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Brazil football star Neymar defends his party boy lifestyle

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 05:53 PM PDT

Questions have been raised about how invested Brazilian football star Neymar is in the national team ahead of the OlympicsBrazilian football star Neymar is a party boy and he's not going to apologize for it. At a sometimes tense press conference on Tuesday at the facility where Brazil's Olympic football team is training for the Rio Games, the Barcelona striker told reporters he would not change his ways. Growing increasingly irritated, the Barcelona star went on: "I really don't see the problem.


Trump, Pence master delicate art of dancing together on campaign trail

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 04:52 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and vice presidential candidate Mike Pence pray at a campaign event in RoanokeBy Steve Holland MIAMI (Reuters) - Donald Trump was in the middle of creating another nickname for Democratic rival Hillary Clinton - "Hillary Rotten Clinton!" - when he suddenly thought of his mild-mannered vice presidential running mate, Mike Pence. "You think Mike Pence would say this?" he smiled to the audience in Roanoke, Virginia. "What a high-quality person." On their first campaign swing together this week, Trump and Pence are giving voters an initial look at their odd-couple pairing as they prepare to battle against Clinton and her running mate, Tim Kaine, the Virginia governor, in the Nov. 8 presidential election.


The Latest: Trump says he'd 'think about' Ailes on his team

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 04:19 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention, Tuesday, July 26, 2016, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Latest on the Democratic National Convention (all times EDT):


Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Democratic Women of the U.S. House of Representatives

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 04:09 PM PDT

Ninety-six years ago, America's women first won the right to vote. Hillary Clinton knows that this moment is not just about one woman's achievement, but about what a woman president will mean for generations to come – for the dreams and hopes and aspirations of every woman and every girl and boy all across our land. The Democratic Women of the House are leading the way to unleash the power of America's women and working families – in our economy, in our society, and in our democracy.

House Veterans' Affairs chairman seeks records on shooters

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 03:52 PM PDT

DALLAS (AP) — The chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Veterans Affairs has broadened his request for information on two former soldiers involved in mass shootings in Texas and Louisiana.

French jihadist attacks church while under house arrest

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 03:44 PM PDT

French policemen stand in a street during the search of a house in the Normandy village of Saint-Etienne du Rouvray on July 26, 2016 following the church attackSaint-Etienne-du-Rouvray (France) (AFP) - A French jihadist who was under house arrest on terror charges took part in a church attack in which a priest was killed Tuesday, further inflaming tensions over security failures in the violence-weary nation. Adel Kermiche, 19, was one of two attackers who stormed a Catholic church in the northern town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray during morning mass, slitting the throat of an 86-year-old priest, Jacques Hamel, and leaving a worshipper with serious injuries, said Paris prosecutor Francois Molins. The attack, claimed by the Islamic State group, comes with France still in mourning less than two weeks after Tunisian Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel ploughed a truck into a crowd in the Riviera city of Nice, killing 84 people and injuring over 300.


The Latest: Clinton wins convention votes to make history

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 03:43 PM PDT

The delegates form New York cast their votes for President of the United States during the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Tuesday, July 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Latest on the Democratic National Convention (all times EDT):


The Latest: Arizona's Jerry Emmett, centenarian for Clinton

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 03:26 PM PDT

A person holds a sign as votes are cast during the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Tuesday, July 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Latest on the Democratic National Convention (all times EDT):


IS group claims attack that killed 85-year-old French priest

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 02:46 PM PDT

Police officers stand in front of a building during a search operation in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, Normandy, France, following an attack on a church that left a priest dead, Tuesday, July 26, 2016. Two attackers invaded a church Tuesday during morning Mass near the Normandy city of Rouen, killing an 84-year-old priest by slitting his throat and taking hostages before being shot and killed by police, French officials said. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)SAINT-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY, France (AP) — The Islamic State group crossed a new threshold Tuesday in its war against the West, as two of its followers targeted a church in Normandy, slitting the throat of an elderly priest celebrating Mass and using hostages as human shields before being shot by police.


Islamists attack French church, slit priest's throat

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 02:40 PM PDT

Police and rescue workers stand at the scene after two assailants had taken five people hostage in the church at Saint-Etienne-du -Rouvray near Rouen in NormandyBy Noemie Olive SAINT-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY, France (Reuters) - Knife-wielding attackers interrupted a French church service, forced the priest to his knees and slit his throat on Tuesday, a murder made even more shocking as one of the assailants was a known would-be jihadist under supposedly tight surveillance. The men arrived during morning mass in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, a working-class town near Rouen, northwest of Paris, where the 85-year-old parish priest, Father Jacques Hamel, was leading prayers. News agency Amaq, which is affiliated with Islamic State, a group France is bombing in Iraq and Syria as part of a U.S.-led coalition, said two of its "soldiers" had carried out the attack.


Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Na'ilah Amaru

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 02:22 PM PDT

As a baby, bundled up in the hopes and dreams of my mother, I began a new life in a faraway land called America. The first time I saw Hillary, she was on TV addressing a panel of men with such confidence and ownership of self. Seven years later, my belief in America inspired me to raise my hand and solemnly swear to defend her ideals with my life.

The Latest: Biden expects Sanders backers to go for Clinton

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 02:10 PM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden talks to people as he checks out the stage at Wells Fargo Arena before the start of the second day session of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Tuesday, July 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Latest on the Democratic National Convention (all times EDT):


Neymar vows to keep partying as Olympics approach

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 01:49 PM PDT

Barcelona's soccer player Neymar takes part in the Neymar Jr's Five soccer tournament in SantosBy Rodrigo Viga Gaier RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil striker Neymar has vowed to keep on partying after being asked if his off the field activities could harm the country's chances of winning their first Olympic soccer title.


Olympics-Neymar vows to keep partying as Games approach

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 01:46 PM PDT

By Rodrigo Viga Gaier RIO DE JANEIRO, July 26 (Reuters) - Brazil striker Neymar has vowed to keep on partying after being asked if his off the field activities could harm the country's chances of winning their first Olympic soccer title.

The Latest: Shocked French town honors slain priest

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 01:32 PM PDT

Flowers, candles and messages are placed at the home of Father Jacques Hamel after he was killed during an attack in a church, in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, Normandy, France, Tuesday, July 26, 2016. Two attackers invaded a church Tuesday during morning Mass near the Normandy city of Rouen, killing an 84-year-old priest by slitting his throat and taking hostages before being shot and killed by police, French officials said. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the attack on a French church claimed by Islamic State group (all times local):


Sanders camp nudges Democratic platform to left

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 01:26 PM PDT

A delegate from Virginia wears a hat supporting Bernie Sanders at the Democratic National Convention on July 26, 2016The common statement of policy principles was adopted Monday on the opening day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Echoing a central message of the Clinton campaign -- "stronger together" -- the document's preamble also makes a forceful case against wealth inequality and adopts phrasing used throughout the Sanders campaign: the one percent. "We believe that today's extreme level of income and wealth inequality -- where the majority of the economic gains go to the top one percent and the richest 20 people in our country own more wealth than the bottom 150 million -- makes our economy weaker, our communities poorer, and our politics poisonous," it says.


French priest's throat slit in attack claimed by IS

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 12:21 PM PDT

Police officers and fire services arrive at the scene of a hostage-taking at a church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, near the city of Rouen in northern France, on July 26, 2016Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray (France) (AFP) - The Islamic State group said that two of its "soldiers" stormed a church in northern France and slit an elderly priest's throat on Tuesday, the latest attack in a country shaken to its core by repeated terror strikes. In a revelation likely to fuel further questions about security failings in France, investigators revealed one of the attackers had been charged with terror links and was wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet after being released on bail. The hostage drama in the Normandy town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray comes less than two weeks after the truck massacre in the French Riviera city of Nice, which killed 84 people and was also claimed by IS.


Many factors make France the top IS terror target in Europe

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 10:21 AM PDT

FILE - This Wednesday, July 20, 2016 file picture shows soldiers patrolling the famed Promenade des Anglais in Nice, southern France. Since January 2015, IS-inspired attackers have killed at least 235 people in France, by far the largest casualty rate of any Western country. (AP Photo/Claude Paris, File)PARIS (AP) — When militants loyal to the Islamic State group seek to inflict pain on Europe, France is their preferred target, a grim reality borne out yet again with Tuesday's knife slaughter of a Catholic priest.


ISIS behind Normandy church attack, says French president

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 09:35 AM PDT

Two armed men stormed a church in the town of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, in the northern French region of Normandy, on Tuesday, killing a priest. French president François Hollande blamed the self-proclaimed Islamic State for the attack, calling it a "cowardly assassination" committed by "two terrorists in the name of Daesh," the Arabic acronym for IS, reported CNN. A counter-terrorism unit of the Paris prosecutor's office is handling the investigation.

Afghan forces step up anti-IS offensive after deadly attack

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 08:50 AM PDT

An Afghan protester screams near the scene of a suicide attack that targeted crowds of minority Shiite Hazaras during a demonstration in Kabul on July 23, 2016Afghan forces backed by US airstrikes Tuesday ramped up an offensive against the Islamic State group in their eastern stronghold, days after the jihadists claimed the deadliest attack for 15 years in the capital Kabul. Afghan troops seized large parts of the mountainous district of Kot in Nangarhar province, a key IS stronghold where the jihadists set up sharia courts and training camps displaying their trademark black flag. Some 120 militants were killed in the operation including Saad Emarati, a prominent local IS commander, provincial spokesman Attaullah Khogyani told AFP.


Bahrain to try scores of people on charges of setting up militant group

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 08:48 AM PDT

Bahrain prosecutors said on Tuesday scores of people will stand trial next month on charges of setting up a "terrorist organization", espionage and armed attacks on police officers. The case pertains to Bahrain's allegation last year that Iranian Revolutionary Guards helped fugitives from the Western-allied Gulf kingdom join forces to set up a Shi'ite militant group called the Zulfiqar Brigades to destabilize the state. Bahrain's Sunni Muslim monarchy survived an uprising in 2011 mainly by majority Shi'ite Muslims demanding democratic reform.

German officials vow more checking of migrants after attacks

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 08:30 AM PDT

German police investigates at the site in Ansbach, Germany, Monday, July 25, 2016, where a failed asylum-seeker from Syria blew himself up and wounded people after being turned away from an open-air music festival in southern Germany. The man recorded a cell phone video of himself pledging allegiance to the Islamic State group before he tried to get into the outdoor concert with a bomb-laden backpack. (Daniel Karmann/dpa via AP)BERLIN (AP) — Top security officials in Germany called Tuesday for tougher security screening of asylum-seekers and also announced that more police officers will be hired following four attacks in the country in the span of a week — two of them claimed by the extremist Islamic State group.


Metallica, Rihanna to headline anti-poverty concert

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 08:10 AM PDT

Metallica will headline the Global Citizen Festival in one of only a handful of 2016 shows by the pioneering thrash metal bandHeavy metal greats Metallica and pop superstar Rihanna will headline the latest Global Citizen Festival, which will mobilize fans to fight the world's most extreme poverty. The festival, to take place on September 24 in New York's Central Park, "sells" tickets based on actions taken such as social media postings and letters to promote development goals. The fifth edition of the festival will feature Metallica in one of only a handful of 2016 shows by the pioneering thrash metal band, although expectations are building that the group will release a new album within the year.


National Jewish Health Awarded $11.5 Million in Department of Defense Grants

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 07:30 AM PDT

DENVER, July 26, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Researchers at National Jewish Health will seek to understand why warfighters deployed to Southwest Asia suffer increased rates of respiratory disease and test potential treatments thanks to $11.5 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Defense. The grants, awarded through the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, take advantage of a unique cohort of 100 previously deployed veterans with lung disease and leverage the expertise at National Jewish Health in lung disease and repair. "Warfighters deployed to Southwest Asia suffer a baffling array of lung diseases at almost twice the rate of veterans deployed elsewhere," said Greg Downey, MD, principal investigator and professor of medicine at National Jewish Health.

From Beirut to Baghdad, 'useless' bomb detectors guard against disaster

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 07:20 AM PDT

A policeman uses a scanning device to inspect a vehicle at the entrance to Sadr CityBy Dominic Evans and Saif Hameed BEIRUT/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At a checkpoint in central Beirut, a guard checks a small truck for explosives. At the nearby marina where millionaires' yachts are moored by the glistening Mediterranean Sea, and at entrances to the underground parking of an upmarket shopping mall, the same bomb detectors are used. Marketed under names such as ADE651, GT200 and Alpha, they are supposed to respond to the presence of explosives, causing their metal antenna to swivel on a hinge toward the material.


Turkish military a fractured force after attempted coup

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 04:31 AM PDT

Turkish soldiers salute during a ceremony marking the 87th anniversary of Victory Day at the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in AnkaraBy Humeyra Pamuk and Gareth Jones ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Just weeks ago, Commander Adem Huduti was inspecting Turkish troops on the Syrian border and being praised in the media for his role in the fight against Islamic State and Kurdish militants. Now, the head of Turkey's second army, responsible for its borders with Syria and Iraq, is in prison in Duzce, some 216 km (134 miles) east of Istanbul, the most senior serving general arrested for suspected involvement in a failed military coup. "The Turkish military is now a broken force and it will take years for it to heal," said Aaron Stein, resident fellow at the Washington-based Atlantic Council, whose research focuses on Turkey and regional security.


Turkey asks Kosovo to punish journalist over coup comments

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 04:14 AM PDT

By Fatos Bytyci PRISTINA (Reuters) - Turkey's embassy in Kosovo has urged the government to take action against a journalist over tongue-in-cheek Facebook comments he made about the failed military coup in Turkey, a document seen by Reuters showed on Tuesday. As the failed coup unfolded on July 15, Berat Buzhala, a leading Kosovo journalist known for his satirical comments, wrote on Facebook: "I invite the citizens of the Republic of Kosovo who are holidaying in Turkey to align with the army." The comment was signed with an Internet emoticon with a tongue protruding, indicating the comment was not serious. "This is the most serious coup since the arrival of Facebook," Buzhala said.

U.S. says looking at more counter-terrorism cooperation with China

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 03:28 AM PDT

US National Security Adviser Susan Rice shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in BeijingThe United States is looking at ways to increase counter-terrorism cooperation with China, including information exchanges and helping bring stability to places like Iraq, a senior U.S. administration official said on Tuesday. China was angered last month at a report by the U.S. State Department that said there was a lack of transparency or information from China about incidents it called terrorism, and said counter-terrorism cooperation was limited. China has tried to encourage Western nations in particular to help in its fight against what it calls Islamist extremists in the violence-prone far western Chinese region of Xinjiang operating as the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM).


Turkey’s Erdogan Cleans House to Form a More Perfect Islamic State

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 03:00 AM PDT

Turkey's Erdogan Cleans House to Form a More Perfect Islamic StateThe failed coup in Turkey on July 15-16 has done exactly what many experts predicted: It's given Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a green light to implement the next stage of his plan to turn the country into an Islamic state. Turkey has been a particularly important NATO ally of the United States because of its strategic geographic location between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. Turkey's Incirlik air base was used by U.S. warplanes launching attacks against Iraq after its invasion of Kuwait.


Slovenia says 12 migrants found on cargo ship from Turkey

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 02:45 AM PDT

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenian police say they have found 12 migrants hidden on a cargo ship from Turkey.

Security concerns fail to quell cheers at German Wagner fest

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 01:37 AM PDT

By Michael Roddy BAYREUTH, Germany - Security concerns after killings in Germany, coupled with Islamic elements in a new production of Richard Wagner's opera "Parsifal", created a nervous opening for the annual festival dedicated to the composer in Bayreuth on Monday. A police roadblock at the bottom of the drive leading up the "Green Hill" to Wagner's specially built 19th-century opera house forced people in formal evening wear to walk in the muggy summer air. The traditional red-carpet arrival for German celebrities and politicians was canceled, as were the post-premiere champagne receptions, after the Bavarian government said its officials would not attend the opening out of respect for the nine people killed by a German-Iranian teenager in Munich last week.

Iran denies 3 senior al-Qaida figures based in the country

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 12:32 AM PDT

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Tuesday denied claims by Washington that three senior al-Qaida figures are based in the Persian country, the official IRNA news agency reported.

In Turkish sweatshops, Syrian children sew to survive

Posted: 25 Jul 2016 11:08 PM PDT

Syrian refugee boys work at a small textile factory in GaziantepBy Dasha Afanasieva ISTANBUL, Turkey (Reuters) - Muna Awwal wants to go to school. Nine, corrects her father, Mahmud, as they sit in the family's second-floor flat in Istanbul's textile district. Now, he says, he relies on three of his five children to get by.


Today in History

Posted: 25 Jul 2016 09:01 PM PDT

Today in History

US Army special forces accepts first female candidates

Posted: 25 Jul 2016 07:02 PM PDT

President Barack Obama declared in 2013 that all military combat positions should be open to women by 2016, including the Green BeretsTwo women will soon be the first female soldiers to undergo training to become members of the Green Berets, the US Army's special forces, the military said Monday. "They are the first two women who have been selected for special forces assessment" following the elimination of the ban on women in combat roles, said Major Melody Faulkenberry, a spokeswoman for the United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School. President Barack Obama's administration decided in 2013 that all combat positions should be open to women by 2016, including the infantry and special operations forces.


Erdogan accuses EU of not paying up under migrant deal

Posted: 25 Jul 2016 05:54 PM PDT

Turkey and the EU signed a controversial deal in March, in which Ankara agreed to take Syrian migrants landing on Greek islands in exchange for political and financial incentivesTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday accused the EU of not meeting its aid commitments under a deal to send Syrian refugees back across the Aegean, but Brussels denied the charge. Ankara and Brussels signed a controversial deal in March, in which Turkey agreed to take Syrian migrants landing on Greek islands in exchange for political and financial incentives. The deal included billions of euros in aid, visa-free travel for Turks in Europe and accelerated talks on Turkey's stalled bid for EU membership, but ties have been strained by Erdogan's massive crackdown after a failed coup this month.


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