Craig Taylor

Kurdish forces say they are making progress in a major offensive they have launched against Islamic State (IS) militants in Sinjar in northern Iraq.
BBC News – Middle East

Lawmakers from the US and Latin America urge Venezuela to allow OAS observers to monitor upcoming legislative elections.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Police target 17 people in raids in several European countries on suspicion of links to a “jihadist network”.
BBC News – Europe

India’s prime minister arrives in the UK for a three-day visit – described by David Cameron as a “historic opportunity” for both countries.
BBC News – UK

Donald Trump defends his plan to deport millions of undocumented US migrants despite criticism from fellow Republicans running for president.
BBC News – US & Canada

Senegal’s President Macky Sall describes the $ 1.9bn (£1.2bn) European fund to tackle African migration as “a good beginning” but said more money was needed.
BBC News – Africa

The uncertainty surrounding the health of A’s left fielder Coco Crisp isn’t enough of a concern to make general manager David Forst start a wholesale search for new outfielders this winter.
OAK Homepage News

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David Forst said at the General Mangers Meetings at the Boca Raton Resort & Club that improving the bullpen is the top priority. That can be volatile, he said.
OAK Homepage News

E-commerce giant Alibaba breaks its record for sales on Singles Day in China, the world’s biggest online shopping event, taking $ 9.3bn (£6.1bn).
BBC News – Business

Egypt frees prominent investigative journalist Hossam Bahgat, whose arrest was condemned by human rights campaigners.
BBC News – Middle East

Colombia’s largest armed rebel group, the Farc, stopped buying guns and ammunition at the end of September, its leader says.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A Russian document circulating at the UN proposes a constitutional reform process in Syria lasting 18 months to be followed by presidential elections.
BBC News – Europe

George Osborne should postpone planned reforms to tax credits, says a group of MPs warning that there can be no “magic bullet” to protect low-paid workers.
BBC News – UK

A judge in Kansas gives a death sentence to a white supremacist who killed three people at a Jewish centre last year.
BBC News – US & Canada

Some 11 million children are at risk from hunger and disease in east and southern Africa as El Nino causes drought and flooding, the UN says.
BBC News – Africa

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Last Saturday, baseball fans everywhere got to see the best the Arizona Fall League had to offer in the annual Fall Stars Game. Tuesday’s Mesa-Surprise game affords the opportunity to see many of those Fall Stars […]

A “deeply concerning” slowdown in trade, particularly with China, will lead to lower global economic growth this year, the OECD says.
BBC News – Business

A Jordanian policeman opens fire at a police training centre outside Amman, killing two Americans, a South African and a Jordanian, officials say.
BBC News – Middle East