en-sg-hotdailynews: 2015-07-19 Singapore World

US-backed offensive in Iraq gets off to a disappointing start
Los Angeles Times
A U.S.-backed military offensive against Islamic State fighters faltered in its first week as several hundred militants entrenched in the provincial capital of Ramadi withstood punishing airstrikes and held off a far-larger force of Iraqi ground troops ...
Iraq: Toll Rises in Market Bombing   New York Times
White house condemns Islamic State attack in Iraq   Reuters India
UN chief slams terrorist bomb attack in Baghdad   India Today
CNN
Stuff.co.nz
Financial Express
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CNN

Kenya's Westgate mall reopens, nearly two years after bloody terror attack
CNN
The Westgate mall in Kenya was the site of a terror attack in 2013, which took the lives of 67 people. NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) — After a bloody terror attack nearly two years ago, Kenya's Westgate shopping mall reopened its doors to shoppers Saturday ...

Shoppers pour into reopened Kenyan mall 2 years after terrorist attack   Los Angeles Times
Nairobi Westgate mall attack: Victims recall the horrifying event as shopping ...   The Independent
Shoppers return to Kenyan mall 2 years after attack   The Denver Post
Fox News
Herald Scotland
Mirror.co.uk
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Egyptian Affiliate of Islamic State Claims Attack on Checkpoints
New York Times
CAIRO — The Islamic State's Egyptian affiliate said in a statement on a social media site that it had carried out an attack in North Sinai on military checkpoints that killed five members of the country's security forces on Saturday. Several mortar ...
Islamists kill five at Egypt's Sinai checkpoints   BBC News
Rocket attack kills three soldiers in Sinai   Sky News Australia
Militants kill three Egypt soldiers in Sinai attack   The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
Ahram Online
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Reclaim Australia group and protesters clash in Sydney
Sydney Morning Herald
Protesters have clashed violently in Martin Place as Reclaim Australia rallies and counter-rallies continued on Sunday. Several men wearing Australian flags were chased by protesters at about 10.20am. The counter-rally was to interrupt the rally by ...
Police out in force as more Reclaim Australia, No Room for Racism protests ...   ABC Online
Arrests at anti-racism, Islam rally   NEWS.com.au
Police separate protesters as Brisbane Reclaim Australia rally starts   Brisbane Times
Sky News Australia
Daily Mail
Yahoo7 News
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ISIS militants launch chemical attack on Kurdish areas northeast Syria
ARA News
Remnant of a shell launched by ISIS militants on Hasakah, that caused suffocation cases among Kurdish civilians. The radical group is accused of using chemical agents in anti-Kurdish attacks northeast Syria. Photo: ARA News ...

Islamic State used poison gas in northeast Syria   Jerusalem Post Israel News
Isil 'chemical attack' on Kurds raises fear of gas warfare   Telegraph.co.uk
Islamic State used chemical weapons against Syria, Iraq Kurds: Experts   Economic Times
Ynetnews
Daily Mail
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China deports 20 foreigners for watching 'terrorist' videos
STLtoday.com
BEIJING (AP) — China has deported 20 foreigners from Britain, South Africa and India for watching video clips it says advocated terrorism and religious extremism. The official Xinhua News Agency said late Saturday that the foreigners watched an ...
British tourists held on China visit back in UK   Irish Independent
Mistaken 'terror links'? China arrested tourists for watching Genghis Khan ...   Zee News
China deports Indian man after 'Genghis Khan video'   Hindustan Times
BBC News
The Indian Express
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Barack Obama enjoys some father daughter time in New York with Sasha and ...
Irish Independent
U.S. President Barack Obama walks out with his daughter Sasha from the White House in Washington Open Gallery 15 U.S. President Barack Obama walks out with his daughter Sasha from the White House in Washington before departure to New York July ...

Obama takes daughters on New York outing   Sky News Australia
It's a dad-daughter overnighter in New York for the Obamas   Dispatch Times
Bonding time for Obama, teenage daughters during NYC getaway   Akron Beacon Journal
New York Post
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AsiaOne

Shoppers of all races head to Low Yat Plaza
AsiaOne
Bouncing back: Business at Low Yat is slowly getting back to normal as shoppers return. Photo: The Star/ANN. Shoppers of all races head to Low Yat Plaza. The Star/ANN | Sunday, Jul 19, 2015. The Star/ANN Sunday, Jul 19, 2015. KUALA LUMPUR - The ...

Move to have Raya do at Low Yat   The Star Online
Why theft case escalated to race brawl   The Straits Times
Low Yat riots not just about stolen phone, Utusan writer insists   Malay Mail Online
Free Malaysia Today
The Malaysian Insider
Astro Awani
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The Gritty Details of El Chapo's Escape
Daily Beast
Searching for “the big lie” at the heart of the kingpin's escape plot. Joaquín Guzmán, the Mexican drug kingpin better known by his nickname “El Chapo,” meaning Shorty, ended his brief tenure as Mexico's wealthiest and most famous prison inmate last ...

In Mexico, escaped 'El Chapo' is folk hero no. 1   The Hindu
'El Chapo' revered, not feared, in Mexico   The Straits Times
Legend of escaped Mexican kingpin Guzman grows in drug heartland | Reuters   Firstpost
The San Diego Union-Tribune
Mashable
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