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Posted: 13 May 2015 05:02 PM PDT

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Gunmen stormed a guesthouse in the Afghan capital as it hosted a party for foreigners, and authorities said five people, including an American, were killed during an hourslong siege that ended early Thursday morning. Six people were wounded and 54 hostages rescued. Kabul Chief of Police Abdul Rahman said the attack began at 8:30 p.m. local time Wednesday, when gunmen opened fire at the restaurant of the Park Palace Hotel. He had no breakdown on the nationalities of the victims, but a U.S. Embassy spokeswoman said an American was among the dead.

Republican Rubio hits Clinton on trade, 'negligent' foreign policy

Posted: 13 May 2015 04:36 PM PDT

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Senator Marco Rubio speaks during the Freedom Summit in Greenville, South Carolina in this file photoBy Alistair Bell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio on Wednesday accused Democrat Hillary Clinton of failing to fight for free trade and overseeing a disastrous tenure as secretary of state. In his first major foreign policy speech as candidate, Rubio laid out a vision of a robust United States that would protect threats to global commerce from China and Iran and stand up to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Islamic State. He said Clinton, the front-runner to be the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, had made major mistakes like trying to reset relations with Moscow during her four years as America's top diplomat.


Jeb Bush, in apparent slip, says 'I'm running for president'

Posted: 13 May 2015 03:29 PM PDT

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush takes questions at a town hall meeting in RenoRepublican Jeb Bush appears to have unintentionally announced his candidacy for president in 2016 in a conversation with reporters on Wednesday that was caught on video. "I'm running for president in 2016, and the focus is going to be about how we, if I run, how do you create high sustained economic growth," Jeb Bush said. A transcript of the exchange was provided by a Bush aide.


Obama plays down rift with Gulf royals

Posted: 13 May 2015 03:24 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef in the Oval Office on May 13, 2015US President Barack Obama hailed America's "extraordinary friendship" with Saudi Arabia Wednesday, as he hosted skeptical Gulf leaders for a summit beset by disagreements and royal no-shows. Describing "an extraordinary friendship and relationship that dates back to Franklin Roosevelt and King Faisal," in the 1940s, Obama heaped praise on two powerful Saudi princes in the Oval Office. "We are continuing to build that relationship during a very challenging time," Obama said, a nod to conflagrations in Yemen, Syria and Iraq that have reverberated across the Middle East. Obama praised guests Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, for their work on counterterrorism, which the US president described as "absolutely critical" to the United States.


Prince Charles letters show concern for badgers and fish

Posted: 13 May 2015 03:15 PM PDT

The British government published confidential letters from Prince Charles to ministries on a range of issues including defence resources and farming following a 10-year press freedom legal battle to have them releasedLetters by British heir to the throne Prince Charles dubbed the "black spider" memos were released on Wednesday following a 10-year press freedom battle amid concerns over royal neutrality. The 27 letters between Charles and government figures illustrated his views on topics ranging from dairy farming and the culling of badgers, to inadequate army equipment and the welfare of the "Patagonian Toothfish". Charles, 66, has been nicknamed the "meddlesome prince" due to his outspokenness on topics dear to him, and the letters were at the centre of concerns that he could continue to lobby once king, shunning the convention of a politically neutral royal family. In one letter, Charles expressed concern to then-prime minister Tony Blair that British troops in Iraq were operating "without the necessary resources".


Boston bombing jury begins death penalty deliberations

Posted: 13 May 2015 03:02 PM PDT

Jurors began deliberations Wednesday on whether convicted Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should receive death or life imprisonmentA US jury began deliberations Wednesday on whether to sentence convicted Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death or life in prison for carrying out one of the bloodiest attacks in America since 9/11. The jury heard closing statements from prosecutors that portrayed Tsarnaev as a remorseless terrorist who deserves to die, and from the defense that he was a "lost kid" manipulated by his radicalized older brother. They were given lengthy instructions by federal Judge George O'Toole and given less than an hour to deliberate before being dismissed for the day and instructed to return Thursday.


Jeb Bush Suggests Asking 'Hypothetical' Questions About Iraq ‘Does a Disservice’ to Dead American Soldiers

Posted: 13 May 2015 02:20 PM PDT

Jeb Bush Suggests Asking 'Hypothetical' Questions About Iraq 'Does a Disservice' to Dead American SoldiersAt a town hall meeting in Nevada today likely presidential candidate Jeb Bush attempted once again to refine his answer to a question that has dogged him ever since Fox News' Megyn Kelly asked him recently, "knowing what we know now, would you have authorized the invasion" of Iraq in 2003. After telling Kelly in the interview, which aired on Monday, that he "would have" and then clarifying to Sean Hannity yesterday that he "interpreted the question wrong" and didn't know "what that decision would have been," today he unveiled a fresh explanation. "If we're going to get into hypotheticals I think it does a disservice for a lot of people that sacrificed a lot," Bush said after explaining that as governor of Florida he called the family members of service men and women who lost their lives in the war. But several of his potential rivals for the Republican presidential nomination have been less reticent to engage in hypotheticals this week.


UN Security Council to meet Thursday on Burundi

Posted: 13 May 2015 02:12 PM PDT

Burundi's policemen and army forces face protestors during a demonstration against incumbent president Pierre Nkurunziza's bid for a 3rd term on May 13, 2015 in BujumburaThe UN Security Council on Thursday will hold urgent consultations on Burundi after a top general announced that the president was removed from power. Burundi was thrown into turmoil when General Godefroid Niyombare, a powerful former intelligence chief, announced by radio that President Pierre Nkurunziza had been overthrown.


Rubio promoting a strong military as part of foreign policy

Posted: 13 May 2015 02:04 PM PDT

Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks to members and guests of the Council on Foreign Relations, Wednesday, May 13, 2015, in New York. Rubio called for increasing military spending and for the U.S. to aggressively confront Russia, China and others that he says threaten the nation's economic interests. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)NEW YORK (AP) — Defending the use of American military power, Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio on Wednesday called for increasing military spending and for the U.S. to aggressively confront Russia, China and others that he says threaten the nation's economic interests.


Iraq ministry says an Islamic State leader killed; U.S. denies any attack

Posted: 13 May 2015 02:00 PM PDT

Iraq's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday the deputy commander of the Islamic State group had been killed in an air strike in the north of the country, but the U.S. military denied coalition air forces had conducted such an attack. The ministry said Abu Alaa al-Afarion was kill in a coalition attack on a mosque where he was meeting with other militants. More than 60 countries led by the United States launched a campaign last summer to "degrade and destroy" the ultra-radical Sunni Isla mist group, which seized large areas of Iraq and Syria. The coalition has been conducting air strikes against Islamic State in both countries.

Bush chides Clinton's 'scripted' run, but won't revisit Iraq

Posted: 13 May 2015 01:53 PM PDT

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Jeb Bush is criticizing Hillary Rodham Clinton for running what he calls a scripted presidential campaign.

Rubio: Wouldn't have invaded Iraq based on what is now known

Posted: 13 May 2015 01:42 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says he wouldn't have invaded Iraq in 2003 based on what is now known about flaws in intelligence reports.

Pentagon recommends new Navy, Army chiefs

Posted: 13 May 2015 01:21 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter nominated two top military officers Wednesday to take charge of the Army and Navy, selecting men who have faced public scrutiny over the past year for their key leadership roles in high-profile cases.

Ash Carter announces nominees for new army, navy chiefs

Posted: 13 May 2015 01:17 PM PDT

Defense Secretary Ash Carter (R) greets Army General Mark Milley at the Pentagon Briefing RoomDefense Secretary Ash Carter announced two new nominees for the military's joint chiefs of staff on Wednesday, saying General Mark Milley was President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Army and Admiral John Richardson was his pick for Navy chief. The announcement came just a week after Obama nominated Marine Corps General Joseph Dunford, the Marine commandant, to be the new chairman of the joint chiefs, and Air Force General Paul Selva to be the vice chairman.


Obama picks new chiefs for US Army, Navy

Posted: 13 May 2015 01:12 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama (R) is greeted by General Mark Milley, after arriving at Robert Gray Army Airfield on April 9, 2014 in Killeen, TexasPresident Barack Obama has chosen a submarine officer to serve as the next head of the US Navy and an infantry officer who commanded troops in Afghanistan for army chief, officials said Wednesday. Admiral John Richardson, currently the head of naval reactors, has been nominated to lead the navy, and General Mark Milley, who also served in Iraq, was picked to lead the army. In announcing the nominations, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter praised Milley as "a warrior and a statesman" who had the intellect and battlefield experience to take the helm of the US Army.


Ex-diplomat Bolton to announce decision on presidential bid

Posted: 13 May 2015 01:04 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 9, 2015, file photo, former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton speaks during the Freedom Summit the Freedom Summit in Greenville, S.C. Bolton will announce, Thursday, May 14, whether he's getting in the race, said spokesman Garrett Marquis. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Former United Nations ambassador John Bolton is soon expected to announce his presidential intentions.


Oil dips as US refineries slowdown stirs demand worries

Posted: 13 May 2015 12:48 PM PDT

Global oil prices dipped Wednesday despite a much bigger-than-expected decline in US crude inventories, as a slowdown at refineries raised concerns about the strength of demandGlobal oil prices dipped Wednesday despite a much bigger-than-expected decline in US crude inventories, as a slowdown at refineries raised concerns about the strength of demand. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for delivery in June dipped 25 cents to finish at $60.50 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.


European Union forges ahead with quota plan for migrants

Posted: 13 May 2015 12:33 PM PDT

Migrants settle in the dock of HMS Bulwark collected by the British Royal Navy who are continuing their Safety of Life at Sea Mission in the Mediterranean Sea between Italy and North Africa, Wednesday May 13, 2015. Two helicopters are currently training with the amphibious assault ship HMS Bulwark and are scheduled to fly daily search and rescue missions over the Mediterranean as part of Britain's involvement in the international effort to help migrants crossing from North Africa to Europe. The European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermanson said Wednesday member countries should show solidarity with partners bearing the brunt of the migration wave in the Mediterranean and warned that it plans to enforce asylum rules. (Carl Osmond / British Royal Navy via AP) NO SALES - NO ARCHIVESBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union forged ahead Wednesday with a plan to ease pressure on nations dealing with an influx of Mediterranean migrants by requiring other countries to share the burden, despite some strong opposition.


U.S. says coalition didn't bomb mosque despite Iraq's claims

Posted: 13 May 2015 12:09 PM PDT

The U.S. military on Wednesday strongly denied claims by Iraq's government that a coalition air strike hit a mosque where the deputy commander of Islamic State insurgents had been meeting other insurgents in the north of the country. The U.S. military's Central Command, in a statement, also said it had no information to corroborate reporting about Iraqi claims that the militant leader, Abu Alaa al-Afari, had been killed in such a strike.

US bomber a 'terrorist' who deserves to die: prosecution

Posted: 13 May 2015 12:03 PM PDT

Jurors began deliberations Wednesday on whether convicted Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should receive death or life imprisonmentBoston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is a remorseless terrorist who deserves to die for killing innocent Americans, prosecutors told jurors Wednesday as they prepared to deliberate whether or not he should be sentenced to death.


US military denies bombing mosque in Iraq

Posted: 13 May 2015 11:58 AM PDT

The US military denied that coalition aircraft bombed a mosque in Iraq after Baghdad officials said American-led warplanes had targeted Islamic State jihadists meeting at the mosque in Tal AfarThe US military on Wednesday denied that coalition aircraft bombed a mosque in Iraq after Baghdad officials said American-led warplanes had targeted Islamic State jihadists meeting at the mosque in Tal Afar. The statement came after Iraq's ministry of defense said the US-led coalition had gone after several senior leaders of the IS group, including the outfit's second-in-commmand, in a strike on a gathering in the Martyrs' Mosque in Tal Afar's Al-Ayadiya district.


Iraq says top IS leaders targeted in coalition strike

Posted: 13 May 2015 11:56 AM PDT

Smoke billows behind buildings following a US-led coalition air strike against Islamic State (IS) militants near the Iraqi city of Ramadi, on January 22, 2015Iraq said Wednesday that a strike by the US-led coalition targeted top Islamic State leaders, including a man presented as the second-in-command, but the US military cast doubt on the claim. "Based on accurate intelligence, an air strike was carried out by the international coalition targeting the number two in the Daesh terrorist organisation Abu Alaa al-Afari," the ministry of defence said in a statement. Daesh is an Arabic acronym for the Islamic State jihadist organisation, which took over swathes of Iraq last year.


Wrist Slap for CEO Who Defrauded USAID out of Hundreds of Millions

Posted: 13 May 2015 11:50 AM PDT

Former CEO Derish Wolff of Louis Berger Group, one of the country's largest engineer contracting firms will be confined to his home for a year and have to pay a $4.5 million fine for helping to defraud the federal government out of hundreds of millions of dollars over 20 years. Federal prosecutors said the company, tasked with building roads and bridges in Afghanistan and Iraq, charged the government 140 percent of the actual cost for every project it did.

Badgers, beef, fish: Letters show Prince Charles' passions

Posted: 13 May 2015 11:45 AM PDT

A copy of the letter that Prince Charles The Prince of Wales wrote to the then Prime Minister Tony Blair, front centre, dated Sept. 8, 2004, one of a series of his private letters to government ministers that have been released Wednesday May 13, 2015, by the government following a lengthy legal battle. The British government has released 27 previously secret letters written by Prince Charles to government officials, known as the "black spider" memos, letters that were the subject of a lengthy legal battle by Guardian newspaper journalist Rob Evans that pitted Charles' right to privacy against the public's right to know. (Philip Toscano / PA via AP) UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVESLONDON (AP) — Britain's government on Wednesday published a series of letters between Prince Charles and senior officials, written about a decade ago, that have been kept private until now.


Kill badgers, save the fish: Prince Charles' secret letters

Posted: 13 May 2015 11:20 AM PDT

RECROP OF XAG113 Britain's Prince Charles smiles as he hands out certificates to Prince's Trust 'Mark your Mark participants during a visit to British retailer Marks and Spencer in London, Wednesday, May 13, 2015. The Prince's Trust 'Make your Mark' scheme is aimed at youth unemployment, giving underprivileged and socially disadvantaged young people opportunities to work. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool)LONDON (AP) — The Patagonian Toothfish has a friend in the future king of England — that's one lesson from the British government's release Wednesday of previously secret letters written by Prince Charles to government officials.


Iraq says airstrike targeted senior Islamic State commander

Posted: 13 May 2015 11:20 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's Defense Ministry said Wednesday an airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition killed a senior Islamic State commander and others near the extremist-held city of Mosul, though the country's Interior Ministry later said it wasn't clear if he even was wounded.

US man sentenced to 20 years after IS support guilty plea

Posted: 13 May 2015 10:59 AM PDT

An image made available by the jihadist Twitter account Al-Baraka news on June 11, 2014 allegedly shows a militant of the jihadist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) waving the Islamic Jihad flagDonald Ray Morgan was arrested last year and charged over supporting and attempting to join the radical group. Morgan traveled to Lebanon but was unable to cross the border into Syria, prosecutors said. Morgan's guilty plea for possessing and selling an assault rifle in 2012 following a felony conviction was factored into his 20-year sentence.


48 dead as IS fights army in Syria's Homs

Posted: 13 May 2015 10:26 AM PDT

Members of the Islamic State group parading in a street in the Syrian city of RaqaThe Islamic State jihadist group has seized large parts of a strategically located town in central Syria's Homs province in clashes that killed 48 soldiers and militants, a monitor said Wednesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said IS militants had captured areas of Al-Sukhnah town and its surroundings in Homs province in fighting since Tuesday night. "The Islamic State managed to advance in Al-Sukhnah and take control of large parts of the town and the surrounding areas," the Britain-based Observatory said, adding that clashes were continuing Wednesday. Control of Homs province is divided.


Gunmen kill 45 Shiite Muslims riding on a bus in Pakistan

Posted: 13 May 2015 10:12 AM PDT

A Pakistani paramilitary trioop stands guard near a bus targeted by attackers in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, May 13, 2015. Gunmen killed dozens of people on Wednesday aboard a bus in southern Pakistan bound for a Shiite community center, in the latest attack targeting the religious minority, police said. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen stormed a bus carrying Shiite Muslims in southern Pakistan and ordered them to bow their heads before being shot, killing at least 45 people Wednesday in the latest attack targeting the religious minority.


Charles' letters show concern for troops and toothfish

Posted: 13 May 2015 10:10 AM PDT

Britain's Prince Charles lays a wreath during a dawn ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli, at Anzac Cove in GallipoliBy Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Prince Charles wrote to ministers on issues ranging from resources for British troops in Iraq to the fate of the Patagonian Toothfish, according to private letters published on Wednesday against government wishes. The 27 letters to and from the 66-year-old heir to the throne were released after the government lost a decade-long legal battle to stop their publication on the grounds they might cast doubt over the future king's political neutrality. In one letter to former Prime Minister Tony Blair in 2004, he queries delays in the procurement of military helicopters.


Arab Media Forum debates Middle East coverage in digital age

Posted: 13 May 2015 10:09 AM PDT

People attend the opening session of the annual Arab Media Forum in Dubai on May 12, 2015Difficulties in covering the Middle East in the age of social networks dominated debates as the Arab Media Forum, the largest annual media gathering in the Arab world, ended Wednesday in Dubai. Discussions also focused on the language used by media, including how to refer to the Islamic State jihadist group that has seized control of large parts of Syria and Iraq. Participating in a debate with New York Times columnist Roger Cohen, AFP global news director Michele Leridon explained the agency's policy of referring to IS as a "group" or "organisation" and not simply as "the Islamic State".


UK Charles' letters show concern for troops and toothfish

Posted: 13 May 2015 10:07 AM PDT

Britain's Prince Charles prepares to address during a ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli, in GallipoliBy Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Prince Charles wrote to ministers on issues ranging from resources for British troops in Iraq to the fate of the Patagonian Toothfish, according to private letters published on Wednesday against government wishes. The 27 letters to and from the 66-year-old heir to the throne were released after the government lost a decade-long legal battle to stop their publication on the grounds they might cast doubt over the future king's political neutrality. In one letter to former Prime Minister Tony Blair in 2004, he queries delays in the procurement of military helicopters.


History a casualty in Yemen's war as bombs smash ancient sites

Posted: 13 May 2015 10:05 AM PDT

View of damaged Qahira fort after air strikes hit it in Yemen's southwestern city of TaizBy Noah Browning and Mohammed Ghobari DUBAI/CAIRO (Reuters) - Folklore calls Yemen the cradle of the Arabs but its ancient heritage is being destroyed as the Arab world's most powerful states bomb Houthi rebels in the impoverished country. Air strikes this week on the Shi'ite Muslim militia's northern stronghold of Saada by a Saudi-led Sunni Muslim alliance partly razed the city's 1,200-year old Hadi Mosque, the oldest seat of Shi'ite learning in the Arabian Peninsula. Ancient stucco buildings in the medieval coffee-trading port of Zabid on the Red Sea lie in ruins, while pro-Saudi tribesmen and the Iran-allied Houthis clash in central Yemen beside a shrine said to have been built by the Biblical Queen of Sheba. The pre-Islamic walled city of Barakish in Yemen's north, capital of a trade empire which sent Arabian incense to perfume the temples of ancient Greece and Rome, has also been bombed as the alliance tries in vain to reverse Houthi gains.


Unclear if Islamic State runaways can return to Britain: minister

Posted: 13 May 2015 09:36 AM PDT

By Kieran Guilbert LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - British interior minister Theresa May declined on Wednesday to say whether three British teenage brides of Islamic State fighters in Iraq who are reported to have escaped the militant group would be allowed back into the country. Asked about the teenagers, May said that attempts by such people to return from Syria or Iraq would be decided on a case-by-case basis. The girls were reported to have escaped the militants by Mosul Eye, a blog that says it reports events in the northern city of Mosul, captured by Islamic State last year. It is believed that those girls have escaped," Mosul Eye posted on its Facebook page on May 2.

Yemen war risk could strangle strategic sea trade routes

Posted: 13 May 2015 09:31 AM PDT

By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) - With Middle East giants Saudi Arabia and Iran squaring up on opposing sides in the Yemen war, the dangers to vital oil tanker and goods voyages are growing daily. Millions of barrels of oil pass through the Bab el-Mandeb and Strait of Hormuz everyday to Europe, the United States and Asia - waterways which pass along the coasts of Yemen and Iran respectively. Last week Iran released Marshall-Islands container ship Maersk Tigris and its crew which were seized in the Strait of Hormuz.

Experts Give Global Leaders A 'C' for Managing Crises

Posted: 13 May 2015 09:30 AM PDT

Their latest  survey asked the heads of twenty-six major international policy institutes or think tanks  to evaluate international efforts on ten of the most important issues in 2014: the global economy, nuclear nonproliferation, climate change, development, global health, trade, cyber governance, transnational terrorism, and both conflict both within countries and between countries. "Every era is characterized by a dominant threat to order, and for this era it comes from challenges that are global by nature,"   CFR President Richard N. Haass said in a statement accompanying the document. Global cooperation on eight of the ten key issues received what the Council on Foreign Relations experts deemed "mediocre" grades of between C- and C+, noting that needed multi-national action is "sorely lacking."  But, hey, to an untrained eye, those grades look pretty good, in light of what the Council cites as rampant hunger and poverty, mass forced migration of refugees across borders in the Middle East, Africa and parts of Asia, bigotry and the destruction of priceless religious and cultural relics.

Bombs kill seven in Egypt's Sinai

Posted: 13 May 2015 09:09 AM PDT

Militants have killed scores of policemen and soldiers in an insurgency in the Sinai peninsula since the army overthrew Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in 2013Bomb attacks killed four Egyptian soldiers and three civilians on Wednesday in the Sinai Peninsula, where security forces are fighting an Islamist insurgency, police and medics said. Jihadists regularly target security forces in the region in retaliation for a bloody crackdown on supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi. Wednesday's bombings occurred in and around the town of Rafah in North Sinai, where the military has built a buffer zone to prevent militants from crossing into Egypt from the Palestinian Gaza Strip. The area is a bastion of the jihadist group Sinai Province, formerly known as Ansar Beit al-Maqdis.


UN, Arab officials seek to counter jihadist threat to monuments

Posted: 13 May 2015 08:59 AM PDT

Smoke billowing from the ancient Iraqi city of Nimrud after it was destroyed by Islamic State militants on April 11, 2015UN and Arab officials Wednesday called for global efforts to combat the "unprecedented" destruction of heritage sites in the Middle East, accusing jihadist groups of selling stolen antiquities to fund their wars. At the start of a two-day conference seeking ways to combat destruction of heritage sites, officials also called for better monitoring of the global trade in antiquities in order to prevent smuggling of stolen artefacts. The Cairo conference follows an international outcry after the jihadist Islamic State group circulated a video last month showing its militants bulldozing the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in northern Iraq. "The looting of archaeological sites has reached an unprecedented scale," Irina Bokova, the head of UN cultural agency UNESCO, said at the opening session of the conference at a Cairo hotel.


Gunmen kill 43 in bus attack in Pakistan's Karachi

Posted: 13 May 2015 08:19 AM PDT

By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Gunmen on motorcycles boarded a bus and opened fire on commuters in Pakistan's volatile southern city of Karachi on Wednesday, killing at least 43, police said, and militants affiliated with Islamic State claimed responsibility. Police Superintendent Najib Khan told Reuters there were six gunmen and that all the passengers were Ismailis, a minority Shi'ite Muslim sect. Pakistan is mostly Sunni. Militant group Jundullah, which has attacked Muslim minorities before, claimed responsibility.

Kerry fills in NATO allies on Putin meeting

Posted: 13 May 2015 07:32 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the NATO foreign ministers meeting in Antalya, Turkey, Wednesday, May 13, 2015. A day after lengthy talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kerry was filling in allies during a gathering of NATO foreign ministers in the southern Turkish town of Antalya. (Joshua Roberts/Pool Photo via AP)ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — A day after lengthy talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was filling in allies during a gathering of NATO foreign ministers in the southern Turkish town of Antalya.


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