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• US hits IS targets with 'newly deployed' mobile rocket
• Libya pro-govt forces attack last IS bastion in Sirte
• WHY IT MATTERS: Issues at stake in election
• New billboards across Egypt's capital extol austerity
• Turkey, EU discuss fragile relations at ministerial meeting
• More than 100 PKK militants killed or wounded in clashes: Turkey military
• Turkish tanks cross into Syria in 'new phase' against IS
• Uzbekistan buries President Islam Karimov
• Fourteen killed in attack, clashes with Kurdish rebels in Turkey
• Pentagon is worrying about 'Terminator' coming true. Seriously
• Philippines: Five things to know about the Abu Sayyaf
• China, Turkey pledge to deepen counter-terrorism cooperation
• Soccer-Thais cry foul over referee calls in Saudi loss
• Today in History
• Obama's Asian pivot leaves closer ties, new challenges

US hits IS targets with 'newly deployed' mobile rocket Posted: 03 Sep 2016 04:30 PM PDT US forces have hit Islamic State group targets along Syria's border with Turkey using a "newly deployed" mobile rocket system, American officials said Saturday. A US Army High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) carried out a successful strike on Friday on a tactical unit and building belonging to the IS group, Major Josh Jacques, a spokesman for US Central Command, told AFP. US President Barack Obama's anti-Islamic State envoy Brett McGurk said on Twitter US forces hit the jihadist targets with the "newly deployed" system.

Libya pro-govt forces attack last IS bastion in Sirte Posted: 03 Sep 2016 12:46 PM PDT Forces loyal to Libya's unity government launched a new attack Saturday on diehards of the Islamic State jihadist group pinned down in the coastal city of Sirte. Backed by weeks of US air strikes, fighters loyal to the Government of National Accord (GNA) have recaptured nearly all of what had been the jihadists' main stronghold in North Africa. The city's fall would be a huge setback to IS's efforts to expand its self-proclaimed "caliphate" beyond Syria and Iraq where the jihadists have also suffered losses.

WHY IT MATTERS: Issues at stake in election Posted: 03 Sep 2016 12:12 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A selection of issues at stake in the presidential election and their impact on Americans, in brief:

New billboards across Egypt's capital extol austerity Posted: 03 Sep 2016 11:29 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Billboards and street signs have gone up across Egypt's capital extolling austerity and hope, part of a pro-government public relations campaign aimed at preparing Egyptians for sweeping economic reforms.

Turkey, EU discuss fragile relations at ministerial meeting Posted: 03 Sep 2016 11:07 AM PDT BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Easing EU fears, a senior Turkish official on Saturday said his country would fully implement its part of a deal meant to keep migrants from Europe's shores even if the European Union refuses to abolish visas for Turkish citizens. But he warned that expanded cooperation on migration depended on that demand being met.

More than 100 PKK militants killed or wounded in clashes: Turkey military Posted: 03 Sep 2016 10:32 AM PDT More than 100 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants were either killed or wounded in clashes with Turkish security forces on Saturday, the military said. Turkey's largely Kurdish southeast has been rocked by waves of violence following the collapse of a 2-1/2-year ceasefire between the state and the PKK last year. The military said in a statement that more than 100 PKK militants had been "neutralised" in clashes, without specifying how many were killed and how many wounded.

Turkish tanks cross into Syria in 'new phase' against IS Posted: 03 Sep 2016 10:28 AM PDT ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish tanks crossed into Syria to the west of a frontier town seized from the Islamic State group last week, in a "new phase" of an operation aimed at sealing off the last stretch of border controlled by the extremists.

Uzbekistan buries President Islam Karimov Posted: 03 Sep 2016 05:43 AM PDT By Olzhas Auyezov ALMATY (Reuters) - Islam Karimov, president of Uzbekistan for the past quarter of a century, was buried in his home city of Samarkand on Saturday, leaving behind a power vacuum in a nation that serves as a bulwark against militant Islam in Central Asia. Karimov, who was 78, died from a stroke. After a funeral rite in Samarkand's ancient Registan square attended by hundreds of men - some of whom were in tears - his body was buried at the city's Shah-i-Zinda cemetery, two attendees told Reuters.

Fourteen killed in attack, clashes with Kurdish rebels in Turkey Posted: 03 Sep 2016 04:35 AM PDT Turkish security forces suffered a bloody 24 hours after 13 soldiers and a village guardsman were killed in three separate incidents in the country's east and southeast, blamed on Kurdish militants. Three Turkish soldiers were killed during an operation against rebels from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the southeastern province of Hakkari on Saturday morning, state-run news agency Anadolu reported. Another eight soldiers were killed during clashes with the "separatist terror organisation", which authorities use to refer to the PKK, in the eastern province of Van on Friday, the governor's office said.

Pentagon is worrying about 'Terminator' coming true. Seriously Posted: 03 Sep 2016 03:55 AM PDT The idea behind the Terminator films – specifically, that a Skynet-style military network becomes self-aware, sees humans as the enemy, and attacks – isn't too far-fetched, one of the nation's top military officers said this week. "We're a decade or so away from that capability," said Gen. Paul Selva, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. "We have to be very careful that we don't design [autonomous] systems in a way that we can create a situation where those systems actually absolve humans of the decision" about whether or not to use force, General Selva said.

Philippines: Five things to know about the Abu Sayyaf Posted: 03 Sep 2016 12:30 AM PDT Philippine authorities on Saturday said the Abu Sayyaf, a local Islamic militant group notorious for kidnapping foreigners, was responsible for a deadly night market bombing that killed at least 14 people. The group is a radical offshoot of a Muslim separatist insurgency that has claimed more than 120,000 lives in the south of the mainly Catholic Philippines since the 1970s. It was established in the 1990s with funds from a relative of former Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

China, Turkey pledge to deepen counter-terrorism cooperation Posted: 02 Sep 2016 09:55 PM PDT By Engen Tham HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan agreed on Saturday to deepen counter-terror cooperation, as the two set aside previous disagreements over China's treatment of a Turkic-speaking Muslim minority. Hundreds, possibly thousands, of Uighurs keen to escape unrest in China's western Xinjiang region have traveled clandestinely via Southeast Asia to Turkey, where many see themselves as sharing religious and cultural ties. Beijing says some Uighurs then end up fighting with militants in Iraq and Syria.

Soccer-Thais cry foul over referee calls in Saudi loss Posted: 02 Sep 2016 09:21 PM PDT The Football Association of Thailand has lodged a complaint with FIFA over the refereeing during their 1-0 loss to Saudi Arabia in a World Cup qualifier on Thursday, local media reported. The Thais were left incensed at Riyadh's King Fahd stadium after striker Teerasil Dangda went down in the penalty area following contact with goalkeeper Yasser Al-Mosailem in the 20th minute but Chinese referee Fu Ming awarded a free kick outside the box. The visitors were later heartbroken when Fu awarded a spot kick to Saudi Arabia in the last 10 minutes when substitute Fahad Al Muwallad tumbled over in an innocuous challenge by midfielder Sarach Yooyen.

Today in History Posted: 02 Sep 2016 09:01 PM PDT Today in History

Obama's Asian pivot leaves closer ties, new challenges Posted: 02 Sep 2016 05:48 PM PDT BEIJING (AP) — As Barack Obama embarks on what is likely to be his final trip to Asia as president, attention is returning to what is known as the U.S. "pivot" to the continent launched during his first term.

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