Schiff agreed with GOP Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger’s description of Trump’s troop withdrawal out of northern Syria Sunday morning as a “complete capitulation” to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Schiff said the U.S. is “not going to have an ally left” after Trump leaves office and cautioned against the abandonment of America’s “strongest ally” in the fight against the Islamic State militants, the Kurds. Schiff noted that former U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis had repeatedly warned Trump “it’s absolutely a given” ISIS will return to the region....

There are concerns after Nets players DeAndre Jordan and Spencer Dinwiddie tested positive for the coronavirus. Jordan will sit out the team’s campaign and Dinwniddie may do the same. MORE: Players who have opted out of NBA’s restart “Never ‘full steam ahead, no matter what,’” Silver told TIME 100 Talks when asked if the league would take the court regardless of events. “One thing we are learning about this virus is [that] much [is] unpredictable, and we and our players, together with their union, look at the data on a daily basis....

Adidas severed ties with the rapper — who has officially changed his name to Ye — last month after a series of controversial incidents including a string of allegedly antisemitic tweets in which he wrote he was “going death con 3 on Jewish people.” The company told Newsweek in a statement it would “stop the Adidas Yeezy business with immediate effect” because “does not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech....

Those workhorse days rushing the football are over after Peterson signed Tuesday with New Orleans — and the fullback who will be opening holes for him believes it’s a good thing. Kuhn, who joined the Saints last season, says Peterson will enjoy the benefits of playing with the best supporting cast of his NFL career. Like with Brett Favre in 2009 and 2010, Peterson again is paired with a future Hall of Fame quarterback in Drew Brees....

However, Peterson’s father, Nelson Peterson, believes that the Vikings are only saying they want him back so he can be traded. MORE: Salary cap casualties | 49ers will ‘figure out a way’ to keep Gore | Mutual interest between Sanchez, Eagles “They can increase his worth by saying, ‘Hey, we want him back,’’’ Nelson Peterson told the Pioneer Press. “That’s part of negotiations. Even if you don’t want a player, you’re telling the public, you’re going to tell everybody else that you want him back because therefore you can increase his value in case you try to trade him or whatever....

Powerful images of the Twin Towers erupting into flames, people falling from the skyscrapers, New Yorkers covered in debris and the buildings crumbling are among the most poignant images of the attack. Now, 20 years later, aerial images shot just days after the event have revealed the extent of the devastation, which killed around 3,000 people. The 9/11 attacks saw four commercial flights hijacked by terrorists, with two planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, flown into the twin towers at the World Trade Center, in New York....

It’s believed the body crews found was Scott Walsh, who was last seen stepping off a shuttle bus at the park’s South Rim in 2015, although he wasn’t reported to the park as missing. “The fact that he was found was just coincidental,” said park spokeswoman Joelle Baird. “We weren’t necessarily looking for him, and he wasn’t a person that was really on our radar.” Park officials believe it’s Walsh because a day pack that was previously found had prescriptions with his name on them, and a jacket found with the remains had a driver’s license issued to Walsh out of New York, Baird said....

One of the top featured bouts will be the finals of the AEW World Trios Championship tournament. Over the past few weeks, teams such as The Elite, Death Triangle and The House of Black all competed to determine the inaugural champions. Who will walk out of All Out the winners? Thunder Rosa defends the AEW Women’s World Title against tag team partner Toni Storm. The Casino Ladder Match also makes its return....

Animal Crossing: New Horizons has taken the gaming world by storm, giving players from around the world a chill experience while they are isolated and quarantined and one half of the AEW Tag Team Champions is doing the same. On his various social media accounts, Page has continued to ask fans to stay at home when possible during the coronavirus pandemic. And on Tuesday, he let his followers know one of the ways he’s passing the time is by playing the new Animal Crossing game....

While the official reason given to the continental governing body by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) was that the stadium would not be available on the initial date, Goal has reliably learnt that the actual reason is entirely different altogether. The Indian men’s cricket team are set to welcome their Australian counterparts for a five-match ODI series this month, which will be followed by a three-game T20I series. The second T20I game is set to be held on 10th of October, the initial date on which India vs Macau game was scheduled....

AL HILAL (KSA) V PERSEPOLIS (IRN) The first of the semifinals sees Al Hilal take on this year’s surprise packages, Persepolis, at home on Tuesday. It promises to be an exciting clash with both sides looking to win their first ever title. Interestingly, both teams had played each other in the group stages earlier but both games ended as draws. Al Hilal, who beat Al Ain in the quarterfinals, are yet to taste defeat in the tournament and they will not want to do so at this stage....

GROUP E: Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 6-3 Tianjin Quanjian (Shin-Wook 24’, 60’, 64’ Kyo-Won 42’ Lopes 56’ Bo-Kyung 72’ - Cheng 10’ Xuri 79’ Pato 89') South Korean side Jeonbuk Hyundai maintained their perfect start to the season by pummelling Tianjin Quanjian 6-3 at home in a free-scoring match, thanks to a hat-trick from Kim Shin-wook. But it was the visitors from China who took the lead when right-back Zhang Cheng fired home a volley in the 10th minute....

LEKHWIYA 0-1 PERSEPOLIS [Chico Flores (OG) 23'] Lekhwiya were dumped out of the AFC Champions League in unfortunate fashion as an own goal scored by Chico Flores sent Iran’s Persepolis through to the quarterfinals. After a 0-0 draw in the first leg, there was everything to play for but the game started in bizarre fashion for the Qatar champions. Persepolis’ Vahid Amiri released Mehdi Taremi, whose low ball across goal was diverted into his own net by Flores in the 23rd minute, handing the Iranian outfit a crucial away goal....

This is the final hurdle for either club before they are allotted a place in the group stages of Asia’s second-tier continental competition. The Mariners head into this tie after securing a resounding comeback win over DSK Shivajians in the I-League. The Sanjoy Sen-coached team has so far been unbeatable, notching up eight wins and three draws in eleven games played since the start of the domestic season. Iniesta: Barcelona haven’t lost faith in Luis Enrique...

The striker was among five players dropped prior to Kenya’s match against Uganda but he will now stand a chance of making national team debut on Sunday following Coach Stanley Okumbi’s decision to include him in the list. Wanyama expresses caution ahead of DRC match The development has been necessitated by the fact that two players at the camp in Musa Mohammed and Anthony Akumu are nursing injuries picked against Uganda....

There was a separate women’s rights protest for equal rights held in Herat. In Kabul, about 20 women gathered with microphones, also demanding that they be able to work. The Taliban previously ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001 under harsh rule and women were not allowed to go out in public. The group let the demonstration go on without interruption as armed gunmen supervised. “Freedom is our motto. It makes us proud,” said a sign of an Afghan woman demonstrating there....

Extend the mission of ISAF, the 4,650-strong international peacekeeping force in Kabul, at least through Afghan elections planned for 2004. Send a high-level civilian official to coordinate foreign aid. President Hamid Karzai’s infant government can’t, and big donor nations, especially in Europe, are concerned about corruption. Send a senior officer to coordinate the U.S. role in helping internal security and improve liaison on the ground; this would free the current commander, Lt....

The list, which rates countries on their levels of persecution of and discrimination against people of faith, said Christianity is the world’s most persecuted faith, with more than 360 million believers at risk from radical Hindus or Muslims. Of that group, 312 million Christians suffer “extreme” levels of persecution, which is 1 in 7 Christians worldwide. For the past two decades, North Korea has been the No. 1 violator of religious freedom, but this year, because of the Taliban’s takeover, Afghanistan took the top spot, “making an [already] deadly situation for Christians worse,” Open Doors’ report said....

That bonanza should be good news for the people of Chad, if the government honors a breakthrough agreement with the World Bank. To get the oil project off the ground, the bank has lent $300 million to Chad (some of which went to Cameroon), and is acting, effectively, as the project’s political guarantor. In return, Chad has agreed, in essence, to cede its sovereignty over how its oil income will be spent....

In the process, mobile phones have transformed everything from Africans’ sense of empowerment to the way their countries work. Fierce competition among multinationals and prepaid phone cards have placed the devices within reach of people without bank accounts or credit records. Modern digital networks have given citizens unprecedented power to scrutinize–and criticize–their leaders. Governments intolerant of dissent have grown to fear the mighty mobile. And its proliferation has forced greater transparency in government and business alike–sometimes voluntarily, as elites seek to liberate their countrymen; sometimes enthusiastically, as they contemplate the hefty incomes that licensing fees and tax revenues will generate, and sometimes reluctantly, as popular will and a nascent middle class push them into the cyber age....