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• Second car bomb in a month kills 34 in Turkish capital, Ankara
• Trump dodges question about McCain during subdued Ohio event
• The Latest: Kasich compiles Trump quotes promoting violence
• Trump says of campaign protesters: 'I don't hear their voice'
• Trump doubles down despite campaign violence
• The Latest: Man accuses Rubio of stealing girlfriend
• US envoy John Kerry meets Europe's top diplomats in Paris
• Iranian commander rejects claims of regional interference, calls Saudis adventurists
• A look at how the Syrian conflict has changed the world
• IS jihadists pull out of several Iraq towns: officers
• Russia: Turkish troops in Syria for operation against Kurds
• Most IS fighters have fled Iraqi town of Hit: military
• U.S., allies launch 18 air strikes against Islamic State in Syria, Iraq: statement
• U.N. looks to end Syria’s war with a gentleman’s agreement
• Wounded in bombing, Iraq girl now rising table tennis star
• Border attack feeds Tunisia fears of Libya jihadist spillover
• A look at key events in Syria since March 2011
• Today in History
• Iraqi officials: IS chemical attacks kill child, wound 600

Second car bomb in a month kills 34 in Turkish capital, Ankara Posted: 13 Mar 2016 04:33 PM PDT By Ece Toksabay and Orhan Coskun ANKARA (Reuters) - A car bomb tore through a crowded transport hub in the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Sunday, killing at least 34 people and wounding 125 in the second such attack in the administrative heart of the city in under a month. "These attacks, which threaten our country's integrity and our nation's unity and solidarity, do not weaken our resolve in fighting terrorism but bolster our determination," President Tayyip Erdogan said in a statement. Two senior security officials told Reuters the first findings suggested that the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has waged a three-decade insurgency for Kurdish autonomy, or an affiliated group, was responsible.

Trump dodges question about McCain during subdued Ohio event Posted: 13 Mar 2016 04:08 PM PDT WEST CHESTER, Ohio (AP) — Donald Trump dodged Sunday when asked to clarify controversial remarks about Arizona Sen. John McCain after he was quizzed by a well-known veteran and father of a slain prisoner of war.

The Latest: Kasich compiles Trump quotes promoting violence Posted: 13 Mar 2016 04:04 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 presidential race two days before critical contests in Florida, Ohio, Missouri, North Carolina and Illinois (all times Eastern Daylight Time):

Trump says of campaign protesters: 'I don't hear their voice' Posted: 13 Mar 2016 03:20 PM PDT By Doina Chiacu and Bob Chiarito WASHINGTON/BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (Reuters) - Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump refused to take responsibility on Sunday for clashes at his campaign events and criticized protesters who have dogged his rallies and forced him to cancel one in Chicago last week. When a protester interrupted his speech on Sunday at an airport hangar in Bloomington, Illinois, minutes after it began, Trump derided him as a "disrupter" and told the cheering crowd: "Don't worry about it - I don't hear their voice." "Our rallies are so big and we have so many people, I never hear their voices. Trump is trying to cement his lead over his remaining rivals - U.S. Senators Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida and Ohio Governor John Kasich - in five states that hold presidential nominating contests on Tuesday for Republicans and Democrats: Florida, Ohio, Illinois, North Carolina and Missouri.

Trump doubles down despite campaign violence Posted: 13 Mar 2016 03:17 PM PDT Donald Trump doubled down Sunday on his claim that "thugs" -- not his heated rhetoric -- are to blame for spiraling tensions at his rallies two days before a crucial round of voting in the 2016 White House race. Trump this weekend jetted on his private plane between rallies in the delegate-rich states, as his Republican rivals Texas Senator Ted Cruz, Florida Senator Marco Rubio and Ohio Governor John Kasich also ramped up campaigning on the ground.

The Latest: Man accuses Rubio of stealing girlfriend Posted: 13 Mar 2016 03:09 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 presidential race two days before critical contests in Florida, Ohio, Missouri, North Carolina and Illinois (all times Eastern Daylight Time):

US envoy John Kerry meets Europe's top diplomats in Paris Posted: 13 Mar 2016 12:25 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called for the resumption of Syria peace talks Monday in Geneva following a meeting with France's new foreign minister and other senior European diplomats.

Iranian commander rejects claims of regional interference, calls Saudis adventurists Posted: 13 Mar 2016 11:15 AM PDT A leader of Iran's Revolutionary Guard rejected on Sunday accusations that Iran was interfering in regional affairs and accused Saudi Arabia of "adventurism". In rare remarks, Commander Qassem Soleimani, one of the most influential figures in Iran, suggested the Saudis were responsible for militant Islamist groups such as Islamic State. "Takfir and takfiris" - Shi'ite terms for Sunni extremists - "are a fire within the house of our Sunni brothers," Soleimani said.

A look at how the Syrian conflict has changed the world Posted: 13 Mar 2016 11:09 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian conflict has had outsized impact on global politics. Five ways the world has changed:

IS jihadists pull out of several Iraq towns: officers Posted: 13 Mar 2016 10:50 AM PDT Islamic State fighters retreated from several western Iraqi towns and towards the Syrian border on Sunday as security forces worked their way up the Euphrates Valley, officers said. The jihadist organisation's leadership ordered its fighters out of Hit, Kubaysa and Rutba, prompting thousands of civilians to take to the road to meet advancing federal forces while others enjoyed their first hours of freedom in months. "The majority of Daesh (IS) fighters in Hit, Rutba and Kubaysa have fled through the desert to other regions," Yahya Rasool, Iraq's top security spokesman, told AFP.

Russia: Turkish troops in Syria for operation against Kurds Posted: 13 Mar 2016 09:57 AM PDT ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Russia on Sunday accused Turkey of sending its military across the Syrian border to prevent Kurdish groups there from consolidating their positions, while Turkish authorities imposed curfews on two mainly Kurdish towns where Turkey's security forces are set to launch large-scale operations against Kurdish militants.

Most IS fighters have fled Iraqi town of Hit: military Posted: 13 Mar 2016 09:35 AM PDT The Islamic State group has pulled most of its fighters out of Hit, a large town in western Iraq on which security forces were advancing, a military spokesman said on Sunday. "The majority of Daesh (IS) fighters in Hit, Rutba and Kubaysa have fled through the desert to other regions," Yahya Rasool, Iraq's top security spokesman, told AFP. Kubaysa is a smaller town that lies west of Hit while Rutba is a desert town on the road to Jordan.

U.S., allies launch 18 air strikes against Islamic State in Syria, Iraq: statement Posted: 13 Mar 2016 08:15 AM PDT The United States and its allies carried out more than a dozen air strikes on Islamic State forces in Iraq and Syria on Saturday, the Command Joint Task Force said in a statement. Coalition forces conducted six strikes in Syria, four of which struck three separate Islamic State tactical units and destroyed the group's anti-air artillery piece, three vehicles, a mortar and fighting positions, the Task Force said on Sunday. In Iraq, 12 strikes were carried out in coordination with the Iraqi government, destroying among others an Islamic State rocket position, supply cache, a large tactical unit and a bridge used by the group, the Task Force added.

U.N. looks to end Syria’s war with a gentleman’s agreement Posted: 13 Mar 2016 07:41 AM PDT By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - Dismissed by critics as a diplomatic dandy, hailed by allies as a creative consensus-builder, Staffan de Mistura takes the hot seat in Geneva on Monday as the man in charge of forging peace in Syria. In an impeccable suit and pince-nez spectacles, the Swedish-Italian diplomat looks as though he'd be more comfortable strolling through Geneva's quaint Old Town rather than refereeing a war that has killed more than 250,000 people. De Mistura took over the job in mid-2014 after the spectacular failure of his two predecessors, Kofi Annan, a former U.N. secretary general, and Lakhdar Brahimi, one of the Arab world's most accomplished diplomats.

Wounded in bombing, Iraq girl now rising table tennis star Posted: 13 Mar 2016 12:57 AM PST Twelve-year-old Iraqi Nejla Imad holds a white table tennis ball against her bat with her thumb, flicks it into the air and sends it bouncing over the net. A roadside bomb ripped into her family's car in Baquba, a city northeast of Baghdad, when she was just three years old, taking much of her right leg, part of her left and her right forearm. Despite these injuries, she took up table tennis when she was four and is now a rising Paralympic star.

Border attack feeds Tunisia fears of Libya jihadist spillover Posted: 13 Mar 2016 12:07 AM PST By Tarek Amara and Patrick Markey TUNIS/ALGIERS (Reuters) - The signal to attack came from the mosque, sending dozens of Islamist fighters storming through the Tunisian town of Ben Guerdan to hit army and police posts in street battles that lit the dawn sky with tracer bullets. Militants used a megaphone to chant "God is Great," and reassure residents they were Islamic State, there to save the town near the Libyan border from the "tyrant" army. Hours later, 36 militants were dead, along with 12 soldiers and seven civilians, in an assault authorities described as an attempt by Islamic State to carve out terrain in Tunisia.

A look at key events in Syria since March 2011 Posted: 12 Mar 2016 09:56 PM PST As Syrians mark the fifth anniversary of the uprising against President Bashar Assad, here are some of the key events in the conflict:

Today in History Posted: 12 Mar 2016 09:01 PM PST Today is Sunday, March 13, the 73rd day of 2016. There are 293 days left in the year.

Iraqi officials: IS chemical attacks kill child, wound 600 Posted: 12 Mar 2016 11:38 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — The Islamic State group has launched two chemical attacks near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, killing a three-year-old girl, wounding some 600 people and causing hundreds more to flee, Iraqi officials said Saturday.

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