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White House moves to deal with child migrant issue

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 04:07 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama pauses while he hosts a meeting with El Salvador's President Sanchez Ceren, Guatemala's President Perez Molina and Honduras' President Orlando Hernandez in the Cabinet Room of the White House in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House announced its intention on Tuesday to establish refugee processing in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala to try to deter unaccompanied children from resorting to crossing the U.S.-Mexico border on their own. The announcement was made in a memorandum to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that also said the admission of up to 70,000 refugees to the United States in fiscal year 2015 is justified by humanitarian concerns. ...


We cannot bomb IS into obscurity: US military

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 04:00 PM PDT

Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby answers questions at the Pentagon August 22, 2014 in Arlington, VirginiaWashington (AFP) - The US military cannot bomb the Islamic State group into "obscurity," it cautioned Tuesday, appealing for patience in its escalating attempts to defeat the jihadists in Syria and Iraq.


Britain carries out first air strikes against IS in Iraq

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 04:00 PM PDT

A Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 fighter jet prepares to land at the Akrotiri British airbase in Cyprus, after returning from a mission over Iraq on September 27, 2014London (AFP) - British fighter jets on Tuesday bombed an artillery post and an armed truck used by the Islamic State group in Iraq in the Royal Air Force's first strikes in the US-led air campaign.


US Marines crisis unit to deploy to Mideast

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 03:58 PM PDT

US Marines from Kilo Company of the 3rd Battalion 8th Marines Regiment conduct a patrol in Garmser, Helmand Province on June 29, 2012Washington (AFP) - The US Marine Corps plans to deploy 2,300 troops to the Middle East for a new unit designed to quickly respond to crises in the volatile region, the Pentagon said Tuesday.


US attacks IS with 20 air raids in 24 hours: Centcom

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 03:56 PM PDT

This US Air Forces Central Command photo shows an F-22A Raptor refueling in the US Central Command area of responsibility prior to strike operations in Syria on September 26, 2014Washington (AFP) - US warplanes kept up air raids against Islamic State militants near a contested town on Syria's border with Turkey on Tuesday, part of more than 20 air strikes in 24 hours in Syria and Iraq, the Pentagon said.


Afghan pact signed amid questions on Iraq pullout

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 03:47 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2014 file photo, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, second left, swears in chief executive Abdullah Abdullah, left, and his two deputies, during his inauguration ceremony at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. The signing of a security deal allowing U.S. forces to stay in Afghanistan aims to keep the country from slipping into the kind of chaos that followed the U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq. Critics accuse President Barack Obama of putting the political goal of ending the Iraq war ahead of efforts to sign a similar pact there. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — After lengthy delays, U.S. and Afghan officials signed a security pact Tuesday to keep American troops in Afghanistan beyond year's end, aiming to prevent the country from descending into the kind of chaos that has plagued Iraq following the Pentagon's withdrawal.


U.S. lawmakers rebuke Secret Service over White House breach

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 03:44 PM PDT

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Secret Service faced scathing criticism on Tuesday for the agency allowing an intruder with a knife to run into the White House and the Washington Post reported a separate security lapse of an armed contractor with a criminal record who rode an elevator with President Barack Obama. Secret Service Director Julia Pierson acknowledged the agency charged with protecting Obama had failed on Sept. ...

Why China Won’t Crack Down Harder on Hong Kong Protesters

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 03:38 PM PDT

Central Hong Kong is now entering its fourth straight day of protests calling for the resignation of the region's chief executive and for free and direct elections in the territory. Beijing has announced that at the next election, the chief executive must be chosen from a list of candidates that authorities have pre-approved. What happens next in Hong Kong may depend on the answers to two very important questions: How crucial is access to the Chinese market for North American and European banks and other financial institutions? In other words, just how vital has maintaining access to the China market —  at any price — become for institutions like JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank?

Pentagon: media lacking patience at start of Islamic State fight

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 03:30 PM PDT

By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Tuesday criticized some media coverage for lacking patience at the start of a long fight against the Islamic State, cautioning that progress would take time and saying "we cannot bomb them into obscurity" in Syria and Iraq. Rear Admiral John Kirby, a Pentagon spokesman, declined to specify which coverage was, in his words, "a little shrill and hyperbolic and not exactly in balance. ...

Obama makes pitch for affections of Modi government

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 03:24 PM PDT

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) and US President Barack Obama shake hands after a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House September 30, 2014US President Barack Obama on Tuesday hailed the "energy" and "determination" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, flexing the symbolism of his office to court the affections of the new Indian government.


The Secret Service Let an Armed Man into an Elevator With the President

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 03:02 PM PDT

The Secret Service Let an Armed Man into an Elevator With the PresidentIn the latest humiliation for the Secret Service, an unauthorized armed man was allowed to ride an elevator with President Obama during a tour of CDC headquarters in Atlanta this month, according to reports that were confirmed by a senior Republican congressman.


Obama meets top aides on Islamic State threat

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 03:02 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama met on Tuesday with top national security advisers to discuss their strategy for countering the Islamic State extremist group, the White House said. The session came a week after the United States and its allies began launching airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria. Daily bombardments have ensued. "The president is meeting with his National Security Council to discuss our comprehensive strategy to counter the threat posed by ISIL in Iraq and Syria," a White House official said. (Reporting By Steve Holland; Editing by Sandra Maler)

Turkey submits request to parliament for Syria, Iraq military action

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 02:52 PM PDT

Syrian Kurds wait in the southeastern town of Suruc in the Sanliurfa province after crossing the border between Syria and Turkey on September 30, 2014Istanbul (AFP) - The Turkish government on Tuesday said it has asked parliament to authorise military action in Iraq and Syria to halt the advance of Islamic State (IS) jihadists.


Kurds claim advances in Iraq as Britain joins fray

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 02:49 PM PDT

Syrian refugees wait for transport after their arrival at the Turkey-Syria border near Suruc, Turkey, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014. U.S.-led coalition airstrikes targeted Islamic State fighters pressing their offensive against a Kurdish town near the Syrian-Turkish border on Tuesday in an attempt to halt the militants' advance, activists said. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)SALHIYAH, Iraq (AP) — Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq captured a border crossing with Syria on Tuesday, expelling Islamic State militants in heavy fighting that ground down to vicious house-to-house combat and close quarters sniping.


Kurds seize Iraq/Syria border post; Sunni tribe joins fight against Islamic State

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 01:54 PM PDT

By Isabel Coles and Jonny Hogg ARBIL Iraq/MURSITPINAR Turkey (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdish troops drove Islamic State fighters from a strategic border crossing with Syria on Tuesday and won the support of members of a major Sunni tribe, in one of the biggest successes since U.S. forces began bombing the Islamists. The victory, which could make it harder for militants to operate on both sides of the frontier, was also achieved with help from Kurds from the Syrian side of the frontier, a new sign of cooperation across the border. ...

Refugee plan set up for Central American minors

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 01:50 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is initiating a program to give refugee status to some young people from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador in response to the influx of unaccompanied minors arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border.

U.S. says wants Syria's Assad out despite focus on Islamic State

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 01:39 PM PDT

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad speaks during an interview with Venezuelan state television TeleSUR in DamascusUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States is focusing its efforts on defeating Islamic State militants wreaking havoc in Iraq and Syria but has not changed its position that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must go, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations said on Tuesday. The United States and five Arab allies began bombing Islamic State positions in Syria this month. The group, which is also known as ISIL and ISIS, has seized vast areas of Syria and Iraq and is accused of massacres and beheadings of civilians and soldiers. ...


Wave of attacks in Shi'ite parts of Baghdad kill 35

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 01:30 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 35 people were killed in a wave of car bomb and mortar attacks in mainly Shi'ite Muslim districts of Baghdad on Tuesday, Iraqi police and medical sources said. It was one of the most violent days the capital has witnessed since U.S.-led forces began bombing Islamic State insurgents in Iraq last month. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks but Islamic State, ultra-radical Sunni Muslim militants who seized swathes of northern Iraq in June, claimed several suicide bombings in the capital earlier this year. ...

Islamic State gains could spark new wave of Syrian refugees: UN

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 01:07 PM PDT

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Tens of thousands more Syrians could be forced to flee their war-torn homeland if Islamic State fighters continue gaining ground, the U.N. aid chief warned on Tuesday as U.S.-led air strikes pound the extremist group. Valerie Amos told the United Nations Security Council that recent advances by Islamic State - also known as ISIL and ISIS - in northern Aleppo had forced more than 160,000 people, mostly women and children, to escape across the border into Turkey in just a few days. ...

Algeria identifies suspects in Frenchman's beheading

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 01:01 PM PDT

People pay tribute to mountain-guide Herve Gourdel, who was beheaded by Jihadists linked to the Islamic State group in Algeria, during a gathering in Nice, southeastern France, on September 27, 2014Algiers (AFP) - Algeria has identified suspects in the kidnapping and beheading of French tourist Herve Gourdel, the justice minister said Tuesday, as the North Africa country widened its probe into the brutal execution.


Kurd troops attack Iraq jihadists on three fronts

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 12:58 PM PDT

Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters hold a position on the front line in Khazer near the Kurdish checkpoint of Aski kalak, 40 km west of Arbil in northern Iraq, on September 16, 2014Arbil (Iraq) (AFP) - Kurdish troops backed by warplanes battled the Islamic State group on three fronts in northern Iraq Tuesday, clawing back land lost to the jihadists in recent months.


Secret Service Installs Locks On White House Front Door In Upgrade To Security

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 12:48 PM PDT

In response to the White House fence jumping earlier this month, Secret Service Director Julia Pierson told Congress Tuesday that the agency has installed locks on the presidential mansion's front doors, which will now be locked in event of a security breach.

Wave of attacks kills nearly 50 in Iraq

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 12:47 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of car bombings and other attacks mainly targeting Shiite areas of Iraq killed at least 47 people on Tuesday, including more than 20 in the capital Baghdad, officials said.

White House exempts Syria airstrikes from tight standards on civilian deaths

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 12:30 PM PDT

The White House has acknowledged for the first time that strict standards President Obama imposed last year to prevent civilian deaths from U.S. drone strikes will not apply to U.S. military operations in Syria and Iraq.

Algeria identifies some kidnappers of French hiker

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 12:14 PM PDT

Muslims hold a sign paying homage to French mountaineer Hervé Gourdel, his photo in the centre of the banner, who was beheaded by Islamist militants in Algeria, during a gathering in front of the Paris Grand Mosque, Friday Sept. 26, 2014. The gathering was part of demonstrations by French Muslims against the killings happening in the name of their religion. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria's justice minister said Tuesday that some of the members of the group that kidnapped and beheaded a French hiker have been identified.


UN: Islamic State forcing thousands to flee Syria

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 12:04 PM PDT

A Turkish soldier holds the hand of Sidra, 12, a Kurdish refugee girl from Kobani who lost her parents after their arrival at the Turkey-Syria border near Suruc, Turkey, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014. U.S.-led coalition airstrikes targeted Islamic State fighters pressing their offensive against a Kurdish town near the Syrian-Turkish border on Tuesday in an attempt to halt the militants' advance, activists said. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N humanitarian chief on Tuesday said tens of thousands of people are fleeing Syria as the Islamic State militant group expands its grip on large parts of the country despite a U.S.-led airstrike campaign.


US-led airstrikes hit Islamic State near Turkey

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 11:58 AM PDT

Turkish tanks roll to take positions along the Turkey-Syria border near Suruc, Turkey, Monday, Sept. 29, 2014. U.S.-led coalition air raids targeted towns and villages in northern and eastern Syria controlled by the Islamic State group, including one strike that hit a grain silo and reportedly killed civilians, activists said Monday.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)BEIRUT (AP) — U.S.-led coalition airstrikes targeted fighters, vehicles and artillery pieces of the Islamic State group on both sides of the Syria-Iraq frontier Tuesday, including around a beleaguered Kurdish town near the Syrian-Turkish border that is under assault by the militants, activists said.


US-Afghan security deal signed: why it's small, but important

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 11:54 AM PDT

On the face of it, the pact the United States and Afghanistan signed Tuesday to keep about 10,000 US forces in Afghanistan past 2014 doesn't do all that much.

Islamic State: Is Turkey jeopardizing peace with Kurdish minority?

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 11:10 AM PDT

An 18-month-old ceasefire between Kurdish rebels and Turkey is increasingly imperiled by the crisis in the besieged town of Kobane in Syria, as well as by the Turkish government's growing authoritarian streak.

Britain proposes anti-extremism curbs on civil liberties

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 11:10 AM PDT

Armed police officers hold guns as they stand in Downing Street, in central London on August 29, 2014Birmingham (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Britain on Tuesday proposed measures to ban extremist groups and curb the activities of radical preachers even if they haven't committed a crime, in a move one leading Islamist called an attempt to distract from British foreign policy.


Hostage tale suggests IS wary of upsetting Turkey

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 11:10 AM PDT

In this photo taken Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, Truck driver Ozgur Simsek listens during an interview at his home in Silopi, Turkey. The 20-year-old was among 32 drivers held hostage by the Islamic State group earlier this year. For many foreigners, being caught by the group's fanatical fighters would mean months of uncertainty, torture and, eventually, a gruesome death. For Simsek and his colleagues, captivity would last just over three weeks. Their trucks were confiscated, but no one was harmed and no ransom was paid, according to an account of the June 10 attack pieced together by The Associated Press from interviews with drivers and a company executive. The episode paints a picture of a militant group unusually careful not to anger Turkey's government - and may offer insight into the mysterious release of 49 Turkish hostages just over a week ago. (AP Photo/Raphael Satter)SILOPI, Turkey (AP) — Turkish truck driver Ozgur Simsek was sleeping off a 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) fuel run to the Qayara power station in Iraq, he said, when he heard banging on his vehicle's door.


Factbox: U.S. Secret Service's reputation dented by embarrassments

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 10:59 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Secret Service, charged with guarding the lives of presidents, their families and other dignitaries, is considered one of the elite protective agencies in the world but it has had its share of failures and embarrassments in recent years. * An uninvited couple sneaked into a White House state dinner for the Indian prime minister in 2009. Tareq and Michaele Salahi shook hands with U.S. President Barack Obama and had their picture taken with him. The couple reportedly were seeking publicity to boost their chances of getting on a reality television show. * On Nov. ...

Algerian militants who killed Frenchman display fighters in video

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 10:44 AM PDT

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian Islamist militants who kidnapped and beheaded French hostage Herve Gourdel a week ago released a new video statement on Tuesday showing around 30 fighters reaffirming their allegiance to Islamic State in Iraq. In the undated recording released on jihadi social media, the Jund al-Khilifa or Caliphate Soldiers militant group shows one Algerian commander speaking to the small group of men, some carrying automatic rifles, in a densely wooded area. Another man with what sounds like a Mauritanian accent reads out a poem with others holding a black jihadi flag. ...

Turkey mulls permit for incursions in Syria, Iraq

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 10:34 AM PDT

An elderly woman looks around as Syrian refugees arrive at the Turkey-Syria border near Suruc, Turkey, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014. U.S.-led coalition airstrikes targeted Islamic State fighters pressing their offensive against a Kurdish town near the Syrian-Turkish border on Tuesday in an attempt to halt the militants' advance, activists said. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's parliament will vote on a motion that would allow foreign forces as well as Turkish soldiers to make incursions into Syria and Iraq from its territory, Turkey's deputy prime minister said Tuesday.


Oklahoma suspect in beheading death charged with murder

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 10:28 AM PDT

Alton Alexander Nolen is seen in a picture from the Oklahoma Department of CorrectionsBy Heide Brandes NORMAN Oklahoma (Reuters) - Oklahoma authorities on Tuesday filed murder charges against Alton Nolen, who is suspected of beheading a former co-worker at a food distribution center last week shortly after being fired, and may seek the death penalty, prosecutors said. The state is not pursuing a terrorism charge and will leave that matter to federal authorities, Greg Mashburn, the Cleveland County district attorney, said at a news conference. "There is not a terrorism statute in the state of Oklahoma," he said. ...


Secret Service Chief Gets a Good Ole Congressional Grilling

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 10:24 AM PDT

Secret Service Chief Gets a Good Ole Congressional GrillingIn case there was any doubt, Secret Service director Julia Pierson proved on Tuesday that it is impossible to explain in a satisfying way how an armed man could burst through an unlocked front door and run through the first floor of the White House before being stopped.


Germany's military doesn't just choose not to act. It can't act.

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 10:21 AM PDT

Pacifist and war-wary, Germany doesn't act militarily because it doesn't want to. That's the story line once again at the fore, as Germany stands back while European partners join in airstrikes against the Islamic State in Iraq.

Afghanistan and US sign long-delayed troop pact

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 10:13 AM PDT

Afghanistan's national security adviser Mohmmad Hanif Atmar, second right, and NATO ambassador to Afghanistan Maurits Jochems, left, shake hands at the signing of the NATO-Afghanistan Status of Forces Agreement at the presidential palace, as Afghanistan's president Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, center, and chief executive Abdullah Abdullah, second left, attend in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014. Afghanistan and the United States signed a long-awaited security pact on Tuesday that will allow U.S. forces to remain in the country past the end of year. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)Afghanistan and the United States on Tuesday signed a deal to allow about 10,000 US troops to stay in the country next year, as new President Ashraf Ghani took a major step towards mending frayed ties with Washington.


Iran does not see ground offensive in Syria by U.S., allies

Posted: 30 Sep 2014 09:48 AM PDT

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A senior Iranian official said on Tuesday he did not expect a ground offensive in Syria by a U.S.-led coalition that is mounting air strikes on Islamic State insurgents there. "There will not be an intention of a ground intervention because they failed in Iraq and Afghanistan, and we oppose any foreign intervention in the region by these states," Supreme National Security Council Director Ali Shamkhani said in a news conference televised from Damascus. His remarks were rendered into Arabic by a translator. (Writing by Tom Perry/Mariam Karouny; Editing by Mark Heinrich)

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