2016年12月27日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


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

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2016 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Hershey, Pa. For eight years, President Barack Obama's foreign policy doctrine has been rooted in a belief that while the U.S. can take action around the word on its own, it rarely should. His successor, President-elect Donald Trump, has derided some of the same international partnerships Obama and his recent predecessors have promoted, raising the prospect that the Republican's 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

A gas station attendant pumps fuel into a customer's car at PetroChina's petrol station in BeijingOil 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

Protesters chant slogans demanding the release of kidnapped journalist Afrah Shawqi al-Qaisi, seen in posters, during a demonstration, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016. Late Monday night unidentified gunmen broke into the house of al-Qaisi, a journalist and activist in Baghdad and kidnapped her, Iraq's Interior Ministry said on Tuesday, a reminder of the dangers journalists face in a country where authorities have struggled to maintain security nationwide. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)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

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is seen on a screen as he speaks via a videoconference during a ministerial summit to hold discussion on the future of Mosul city, post-Islamic State, in ParisBy 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

Since the offensive began on October 17, elite Iraqi forces have reconquered several parts of eastern Mosul and are moving closer to the TigrisIraq'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

FILE - In this April 14, 2016, file photo, a Russian military camp is seen at the ancient city of Palmyra in the central city of Homs, Syria. U.S.-Russian talks on their separate fights against the Islamic State group are improving and becoming more frequent, American officials said. In the discussions, Russia has made clear its counterterrorism priority in Syria is retaking the ancient city of Palmyra, officials said. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)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

Why the Dow Is Struggling to Break Through 20,000Can 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

Participants of the solidarity march to Aleppo hold a banner reading "Save Aleppo" in Berlin, Germany, on December 26, 2016About 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

Vehicles wait near the Tunisian customs post at the border crossing with Libya in March 2016 after it was reopened after a two-week closure in response to a deadly jihadist attack on a town near the frontierFears 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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