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• Three Turkish soldiers, one police killed in Kurdish militant attacks
• Biden calls Chattanooga shooter a 'perverted jihadist'
• Front-runners Clinton, Trump descend on Iowa State Fair
• The Latest: Supporters mob populist Democrat Bernie Sanders
• Biden honors marines, sailors killed in Chattanooga attack
• Sole GOP senator weighing support for Iran deal will vote no
• Why a bus driver's 'welcome to Germany' speech is going viral
• Iraqi brothers smuggled to Greece wore burqas to escape IS
• Four Turkish security forces 'killed in PKK attacks' after new raids
• The Latest: Chafee, Santorum appeal for Iowa support
• Obama, Bill Clinton play golf together on Martha's Vineyard
• MSF 'concerned' by migrant claims of attacks off Greek islands
• Libya's government urges Arab air strikes against Islamic State in Sirte
• Iraq officials: Bombs in and around Baghdad kill 22 people
• Clinton hits back at Jeb Bush on Iraq and Islamic State
• Russia and Iran foreign ministers to meet on nuclear deal, Syria
• U.S., allies hit Islamic State militants in Iraq with 15 air strikes: U.S. military
• Baghdad car bomb kills 11: officials
• Spate of bombings kill 24 across Baghdad
• Germany to end air-defense mission in Turkey next year
• 3 soldiers killed in bomb attack in eastern Turkey
• Kayla Mueller: Why US hostage raped by ISIS leader refused to escape
• Family says daughter raped repeatedly while held by IS
• Questions and answers about the war wound 'moral injury'
• Migrants brawl on Greek island as refugee ship lies empty
• IS 'beheads' 12 in battle for Libya's Sirte
• Soldier's journey to heal spotlights 'soul wounds' of war
• Islamic State fights rival group and eastern forces in Libya
• U.S. female hostage raped by Islamic State leader before death: U.S. officials
• Journalists live in fear in Mexican state of Veracruz
• Clinton offers forceful defense on Benghazi, emails

Three Turkish soldiers, one police killed in Kurdish militant attacks Posted: 15 Aug 2015 02:38 PM PDT Three Turkish soldiers and a police officer were killed in separate incidents on Saturday, security sources said, as violence roils the country's mainly Kurdish southeast in recent weeks following the end of a two-year ceasefire. The soldiers were killed and six more were wounded when militants from the autonomy-seeking Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) detonated a remote-controlled explosive that hit a military convoy traveling near the town of Bingol, the General Staff said on its website. The police officer, who was part of a special operations unit, was killed after PKK rebels opened fire near the town of Semdinli, close to the Iraqi border, a security source said.

Biden calls Chattanooga shooter a 'perverted jihadist' Posted: 15 Aug 2015 02:33 PM PDT CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday called the slaying of four Marines and a sailor at a Chattanooga reserve center the act of a "perverted jihadist."

Front-runners Clinton, Trump descend on Iowa State Fair Posted: 15 Aug 2015 02:32 PM PDT DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As Hillary Rodham Clinton walked among the booths of funnel cakes and corn dogs at the Iowa State Fair, trailed by a massive pack of media and onlookers, Donald Trump's helicopter circled the fairgrounds in the air above.

The Latest: Supporters mob populist Democrat Bernie Sanders Posted: 15 Aug 2015 02:15 PM PDT DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The latest from the presidential candidates as they meet and greet voters at the Iowa State Fair (all times are local):

Biden honors marines, sailors killed in Chattanooga attack Posted: 15 Aug 2015 02:13 PM PDT US leaders paid tribute Saturday to the four Marines and the sailor killed last month in a lone gunman's attack on military facilities here, vowing justice against violent extremists. Vice President Joe Biden, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and other dignitaries joined families of the victims for a solemn memorial service a month after the July 16 attack in this river city flanked by the Appalachian mountains. A sorrowful Biden eulogized the five in strikingly personal terms, alluding to the recent loss of his own son, Beau Biden.

Sole GOP senator weighing support for Iran deal will vote no Posted: 15 Aug 2015 01:28 PM PDT PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, the lone Republican senator who was considering support for the Iran nuclear deal, announced plans on Saturday to vote no, dealing a significant blow to the White House's efforts to garner bipartisan backing for the controversial accord.

Why a bus driver's 'welcome to Germany' speech is going viral Posted: 15 Aug 2015 12:59 PM PDT As Europe struggles to deal with an unprecedented number of immigrants crossing the Mediterranean, a German bus driver offered an unexpectedly warm welcome to asylum seekers on his bus. Recommended: How much do you know about Germany? Mr. Latteyer, 42, told  the local Nuernberger Nachrichten paper, that he felt moved to make the speech by the experience of his brother-in-law from Kosovo, who fled the Balkan crisis in the 1990s to make a better life in Germany, and his grandfather, who was wounded in World War II.

Iraqi brothers smuggled to Greece wore burqas to escape IS Posted: 15 Aug 2015 12:59 PM PDT When the Islamic State group took over their Iraqi city and burned down the family's home, two teenaged brothers decided to risk everything to leave Iraq, cross Syria and reach Europe. One night in October 2014, "a Syrian man drove us from Al-Qaim (Iraq) to Albu Kamal (Syria). Tayib and his brother Mustafa travelled from the east of Syria across to the northwestern border with Turkey -- an epic journey riddled with danger at least 600 kilometres (400 miles) long.

Four Turkish security forces 'killed in PKK attacks' after new raids Posted: 15 Aug 2015 12:55 PM PDT Three Turkish soldiers and a police officer were killed Saturday in attacks blamed on members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in eastern Turkey, as authorities carried out new raids to arrest suspected militants. The latest deaths bring to seven the number of security forces killed in the last 24 hours by Kurdish rebels, who have stepped up their attacks on members of Turkish army in an escalating cycle of violence that has left a 2013 ceasefire agreed by the PKK in tatters. The three soldiers were killed when an explosive device laid by PKK militants on a road in the Karliova district of eastern Bingol province was detonated, the army said in a statement.

The Latest: Chafee, Santorum appeal for Iowa support Posted: 15 Aug 2015 12:50 PM PDT DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The latest from the presidential candidates as they meet and greet voters at the Iowa State Fair (all times are local):

Obama, Bill Clinton play golf together on Martha's Vineyard Posted: 15 Aug 2015 12:49 PM PDT By Jeff Mason OAK BLUFFS, Mass. (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton played golf together on Saturday ahead of an evening birthday celebration for Washington power broker and mutual friend Vernon Jordan. The birthday bash reunites Obama and his former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presidential candidate who is under fire for using a private email server during her time as the top U.S. diplomat. Obama is vacationing with his family on the Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard and has spent much of the past week on the golf course.

MSF 'concerned' by migrant claims of attacks off Greek islands Posted: 15 Aug 2015 12:28 PM PDT Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Saturday it is "concerned" over claims by migrants reaching the Greek island of Kos on inflatable boats that they were attacked at sea. Several people from Syria and Iraq who have arrived on Kos in the past week told AFP they had been attacked by masked gunmen at sea, with some claiming the assailants stole their fuel and even motors. Some accused the Greek coast guard of assaulting them.

Libya's government urges Arab air strikes against Islamic State in Sirte Posted: 15 Aug 2015 12:09 PM PDT Libya's internationally recognized government has asked fellow Arab states to conduct air strikes against Islamic State in the coastal city of Sirte, a cabinet statement said on Saturday. In the past few days, Islamic State has crushed a revolt by a Salafist Muslim group and armed residents trying to break its grip on the city. The fighting typifies chaos in Libya, where two rival governments and parliaments, together with an assortment of Islamists, tribesmen and armed groups, are battling for control of cities and regions, four years after the ousting of veteran leader Muammar Gaddafi.

Iraq officials: Bombs in and around Baghdad kill 22 people Posted: 15 Aug 2015 11:43 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A car bomb at a popular auto dealership Saturday killed 13 people and injured 52 in eastern Baghdad's volatile Sadr City neighborhood, where a market bombing two days earlier killed dozens, police said.

Clinton hits back at Jeb Bush on Iraq and Islamic State Posted: 15 Aug 2015 11:41 AM PDT Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Saturday hit back at comments from Republican Jeb Bush that President Barack Obama's policies on Iraq created instability that led to the rise of the Islamic State militant group. Clinton, who served as Secretary of State in the Obama administration, directed the blame toward Bush's brother, former President George W. Bush, who launched the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and also signed the agreement for withdrawing U.S. troops, and former Iraq Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.

Russia and Iran foreign ministers to meet on nuclear deal, Syria Posted: 15 Aug 2015 10:53 AM PDT Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will host his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday to discuss the deal on Tehran's nuclear programme and the conflict in Syria. "The visit is taking place in the context of an increasingly active Russian-Iranian dialogue of late that reflects the high level of mutual understanding between Moscow and Tehran," Russia's foreign ministry said in a statement Saturday.

U.S., allies hit Islamic State militants in Iraq with 15 air strikes: U.S. military Posted: 15 Aug 2015 10:44 AM PDT U.S.-led forces continued to bombard the Islamic State in Iraq on Friday, targeting the militant group with 15 air strikes, according to a statement released by the military on Saturday. The strikes were concentrated near Ramadi with coalition forces launching five as part of an attempt to clear the way for the Iraqi army to recapture the city that fell to the Islamic State in May. The strikes hit tactical units and also destroyed four Islamic State buildings, a weapons cache, vehicles and improvised explosive devices, the Coalition Joint Task Force said. Forces also conducted five air strikes in Syria and destroyed excavators, a bulldozer, fighting positions and a machine gun with three strikes near Al Hasakah.

Baghdad car bomb kills 11: officials Posted: 15 Aug 2015 10:35 AM PDT A car bombing Saturday in a Shiite-majority area of north Baghdad where people gather to buy and sell vehicles killed 11 people and wounded at least 68, Iraqi officials said. The blast hit the Sadr City, the same district where a massive truck bomb ripped through a wholesale vegetable market just two days before, killing at least 54 people. Bombings such as the Sadr City blasts are a significant source of tension in Iraq, angering the country's Shiites who are often the targets.

Spate of bombings kill 24 across Baghdad Posted: 15 Aug 2015 10:26 AM PDT A spate of bombings across Baghdad killed at least 24 people on Saturday, two days after the deadliest attack in the Iraqi capital since Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi took office one year ago. Five minutes later the car exploded," said police officer Murtatha Abid Ali at the scene of Saturday's explosion, which wounded a further 35 people. Habibiya is near Sadr City, where more than 70 people were killed in a massive truck bomb blast claimed by Islamic State on Thursday.

Germany to end air-defense mission in Turkey next year Posted: 15 Aug 2015 09:52 AM PDT BERLIN (AP) — Germany's defense ministry says it will withdraw some 250 troops stationed in Turkey when the mandate for their air-defense mission ends next year.

3 soldiers killed in bomb attack in eastern Turkey Posted: 15 Aug 2015 09:13 AM PDT ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's state-run news agency says Kurdish rebels detonated a roadside bomb as a military vehicle was passing by, killing three soldiers.

Kayla Mueller: Why US hostage raped by ISIS leader refused to escape Posted: 15 Aug 2015 08:48 AM PDT Abu Bakr-al Baghdadi, the leader of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (ISIS), had repeatedly raped American hostage Kayla Mueller during her 1.5 years in captivity, US intelligence officials told her family in June. "They told us that he married her, and we all understand what that means," the victim's father, Carl Mueller, told The Associated Press. "Kayla did not marry this man," added her mother, Marsha Mueller.

Family says daughter raped repeatedly while held by IS Posted: 15 Aug 2015 07:59 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — American hostage Kayla Mueller was repeatedly forced to have sex with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group, U.S. intelligence officials told her family in June.

Questions and answers about the war wound 'moral injury' Posted: 15 Aug 2015 06:25 AM PDT A psychological wound known as moral injury is gaining attention in the aftermath of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, with veterans now being treated for these injuries to the soul — even as medical experts debate whether moral injury is a condition unto itself or a subset of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Migrants brawl on Greek island as refugee ship lies empty Posted: 15 Aug 2015 06:19 AM PDT By Lefteris Karagiannopoulos KOS, Greece (Reuters) - Migrants desperate to get off the Greek island of Kos fought each other on Saturday while nearby a passenger ship chartered to house and process refugees lay empty 24 hours after it had arrived. Outside the island's main police station, about 50 migrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran threw stones and exchanged blows as tempers boiled over in the intense mid-summer heat. Riot police stood by without intervening.

IS 'beheads' 12 in battle for Libya's Sirte Posted: 15 Aug 2015 06:05 AM PDT Islamic State group jihadists have beheaded 12 people and hung them on crosses during a battle for the coastal city of Sirte, the national news agency LANA reported Saturday. The fighting for control of Sirte, hometown of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi, has been raging since Tuesday, with one top Libyan diplomat warning of a "massacre" in the city. LANA said the 12 people beheaded were local gunmen who had been battling IS in the eastern Sirte district known as "neighbourhood three".

Soldier's journey to heal spotlights 'soul wounds' of war Posted: 15 Aug 2015 06:04 AM PDT SAN DIEGO (AP) — "It was just another day in Mosul," the soldier began, his voice shaking. Sgt. 1st Class Marshall Powell took a deep breath. He couldn't look at the other three servicemen seated around him in the therapy session.

Islamic State fights rival group and eastern forces in Libya Posted: 15 Aug 2015 01:26 AM PDT By Ayman al-Warfalli BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - At least 42 people have been killed in clashes between Islamic State, a rival Islamist group and forces loyal to the official government in two Libyan cities, residents and medics said on Friday. The fighting typifies the chaos in the oil-producing country, where two governments, former rebels and Islamist groups are battling for control, four years after the ousting of veteran ruler Muammar Gaddafi. In the main eastern city, Benghazi, Islamic State attacked forces loyal to the official government.

U.S. female hostage raped by Islamic State leader before death: U.S. officials Posted: 14 Aug 2015 10:58 PM PDT Kayla Mueller, the U.S. aid worker killed this year while being held hostage by Islamic State militants, was raped repeatedly by the group's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, while in captivity in Syria, U.S. officials said on Friday. Mueller was 26 at the time of her death and would have turned 27 on Friday.

Journalists live in fear in Mexican state of Veracruz Posted: 14 Aug 2015 08:48 PM PDT Jorge Sanchez decided to become a journalist when his father, the founder of a community newspaper, was kidnapped and murdered in January. Now, as a wave of violence against reporters continues to sweep his home state of Veracruz -- often called the most dangerous in Mexico for the news media -- Sanchez fears he and many others could meet the same fate. At least 11 Veracruz journalists have been killed in the past five years in the eastern state, leading Reporters Without Borders to rank it the third most dangerous place in the world to practice the profession, after Iraq and Syria.

Clinton offers forceful defense on Benghazi, emails Posted: 14 Aug 2015 07:40 PM PDT CLEAR LAKE, Iowa (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton offered a fierce defense of her handling of the 2012 Benghazi attacks and her use of a private email server as President Barack Obama's secretary of state, dismissing the controversies as "partisan games" in a speech before influential Iowa Democrats on Friday.

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