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US plans to shift military assets to Syria in Russia deal

Posted: 15 Sep 2016 02:29 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 30, 2016 file photo, Defense Secretary Ash Carter speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon. The U.S. military will have to shift surveillance aircraft from other regions and increase the number of intelligence analysts to coordinate attacks with Russia under the Syria cease-fire deal partly in order to target militants the U.S. has largely spared, senior officials say. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military will have to shift surveillance aircraft from other regions and increase the number of intelligence analysts to coordinate attacks with Russia under the Syria cease-fire deal partly in order to target militants the U.S. has largely spared, senior officials say.


Syria ceasefire deal in balance as Aleppo aid plan stalls

Posted: 15 Sep 2016 02:25 PM PDT

A civil defence member carries a dead child in a site hit by what activists said were airstrikes carried out by the Russian air force in the rebel-controlled area of Maaret al-Numan town in Idlib province, SyriaBy Tom Perry and Tom Miles BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) - Russia said the Syrian army had begun to withdraw from a road into Aleppo on Thursday, a prerequisite for pressing ahead with international peacemaking efforts as the government and rebels accused each other of violating a truce. An organization that monitors the war also said the Syrian army had begun moving away, but insurgent groups in Aleppo said they had not seen the army withdrawing from the Castello Road, needed to allow aid deliveries into the city, and would not pull back from their own positions near the road until they did. The Pentagon said it could not confirm reports of a withdrawal but U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said the ceasefire was holding "by and large", adding both Washington and Moscow believed it was worth continuing.


Veteran US diplomat John Buzbee dies at 50

Posted: 15 Sep 2016 02:03 PM PDT

In his photo provided by the family, taken April 16, 2014, John Buzbee is seen at the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. Buzbee, a veteran Foreign Service officer who served across the Middle East, including two stints in Iraq in the aftermath of the U.S. invasion, died Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016, from complications from metastatic colon cancer. He was 50. (Family Photo via AP)WASHINGTON (AP) — John Buzbee, a veteran Foreign Service officer who served across the Middle East, including two stints in Iraq after the 2003 U.S. invasion, died Thursday from complications from metastatic colon cancer. He was 50.


The Latest: More than 1,000 migrants deported from 'Jungle'

Posted: 15 Sep 2016 12:57 PM PDT

A sculpture of a horse stands in ancient Rome's Trajan's Market as part of an itinerant exhibit, Lapidarium, by the Mexican artist Gustavo Aceves, which opened in Rome, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016. The exhibit, made up of forty grim horses made of bronze, iron, marble and granite, is intended to raise awareness about the ongoing migrant crisis. (Massimo Percossi/ANSA via AP)BERLIN (AP) — The Latest on Europe's migration crisis (all times local):


In Canada, all must help integrate immigrants: Trudeau

Posted: 15 Sep 2016 12:10 PM PDT

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau(L) and the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan speak at the Global Progress conference in Montreal on September 15, 2016Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday that the successful integration of immigrants into society requires efforts by all Canadians, as the country prepares for another wave of Syrian refugees. "If we are going to have success stories of Syrians in Canada everyone has to be involved," Trudeau said during a talk with the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, at the Global Progress Summit in Montreal. During the panel discussion, Khan praised Canada as "beacon" among industrialized nations for its positive treatment of immigrants.


WHY IT MATTERS: Refugees

Posted: 15 Sep 2016 11:53 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 23, 2016, file photo, Syrian refugees gather for water at the Rukban refugee camp in Jordan's northeast border with Syria. The United States is the proud home of WASHINGTON (AP) — THE ISSUE: The United States is the proud home of "the mother of exiles," the Statue of Liberty. But of the millions of exiles from the Syrian war, only about 10,000 have reached U.S. shores.


Kosovo Islamic party leader charged with incitement

Posted: 15 Sep 2016 10:02 AM PDT

Prosecutors in Kosovo have brought charges against the leader of the country's only Islamic political party, accusing him of inciting viewers to resist state authority during a television broadcast two years ago. In a 2014 television broadcast, Fuad Ramiqi, leader of the then recently-founded LISBA party, criticized authorities over the arrest of several imams on incitement charges and said: "We will not remain idle in the face of terror." He told Reuters: "These accusations against me are unfounded and politically motivated." Prosecutors said two of the imams faced terrorism-related charges, though they did not publish the indictments.

Refugees seek damages from Macedonia over police expulsions

Posted: 15 Sep 2016 09:01 AM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, March 14, 2016 file photo, a woman cries as she crosses the river along with other migrants attempting to reach Macedonia on a route that would bypass the border fence, north of Idomeni, Greece. Eight asylum seekers are taking legal action against Macedonia for expelling them back to Greece after a chaotic mass border crossing earlier this year. The migrant advocacy group ProAsyl said it helped the group file a complaint Monday, Sept. 12 with the Council of Europe's Court of Human Rights. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, file)ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Eight asylum seekers are taking legal action against Macedonia for expelling them back to Greece after a chaotic mass border crossing earlier this year.


Kosovo brings terror, hate charges against 4 Albanian imams

Posted: 15 Sep 2016 08:26 AM PDT

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A Kosovo prosecutor has charged five ethnic Albanians, including four imams, with crimes that include carrying out terrorist acts and inciting hatred.

Wounded Warrior Project Exceeds Goal in Mental Health Services

Posted: 15 Sep 2016 08:01 AM PDT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) surpassed another monumental goal when it extended the reach of its mental health services for post-9/11 combat warriors and their caregivers, exceeding the organization's bold fiscal year target of serving 2,500 – with less than 30 days still remaining in fiscal year 2016. Just last month, WWP announced setting an unprecedented record by securing more than $71 million in annualized monetary benefits for wounded service members in FY 2016 through their Benefits Service program – an annual high for the organization. "We remain committed to this generation of wounded warriors," said Mike Linnington, WWP chief executive officer.

Frontex says 23,000 migrants reached Italy in August

Posted: 15 Sep 2016 07:11 AM PDT

Migrants sit after they disembarked from the vessel Topaz Responder in the Sicilian harbour of AugustaSome 23,000 irregular migrants arrived in Italy in August, the European Union's border agency said on Thursday, most crossing the Mediterranean on what has become the main immigration route into Europe. The vast majority of the 117,900 people who arrived in Italy this year came by boat from Libya. Rescuers pulled some 650 migrants to safety and recovered five dead bodies from boats in difficulty off the coast of Libya on Wednesday, Italy's coastguard said.


Merkel wants Germany to get refugees into workforce faster

Posted: 15 Sep 2016 04:10 AM PDT

Refugees show their skills in metal processing works during a media tour at a workshop for refugees organized by German industrial group Siemens in BerlinBy Georgina Prodhan and Andreas Rinke FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that Germany needed "viable solutions" to integrate refugees into the workforce faster after she met blue-chip companies that have hired just over 100 refugees since around a million arrived last year. Merkel, her popularity undermined by her open-door policy, summoned the bosses of some of Germany's biggest companies to Berlin on Wednesday to account for their lack of action and exchange ideas about how they can do better.


Kenyan police find note suggesting Islamic State link to Mombasa attack

Posted: 15 Sep 2016 03:14 AM PDT

Armed policemen walk outside the central police station after an attack, in the coastal city of MombasaBy Joseph Akwiri MOMBASA (Reuters) - Three women who were killed when they attacked a Kenyan police station last week had pledged allegiance to Islamic State, according to a handwritten note police believe they penned before the assault, an officer said on Thursday. Kenya has faced a spate of Islamist militant attacks in recent years, usually claimed by the Somali group al Shabaab, but Sunday's assault on a police station in the port city of Mombasa by the three women was claimed by Islamic State. Islamic State has seized territory in Syria and Iraq, inspiring offshoot groups in the Middle East and Africa.


Saudi prince warns Iran against using force to pursue rivalry

Posted: 14 Sep 2016 10:53 PM PDT

Mecca Governor Prince al-Faisal speaks during news conference on conclusion of main rites of the haj pilgrimage in MinaA senior Saudi official, responding to Iranian criticism of Riyadh's management of the haj pilgrimage, urged Iran to end what he called wrong attitudes toward Arabs and warned it against any use of force in its rivalry with the kingdom. Mecca province governor Prince Khaled al-Faisal, in remarks likely to be seen as a reference to Iran, added that the orderly conduct of the pilgrimage this year "is a response to all the lies and slanders made against the kingdom". The remarks carried by the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on Wednesday evening follow an escalating war of words between Shi'ite Muslim Iran and Sunni Saudi Arabia since a crush at the annual haj pilgrimage a year ago in which hundreds of pilgrims, many of them Iranians, died.


In leaked emails, Powell calls Trump a 'national disgrace'

Posted: 14 Sep 2016 09:38 PM PDT

In this photo taken Sept. 3, 2014, former Secretary of State Colin Powell speaks at the State Department in Washington. Powell, in newly leaked emails, criticized both major presidential candidates, calling Donald Trump WASHINGTON (AP) — In a trove of newly leaked emails, former Secretary of State Colin Powell calls Donald Trump "a national disgrace" and suggests his own Republican Party is "crashing and burning."


Jordan's Brotherhood eyeing greater clout in new vote

Posted: 14 Sep 2016 07:59 PM PDT

A boy rides a horse past an election campaign poster in the Jordanian capital Amman on September 14, 2016 ahead of the general elections to be held on September 20After years of self-imposed political exile, Jordan's influential Muslim Brotherhood is gearing up to compete in next week's general election aiming to reestablish its role as a major parliamentary force. The vote comes as Jordan -- a key Western ally long lauded for its relative stability -- finds itself under pressure from neighbouring conflicts and ruffled by domestic issues, including stubborn unemployment and growing radicalisation. Brotherhood officials and analysts say the September 20 vote will pose a key test of the ability of the state to hold a fair election and of its willingness to accept a result that may boost the Islamists.


Aligned with Russia in Syria, Pentagon awkwardly treads on new terrain

Posted: 14 Sep 2016 07:41 PM PDT

People gather near burning tyres during a demonstration against forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and calling for aid to reach Aleppo near Castello road in AleppoBy Phil Stewart and Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For Pentagon officers who cut their teeth during the Cold War, the prospect of U.S. battlefield cooperation with Russia in Syria is not only uncomfortable. Against that background, the reactions of U.S. military officials range from caution to outright skepticism over a Geneva-based "joint integration center" that may soon bring together American and Russian militaries to discuss shared targets for the first time since World War Two. There is a trust deficit with the Russians," acknowledged General Joseph Votel, head of the U.S. military's Central Command, even as he voiced support for the initiative at a forum on Wednesday.


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