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Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday that the United States was serving the interests of Islamic State by preventing the Syrian army and its allies advancing in some areas of eastern Syria. American jets have this year targeted pro-government militias in eastern Syria that were advancing towards Washington's local allies. Nasrallah said the United States was delaying the Syrian military in its battle to retake territory from Islamic State. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2y1fU6f

The situation surrounding Harvey Weinstein’s sexual harassment allegations has only continued to worsen. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2hYNjrQ

Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate was once a key ally for many rebels but they are now abandoning it as the jihadists face a Turkey-backed operation in its stronghold. The Fateh al-Sham Front, formerly known as Al-Nusra Front, is the most powerful faction in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib, which remains largely beyond the control of the regime. It heads the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham coalition, which brought together an array of sympathetic rebel and jihadist groups and holds sway across Idlib after ousting rival factions earlier this year. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2y979qg

WASHINGTON ― The White House told Congress on Sunday night that it wants a border wall and new limits on legal immigration in return for allowing people illegally brought into the United States as children to remain here ― demands top Democrats say renege on a deal President Donald Trump himself made with them last month. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2kzLNx8

When Earl Melchert was handed a $7,000 reward last week for rescuing an abducted teenager, he immediately and “without hesitation” gave his windfall to the girl he saved. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2y61lff

By Sharon Bernstein LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - The FBI on Sunday started returning thousands of purses, phones and other property left behind by concert-goers in Las Vegas fleeing the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, as the Red Cross stepped up efforts to reach those traumatized by the Oct. 1 massacre. Investigators still lack a clear reason why Stephen Paddock, 64, unleashed a torrent of gunfire into a crowd of 22,000 at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival. The suspect shot himself to death before police stormed his 32nd-floor suite in the Mandalay Bay Casino and Resort, high above the concert venue. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2wJmWsm

Jeff Frost is covering the fires in Napa and Sonoma counties in California. See the time lapses he shot for his film "California on Fire" from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2kC9VPW

Carmen Yulín Cruz, the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, said on Sunday that despite the compassion of the U.S. public, the federal government “does not want to help” Puerto Rico. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2xqBIZF

Naeem Khan has long been hailed as a favorite for names like Beyoncé, Kate Hudson and former first lady Michelle Obama, but his global influence extends far beyond that. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2wJ038M

Tampa Bay Lightning forward J.T. Brown raised his right fist during the national anthem before a game against the Florida Panthers on Saturday night, becoming the first NHL player this regular season to join the silent protests that have been sweeping the NFL and other U.S. sporting leagues. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2y1GvA5

Republican Senator Bob Corker has likened Donald Trump's White House to "an adult day care centre", in an extraordinary response after the President's attack on him. "It's a shame the White House has become an adult day care centre," Mr Corker tweeted. Earlier that day, Mr Trump had issued a series of tweets disparaging the Senator, who announced last month that he would not seek re-election in 2018. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2gpzEGP

The trial of two women accused of murdering the North Korean leader's half-brother moved Monday to a high-security Malaysian laboratory to view clothing worn by the defendants and contaminated by a nerve agent. The visit to the government lab near Kuala Lumpur came after a chemist last week testified there were traces of VX on the women's clothes. Raja Subramaniam's testimony was the first evidence directly linking the women to the poison used to kill Kim Jong-Nam as he waited at a crowded airport near the capital. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2g6Y8Yv

The father of Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock was reportedly a self-ordained minister who carried out marriage ceremonies and wanted to start his own church as well as being on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list of fugitives. In the search to understand the psychology of the mass murderer, attention has focused on the colourful criminal life of his father Benjamin Hoskins Paddock. Although the killer had no previous criminal convictions and apparently lived in the shadows of society, rarely speaking to his neighbours, his father was a larger than life character, according to reports. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2xrMUFg

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trying to revive health care talks, President Donald Trump said Saturday that he had spoken to the Senate's Democratic leader to gauge whether the minority party was interested in helping pass "great" health legislation. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2fVhImE

Tulsa police say a 16-year-old boy fatally shot a man in front of his kids and raped an 81-year-old woman. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2xuHDIt

Model Ashley Graham is the poster child for body positivity. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2yB6r6z

A movement to abolish Columbus Day and replace it with Indigenous Peoples Day has gained momentum in some parts of the U.S., with Los Angeles in August becoming the biggest city yet to decide to stop honoring the Italian explorer and instead recognize victims of colonialism. Austin, Texas, followed suit Thursday. It joined cities including San Francisco, Seattle and Denver, which had previously booted Columbus in favor of Indigenous Peoples Day. But the gesture to recognize indigenous people rather than the man who opened the Americas to European domination also has prompted howls of outrage from some Italian-Americans, who say eliminating their festival of ethnic pride is culturally insensitive, too. “We had a very difficult time in this country for well over a hundred years,” said Basil Russo, president of the Order Italian Sons and Daughters of America. “Columbus Day is a day that we’ve chosen to celebrate who we are. And we’re entitled to do that just as they are entitled to ce...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday warned his US counterpart Rex Tillerson that Washington risks sparking an unacceptable escalation in tensions with North Korea. In a phone call with US Secretary of State Tillerson, Lavrov "stressed the unacceptability of an escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula, which the American military preparations in the region are leading to," the foreign ministry said in a statement. US President Donald Trump said Saturday that diplomatic efforts with North Korea have consistently failed. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2hY0qtv

A Filipino doctor wanted over a foiled jihadist plot targeting New York's subway and Times Square previously treated pro-Islamic State (IS) group militants in the mountains of southern Philippines, the military said on Monday. Russell Salic, 37, had links to the Maute group, which since May had been occupying parts of the Philippines' most important Islamic city of Marawi in a bid to establish an IS caliphate in Southeast Asia, Philippine authorities said. "He was among those who were treating wounded members of the Maute group," military spokesman Colonel Edgard Arevalo told AFP. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2ySLwrw

By Libby George and Karin Strohecker LONDON (Reuters) - Nigeria's Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who has served as acting president for much of this year, said on Monday he had not given any thought to contesting the country's next presidential election in 2019. Nigeria has faced heightened uncertainty over whether President Muhammadu Buhari plans to contest the next election. Buhari, 74, took power in 2015 but has been absent for much of this year due to illness. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2y6AEY7