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• A look at the 6 inmates on US military death row
• Trump signals shift from Obama's focus on multilateralism
• Oil rallies in thin trade, adds to year's gains
• Gunmen abduct Iraqi journalist from her Baghdad home
• Iraqi PM says three months needed to rout Islamic State
• Iraq PM says needs three months to eliminate IS
• US, Russian militaries sharing more information on Syria
• Why the Dow Is Struggling to Break Through 20,000
• 'Civil march for Aleppo' leaves Berlin
• Tunisia fears returning jihadists
• US-backed fighters approach IS-held dam in Syria
• Gunmen kidnap Iraqi journalist in Baghdad, PM orders investigation
• Today in History

A look at the 6 inmates on US military death row Posted: 27 Dec 2016 03:45 PM PST A look at the six inmates on U.S. military death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. A federal judge in Kansas lifted a stay of execution for one of the inmates. The U.S. military carried out its last execution when it hanged Army Pvt. John Bennett in 1961 for raping and trying to kill an 11-year-old Austrian girl. The death chamber has since been remodeled for lethal injections.

Trump signals shift from Obama's focus on multilateralism Posted: 27 Dec 2016 02:15 PM PST For eight years, President Barack Obama's foreign policy doctrine has been rooted in a belief that while the United States can take action around the word on its own, it rarely should.

Oil rallies in thin trade, adds to year's gains Posted: 27 Dec 2016 12:42 PM PST Oil gained 1.5 percent Tuesday, continuing its year-end rally with support from expectations of tighter supply once the first output cut deal between OPEC and non-OPEC producers in 15 years takes effect on Sunday. U.S. crude prices have surged 25 percent since mid-November, helped by expectations for OPEC's supply cut and generally solid U.S. economic figures that have also bolstered equity prices. Trading was thin on Tuesday as just 257,000 front-month futures contracts traded, less than one-half of the usual volume in West Texas Intermediate crude futures.

Gunmen abduct Iraqi journalist from her Baghdad home Posted: 27 Dec 2016 10:50 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — Gunmen kidnapped an Iraqi journalist after breaking into her Baghdad home, the Interior Ministry said Tuesday, a reminder of the dangers reporters face in a war-torn country where authorities have struggled to maintain security.

Iraqi PM says three months needed to rout Islamic State Posted: 27 Dec 2016 10:11 AM PST By Saif Hameed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday it would take three months to remove Islamic State from Iraq, as U.S.-backed forces battle to dislodge the militants from Mosul, their last major stronghold in the country. Asked to respond to comments by the commander of a U.S.-led coalition supporting Iraqi forces that it would take as long as two years to eliminate Islamic State and its cells in Iraq and neighboring Syria, Abadi said: "The Americans were very pessimistic. A statement published by Amaq, a news agency supporting Islamic State, said the bridge was now completely out of service, and an unconfirmed video circulated online showed a segment of the span had fallen into the river.

Iraq PM says needs three months to eliminate IS Posted: 27 Dec 2016 09:54 AM PST Iraq's premier said on Tuesday security forces need another three months to eliminate the Islamic State group from the country after launching their offensive against IS in October. "The available data indicate that Iraq requires three months to eliminate Daesh," Haider al-Abadi told a televised news conference, referring to the jihadist group by an Arabic acronym. Previously, he had vowed that the IS-occupied city of Mosul would be retaken "before the end of the year", a goal that is no longer possible.

US, Russian militaries sharing more information on Syria Posted: 27 Dec 2016 09:09 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S.-Russian talks on their separate fights against the Islamic State group are becoming more productive and more frequent, American officials said, with both sides trading information in real time and even outlining some of their strategic objectives in the months ahead. The progress dispels the notion that ties between the former Cold War foes are "frozen."

Why the Dow Is Struggling to Break Through 20,000 Posted: 27 Dec 2016 09:08 AM PST Can the Dow finally push past 20,000? The Dow has climbed for seven consecutive weeks, a run unmatched since the "Bullard bounce" of late 2014 that ended the Ebola scare stocks suffered in October that year.

'Civil march for Aleppo' leaves Berlin Posted: 27 Dec 2016 08:29 AM PST About 400 peace activists were marching Tuesday from the outskirts of Berlin towards the devastated Syrian city of Aleppo, heading down the refugee trail in reverse. Organised by Polish journalist and blogger Anna Alboth, the "Civil March for Aleppo" aims to build political pressure to help civilians caught up in the Syrian conflict. Carrying white flags and hiking backpacks and wearing outdoor gear against the cold and wet December weather, the marchers had on Monday left from the centre of the German capital.

Tunisia fears returning jihadists Posted: 27 Dec 2016 07:01 AM PST Fears are mounting in Tunisia that the return of jihadists from foreign battlefields could destabilise a country already reeling from a wave of attacks since its 2011 revolution. The rampage was claimed by the Islamic State group in a video showing Anis Amri pledging allegiance to IS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Days later Tunisia said it had arrested Amri's nephew and two others it said were linked to the Berlin attack suspect but not to the assault itself.

US-backed fighters approach IS-held dam in Syria Posted: 27 Dec 2016 05:32 AM PST BEIRUT (AP) — Kurdish-led fighters are approaching a strategic dam controlled by the Islamic State group in northern Syria after days of fighting that killed a senior IS military commander, a spokesman for the U.S.-backed forces and others said Tuesday.

Gunmen kidnap Iraqi journalist in Baghdad, PM orders investigation Posted: 27 Dec 2016 04:59 AM PST An Iraqi journalist was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen from her home in Baghdad overnight, police and relatives said on Tuesday, prompting Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to order an investigation. Afrah al-Qaisi is an outspoken critic of government institutions in satirical columns she writes for several local newspapers and media outlets. Iraq's Interior Ministry said in a statement it had formed a team to look into her abduction.

Today in History Posted: 26 Dec 2016 09:01 PM PST Today in History

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