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• Biden associates resume discussion about presidential run
• Iraqi Kurds urge PKK to leave as Turkish strike toll mounts
• U.S., allies target Islamic State with 30 air strikes in Iraq, Syria: U.S. military
• AP News Guide: Death of Taliban leader roils Afghan politics
• Iraqi Kurds ask Kurdistan Workers Party to 'withdraw'
• Turkey 'probes claims Iraqi Kurdish civilians killed in air strike'
• Kurdish militia in Syria accuses Turkey of 'provocative' attacks
• Dems still weighing Iran deal, but happy with Obama outreach
• Kerry in Cairo for Egypt security talks
• New Afghan Taliban leader promises to continue insurgency
• More than 300,000 seek asylum in Germany this year so far: report
• Iraq's Barzani condemns Turkish bombing he says killed civilians
• IS detains four journalism students in Iraq: watchdog
• Families struggle 10 years after Ohio Marines killed in Iraq
• Iraqis protest over poor services, salty tap water
• UN says at least 1,332 Iraqis killed by violence in July
• Some 260 PKK members killed in Turkey air strikes: report
• Turkish strikes on PKK in Iraq kill at least 6
• Cameroon arrests three Boko Haram suspects carrying explosives: sources
• Seven Libyan soldiers killed in clashes with Islamic State
• Kerry off to Mideast with Egypt, Iran deal, Syria on agenda

Biden associates resume discussion about presidential run Posted: 01 Aug 2015 04:15 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden's associates have resumed discussions about a 2016 presidential run after largely shelving such deliberations during his son's illness and following his death earlier this year. But Biden has yet to tell his staff whether he will run or personally ask them to do any planning for a potential campaign, according to several people close to the vice president.

Iraqi Kurds urge PKK to leave as Turkish strike toll mounts Posted: 01 Aug 2015 12:56 PM PDT Turkey has killed 260 Kurdish militants in a week-long air offensive on targets in northern Iraq, official media claimed Saturday, as regional Iraqi authorities said it was time the rebels pulled out with concerns growing over civilian casualties. Turkey said it had launched a probe after pro-Kurdish media reports said nine civilians had been killed in a botched air strike, as the military pressed on with its relentless air bombardment campaign against Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in northern Iraq. Ankara has launched a two-pronged "anti-terror" offensive against Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Syria and PKK militants based in northern Iraq after a wave of attacks inside Turkey.

U.S., allies target Islamic State with 30 air strikes in Iraq, Syria: U.S. military Posted: 01 Aug 2015 12:37 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies launched 19 air strikes in Iraq and 11 in Syria on Friday in the coalition campaign against Islamic State militants, the U.S. military said on Saturday. The strikes in Iraq included six near Mosul, four near Ramadi and three near Sinjar, destroying staging areas, fighting positions, tactical units and other Islamic State targets, the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement. ...

AP News Guide: Death of Taliban leader roils Afghan politics Posted: 01 Aug 2015 11:54 AM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan Taliban has confirmed the death of its reclusive longtime leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar, after the Kabul government reported that he had been dead for more than two years. The move has led to a leadership crisis in the Taliban, as Mullah Omar's longtime deputy takes the helm over the objection of the former leader's relatives.

Iraqi Kurds ask Kurdistan Workers Party to 'withdraw' Posted: 01 Aug 2015 11:30 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's Kurdish regional government called on the Kurdistan Worker's Party to "withdraw" from Iraq's Kurdish territory Saturday to prevent civilian deaths amid a campaign of Turkish airstrikes targeting the group.

Turkey 'probes claims Iraqi Kurdish civilians killed in air strike' Posted: 01 Aug 2015 11:25 AM PDT Turkey on Saturday said it has opened an investigation into claims that several civilians were killed in an air strike against militants from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq. Iraqi Kurdish officials said Saturday six people had been killed in a pre-dawn strike by Turkish war planes on the village of Zarkel in northern Iraq. Pro-Kurdish media described the attack as a "massacre" which had left at least nine civilians dead.

Kurdish militia in Syria accuses Turkey of 'provocative' attacks Posted: 01 Aug 2015 11:22 AM PDT By Sylvia Westall and Humeyra Pamuk BEIRUT/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Kurdish militia fighting Islamic State in Syria accused Turkey on Saturday of targeting it at least four times in the past week, calling the attacks provocative and hostile. Turkey began a campaign of air strikes on Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) camps in northern Iraq and Islamic State fighters in Syria last Friday, in what Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has called a "synchronized fight against terror". The campaign has raised suspicions among Kurds that Ankara's real agenda is checking Kurdish territorial ambitions rather than fighting Islamic State.

Dems still weighing Iran deal, but happy with Obama outreach Posted: 01 Aug 2015 11:11 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Determined to secure support for the Iran nuclear deal, President Barack Obama is making inroads with a tough constituency — his fellow Democrats in Congress.

Kerry in Cairo for Egypt security talks Posted: 01 Aug 2015 11:02 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry is in Cairo for security talks with Egyptian officials before heading to Qatar to try to ease Arab concerns about the Iran nuclear deal.

New Afghan Taliban leader promises to continue insurgency Posted: 01 Aug 2015 10:26 AM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Political uncertainty inside the Taliban has cast doubt on the prospects for an end to the war in Afghanistan. On Saturday the Taliban's controversial new leader vowed to continue fighting while urging unity among his followers in a message aimed at preventing a split in the group between those who want peace and those who still believe they can win.

More than 300,000 seek asylum in Germany this year so far: report Posted: 01 Aug 2015 10:25 AM PDT Germany has hosted more than 300,000 asylum seekers since the start of the year, said the daily Die Welt on Saturday, as Berlin prepares for a record influx of refugees in 2015. According to the conservative newspaper, which cited details of a telephone conference between the interior ministers of German states, "302,415 asylum seekers have already been registered" this year. This figure is higher than the one given by the Federal Office for Migrants and Refugees (BAMF) which recorded 258,000 current requests.

Iraq's Barzani condemns Turkish bombing he says killed civilians Posted: 01 Aug 2015 10:10 AM PDT By Humeyra Pamuk and Stephen Kalin BAGHDAD/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The president of Iraq's Kurdistan region on Saturday condemned Turkey's bombardment of a village there which he said had killed civilians, and called for a return to the peace process. "We condemn this bombardment that led to the martyrdom of people from the Kurdistan region and call on Turkey not to bombard civilians again," Massoud Barzani said in a statement. A senior Turkish official told Reuters that Ankara was working with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to investigate claims of civilian casualties in the village of Zargala on Friday.

IS detains four journalism students in Iraq: watchdog Posted: 01 Aug 2015 10:02 AM PDT The Islamic State group has detained four journalism students in Mosul on charges of leaking information from the jihadist bastion to Iraqi and media organisations, a media watchdog said Saturday. The four were taken from their homes in different parts of the northern city late Friday, the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory (JFO), an Iraqi organisation, said in a statement. Mosul activists and a former security official confirmed to AFP that four Mosul University students had been detained and taken to an unknown location.

Families struggle 10 years after Ohio Marines killed in Iraq Posted: 01 Aug 2015 08:03 AM PDT CINCINNATI (AP) — Some people look surprised and tell him they just can't believe it's been 10 years already. For Keith Wightman, time hasn't passed quickly at all.

Iraqis protest over poor services, salty tap water Posted: 01 Aug 2015 07:12 AM PDT Hundreds of Iraqis demonstrated Saturday in the sweltering southern cities of Basra and Karbala as protests over the poor quality of water and electricity supply spread across the country. In the southern oil hub of Basra, around 500 people, waving banners and Iraqi flags, protested in front of the governor's office to demand a solution to the long-running problem of salty tap water. When the governor's deputy went out to hear their demands, demonstrators pelted him with plastic water bottles and insisted on seeing the governor himself.

UN says at least 1,332 Iraqis killed by violence in July Posted: 01 Aug 2015 05:11 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — At least 1,332 Iraqis were killed by violence in July amid the war against the Islamic State group, a slight drop from June, according to U.N. figures released Saturday.

Some 260 PKK members killed in Turkey air strikes: report Posted: 01 Aug 2015 02:55 AM PDT Around 260 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) have been killed and hundreds more wounded in Ankara's week-long campaign of air strikes against targets of the group inside Turkey and in northern Iraq, the official Anatolia news agency said Saturday. Without citing its sources, Anatolia said that among those wounded was Nurettin Demirtas, the brother of the leader of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtas. Ankara has launched a two-pronged "anti-terror" offensive against Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Syria and Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants after a wave of attacks inside the country.

Turkish strikes on PKK in Iraq kill at least 6 Posted: 01 Aug 2015 02:38 AM PDT Turkish air strikes against the PKK in northern Iraq killed at least six people on Saturday, officials said, as Ankara's bombardment of the Kurdish rebel group entered its second week. At around 4:00 am (0100 GMT) Turkish warplanes struck the village of Zarkel, in the Rawanduz area east of Arbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region. One local official, Nehro Abdullah, said two women were among six people killed in the raid, which he said completely destroyed several buildings.

Cameroon arrests three Boko Haram suspects carrying explosives: sources Posted: 01 Aug 2015 01:47 AM PDT Cameroon officials have arrested three suspects carrying a bag containing improvised explosive devices in the northern town of Maroua where a spate of suspected Boko Haram suicide attacks killed at least 40 last week, sources said on Friday. The men were caught on Thursday evening at the entrance of the city following a tip-off, a senior military source with the Central African nation's special forces in Maroua, told Reuters. The other two are Cameroonians, according to their identity cards," another senior local government administrator said by telephone from Maroua.

Seven Libyan soldiers killed in clashes with Islamic State Posted: 01 Aug 2015 01:44 AM PDT By Ayman al-Warfalli BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Seven Libyan soldiers were killed on Friday when Islamic State militants stormed a checkpoint manned by forces loyal to the official government, military officials said. Five soldiers were killed and 15 have been missing since the Islamic State fighters attacked the checkpoint outside the eastern town of Ajdabiya, near the oil port of Bregaattack, one military official said. Two more soldiers were killed when the government sent reinforcements.

Kerry off to Mideast with Egypt, Iran deal, Syria on agenda Posted: 31 Jul 2015 08:01 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry headed to the Middle East on Friday for security talks in Egypt and discussions in Qatar with Arab foreign ministers whose countries are wary of the nuclear deal struck with Iran.

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