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• Australia will soon ban foreign 'hate preachers'
• Iraq humanitarian crisis may turn deadly in winter
• Turkey says Syria town about to fall as Islamic State advances
• Violent protests as Kurds seek help against IS
• Turkey: Syrian town poised to fall to militants
• 'Too late' for Syrian border town as air strikes fail: analysts
• Biden adds Saudi Arabia to his apology list over Islamic State
• Britain arrests four men in operation against Islamist militants
• Syria border town 'about to fall', UN envoy urges action
• Embattled Kurds key in fight against Islamic State
• ABC's 'World News' breaks a ratings streak
• CBS reporter travels to Syria for interviews
• Does Islamic State progress in Kobane show limits of Obama's policy?
• US 'concerned' over IS-beseiged border town
• FBI Wants You to Identify American ISIS Fighters
• ISLAMIC STATE
• AP ANALYSIS: US-led airstrikes produce few gains
• UN's Syria envoy calls for international action to defend Kobane
• Kurds burst into EU parliament to protest Islamic State
• Panetta tell-all in rich tradition of dirt dishing memoirs
• Top 10 revelations from Leon Panetta's new book 'Worthy Fights'
• Anti-Islamist politician killed in eastern Libya
• French discussing Kobani action with Turks: minister
• Keep your courts independent, EU to tell Turkey
• Exclusive: Drugmaker GSK investigating corruption allegations in UAE
• Fighting blurs tribal, sectarian lines in holdout Iraqi town
• Four held in London over 'terrorist offences'
• Lebanese army to get first Saudi-financed weapons soon: former PM
• U.S. drawdown in Iraq, Afghanistan dents Israeli arms exports
• Parish priest, 20 Christians kidnapped in Syria
• Ambassador Bolton Endorses 9 GOP House Candidates & Former Governor Mike Rounds In Critical South Dakota Senate Race
• US-led coalition struggles to stop Islamic State offensive on Turkey-Syria border
• American fighter joins Kurds in battle against Islamic State
• Tatted-Up Mom Busted For Car Burglaries Claimed She Was ‘Looking For ISIS Terrorists’
• Nine Terror Groups Gunning for the United States
• Leon Panetta: Obama’s ‘red line’ on Syria damaged U.S. credibility
• ISIS’s Gruesome Muslim Death Toll
• Suicide car bomb attack kills 17 in Iraq: police, doctor
• Brother of beheaded British hostage calls for troops to fight militants
• Bangladeshi directors hope to step out of Bollywood's shadow

Australia will soon ban foreign 'hate preachers' Posted: 07 Oct 2014 03:36 PM PDT CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's prime minister says his government will soon introduce a system for banning foreign "hate preachers" from entering the country.

Iraq humanitarian crisis may turn deadly in winter Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:31 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The grave humanitarian crisis in Iraq will become "a deadly life-threatening situation" if shelter isn't found for over 160,000 people in Kurdistan before winter weather arrives in about six weeks, a senior U.N. official warned Tuesday.

Turkey says Syria town about to fall as Islamic State advances Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:15 PM PDT By Daren Butler and Oliver Holmes MURSITPINAR Turkey/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkey's president said the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani was "about to fall" on Tuesday as Islamic State fighters pressed home a three-week assault that has cost a reported 400 lives and forced thousands to flee their homes. The prospect that the town could be captured by Islamic State, who are now within city limits, has increased pressure on Turkey to join an international coalition to fight against the jihadists. ...

Violent protests as Kurds seek help against IS Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:12 PM PDT ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Kurdish protesters clashed with police in Turkey leaving at least 14 people dead and scores injured Tuesday as demonstrators in Brussels forced their way into the European Parliament, part of Europe-wide demonstrations against the Islamic State group's advance on a town on the Syrian-Turkish border.

Turkey: Syrian town poised to fall to militants Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:01 PM PDT MURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) — Islamic State fighters were poised to capture a strategic Syrian town on the Turkish border, Turkey's president warned Tuesday, even as Kurdish forces battled to expel the extremists from their footholds on the outskirts.

'Too late' for Syrian border town as air strikes fail: analysts Posted: 07 Oct 2014 01:40 PM PDT Paris (AFP) - A lack of ground support for air strikes against Islamic State jihadists, and Turkey's reluctance to step in militarily, have all but sealed the fate of the besieged Syrian border town of Kobane, analysts said Tuesday.

Biden adds Saudi Arabia to his apology list over Islamic State Posted: 07 Oct 2014 01:31 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday added Saudi Arabia to the list of Middle Eastern countries to which he "clarified" remarks he made last week suggesting they had supported Islamist militants in Syria. He apologized to Turkey and the United Arab Emirates last weekend for having said U.S. allies in the region were partly to blame for the rise of the Islamic State group in Syria. He made the statements in a question-and-answer session with students at Harvard University. ...

Britain arrests four men in operation against Islamist militants Posted: 07 Oct 2014 01:23 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - British anti-terrorism police arrested four men in their early 20s in London on Tuesday as part of an investigation into Islamist-related militancy, police said in a statement. Armed police were present at one of the raids, but no shots were fired, police said. "These arrests and searches are part of an ongoing investigation into Islamist related terrorism," the statement said. "A number of residential addresses and vehicles are being searched by specialist officers in west and central London as part of the investigation. ...

Syria border town 'about to fall', UN envoy urges action Posted: 07 Oct 2014 01:14 PM PDT Mursitpinar (Turkey) (AFP) - Jihadists are on the verge of seizing the key Syrian border town of Kobane, neighbouring Turkey warned Tuesday, prompting the UN envoy to appeal for immediate international action to prevent its fall.

Embattled Kurds key in fight against Islamic State Posted: 07 Oct 2014 01:03 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — The Kurds of Syria and Iraq have become a major focal point in the war against the Islamic State group, with Kurdish populations in both countries coming under significant threat by the militants' lightening advance.

ABC's 'World News' breaks a ratings streak Posted: 07 Oct 2014 01:03 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — As it did in the morning two years ago, ABC News has broken a long-running winning streak by its rivals at NBC News.

CBS reporter travels to Syria for interviews Posted: 07 Oct 2014 01:01 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News reporter Clarissa Ward traveled undercover to Syria to interview two Westerners fighting against the United States for stories airing this week, a risk the network took despite the backdrop of kidnappings and beheadings by Islamic state fighters.

Does Islamic State progress in Kobane show limits of Obama's policy? Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:58 PM PDT The inability of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State to halt the siege of a Syrian Kurdish town abutting the Turkish border is raising new doubts about President Obama's heavy reliance on airstrikes to defeat the extremist militant group.

US 'concerned' over IS-beseiged border town Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:45 PM PDT Washington (AFP) - The United States said Tuesday it was "horrific" watching in real time the battle for the Syrian border town of Kobane, insisting it did not want to see the city fall to Islamic militants.

FBI Wants You to Identify American ISIS Fighters Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:45 PM PDT Bureau Says Masked Man Speaks in 'North American' Accent in Video Before Turning Pistol on Captives

ISLAMIC STATE Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:22 PM PDT Map shows the spread of the Islamic State across Iraq and Syria with ethnic borders on the map.;

AP ANALYSIS: US-led airstrikes produce few gains Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:15 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — After two months, the U.S.-led aerial campaign in Iraq has hardly dented the core of the Islamic State group's territory. The extremist fighters have melted into urban areas when needed to elude the threat, and they have even succeeded in taking new territory from an Iraqi army that still buckles in the face of militants.

UN's Syria envoy calls for international action to defend Kobane Posted: 07 Oct 2014 11:56 AM PDT Geneva (AFP) - The international community should immediately act to defend the besieged Syrian town of Kobane from the jihadist Islamic State group, the UN's envoy to Syria said on Tuesday.

Kurds burst into EU parliament to protest Islamic State Posted: 07 Oct 2014 11:50 AM PDT Brussels (AFP) - Dozens of Kurdish demonstrators burst into the European parliament in Brussels on Tuesday to protest the Islamic State group's attack on the town of Kobane on Syria's border with Turkey.

Panetta tell-all in rich tradition of dirt dishing memoirs Posted: 07 Oct 2014 11:23 AM PDT Washington (AFP) - It's as much a Washington tradition as fireworks on July 4.

Top 10 revelations from Leon Panetta's new book 'Worthy Fights' Posted: 07 Oct 2014 10:22 AM PDT Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta tackles some major policy debates in his new book, "Worthy Fights: a Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace," out Tuesday.

Anti-Islamist politician killed in eastern Libya Posted: 07 Oct 2014 09:08 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — A security official says gunmen in an eastern Libyan city have killed a local politician who was a prominent opponent of Islamic militants controlling the city.

French discussing Kobani action with Turks: minister Posted: 07 Oct 2014 09:05 AM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - France said on Tuesday it was vital to act in order to stop Islamic State's advance on the northern Syria border town of Kobani, and was discussing with Turkey what could be done. "A lot is at stake in Kobani and everything must be done so that the Daesh terrorists are stopped and pushed back," Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told the French parliament. "A tragedy is unfolding, and we must all react. ...

Keep your courts independent, EU to tell Turkey Posted: 07 Oct 2014 09:03 AM PDT By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission will criticise Turkey on Wednesday for failing to safeguard the independence of its judges and says it wants to have more discussion on rights as part of Ankara's bid to join the European Union, according a senior EU official. The Commission, the EU executive, will make the calls when it publishes its annual report to assess how far Turkey and other countries aspiring to EU membership have progressed in bringing their rules into line with EU standards and values. ...

Exclusive: Drugmaker GSK investigating corruption allegations in UAE Posted: 07 Oct 2014 08:54 AM PDT By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline, which was slapped with a record $489 million fine for corruption in China last month, said on Tuesday it was looking into allegations of corruption in the United Arab Emirates. Britain's biggest pharmaceuticals group confirmed the investigation following allegations of improper payments set out in a whistleblower's email sent to its top management on Monday. The email, purporting to be from a GSK sales manager in the Gulf state, was seen by Reuters. ...

Fighting blurs tribal, sectarian lines in holdout Iraqi town Posted: 07 Oct 2014 08:35 AM PDT Dhuluiyah (Iraq) (AFP) - When jihadists from the Islamic State group attacked last week, the Shiite village of Al-Saud in central Iraq received help from an unlikely source.

Four held in London over 'terrorist offences' Posted: 07 Oct 2014 08:31 AM PDT London (AFP) - Four men were arrested in London Tuesday on suspicion of terrorism-related offences by officers investigating Islamic extremism, Scotland Yard said.

Lebanese army to get first Saudi-financed weapons soon: former PM Posted: 07 Oct 2014 06:53 AM PDT By Elizabeth Pineau and John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - Lebanon's army will soon receive military equipment as part of a $1 billion grant from Saudi Arabia to help it fight Islamist militants encroaching into Lebanon from Syria, former Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Tuesday. Hariri, who has close links to the Saudi royal family, originally announced the deal after visiting King Abdullah in August, just days after Islamist militants attacked and briefly seized the Lebanese border town of Arsal. ...

U.S. drawdown in Iraq, Afghanistan dents Israeli arms exports Posted: 07 Oct 2014 06:25 AM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's defense exports dropped by almost 13 percent in 2013 as the United States and its allies drew down forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and other foreign buyers trimmed procurement budgets, Israeli officials said on Tuesday. Israeli arms firms, many of them state-owned, sell some 80 percent of their products abroad - income which helps support the annual defense budget of around $18 billion. Defense exports totaled $6.54 billion in 2013, the Defense Ministry said, compared to $7.47 billion in 2012. ...

Parish priest, 20 Christians kidnapped in Syria Posted: 07 Oct 2014 06:18 AM PDT ROME (Reuters) - A parish priest and a number of Christians have been kidnapped from a Syrian village near the border with Turkey, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said on Tuesday. The Latin Patriarchate, which oversees Latin Church Catholics in Israel and neighbouring countries, said Father Hanna Jallouf had been kidnapped on the night of Oct. 5 in Knayeh, a small Christian village. It said his kidnappers were brigades linked to the Islamist Nusra Front. ...

Ambassador Bolton Endorses 9 GOP House Candidates & Former Governor Mike Rounds In Critical South Dakota Senate Race Posted: 07 Oct 2014 06:12 AM PDT WASHINGTON, Oct. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ambassador John Bolton endorses 10 Republican candidates for election to the U.S. House and Senate, and John Bolton PAC makes a maximum donation of $5,000 to each candidate for a total of $50,000. The outcomes of these races are of critical importance in determining the direction of the 114th Congress. "To assure that the United States is prepared and capable to lead on the global stage, we must support assertive leaders who understand the nature of today's most pressing security challenges to which our nation must respond," Bolton said. ...

US-led coalition struggles to stop Islamic State offensive on Turkey-Syria border Posted: 07 Oct 2014 05:25 AM PDT Islamic State militants have reportedly advanced to southern and eastern districts of Kobane, a strategically important Kurdish town along the Syria-Turkey border.

American fighter joins Kurds in battle against Islamic State Posted: 07 Oct 2014 05:24 AM PDT By Rodi Said QAMISHLI Syria (Reuters) - After months in which the United States and European countries issued warnings about their citizens traveling to Syria fight on behalf of Islamic State, there are new reports of Westerners going to fight on the other side, against the militants. A man who said he is a U.S. citizen and former soldier from Ohio said in a video interview inside Syria that he had come to join Kurdish fighters to battle Islamic State. ...

Tatted-Up Mom Busted For Car Burglaries Claimed She Was ‘Looking For ISIS Terrorists’ Posted: 07 Oct 2014 05:00 AM PDT Police in Southern Mississippi have arrested a woman for breaking into cars in the parking lot of her children's high school and stealing things.

Nine Terror Groups Gunning for the United States Posted: 07 Oct 2014 03:45 AM PDT Few had heard of ISIS before it sent the Middle East into chaos . Now, American lives and dollars are attempting to stop the group from forming a caliphate in the Middle East. ISIS isn't alone: There are ...

Leon Panetta: Obama’s ‘red line’ on Syria damaged U.S. credibility Posted: 07 Oct 2014 03:33 AM PDT President Barack Obama damaged U.S. credibility by drawing a "red line" against Syria's use of chemical weapons and then failing to back up the warning with military force, former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told Yahoo News in an interview. "It was damaging," Panetta, who also served Obama as CIA director, told Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric.

ISIS’s Gruesome Muslim Death Toll Posted: 07 Oct 2014 02:45 AM PDT The group's killing of Westerners gets attention. But ISIS has killed far more Muslims, and publicizing that fact would harm it more.

Suicide car bomb attack kills 17 in Iraq: police, doctor Posted: 07 Oct 2014 02:01 AM PDT Samarra (Iraq) (AFP) - A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden armoured vehicle into houses used by Shiite militiamen north of the Iraqi city of Samarra, killing at least 17 people, police and medical sources said Tuesday.

Brother of beheaded British hostage calls for troops to fight militants Posted: 07 Oct 2014 01:05 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should put troops on the ground in the Middle East to fight Islamist militants who have taken control of large swathes of Iraq and Syria and killed Western hostages, the brother of a beheaded British aid worker has said. Insurgents who are seeking to establish a caliphate in the region beheaded 47-year-old British aid worker Alan Henning last week, a killing condemned by Western leaders and British Muslim groups alike. Britain ordered air strikes against targets in Iraq last month though Prime Minister David Cameron has not yet proposed strikes against Syria. ...

Bangladeshi directors hope to step out of Bollywood's shadow Posted: 06 Oct 2014 10:04 PM PDT Busan (South Korea) (AFP) - With his debut nominated for the top prize at Asia's biggest film festival, Bangladeshi director Abu Shahed Emon is hopeful that his achievement will help spur on his compatriot filmmakers.

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