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• Libyan forces say they capture mosque, prison from Islamic State in Sirte
• 'Ben-Hur' crashes, 'Suicide Squad' stays on top for 3rd week
• Child bomber in Turkey not the only violent use of children
• 'Suicide Squad' tops the box office, 'Ben-Hur' bombs
• Turkey's Erdogan blames child bomber for attack that killed 51
• A new approach to ending terrorism
• Iraq hangs 36 people sentenced to death for killing of troops in 2014
• Iraq executes 36 men convicted in Islamic State massacre
• 3 Filipino sympathizers of IS killed in Philippines
• Duterte threatens to pull Philippines out of UN
• Iraq executes 36 men convicted in Islamic State massacre of hundreds of soldiers
• Foreign volunteers take aim at IS while they still can
• Gulf tourism frenzy in Bosnia delights business, polarizes locals
• Neymar finds redemption in Olympic gold
• Philippines' Duterte threatens to quit U.N. after drugs war censure
• Weekend Box Office: 'Ben-Hur' Crashes Chariot With $11.4M Opening
• Neymar finds redemption in display of skill and grit
• Olympics-Soccer-Neymar finds redemption in display of skill and grit
• Iraq hangs 36 over 2014 massacre of recruits

Libyan forces say they capture mosque, prison from Islamic State in Sirte Posted: 21 Aug 2016 03:00 PM PDT Libyan 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 A 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 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 Los 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 By 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 Iraq 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 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 President 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 Growing 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 By 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 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 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 Iraq 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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