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• U.S. extends embassy closings, lawmakers say threat serious
• US posts in Muslim world will remain closed
• Random shooting, bombings kill 15 across Iraq
• Tighter security at some US missions over al-Qaida
• Random shooting, bombings kill 12 across Iraq
• Security tightens around shuttered Yemen embassies after militant warning
• Terror threat: Senator cites increased 'chatter'
• Al Qaeda embassy threats: Sign of shrinking ambition?
• Monotonous, rigid military prison life awaits Manning
• Bomb, mortar attacks kill 8 in Iraq
• Analysis: Israeli-Palestinian riddle won't answer Middle East's wider woes
• U.S. expected to say accused Fort Hood shooter carefully planned attack
• France to close embassy in Yemen temporarily on security fears

U.S. extends embassy closings, lawmakers say threat serious Posted: 04 Aug 2013 03:40 PM PDT By Tabassum Zakaria WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States extended embassy closures by a week in the Middle East and Africa as a precaution on Sunday after an al Qaeda threat that U.S. lawmakers said was the most serious in years. The State Department said 19 U.S. embassies and consulates would be closed through Saturday "out of an abundance of caution" and that a number of them would have been closed anyway for most of the week due to the Eid celebration at the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The United States initially closed 21 U.S. diplomatic posts for the day on Sunday. ...

US posts in Muslim world will remain closed Posted: 04 Aug 2013 03:28 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. diplomatic posts in 19 cities in the Muslim world will be closed at least through the end of this week, the State Department said Sunday, citing "an abundance of caution."

Random shooting, bombings kill 15 across Iraq Posted: 04 Aug 2013 02:24 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A series of attacks across Iraq on Sunday killed 15 people, including a random shooting and the killing of a judge, authorities said.

Tighter security at some US missions over al-Qaida Posted: 04 Aug 2013 02:16 PM PDT SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Security forces closed roads, put up extra blast walls and increased patrols Sunday near some of the more than 20 U.S. diplomatic missions in the Muslim world that Washington had ordered closed for the weekend following warnings of a possible al-Qaida attack.

Random shooting, bombings kill 12 across Iraq Posted: 04 Aug 2013 01:53 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A series of attacks across Iraq on Sunday killed 12 people, including a random shooting and the killing of a judge, authorities said.

Security tightens around shuttered Yemen embassies after militant warning Posted: 04 Aug 2013 12:34 PM PDT By Mohammed Ghobari SANAA (Reuters) - Soldiers blocked roads outside Western embassies in Sanaa on Sunday, after a U.S. warning of a possible major militant attack in the Middle East prompted the closure of many missions in Yemen and U.S. missions in several other Arab states. Security in Yemen, home to one of the most active wings of al Qaeda, is a global concern as the impoverished Arab Peninsula state shares a long border with Saudi Arabia, a U.S. ally and the world's top oil exporter. While Washington has not disclosed the origin of the threat, the U.S. ...

Terror threat: Senator cites increased 'chatter' Posted: 04 Aug 2013 09:42 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The weekend closure of nearly two dozen U.S. diplomatic posts in the Muslim world resulted from the gravest terrorist threat seen in years, the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee said Sunday.

Al Qaeda embassy threats: Sign of shrinking ambition? Posted: 04 Aug 2013 05:18 AM PDT The closure of 19 embassies Sunday and the issuing of a month-long global travel alert for all Americans abroad shows how Al Qaeda's threat to the United States has evolved since 9/11 – and how the US response has evolved, too.

Monotonous, rigid military prison life awaits Manning Posted: 04 Aug 2013 05:01 AM PDT By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bradley Manning, the soldier convicted in the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history, faces the prospect of years of monotony with no Internet access in a small military prison cell but he would likely be allowed to mix with other inmates and exercise outdoors. The 25-year-old Manning, who has yet to be sentenced, would be able to nominate friends and relatives for visits pending official approval. ...

Bomb, mortar attacks kill 8 in Iraq Posted: 04 Aug 2013 04:59 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi authorities say bomb and mortar attacks across the country have killed eight people, including a judge.

Analysis: Israeli-Palestinian riddle won't answer Middle East's wider woes Posted: 04 Aug 2013 04:37 AM PDT By Crispian Balmer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which once transfixed the Arab world, has lost much of its resonance in a Middle East riven by religious strife, political upheaval and economic woes. News that the two sides had resumed peace talks last week after a three-year halt was largely overshadowed by turmoil in Egypt and the Syrian civil war, which has set Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims against one another. U.S. ...

U.S. expected to say accused Fort Hood shooter carefully planned attack Posted: 03 Aug 2013 09:13 PM PDT By Lisa Maria Garza DALLAS (Reuters) - Prosecutors may argue on Tuesday that Major Nidal Hasan researched radical Islam topics and terms such as "jihad" on the Internet before carrying out the worst non-combat attack in history on a U.S. military base, killing 13 unarmed soldiers in 2009, military officials said. After nearly four years of legal delays, prosecutors will lay out their case against Hasan in opening statements at his military court martial on the base where he is accused of the attack on November 5, 2009. ...

France to close embassy in Yemen temporarily on security fears Posted: 03 Aug 2013 05:50 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - France said it would close its embassy in Yemen for several days from Sunday and urged its citizens in the country to take precautions because of elevated security threats. The decision came after similar moves by Britain and Germany, which followed a U.S. decision to close more than a dozen embassies temporarily in the Middle East and Africa. The U.S. State Department said on Thursday American embassies that would normally be open this Sunday - including those in Abu Dhabi, Baghdad and Cairo - would be closed that day because of unspecified security concerns. ...

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