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• Rick Perry goes at it again, launches 2016 bid
• IS reduces water supply to government areas in Iraq's Anbar
• Pakistan denies Saudi nuclear sale
• AP Interview: Canada's Harper says Russia can't rejoin G-7
• Boston man slain by police showed no signs of radicalization: family
• Report: Black Hawk pilots lost control, crashed in thick fog
• Jeb Bush announces June 15, Rick Perry all in for 2016
• Democratic Strategist Bob Weiner Responds To Hillary Clinton's Critics On Emails, Clinton Foundation, Benghazi, 2016 Campaign
• Kerry, on crutches after leg surgery, briefed by chief of staff
• House Democrat Calls Congress ‘The Poster Child for Cowardice” on ISIS
• Worst Recent Supreme Court Decisions Can Be Reversed With One New Justice, Assert Former White House Spokesman Robert Weiner And Policy Analyst Autumn Kelly
• Where They Stand: Rick Perry on issues of 2016 campaign
• Obama, Merkel to meet Bavarian small town citizens
• IS jihadists in fierce battle for key Syrian city
• Where they stand: Bush on key topics of 2016 campaign
• Turkey holds French woman who 'married jihadist in Syria'
• Air strike in north Iraq killed dozens, including civilians, residents say
• Obama to meet Iraq PM on G7 summit sidelines: W. House
• U.S. to send team to Nigeria to renew cooperation over Boko Haram
• Canada to tighten borders, aims to disrupt 'jihadist' financing
• OPEC heads towards holding output; oil price slides
• Jeb Bush to announce White House bid on June 15: campaign website
• Why Lindsey Graham compares Hillary Clinton to Kim Jong-un
• Factbox: Ten Republicans seeking 2016 White House nomination so far
• UK releases more private Prince Charles letters to ministers
• U.N. appeals for $500 million in humanitarian aid for Iraq
• IRAQ
• Attacks on Shi'ites create pivotal moment for Saudi state
• Lincoln Chafee gets most of his campaign money from one surprising donor
• Islamic State targeted in 17 strikes in Iraq, Syria: U.S. military
• Fleeing violence at home, Iraqi migrant finds haven in Cambodia
• Defense secretary convenes meeting on Russia, Ukraine
• Chafee fills out field of Hillary Clinton's challengers
• UN calls for urgent Iraq aid as humanitarian efforts falter
• U.S. Shoots Itself In the Foot By Accidentally Arming ISIS
• Lincoln Chafee May Be Hillary's Biggest Problem
• Australia slaps sanctions on alleged Islamic State recruiter, seizes funds
• Australia puts sanctions on Islamic State recruiter in Syria
• Clock ticking on Greece to repay IMF

Rick Perry goes at it again, launches 2016 bid Posted: 04 Jun 2015 03:37 PM PDT ADDISON, Texas (AP) — Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry opened his second bid for the Republican presidential nomination Thursday, pledging to "end an era of failed leadership" and hoping this campaign will go better than his last one.

IS reduces water supply to government areas in Iraq's Anbar Posted: 04 Jun 2015 03:14 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Islamic State militants have reduced the amount of water flowing to government-held areas in Iraq's western Anbar province, officials said Thursday, a move that highlights the use of water as a weapon of war and puts more pressure on Iraqi forces struggling to claw back ground held by the extremists in the Sunni heartland.

Pakistan denies Saudi nuclear sale Posted: 04 Jun 2015 02:56 PM PDT Pakistan's foreign secretary on Thursday hotly denied his country could sell Saudi Arabia an "off-the-shelf" nuclear weapon, after days of high-level talks in Washington. After meetings at the White House, Pentagon and State Department, Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry described the suggestions Pakistan could sell a weapon as "unfounded, baseless and untrue." "Pakistan's nuclear program has nothing to do with any other country," he told reporters.

AP Interview: Canada's Harper says Russia can't rejoin G-7 Posted: 04 Jun 2015 02:42 PM PDT TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday that Russia should never be allowed back in the Group of 7 as long as Vladimir Putin is president.

Boston man slain by police showed no signs of radicalization: family Posted: 04 Jun 2015 02:37 PM PDT By Scott Malone and Elizabeth Barber BOSTON (Reuters) - The family of a Boston man shot and killed by police after officers attempted to question him in connection with a terrorism investigation said on Thursday they had seen no sign that Usamaah Abdullah Rahim had developed radical views. Speaking to reporters near the parking lot where Rahim was shot by law enforcement officers who say he confronted them with a large knife, Rahim's family disputed the claim that he had been a follower of Islamic State militants. Federal investigators, who had Rahim under 24-hour surveillance, said in court papers on Thursday that wire-tapped phone conversations suggested the 26-year-old security guard had planned to try behead police in Boston, a mode of execution also used by Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.

Report: Black Hawk pilots lost control, crashed in thick fog Posted: 04 Jun 2015 01:41 PM PDT NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Black Hawk helicopter crashed last March, killing 11 servicemen, because two veteran Louisiana Army National Guard helicopter pilots got disoriented and lost control while switching from visual-based to instrument-based flight procedures in a thick fog during a training exercise, the military said Thursday.

Jeb Bush announces June 15, Rick Perry all in for 2016 Posted: 04 Jun 2015 01:40 PM PDT Jeb Bush appeared all but certain Thursday to launch his White House bid on June 15, as fellow Republican and former Texas governor Rick Perry plunged once again into a crowded presidential pool. "Hope you all will join me for a special day," Bush, the son and brother of two US presidents, posted on Twitter, with a graphic showing the date 6.15.15. Bush, a former two-term Florida governor who has amassed a substantial war chest in the months since expressing interest in following father George H.W. Bush and brother George W. Bush into the White House, would enter an increasingly packed GOP field.

Democratic Strategist Bob Weiner Responds To Hillary Clinton's Critics On Emails, Clinton Foundation, Benghazi, 2016 Campaign Posted: 04 Jun 2015 01:35 PM PDT WASHINGTON, June 4, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Democratic strategist and former Clinton White House spokesman Bob Weiner was a guest on WDET Michigan Public Radio's "Redline" hosted by Michigan Chronicle Editor Bankole Thompson June 4. Private emails were not against the law until just last year, after her term, and all recent Secretaries of States had private emails they deleted.

Kerry, on crutches after leg surgery, briefed by chief of staff Posted: 04 Jun 2015 01:25 PM PDT U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, on crutches after surgery on a broken leg, was briefed by his chief of staff, Jonathan Finer, in Boston on Thursday on issues related to Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Ukraine, Cuba and climate change, a spokeswoman said. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said Kerry's schedule was up in the air after he underwent surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital to reset his right femur, broken in a cycling accident in France at the weekend. Harf said Kerry also spoke by phone with Wendy Sherman, the chief U.S. negotiator in talks on curbing Iran's nuclear program.

House Democrat Calls Congress ‘The Poster Child for Cowardice” on ISIS Posted: 04 Jun 2015 01:23 PM PDT Amid growing signs that the U.S. faces nothing but bad choices in its war against ISIS, Rep. Jim McGovern, a liberal Democrat from Massachusetts, today denounced Congress as "the poster child for cowardice" for refusing to debate a new war powers resolution to set parameters for the Obama administration's efforts to "degrade and defeat" the jihadist terrorists in Iraq and Syria. At the behest of Republican and Democratic leaders, Obama sent a proposed war powers resolution to Congress in February outlining his core objectives of systematically destroying the jihadist terror group through a sustained campaign of airstrikes, supporting and training allied forces on the ground and humanitarian assistance – but without committing a large number of U.S. combat troops to the effort.

Worst Recent Supreme Court Decisions Can Be Reversed With One New Justice, Assert Former White House Spokesman Robert Weiner And Policy Analyst Autumn Kelly Posted: 04 Jun 2015 01:11 PM PDT The authors report that few know that "Bush-appointed conservative Chief Justice John Roberts has had two reported seizures since 1993, even though the health issue was reported when he was first appointed.

Where They Stand: Rick Perry on issues of 2016 campaign Posted: 04 Jun 2015 12:55 PM PDT AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is seeking the 2016 Republican nomination for president. Here's a snapshot of where Perry stands on issues likely to be debated in the campaign.

Obama, Merkel to meet Bavarian small town citizens Posted: 04 Jun 2015 12:52 PM PDT Close allies US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will confer ahead of a G7 summit and meet local residents on a stroll through a small Bavarian town. The summit will be dominated by the crises in Ukraine, Syria and Iraq. "Obviously the president has traveled to Germany in the past and has developed with Chancellor Merkel one of his closest partnerships in the world, on a whole host of issues," Obama advisor Ben Rhodes said.

IS jihadists in fierce battle for key Syrian city Posted: 04 Jun 2015 12:44 PM PDT Islamic State group jihadists, emboldened by a string of battlefield victories, advanced Thursday to the gates of the Syrian city of Hasakeh after intense fighting with regime troops. In neighbouring Iraq, security forces foiled IS car bomb attacks on two military bases west of Baghdad, a day after US-led coalition warplanes destroyed a massive jihadist bomb-making factory. Despite nine months of US-led air strikes, the militants have made new territorial gains recently, including the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra and Ramadi, capital of Iraq's vast Anbar province.

Where they stand: Bush on key topics of 2016 campaign Posted: 04 Jun 2015 12:24 PM PDT DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will run for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, aides say, and plans to announce that June 15. Here's where he stands on some of the issues likely to be debated in the campaign.

Turkey holds French woman who 'married jihadist in Syria' Posted: 04 Jun 2015 12:17 PM PDT Turkish police detained a young French woman who crossed back into Turkey after joining Islamic State (IS) jihadists in neighbouring Syria, a security official said on Thursday. During a three-month stay in Syria, the woman married and then split up from a jihadist and was put in a jail operated by the IS group before being released, the official said. The woman, named as Sonia Belayati, 22, was detained at a bus terminal in the southeastern Sanliurfa province early Tuesday after France provided Turkish authorities with intelligence, the official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

Air strike in north Iraq killed dozens, including civilians, residents say Posted: 04 Jun 2015 11:44 AM PDT An air strike by a U.S.-led coalition flattened an entire neighborhood of a northern Iraqi town controlled by Islamic State militants, killing dozens of people including civilians, witnesses and security sources said. The strike targeted an Islamic State bomb-making factory in Hawija overnight on Tuesday, triggering a series of secondary explosions that reduced the surrounding area in the industrial district to rubble. Residents and security sources put the number of people killed at around 70.

Obama to meet Iraq PM on G7 summit sidelines: W. House Posted: 04 Jun 2015 11:22 AM PDT US President Barack Obama will meet Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on the sidelines of a weekend Group of Seven summit in Germany, the White House said Thursday. The meeting will allow Obama to discuss the "situation on the ground and our effort to support Iraqi forces," senior White House aide Ben Rhodes told reporters in a conference call ahead of Obama's trip. The United States is leading an international coalition that is conducting air strikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, while also helping to train Iraqi forces.

U.S. to send team to Nigeria to renew cooperation over Boko Haram Posted: 04 Jun 2015 11:14 AM PDT The United States will send a team to Nigeria in the next few weeks to discuss with the new government ways to renew cooperation in the fight against the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, a senior U.S. diplomat said on Thursday. Washington has quickly reached out to new President Muhammadu Buhari since his election victory in March and sent U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to his inauguration last week to underscore U.S. interest in working with his government. Tensions emerged between the former government of President Goodluck Jonathan and the Obama administration last year over corruption and human rights abuses by the Nigerian military in its campaign to crush Boko Haram.

Canada to tighten borders, aims to disrupt 'jihadist' financing Posted: 04 Jun 2015 10:09 AM PDT By Alastair Sharp TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada plans to tighten its border security by collecting fingerprints and other biometric data from more foreign travelers, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Thursday. "You can fake your name, you can fake your documents, but you cannot fake your fingerprints." All travelers entering Canada on a visa must undergo biometric screening, a sharp jump from the current requirement for citizens of 29 countries to supply fingerprints and other personal information.

OPEC heads towards holding output; oil price slides Posted: 04 Jun 2015 10:07 AM PDT OPEC headed towards holding its crude output levels steady at its Friday production meeting, sending oil prices sliding under $59 on concerns of global oversupply. Ministers attending a two-day OPEC seminar before the output gathering said Thursday they would be happier with prices between $75 and $80 a barrel to boost precious revenues and help balance their budgets. It all depends on the second half now for oil prices," Kuwaiti Oil Minister Ali al-Omair told reporters at the seminar in Vienna's Hofburg Palace.

Jeb Bush to announce White House bid on June 15: campaign website Posted: 04 Jun 2015 10:00 AM PDT By Steve Holland and Amanda Becker WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jeb Bush will announce his bid for the Republican presidential nomination on June 15 in Miami, finally jumping into the crowded field after a chorus of criticism about how he is handling his non-campaign and moving to bolster his support. Some in the Bush camp had suggested he might wait until July to announce his bid, which would give him even more time to raise money for the Right to Rise Super PAC organization that will run key parts of his campaign. "Coming soon ...," Bush said on his Twitter account, linking to a new website.

Why Lindsey Graham compares Hillary Clinton to Kim Jong-un Posted: 04 Jun 2015 09:55 AM PDT When it comes to foreign policy, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is arguably the most experienced candidate among all of the 2016 presidential contenders, Republican or Democrat. Recommended: How much do you know about Hillary Rodham Clinton? In a "Fox & Friends" interview Thursday, Senator Graham said Clinton's "biggest nightmare," is for someone to ask, "'Hey, do you think the war on terror is going well?

Factbox: Ten Republicans seeking 2016 White House nomination so far Posted: 04 Jun 2015 09:33 AM PDT (Reuters) - The race for the Republican Party's 2016 presidential nomination includes 10 candidates who have formally declared their intention to run and several others likely to launch bids for the White House. For the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll results for all the potential Republican presidential candidates, see http://bit.ly/1BKCdVi. Here is a list of the Republicans seeking the nomination or considering jumping into the race for the November 2016 presidential election: OFFICIALLY RUNNING BEN CARSON Retired neurosurgeon Carson, 63, is a favorite of conservative activists.

UK releases more private Prince Charles letters to ministers Posted: 04 Jun 2015 08:47 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — British authorities on Thursday released more private letters from Prince Charles to government ministers on topics ranging from historic buildings to hospital food.

U.N. appeals for $500 million in humanitarian aid for Iraq Posted: 04 Jun 2015 08:03 AM PDT By Adrian Croft BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United Nations launched an appeal on Thursday for half a billion dollars in international aid to tackle a worsening humanitarian crisis in Iraq triggered by the conflict with Islamic State militants. Lise Grande, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Iraq, said the United Nations would be forced to slash or shut down more than half its aid operations in Iraq without an immediate injection of new funds. The world body said it was asking donors for $497 million to pay for shelter, food and water over the next six months for millions of Iraqis forced from their homes or otherwise affected by violence between Iraqi forces and Islamic State fighters.

IRAQ Posted: 04 Jun 2015 07:48 AM PDT Map locates Ramadi dam in Iraq's Anbar province.; 1c x 3 inches; 46.5 mm x 76 mm;

Attacks on Shi'ites create pivotal moment for Saudi state Posted: 04 Jun 2015 07:06 AM PDT By Angus McDowall DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - When Sunni suicide bombers belonging to an Islamic State cell targeted mosques of Saudi Arabia's minority Shi'ite community last month, the government quickly pledged national unity across sectarian lines and offered compensation. The attacks throw the royal family's commitment to diversity into the spotlight just as animosity towards the minority rises along with tensions between Saudi Arabia and regional arch rival Shi'ite Iran, and as the world's top oil exporter presses on with a war on fighters of a Shi'ite offshoot in Yemen. While thanking the government for its support and publicly declaring confidence in the police many Shi'ites privately said they feared little would be done to address underlying sectarian problems that they blamed for the violence.

Lincoln Chafee gets most of his campaign money from one surprising donor Posted: 04 Jun 2015 06:50 AM PDT But family connections aren't nearly enough to fund a presidential campaign.

Islamic State targeted in 17 strikes in Iraq, Syria: U.S. military Posted: 04 Jun 2015 06:25 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies staged 17 air strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq in a 24-hour period in the latest daily raids on the militants, a statement from the Command Joint Task Force said on Thursday. Four of the attacks were near the Syrian city of Al Hasakah, where Islamic State bombers have blown up about a dozen explosive-packed trucks at army checkpoints in recent days. Four other strikes targeted tactical units, vehicles and mortar positions near Ar Raqqah and Kobani, the statement said. ...

Fleeing violence at home, Iraqi migrant finds haven in Cambodia Posted: 04 Jun 2015 06:04 AM PDT By Astrid Zweynert PHNOM PENH (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In his small restaurant in downtown Phnom Penh, Hashim Fahram serves up fresh, golden falafel having found safety for his family far from his native Iraq. The former blacksmith has been making a living for the past year serving Middle Eastern dishes to residents of Cambodia's capital after fleeing his hometown Fallujah in 2014 with his family to escape fighting between the army and Islamic State militants.     "It is much safer here for my family and me," Fahram told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

Defense secretary convenes meeting on Russia, Ukraine Posted: 04 Jun 2015 05:56 AM PDT STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter is summoning top American defense and diplomatic leaders to Germany Friday to map out a counterstrategy to Russia's military operations in Ukraine and reassure allies worried about Moscow's aggression.

Chafee fills out field of Hillary Clinton's challengers Posted: 04 Jun 2015 04:56 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — There are still eight months to go before the first votes of 2016 take place in the Iowa caucuses, enough time for a challenger to rise and pose a threat to Hillary Rodham Clinton's place as the front-runner for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.

UN calls for urgent Iraq aid as humanitarian efforts falter Posted: 04 Jun 2015 03:37 AM PDT BRUSSELS (AP) — The United Nations is appealing for almost half a billion dollars in urgent aid to provide humanitarian assistance for more than 8 million people in Iraq.

U.S. Shoots Itself In the Foot By Accidentally Arming ISIS Posted: 04 Jun 2015 03:30 AM PDT One of the earliest major setbacks in the war against ISIS came last June when the U.S.-backed Iraqi army was routed by Islamic militants in the northern Iraq city of Mosul. Government forces retreated ...

Lincoln Chafee May Be Hillary's Biggest Problem Posted: 04 Jun 2015 03:07 AM PDT In a field of Democratic presidential long shots, former Rhode Island senator and governor Lincoln Chafee, who announced his candidacy on Wednesday, may be the longest shot of all. As an authentic, uncompromising progressive, Bernie Sanders is poised to grab the bulk of those Elizabeth Warren enthusiasts who can't reconcile themselves to Hillary Clinton. Chafee, by contrast, in the words of Quinnipiac University's Monica Bauer, "has the charisma of Walter Mondale wrapped in the political instincts of a small town city councilman, which he once was, and perhaps would have remained, if he hadn't been the son of a famous political dynasty.

Australia slaps sanctions on alleged Islamic State recruiter, seizes funds Posted: 03 Jun 2015 11:29 PM PDT By Matt Siegel SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia on Thursday unveiled fresh financial sanctions against one of its citizens alleged to be a top recruiter for the Islamic State militant group, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said, stepping up a crackdown on militant activity. Australia is on high alert for attacks by radicalised Muslims or by home-grown militants returning from fighting in the Middle East, having raised its threat level to "high" and unleashed a series of high-profile raids in major cities. Melbourne-born Neil Prakash is the third Australian citizen to have his assets frozen by the government because of membership in the radical Sunni group, which has seized wide swaths of territory in Iraq and Syria.

Australia puts sanctions on Islamic State recruiter in Syria Posted: 03 Jun 2015 11:03 PM PDT CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia on Thursday imposed financial sanctions on a 23-year-old Australian man accused of becoming a high-profile recruiter for the Islamic State movement in Syria, who invites women to join him and urges young jihadis online to strike at home.

Clock ticking on Greece to repay IMF Posted: 03 Jun 2015 10:40 PM PDT It's the billion-dollar question: is Greece going to repay the International Monetary Fund on time? Or will it, in the absence of a new deal with its official creditors, dare default on the global crisis lender which has joined two massive bailouts of the Greek economy? Athens is scheduled to repay $1.6 billion euros ($1.8 billion) to the IMF in four steps between now and June 19.

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