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Greece must bolster border against migration: conservative leader

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 04:21 PM PDT

A refugee from Syria prays after arriving on the shores of the Greek island of Lesbos on September 7, 2015Greece should strengthen its border defences to check the unprecedented wave of migrants landing on its shores, the head of the conservative party that could return to power in this month's election said early Tuesday. "As regards migrants, the borders must be better protected and Greece should not send the message that 'it's good over here, come over'," New Democracy leader Evangelos Meimarakis said in a television interview. Greece's acting migration minister on Monday said the island of Lesbos was "on the verge of explosion" with over 15,000 mainly Syrian refugees waiting to be registered for onward travel to Athens.


Britain kills IS fighters in Syria for first time

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 03:43 PM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron said that Reyaad Khan "was killed in a precision air strike carried out on August 21 by an RAF remotely piloted aircraft while he was travelling in a vehicle in the area of Raqqah in Syria"A Royal Air Force (RAF) drone killed a British jihadist in Syria last month who was planning attacks on Britain, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday. The killing of 21-year-old Reyaad Khan, who left home to join Islamic State (IS) group militants in 2013, is a first because it happened in a country where Britain is not at war and has provoked fierce criticism from human rights campaigners. Cameron said the strike was "an act of self-defence" since Khan had been planning "barbaric" attacks in Britain against high-profile commemorations over the summer.


Critic's Notebook: Buoyed By Jobs and Bulger Biopics, Telluride Delivers

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 03:40 PM PDT

Despite rain and a canceled screening, the annual fest had much to offer, including strong, star-driven biopics 'Steve Jobs' and 'Black Mass' and an entrancingly weird sex/love story from Charlie Kaufman.

France, Britain raise stakes on Islamic State in Syria

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 03:36 PM PDT

An image made available by the jihadist Twitter account Al-Baraka news on June 11, 2014 allegedly shows a militant of the Islamic State group waving the Islamic jihad flag as vehicles drive between Iraq's Nineveh province and Al-Hasakah, SyriaFrance said Monday it had begun preparations for air strikes on the Islamic State (IS) in Syria, and Britain said it too was weighing the case for hitting at jihadists in the war-torn country, from which tens of thousands of people have fled to Europe. British Prime Minister David Cameron emphasised the risk of terror attacks in saying he believed there was "a strong case" for Britain taking part in airstrikes in Syria. Britain had carried out a first strike in Syria in August with a drone, killing three jihadists, two of them from Britain, he revealed.


Syrian refugees in Uruguay say they want to move elsewhere

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 03:20 PM PDT

Mahed, a member of a family of Syrian refugees that arrived to Uruguay on October 9, 2014, makes declarations to the media while demonstrating at the Independencia square in MontevideoFive families of Syrian refugees granted asylum in Uruguay last year protested outside the president's offices on Monday, demanding they be allowed to leave the South American country in search of better jobs, even back in the Middle East. Uruguay accepted the 42 Syrians fleeing civil war in October 2014, but the families said they felt the leftist government had failed to deliver on a promise of good incomes. "I am not afraid to go back to Lebanon," said 36-year-old Aldees Maher, whose family had initially sought safety in a refugee camp across the border from Syria.


Britain, France join Germany in showing solidarity with migrants

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 02:21 PM PDT

Syrian refugees arrive on the shores of the Greek island of Lesbos aboard an inflatable dinghy after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey, September 7, 2015Britain and France Monday joined Germany in pledging to accept tens of thousands of refugees as Europe's record influx of people fleeing war and misery sparked warnings that one Greek migrant chokepoint was "on the verge of explosion". European leaders are scrambling for solutions as bloody conflicts in Syria, Iraq and beyond send hundreds of thousands of desperate people on dangerous voyages through the Balkans and across the Mediterranean to the 28-nation EU. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose country is Europe's top refugee destination, hailed the warm welcome her citizens gave to 20,000 asylum-seekers who streamed across its southern borders on weekend trains, and pledged billions more in money to house them.


Tajikistan hunts renegade minister after clashes stir instability

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 02:19 PM PDT

By Andrew Osborn and Dmitry Solovyov MOSCOW/ALMATY (Reuters) - Tajikistan said it had arrested 14 members of a criminal group loyal to the country's sacked deputy defense minister in a special operation on Monday, following bloody gun battles that have stoked fears of religious-related unrest. A poor Muslim nation of 8 million in Central Asia, Tajikistan remains volatile after a 1992-97 civil war that killed tens of thousands of people. Tensions between its secular, pro-Moscow government and the Islamist opposition are on the rise.

German intelligence has evidence IS used mustard gas in Iraq

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 01:37 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 16, 2014 file photo, demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State group, slogans as they carry the group's flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad. ISIS placed eighth on Google's list of 2014's fastest-rising global search requests, the company said Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. (AP Photo, File)BERLIN (AP) — Germany's foreign intelligence agency BND has collected evidence of mustard gas use by the Islamic State group.


The Latest: More than 4,000 migrants arrive in Munich

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 12:40 PM PDT

Young refugees with cuddly toys in their hand arrive at the main train station in Munich, Germany, Monday, Sept. 7, 2015. Refugees arrived in various trains to get first registration as asylum seekers in Germany. (AP Photo/ Kerstin Joensson)BERLIN (AP) — The latest news as countries across Europe cope with the arrival of thousands of migrants and refugees. All times local (CET):


Hit by new wave of refugees, Germany warns EU partners

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 11:56 AM PDT

Migrants arrive by train at main station in MunichBy Paul Carrel and Georgina Prodhan BERLIN/MUNICH (Reuters) - Struggling to cope with record numbers of asylum seekers, Germany told its European partners on Monday they too must take in more refugees, as police in Hungary used pepper spray on desperate migrants who broke out of a reception center at the border. Chancellor Angela Merkel, speaking after a weekend in which 20,000 migrants entered Germany from Hungary by train, bus and on foot, described the influx as "breathtaking" and tried to reassure German citizens that the crisis was manageable. "I am happy that Germany has become a country that many people outside of Germany now associate with hope," she said at a news conference in Berlin.


Cameron says UK drone strike killed British IS fighters in Syria

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 11:03 AM PDT

Britain's PM Cameron speaks during a joint news conference with Spain's PM Rajoy at Moncloa palace in MadridBy William James and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has killed two of its own nationals who had been fighting for Islamic State (IS) and plotting attacks on British soil, in its first air strike in Syria, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday. Despite not having a parliamentary mandate to take military action in Syria, Cameron told MPs that, as an act of self-defence, Briton Reyaad Khan had been targeted and killed in a precision drone strike in the country. Cameron said the strike was carried out by a British Royal Air Force (RAF) remotely-piloted aircraft in August and that two people travelling with the man, including another Briton, Ruhul Amin, were also killed.


U.S., allies conduct 15 air strikes in Syria and Iraq: military

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 11:00 AM PDT

A U.S.-led coalition conducted 11 air strikes against the Islamic State in Iraq on Sunday, as well as four strikes targeting the militant group in Syria, according to a statement released on Monday. Attacks in Iraq were spread throughout the country, hitting tactical units and destroying vehicles and weapons. An air strike near Tuz destroyed 49 Islamic State fighting positions, as well as four tunnels and a weapons cache, according to the statement from the Combined Joint Task Force.

Quebec pledges to take in 3,650 Syrian refugees

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 10:56 AM PDT

Refugees fleeing the war in Syria sit on a bus as they are driven to the Kokkinotrimithia refugee camp, West of Nicosia in Cyprus, on September 6, 2015Quebec's immigration minister pledged Monday that the Canadian province would take in 3,650 Syrian refugees by year's end and asked the federal government to help facilitate the process. Kathleen Weil said the mainly French-speaking province aims to take in an additional 2,450 refugees on top of the already foreseen 1,200. Quebec needs the green light from the federal government to go ahead with its plan.


Turkey's military: 16 troops killed, 6 wounded in PKK attack

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 10:20 AM PDT

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's military announced Monday that 16 soldiers were killed and six others were wounded in a Kurdish rebel attack against troops in southeast Turkey a day earlier. The attack was the deadliest assault on Turkish troops since renewed fighting between the rebels and Turkey's security forces erupted in July, shattering a fragile peace process.

Turkey says 16 soldiers killed in PKK attack

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 09:50 AM PDT

A group protests against the killings of Turkish soldiers in Hakkari province, with a banner reading "We will not sacrify our children for (Erdogan's) Palace!" in Ankara, September 7, 2015The Turkish army on Monday said the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) killed 16 of its soldiers in a roadside bomb attack at the weekend, one of the deadliest attacks carried out by the group. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu vowed after Sunday's attack to "wipe out" the PKK rebels from their mountain strongholds, with no end in sight to the Turkish military's one-and-half month campaign against the Kurdish rebels. Breaking a day-long silence over the toll, the army said the PKK staged a roadside bomb attack that severely damaged two armoured vehicles in the Daglica area of the southeastern Hakkari region close to the border with northern Iraq.


Britain to take 20,000 Syrian refugees over five years

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 09:50 AM PDT

A boy walks past tents in a Syrian Kurdish refugee camp in the town of Suruc in Turkey's southern Sanliurfa province on October 11, 2014Britain will take 20,000 Syrian refugees from camps near the war-torn country's borders over the next five years, Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday, under pressure to address the crisis. "We are proposing the UK should resettle up to 20,000 refugees over the life of this parliament," Cameron said in a speech in the House of Commons. Britain will continue to take refugees from the camps and from elsewhere in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, he said.


Hollande says France to prepare air strikes against IS in Syria

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 09:37 AM PDT

French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech on Syria and the migrant crisis during his bi-annual press conference on September 7, 2015 at the Elysee presidential palace ParisPresident Francois Hollande said Monday France would conduct surveillance flights over Syria to help it prepare air strikes on Islamic State jihadists. "I have asked the defence ministry that from tomorrow surveillance flights can be launched over Syria, allowing us to plan airstrikes against Daesh (the Islamic State group)," Hollande told a press conference in Paris.


Turkish jets strike PKK targets after deadly militant attack

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 09:36 AM PDT

A Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jet lands at Incirlik air base in Adana, TurkeyThe clashes, weeks before polls the ruling AK Party hopes will restore its majority, threaten to sink a peace process President Tayyip Erdogan launched in 2012 in an attempt to end an insurgency that has killed more than 40,000 people. Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels said they had killed 31 servicemen in an attack on a convoy and clashes on Sunday in the mountainous Daglica area of Hakkari province, near the Iraqi border. Whatever it takes, they will be cleared," Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told a news conference after a meeting with the chief of the military general staff.


Trial opens of 10 accused of recruiting Dutch Muslims for Islamic State

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 09:35 AM PDT

By Yoruk Bahceli AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Ten suspected Islamist radicals went on trial in the Netherlands on Monday, accused of recruiting Dutch Muslims to fight with Islamic State insurgents in Iraq and Syria. The trial, the largest against alleged jihadists in the Netherlands in a decade, is seen as a test of whether a court can convict suspects who may endorse a radical ideology but have not carried out any attacks in the West. Lawyers for the defendants said at a hearing on Monday they are innocent of any wrongdoing and have a right to speak out about their religious and political views.

US military selects rarely used charge for Bergdahl case

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 08:59 AM PDT

FILE - In this file image taken from video obtained from Voice Of Jihad Website, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, sits in a vehicle guarded by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan. A one-year travel ban is expiring for five senior Taliban leaders held in U.S. detention at Guantanamo Bay until they were released last year in exchange for Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for nearly five years after he walked away from his Army post in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad Website via AP video, File)RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — Military prosecutors have reached into a section of military law seldom used since World War II in the politically fraught case against U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier held prisoner for years by the Taliban after leaving his post in Afghanistan.


Gulf stiffens determination in wake of troop deaths in Yemen

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 08:51 AM PDT

In this photo taken Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015, the flag of the United Arab Emirates is flown at half-staff in honor of Emirati soldiers killed in Friday's attack by Shiite rebels in Yemen, as vehicles pass it by in Dubai. Radio stations across the UAE have replaced their usual upbeat fare with Quranic recitations and classical music to mark three days of mourning commemorating the war dead, an honor typically reserved for the country's top leaders. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A deadly attack late last week on soldiers from oil-rich Gulf states deployed in Yemen as part of a Saudi-led coalition fighting the country's Shiite rebels may well have been designed to break the coalition's will. If that was the aim, it backfired.


Iraqi team to probe alleged Islamic State chemical attacks on Kurds: diplomats

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 08:49 AM PDT

By Anthony Deutsch THE HAGUE (Reuters) - A team of Iraqi government experts will go to Iraq's Kurdish autonomous region this week to investigate allegations that Islamic State (IS) insurgents have used chemical weapons against Kurdish forces, diplomats said on Monday. Chemical agents were not known to have been used in fighting in Iraq since Saddam Hussein's fall in 2003.

Military selects rarely used charge for Bergdahl case

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 08:35 AM PDT

FILE - This undated file image provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier held prisoner for years by the Taliban after leaving his post in Afghanistan. Observers wondered for months if Bergdahl would be charged with desertion. But military prosecutors have reached into a seldom used section of military law to charge Bergdahl with misbehavior before the enemy. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, file)RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Military prosecutors have reached into a section of military law seldom used since World War II in the politically fraught case against Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier held prisoner for years by the Taliban after leaving his post in Afghanistan.


Greek island overwhelmed by stranded migrants, despair

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 08:24 AM PDT

A Syrian boy, his parents phone number written on his arm, sleeps at the port of Mytilene, on the Greek island of Lesbos, early Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios)MYTILENE, Greece (AP) — It was supposed to be the first step on their journey to Western Europe. But now thousands of migrants are mired in despair, anger and frustration on the scenic Greek island of Lesbos.


AP Analysis: Palestinian leader's retirement claim doubted

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 07:57 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2011 file photo, Palestinian Fatah supporters hold placards of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a rally in support of Abbas, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. With paths to Palestinian statehood blocked, President Mahmoud Abbas is warning he's fast-tracking his retirement and hinting he will announce dramatic policy changes at the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 30, 2015 including a more-confrontational relationship with Israel's right-wing government. (AP Photos/Bernat Armangue, File)RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — With paths to Palestinian statehood blocked, President Mahmoud Abbas is warning he's fast-tracking his retirement and hinting he will announce dramatic policy changes at the United Nations this month, including a more confrontational relationship with Israel's right-wing government.


Officials: Iraqi defense minister unharmed in sniper attack

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 07:27 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's defense minister escaped a sniper attack north of Baghdad unharmed Monday, officials said, though one of his guards was wounded in the shooting near Islamic State-controlled territory.

Iraqi defense minister unharmed after sniper hits convoy: spokesman

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 06:51 AM PDT

Iraqi Defence Minister Obeidi speaks to the media after a news conference in AmmanIraqi Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi's convoy came under sniper fire on Monday but he was unharmed, a ministry spokesman said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which joint operations spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Rasool said took place in the western outskirts of the town of Baiji, 190 km (120 miles) north of Baghdad. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has said the battle over Baiji and its refinery, Iraq's largest, is critical to the fight against Islamic State forces.


Turkey reels after deadly PKK attack on army

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 06:13 AM PDT

Kurds watch military vehicles during clashes between Kurdish activists and Turkish government forces at Yuksekova, in Hakkari province, southeast Turkey, on August 27, 2015Turkey was in shock on Monday after reportedly the deadliest attack by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) against the army in years, with the military keeping a tight-lipped silence over the scale of the toll. The army said PKK fighters killed and wounded several Turkish soldiers in a roadside bomb attack Sunday on two armoured vehicles in the Daglica area of the southeastern Hakkari region close to the border with northern Iraq. The Hurriyet daily claimed at least 19 Turkish soldiers, including one lieutenant colonel, had been killed which, if confirmed, would make the attack by far the deadliest carried out by the PKK on the army in recent years.


Hollande opens French doors to refugees despite opposition

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 05:58 AM PDT

By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - France is ready to take in 24,000 refugees as part of European Union plans to welcome more than 100,000 in the next two years, French President Francois Hollande said on Monday, dismissing opinion polls showing public opposition to the move. Hollande said he and German leader Angela Merkel wanted the 28-country EU to back a "permanent, mandatory system" under which each country would be obliged to take its fair share of a total of 120,000 migrants. Asked about polls showing 55 percent of French people oppose admitting more refugees or easing asylum procedures to cope with the EU's migration crisis, Hollande said public opinion was fickle but asylum was a constitutional right and a moral duty.

Turkey bombs Kurdish militants in retaliation for deadly attack on soldiers

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 05:32 AM PDT

Turkey launched a fresh round of airstrikes against Kurdish insurgents Monday, vowing to ramp up its campaign against them after an attack on Turkish troops that may be the deadliest since a three-year truce unraveled in July. On Sunday, the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) ambushed a military convoy in Hakkari in the southeast, killing 15 soldiers, according to the group. Turkey responded with airstrikes on 13 targets, The New York Times reports.

Spain arrests woman, 19, accused of recruiting for IS group

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 05:00 AM PDT

MADRID (AP) — Spanish police say a 19-year-old woman has been arrested after an investigation found evidence she was recruiting combatants to fight for the Islamic State group and helping them plan their travel to Syria or Iraq.

France to begin Syria reconnaissance flights, mulls air strikes

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 04:31 AM PDT

French President Francois Hollande attends his news conference at the Elysee Palace in ParisFrance will begin reconnaissance missions over Syria on Tuesday and could launch air strikes against Islamic State militants in the country, President Francois Hollande said on Monday. France until now had only taken part in air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq because it feared strikes against the group in Syria could strengthen Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.


Spain arrests teen woman suspected of recruiting for IS

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 04:07 AM PDT

Spanish police arrest an 18-year-old Moroccan woman suspected of recruiting other women via the Internet to the jihadist group Islamic State (IS), in Gandia on September 5, 2015Spanish police on Monday arrested a 19-year-old woman on suspicion of recruiting for Islamic State militants, the latest in a string of women detained for allegedly sympathising with the armed jihadist group. Islamic State has claimed numerous killings and kidnappings in Iraq and Syria, after declaring an "Islamic Caliphate" in territory under its control.


France considering airstrikes in Syria, sending recon jets

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 04:01 AM PDT

French President Francois Hollande gestures during his press conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Monday Sept.7, 2015. France will send reconnaissance flights over Syria beginning Tuesday to help plan airstrikes in the fight against the Islamic State group, the president said. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)PARIS (AP) — France will send reconnaissance flights over Syria beginning Tuesday and is considering airstrikes in the fight against the Islamic State group, President Francois Hollande said, calling it necessary to fight against the "terrorism and war" that have left Europe vulnerable to attack.


EU needs more legal ways in for refugees: Swedish PM

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 03:22 AM PDT

Sweden will propose that the European Union set up more legal ways for refugees to arrive in the country, Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said on Monday, announcing a push to make the Nordic country more welcoming for asylum seekers. Sweden has received more asylum seekers per capita than any other nation in Europe, giving weight to its voice over the crisis, which has intensified in recent days as thousands of migrants, many refugees from Syria, arrive mostly in Germany. "Sweden, Germany and a few other countries have for a long time been alone, taken their responsibility.

Austria plans to end measures allowing migrants from Hungary and move "towards normality"

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 03:00 AM PDT

Migrants arrive by train at main station in MunichBy Michael Shields and Irene Preisinger VIENNA/MUNICH (Reuters) - Austria said on Sunday it planned to end emergency measures that have allowed thousands of refugees stranded in Hungary into Austria and Germany since Saturday and move step by step "towards normality". Austria had suspended its random border checks after photographs of a Syrian toddler lying dead on a Turkish beach showed Europeans the horror faced by those desperate enough to travel illegally into the heart of Europe, which is deeply divided over how to cope. After 71 people suffocated in the back of a truck abandoned on an Austrian highway en route from Hungary, and as thousands headed from Budapest towards Austria on foot, Vienna had agreed with Germany to waive rules requiring refugees to register an asylum claim in the first EU country they reach.


Afghan Taliban take apparent dig at IS over Hazara killings

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 02:50 AM PDT

An image grab taken from a video released on March 17, 2014 by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's al-Furqan Media allegedly shows ISIL fighters raising their weapons with the Jihadist flag at an undisclosed locationThe Taliban have condemned the killing of 13 minority Shiites as a plot to "breed fault lines", in an apparent dig at the rival Islamic State group making gradual inroads into Afghanistan. IS, observers say, have struggled to gain a firm foothold in Afghanistan because of the lack of a deeply sectarian environment -- unlike Syria and Iraq where the group has captured large swathes of territory. "These acts are being perpetrated to breed fault lines, intolerance and discrimination," the Taliban said referring to Saturday's attack, without naming IS.


Migration crisis tears at EU's cohesion and tarnishes its image

Posted: 07 Sep 2015 01:24 AM PDT

Migrants enter a bus, which is supposed to leave to Austria and Germany, at the Keleti trainstation in BudapestBy Paul Taylor BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Deep divisions over how to cope with a flood of migrants from the Middle East, Africa and Asia pose a threat to the European Union's values and global standing and may diminish its ability to act jointly to reform the euro zone and ease Greece's debt. With harrowing images of drowning children, refugees being herded on and off trains and beaten by police, and barbed-wire fences slicing across Europe, the migration crisis is the moral equivalent of the euro zone crisis. By making the EU look ineffective, disunited and heartless, pitting member states against each other and fuelling political populism and anti-Muslim sentiment, the latest crisis is undermining the ideals of European integration.


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