| Who won the Democratic debate? Posted: 15 Nov 2015 04:24 PM PST Many polls and media outlets saw Hillary Clinton as the clear winner, although she didn't necessarily capture the same robust praise she was given after the first debate. Recommended: US political convention history: How much do you know? A smaller contingent of opinions showed Sen. Bernie Sanders as the debate's victor, pointing to his voting record against the Iraq war and labeling his talking points on big banks, healthcare, education, and the inequities between rich and poor as better representing the average voter. |
| Paris attacks: what we know so far Posted: 15 Nov 2015 03:47 PM PST  French investigators believe there were three teams involved in Friday's attacks on Paris and are probing possible links to the conflict in Syria in a joint inquiry with Belgium. Seven of the gunmen and suicide bombers who took part in the carnage, which killed 129 and was claimed by Islamic State jihadists, died in the bloodshed. The initial strike was by a team of suicide bombers outside the Stade de France where the first blew himself up at 9:20 pm (2020 GMT) while the French and German national football teams were playing a friendly.
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| 'Hell:' Famous Paris venue becomes scene of terror bloodbath Posted: 15 Nov 2015 03:47 PM PST  PARIS (AP) — There was a moment — just a moment — when the concert hall was eerily quiet. The rock band had stopped playing, and people had dived to the floor after realizing the sudden explosions hadn't been part of the show. Everything was silent.
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| Short-term market drop likely following Paris terror Posted: 15 Nov 2015 03:45 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — The value of stocks, crude oil and the European currency will likely fall this week as investors worry about what the Paris terror attacks will do to consumer confidence and key parts of the global economy.
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| France bombs Islamic State HQ, hunts attacker who got away Posted: 15 Nov 2015 03:23 PM PST  PARIS (AP) — France launched "massive" air strikes on the Islamic State group's de-facto capital in Syria Sunday night, destroying a jihadi training camp and a munitions dump in the city of Raqqa, where Iraqi intelligence officials say the attacks on Paris were planned.
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| Belgium connection under spotlight after Paris attacks Posted: 15 Nov 2015 03:07 PM PST  Prosecutors on Sunday disclosed a growing Belgian connection to the Paris attacks as Premier Charles Michel conceded that a Brussels neighbourhood is a "gigantic problem" given its past links to international terrorism. Belgian prosecutors cooperating with their French counterparts said two assailants killed in Friday's attacks were Frenchmen who had lived in Brussels, that two cars tied to the attacks found in Paris were rented in Belgium, and Belgian police have detained seven people. At least one of the dead assailants and five of the people arrested in raids Saturday had spent time in the poor immigrant Brussels district of Molenbeek, officials said.
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| Cameron to urge Putin to focus fight in Syria on IS Posted: 15 Nov 2015 02:55 PM PST  By Kylie MacLellan BELEK, Turkey (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron has said he will urge President Vladimir Putin on Monday to focus Russian air strikes in Syria on Islamic State militants. Russia began bombing Syria in September in support of forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad but has been accused by Washington of targeting mainly groups other than Islamic State, including fighters backed by the United States and its allies. "We have our differences with the Russians, not least because they've done so much to degrade the non-ISIL opposition to Assad," Cameron told reporters on Sunday ahead of a meeting with Putin on the sidelines of a G20 summit in Turkey.
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| France launches air strikes in Syria; Paris investigation widens Posted: 15 Nov 2015 02:51 PM PST  By Emmanuel Jarry and Robert-Jan Bartunek PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - French warplanes pounded Islamic State positions in Syria on Sunday as police in Europe widened their investigations into coordinated attacks in Paris that killed more than 130 people. Islamic State has claimed responsibility for Friday's suicide bombings and shootings, which have re-ignited a row over Europe's refugee crisis and drawn calls to block a huge influx of Muslim asylum-seekers. French police have launched an international hunt for a Belgian-born man they believe helped organize the assaults with two of his brothers.
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| UK's Cameron to urge Putin to focus fight in Syria on Islamic State Posted: 15 Nov 2015 02:08 PM PST  By Kylie MacLellan BELEK, Turkey (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron has said he will urge President Vladimir Putin on Monday to focus Russian air strikes in Syria on Islamic State militants. Russia began bombing Syria in September in support of forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad but has been accused by Washington of targeting mainly groups other than Islamic State, including fighters backed by the United States and its allies. "We have our differences with the Russians, not least because they've done so much to degrade the non-ISIL opposition to Assad," Cameron told reporters on Sunday ahead of a meeting with Putin on the sidelines of a G20 summit in Turkey.
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| After Paris, Republicans hit refugee plan and Clinton stance Posted: 15 Nov 2015 01:56 PM PST  By Erin McPike WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The deadly attacks in Paris pushed terrorism and the Syrian refugee crisis to the center of the U.S presidential campaign on Sunday, as Republicans hammered Obama administration plans to take in more refugees as well as Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton's stance on Middle East policy. After officials said one of the Paris gunmen might have slipped into Europe among refugees fleeing Syria's war, more Republicans voiced their opposition to the 10,000 Syrian refugees the White House wants to admit in the coming year.
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| Lebanon arrests 11 over Beirut bombings Posted: 15 Nov 2015 01:36 PM PST  Lebanon has arrested 11 people, mostly Syrians, over last week's Beirut bombings that killed 44 people, an attack whose original target was a hospital, officials said on Sunday. "The detained include seven Syrians and two Lebanese, one of them a (would-be) suicide bomber and the other a trafficker who smuggled them across the border from Syria," Interior Minister Nuhad Mashnuq told a news conference. The Islamic State (IS) jihadist group claimed responsibility for Thursday's attacks which hit a busy shopping street in Burj al-Barajneh, a suburb where the Shiite movement Hezbollah is popular.
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| Islamic State takes war to its foes after battlefield setbacks Posted: 15 Nov 2015 01:31 PM PST  By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT (Reuters) - Facing military setbacks in its self-declared caliphate in Syria and Iraq and intensified air strikes from a US-led coalition, Islamic State may have decided in September to take the fight to France and elsewhere. The ultra-hardline group has frequently threatened to strike inside Western countries since it established itself amid Syria's civil war and then spread to northern Iraq last year, but one fighter reached inside Syria said its spokesman Abu Mohammad al-Adnani had issued an instruction to act abroad. "He sent a written order to all sectors and security brigades to start moving, including in Lebanon and Turkey," the Syrian IS fighter said via social media from northern Syria.
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| AP Newsbreak: Iraq warned of attacks before Paris assault Posted: 15 Nov 2015 01:31 PM PST  BAGHDAD (AP) — Senior Iraqi intelligence officials warned members of the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group of imminent assaults by the militant organization just one day before last week's deadly attacks in Paris killed 129 people, The Associated Press has learned.
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| Obama, Putin strike chord on Syria as leaders vow to quell terror Posted: 15 Nov 2015 01:20 PM PST  US President Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin of Russia agreed Sunday on the first steps towards peace in Syria, as the Paris attacks jolted world leaders into a crackdown on foreign fighters. The horror of the attacks in Paris shook leaders at a summit in Turkey, adding a new urgency to their search for a solution to the four-year war in Syria that has enabled the rise of Islamic State jihadists.
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| Paris attacks pose quandary for Canada's Trudeau Posted: 15 Nov 2015 01:13 PM PST  In power for just 10 days, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced the dilemma Sunday of whether to make good on a campaign pledge to halt air strikes against the Islamic State group. The Paris terror attacks claimed by IS have changed things for Trudeau. Trudeau, who was at the G20 summit in Turkey on Sunday, now faces much tougher talk among the international community against IS.
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| Libya groups clash with IS in eastern city Posted: 15 Nov 2015 01:11 PM PST  Gunmen including Islamist fighters battled jihadists from the Islamic State group on Sunday south of Libya's eastern coastal city of Derna, media and IS said. Reports of the clashes come a day after the Pentagon announced the killing of a senior IS jihadist in Libya in an air strike carried out by a US F-15 warplane. Abu Nabil, also known as Wissam Najm Abd Zayd al-Zubaydi, was the senior IS leader in Libya and may also have been the spokesman in a grisly video showing the execution of Coptic Christians earlier this year, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said in a statement.
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| Paris attacks expose US 'failures,' lawmakers say Posted: 15 Nov 2015 01:10 PM PST  The US strategy against Islamic State came under growing fire in Washington Sunday, with one prominent Democrat calling it a failure that could lead to more attacks by the extremists like those in Paris. President Barack Obama and top advisors vowed to stand by France and said they would intensify military coordination and intelligence sharing in the wake of the attacks Friday night, which left 129 dead in the French capital and were claimed by the IS group. "I think the implications are this is not just an intelligence failure," Schiff said on ABC's "This Week" show.
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| Obama urges Russia to join renewed effort to eliminate Islamic State Posted: 15 Nov 2015 12:54 PM PST  By Matt Spetalnick and Dasha Afanasieva BELEK, Turkey (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama vowed on Sunday to step up efforts to eliminate Islamic State and prevent more attacks like those in Paris, while urging Russia's Vladimir Putin to focus on combating the jihadist group in Syria. A White House official said Obama and Putin agreed during a 35-minute meeting on the sidelines of a G20 summit in Turkey on the need for a political transition in Syria, saying events in Paris had made it all the more urgent.
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| Analysis: Paris hits boost Clinton's image, weaken policies Posted: 15 Nov 2015 11:40 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The deadly assaults in Paris could bolster Hillary Rodham Clinton's image as a potential commander in chief, even as the chaos in the Middle East threatens to undercut the policy record of the Democratic White House front-runner.
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| Bush: U.S. Should only Accept ‘Christian’ Refugees from Syria Posted: 15 Nov 2015 11:23 AM PST  The news that at least one of the perpetrators of Friday's horrific terror attacks in Paris had entered Europe posing as a refugee from the civil war in Syria ignited debate Sunday over whether and how the U.S. should follow through with a pledge to accept some 10,000 Syrian refugees over the next year. The attacks, which killed 129 people and wounded 352 more in various public spaces around Paris, are believed to be the work of the terror group ISIS, which currently controls parts of Iraq and Syria. A wave of Syrian refugees fleeing the fighting in their home country has been overwhelming Europe this year, and the U.S. promise to take in thousands of refugees came in response to please for other nations to offer assistance.
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| World leaders vow vigorous response after Paris terror spree Posted: 15 Nov 2015 11:14 AM PST  ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — World leaders vowed a vigorous response to the Islamic State group's terror spree in Paris as they opened a two-day meeting in Turkey on Sunday, with President Barack Obama calling the violence an "attack on the civilized world" and Russian President Vladimir Putin urging "global efforts" to confront the threat.
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| Denmark foreign minister says wants to bomb IS in Syria Posted: 15 Nov 2015 10:59 AM PST Denmark's fighter jets, which had been in action in Iraq earlier this year and will return next year, should also have the mandate to bomb Islamic State positions in Syria, the Danish foreign minister was quoted as saying on Sunday following the attacks in Paris. Denmark had contributed seven F-16 jets in 2014 for the U.S.-led coalition's air strikes against IS and pulled them out in September for maintenance work and to let the crew rest. "We must get the Danish F-16 fighter planes back as fast as possible. |
| Donald Trump: ‘O’Malley is a clown’; ‘Hillary is owned by Wall Street’ Posted: 15 Nov 2015 10:53 AM PST During Saturday's Democratic debate, former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley called Donald Trump an "immigrant-bashing carnival barker." |
| Holder of Syrian passport found in Paris traveled through Balkans Posted: 15 Nov 2015 10:51 AM PST  By Renee Maltezou and George Georgiopoulos ATHENS (Reuters) - The holder of a Syrian passport found near the body of one of the gunmen who died in Friday night's attacks in Paris was registered as a refugee in several European countries last month, authorities said. Greece identified the man as 25-year old Ahmad Almohammad, from the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib, and said he had entered Europe through the Greek island of Leros, where he was processed on Oct. 3. France has not publicly confirmed that the passport holder is a suspect, but Greek Migration Minister Yannis Mouzalas said French authorities had told Greece they suspected that Almohammad, whose passport was found outside the Stade de France near the body of a gunman, was one of the attackers.
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| Focus on passport in Paris highlights lack of migrant checks Posted: 15 Nov 2015 10:51 AM PST  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The focus on a Syrian passport found near the Paris attacks highlights an uncomfortable reality: European authorities are completing few checks on the hundreds of thousands of people moving across their territory fleeing war and poverty.
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| Iraq warned of attacks before Paris assault Posted: 15 Nov 2015 10:41 AM PST  Senior Iraqi intelligence officials warned coalition countries of imminent assaults by the Islamic State group just one day before last week's deadly attacks in Paris killed 129 people, The Associated Press has learned.
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| Change your Facebook profile picture to reflect Lebanon or Kenya’s flag too Posted: 15 Nov 2015 10:23 AM PST  As the people of France continue their valiant attempts at making sense of the senseless violence that has claimed the lives of at least 129, much of the world has taken to social media to voice and show their support. From peace symbols emblazoned with the Eiffel Tower to moving quotes about light overcoming darkness, all platforms have been inundated by outpourings of grief, empathy, and a promise for a better tomorrow. Perhaps one of the most ubiquitous signs of solidarity has been the Facebook temporary profile picture filter, which superimposes a French flag atop users' photos. And while a time of international mourning should never be manipulated into a tragedy contest, many have noted that Facebook's decision to introduce not only this filter, but also the safety check-in for users in Europe, was noticeably limited to this most recent incident, despite the fact that just the day before, a pair of bombings in Beirut killed 43 and wounded well over 200. No Lebanese flag, however, has been introduced. There was also no Facebook filter option for Kenya when an attack back in April killed 147 and injured at least 79 others. Of course, this is not to say that showing support for the victims of the Paris attack via Facebook is a form of selective solidarity — but the lack of availability and visibility provided by not only Facebook, but mainstream media as well is an issue that has yet to be adequately addressed. So in an attempt to create a homegrown solution to this apparent lack of, say, equal empathy, Vietnam based designer Hubert Southall is sending out a call to all graphic designers and art directors "to cover the filter void" that has ignited controversy across the Facebook user base. Related : Social media and how the world reacted to the tragedy in Paris According to a recent press release, Southall has offered to add a Lebanon, Iraq, or Kenya flag filter to anyone who sends him their profile picture on Facebook. And to address growing demand, the artist is asking other designers to join him. "I am struggling to keep up," he said. "I've had requests from thousands of people from over 30 countries. People want a way to support without exclusion. I think it'd be great if all designers offer their services on Facebook to help out. Adding a filter over someone's picture takes about 10 seconds to do." So while changing your profile picture may not be changing the world, in moments when clicktivism is all that's available to you, it's reassuring to know that you can at least do that much in a more global, widely encompassing way. Also watch: Pulse camera plugin lets you change your settings from a distance Please enable Javascript to watch this video
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| AP NewsBreak: Iraq warned US-led coalition countries of imminent assault before Paris attacks Posted: 15 Nov 2015 09:53 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — AP NewsBreak: Iraq warned US-led coalition countries of imminent assault before Paris attacks . |
| After Paris, a global resolve to dispel Islamic State’s darkness Posted: 15 Nov 2015 09:27 AM PST Over the past year, the Islamic State has taken its tactics of terror far beyond its strongholds in Iraq and Syria. A similar problem still exists in post-9/11 Afghanistan with ongoing Taliban attacks. |
| IRAQ SINJAR Posted: 15 Nov 2015 09:27 AM PST Map locates Sinjar in Iraq.; 2c x 3 inches; 96.3 mm x 76 mm; |
| Three militants, one soldier killed in Tunisia clashes: source Posted: 15 Nov 2015 09:20 AM PST At least three Islamist militants and a Tunisian soldier were killed on Sunday in clashes in the central Kasserine province, near the Algerian border, a security source said. Islamic State militants have claimed two major attacks on foreign tourists this year in Tunisia, and the army is fighting a low-level conflict against pockets of other militants in rural areas near the frontier with Algeria. Sunday's clashes came two days after Islamist militants beheaded a Tunisian teenager in the central province of Sidi Bouzid and sent his head to his family after accusing him of spying for the military. |
| US, France agree on 'concrete steps' against IS: Pentagon Posted: 15 Nov 2015 09:18 AM PST  The defense ministers of France and the United States agreed Sunday on "concrete steps" to intensify cooperation against the Islamic State group, the Pentagon said. US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and French Defense Minister Jean-Yves le Drian discussed by telephone the actions they are taking in response to Friday's terrorist attacks in Paris that killed at least 129 people. "They agreed on concrete steps the US and French militaries should take to further intensify our close cooperation in prosecuting a sustained campaign against ISIL," Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said.
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| British jihadist may have planned Paris-style attack in Istanbul - sources Posted: 15 Nov 2015 09:15 AM PST By Orhan Coskun and Humeyra Pamuk BELEK, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish authorities suspect a high-profile British jihadist detained in Turkey last week may have been planning attacks in Istanbul similar to those in Paris, two security sources told Reuters on Sunday. A man thought to be Aine Lesley Davis, an associate of the Islamic State militant dubbed "Jihadi John", was detained in Istanbul last week, senior Turkish officials said on Friday. Davis was detained with a group of others who could have been planning an attack in Istanbul in parallel with the gun and bomb rampage in the French capital that left at least 129 people dead, a separate source said on Sunday. |
| Fighting extremism a shared responsibility, Jordan's king says Posted: 15 Nov 2015 09:10 AM PST  Jordan's King Abdullah II on Sunday said fighting extremism was an "international responsibility", two days after gun and bomb attacks killed at least 129 people in Paris. "Terrorist groups... threaten many countries in the region and beyond, which makes confronting extremism a shared regional and international responsibility," he said as he opened a new session of parliament. "However, this collective responsibility, in its essence, is our fight as Muslims against those who aim to turn our societies and future generations towards fanaticism and extremism," he said.
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| Why countries are walling themselves in – and others out Posted: 15 Nov 2015 09:00 AM PST To Georgina Rios and her family, it was always la línea, the line. Wall-building is flourishing, says Ron Hassner, an associate professor at UC Berkeley, and countries are "not interested in open borders and merging" into their neighbors. |
| How a night of horror washes Paris in blood; 129 dead Posted: 15 Nov 2015 08:45 AM PST  PARIS (AP) — The attackers worked in three synchronized teams, wearing matching suicide vests and carrying the same weapons. In an excruciating half-hour, they unleashed their terror.
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| Yazidis burn Muslim homes in Iraq's Sinjar: witnesses Posted: 15 Nov 2015 07:54 AM PST  Members of Iraq's Yazidi minority, which was brutally attacked by the Islamic State group, looted and burned Muslim homes in Sinjar after its recapture from the jihadists, witnesses said Sunday. IS overran the northern town last year, targeting Yazidis -- whose faith it considers heretical -- in a campaign of massacres, enslavement and rape that the United Nations has described as a possible genocide. Sinjar was recaptured from IS on Friday in a major operation led by forces from Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region and backed by US-led air strikes.
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| Oil prices seen under pressure as Paris attacks spark demand worries Posted: 15 Nov 2015 07:20 AM PST  At least 129 people were killed on Friday evening in a series of coordinated attacks on Paris with Islamist militants claiming responsibility for the carnage. "Currently sentiment is really bearish, so this could be seen as hurting demand, so oil prices could fall further," said Amrita Sen from Energy Aspects. Sen added that a short-term sell-off could, however, be followed in the mid-term by a rally if people think events in Paris could lead to a serious escalation of tensions in the Middle East.
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| Iraq says it shared information that France, U.S., Iran were targets Posted: 15 Nov 2015 07:14 AM PST  Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari has said his country's intelligence services shared information they had which indicated that France, the United States and Iran were among countries being targeted for attack. "Information has been obtained from Iraqi intelligence sources that the countries to be targeted soon, before it occurred, are Europe in general, specifically France, as well as America and Iran," Jaafari said from the sidelines of talks in Vienna on ending the war in Syria on Saturday.
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| U.S. to work with France to intensify air strikes in Syria, Iraq: Rhodes Posted: 15 Nov 2015 07:09 AM PST By Dasha Afanasieva BELEK, Turkey (Reuters) - The United States will work with France to intensify air strikes against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, U.S. Deputy National security adviser Ben Rhodes said on Sunday, after attacks in Paris killed 129 people. Rhodes said getting arms directly to fighters on the ground in Syria and Iraq seemed to be working in the fight against Islamic State. |
