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• Iran pledges to protect shared security interests with Yemen
• At least 13 killed in Baghdad car bombing
• UK's Cameron makes last-minute push to hold onto power
• Nigeria’s offensive against Boko Haram slowed by landmines
• Attacks in Iraq's Anbar, Baghdad kill at least 26: sources
• Lawmaker: Islamic State kills some 25 captive Iraqi Yazidis
• In South Carolina, GOP hopefuls run against Obama, terrorism
• US-led airstrikes 'kill 52 civilians in northern Syria'
• Twin nighttime bombings in Iraq's Baghdad kill 17 people
• Officials say 2 blasts minutes apart in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, kill at least 17 people
• Death toll from U.S.-led strike rises to 52 civilians in Syria
• Islamic State hit with 24 air strikes by U.S., allies: statement
• Qatar says Taliban, Afghan officials to hold 2 days of talks
• Iran says Yemen security 'like our own'
• The Latest on Nepal: Chance of finding more survivors slim
• Tunisia's neglected youth find their voice in hip hop, rap
• Canada PM visits Iraq after air war extension
• Bernie Sanders: Liberal Democrats' savior or Ralph Nader spoiler?
• Tensions brew in Jordan over Muslim Brotherhood rift
• Canada PM arrives in Iraq on surprise visit
• Canadian PM makes surprise visit to Iraq, pledges support
• In Iraqi malls, Syrian women work jobs spurned by locals
• Administration worries grow over Saudi campaign in Yemen

Iran pledges to protect shared security interests with Yemen Posted: 02 May 2015 04:09 PM PDT Iran's deputy foreign minister said Tehran will not let regional powers jeopardize its security interests in Yemen, Tasnim news agency reported, in the strongest acknowledgement yet of Iranian involvement in the Arabian peninsula. Iran has denied accusations from Western and Arab states that it is arming Shi'ite Muslim Houthi rebels in Yemen, though a U.N. sanctions monitoring panel revisited those allegations in a confidential report this week. "Others will not be allowed to put our shared security at risk with military adventures," Hossein Amir Abdollahian said, according to the Iranian Tasnim news agency in an article published on Saturday. Saudi Arabia, which sees itself as the guardian of Sunni Islam, has long vied for influence with Iran, the region's main Shi'ite Muslim power.

At least 13 killed in Baghdad car bombing Posted: 02 May 2015 03:36 PM PDT At least 13 people were killed by a car bomb in Baghdad on Saturday, police said, in one of the deadliest attacks in the Iraqi capital this year. Eleven people were killed and more than 40 wounded in a wave of car bomb attacks on Thursday and another nine were killed in two car bombings in Baghdad on Monday. The Islamic State jihadist group claimed it had carried out those attacks on Shiite districts of Baghdad to avenge attacks on displaced persons from a Sunni province.

UK's Cameron makes last-minute push to hold onto power Posted: 02 May 2015 03:19 PM PDT Accused of fighting a lacklustre election campaign, British Prime Minister David Cameron has turned up the passion in its dying days but risks having left it too late to convince voters. Opinion polls suggest Cameron's centre-right Conservatives may not have done enough to stay in power on May 7, potentially putting him out of a job at the age of 48. Going into the campaign, it looked like Eton and Oxford-educated Cameron held most of the trump cards. His coalition government, which took power in 2010, led Britain out of a double-dip recession and the Conservatives built their campaign around their "long-term economic plan" for recovery.

Nigeria’s offensive against Boko Haram slowed by landmines Posted: 02 May 2015 02:04 PM PDT By Julia Payne ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's military is confident it has Boko Haram cornered, but a final push to clear the Islamist militants from their forest hideouts is being hampered by landmines, it said on Saturday. "Everywhere they have their havens, they have mined it all around," Major General Chris Olukolade, spokesman for Nigeria's defense headquarters, told Reuters in an interview. Boko Haram grabbed a swathe of Nigeria's northeast bigger than Belgium in 2014 and caused a global outcry when it abducted over 200 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok. A counter-attack was launched in January after a six-year insurgency that killed thousands and forced more than 1.5 million people from their homes -- too late to save the presidency of Goodluck Jonathan who lost a March election to Muhammadu Buhari who vowed to get tougher on Boko Haram.

Attacks in Iraq's Anbar, Baghdad kill at least 26: sources Posted: 02 May 2015 01:38 PM PDT At least 12 Iraqi soldiers and paramilitary forces were killed on Saturday by suicide car bombs targeting an outpost in western Anbar province, while attacks in the capital killed at least 14 civilians, security and medical sources said. The fighters were part of a campaign announced by the government last month to recapture parts of the Sunni heartland from the jihadist militants of Islamic State, which has held the territory for the past year. The forces were targeted in a train station in Garma, on the road to the Islamic State stronghold of Falluja, 15 km (10 miles) to the east. "Five of the armored car bombs managed to reach our forces in the train station and blew up.

Lawmaker: Islamic State kills some 25 captive Iraqi Yazidis Posted: 02 May 2015 01:29 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Islamic State group militants shot to death at least 25 captive Yazidis at a prison camp in northern Iraq, a Yazidi lawmaker said Saturday, the latest mass killing carried out by the extremists targeting the sect.

In South Carolina, GOP hopefuls run against Obama, terrorism Posted: 02 May 2015 12:55 PM PDT COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential hopefuls eventually will have to start running against each other. But, for now, many are content to run against President Barack Obama, Iran and Middle East extremists.

US-led airstrikes 'kill 52 civilians in northern Syria' Posted: 02 May 2015 12:44 PM PDT US-led strikes targeting the Islamic State group killed at least 52 civilians in northern Syria, a monitor said Saturday, but the Pentagon said it could not confirm the report. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor also reported deadly violence elsewhere in Syria, including a rebel rocket attack Saturday that killed 15 civilians and wounded dozens in Aleppo. Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP that US-led coalition strikes early Friday on the village of Birmahle in Aleppo province killed 52 civilians. "Not a single IS fighter" was killed in the strikes on Birmahle, said Abdel Rahman, adding that the village is inhabited by civilians only with no IS presence.

Twin nighttime bombings in Iraq's Baghdad kill 17 people Posted: 02 May 2015 12:02 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say two bomb blasts just minutes apart in a popular commercial area killed 17 people in Baghdad.

Officials say 2 blasts minutes apart in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, kill at least 17 people Posted: 02 May 2015 11:57 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Officials say 2 blasts minutes apart in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, kill at least 17 people.

Death toll from U.S.-led strike rises to 52 civilians in Syria Posted: 02 May 2015 11:25 AM PDT The death toll from an air strike by U.S.-led forces on the northern Syrian province of Aleppo has risen to 52 including seven children, a group monitoring the conflict said on Saturday. Rami Abdulrahman, who runs the British-based Observatory for Human Rights, said the death toll from Friday's strike was the highest civilian loss in a single attack by U.S. and Arab forces since they started air raids against hardline Islamist militant groups in Syria such as Islamic State. The Britain-based Observatory said the raid had mistakenly struck civilians in a village on the eastern banks of the Euphrates River in Aleppo province, killing members of at least six families. U.S.-led strikes had killed at least 66 civilians in Syria from the start of the raids on Sept. 23 until Friday's strike, which brought the total to at least 118.

Islamic State hit with 24 air strikes by U.S., allies: statement Posted: 02 May 2015 11:25 AM PDT The United States and its allies staged 24 strikes on Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria in a 24-hour period ending Saturday, the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement. Seventeen of the strikes were in Syria near the cities of Raqqah, Kobani, Al Hasakah and Dair Az Zawr, hitting Islamic State units, fighting positions, vehicles and other targets. In Iraq, seven air strikes near Mosul, Ramadi, Bayji, Tal Afar and Fallujah hit units, buildings, fighting positions and a supply cache, the statement said.

Qatar says Taliban, Afghan officials to hold 2 days of talks Posted: 02 May 2015 10:25 AM PDT DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Afghan and Taliban officials will hold two days of "reconciliation" talks in Qatar, the Gulf nation's state news agency reported Saturday, although both sides sought to downplay expectations from the meeting.

Iran says Yemen security 'like our own' Posted: 02 May 2015 09:03 AM PDT Iran considers the security of Yemen to be like its own, Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Saturday, denouncing "adventurist actions" by Saudi Arabia, the state television website reported. "We consider the security of Yemen to be the security of the region and of Iran. "The fact that Saudi Arabia is focused on the war against Yemen only benefits the Zionist regime and terrorist groups," said Amir-Abdollahian. Iran refers to Israel using the term "Zionist regime".

The Latest on Nepal: Chance of finding more survivors slim Posted: 02 May 2015 08:53 AM PDT 9:30 p.m. (1545 GMT)

Tunisia's neglected youth find their voice in hip hop, rap Posted: 02 May 2015 08:36 AM PDT TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — On the roof of a concrete building in an impoverished Tunis neighborhood, hip hop beats pound out from a PC hooked up to cheap speakers.

Canada PM visits Iraq after air war extension Posted: 02 May 2015 07:32 AM PDT Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Saturday days after lawmakers extended and expanded the NATO member's air campaign against the Islamic State jihadist group. Harper held talks with his Iraqi counterpart Haider al-Abadi in Baghdad before heading to the autonomous Kurdish region in the north where Ottawa has military trainers deployed to assist the fightback against the jihadists. Canada is the only Western ally so far to have joined the United States in carrying out air strikes against IS in neighbouring Syria as well as Iraq. European allies and Australia have joined the air campaign in Iraq but in Syria Washington has otherwise had to depend on Arab allies for support.

Bernie Sanders: Liberal Democrats' savior or Ralph Nader spoiler? Posted: 02 May 2015 07:15 AM PDT Democrats can get really exercised over Ralph Nader's role in the 2000 presidential election, which Republican George W. Bush won – in the Electoral College, but not in the popular vote, which he lost by about half a million votes – when five Republican-appointed US Supreme Court justices stopped a vote recount in Florida that might have made Democrat Al Gore the winner, changing the course of US history, especially the Iraq War. When the polls closed in Florida in 2000, just 537 votes (out of nearly 6 million total) separated Bush and Gore there, with Bush having that miniscule lead when the Supreme Court halted the recount.

Tensions brew in Jordan over Muslim Brotherhood rift Posted: 02 May 2015 06:40 AM PDT Jordan's authorisation of a breakaway wing of the Muslim Brotherhood has sent tensions soaring between the decades-old organisation and the government, accused of exploiting the rift to weaken the kingdom's main opposition force. In early March, the government gave its consent to the formation of the splinter Brotherhood group, led by a former head of the movement. The offshoot aims to severe ties with the Brotherhood's arm in Egypt, where hundreds of supporters have been killed and thousands detained since Islamist president Mohamed Morsi was ousted by the army in 2013. Analysts say Jordan's recognition of the new group -- known as the Muslim Brotherhood Association -- risks fanning discontent among the traditional opposition power base at a time when the kingdom is battling jihadists in neighbouring Iraq and Syria.

Canada PM arrives in Iraq on surprise visit Posted: 02 May 2015 05:20 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrived in Iraq on Saturday for a surprise visit expected to include a meeting with Canadian soldiers advising Iraqi troops fighting Islamic State militants. Canada has around 70 special forces in Kurdish areas of northern Iraq. Canadian jets are also taking part in a U.S.-led mission to bomb Islamic State positions in Iraq and Syria. Harper, who faces a federal election in October, announced in March that Canada would extend its six-month mission by a year to April 2016. ...

Canadian PM makes surprise visit to Iraq, pledges support Posted: 02 May 2015 05:00 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has made a surprise visit to Iraq to express his continued support for the fight against the Islamic State group.

In Iraqi malls, Syrian women work jobs spurned by locals Posted: 01 May 2015 11:55 PM PDT IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Two years after fleeing from her home in Damascus, 22-year-old Rahaf Abdullah is working at a gleaming mall in Iraq's Kurdish region, selling sweets to local women who largely refuse to take such jobs.

Administration worries grow over Saudi campaign in Yemen Posted: 01 May 2015 12:51 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is growing increasingly wary about the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen and how to restore peace to a country wracked by sectarian divisions, endemic poverty and the al-Qaida offshoot posing the greatest threat to the American homeland.

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