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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Oil prices rise on renewed output freeze talks, but fundamentals remain weak

Posted: 07 Aug 2016 05:34 PM PDT

A worker walks at Nahr Bin Umar oil field, north of BasraOil prices rose in early trading on Monday, lifted by reports of renewed talks by some members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to restrain output. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures were at $42.01 per barrel at 0022 GMT (08:22 p.m. EDT), up 21 cents, or 0.5 percent, from their last close. Analysts said that the price rise came on the back of renewed calls by some OPEC members to freeze production in a bid to rein in output consistently outpacing demand.


Olympics-Soccer-Men's Group A results

Posted: 07 Aug 2016 04:56 PM PDT

Aug 7 (Gracenote) - Olympic men's soccer Group A results in Brasilia on Sunday. Denmark 1 South Africa 0 STANDINGS P W D L F A Pts 1. Denmark 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 2. Iraq 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2=. Brazil 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4. South Africa 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 MONDAY, AUGUST 8 FIXTURES (GMT)Brazil v Iraq (0100) Brasilia

10-man Argentina down Algeria, Gnabry rescues Germany in Olympic football

Posted: 07 Aug 2016 04:35 PM PDT

Argentina player Angel Correa (R) celebrates after scoring against Algeria in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 7, 2016Atletico Madrid's Angel Correa scored and set up Jonathan Calleri's winner as 10-man Argentina avoided adding an early Olympic Games exit to Copa America heartbreak with a 2-1 win over Algeria in Rio. World champions Germany also dug themselves out of trouble as a stoppage-time equaliser from Arsenal winger Serge Gnabry salvaged a thrilling 3-3 draw against South Korea in Salvador.


Trump to focus on economy, Clinton in bid to move beyond feuds

Posted: 07 Aug 2016 03:55 PM PDT

Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump attends campaign event at Windham High School in Windham, New HampshireBy Emily Stephenson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Seeking to move beyond a week of discord, U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will on Monday outline plans for trade, taxes and regulation and contrast his ideas for economic growth with those of Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. Senior aides and supporters said the New York businessman, making his first run at public office, wanted to put behind him his disputes with Republican Party leaders and the parents of a Muslim American soldier killed in Iraq. "I am confident that he's going to start doing it." With the economy a major issue, Trump speaks on Monday to business leaders of the Detroit Economic Club.


Trump to try to steady campaign with economic speech

Posted: 07 Aug 2016 03:30 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Windham High School, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016, in Windham, N.H. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is trying to shift from a disastrous stretch of his presidential campaign to one focused on policy and party unity. But even as his allies speak of lessons the political newcomer has learned, two of his staunchest Republican critics warn that he could be heading for losses in a pair of battleground states.


Soccer: Mexico's Gutierrez scores four in Fiji rout

Posted: 07 Aug 2016 03:08 PM PDT

Football - Men's First Round - Group C Fiji v MexicoBy Andrew Downie RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Fiji got their first goal in a major soccer finals on Sunday but Mexican striker Erick Gutierrez got four to give the holders a 5-1 win on a day that Portugal struggled to beat Honduras and Germany shared the points in a thrilling game with South Korea. Fiji, who have never made a World Cup finals and are competing in their first Olympics, looked to have recovered from Thursday's 8-0 drubbing by South Korea when Roy Krishna put them ahead in the 11th minute.


Olympics-Soccer-Mexico's Gutierrez scores four in Fiji rout

Posted: 07 Aug 2016 03:00 PM PDT

By Andrew Downie RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Fiji got their first goal in a major soccer finals on Sunday but Mexican striker Erick Gutierrez got four to give the holders a 5-1 win on a day that Portugal struggled to beat Honduras and Germany shared the points in a thrilling game with South Korea. Fiji, who have never made a World Cup finals and are competing in their first Olympics, looked to have recovered from Thursday's 8-0 drubbing by South Korea when Roy Krishna put them ahead in the 11th minute.

Iraqis flee Mosul campaign for packed and underequipped camp

Posted: 07 Aug 2016 12:49 PM PDT

Men speak through a fence surrounding an area where newcomers are interrogted at Dibaga camp for internally displaced civilians in Iraq, on August 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Alice Martins)DIBAGA CAMP, Iraq (AP) — Camps for displaced civilians in Iraq's north are overflowing as Iraqi forces push toward the Islamic State group-held city of Mosul, forcing thousands to flee.


Soldiers from Las Vegas serve in Kuwait during heat wave

Posted: 07 Aug 2016 12:12 PM PDT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Soldiers who call the Las Vegas desert home have endured a historic heat wave while serving in Kuwait.

Islamic State attacks on Western targets

Posted: 07 Aug 2016 10:58 AM PDT

Police stand as they secure the area around a police building in the southern Belgian city of Charleroi following a machete attack on August 6, 2016A machete-wielding man shouting "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest) attacks two policewomen in Charleroi, southern Belgium, badly injuring one in the face before being shot dead by a third officer. Investigators give the initials of the assailant as K.B., describing him as a 33-year-old Algerian who had been living in Belgium since 2012.


IS claims Belgium machete attack that wounded 2 policewomen

Posted: 07 Aug 2016 10:54 AM PDT

Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel speaks during a media conference at the prime ministers office in Brussels on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016. A man attacked two police officers with a machete near the police headquarters in Charleroi, Belgium on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016 before being apprehended. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)BRUSSELS (AP) — The Islamic State group on Sunday claimed responsibility for a weekend machete attack that wounded two policewomen in the Belgian city of Charleroi, calling it an act of reprisal carried out by one of its "soldiers."


IS claims Belgium police machete attack

Posted: 07 Aug 2016 10:40 AM PDT

Belgian police secure the area around a police station in Charleroi following a machete attack on two policewomen on August 6, 2016A machete-wielding man who wounded two Belgian policewomen was a 33-year-old Algerian who was living illegally in the country, officials said Sunday as the Islamic State group, behind a string of deadly attacks in Europe, claimed the assault. The IS-linked Amaq Agency said one of the group's "soldiers" carried out the attack "in response to calls to target citizens" of countries which have joined a US-led coalition bombing the jihadists in Syria and Iraq. The assailant died on Saturday after being shot by a third policewoman.


Protesters clash with police near Iraq oil site

Posted: 07 Aug 2016 09:39 AM PDT

Despite its oil wealth, the Basra region suffers from poor services and was at the heart of the protest movement sparked last summer by exasperation over the lack of electricity and waterHundreds of Iraqis from the southern district of Zubair clashed with security forces Sunday when they attempted to block a road leading to oil fields during a protest. Police held dozens of demonstrators following the incident, which did not lead to any injuries among the protesters nor the security forces, an AFP correspondent reported. The protesters tried to block access to some oil fields in the area to press their demand for jobs in the sector, which is the backbone of the nation's economy.


Islamic State hits U.S.-backed Syrian rebel base near Iraq border

Posted: 07 Aug 2016 06:48 AM PDT

Islamic State suicide bombers on Sunday attacked a military base for U.S.-backed fighters near the Syrian-Iraqi border, leaving several dead before blowing themselves up, rebel sources and the militants said on Sunday. Another rebel said the militants were not able to storm the heavily fortified camp where large sand barriers have been erected to prevent such incursions and attacks in an area where the militants operate with hit and run attacks. Qalamoni said jets from the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State shortly after struck at several vehicles believed to be driven by the militants in the sparsely populated desert area.

Anti-social media: Online chats foil Singapore rocket attack plan

Posted: 07 Aug 2016 04:47 AM PDT

People walk past the skyline of Marina Bay central business district in SingaporeBy Kanupriya Kapoor BATAM, Indonesia (Reuters) - It was social media chatter that gave him away. Had it not been for all that, Gigih Rahmat Dewa's plot to launch a rocket attack on the city-state of Singapore from a nearby Indonesian island might never have been uncovered. Gigih, 31, and five accomplices were arrested on Batam island on Friday after an investigation that showed how much Indonesia's Islamist militants now rely on social media, including with a Syria-based Islamic State jihadi who allegedly directed them to stage attacks.


Smuggling surges in Greece as migrant frustrations grow

Posted: 07 Aug 2016 01:54 AM PDT

An Afghan woman caresses her child as they sit in a park, at the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, on Saturday, July 9, 2016. With Turkey in crisis and Europe's borders closed, smugglers in northern Greece are looking forward to a profitable summer. Police say traffickers are using increasingly sophisticated methods _ with motorcycle spotters, IDOMENI, Greece (AP) — With Turkey in crisis and Europe's borders closed, smugglers in northern Greece are expecting a profitable summer.


Clinton widens lead over Trump to 8 points: poll

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 11:43 PM PDT

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is leading rival Donald Trump 50 to 42 percent among registered voters, according to the telephone survey carried out August 1-4Democrat Hillary Clinton has widened her lead over White House rival Donald Trump to eight points after both parties' nominating conventions, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll out Sunday. Clinton led Trump 50 to 42 percent among registered voters, according to the telephone survey carried out August 1-4.


Trump ends difficult week by focusing on Hillary Clinton

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 10:31 PM PDT

Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump attends a campaign event at Windham High School in Windham, New HampshireBy Steve Holland WINDHAM, N.H. (Reuters) - Republican Donald Trump on Saturday ended a tough week for his campaign in the state that launched him toward the presidential nomination and he did what Republicans have been urging him to do: Keep the focus on Democrat Hillary Clinton. "Her greatest achievement is getting out of trouble," Trump told supporters. Trump's victory in the Feb. 10 Republican primary in New Hampshire put him in position to win the party's nomination, but he trails Clinton in the state by 15 points in the latest WBUR/MassINC poll, 47 percent to 32 percent.


Daily Olympian: Women's Gymnastics Highlight Day 2, Gruesome Men's Gymnastics Injury Dominated Day 1

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 09:00 PM PDT

The new Fierce Five open the team competition after men's competitor Samir Ait Said broke his leg on the vault. And the U.S. could score a rare medal in men's fencing.

Reverence: the military taboo Trump broke

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 06:57 PM PDT

When Donald Trump insulted the bereaved parents of a soldier killed in Iraq, he broke a US taboo: that troops, veterans and above all their grieving relatives are beyond reproachThen you'll stand and applaud a group of veterans at some point during the game. America puts its service members on a unique pedestal: they are revered and yet poorly understood. When Donald Trump insulted the bereaved parents of a soldier killed in Iraq, he broke a US taboo: that troops, veterans and above all their grieving relatives are beyond reproach.


US releases redacted drone strike 'playbook'

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 06:14 PM PDT

Pakistani residents look at vehicle hit by a drone strike in the remote town of Ahmad Wal in Balochistan, in May 2016The US government has released a once-secret policy document dubbed "the playbook" that shows how officials select drone targets in areas outside war zones and the key role the president has in the process. The 18-page Presidential Policy Guidance (PPG), published Saturday by the American Civil Liberties Union, provides more details than the government had previously revealed on how drone strikes are approved. President Barack Obama typically must personally sign off on plans to strike terror suspects who are located outside war zones in which America is officially fighting.


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