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• Here's How We Can End Global Hunger In 15 Years
• Obama heading for Martha's Vineyard vacation a day early
• Iran nuclear deal opens diplomatic channels for Syria
• Iraq cleric pushes anti-corruption fight as protests flare
• UN unanimously approves resolution on Syria chemical weapons
• Obama Leaving For Vacation But Troubles May Follow
• Oman mediator credentials on show in French release in Yemen
• Obama administration will not charge militant in the US
• Islamic State executed 2,000 Iraqis in Nineveh: defense minister
• GOP debate revives question: Are Republicans waging 'war on women?'
• Thousands of Iraqis protest against government corruption
• IS executed 2,000 in Iraq's Mosul region since takeover
• Thousands of Iraqis protest corruption, poor services
• Israel retaliates for rocket fire from Gaza with airstrike
• Authorities block colours festival in southern Iraq
• UN condemns 'shameful' migrant conditions in Greece
• US probing if Iranian violated UN sanctions with Russia trip
• IS kidnaps civilians in Syria, mass executions in Iraq
• Rand Paul, Chris Christie ... and a 2016 campaign about national security?
• Bahrain suspends pro-opposition newspaper
• Jordan tries to stem IS-style extremism in schools, mosques
• Scott Walker and Jeb Bush Have a Rough Night
• Report: 3 killed in clash between Turkish police, Kurds
• Jobless rates fell in July for teens and black Americans
• Islamic State targeted in 15 air strikes by U.S., allies: statement
• Schumer’s Iran Deal ‘No’ Vote Could Cost Him with Senate Dems
• Iran Quds chief visited Russia despite U.N. travel ban: Iran official
• The Best Jabs at Hillary Clinton from the Republicans’ Fox News Debates
• Hungary wants 'exemplary' penalty for migrants cutting fence
• Five killed in clashes in Turkey's restive southeast
• Germany tries to stem migrant stream from Balkans with video
• Why the GOP Just Can't Quit Donald Trump
• Donald Trump Then and What He Says Now
• Top Iraq cleric asks PM to name corrupt politicians
• Five killed in clashes between Turkish forces, Kurdish rebels
• The President Defends His Iran Plan
• 3 Things to Know About Earning a Bachelor's Degree in Canada
• Hungary's answer to burgeoning flows of refugees: a wall
• Rand Paul and Chris Christie Clash on NSA Spying
• Two killed, 10 wounded in clashes in Turkey's southeast: sources

Here's How We Can End Global Hunger In 15 Years Posted: 07 Aug 2015 04:17 PM PDT In 2000, presidents and prime ministers of the United Nations set a goal to halve hunger by 2015. The goal is part of the new post-2015 sustainable development goals that will be considered at the UN General Assembly in September.

Obama heading for Martha's Vineyard vacation a day early Posted: 07 Aug 2015 02:29 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Eager for a break from Washington, President Barack Obama is returning to his summer vacation spot of choice, the Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard, a day earlier than originally planned for some hoped-for rest coupled with extended pursuit of his favorite leisure sport: golf.

Iran nuclear deal opens diplomatic channels for Syria Posted: 07 Aug 2015 01:54 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — The nuclear deal with Iran was widely expected to affect other Middle East issues, and that may already be happening with Syria: A series of recent diplomatic maneuvers suggest a growing willingness to at least engage with the Iranian-backed government of Bashar Assad on ways to end the country's civil war.

Iraq cleric pushes anti-corruption fight as protests flare Posted: 07 Aug 2015 01:49 PM PDT Public anger at power cuts as temperatures soar past 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) and mismanagement of other services has triggered big protests in recent weeks in Baghdad and the southern oil city of Basra. As thousands filled main squares again on Friday, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani pushed Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, who last month ordered cuts to top officials' salaries and perks including subsidized power for their homes, to go further. "What is needed from him is to be more daring and braver in his reforms and not to suffice with some secondary steps which he announced recently," Sistani's aide Ahmed al-Safi said in a Friday sermon.

UN unanimously approves resolution on Syria chemical weapons Posted: 07 Aug 2015 01:29 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Friday aimed at identifying those responsible for using chlorine and other chemical weapons in attacks in Syria that have killed and injured a growing number of civilians over the past two years.

Obama Leaving For Vacation But Troubles May Follow Posted: 07 Aug 2015 01:05 PM PDT President Obama is set to leave Washington, DC Friday for his family's annual August vacation to Martha's Vineyard -- his sixth trip to the island getaway as president. Are President Obama's Vacations Cursed? Still, the White House maintains that Martha's Vineyard -- and not Iran -- is the focus of the president's agenda for the next two weeks.

Oman mediator credentials on show in French release in Yemen Posted: 07 Aug 2015 12:56 PM PDT The release of a French hostage held in Yemen with the help of Oman has once again highlighted the tiny sultanate's unique role as a discreet Gulf mediator. France announced late Thursday that Isabelle Prime, who worked on a World Bank-funded project in Yemen, had been freed by her abductors after nearly six months in captivity. Prime was in Oman on her way home by dawn Friday.

Obama administration will not charge militant in the US Posted: 07 Aug 2015 12:48 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — An Islamic State militant who helped imprison and brutalize American hostage Kayla Mueller will not be charged in the U.S., the White House announced Friday.

Islamic State executed 2,000 Iraqis in Nineveh: defense minister Posted: 07 Aug 2015 12:38 PM PDT More than two thousand Iraqis in the northern province of Nineveh have been executed by Islamic State militants controlling the area, the defense minister said on Friday in a recorded statement. Access is severely restricted in large parts of Iraq's north and west, which Islamic State militants have controlled since sweeping across the Syrian border in mid-2014 in a bid to establish a modern caliphate. Witnesses and sources at a morgue in Mosul, the capital of Nineveh, told Reuters that most of the executions reported on Friday had occurred over the past six months.

GOP debate revives question: Are Republicans waging 'war on women?' Posted: 07 Aug 2015 12:34 PM PDT Republican candidates have learned that waging a "war on women" – more than half the electorate – is a label to avoid, especially as they may face a woman in the 2016 presidential race. "You've called women you don't like 'fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals,' " Ms. Kelly said during the debate, which set a cable record, with 24 million viewers tuning in. Recommended: What do you know about Donald Trump?

Thousands of Iraqis protest against government corruption Posted: 07 Aug 2015 12:33 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Thousands of Iraqis braved the scorching summer heat to stage a huge protest in central Baghdad on Friday, calling on the prime minister to dissolve the parliament and sack corrupt government officials.

IS executed 2,000 in Iraq's Mosul region since takeover Posted: 07 Aug 2015 12:30 PM PDT The Islamic State group has executed more than 2,000 people in and around the northern Iraqi city of Mosul since seizing it last year, officials said Friday. According to sources in and around Mosul interviewed by AFP, a total of 2,070 people were executed since IS seized Iraq's second city on June 10, 2014. The names of 2,070 people were posted on a list compiled by the jihadist organisation, part of which was displayed on a wall of the local health ministry branch, several residents said.

Thousands of Iraqis protest corruption, poor services Posted: 07 Aug 2015 12:28 PM PDT Thousands of Iraqis vented their anger Friday at rampant corruption and abysmal electricity services as the country's first protest movement in years increased pressure for officials to be held accountable. Top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani called earlier in the day for Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to take a tougher stand against corruption and name and shame those impeding reform. Aside from Baghdad, all the demonstrations took place in the Shiite south -- the power base of many of Iraq's top political parties.

Israel retaliates for rocket fire from Gaza with airstrike Posted: 07 Aug 2015 12:00 PM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's military says its aircraft hit a site used by the militant Islamic group Hamas in Gaza in retaliation to a rocket fired from the territory at Israel earlier in the day.

Authorities block colours festival in southern Iraq Posted: 07 Aug 2015 11:58 AM PDT Authorities blocked a colours festival in southern Iraq, using concrete barriers to close off the park where it was to be held, an AFP journalist reported. The festival in the port city of Basra would have followed one in Baghdad in which grinning young people dressed in white shirts gathered and covered each other in clouds of coloured powder and engaged in a massive water fight. The Baghdad event -- which approximated a tiny version of the yearly Indian Holi festival -- drew fire from conservatives for the mixing of men and women.

UN condemns 'shameful' migrant conditions in Greece Posted: 07 Aug 2015 11:53 AM PDT The United Nations warned Friday that migrants landing in Greece were facing "shameful" conditions, with the crisis-hit country claiming it was unable to cope with the massive influx on its Aegean islands. Some 124,000 people, almost all of them fleeing war and persecution in Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq, have come ashore since the beginning of the year -- a 750-percent increase from the same period last year, the UN refugee agency said.

US probing if Iranian violated UN sanctions with Russia trip Posted: 07 Aug 2015 11:50 AM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States is trying to determine whether the commander of the elite Quds Force in Iran's Revolutionary Guard recently visited Russia in violation of a United Nations travel ban, U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power said Friday.

IS kidnaps civilians in Syria, mass executions in Iraq Posted: 07 Aug 2015 11:25 AM PDT The Islamic State group kidnapped 230 civilians in central Syria and officials said Friday it had executed more than 2,000 people in northern Iraq's Mosul region alone since last year. "Daesh kidnapped at least 230 people, including at least 60 Christians, during a sweep through Al-Qaryatain," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, using an Arabic acronym for IS. Amnesty International condemned the abductions as highlighting "the dreadful plight of civilians caught up" in the more than four-year-old Syrian conflict that has cost over 240,000 lives.

Rand Paul, Chris Christie ... and a 2016 campaign about national security? Posted: 07 Aug 2015 11:25 AM PDT Republican presidential candidates spent much of the most highly anticipated primary debates in recent history Thursday talking about foreign policy and national security – a decidedly different topic from voters' self-described top priority of the economy and jobs. True, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush also talked up his idea that 4 percent annual economic growth is possible under new leadership and policies.

Bahrain suspends pro-opposition newspaper Posted: 07 Aug 2015 11:24 AM PDT Bahrain has announced the "temporary" suspension of a newspaper close to the Shiite opposition, drawing condemnation from a human rights group which said Manama was seeking to crush dissent. "The Information Affairs Authority has temporarily suspended Al-Wasat newspaper until further notice," the Bahrain News Agency reported late Thursday. Bahrain has seen frequent unrest since the minority Sunni rulers of the small Gulf kingdom crushed a Shiite-led uprising for reform four years ago.

Jordan tries to stem IS-style extremism in schools, mosques Posted: 07 Aug 2015 11:23 AM PDT AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — In pro-Western Jordan, a leader in the fight against Islamic State militants, school books warn students they risk "God's torture" if they don't embrace Islam. They portray "holy war" as a religious obligation if Islamic lands are attacked and suggest it is justified to kill captured enemies.

Scott Walker and Jeb Bush Have a Rough Night Posted: 07 Aug 2015 11:23 AM PDT A few candidates return home bruised, but for now unbloodied. Marco Rubio—who generally showed to advantage last night—was pushed to take a position on granting exceptions in the cases of rape, incest, and danger to the life of the mother to a hypothetical abortion ban. For Walker and Bush, though, the evening was a disappointment.

Report: 3 killed in clash between Turkish police, Kurds Posted: 07 Aug 2015 10:34 AM PDT ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Police clashed with supporters of a Kurdish rebel group in southeastern Turkey on Friday in a four-hour gunfight that killed three people, Turkey's state-run news agency reported.

Jobless rates fell in July for teens and black Americans Posted: 07 Aug 2015 10:30 AM PDT It looks as though lots of teenagers landed summer jobs in July. The unemployment rate for people ages 16 to 19 fell nearly 2 percentage points from June to 16.2 percent, the lowest level since March 2008. ...

Islamic State targeted in 15 air strikes by U.S., allies: statement Posted: 07 Aug 2015 10:27 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its coalition partners have carried out an additional 15 air strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq, the Command Joint Task Force said in a statement on Friday. Six of the strikes, which were conducted on Thursday, were in Syria near the cities of Al Hasaka, Aleppo, Ayn Isa and Dayr Az Zawr and hit tactical units, fighting positions and equipment. The task force statement said coalition strikes this week had helped the YPG Syrian Kurd forces establish greater control in Al Hasaka. ...

Schumer’s Iran Deal ‘No’ Vote Could Cost Him with Senate Dems Posted: 07 Aug 2015 10:15 AM PDT By opposing the U.S.-Iran nuclear deal, Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York is threatening to topple President Obama's signature foreign policy just as Schumer prepares to accept the mantle of the Senate Democratic leader next year. While Schumer's decision announced Thursday evening hardly comes as a surprise – as he and other Jewish members of Congress have claimed that the agreement poses a long-term threat to Israel – it nonetheless creates the spectacle of the presumptive leader of the president's party torpedoing one of the most important planks in Obama's agenda. While few doubt that Schumer has a lock on the leadership position thanks to the blessing of retiring Democratic Leader Harry Reid, his break with Obama might rekindle interest in two of Schumer's chief rivals, Minority Whip Richard Durbin of Illinois and Sen. Patty Murray of Washington State.

Iran Quds chief visited Russia despite U.N. travel ban: Iran official Posted: 07 Aug 2015 10:11 AM PDT The head of Iran's elite military Quds Force, who is subject to a United Nations travel ban, has met senior Russian officials in Moscow, an Iranian official said on Friday. Qassem Soleimani, chief of the force which is an overseas arm of the Revolutionary Guards, has been subject to an international travel ban and asset freeze by the U.N. Security Council since 2007.

The Best Jabs at Hillary Clinton from the Republicans’ Fox News Debates Posted: 07 Aug 2015 09:45 AM PDT Some were aimed at each other, but many were aimed at their presumptive Democratic opponent for the White House. Here are some of the best lines of the night, from both the primetime debate on Fox News and the earlier one involving the seven candidates who didn't make the cut for the prime time stage.

Hungary wants 'exemplary' penalty for migrants cutting fence Posted: 07 Aug 2015 09:02 AM PDT BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Migrants caught cutting through the fence being built to stop them on the border with Serbia should be "punished in an exemplary manner," including prison sentences, Hungary's governing Fidesz party said Friday.

Five killed in clashes in Turkey's restive southeast Posted: 07 Aug 2015 08:59 AM PDT Five people including a Turkish soldier died and several others were injured in clashes in Turkey's restive Kurdish-majority southeast, officials said Friday, as violence raged between Kurdish militants and security forces. Three people, including a teenager, were killed in a gunbattle that erupted overnight in the Silopi district of Sirnak province, near the border with Iraq and Syria, the Sirnak governor's office said in a statement. Three Kurds, one of them a 17-year-old, died of gunshot wounds in hospital, Silopi mayor Seyfettin Aydemir told AFP.

Germany tries to stem migrant stream from Balkans with video Posted: 07 Aug 2015 08:57 AM PDT BERLIN (AP) — Migrants from the Balkans have very little chance of winning asylum in Germany and risk being billed for the cost of being deported, according to a video released Friday by German authorities hoping to stop a stream of applicants from southeastern Europe.

Why the GOP Just Can't Quit Donald Trump Posted: 07 Aug 2015 08:28 AM PDT A candidate appears on the stage of a Republican primary debate and praises single-payer health care in Canada and the United Kingdom. He upbraids the corruption of American campaign finance. He denounces the Iraq war. He scoffs at banks and bankers—and promises to renegotiate the U.S. national debt. He ranks (or anyway, ranked) first in all the polls for the Republican nomination. It sounds more like a scene from an Aaron Sorkin series than real-world politics. Yet it happened last night on Fox News.

Donald Trump Then and What He Says Now Posted: 07 Aug 2015 08:25 AM PDT Donald Trump's performance at the first Republican presidential debate was filled with plenty of the color and drama people have come to expect from the candidate, featuring jabs at politicians in Washington, Hillary Clinton and even Rosie O'Donnell. What he said then: In February, Trump told Hugh Hewitt he would make "so much money" for the country that cuts to Social Security and Medicaid would be unnecessary. But Trump has changed his tune on taxes in the last several years.

Top Iraq cleric asks PM to name corrupt politicians Posted: 07 Aug 2015 07:25 AM PDT Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, directed Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Friday to take tougher measures against corruption and name politicians standing in the way of reform. "He must be more daring and courageous in his reforms," Ahmed al-Safi, a representative of the reclusive Sistani, said in a sermon delivered in the shrine city of Karbala.

Five killed in clashes between Turkish forces, Kurdish rebels Posted: 07 Aug 2015 06:48 AM PDT Five people were killed in eastern Turkey on Friday in a series of clashes between security forces and Kurdish militants, part of a surge in violence that has put further strain on a fragile peace process between Ankara and the rebels. Three people were killed and seven wounded during clashes between police and militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the town of Silopi in Sirnak province, close to Turkey's borders with Syria and Iraq, authorities said. In two other separate incidents in Van and Agri provinces, the militants killed two soldiers, bringing the death toll among Turkish security forces since July 20 to at least 21.

The President Defends His Iran Plan Posted: 07 Aug 2015 06:40 AM PDT Why is Barack Obama saying, "It's the deal—or war?" Is it fear-mongering? Or "the dictates of cold, hard logic"? He explains his thinking in a conversation with journalists.

3 Things to Know About Earning a Bachelor's Degree in Canada Posted: 07 Aug 2015 05:30 AM PDT Canada isn't only known for moose, mounted police and maple syrup. Among a growing number of international students, it's also known for its world-class higher education system. About 336,400 international students came to Canada in 2014, up from 184,150 in 2008, according to the Canadian Bureau for International Education.

Hungary's answer to burgeoning flows of refugees: a wall Posted: 07 Aug 2015 04:00 AM PDT Crossing into Hungary, within the European Union's border-control-free area, is a crucial step in his journey. Recommended: Think you know Europe? The obstacle is Hungary's answer to the explosion in the number of refugees and migrants traversing the Balkans to reach Europe this year.

Rand Paul and Chris Christie Clash on NSA Spying Posted: 07 Aug 2015 03:46 AM PDT One of the biggest clashes in the Republican debate Thursday night came after New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was asked about his past attacks on Senator Rand Paul. The two men disagree about an NSA program that spied on tens of millions of innocent Americans by logging all phone calls they dialed and received. Paul, a leading critic of the phone dragnet, has argued that it flagrantly violates the Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures.

Two killed, 10 wounded in clashes in Turkey's southeast: sources Posted: 07 Aug 2015 02:26 AM PDT Two people were killed in clashes between police and Kurdish militants in a town in southeastern Turkey on Friday, local sources said, and clashes were continuing, with smoke rising from buildings and shots ringing out. Around 10 people were wounded in the clashes in Silopi, a town in Sirnak province, close to Turkey's borders with Iraq and Syria, Dogan news agency said. Violence has swept eastern Turkey since last month, when the outlawed PKK ramped up attacks against Turkish security forces and Ankara launched reciprocal air strikes against its fighters in Turkey and northern Iraq.

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