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Demirtas: bright new star of Turkish politics

Posted: 07 Jun 2015 03:41 PM PDT

Selahattin Demirtas, co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party, gestures next to co-chair Figen Yukseldag (R) during a press conference in Istanbul on June 7, 2015The leader of the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtas has emerged as a potent force in national politics after guiding his party past Turkey's notoriously tough 10-percent threshold to win dozens of seats in legislative elections. In a bruising campaign, Demirtas successfully reached out to non-Kurdish voters and won praise for his statesman-like response to a bomb attack on a party rally that killed two people just two days before Sunday's polls. Demirtas will now lead 79 MPs in the new parliament after scooping over 13 percent of the vote.


In praise of Beau Biden, a more graceful portrait of the father emerges

Posted: 07 Jun 2015 02:50 PM PDT

For much of his more than six years as vice president, Joe Biden has been a willing caricature. When the often over-starched Obama administration needed a bluer collar, Mr. Biden got the call. This weekend, however, Joe Biden was simply a father.

Bahrain says it has broken up Shi'ite group involved in terrorism

Posted: 07 Jun 2015 02:22 PM PDT

Bahrain said on Sunday it had broken up a banned anti-government Shi'ite Muslim group behind a series of attacks and arrested several of its members. The state news agency said an investigation had revealed that Saraya al-Ashtar had been formed in 2012 by two men with the aim of destabilizing the Western-allied kingdom through attacks on security forces. It said the men were now in Iran.

Soldier who killed 16 Afghans says he was 'consumed by war'

Posted: 07 Jun 2015 02:08 PM PDT

TACOMA, Washington (AP) — The U.S. soldier who murdered 16 Afghan villagers in 2012 says he had lost compassion for Iraqis and Afghans over the course of his four combat deployments.

Marine set to be tried for 3rd time in Iraq war-crime case

Posted: 07 Jun 2015 01:04 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2013 file photo, Marine Sgt. Lawrence Hutchins III speaks at his home in Oceanside, Calif. A third retrial is set to begin for Hutchins, convicted in a high-profile court martial case for the 2006 killing of an Iraqi civilian. The Los Angeles Times reports Hutchins is scheduled to be tried again Monday, June 8, 2015 at Camp Pendleton, Calif., north of San Diego. Hutchins was convicted in 2007 by a Marine jury of unpremeditated murder for killing a 52-year-old former Iraqi police officer in Hamdania village. Six other Marines and a Navy corpsman were also convicted in the Pendleton 8 case.(AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — A retrial is set to begin for a Marine convicted in a high-profile court martial for the 2006 killing of an Iraqi civilian.


Obama uses G7 to press UK's Cameron on defense spending

Posted: 07 Jun 2015 12:53 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama told Prime Minister David Cameron he hoped Britain would keep military spending at 2 percent of national output, despite London's need to cut a sizeable budget deficit, a British source said on Sunday. Obama pressed Cameron on the sensitive subject in a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of a summit of the Group of Seven industrial nations in Germany amid concern in the United States that defense spending in its closest ally could be poised to fall below the NATO target. The exchange will add to domestic pressure on Cameron to maintain defense outlays.

Al Qaeda in Syria becoming an ever more prominent part of the rebellion

Posted: 07 Jun 2015 12:35 PM PDT

In the press coverage of the civil wars in Iraq and Syria lately the so-called Islamic State has been getting most of the attention. The group is about to celebrate its one-year anniversary of conquering Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, and it also remains potent in Syria. Last month the group seized the ancient city of Palmyra in the east of Syria, executed around 200 captives, and has since been pushing west towards Damascus.

US-led raids hit IS battling rebels, Qaeda in Syria

Posted: 07 Jun 2015 12:23 PM PDT

Syrian pro-government fighters flash the victory sign at a hilltop in the Qalamoun region on the outskirts of Damascus, on June 6, 2015US-led aircraft bombed Islamic State group fighters as they battled rival Syrian rebels, including Al-Qaeda loyalists, in a first such intervention, a monitoring group said on Sunday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights described the overnight raids in northern Aleppo as an intervention on the side of the rival rebels, which include forces who have been targeted previously by US-led strikes. "The coalition carried out at least four strikes overnight targeting IS positions in the town of Suran," the Britain-based Observatory said.


Obama uses G7 to press Cameron on defence spending

Posted: 07 Jun 2015 12:22 PM PDT

Obama and Cameron meet at the G7 Summit in GermanyU.S. President Barack Obama told Prime Minister David Cameron he hoped Britain would keep military spending at 2 percent of national output, despite London's need to cut a sizeable budget deficit, a British source said on Sunday. Obama pressed Cameron on the sensitive subject in a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of a summit of the Group of Seven industrial nations in Germany amid concern in the United States that defence spending in its closest ally could be poised to fall below the NATO target. The exchange will add to domestic pressure on Cameron to maintain defence outlays.


Gov. Scott Walker Calls Possibility of Taking Online Courses to Finish Degree in WH 'Interesting'

Posted: 07 Jun 2015 12:20 PM PDT

Gov. Scott Walker Calls Possibility of Taking Online Courses to Finish Degree in WH 'Interesting'Gov. Scott Walker, Wisconsin's Republican governor who is considering a bid for the White House, told ABC News that the possibility of taking online courses to finish his college degree -- if he were to win the presidential election and found himself at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in early 2017 -- is "interesting.""I've got two sons who very, very well, before the next election, at least one of them, may have his degree and the other would be just a year out," Walker told ABC News' Jon Karl."Part of it was I wanted to make sure they went through and got what they needed," he said.Wisconsin Gov. ...


Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Wouldn't Rule Out Re-Invasion of Iraq

Posted: 07 Jun 2015 12:20 PM PDT

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Wouldn't Rule Out Re-Invasion of IraqWisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he wouldn't rule out a full-blown re-invasion of Iraq if he were to become the next commander-in-chief. The likely Republican presidential candidate and early frontrunner in several polls said he would consider a re-invasion if it were deemed necessary to protect American national security at home and abroad. Walker has been critical of President Obama's handling of Iraq and Syria for its limited scope but also qualified that he does not believe in "open-ended, limitless engagements." Though he has been sparse in offering specific changes to U.S. policy in the fight against ISIS, the likely presidential candidate said he has been deepening his understanding of international affairs in recent months.


Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst Says She's No Kingmaker, But Keeps VP Door Open

Posted: 07 Jun 2015 12:20 PM PDT

Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst Says She's No Kingmaker, But Keeps VP Door OpenIowa Sen. Joni Ernst declined to embrace the title of "kingmaker" even as seven potential Republican presidential candidates flocked to her home state to attend her inaugural "Roast and Ride" extravaganza this weekend. The freshman Republican senator simply called herself "an advocate for Iowa" while speaking with ABC's Jonathan Karl. Republican hopefuls including former Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio were among those at her event Saturday.


EU delegation in Iran barred from speaking to foreign media

Posted: 07 Jun 2015 10:43 AM PDT

The Chairman of the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs, Germany's Elmar Brok, answers questions during a press conference at the European Union headquarters in Washington, DC on October 30, 2013An EU delegation was stopped Sunday from speaking to foreign media in Tehran, with an Iranian security official threatening action against reporters and photographers if they tried to film the incident. Having called a press conference at their hotel in the capital, the plans of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament were disrupted, prompting an angry exchange on the street. A crew from Press TV, Iran's English language channel which is broadcast worldwide, was invited to interview Brok but he cancelled the engagement.


U.S. reports 22 air strikes against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq

Posted: 07 Jun 2015 10:25 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies carried out 22 air strikes against Islamic States militants in Syria and Iraq during a 24-hour period to Sunday, a U.S. military statement said. Five of the 11 air raids in Syria targeted Islamic State fighters, vehicles and weapons near the northern city of Kobani, it said. In Iraq, 11 air strikes hit targets near five different cities, the statement said. The attacks were carried out between 8 a.m. (0500 GMT) Saturday and 8 a.m. (0500 GMT) Sunday. (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

Britain to send 125 more troops to Iraq in fight against IS

Posted: 07 Jun 2015 09:48 AM PDT

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister David Cameron says Britain will send 125 more troops to Iraq to train local forces fighting the Islamic State group.

Britain to expand Iraq training mission to counter IS: Cameron

Posted: 07 Jun 2015 09:07 AM PDT

Britian's Prime Minister Cameron address news conference in BerlinBy Andrew Osborn KRUEN, Germany (Reuters) - Britain is to expand its military training mission in Iraq in the coming weeks, Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Sunday, saying the Iraqi army needed more help to deal with improvised bombs planted by Islamic State militants. Cameron, speaking before a meeting of the Group of Seven industrial nations (G7), said Britain would send 125 new military advisers to Iraq, most of whom would train the Iraqi army in how to counter improvised explosive devices or IEDs.


Iraq: Troops advance against IS in key refinery town

Posted: 07 Jun 2015 08:32 AM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken Thursday, May 28, 2015, Iraq's Badr Brigades Shiite militia detain four men that they suspect of being militants of the Islamic State group outside the oil refinery in Beiji, some 155 miles (250 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi troops backed by Shiite militias recaptured key parts of the northern refinery town of Beiji from Islamic State militants on Sunday, June 7, a general said. (AP Photo, File)BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi troops backed by Shiite militias recaptured key parts of the northern refinery town of Beiji from the Islamic State group on Sunday, a general said.


Autopsy performed on former Iraq Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz

Posted: 07 Jun 2015 06:42 AM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1999, file photo, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz, right, Chairman of the Iraqi Parliament Sadun Hammadi, center, and member of Baath Party Abdulgani Abdulgafur, left, pay their respects during the Army Day ceremony at the Unknown Soldier monument in Baghdad. Tariq Aziz, the debonair Iraqi diplomat who made his name by staunchly defending Saddam Hussein to the world during three wars and was later sentenced to death as part of the regime that killed hundreds of thousands of its own people, has died in hospital in southern Iraq. He was 79. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer, File).AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Physicians have conducted an autopsy on the body of former Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz, but his body will only be released to his family in a few days, Iraq's forensics chief said Sunday.


Iraq forces 'advance in strategic northern town'

Posted: 07 Jun 2015 06:36 AM PDT

A member of the Popular Mobilisation units opens fire at Islamic State group militants in the area of Sayed Ghareeb, near Dujail, some 70 kilometres north of Baghdad, on May 28, 2015Iraqi forces advanced against the Islamic State jihadist group in Baiji on Sunday as they battled to retake the strategic town for a second time, officers said. Baghdad regained control of Baiji -- located on the road to IS hub Mosul and near the country's largest oil refinery -- last year, but subsequently lost it again. "Our security forces arrived to the centre of the town of Baiji around 10:30 am (0700 GMT) and raised the Iraqi flag," an army major general told AFP.


In sorrow, Obama-Biden put personal bond on public display

Posted: 07 Jun 2015 06:12 AM PDT

President Barack Obama hugs Vice President Joe Biden during funeral services for Biden's son, Beau Biden, Saturday, June 6, 2015, at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Wilmington, Del. Obama delivered the eulogy for Vice President Joe Biden's son, Beau, who lost his battle with brain cancer at age 46. (Yuri Gripas/Pool Photo via AP)WASHINGTON (AP) — Few relationships in Washington are as complex as that of president and vice president, a partnership forged of political necessity and often defined by rivalry and competing self-interests.


Syrian army regains ground against Islamic State in Hasaka city

Posted: 07 Jun 2015 05:07 AM PDT

An Iraq Shiite paramilitary personnel launches a mortar round toward Islamic State militants on the outskirt of BayjiBy Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - The Syrian army said on Sunday it had repulsed a major offensive by Islamic State militants in the northeastern city of Hasaka and driven out fighters who had taken over key installations on the southern edge of the city. The northeastern corner of Syria is strategically important because it links areas controlled by Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. Syrian Kurds have also sought to expand their territorial control over a region stretching from Kobani to Qamishili they see as part of a future Kurdish state.


A year after IS assault, Iraq still on the brink

Posted: 07 Jun 2015 02:40 AM PDT

A member of the Popular Mobilisation units opens fire at Islamic State group militants in the area of Sayed Ghareeb, near Dujail, some 70 kilometres north of Baghdad, on May 28, 2015A year after the Islamic State group launched a brutally effective offensive, Iraq is struggling to survive as a unified nation, gripped by seemingly endless violence, sectarianism and humanitarian tragedy. The jihadists have been driven out of some areas, but still hold much of western Iraq and remain able to defeat Baghdad's forces and gain new territory despite a year of heavy fighting and some 4,000 strikes carried out in a 10-month US-led air campaign. The Syrian civil war served as an incubator and training ground for IS, while widespread anger among Iraqi Sunni Arabs, who accused the Shiite-led government of marginalising and targeting their minority community, helped the jihadists succeed.


Gitmo veteran now steering Europe's youths away from jihad

Posted: 07 Jun 2015 02:37 AM PDT

In this May 13, 2015 photo, former Guantanamo detainee and al-Qaida trainee Mourad Benchellali talks during an interview with the Associated Press in Gennevilliers, suburban Paris, France. With thousands of young Europeans joining the ranks of radical Islamists in Syria, some people have stepped forward to offer to deter them. But most governments and groups trying to prevent the exodus of vulnerable youths are cautious about accepting such services _ since the volunteers were once radicals themselves. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)PARIS (AP) — He learned warfare in an al-Qaida training camp, did time at Guantanamo and more time in a French prison. With such a resume, Mourad Benchellali may seem an unlikely youth counsellor — but he is telling his story to young Europeans, warning them against the lure of jihad.


Suicide car bomb kills 15 in Iraq: police

Posted: 07 Jun 2015 02:26 AM PDT

Onlookers check the damage at the scene of a car bomb blast targeting Shiite pilgrims on an annual march to a Baghdad shrine on May 9, 2015A suicide car bomb ripped through roadside restaurants at the entrance to the town of Baladruz in eastern Iraq, killing at least 15 people, police and provincial officials said Sunday. The attack took place late Saturday at the entrance of Baladruz, which lies about 65 kilometres (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, and was claimed by the Islamic State group. "It hit a string of restaurants on the eastern side of town... Most of the people there were truck drivers transporting goods between Baghdad and Kurdistan," a police captain said.


Chaffee Challenges Clinton with His Caustic Comments

Posted: 07 Jun 2015 02:17 AM PDT

GOP presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul (KY) likes to speak his mind even when it may be impolitic or even self-defeating to do so. Chafee, whose Marine father fought on Guadalcanal and went on to become a senator and Secretary of the Navy under President Nixon, was the only Republican senator to vote against going to war in Iraq.

OPEC unlikely to lose oil influence to US shale: analysts

Posted: 06 Jun 2015 11:46 PM PDT

File picture shows pump jacks in an oil field over the Monterey Shale formation near Lost Hills, CaliforniaOPEC's announcement that it is keeping crude output levels unchanged again, despite a collapse in oil prices, reflects the growing influence of booming US shale but analysts say the cartel is still the dominant player. The 12-nation Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) switched its production strategy in November in order to push down prices and hurt high-cost US shale producers, who need elevated prices to make their operations profitable. OPEC ditched its traditional role of supporting higher prices to boost revenues, and instead left its output ceiling unchanged at 30 million barrels per day (mbpd) -- despite the collapsing oil market and a stubborn global supply glut that is fuelled partly by US shale.


Today in History

Posted: 06 Jun 2015 09:00 PM PDT

Today is Sunday, June 7, the 158th day of 2015. There are 207 days left in the year.

'Stalkers': Tracking IS's female cheerleaders online

Posted: 06 Jun 2015 08:57 PM PDT

Melanie Smith, researcher at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue's Women and Extremism in London, tracks Western women who leave home to join the Islamic State groupIn a nondescript office in central London, researcher Melanie Smith stares at her laptop, scrolling down the Twitter feed of a 17-year-old British girl who ran away to join Islamic State militants. There are also lots of retweets, from screenshots of IS propaganda videos to news articles, particularly around the time of the Islamist attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris in January. "We saw her retweeting pictures of the cartoonists who had been killed and also others who were celebrating the attacks," Smith said.


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