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• U.S. asks Uzbekistan to join anti-Islamic State coalition
• UN moves forward with plans for Syria chemical weapons probe
• Clinton likens GOP's views on women to those of terrorists
• Up to 50 dead in Austria truck as migrant crisis rages
• Politics as blood sport: Trump looks to kick Bush when he's down
• Egypt court sentences 12 IS supporters to death
• Spain judge accuses suspect of running IS Morocco network
• Saudi King Salman to meet Obama at White House on September 4
• Seven killed in Turkey in clashes with militants
• On Lesbos island, tourist comforts clash with migrant needs
• Five killed in clashes in Turkey's restive southeast
• Iran executes Kurdish activist, wary of Kurdish gains in Middle East
• U.S., allies hit Islamic State in Iraq with 21 air strikes: military
• AP EXCLUSIVE: California tax donations lost in bureaucracy
• Islamic State takes new ground near Turkish border
• IS kills two generals in Iraq, advances in Syria
• Two in five military women endure sexual trauma during service
• Romania: Police seize Iraqi-American convicted of kidnapping
• IS suicide bombing kills 2 Iraqi army generals in Anbar
• Renewed Kurdish conflict angers Turks, overshadows election
• Balkan summit on migrants overshadowed by migrant deaths
• Suspected jihadi recruiter jailed in Spain
• What's in a name? The debate over labelling migrants and refugees
• Officials: 3 killed in street fighting in southeast Turkey
• Islamic State claims attack on top Iraqi commanders near Ramadi: statement
• Why Even Obama Doesn’t Know If We’re Winning the War Against ISIS
• Dutch freeze terror suspects' assets in militant clamp-down
• New hospital in Jordan treats worst of Mideast's war-wounded
• FBI warns U.S. art dealers about antiquities looted from Syria, Iraq
• Recalling their own war, Belgraders embrace Syrian refugees
• Today in History
• British hacker for Islamic State killed in U.S. drone strike in Syria: sources
• Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials

U.S. asks Uzbekistan to join anti-Islamic State coalition Posted: 27 Aug 2015 04:23 PM PDT The United States said on Thursday it had asked Uzbekistan to join the multinational coalition it leads against Islamic State, saying Central Asia's most populous state was free to choose a way of contributing to the fight against the militant group. "We have asked Uzbekistan ... to join the coalition," Daniel Rosenblum, U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for Central Asia, told reporters during a visit to the Uzbek capital. Uzbekistan, a mainly Muslim nation with a population of 31 million, has been a strategic NATO partner in post-Soviet Central Asia, assisting a U.S.-led war on the purist Taliban movement in neighboring Afghanistan.

UN moves forward with plans for Syria chemical weapons probe Posted: 27 Aug 2015 03:32 PM PDT UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council on Thursday that he is planning to set up a three-person team to investigate alleged chemical weapons attacks in Syria. The move came amid new reports of a mustard gas attack in Syria that local activists said could have been carried out by Islamic State jihadists. The investigative panel will seek to identify who is behind the attacks, in line with a UN resolution adopted this month to establish responsibility for the use of the banned toxic agents.

Clinton likens GOP's views on women to those of terrorists Posted: 27 Aug 2015 03:26 PM PDT CLEVELAND (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday drew parallels between terrorist organizations and the field of Republican candidates for president when it comes to their views on women, telling an Ohio audience her potential GOP rivals were pushing "out-of-date" policies.

Up to 50 dead in Austria truck as migrant crisis rages Posted: 27 Aug 2015 02:29 PM PDT Austrian police found the decomposing bodies of up to 50 migrants in an abandoned truck on Thursday, sparking a cross-border hunt for the people-smugglers responsible for the latest tragedy in Europe's migrant crisis. The grisly discovery near the Slovakia and Hungary borders came as at least 30 more migrants drowned in the Mediterranean and European leaders again met to try to find ways to handle the tide of people seeking refuge in the European Union. Austrian police said the vehicle found Thursday on a motorway -- which had the markings of a Slovakian poultry company and Hungarian number plates -- contained between 20 and 50 bodies.

Politics as blood sport: Trump looks to kick Bush when he's down Posted: 27 Aug 2015 02:23 PM PDT By James Oliphant and Emily Flitter WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - At almost every turn lately, Donald Trump has tried to get under Jeb Bush's skin. In interviews and on social media, Trump relentlessly needles and mocks Bush, almost to the exclusion of his many other rivals in the Republican presidential field. Trump's incivility is unusually raw and personal for any modern presidential campaign, particularly at this early stage, when most of the contenders are busy blasting Democrats, not each other.

Egypt court sentences 12 IS supporters to death Posted: 27 Aug 2015 01:09 PM PDT An Egyptian court sentenced to death 12 members of the Islamic State group Thursday for planning attacks against police and soldiers in the country, a judicial official said. In Egypt, death sentences are forwarded to the country's grand mufti, the official interpreter of Islamic law, who then issues a non-binding opinion. The sentences issued will either be confirmed or commuted on September 12 by the court in the northern province of Sharkia, a court official said.

Spain judge accuses suspect of running IS Morocco network Posted: 27 Aug 2015 01:03 PM PDT A Spanish judge on Thursday accused a 26-year-old man of running an Islamic State recruitment network in Morocco that sought fighters to go to Iraq and Syria. The suspect, a Moroccan national called Abdeladim Achriaa, had lived in Spain for years but was arrested on Tuesday in a joint Spanish-Moroccan police operation south of Madrid that targeted alleged supporters of the Islamic State group. Achriaa applied for bail but National Court judge Juan Pablo Gonzalez rejected his request, saying he posed a flight risk and ordering him to be kept behind bars while the investigation continues.

Saudi King Salman to meet Obama at White House on September 4 Posted: 27 Aug 2015 01:01 PM PDT Saudi Arabia's King Salman will meet President Barack Obama at the White House on Sept. 4, the White House said, as Washington and Riyadh seek to shore up relations after a period of tension mainly over a U.S.-led nuclear deal with Iran. It will be Salman's first visit to the United States since ascending the throne in January and follows his decision to skip a U.S. summit of Gulf Arab leaders that Obama hosted in May. The trip will come less than two weeks before a possible U.S. congressional vote on last month's landmark nuclear agreement between six world powers and Iran, Riyadh's regional rival, a deal that troubles the Saudi kingdom.

Seven killed in Turkey in clashes with militants Posted: 27 Aug 2015 11:57 AM PDT Seven people, including at least four civilians, were killed on Thursday in clashes between Turkey's armed forces and militants in the mainly Kurdish southeast, security sources and the army said. Smoke rose above the town of Cizre near the Syrian border after Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels armed with rocket launchers attacked a military base in the afternoon, witnesses and security sources said. One soldier was killed and four were wounded in a clash with PKK militants in Diyarbakir province, the Turkish military said in a statement.

On Lesbos island, tourist comforts clash with migrant needs Posted: 27 Aug 2015 11:20 AM PDT On the Greek island of Lesbos, a record influx of desperate migrants has left the tourist sector struggling to help out while still trying to keep its normal clientele. "People feel sorry for them, of course — I do also — but it's not good for our business when they come to our beach," says Teresa Dalvadanis, a 45-year-old Swedish restaurant owner, herself once a stranger to these shores. At one hotel near the island's port capital of Mytilene, a Syrian man asks in excellent English if there are any available rooms, showing his registration papers which, in theory, should allow him to secure accommodation.

Five killed in clashes in Turkey's restive southeast Posted: 27 Aug 2015 11:05 AM PDT Five people, including two children and a soldier, were killed in clashes between Kurdish militants and security forces in Turkey's restive Kurdish-majority southeast on Thursday, local officials and the army said. Fighting erupted in the Cizre district of Sirnak province when Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels attacked a military outpost with rocket launchers, a security source told AFP. In a separate incident on Thursday, a Turkish soldier was killed and four others wounded when PKK militants attacked security forces guarding a highway between the Lice district of Diyarbakir and Bingol province in southeast Turkey, the army said in a statement.

Iran executes Kurdish activist, wary of Kurdish gains in Middle East Posted: 27 Aug 2015 10:46 AM PDT By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran executed a Kurdish activist on Wednesday accused of killing a public prosecutor, the second such case this month, rights groups said, as Iran, unsettled by Kurdish gains in the region, tightens the screws on its Kurdish minority. Behrouz Alkhani, 30, was convicted in 2011 of having ties to the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK), an outlawed group that seeks self-governance for Iran's Kurds and has links to Turkey's militant Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK).

U.S., allies hit Islamic State in Iraq with 21 air strikes: military Posted: 27 Aug 2015 10:35 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A coalition led by the United States pummeled Islamic State targets in Iraq on Wednesday with 21 air strikes concentrated near the cities of Baji and Tuz, according to a statement released on Thursday. Five strikes near Baiji denied the militant group "an avenue of approach" and destroyed 19 of its buildings as well as vehicles, a mortar system and a weapons cache, the Combined Joint Task Force said in the statement. Six strikes near Tuz destroyed Islamic State fighting positions and a vehicle. ...

AP EXCLUSIVE: California tax donations lost in bureaucracy Posted: 27 Aug 2015 10:15 AM PDT Every year when they do their taxes, Californians donate millions for charitable causes, but nearly $10 million of that money sat unspent in government accounts at the end of last year and some of the ...

Islamic State takes new ground near Turkish border Posted: 27 Aug 2015 10:06 AM PDT Islamic State has seized new territory from Syrian rebels in northern Syria, advancing in an area where Turkey and the United States are planning to open a new front against the group in coordination with insurgents on the ground. The ultra-radical IS and a monitoring agency said the group had seized several villages as it stepped up an offensive in northern Aleppo province, in a blow to rebels who are likely partners for Ankara and Washington in any ground campaign. Intense attacks began overnight and on Thursday morning IS fighters had mostly encircled the rebel-held town of Marea, some 20 km (12 miles) from the Turkish border, a rebel leader fighting against the group in the area said.

IS kills two generals in Iraq, advances in Syria Posted: 27 Aug 2015 09:21 AM PDT A suicide attack claimed by the Islamic State group killed two Iraqi generals on Thursday in the key battleground province of Anbar, as the jihadists made gains in neighbouring Syria. IS overran large areas of Iraq in 2014 and seized Anbar capital Ramadi earlier this year. It also controls major territory in Syria, where it has thrived amid a bloody civil war.

Two in five military women endure sexual trauma during service Posted: 27 Aug 2015 09:19 AM PDT By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - In the U.S. military, women may be nearly 10 times more likely than men to experience sexual assault or harassment, a study of recent veterans suggests. Researchers from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) surveyed more than 20,000 men and women who served during the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. About 41 percent of women and 4 percent of men reported suffering some form of sexual harassment during their time in the military.

Romania: Police seize Iraqi-American convicted of kidnapping Posted: 27 Aug 2015 09:10 AM PDT BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — An Iraqi-American man convicted in the kidnapping of three Romanian journalists in Iraq in 2005 was handed over to Romania on Thursday and is now in police custody, officials said.

IS suicide bombing kills 2 Iraqi army generals in Anbar Posted: 27 Aug 2015 08:42 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — An Islamic State suicide bomber killed two Iraqi army generals on Thursday as they led forces against IS positions in the turbulent Anbar province west of Baghdad, military officials said.

Renewed Kurdish conflict angers Turks, overshadows election Posted: 27 Aug 2015 08:41 AM PDT By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Clinging to his brother's coffin, draped in the red Turkish flag, Lieutenant Colonel Mehmet Alkan's outburst was a rare public show of defiance from a serving officer as Turkish jets bombard Kurdish militants. How come those who spoke of settlement until yesterday now speak of war," he shouted in front of television cameras as they filmed mourners, in thinly-veiled reference to Turkey's political leaders. The violence has rekindled old wounds from a 30-year-old conflict and unleashed a wave of anger toward the pro-Kurdish opposition, President Tayyip Erdogan and the government, raising the prospects of a highly-charged campaign for a November election and concerns over security around the poll.

Balkan summit on migrants overshadowed by migrant deaths Posted: 27 Aug 2015 08:12 AM PDT VIENNA (AP) — Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann had just finished telling other European leaders that there was an urgent need to crack down on human traffickers when the news came: at least 20 migrants — possibly up to 50 — have been found dead in a truck just miles away.

Suspected jihadi recruiter jailed in Spain Posted: 27 Aug 2015 08:02 AM PDT MADRID (AP) — A Spanish judge has ordered a Moroccan man to jail on provisional charges of coordinating a cell that recruited jihadi fighters from Spain and Morocco for the Islamic State group.

What's in a name? The debate over labelling migrants and refugees Posted: 27 Aug 2015 06:15 AM PDT Paris (AFP) - Are they "migrants" or "refugees"? "Clandestini" or "illegals"? Deciding how to label the huge numbers of people moving around the globe has proved a thorny and politically-loaded question for governments and the media.

Officials: 3 killed in street fighting in southeast Turkey Posted: 27 Aug 2015 05:26 AM PDT ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Officials say three people were killed in street fighting between Turkish security forces and Kurdish rebels in a mainly Kurdish town in southeast Turkey.

Islamic State claims attack on top Iraqi commanders near Ramadi: statement Posted: 27 Aug 2015 04:42 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State said on Thursday it carried out the suicide car bomb attacks near Ramadi, capital of Iraq's western Anbar province, which had killed at least five people, including two senior military commanders. In a statement distributed online by supporters, the radical Islamist group said it had targeted a main military headquarters, killing the deputy commander of Anbar Operations Command and the head of the 10th army division. (Writing by Stephen Kalin; Editing by Dominic Evans)

Why Even Obama Doesn’t Know If We’re Winning the War Against ISIS Posted: 27 Aug 2015 04:30 AM PDT President Obama might be as confused about the U.S. military's success against ISIS as the American people are. The investigation by the Pentagon inspector general was first disclosed by The New York Times and agency officials have since confirmed the probe's existence. The inquiry was launched after an analyst with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) came forward claiming officials at U.S. Central Command, which oversees the fight against the terror group, altered intelligence assessments before they reached leaders in Washington, including President Obama.

Dutch freeze terror suspects' assets in militant clamp-down Posted: 27 Aug 2015 02:38 AM PDT By Yoruk Bahceli AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government added further suspected militants to its list of citizens subject to an asset freeze in the latest crackdown by European governments who are increasingly concerned at the threat of homegrown Islamist militancy. The risk of attacks in Europe by militants motivated by radical Islamist ideology was highlighted at the weekend when a suspected radical opened fire on passengers on a Paris-bound train that had left Amsterdam hours earlier. The government believes the move will make it harder for Dutch citizens participating in conflicts in Syria and Iraq to send money to help would-be fighters who have not yet left the Netherlands and also stop them funding attacks in Europe.

New hospital in Jordan treats worst of Mideast's war-wounded Posted: 27 Aug 2015 01:32 AM PDT AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — They are among the most tragically wounded from the Middle East's multiple wars. A 14-year-old Syrian girl whose lower legs were torn off by a shell. A 15-year-old Iraqi boy who was severely burned in a car bomb explosion.

FBI warns U.S. art dealers about antiquities looted from Syria, Iraq Posted: 27 Aug 2015 12:28 AM PDT The FBI on Wednesday urged art dealers in the United States to be careful when buying antiquities from the Middle East, saying there is evidence collectors have recently been offered artifacts plundered by Islamic State fighters in Syria and Iraq. The looting of ancient artifacts across Iraq and Syria and their sale on the black market has become a source of funding for Islamic State militants, and there is growing concern those items are showing up in the Western marketplace, the FBI said in a press release.

Recalling their own war, Belgraders embrace Syrian refugees Posted: 26 Aug 2015 11:54 PM PDT Gordan Paunovic couldn't sleep the night after he met a Syrian refugee family in a Belgrade park, where hundreds of migrants pause for a rest before continuing their journey towards EU. The next day he and his wife Susanne Simon-Paunovic went back to the park with a lunch for the family.

Today in History Posted: 26 Aug 2015 09:00 PM PDT Today is Thursday, August 27, the 239th day of 2015. There are 126 days left in the year.

British hacker for Islamic State killed in U.S. drone strike in Syria: sources Posted: 26 Aug 2015 07:12 PM PDT By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A British hacker who U.S. and European officials said became a top cyber expert for Islamic State in Syria has been killed in a U.S. drone strike, a U.S. source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. It was the second reported killing of a senior Islamic State figure in the last eight days after the group's second-in-command was killed in a U.S. air strike in Iraq on Aug. 18. The source indicated that the U.S. Defense Department was likely involved in the drone strike that killed British hacker Junaid Hussain, a former Birmingham, England, resident.

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials Posted: 26 Aug 2015 03:33 PM PDT Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:

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