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(Reuters) – Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump face the judgment of the voters on Tuesday as millions of Americans turn out on Election Day to pick the next U.S. president and end a bruising campaign that polls said favored Clinton. In a battle centered largely on the character of the candidates, Clinton, 69, a former secretary of state and first lady, and Trump, 70, a New York businessman, made their final, fervent appeals to supporters late on Monday to turn out to vote. Their final week of campaigning…

Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are poised to fight late into the night Monday as they barnstorm across battleground states on the final full day of campaigning. As Election Day approaches, each candidate has a path to victory. Clinton is better positioned than Trump with a narrow lead in national polls and an advantage in many battleground states. But her leads are far from dominant and a strong turnout for Trump or a poor response from sections of her own coalition could open the way for the billionaire real…

(Reuters) – Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces attacked an Islamic State-held town northeast of Mosul on Monday, trying to clear a pocket of militants outside the city while Iraqi troops wage a fierce urban war with the jihadists in its eastern neighborhoods. As the campaign against Islamic State’s Iraqi stronghold entered its fourth week, fighters across the border launched an offensive in the Syrian half of the jihadist group’s self-declared caliphate, targeting its base in the city of Raqqa. The assault on Raqqa, held by Islamic State for nearly three years,…

Florida has been considered a must-win state for Trump to get to 270 electoral votes – the number required to cross the finish line – but his campaign sees a way around that if they can take Michigan. The midwestern state, which Clinton lost to Bernie Sanders in a surprising primary upset, contains many blue collar workers who find Trump’s anti-free trade message appealing. Trump will hold his final campaign rally in the state, in Grand Rapids, on Monday night at 23:00 local time, while President Obama will be in…

(Reuters)  – The German Interior Ministry wants to stop migrants ever reaching Europe’s Mediterranean coast by picking them up at sea and returning them to Africa, the Welt am Sonntag newspaper reported on Sunday. In what would be a huge shift for a country with one of the most generous asylum policies, the ministry says the European Union should adopt an Australian-style system under which migrants intercepted at sea are sent for processing at camps in third countries. “The elimination of the prospect of reaching the European coast could convince…

(Reuters) – The U.S.-backed Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Sunday the start of a campaign to retake the Syrian city of Raqqa, the militant Islamic State group’s de facto capital, would begin within hours, with U.S. forces providing air cover. In a press conference in the Syrian town of Ain Issa, commanders of SDF, said the goal of the operation, called Angry Euphrates, would be liberating Raqqa from the militants. The Syrian YPG Kurdish force is one of the most powerful militias in Syria and regarded as the backbone…

ISLAMABAD : Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as part of its Public Diplomacy initiativesaimed at promoting Pakistani cuisines abroad, has organised with the assistance of Pakistani Missions Abroad a series of Food Festivals in Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia from 22 October-10 November 2016. The Ministry endeavours to arrange public diplomacy event aimed atprojecting Pakistan’s culture, heritage and ethos both at home and abroad.  A weeklong food festival was organised in Pakistan’s Mission in Morocco in the citiesof Rabat, Casablanca and Tangier. The event evinced an overwhelming response, andwas attended by a large number of participants including the local parliamentarians,diplomats, businessmen, journalists, members of think tanks and the resident Pakistanicommunity.  The…