Globe Trot: Pakistan’s pains and Iraq’s gains

PAKISTAN: The case of Asia Bibi, “an illiterate berry picker on death row,” has Pakistanis in an uproar.

Only in Australia has there been widespread coverage of the Asia Bibi case, as other Western media outlets have gone to pains to show it’s not related to Islam.

HAITI: Hurricane Matthew, whose death toll has reached more than 1,000 in Haiti, has brought an outlaw drug lord to his knees:

“I don’t like to beg, but this time I have to,” said Guy Philippe, one of the most feared men in the country. “It’s the first time in my life I feel I can do nothing for my people. They are starving.”

ETHIOPIA: Authorities have detained more than 1,600 people under a state of emergency declared after a wave of protests.

IRAQ: Yesterday “was a significant day in Nineveh Plain liberation,” reports Assyrian Archimandrite Emanuel Youkhana. Bartilla, one of the ancient Christian towns outside Mosul, was retaken as well as other townships. Kurdish forces also cleared of ISIS an area including Mar Oraha, and discovered the fifth century monastery still intact after rumors ISIS may have destroyed it.

Turkey must not be allowed to stop Christians from returning to Mosul.

NIGERIA’s press is taking note of Hillary Clinton’s role in abetting Boko Haram terrorism. The latest crib of emails from WikiLeaks show extended conflicts of interest among Clinton while secretary of state, the Clinton Foundation, and her husband Bill’s fund-raising activities—all of which are being covered by Breitbart and others (after WORLD’s investigative series earlier this year) but are steadfastly not getting coverage in the mainstream American press.

ELECTION: The case against Hillary Clinton could have been written before the latest WikiLeaks revelations, writes Charles Krauthammer, capturing the “bottomless cynicism” and soullessness of this campaign.