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• Exclusive: Iran seeks give and take on Islamic State militants, nuclear program
• Relatives: Vet arrested at White House needs help
• ISIS Used GTA 5 in a Recruitment Video -- Report
• IS fighters close in on Syria border town as thousands flee
• Don't ease up on Iran for help against IS: Netanyahu
• Kerry, Iran counterpart discuss nuclear talks, Islamic State
• Iran and Saudi FMs meet in New York
• World leaders to gather at U.N. in shadow of Islamic State, Ebola crises
• Kerry discusses IS militant threat with Iranian FM: US
• US Secretary of State Kerry meets Iran's Zarif
• Syria refugee flood to Turkey hits 100,000
• Obama vs. ISIS: Remind you of Bush’s 'coalition of the willing' in Iraq?
• Iraq loses contact with soldiers near Fallujah
• Jordan arrests 11 alleged IS members over 'terror plan'
• Pope says religion can't justify violence
• Bombings, mortar fire kill 13 people in Iraq
• Syria blasts coalition against Islamic State
• White House Intruder Identified as Iraq Veteran While Politicians Take Aim at Secret Service
• U.S. military struggles to preserve options in Islamic State fight
• UN General Assembly to focus on war on extremists
• U.S. says other countries willing to launch air strikes in Syria
• Islamic State closes in on Syrian town, refugees flood into Turkey
• Cairo bomb blast leaves two police officers dead
• Samantha Power Predicts: U.S. Won't Conduct Airstrikes in Syria Alone
• Bomb kills three policemen, including witness against Mursi
• Turkey says no ransom paid for release of hostages held by Islamic State
• Pope in Albania urges Muslims to condemn extremism
• Pope, on trip to mainly Muslim Albania, condemns Islamist militants
• How Omar Gonzalez made it past guns and dogs through the White House door
• Arab states lag in media war against extremists
• US general: Arab nations need to help in Iraq
• France charges 5 in Islamic State recruiting ring
• UN ambassador: Others ready to fight Islamic State
• White House security review after knife intruder lapse
• Heard at Syria's border: Life in the Islamic State is orderly, but brutal
• At Asian Games, rivalries not always about sports
• Turkish president says no ransom paid for release of hostages held by ISIS
• Syrian refugee flight to Turkey one of the worst since war began: U.N.
• French mostly favor military involvement in Iraq: poll
• Bomb kills two policemen near Egypt's foreign ministry

Exclusive: Iran seeks give and take on Islamic State militants, nuclear program Posted: 21 Sep 2014 04:48 PM PDT By Parisa Hafezi and Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran is ready to work with the United States and its allies to stop Islamic State militants, but would like more flexibility on Iran's uranium enrichment program in exchange, senior Iranian officials told Reuters. The comments from the officials, who asked not to be named, highlight how difficult it may be for the Western powers to keep the nuclear negotiations separate from other regional conflicts. Iran wields influence in the Syrian civil war and on the Iraqi government, which is fighting the advance of Islamic State ...

Relatives: Vet arrested at White House needs help Posted: 21 Sep 2014 04:35 PM PDT MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — An Iraq war veteran accused of scaling a fence and making it into the White House before the Secret Service stopped him posed no threat to anyone and needs counseling instead of prosecution, members of his family said Sunday.

ISIS Used GTA 5 in a Recruitment Video -- Report Posted: 21 Sep 2014 03:58 PM PDT The video is supposedly meant to "train children and youth how to battle the West."

IS fighters close in on Syria border town as thousands flee Posted: 21 Sep 2014 03:43 PM PDT MURSITPINAR (Turkey) (AFP) - Islamic State militants closed in on Syria's third-largest Kurdish town on Sunday as tens of thousands of people fled in terror across the border into Turkey.

Don't ease up on Iran for help against IS: Netanyahu Posted: 21 Sep 2014 03:36 PM PDT Jerusalem (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday warned the West against easing sanctions on Iran to win its support in the fight against jihadists in Syria and Iraq.

Kerry, Iran counterpart discuss nuclear talks, Islamic State Posted: 21 Sep 2014 03:31 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met his Iranian counterpart for more than an hour on Sunday and stressed the need to make progress in nuclear negotiations this week on the sidelines of U.N. meetings. Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif also discussed the threat posed by Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, a senior State Department official said, without elaborating. "They spent time reviewing the status of the EU-led P5+1 negotiations on Iran's nuclear program," the official said. ...

Iran and Saudi FMs meet in New York Posted: 21 Sep 2014 03:27 PM PDT Tehran (AFP) - The Iranian and Saudi foreign ministers met Sunday in New York, with their rival states brought together by their opposition to the Islamic State jihadist group, the Iranian government said.

World leaders to gather at U.N. in shadow of Islamic State, Ebola crises Posted: 21 Sep 2014 03:25 PM PDT By Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - World leaders gather in New York this week to tackle a host of crises: the violence Islamic State militants are wreaking in Iraq and Syria, the exponential spread of the deadly Ebola virus in Africa and deadlocked negotiations on Iran's nuclear program. There is little hope the 193-nation U.N. General Assembly will achieve much in the annual five-day marathon of speeches. But on the sidelines, U.S. ...

Kerry discusses IS militant threat with Iranian FM: US Posted: 21 Sep 2014 03:13 PM PDT New York (AFP) - US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday raised the threat of Islamic militants in Iraq and Syria directly with his Iranian counterpart in rare high-level talks in New York, a US official said.

US Secretary of State Kerry meets Iran's Zarif Posted: 21 Sep 2014 03:08 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry emerged from talks Sunday with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamad Javad Zarif, saying Washington was intent on advancing negotiations focused on reducing Iran's atomic activities in exchange for an end to nuclear-related sanctions.

Syria refugee flood to Turkey hits 100,000 Posted: 21 Sep 2014 03:01 PM PDT KUCUK KENDIRCILER, Turkey (AP) — The 19-year-old Kurdish militant, who has been fighting the Islamic State group in Syria, brought his family across the border into Turkey to safety Sunday. But in the tranquility of a Turkish tea garden just miles from the frontier, Dalil Boras vowed to head back after nightfall to continue the fight.

Obama vs. ISIS: Remind you of Bush’s 'coalition of the willing' in Iraq? Posted: 21 Sep 2014 01:39 PM PDT The Obama administration plan to "destroy and degrade" Islamic State militants was topic number one on the TV news shows Sunday morning, and it promises to stay so this coming week when President Obama addresses the annual U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York.

Iraq loses contact with soldiers near Fallujah Posted: 21 Sep 2014 01:35 PM PDT Baghdad (AFP) - Iraq lost contact with soldiers during an operation Sunday aimed at rescuing a battalion that was repeatedly attacked by militants near the city of Fallujah, the defence ministry said.

Jordan arrests 11 alleged IS members over 'terror plan' Posted: 21 Sep 2014 01:29 PM PDT Amman (AFP) - Jordan has arrested 11 members of the Islamic State (IS) group who it said confessed to planning "terrorist operations" in the kingdom, a security official said on Sunday.

Pope says religion can't justify violence Posted: 21 Sep 2014 12:17 PM PDT Tirana (AFP) - Pope Francis warned during a visit to Albania on Sunday that religion can never be used to justify violence, making apparent reference to the bloodshed wreaked by Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.

Bombings, mortar fire kill 13 people in Iraq Posted: 21 Sep 2014 12:06 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombs and mortar fire killed 13 people in Shiite areas in and around Baghdad on Sunday, as Iraqi security forces said they succeeded in breaking a siege on soldiers who had been surrounded by Islamic State militants west of Baghdad.

Syria blasts coalition against Islamic State Posted: 21 Sep 2014 12:00 PM PDT DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's parliament speaker said Sunday that the U.S. should work with Damascus to battle the Islamic State extremist group rather than allying with nations which he accused of supporting terrorism.

White House Intruder Identified as Iraq Veteran While Politicians Take Aim at Secret Service Posted: 21 Sep 2014 11:52 AM PDT Omar J. Gonzalez, the man who was arrested after scaling the White House fence before making it inside, is a veteran who was awarded a medal for his service in Iraq, the Army said Sunday.

U.S. military struggles to preserve options in Islamic State fight Posted: 21 Sep 2014 11:40 AM PDT By Missy Ryan and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As America re-engages with Iraq and deepens its involvement in the region's web of sectarian conflicts, the Pentagon has made a practical assessment of the brutal job of stabilizing Baghdad: in the future, U.S. forces may be needed on the front lines. President Barack Obama has ruled out a combat mission, but military officials and former officials say the reality of a protracted campaign in Iraq and possibly Syria may ultimately require greater use of U.S. ...

UN General Assembly to focus on war on extremists Posted: 21 Sep 2014 11:16 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — A brutal terrorist organization that calls itself a state but lacks recognition from any government will take center stage when more than 140 heads of state and government convene for the annual ministerial meeting of the U.N. General Assembly this week.

U.S. says other countries willing to launch air strikes in Syria Posted: 21 Sep 2014 11:11 AM PDT By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States says other countries are willing to launch air strikes in Syria against Islamic State militants and its U.N. ambassador predicted on Sunday: "We will not do the air strikes alone." Washington is trying to build an international military, political and financial coalition to defeat the radical Sunni Muslim group that has seized swathes of Iraq and Syria and proclaimed a caliphate in the heart of the Middle East. U.S. ...

Islamic State closes in on Syrian town, refugees flood into Turkey Posted: 21 Sep 2014 11:11 AM PDT By Daren Butler and Sylvia Westall SURUC Turkey/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State militants tightened their noose on a northern Syrian border town on Sunday as the United Nations said the number of Syrian Kurds fleeing into neighbouring Turkey may have topped 100,000 and was likely to go much higher. Residents fleeing the frontier town of Ayn al-Arab, known in Kurdish as Kobani, and its surrounding villages said the militants were executing people of all ages in the areas they had seized to create a climate of fear and slavish obedience. ...

Cairo bomb blast leaves two police officers dead Posted: 21 Sep 2014 11:08 AM PDT Cairo (AFP) - At least two policemen were killed Sunday in a bombing near a checkpoint outside Egypt's foreign ministry headquarters, officials said, shattering a months-long respite from deadly attacks in Cairo.

Samantha Power Predicts: U.S. Won't Conduct Airstrikes in Syria Alone Posted: 21 Sep 2014 10:58 AM PDT This morning on "This Week,"  U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power made the bold prediction that if the United States should go forward with airstrikes against ISIS targets in Syria, it would not do so alone — even though no country has yet to...

Bomb kills three policemen, including witness against Mursi Posted: 21 Sep 2014 10:38 AM PDT By Shadi Bushra CAIRO (Reuters) - A bomb blast beside Egypt's foreign ministry killed three policemen on Sunday, including a key witness in a trial of deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. The blast, the worst attack in Cairo for months, killed two police lieutenant colonels and a recruit, according to the foreign ministry. Ajnad Misr, the Islamist militant group that carried out the last significant attack in Cairo, claimed responsibility for the blast in a statement posted on their official Twitter account. ...

Turkey says no ransom paid for release of hostages held by Islamic State Posted: 21 Sep 2014 10:22 AM PDT By Seda Sezer ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday no ransom had been paid for the release of Turkish hostages held by Islamic State but he declined to be drawn on whether their release freed Turkey's hand to take a more active stance against the insurgents. Turkish intelligence agents brought 46 hostages seized by Islamic State militants in northern Iraq back to Turkey on Saturday after more than three months in captivity, in what Erdogan described as a covert rescue operation. "A material negotiation is totally out of the question ... ...

Pope in Albania urges Muslims to condemn extremism Posted: 21 Sep 2014 10:19 AM PDT TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Pope Francis called Sunday for Muslims and all religious leaders to condemn Islamic extremists who "pervert" religion to justify violence, as he visited Albania and held up the Balkan nation as a model for interfaith harmony for the rest of the world.

Pope, on trip to mainly Muslim Albania, condemns Islamist militants Posted: 21 Sep 2014 09:53 AM PDT By Philip Pullella and Benet Koleka TIRANA Albania (Reuters) - Pope Francis, in his strongest criticism of Islamist militants to date, said on Sunday no religious group which used violence and oppression could claim to be "the armor of God". Francis made his comments during a one-day visit to Albania, an impoverished Balkan country hailed by the pontiff as a model of inter-faith harmony because of good relations between its majority Muslim community and its Christian denominations. ...

How Omar Gonzalez made it past guns and dogs through the White House door Posted: 21 Sep 2014 09:18 AM PDT When Omar Gonzalez scrambled over the iron fence, setting off electronic alarms, and bolted for the White House entrance some 70 yards away, Secret Service officers had just seconds to react.

Arab states lag in media war against extremists Posted: 21 Sep 2014 08:53 AM PDT DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As the Islamic State group battles across Syria and Iraq, pushing back larger armies and ruling over entire cities, it is also waging an increasingly sophisticated media campaign that has rallied disenfranchised youth and outpaced the sluggish efforts of Arab governments to stem its appeal.

US general: Arab nations need to help in Iraq Posted: 21 Sep 2014 08:44 AM PDT ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — The U.S.-led military campaign plan to retake Iraqi territory held by the Islamic State group calls for attacking the extremists from several directions simultaneously, and its success depends on getting more Arab help, the top American military officer said Sunday.

France charges 5 in Islamic State recruiting ring Posted: 21 Sep 2014 07:48 AM PDT PARIS (AP) — French authorities have filed preliminary charges against five people, including a sister and brother, suspected of belonging to a ring specialized in recruiting young female fighters for the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.

UN ambassador: Others ready to fight Islamic State Posted: 21 Sep 2014 07:40 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States' ambassador to the United Nations says other nations are pledging support for the fight against Islamic State militants.

White House security review after knife intruder lapse Posted: 21 Sep 2014 07:02 AM PDT Washington (AFP) - The US Secret Service is reviewing its security measures after a man claiming to be an Iraq war veteran jumped over a White House fence and entered the presidential mansion with a knife.

Heard at Syria's border: Life in the Islamic State is orderly, but brutal Posted: 21 Sep 2014 06:00 AM PDT Three women line up at Turkey's Kilis border gate waiting to enter Syria. They are headed home to Raqqa, a city on the Euphrates River that is a bastion of the self-styled Islamic State (IS), the Sunni jihadist group that the United States and its allies have vowed to stamp out.

At Asian Games, rivalries not always about sports Posted: 21 Sep 2014 05:20 AM PDT INCHEON, South Korea (AP) — On the one hand, you have China and India, which account for about a quarter of the world's population. On the other, the Maldives, population 345,000. There's Bhutan, which has been described as the happiest place on Earth, and Syria, which certainly isn't. And for good measure, why not throw in some of the most repressive regimes on the planet — North Korea, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan?

Turkish president says no ransom paid for release of hostages held by ISIS Posted: 21 Sep 2014 04:35 AM PDT By Seda Sezer ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday no ransom was paid for the release of Turkish hostages held by Islamic State in Iraq and that it was the result of diplomatic and political negotiation. Turkish intelligence agents brought 46 hostages seized by Islamic State militants in northern Iraq back to Turkey on Saturday after more than three months in captivity, in what Erdogan described as a covert rescue operation. "A material negotiation is totally out of the question ... This is a diplomatic success," he said before leaving for the U.N. General Assembly. ...

Syrian refugee flight to Turkey one of the worst since war began: U.N. Posted: 21 Sep 2014 04:34 AM PDT ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey is facing one of the biggest influxes of refugees from neighboring Syria since the war there began more than three years ago, the United Nations' refugee agency said on Sunday, as civilians continued to flee clashes between Islamic State (IS) militants and Kurdish forces. IS fighters seized dozens of villages close to the border and advanced on the frontier town of Ayn al-Arab, known as Kobani in Kurdish, as Kurdish commanders issued a rallying cry to Turkish Kurds to join the fight. ...

French mostly favor military involvement in Iraq: poll Posted: 21 Sep 2014 04:29 AM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - The majority of French favor military intervention against Islamic State militants in Iraq, according to an Ifop poll carried out for French Sunday newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche. The survey showed 59 percent of the 952 people interviewed supported international intervention, whilst 53 percent were in favor of French military involvement. French jets struck a suspected Islamic State target in Iraq for the first time on Friday, expanding a U.S.-led military campaign against militants who have seized a third of the country and also control large parts of neighboring Syria. ...

Bomb kills two policemen near Egypt's foreign ministry Posted: 21 Sep 2014 03:54 AM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - A bomb blast near Egypt's foreign ministry killed two police officers and wounded several others on Sunday, the Interior Ministry said, in the most serious attack in Cairo in almost three months. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack which killed two police lieutenant colonels. But the operation resembled ones carried out by Islamist insurgents seeking to topple the U.S.-backed government. Egypt has faced rising Islamist militant violence since the army deposed President Mohamed Mursi last year and cracked down on his Muslim Brotherhood movement. ...

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