Leaks put Assange at odds with Ecuador's warming up to US and other top stories.

• Leaks put Assange at odds with Ecuador's warming up to US

  

  QUITO, Ecuador — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is finding himself in open conflict with his Ecuadorean protectors as the group’s latest dump targeting Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign runs afoul of the South American government’s goal of warming up to Washington. Ecuador’s move to cut off his internet access at its embassy in London was a stinging rebuke from leftist President Rafael Correa, who in 2012 heralded Assange as a digital-age Robin Hood and granted him asylum over protests ..

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• Asia Pacific|Philippine Police Van Rams Protesters at US Embassy, Hurting Dozens

  

  Video Police Van Hits Protesters in Manila Dozens were injured during protests in the Philippine capital when the local police used a van to run over people demonstrating against the United States’ military presence. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS on Publish Date October 19, 2016. Photo by Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. Watch in Times ..

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• Syria says east Aleppo ceasefire has begun, promises 'safe exit'

  

  AMMAN The Syrian military said on Thursday a unilateral ceasefire backed by Russia had come into force to allow people to leave besieged eastern Aleppo, a move that the rebels have said was part of a psychological campaign to get them to surrender.State media earlier said the army had opened exit corridors in two designated areas in the Bustan al Qasr quarter and near the Castello road in northern Aleppo city, where waiting green buses were shown on state television. Intensified Russian and S..

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• The Latest: Syria military urges residents to leaveAleppo

  

  BEIRUT –  The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local): 9:40 a.m. The Syrian military is calling on residents of besieged rebel-held districts in the city of Aleppo to evacuate and for gunmen to lay down their weapons as the humanitarian pause announced by Russia takes effect. Moscow says the three-day pause is to allow civilians and militants safe passage out of the eastern districts of the city — under a tight siege since July and a punishing bombing campaign since mid-September. A..

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