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• Britain, Iran to reopen embassies on Sunday
• 'Underground railroad' assists Iraqi refugees in San Diego
• France train attacker 'went to Syria', was known to police
• Macedonia allows all 1,500 migrants at border to enter from Greece
• Skydivers parachute into funeral of Army skydiver
• Gunfire, tear gas as Lebanese police fight Beirut protesters
• Official: Islamic State ambushes, kills up to 50 Iraq troops
• Kurdish leader calls on PKK to halt violence 'without if or buts'
• Thousands of migrants rush past police into Macedonia
• White House: ISIS No. 2 killed in US drone strike in Iraq
• Turkish soldier killed, ruling party HQ attacked in new PKK violence
• U.S.-led coalition stages 27 air strikes on Islamic State: statement
• Refugees break into Macedonia as migrant crisis escalates
• Refugees on Greece-Macedonia border say migrants posing as Syrian
• 2016's top candidates struggle to change the subject
• Riot over refugees in eastern German town leaves 31 police hurt
• Boko Haram strengthens ties with Islamic State group
• Turkish army captain killed in clashes with Kurdish militants
• Iran says it shoots down drone near border with Iraq
• Iran unveils new longer-range solid fuel missile
• Iran shoots down suspected spy drone near Iraq border
• Turkish military: 29 Kurdish rebels killed in air strikes
• Republican barbs raise nuclear deal doubts in Iran
• New Army chief ponders momentous decision on women in combat
• Athletics-World championships men's 800m heats overview
• Athletics-World championships men's 800m heats results
• Today in History
• White House: Islamic State second-in-command killed in U.S. air strike
• Islamic State mortar fragments show traces of chemical arms: U.S. general
• White House: No. 2 IS leader killed in US military airstrike

Britain, Iran to reopen embassies on Sunday Posted: 22 Aug 2015 04:42 PM PDT Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said he would reopen the UK's embassy in Iran on Sunday, four years on since it was trashed by a mob, as Tehran's ties warm with the West. Iran's embassy in London will reopen at the same time, Hammond said, initially at charge d'affaires level, with a view to installing the two countries' respective ambassadors in the coming months. European officials have been quick to visit Tehran since July 14, when Iran struck a deal with Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States, ending a 13-year stand-off over its nuclear programme.

'Underground railroad' assists Iraqi refugees in San Diego Posted: 22 Aug 2015 04:23 PM PDT SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Southern California nonprofit is running an "underground railroad" to assist Chaldean Catholics fleeing the turmoil in Iraq, its founder says.

France train attacker 'went to Syria', was known to police Posted: 22 Aug 2015 04:12 PM PDT A suspected jihadist gunman overpowered by passengers on a packed Amsterdam-Paris train had visited Syria and was known to intelligence services in several European countries, officials said Saturday. The suspect, who has been named as 25-year-old Moroccan national Ayoub El Khazzani, was wrestled to the floor by three American passengers after opening fire with an assault rifle on Friday evening, and is now being interrogated by counter-terrorist officials near Paris. A Spanish counter-terrorism source said he had lived in Spain for seven years until last year and had travelled to Syria from France.

Macedonia allows all 1,500 migrants at border to enter from Greece Posted: 22 Aug 2015 02:59 PM PDT More than 1,500 mostly Syrian refugees, trapped in a no-man's land for three days, entered Macedonia from Greece on Saturday, after police allowed them to pass despite earlier trying to hold back the crowd using stun grenades. The dash across the border was the latest dramatic chapter in Europe's migrant crisis, and came as another 3,000 migrants were rescued in waters off Libya -- in one of the largest single-day rescue operations yet in the Mediterranean. Some 104,000 migrants and refugees have landed on Italian shores so far this year, while Greece has seen an influx of around 150,000 people, according to the International Organization for Migration.

Skydivers parachute into funeral of Army skydiver Posted: 22 Aug 2015 01:27 PM PDT CINCINNATI (AP) — A solo Army Golden Knight parachutist honored a comrade's dream by landing on the high school football field where hundreds of mourners gathered for his funeral Saturday, a week after he was involved in a deadly accident at a Chicago air show.

Gunfire, tear gas as Lebanese police fight Beirut protesters Posted: 22 Aug 2015 01:09 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Police firing tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons battled thousands of Lebanese protesters Saturday demonstrating against government corruption and political dysfunction amid a trash crisis, with the sound of gunfire echoing through the streets into the night.

Official: Islamic State ambushes, kills up to 50 Iraq troops Posted: 22 Aug 2015 12:58 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Islamic State militants killed up to 50 soldiers in two separate ambushes in Iraq's turbulent Anbar province west of the capital, Baghdad, a top provincial official said Saturday.

Kurdish leader calls on PKK to halt violence 'without if or buts' Posted: 22 Aug 2015 12:19 PM PDT The leader of Turkey's main pro-Kurdish political party on Saturday called on Kurdish militants to halt a month of violence against the security forces "without if or buts". The comments were the clearest call yet from Selahattin Demirtas -- the charismatic young leader of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) -- for the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to agree an unconditional ceasefire. "The PKK has to stop its armed attacks and bombings in the towns and the mountains without ifs or buts," the Dogan news agency quoted Demirtas, 42, as saying in a speech in the western city of Izmir.

Thousands of migrants rush past police into Macedonia Posted: 22 Aug 2015 12:01 PM PDT GEVGELIJA, Macedonia (AP) — Thousands of rain-soaked migrants on Saturday rushed past Macedonian riot police who were attempting to block them from entering Macedonia from Greece. Police fired stun grenades and dozens of people were injured in the border clashes.

White House: ISIS No. 2 killed in US drone strike in Iraq Posted: 22 Aug 2015 11:54 AM PDT The Islamic State's No. 2 leader was killed earlier this week during a US airstrike, the White House said Friday. Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali, also known as Hajji Mutazz, was killed on August 18 while traveling near Mosul, Iraq with ISIS's media operative, known as Abu Abdullah, US National Security spokesperson Ned Price announced in a statement. Mr. Hayali was in charge of ISIS operations in Iraq and a key military planner, said Mr. Price.

Turkish soldier killed, ruling party HQ attacked in new PKK violence Posted: 22 Aug 2015 10:16 AM PDT A soldier was killed in southeastern Turkey and a regional headquarters of the country's ruling party hit by a bomb attack, in new violence blamed on Kurdish militants, the army and sources said Saturday. The army said the attack was carried out by the "Separatist Terror Organisation", its customary phrase for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to which it never refers by name. Meanwhile, suspected members of the PKK threw two bombs outside the regional headquarters of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the predominantly Kurdish southeastern city of Diyarbakir.

U.S.-led coalition stages 27 air strikes on Islamic State: statement Posted: 22 Aug 2015 10:14 AM PDT The United States and its coalition partners targeted Islamic State in 27 air strikes in Friday's round of daily attacks on the militant group in Iraq and Syria, the Command Joint Task Force said in a statement on Saturday. Twenty-two of the strikes were in Iraq with the greatest concentrations near the cities of Bayji and Mosul, where tactical units, buildings, fighting positions, weapons and vehicles were hit. Islamic State forces were hit near nine other Iraqi cities, the statement said.

Refugees break into Macedonia as migrant crisis escalates Posted: 22 Aug 2015 09:55 AM PDT Hundreds of refugees broke through barbed wire fencing bordering Macedonia despite a heavy police presence Saturday in another dramatic chapter of Europe's escalating migrant crisis. On the Macedonian border, police hurled stun grenades and used batons in a failed bid to stop the refugees from breaking through.

Refugees on Greece-Macedonia border say migrants posing as Syrian Posted: 22 Aug 2015 09:01 AM PDT Muddy, cold, hungry and desperate, Syrian refugees camping out on no-man's land between Greece and Macedonia have another worry: migrants pretending to be Syrian. "There are many liars here, claiming to be from Syria," said Ahmet Mohamet, a 35-year-old Syrian. Greece is giving priority to Syrians when it comes to providing refugees with registration papers and getting them out of the country towards their destination of choice.

2016's top candidates struggle to change the subject Posted: 22 Aug 2015 08:11 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — It wasn't supposed to be this way.

Riot over refugees in eastern German town leaves 31 police hurt Posted: 22 Aug 2015 07:35 AM PDT By Madeline Chambers BERLIN (Reuters) - At least 31 German police officers were hurt in scuffles with about 600 protesters, many hurling bottles and stones, angry about the arrival of asylum seekers in an eastern German town in the early hours of Saturday, police said. In one of the country's biggest demonstrations against the influx of refugees, police in Heidenau, near Dresden, used pepper spray on right-wing demonstrators who were trying to stop busloads of asylum seekers reach their accommodation. The buses with the asylum seekers were led to the ... shelter," Dresden police said in a statement.

Boko Haram strengthens ties with Islamic State group Posted: 22 Aug 2015 06:05 AM PDT LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's Boko Haram extremists are strengthening ties with the Islamic State group, as shown by reports that Nigerian militants are fighting in Libya, recent arrests in Lebanon and India and the blocking of thousands of suspected extremists from leaving Nigeria.

Turkish army captain killed in clashes with Kurdish militants Posted: 22 Aug 2015 06:00 AM PDT By Seyhmus Cakan DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Kurdish militants armed with rocket launchers and assault rifles killed a Turkish army captain in an attack on a military outpost in the southeast late on Friday, the latest in clashes which have brought a peace process to the brink of collapse. Security sources said Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants attacked the outpost in the southeastern province of Sirnak at around 9:30 pm (1430 ET), prompting an hour-long firefight. Turkey has launched more than 400 air strikes against PKK camps in northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey since late July, in what it says is a response to mounting attacks on police officers and soldiers.

Iran says it shoots down drone near border with Iraq Posted: 22 Aug 2015 04:56 AM PDT TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's official IRNA news agency says the military has shot down a reconnaissance drone in western Iran near the border with Iraq.

Iran unveils new longer-range solid fuel missile Posted: 22 Aug 2015 04:48 AM PDT TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran unveiled a short-range solid fuel ballistic missile Saturday, an upgraded version that the government says can more accurately pinpoint targets.

Iran shoots down suspected spy drone near Iraq border Posted: 22 Aug 2015 04:47 AM PDT Tehran (AFP) - Iran's military shot down a suspected reconnaissance drone in a province on its western border with Iraq, a military official said Saturday.

Turkish military: 29 Kurdish rebels killed in air strikes Posted: 22 Aug 2015 04:33 AM PDT ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's military says warplanes have conducted new air strikes against Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq, killing 29 militants.

Republican barbs raise nuclear deal doubts in Iran Posted: 22 Aug 2015 01:30 AM PDT Fierce criticism of the Iran nuclear agreement by Republicans seeking the US presidency has raised a big question in Tehran -- will future American leaders keep their side of the bargain? Despite tension and continuing mutual mistrust, Iran's government and President Barack Obama's White House are partners in the same fight, telling their domestic audiences that the July 14 deal is as good as it gets. No leading Republican contender has pledged to stand by the agreement between Iran, the United States and five other world powers.

New Army chief ponders momentous decision on women in combat Posted: 22 Aug 2015 12:23 AM PDT FORT BENNING, Georgia (AP) — The Army's new chief of staff, Gen. Mark Milley, is taking a calculated approach to arguably the most consequential decision of his early tenure — whether to recommend that any all-male combat roles remain closed to women.

Athletics-World championships men's 800m heats overview Posted: 21 Aug 2015 09:54 PM PDT Aug 22 (Infostrada Sports) - Overview from the World championships Men's 800m Heats on Saturday 1. Ferguson Rotich (Kenya) 1:45.83 Q 2. Amine El Manaoui (Morocco) 1:45.86 Q 3. Kevin Lopez (Spain) 1:46.06 Q 4. Konstantin Tolokonnikov (Russia) 1:46.07 q 5. Amel Tuka (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 1:46.12 Q 6. Nader Belhanbel (Morocco) 1:46.23 Q 7. Marcin Lewandowski (Poland) 1:46.25 q 8. Rafith Rodriguez (Colombia) 1:46.39 Q 9. Adam Kszczot (Poland) 1:46.62 Q 10. Erik Sowinski (U.S.) 1:46.63 q 11. Alfred Kipketer (Kenya) 1:46.67 Q 12. Mark English (Ireland) 1:46.69 q 13. ...

Athletics-World championships men's 800m heats results Posted: 21 Aug 2015 09:53 PM PDT Aug 22 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the World championships Men's 800m Heats on Saturday Heat 11. Nijel Amos (Botswana) 1:47.23 Q 2. Antoine Gakeme (Burundi) 1:47.47 Q 3. Ali Al-Deraan (Saudi Arabia) 1:47.65 Q 4. Robin Schembera (Germany) 1:48.04 5. Joshua Ralph (Australia) 1:48.90 6. Casimir Loxsom (U.S.) 1:48.97 7. Khalid Benmahdi (Algeria) 1:49.61 Heat 21. Mohammed Aman (Ethiopia) 1:47.87 Q 2. Pierre-Ambroise Bosse (France) 1:47.89 Q 3. Clayton Murphy (U.S.) 1:48.08 Q 4. Giordano Benedetti (Italy) 1:48.15 5. Jozef Repcik (Slovakia) 1:48.26 6. Jamal Hairane (Qatar) 1:48.96 7. ...

Today in History Posted: 21 Aug 2015 09:00 PM PDT Today is Saturday, August 22, the 234th day of 2015. There are 131 days left in the year.

White House: Islamic State second-in-command killed in U.S. air strike Posted: 21 Aug 2015 07:28 PM PDT By Jeff Mason and Warren Strobel EDGARTOWN, Mass./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The second-in-command of the Islamic State militant group was killed during a U.S. air strike in Iraq on Tuesday, the White House said on Friday, dealing a blow to the group that has sought to form a caliphate across the Muslim world. "Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali, also known as Hajji Mutazz ... was killed in a U.S. military air strike on August 18 while traveling in a vehicle near Mosul, Iraq, along with an ISIL media operative known as Abu Abdullah," White House spokesman Ned Price said in a statement.

Islamic State mortar fragments show traces of chemical arms: U.S. general Posted: 21 Aug 2015 07:28 PM PDT By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fragments from mortars fired by Islamic State militants at Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq earlier this month tested positive in a U.S. military field analysis for sulfur mustard, a chemical weapons agent, a U.S. general said on Friday. Marine Corps Brigadier General Kevin Killea, chief of staff for operations against the group, said the test was not conclusive proof of chemical weapons use, and the fragments would be further tested to confirm the finding. Killea said that in addition to the Aug. 11 mortar attack, he was aware of at least two other claims of chemical weapons use by Islamic State.

White House: No. 2 IS leader killed in US military airstrike Posted: 21 Aug 2015 05:21 PM PDT OAK BLUFFS, Massachusetts (AP) — The No. 2 leader of the Islamic State militant group was killed in a U.S. military airstrike in Iraq earlier this week, the White House said Friday.

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