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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Libyan forces say they capture mosque, prison from Islamic State in Sirte

Posted: 21 Aug 2016 03:00 PM PDT

File photo of Libyan forces allied with the U.N.-backed government firing weapons during a battle with IS fighters in SirteLibyan forces renewed their push to oust Islamic State from its former North African stronghold of Sirte on Sunday, saying they had seized the city's main mosque and a jail run by the militants' morality police. The forces, mainly brigades from the city of Misrata, say they are close to capturing Sirte after taking most of the city in a three-month campaign and restricting militants to a shrinking residential area in the city center. Since Aug. 1, they have been supported by U.S. air strikes.


'Ben-Hur' crashes, 'Suicide Squad' stays on top for 3rd week

Posted: 21 Aug 2016 02:11 PM PDT

'Ben-Hur' crashes, 'Suicide Squad' stays on top for 3rd weekA big-budget remake of "Ben-Hur" was trampled under a herd of holdovers and new releases at the box office, the latest casualty in a bruising summer for Hollywood. The Paramount Pictures release, ...


Child bomber in Turkey not the only violent use of children

Posted: 21 Aug 2016 12:19 PM PDT

People carry a victim's coffin as they attend funeral services for dozens of people killed in last night's bomb attack targeting an outdoor wedding party in Gaziantep, southeastern Turkey, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016. The suicide attacker was an Islamic State group child as young as 12 years old. The extremist group has a history of using children as weapons, sending them to their death strapped with explosives and putting them on front lines in Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Mahmut Bozarslan)BEIRUT (AP) — The suicide attacker who detonated his explosives amid an outdoor Kurdish wedding party in southeastern Turkey, killing at least 51 people, was an Islamic State group child as young as 12 years old. The extremist group has a history of using children as weapons, sending them to their death strapped with explosives and putting them on front lines in Iraq and Syria.


'Suicide Squad' tops the box office, 'Ben-Hur' bombs

Posted: 21 Aug 2016 11:32 AM PDT

"Suicide Squad," starring Australian actress Margot Robbie, pictured on August 3, 2016, easily brushed off the competition at the North American box office, grossing $20.7 million on its way to being the top money-maker for the third straight weekLos Angeles (AFP) - "Suicide Squad" held on for a third straight week as the top money-maker at North American box offices, easily brushing off the competition, industry estimates showed Sunday. "Suicide Squad" hasn't been a favorite with critics, but moviegoers plunked down $20.7 million over the weekend to see Will Smith, Jared Leto and Margot Robbie play a band of criminals hired to carry out secret missions. Trailing at number two for a second week was "Sausage Party," the raunchy animated comedy with Seth Rogan as the leading voice.


Turkey's Erdogan blames child bomber for attack that killed 51

Posted: 21 Aug 2016 10:04 AM PDT

A family member of a victim of a suicide bombing at a wedding celebration mourn over a coffin during a funeral ceremony in the southern Turkish city of GaziantepBy Osman Orsal and Umit Ozdal GAZIANTEP, Turkey (Reuters) - A suicide bomber aged between 12 and 14 carried out the attack on a wedding party in the Turkish city of Gaziantep on Saturday that killed at least 51 people, the president said. The attack was the deadliest in a series of bombings in Turkey this year, and President Tayyip Erdogan said Islamic State was likely behind it. "Initial evidence suggests it was a Daesh attack," Erdogan said in Istanbul on Sunday, using an Arabic name for the hardline Sunni Islamist group.


A new approach to ending terrorism

Posted: 21 Aug 2016 09:35 AM PDT

The primary threat to the United States, says FBI director James Comey, is the effort of Islamic State to inspire people via the internet to engage in acts of violence inside the US. European officials worry even more about such terrorist acts. Reaching potential IS recruits, however, has been difficult on both continents. Now one Arab leader has offered some help with a novel outreach to those from his country, and their children, living in the West.

Iraq hangs 36 people sentenced to death for killing of troops in 2014

Posted: 21 Aug 2016 08:40 AM PDT

Iraqi security forces escort a man, sentenced to death over the mass killing of hundreds of mainly Shi'ite soldiers at a camp north of Baghdad two years ago, at Nasiriya prison in the southern Iraqi city of NasiriyaIraq said on Sunday it had hanged 36 militants sentenced to death over the mass killing of hundreds of mainly Shi'ite soldiers at a camp north of Baghdad two years ago. It is the highest number of militants executed in one day by the Iraqi government since Islamic State fighters took control of parts of northern and western Iraq in 2014. The executions were carried out at a prison in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriya, state television quoted the Justice Ministry as saying.


Iraq executes 36 men convicted in Islamic State massacre

Posted: 21 Aug 2016 04:50 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 3, 2015 file photo, an Iraqi man prays for his slain relative, at the site of a mass grave, believed to contain the bodies of Iraqi soldiers killed by Islamic State group militants when they overran Camp Speicher military base, in Tikrit, Iraq, 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Baghdad. Iraqi officials say the country has executed 36 men on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016 convicted of taking part in the Islamic State group's massacre of hundreds of soldiers in 2014. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq on Sunday executed 36 men convicted of taking part in the Islamic State group's massacre of hundreds of soldiers in 2014, officials said.


3 Filipino sympathizers of IS killed in Philippines

Posted: 21 Aug 2016 03:25 AM PDT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine forces have killed three suspected sympathizers of the Islamic State group but failed to capture their leader in a clash in the country's south, an army official said Sunday.

Duterte threatens to pull Philippines out of UN

Posted: 21 Aug 2016 02:54 AM PDT

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte stepped up his rhetoric against the UN saying he may even look to set up another international organisationPresident Rodrigo Duterte threatened on Sunday to withdraw the Philippines from the United Nations, as he launched another profanity-laced tirade against the organisation for criticising his bloody war on crime. More than 1,500 people have been killed since Duterte took office and immediately began his law-and-order crackdown, according to police statistics, triggering fierce criticism from the UN and rights groups. "Maybe we'll just have to decide to separate from the United Nations.


Iraq executes 36 men convicted in Islamic State massacre of hundreds of soldiers

Posted: 21 Aug 2016 02:52 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq executes 36 men convicted in Islamic State massacre of hundreds of soldiers.

Foreign volunteers take aim at IS while they still can

Posted: 21 Aug 2016 02:28 AM PDT

Fred, a French volunteer in the fight against the Islamic State (IS) group, looks towards a jihadist position in Daquq, north of Baghdad on December 7, 2015Growing numbers of Westerners appear to be trying to join the fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq before it's too late, frontline volunteer warriors say. IS group jihadists have suffered a string of setbacks in Iraq and Syria in recent months, including the loss of key towns and facilities surrounding the remaining major strongholds in their self-declared "caliphate" -- Mosul in Iraq and Raqa in Syria. The volunteers are eager despite being strongly discouraged -- and sometimes banned by their home countries -- from doing so.


Gulf tourism frenzy in Bosnia delights business, polarizes locals

Posted: 21 Aug 2016 01:14 AM PDT

Tourists enjoy along the Prokosko Lake near FojnicaBy Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Abdulah Al Sanousi enjoys the breeze in the lush resort outside Sarajevo where his family bought a flat to escape the summer heat at home in Kuwait, one of thousands of new Gulf buyers whose investment has polarized local opinion. Bosnia does not have a national tourism authority and data on land purchases is patchy in the Balkan country which has a fragmented government system.


Neymar finds redemption in Olympic gold

Posted: 20 Aug 2016 10:01 PM PDT

Brazil's Neymar cries as he kneels down to celebrate with teammate goalkeeper Weverton after scoring the decisive penalty kick during the final match of the men's Olympic football tournament between Brazil and Germany at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday Aug. 20, 2016. Brazil won the gold medal on a penalty shootout. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Just two weeks ago Neymar's commitment to the Olympic team was questioned by Brazil's fans.


Philippines' Duterte threatens to quit U.N. after drugs war censure

Posted: 20 Aug 2016 09:52 PM PDT

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures while delivering a speech during the 115th Police Service Anniversary at the Philippine National Police (PNP) headquarters in Quezon city, metro ManilaPhilippine President Rodrigo Duterte railed against the United Nations on Sunday after it called for an end to the wave of killings unleashed by his war on drugs, saying he might leave the organization and invite China and others to form a new one. Two U.N. human rights experts last week urged Manila to stop the extra-judicial executions and killings that have escalated since Duterte won the presidency on a promise to wipe out drugs. Duterte on Friday denied that the government was responsible and in a middle-of-the-night news conference in his home town, Davao, said the deaths were not the work of the police and invited U.N. experts to investigate themselves.


Weekend Box Office: 'Ben-Hur' Crashes Chariot With $11.4M Opening

Posted: 20 Aug 2016 09:00 PM PDT

Holdovers 'Suicide Squad' and 'Sausage Party' stay No. 1 and No. 2, respectively; Natalie Portman's directorial debut, 'A Tale of Love and Darkness,' finally opens at specialty box office, while 'Hell or High Water' continues to impress.

Neymar finds redemption in display of skill and grit

Posted: 20 Aug 2016 06:56 PM PDT

By Angus MacSwan RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The frenetic home fans packed into Rio's Maracana stadium on Saturday held their collective breath as Brazil captain Neymar walked up to take his side's fifth kick in a shoot-out to decide the Olympic men's soccer final. Both teams had converted their first four kicks but after Nils Petersen missed Germany's fifth, Neymar, who had struggled with cramp during the second half of a tight game that ended 1-1 after extra time, was left with the chance to win it for Brazil. A short pause in his run-up failed to tempt German goalkeeper Timo Horn into an early dive but Neymar held his nerve to slam the ball high into the net.

Olympics-Soccer-Neymar finds redemption in display of skill and grit

Posted: 20 Aug 2016 06:42 PM PDT

By Angus MacSwan RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 20 (Reuters) - The frenetic home fans packed into Rio's Maracana stadium on Saturday held their collective breath as Brazil captain Neymar walked up to take his side's fifth kick in a shoot-out to decide the Olympic men's soccer final. Both teams had converted their first four kicks but after Nils Petersen missed Germany's fifth, Neymar, who had struggled with cramp during the second half of a tight game that ended 1-1 after extra time, was left with the chance to win it for Brazil. A short pause in his run-up failed to tempt German goalkeeper Timo Horn into an early dive but Neymar held his nerve to slam the ball high into the net.

Iraq hangs 36 over 2014 massacre of recruits

Posted: 20 Aug 2016 05:53 PM PDT

The "Speicher" massacre, named after a base near Iraq's Tikrit where up to 1,700 military recruits were kidnapped before being executed by Sunni jihadists and allied militantsIraq on Sunday hanged 36 men convicted over the 2014 massacre by Sunni jihadists and allied militants of up to 1,700 military recruits, officials said. "The executions of 36 convicted over the Speicher crime were carried out this morning in Nasiriyah prison," a spokesman for the governor's office in Dhiqar, the province of which Nasiriyah is the capital, told AFP. "The governor of Dhiqar, Yahya al-Nasseri and Justice Minister Haidar al-Zamili were present to oversee the executions," Abdelhassan Dawood said.


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