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Brian Williams dropped from NBC's 'Nightly News,' will join MSNBC

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 04:49 PM PDT

NBC News anchor Brian Williams prepares to receive an honorary doctorate in humane letters from George Washington Universityl in WashingtonBy Paricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Television newsman Brian Williams, who was suspended for fabricating a story about being on board a helicopter when it was attacked in Iraq, has been dropped as anchor of the top-rated NBC "Nightly News" program, the network said on Thursday. Williams, 56, will join the network's cable channel MSNBC as anchor of breaking news and special reports in mid-August. Lester Holt, who has anchored the "Nightly News" show since Williams' six-month suspension in February, will now be the permanent anchor of the Comcast Corp owned network's flagship news program.


In one city, many views on US church killings

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 04:19 PM PDT

Mourners gather at a makeshift memorial outside the Emanuel AME Church on June 18, 2015 in Charleston, South CarolinaCharleston, a genteel southern city of 128,000 that was once the US capital of the transatlantic slave trade, was in a stunned state of grief Thursday, a day after a young white man gunned down nine people in a historic African-American church. When police reopened the street that runs past the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, a white 19th century gothic building with a towering steeple, Joyce Gilliard rushed down to pay her respects.


Cameron to urge Muslim communities to do more to tackle extremism

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 04:05 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron laughs as he speaks to men during a visit to the Jamia Mosque in ManchesterPrime Minister David Cameron will on Friday call on Muslim communities and families to do more to help tackle extremism, warning that some risk encouraging young people to be radicalised by giving weight to such views. Cameron will highlight two cases this week - a 17-year-old from Northern England who blew himself up in Iraq and three sisters who abandoned their husbands and are believed to be bound for Syria with their nine children - as examples of how people can slide from prejudice to extremism.


US struggling to train moderate Syrian rebels

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 03:27 PM PDT

A rebel fighter patrols the frontline during a battle against pro-government forces north of Aleppo, on December 18, 2014The US is struggling to implement its training program for moderate Syrian rebels fighting the Islamic State group, according to figures released Thursday by the Pentagon. Only "100 to 200" fighters have actively begun training at US sites in Jordan and Turkey, according to Pentagon spokesman Colonel Steve Warren, of the 5,000 forces the military says it wants to train over the year. Pentagon Chief Ashton Carter told a congressional committee Wednesday that it is difficult to find fighters that are both moderate and willing to take on the IS group as their primary foe.


Disgraced NBC anchor demoted; black successor makes history

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 03:15 PM PDT

Brian Williams, pictured on April 28, 2014, will join MSNBC in mid-August as anchor of breaking news and special reportsDisgraced US television news anchor Brian Williams was dumped from NBC's nightly news program Thursday, and replaced by the first African American to helm a weekday network evening newscast. The 56-year-old Williams -- whose embellishment of an Iraq war story led to his suspension -- has been shifted to sister cable network MSNBC, where he will take over as anchor of breaking news and special reports in mid-August. Lester Holt -- who has been filling in for Williams -- will permanently take over as anchor of NBC Nightly News, in a breakthrough for black journalists.


Brian Williams' fall at NBC ends era of the celebrity news anchor

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 03:09 PM PDT

Television personality Brian Williams arrives at the Time 100 Gala in New YorkBy Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fifty years ago, TV network news anchors such as Walter Cronkite were the trusted, familiar faces watched by millions of Americans who tuned in every night to watch them deliver the news with authority. Now, in an era of news delivered around the clock on the Internet, cable television and social media, the celebrity TV news anchor appears to be a dying breed. NBC may have driven the final nail in the coffin on Thursday.


Fourth alleged IS suspect arrested in NY area

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 03:04 PM PDT

An image made available by Jihadist media outlet Welayat Raqa on June 30, 2014, allegedly shows members of the Islamic state militant group parading with a tank in Raqa, SyriaA fourth US citizen has been arrested in the greater New York area in less than a week on allegations of supporting the Islamic State extremist group, officials said Thursday. Samuel Rahamin Topaz, 21, from Fort Lee, New Jersey, was charged with conspiracy to provide material support to the IS group, which has declared a "caliphate" based in Iraq and Syria. Court papers allege he was in close contact with Munther Omar Saleh, a 20-year-old student from New York who was arrested last Saturday after trying to stab an FBI surveillance officer.


U.S. training for Syrian rebels moving slower than expected: Pentagon

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 01:47 PM PDT

Rebel fighters from 'the First Regiment', part of the Free Syrian Army, swing from bars as they participate in a military training in the western countryside of AleppoBy David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. effort to build a moderate Syrian opposition force that can stand up to Islamic State rebels is moving more slowly than expected due to complications vetting volunteers and bringing them out of Syria for training, the Pentagon said on Thursday. Army Colonel Steve Warren, a Defense Department spokesman, said between 100 and 200 Syrian fighters were undergoing training in the region, while hundreds more were still being screened or waiting to be brought out of the country.


US agrees to pay millions for Agent Orange claims

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 12:55 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ending years of wait, the government agreed Thursday to provide disability benefits to as many as 2,100 Air Force reservists and active-duty forces exposed to Agent Orange residue on airplanes used in the Vietnam War.

Probes started into potential U.S. spending on “ghost schools” in Afghanistan

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 12:15 PM PDT

Officials in Washington and Kabul are examining whether U.S. funds were spent for schooling in Afghanistan that never occurred

Greek coast guard searches seas nightly amid refugee crisis

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 11:34 AM PDT

AP10ThingsToSee - A Greek coast guard vessel uses a light to spot migrants arrive on an overcrowded dinghy from Turkish coasts during a patrol operation near the port of Mytilene on the Greek island of Lesvos, early Thursday, June 18, 2015. Around 100,000 migrants have entered Europe so far this year, with some 2,000 dead or missing during their perilous quest to reach the continent. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)OFF THE COAST OF LESVOS, Greece (AP) — In the dead of night, a Greek coast guard patrol boat slips its moorings, heading out across the bay toward the Aegean Sea that separates the island of Lesvos from the nearby Turkish coast.


Charleston: Live Report

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 11:28 AM PDT

US Congressman Jeff Denham (C), holds hands with Senator Chris Coons and Congresswoman Shelia Jackson Lee in front of the US Capitol in Washington during a moment of silence for the shooting victimsCharleston (United States) (AFP) - 17:30 GMT - With the suspect in custody, we are closing our Live Report on the manhunt. Today, prayer services are planned in Charleston to mark the tragedy as the city tries to come to terms with violence in a place of worship. President Obama noted the difficulty in contolling gun and race-based violence in the United States, but said it must be done.


It's Official: Brian Williams Will Remain at NBC News

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 11:25 AM PDT

Lester Holt becomes the permanent anchor of 'Nightly News,' while executives have carved out a reporting role for Williams at MSNBC.

UN chief criticizes Israel over deaths of children in Gaza

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 11:20 AM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday criticized Israel for the death and suffering of Palestinian children during last summer's conflict in Gaza, reiterating his demand for the Israeli government to take immediate steps to prevent such killings.

Inside Islamic State group's rule: Creating a nation of fear

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 11:11 AM PDT

In this May 26, 2015 photo, Bilal Abdullah poses for a portrait in the village of Eski Mosul in northern Iraq, nearly a year after Islamic State militants took over the village. In the Islamic State's realm, a document testifying that one has "repented" from a heretical past must be carried at all times and it can mean the difference between life and death. Abdullah learned that not long after the extremists took over his home village. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)ESKI MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — When the Islamic State fighters burst into the Iraqi village of Eski Mosul, Sheikh Abdullah Ibrahim knew his wife was in trouble.


A short chronology of the Islamic State group

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 11:11 AM PDT

FILE - In this undated image posted by the Raqqa Media Center, in Islamic State group-held territory, on Monday, June 30, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, fighters from the al-Qaida linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) ride tanks during a parade in Raqqa, Syria. (Raqqa Media Center via AP, File)April 18, 2010 — U.S. and Iraqi forces kill two top leaders of al-Qaida's branch in Iraq. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi becomes the terror group's new leader.


For cigarette smuggler, a perilous life under Islamic State

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 11:08 AM PDT

In this Monday, May 18, 2015 photo, Falah Abdullah Jamil poses for a portrait in Eski Mosul, northern Iraq. He was held as a prisoner by the Islamic State group for selling cigarettes - which are banned by the militants - and was tortured while in jail. When they found the contraband in his trunk, he said, "I swear, it's out of hunger," pleading with the IS fighters. He told them he was the only breadwinner for his extended family and was helping his neighbors as well. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)ESKI MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — It was a heart-racing moment. The cigarette smuggler was stuck in line at a checkpoint as, up ahead, Islamic State militants were searching cars. He was running a big risk: The militants have banned smoking and lighting up is punishable with a fine or broken finger. Selling cigarettes can be a death sentence.


Analysis: Obama Asia policy faces toughest test on trade

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 10:57 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Critics have long predicted that President Barack Obama's policy to shift America's focus toward Asia is doomed. The legislative battle over his trade agenda could prove the acid test.

Seizure Of Terrorist Bomb-Making Materials Planned For Bahrain And Saudi Arabia

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 10:51 AM PDT

MANAMA, Bahrain, June 18, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bahrain's Chief of Police today confirmed reports that security authorities have seized significant quantities of internationally sourced explosives and bomb-making materials planned for use in terrorist attacks against Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. ...

NBC removes Brian Williams from 'Nightly News'

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 10:45 AM PDT

FILE - This April 4, 2012 file photo shows NBC News' Brian Williams, at the premiere of the HBO original series "Girls," in New York. NBC News says that Brian Williams will not return to his job as NEW YORK (AP) — NBC News says that Brian Williams will not return to his job as "Nightly News" anchor, but will remain anchor breaking news reports at the cable network MSNBC.


Extraditing 1982 Paris attack suspect from Jordan 'difficult'

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 10:45 AM PDT

Firemen and rescuers work in the rue des Rosiers after the French-Jewish delicatessen restaurant Jo Goldenberg was attacked in Paris by gunmen, on August 9, 1982Extraditing to France the suspected mastermind of a deadly attack on a Paris Jewish restaurant in 1982 may prove difficult, a Jordanian source close to the case said on Thursday. "Jordan does not usually extradite its citizens to other countries, even in the case of an extradition agreement," the source told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity. Zuhair Mohamad Hassan Khalid al-Abassi, alias "Amjad Atta", was one of three men for whom France issued an international arrest warrant earlier this year over the attack that killed six people and wounded 22.


Bahrain says seizes explosives meant for use in Saudi Arabia

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 09:46 AM PDT

Bahrain said on Thursday it had seized explosives and bomb-making materials earmarked for use in Bahrain and neighboring Saudi Arabia in what it described as an Iranian attempt to use Bahraini borders as a base for attacking targets in the region. Police chief Major-General Tariq al-Hasan said the methods used to assemble the explosives bore "clear similarities" to those of what he called proxy groups of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp operating in Iraq and Afghanistan. Sunni Muslim-ruled Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet, often accuses Iran, a Shi'ite Muslim theocracy, of seeking to subvert the Gulf Arab island monarchy.

Iraq denies Islamic State claim it shot down fighter plane

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 09:42 AM PDT

An Iraqi security forces personnel holds his weapon while taking position during clashes with Islamic State militants on the outskirts of RamadiIraq's defense ministry and the U.S. military dismissed a claim by Islamic State on Thursday that it had shot down an Iraqi fighter plane. Islamic State said on one of its Twitter accounts it had shot down the fighter north of the Anbar provincial capital Ramadi, which the group seized last month. The U.S. military dismissed the Islamic State claim, saying all U.S.-led coalition aircraft as well as Iraqi aircraft had been accounted for.


UK's Labour seeks a chief to lead it out of the wilderness

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 09:31 AM PDT

FILE - A Monday, June 15, 2015 file photo showing Labour leadership candidate, Andy Burnham, during a speech in Crewe, England. Weeks after an electoral trouncing, Britain's opposition Labour Party is seeking a chief who can tell voters _ and party members _ what it stands for. The candidates include two survivors from past Labour governments, a lawmaker inspired by former Prime Minister Tony Blair and an old-time socialist left-winger. (Lynne Cameron/PA via AP, File) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVELONDON (AP) — Defeated political party seeks leader. Compass a plus.


Record 60 million forced to flee war, violence: UN

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 08:54 AM PDT

Syrians fleeing the war pass through broken down border fences to enter Turkish territory illegally, near the Turkish Akcakale border crossing in the southeastern Sanliurfa province, on June 14, 2015The number of people forced to flee war, violence and persecution has soared to a record 60 million, half of them children, the United Nations said Thursday, warning that the situation was raging out of control. The situation is "getting out of control simply because the world seems to be at war," UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres told reporters ahead of the launch of the annual report. The number of displaced stood at 59.5 million worldwide at the end of 2014, "as a result of persecution, conflict, generalised violence, or human rights violations", the report said.


10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 08:45 AM PDT

AP10ThingsToSee - Workers wearing protective suits fumigate an art hall with antiseptic solution as a precaution against the spread of the MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) virus in Seoul, South Korea on Friday, June 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)Here's your look at highlights from the weekly AP photo report, a gallery featuring a mix of front-page photography, the odd image you might have missed and lasting moments our editors think you should see.


A year on, Islamic State 'caliphate' infamous for brutality

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 08:14 AM PDT

An image made available by Jihadist media outlet Welayat Raqa on June 30, 2014, allegedly shows members of the Islamic state militant group parading with a tank in Raqa, SyriaIn the year since it declared its "caliphate," the Islamic State group has become the world's most infamous jihadist organisation, attracting international franchises and spreading fear with acts of extreme violence. IS proclaimed its self-described caliphate on June 29, 2014, urging Muslims worldwide to pledge allegiance to its Iraqi leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, renamed Caliph Ibrahim. Vowing to make "the West and the East... submit", IS has expanded its territory throughout northern and western Iraq and eastern and northern Syria.


Serbia 'shocked' by Hungary's plans to build border fence

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 07:59 AM PDT

In this photo taken Monday, June 1, 2015, migrants cross railroad tracks in Belgrade, Serbia. Serbia's prime minister Aleksandar Vucic says he is BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Balkan countries and the European Union on Thursday criticized Hungary's plans to build a fence along the border with Serbia to stop the flow of migrants reaching the country.


Iraq village takes radical stand against national woes

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 07:36 AM PDT

Iraqi youths run near a sign indicating that smoking is forbidden in the southern Iraqi village of Albu Nahedh, in the al-Saniya area in Iraq's southern al-Diwaniyah province, on June 15, 2015Smoking, horn honking and political debating -- these may sound like a few of Iraq's favourite things, but one village has banned them all to beat the national doom and gloom. "Smoking just isn't good for you," said Kadhim Hassoon, standing proudly by a red-and-white crossed out cigarette sign marking the entrance of Albu Nahadh, a hamlet nestled along a river bank in the fertile heart of Iraq's south. Tobacco is also banned in areas held by the Islamic State group, but that is really all Albu Nahadh has in common with the self-proclaimed caliphate that has brought Iraq to the brink of break-up.


10 Things to Know for Today

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 07:00 AM PDT

FILE - This April 4, 2012 file photo shows NBC News' Brian Williams, at the premiere of the HBO original series "Girls," in New York. Williams won't return as NBC Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:


Islamic State targeted in 22 air strikes by U.S., allies: military statement

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 06:21 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and coalition allies staged 22 air strikes on Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria in the latest daily attacks on the militant group, the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement on Thursday. Sixteen of the strikes were near the Iraqi cities of Baghdadi, Al Huwayjah, Bayji, Fallujah, Ramadi, Sinjar and Tal Afar and hit tactical units, vehicles, fighting positions, buildings and other assets. In Syria, a tunnel system, tactical units, vehicles and fighting positions were struck near Al Hasakah, Dayr Az Zawr and Tal Abyad. ...

As civil wars spread, world's refugee population at post-WWII high, UN says

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 05:27 AM PDT

The head of the UN refugee agency, Antonio Guterres, called the situation a "paradigm change" and an "unchecked slide" from previous years, largely the result of an upsurge in violence and persecution, including 15 new conflicts in the past five years. Recommended: Do you understand the Syria conflict? The largest toll stems from the four-year civil war in Syria: 7.6 million Syrians are internally displaced and 3.9 million are outside the country.

Reports: Williams out as 'Nightly News' anchor

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 04:35 AM PDT

Reports: Williams out as 'Nightly News' anchorBrian Williams won't return as NBC "Nightly News" anchor at the conclusion of his suspension for misrepresenting his role in a news story and following an investigation into other alleged misstatements. ...


Coptic Solidarity Conference Provides Key Recommendation to Stop Genocide of Minorities in Middle East

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 04:00 AM PDT

WASHINGTON, June 18, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Coptic Solidarity hosted its 6th Annual Conference June 11-12th in Washington, DC to discuss the rising persecution of religious minorities in the Middle East. This past February, ISIS captured and martyred 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya followed by the murder of 30 Ethiopian Christians. Coptic Solidarity, host of the event, works to help Copts in Egypt and Middle East minorities achieve equal human rights.

UN: Global refugee numbers reach alarming levels

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 03:54 AM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, June 4, 2015, file photo, migrants from Syria shelter from rain in a thicket near a railway northeast of Skopje, Macedonia. Syria overtook Afghanistan to become the world's biggest source of refugees last year, while the number of people forced from their homes by conflicts worldwide rose to a record 59.5 million, the United Nations' refugee agency said Thursday, June 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski, File)BERLIN (AP) — Syria overtook Afghanistan to become the world's biggest source of refugees last year, while the number of people forced from their homes by conflicts worldwide rose to a record 59.5 million, the United Nations' refugee agency said Thursday.


Top Asian News at 10:30 a.m. GMT

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 03:32 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and top Republicans in Congress joined forces Wednesday on a quick, bipartisan rescue attempt for the administration's trade agenda, left for dead in the House last week in a revolt carried out by Democrats and backed by organized labor. Officials said the Republican-controlled House would vote Thursday on a stand-alone bill to give Obama the enhanced negotiating authority the administration seeks as part of an effort to complete a 12-nation trade deal with Pacific Rim countries.

Stop playing politics with Iran's war dead, families say: IRNA

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 03:28 AM PDT

By Sam Wilkin DUBAI (Reuters) - The families of Iranian military divers killed in a 1980s war with Iraq have condemned moves to politicize a recent reburial ceremony, state news agency IRNA said on Thursday, in a likely reference to hardliners opposed to compromise with the West. A military spokesman said they had been captured and buried alive by Saddam Hussein's forces in 1986. In state television coverage of the ceremony, some members of the crowd could be seen holding up placards criticizing Iran's negotiations with six world powers, which aim to curb Iran's nuclear program in exchange for relief from international sanctions.

Afghan officials: 11 police, army dead in Taliban attack

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 02:41 AM PDT

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — At least 11 members of Afghanistan's security forces have been killed in a Taliban assault on government buildings in an unstable district in southern Helmand province, officials said on Thursday.

Arrest warrant for Australian doctor who joined IS

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 12:42 AM PDT

An image made available by Jihadist media outlet Welayat Raqa on June 30, 2014, allegedly shows members of the Islamic state militant group parading with a tank in Raqa, SyriaAn arrest warrant was issued on Thursday for an Australian-trained doctor who appeared in an Islamic State propaganda video which urges other medical professionals to join the jihadists, police said. Tareq Kamleh was shown in the slick video, uploaded to YouTube in April, identifying himself as Abu Yusuf and explaining that he travelled to the city of Raqa in Syria to use his medical skills in the IS cause. Police said he was an Adelaide-trained doctor who has worked in hospitals in South Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory.


Quotations in the News

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 12:05 AM PDT

"I see these kids all the time and they are just so happy to have gone to this country and the opportunity. I feel like as a country we've failed them." — Sari Kosdon, University of California, Berkeley, graduate student who has lived at Library Gardens, the scene of a balcony collapse that killed six college students, all but one from Ireland.

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