq.

Russia said on October 25 it would extend a moratorium on air strikes on Syria's Aleppo into a ninth day, but a monitor and a civil defense official said that rebel-held parts of the divided city had been struck in recent days.

US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on October 25 that Democrat Hillary Clinton's plan for Syria would "lead to World War Three," because of the potential for conflict with military forces from nuclear-armed Russia.

At least one person was killed and 19 wounded when a bomb exploded near a noodle stall in Thailand’s southern Pattani town, a largely Muslim are, said the country’s police on October 24

At least 48 people were killed and 75 wounded when gunman stormed a Pakistani police training academy in the southwestern city of Quetta, hospital officials said on October 25.

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Islamic State expanded its attacks on October 24 against the army and Kurdish forces across Iraq, trying to relieve pressure on the militant group's defenses around Mosul, its last major urban stronghold in the country.

A powerful blast at a prefabricated house in northwestern China on October 24 killed at least seven people and injured 94, state news agency Xinhua said.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte softened his remarks about a "separation" from long-time ally the United States on the eve of a visit to Japan, a country worried about Manila's apparent pivot away from Washington and toward China.

The eighth Lao National Assembly opened its second session in Vientiane on October 24. 

A ceremony was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, on October 24 to mark the 71st founding anniversary of the United Nations (UN). 

Manila will not dismiss the ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, the Netherlands, on the Philippines’ lawsuit against China, affirmed spokesman Martin Anadar of the Philippine President Palace on October 23.