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US: Iran launches airstrikes into eastern Iraq

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 04:56 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says that Iran has launched airstrikes against Islamic State militants in eastern Iraq.

Obama settles on Ashton Carter as Pentagon chief, sources say

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 04:22 PM PST

By Phil Stewart and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Can a career Washington technocrat break into U.S. President Barack Obama's tight-knit inner circle and oversee the world's most powerful military? It looks like former Pentagon official Ashton Carter is about to find out. Administration sources said on Tuesday that Obama has settled on the 60-year-old Carter as his fourth defense secretary, with an announcement expected in coming days once he is thoroughly vetted. ...

Iranian jets carried out anti-IS air raids in Iraq: US

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 04:10 PM PST

An Islamic State group flag is seen on the road in Rashad, Iraq, on September 11, 2014Iranian fighter jets bombed Islamic State jihadists in eastern Iraq in recent days, but the strikes were not coordinated with US forces, the Pentagon said Tuesday. "We have indications that they did indeed fly air strikes with F-4 Phantoms in the past several days," Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby told AFP. His comments came after Al-Jazeera recently ran footage of what appeared to be an F-4 fighter, similar to those used by the Iranian air force, attacking targets in the eastern province of Diyala. At a press conference earlier, Kirby said it was up to the Iraqi government to oversee and coordinate military flights by different countries and not US commanders.


Conflict, militancy hit human rights in Middle East, African nations: TRFN

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 04:09 PM PST

A child, who is internally displaced due to fighting between rebels and forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, hides his face as he sits inside a tent at the Jarjanaz refugee camp in the southern countryside of IdlibBy Magdalena Mis LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Syria was bottom and Ukraine had the biggest slide in a human rights index published on Wednesday, as countries suffering from conflict grappled with human trafficking and other rights violations. The worsening situation in Syria and Iraq, two of the three worst performing countries, increased the likelihood of human trafficking, forced labor and child marriage taking place. ...


US: Woman stole passport to travel to Syria

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 04:04 PM PST

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Somali-born woman was charged in federal court with stealing a passport so she could travel to Syria, U.S. Attorney Andy Luger said Tuesday.

Feds: Woman stole passport to travel to Syria

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 03:47 PM PST

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota woman was charged in federal court with stealing a passport so she could travel to Syria, U.S. Attorney Andy Luger said Tuesday.

Minnesota woman charged with stealing passport to go to Syria

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 03:22 PM PST

By Aruna Viswanatha WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 20-year-old Minnesota woman was charged on Tuesday with stealing a friend's passport to travel to Syria, the U.S. Attorney's office said. The criminal complaint alleged that Yusra Ismail, of St. Paul, used the stolen U.S. passport to fly to Amsterdam and Norway last August. She contacted her family several days later and told them she was in "Sham," a term used to describe the area controlled by Islamic State, the militant group that has captured territory in Syria and Iraq and carried out gruesome executions of civilians and foreigners. ...

New Swedish government faces crisis over budget

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 02:54 PM PST

Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven talks at a press conference at Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday Dec. 2, 2014. A Swedish far-right party that made strong gains in the September election said Tuesday it won't vote for the left-leaning government's budget proposal, likely forcing the collapse of Prime Minister Stefan Lofven's minority government. It was not immediately clear if Lofven, a Social Democrat, would resign. (AP Photo/Pontus Lundahl, TT Scanpix) SWEDEN OUTCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden's left-leaning minority government was balancing on the verge of collapse Tuesday after a far-right party said it would side with the opposition to vote against its budget proposal.


Eyeing 2016, Jeb Bush talks foreign policy

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 02:51 PM PST

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush gestures while speaking to the U.S. Cuba Democracy PAC's 11th Annual Luncheon in Coral Gables, Fla., Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. As governor of Florida, Bush oversaw a diverse state that is home to three-quarters of the nation's estimated 2 million Cuban-Americans. His longstanding support for the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba would provide a marked contrast with Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016, if both decide to run for president. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Nearing a decision on a presidential run in 2016, Jeb Bush on Tuesday reaffirmed his support for the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba and pushed for a foreign policy that he said could help repair the nation's credibility after Barack Obama's presidency.


GOP seeks year-end plan on funding, immigration

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 02:11 PM PST

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. From left are, Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., McConnell, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn of Texas. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON (AP) — Year-end holidays beckoning, House Republicans struggled Tuesday to coalesce behind a plan that avoids a government shutdown next week and simultaneously challenges President Barack Obama's decision to spare millions of immigrants from deportation.


AP sources: Lawmakers agree on $585B defense bill

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 01:46 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — House and Senate negotiators have reached agreement on a $585 billion defense policy bill that provides funds to expand the U.S. mission in Iraq to counter Islamic State militants and gives the military the authority to train moderate Syrian forces.

Likely Pentagon nominee earned stripes quiet way

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 01:21 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — No household name, Ashton Carter has earned his stripes in the national security trenches the quiet way. For decades he has toiled as a defense thinker and strategist, nuclear expert, three-time Pentagon executive, budget guru and academician.

Obama expected to nominate Ashton Carter to lead Pentagon

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 12:51 PM PST

File photo of U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Carter adjusting his glasses during his meeting with Japanese Senior Vice Defence Minister Watanabe during their meeting in TokyoBy Phil Stewart and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Pentagon official Ashton Carter emerged on Tuesday as the expected nominee to replace Chuck Hagel as U.S. defense secretary, sources familiar with the situation said. Carter, a former deputy secretary at the Department of Defense, would have the task of breaking into the tight-knit White House inner circle that President Barack Obama has leaned on to run national security policy. ...


Ashton Carter emerges as top pick for Defense. Why Obama might want a wonk

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 12:49 PM PST

After a number of prominent candidates dropped out of the running for secretary of Defense, Ashton Carter has emerged from the Beltway rumor mill as the White House's choice for the job, a not-so-flashy pick that highlights President Obama's desire for a known quantity with a reputation for getting things done. Dr. Carter is widely regarded as a stable numbers guru who has demonstrated enduring compassion for US troops.

Ashton Carter likely next Pentagon chief

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 12:21 PM PST

Ashton Carter, seen here during a 2013 visit to Seoul, has gained a reputation as an expert on hi-tech weapons and military budgetsThe former number-two ranking official at the Pentagon, Ashton Carter, will likely be named as the next US defense secretary, American media reported Tuesday. President Barack Obama was poised to nominate Carter -- a physicist turned national security policy wonk -- to replace outgoing Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel, "barring any last minute complications," CNN reported. CNN cited several unnamed administration officials and The Washington Post also reported Obama would nominate Carter. The White House declined to confirm or deny the reports but said Carter was on a "short list" of candidates and highlighted his qualifications for the post.


Lebanon says it has detained wife of IS leader

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 12:00 PM PST

This file image made from video posted on a militant website Saturday, July 5, 2014, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq. Lebanese authorities have detained a wife and son of the leader of the Islamic State group and she is being questioned, two senior Lebanese officials said Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Militant video, File)BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese authorities detained a woman and young boy believed to be the wife and son of the reclusive Islamic State group leader, and were questioning the woman and conducting DNA tests on the child, senior Lebanese officials said Tuesday.


Portman, Paul announcements affect 2016

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 11:58 AM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2014 file photo, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. speaks in Washington. Two prominent Senate Republicans announced Tuesday they would seek a second term in the Senate, although their announcements had dramatically different implications for the 2016 presidential contest. Paul announced he would also seek a second term in the Senate, although his team says he could still run for president despite a state law that prohibits running for both offices at the same time. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)CINCINNATI (AP) — Two prominent Senate Republicans announced Tuesday they would seek a second term in the U.S. Senate, although their announcements had dramatically different implications on the 2016 presidential contest.


The Likely Pentagon Chief Who Wanted to Bomb North Korea

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 11:51 AM PST

The Likely Pentagon Chief Who Wanted to Bomb North KoreaThe job that seemingly nobody wants has somehow found its perfect fit. Ashton Carter, the former Deputy Secretary of Defense, appears to be the president's choice to replace Chuck Hagel at the Pentagon. While an announcement hasn't formally been made, a senior administration official said that Carter is expected to be named tomorrow.


US, Iraqis helping to train Sunni fighters against IS

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 10:56 AM PST

Iraqi Sunni volunteers stand in line at the Al-Asad air base in Anbar province on November 11, 2014, before they begin training by Iraqi forces to fight against Islamic State groupUS forces and their Iraqi counterparts have trained about 2,000 Sunni fighters in Iraq as part of efforts to defeat the Islamic State extremist group, a senior US official said Tuesday. Iraq's Shiite-led government, trying to reverse the marginalisation of Sunnis, is seeking to form a "bridging entity" where Sunnis tribesmen defend their provinces before they are brought into an Iraqi national force, the State Department official told reporters on condition of anonymity. The official disclosed the information as US Secretary of State John Kerry prepared Wednesday to host talks in Brussels with foreign ministers from scores of countries that are trying to help defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. The official said the training was occurring at Al-Asad air base in Anbar province and elsewhere.


Syrian refugees panic over UN food aid suspension

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 10:45 AM PST

Syrian refugee children, sit near a tent at the entrance of their refugee camp as they wait to attend an activity, in the eastern Lebanese Town of Al-Faour near the border with Syria, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. Syrian refugees in Lebanon reacted with panic Tuesday to news that the U.N. was suspending aid to 1.7 million refugees due to lack of funds a decision officials said threatens to starve thousands of families and add pressure on already strained hosting countries. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)AL-FAOUR, Lebanon (AP) — Syrian refugees in Lebanon panicked Tuesday over news that the United Nations suspended food aid to 1.7 million refugees due to lack of funds — a decision officials said threatens to starve thousands of families and add pressure on the already strained countries hosting them.


Lebanon detains wife of Islamic State leader

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 10:40 AM PST

This file image made from video posted on a militant website Saturday, July 5, 2014, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq. On Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014, Iraqi officials and state television said al-Baghdadi has been wounded in an airstrike in western Iraq. An Interior Ministry intelligence official told The Associated Press on Sunday that the strike happened early Saturday in the town of Qaim in Iraq's Anbar province. (AP Photo/Militant video, File)By Laila Bassam and Sylvia Westall BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Lebanese army detained a wife and daughter of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as they crossed from Syria nine days ago, security officials said on Tuesday, in a move seen as likely to put pressure on the Islamist chief. The woman was identified as Saja al-Dulaimi, an Iraqi, by a Lebanese security official and a senior political source. The Lebanese newspaper As-Safir reported she had been detained in coordination with "foreign intelligence". ...


Obama expected to nominate Ashton Carter to lead Pentagon: sources

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 09:59 AM PST

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter walks towards his seat at the start of a meeting with Japanese Senior Vice Defence Minister Shu Watanabe in TokyoBy Phil Stewart and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Pentagon official Ashton Carter emerged on Tuesday as the expected nominee to replace Chuck Hagel as U.S. defense secretary, sources familiar with the situation said. Carter, a former deputy secretary at the Department of Defense, would have the task of breaking into the tight-knit White House inner circle that President Barack Obama has leaned on to run national security policy. ...


Iraqi government reaches major oil deal with Kurds

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 09:57 AM PST

An Iraqi soldier secures an area from a helicopter carrying Iraqi Defense Minister Khalid al-Obeidi who is visiting a military base near Baquba, the capital of Iraq's Diyala province, 35 miles (60 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi government on Tuesday reached a deal with the Kurdish local authorities in the country's north to exchange oil from the autonomous region for a nearly 20 percent share of the national budget, officials said.


British watchtowers dot a Mideast border again – this time with Islamic State

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 08:37 AM PST

A lonely fortified watchtower built from stacked metal shipping containers, topped by a bullet-proofed observation booth, and protected from shrapnel and assaults by 18-foot-high walls of rock-filled Hesco barricades, marks the western edge of the regional campaign to check the expansion of the extremist Islamic State organization.

INSIDE KOBANI: Kurdish women on the frontline

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 08:30 AM PST

In this image made from a video taken in late November, 2014, Kurdish fighter Pervin Kobani rides in the back of a pickup truck through Kobani, Syria. On the front lines of the battle for Kobani, Kurdish female fighters have been playing a major role in helping defend the Syrian town from an onslaught by the Islamic State extremist group. Pervin Kobani is one of them. She is 19 years old, a farmer's daughter. In late November, she was part of a team holding an eastern frontline position coming under regular attack from extremist fighters trying to take the town since mid-September. (AP Photo/Jake Somkin via AP video)KOBANI, Syria (AP) — On the front lines of the battle for Kobani, Kurdish female fighters have been playing a major role in helping defend the Syrian town from an onslaught by the Islamic State extremist group.


Ashton Carter: Defense job would raise his profile

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 08:26 AM PST

In this Feb. 12, 2013 file photo, Ashton Carter testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. People familiar with the decision-making process say President Barack Obama's shortlist for Defense Secretary includes Carter, the former deputy defense secretary who left the administration in late 2013, and Robert Work, who currently holds the No. 2 job at the Pentagon. The president has also been considering Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, who previously served as the Pentagon's top lawyer, though some administration officials are concerned about leaving a vacancy at DHS just as the agency starts implementing Obama's immigration executive actions. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — When Ashton Carter took up duties as the Pentagon's second-ranking official three years ago he described his role as "alter ego" to his boss, then-Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, whose public profile had been boosted by his role in planning the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.


Iraqi government reaches deal with Kurds on oil, budget

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 07:22 AM PST

Iraq's Finance Minister Hoshiyar Zebari speaks during an interview with Reuters in BaghdadBy Isabel Coles and Dominic Evans ARBIL/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's government reached a temporary agreement with Kurdish regional authorities on Tuesday to end a dispute over oil exports and budget payments to the semi-autonomous Kurdish region. Under the deal, 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil from Kirkuk will be exported via a pipeline running through Kurdish territory to Turkey, in addition to 250,000 bpd from the region's own fields. ...


Official: India nears deal for French fighter jets

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 06:34 AM PST

FILE - In this June 21, 2001 file photo, a French Air Force Rafale manufactured by France's Dassault Aviation speeds above Le Bourget airport, north of Paris, during the 44th Paris Air Show, in France. A French defense official said Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, India is close to finalizing a deal to buy 126 Rafale fighter planes for about 12 billion euros ($15 billion). It would mark France's first foreign sale of the combat-tested planes. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, File)NEW DELHI (AP) — India is close to an agreement to buy Rafale fighter planes from France, an Indian defense spokesman said Tuesday. The 12 billion euro ($15 billion) deal for 126 of the jets would be France's first foreign sale of the combat-tested planes.


The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Announces December Speaker Series Event

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 06:00 AM PST

ATLANTA, Dec. 2, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Thursday, December 4, 2014, The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Speaker Series will host an event on youth leadership featuring New York Times bestselling author, Wes Moore, and participants from the American Explorers program. The event will be held at The Arthur M. Blank Family Office in Atlanta. ...

Lebanese reports claim seizure of wife and child of Islamic State leader

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 05:55 AM PST

Lebanese authorities detained a wife and daughter of the leader of the self-described Islamic State as they crossed into Lebanon from Syria, according to unnamed Lebanese officials quoted by Reuters. Reports say this happened about 10 days ago and that the pair were traveling with forged documents.

Facing financial crisis, Iraqi ministers halve their salary

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 05:28 AM PST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi ministers agreed on Tuesday to take a 50 percent pay cut while the country grapples with a financial crisis brought about by falling oil prices and a war with Islamic State militants. Last week the OPEC oil exporter said it had scrapped a draft 2015 budget because of the slide in crude oil prices, which have sharply cut government revenues as Iraq faces additional costs of a long campaign against the Islamist militants. ...

Iraq reaches major oil deal with Kurds

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 04:15 AM PST

Iraq has reached a deal with the Kurdish government to exchange oil from the autonomous northern region for a nearly 20 percent share of the national budget, resolving a months-long impasse that had undermined ...

Saudi IS supporters claim they shot Danish man

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 03:07 AM PST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Supporters of the Islamic State extremist organization have released a video claiming responsibility for the shooting and wounding of a Danish citizen in the Saudi capital Riyadh last month.

McCain Moves Center Stage on War and Foreign Policy

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 03:00 AM PST

Sen. John McCain stumbled badly six years ago in his presidential contest against Democrat Barak Obama, and the one-time political maverick has been trying ever since to rebrand himself as the Republicans' ...

Malaysia detains another 3 suspected militants

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 02:05 AM PST

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian police said Tuesday that they have detained another three men, including two civil servants, suspected of being linked to the militant Islamic State group.

Iraq: Agreement reached in oil dispute between Baghdad and Kurdish government

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 01:36 AM PST

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq: Agreement reached in oil dispute between Baghdad and Kurdish government.

Islamic State followers say they were behind Riyadh shooting

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 09:16 PM PST

RIYADH (Reuters) - A group of supporters of Islamic State has released a video that it says shows its members carrying out a shooting in Saudi Arabia last week of a Danish national who survived the attack, SITE Monitoring reported. The film could not be independently verified but Saudi Arabia said on Nov. 22 a Dane had been shot in the shoulder as he left his work in Riyadh and was in a stable condition. Islamic State last month called on supporters in Saudi Arabia, which is participating in strikes against the group in Syria, to attack Shi'ite Muslims, government officials and Westerners. ...

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