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• Hits to Americas oil output show global glut not invincible
• Pentagon spokesman says deadly IS attack was a surprise
• Boy's testimony subject of dispute in case of slain officer
• In Iraq, US troops edge closer to front lines against ISIS
• AJC Honors Three Women of Courage
• Iraqi PM vows to prevent another Green Zone breach, sacks security chief
• Bush clan has no plans to back Donald Trump
• Iraq PM calls for respect of law after Green Zone breach
• Iraq defeated IS in Ramadi at a high cost: A city destroyed
• Iraq PM orders probe after Amnesty report on detention centers
• 4 dead in Saudi raid on 'terror' cell near Mecca: ministry
• 'No boots on the ground' has its limits as U.S. Navy SEAL is killed in Iraq
• One dead after rockets hits Turkish border town: security sources
• Clinton or Trump: Which Candidate Would Israel Choose?
• Christian Victims of Genocide are Abandoned, Daniel Williams Reports
• Turkish PM Davutoglu bows out as Erdogan aims at stronger presidency
• U.S., allies stage 18 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq, Syria: U.S. military
• Iraq's PM replaces military commander over Green Zone breach
• Top Asian News 10:24 a.m. GMT
• 48-hour truce takes hold in Syria's Aleppo
• Trump Wants to Add to the War on Terror’s $4 Trillion Price Tag
• Truce takes hold in Syria's Aleppo
• Australia says most dangerous Australian IS operative killed
• AP Exclusive: Satellite imagery of Iraq's Ramadi shows cost of liberation from Islamic State group is the city itself
• Trump supporters see Iraqi, Syrian refugees as major threat: report
• Australian Islamic State recruiter killed in U.S. strike in Iraq
• Tunisia-Libya border trade will resume 'very soon': Tunisia
• Top Asian News 12:33 a.m. GMT

Hits to Americas oil output show global glut not invincible Posted: 05 May 2016 04:50 PM PDT Drops in oil output are happening so fast that it looks as if the Americas alone could resolve global oversupply. "Unplanned oil supply disruptions have been a key element so far this year that have contributed to a tighter oil market than was otherwise expected," analyst Guy Baber of Simmons & Co. told clients on Thursday. Consider this: The wildfire in Fort McMurray, at the heart of Canada's oil sands region, has forced more than 640,000 bpd out of production, according to Reuters estimates, and one operator, Canadian Natural Resources Ltd, said if it loses power then its crude output would tumble about 80 percent.

Pentagon spokesman says deadly IS attack was a surprise Posted: 05 May 2016 02:56 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Islamic State attack on Kurdish forces in northern Iraq that killed U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Charles Keating was a surprise that, if anticipated, might have turned out differently, a Pentagon spokesman said Thursday.

Boy's testimony subject of dispute in case of slain officer Posted: 05 May 2016 01:52 PM PDT MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — Lawyers for an Army staff sergeant accused of fatally shooting a police officer working her first shift are fighting prosecutors' efforts to bring the sergeant's 11-year-old son in front of a grand jury.

In Iraq, US troops edge closer to front lines against ISIS Posted: 05 May 2016 01:30 PM PDT The death of an American service member in Iraq this week highlights the new risks of recent shift in the United States' military strategy in Iraq. To help local forces, the Pentagon is moving more troops "closer to the action," as Defense Secretary Ash Carter puts it. The thinking is that local forces can take over the security of territory once Islamic State fighters are ousted, but they aren't yet capable of winning the territory back by themselves.

AJC Honors Three Women of Courage Posted: 05 May 2016 01:25 PM PDT NEW YORK, May 5, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AJC honored three women who have demonstrated courage and vision in the service of humanity. AJC is the premier global Jewish advocacy organization. The awards event took place hours before the onset of Holocaust Remembrance Day, a point AJC CEO David Harris emphasized in his keynote remarks.

Iraqi PM vows to prevent another Green Zone breach, sacks security chief Posted: 05 May 2016 01:19 PM PDT Iraq's prime minister vowed on Thursday to prevent another breach of Baghdad's Green Zone, hours before a planned protest by followers of a senior Shi'ite cleric, hundreds of whom stormed the fortified complex last week. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's promise came just a day after he sacked Green Zone security chief, Lieutenant-General Mohammed Ridha, replacing him with Major General Kareem Abboud al-Tamimi, sources said. Ridha had appeared in videos kissing Sadr's hand as he entered Baghdad's Green Zone and began a sit-in in March.

Bush clan has no plans to back Donald Trump Posted: 05 May 2016 10:31 AM PDT America's most prominent Republican family, the Bushes, are declining to endorse Donald Trump for president, handing the GOP presumptive nominee an early setback in his efforts to unite a fractured party. Former presidents George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush, who undoubtedly bristled at Trump's bullying attacks on candidate Jeb Bush, signaled through their offices that they will stay on the sidelines during this cycle. The elder Bush has endorsed every Republican nominee in the past five elections, but he does not have plans to endorse Trump in 2016, his spokesman Jim McGrath told the Texas Tribune on Wednesday.

Iraq PM calls for respect of law after Green Zone breach Posted: 05 May 2016 10:20 AM PDT Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi called Thursday for those who want reforms to "respect the law" after protesters broke into the fortified Green Zone and stormed parliament last week. Another demonstration is planned for Friday and protesters may attempt to enter the Green Zone again, but Abadi has signalled security forces may take a harder line if they do so. The premier's speech came a day after he sacked Staff Lieutenant General Mohammed Ridha, the commander of special forces in the Green Zone.

Iraq defeated IS in Ramadi at a high cost: A city destroyed Posted: 05 May 2016 10:14 AM PDT RAMADI, Iraq (AP) — The dust of thousands of wrecked buildings drifts over the Iraqi city of Ramadi. Once home to around 1 million people, it stands virtually empty.

Iraq PM orders probe after Amnesty report on detention centers Posted: 05 May 2016 10:09 AM PDT Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered an investigation on Thursday into a makeshift holding center where Amnesty International said more than 1,000 people were being held without charge in "inhumane and degrading conditions". The London-based human rights watchdog said earlier this week 683 men, some as young as 15, had been crammed into disused warehouses converted into detention and interrogation facilities by counterterrorism forces (CTF) in Amiriyat al-Falluja, just west of Baghdad. Abadi met Amnesty Secretary General Salil Shetty on Thursday and said Iraq was committed to upholding human rights and the protection of civilians as the war against Islamic State militants approaches its third year.

4 dead in Saudi raid on 'terror' cell near Mecca: ministry Posted: 05 May 2016 09:53 AM PDT Saudi police shot dead two suspected militants and two others blew themselves up during a raid near the holy city of Mecca on Thursday, the interior ministry said. "The terrorists started shooting towards security forces, which they responded to", leading to the deaths of a pair of suspects while the others "committed suicide by blowing themselves up with suicide belts", the ministry's spokesman said in a statement. Police had surrounded the suspects' hideout between the holy city of Mecca and the mountain resort of Taif, about 80 kilometres (50 miles) to the east, on Thursday morning when the shootout occurred.

'No boots on the ground' has its limits as U.S. Navy SEAL is killed in Iraq Posted: 05 May 2016 09:30 AM PDT By Isabel Coles TEL ASQOF, Iraq (Reuters) - A pickup truck races toward a burning village in northern Iraq, slamming to a halt behind an armored convoy that forms the only barrier between U.S. forces and Islamic State.     "We are fighting alongside our American brothers," says the Kurdish fighter filming the scene, shouting to be heard over the sound of gunfire and explosions on the outskirts of Tel Asqof. Kurdish officials say he was hit by a sniper and evacuated by helicopter within the hour, but died of his wounds.

One dead after rockets hits Turkish border town: security sources Posted: 05 May 2016 09:24 AM PDT DIYARBAKIR/ANKARA (Reuters) - Five rockets from Islamic State-controlled Syrian territory struck the Turkish border town of Kilis, killing one and injuring eight people, security sources said on Thursday. Kilis, just across the border from a region of northern Syria controlled by the militant group, has been frequently hit by rocket fire in recent weeks. Turkey's military had previously retaliated with fire into the militant-controlled lands.

Clinton or Trump: Which Candidate Would Israel Choose? Posted: 05 May 2016 08:33 AM PDT To say that U.S.-Israeli relations have cooled under the Obama and Netanyahu administrations would be a massive understatement. Obama acknowledged recently that peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians wouldn't be achieved during his time in office. Other administration officials have said that their top aim is now to make sure that a two-state solution remains on the table for Obama's successor.

Christian Victims of Genocide are Abandoned, Daniel Williams Reports Posted: 05 May 2016 08:27 AM PDT ZURICH, May 5, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "Christians in the Middle East have been abandoned to their fate," the veteran Middle East correspondent Daniel Williams said here on Wednesday. In an event sponsored by Christian Solidarity International (CSI), Williams noted that CSI had issued a Genocide Warning for Christians and religious minorities in the Middle East in 2011. Williams, the author of the new book Forsaken: The Persecution of Christians in Today's Middle East, surveyed the current crisis throughout the region in his talk.

Turkish PM Davutoglu bows out as Erdogan aims at stronger presidency Posted: 05 May 2016 08:08 AM PDT By Ercan Gurses and Nick Tattersall ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Ahmet Davutoglu announced on Thursday that he was stepping down as leader of Turkey's ruling AK Party and therefore as prime minister, bowing to President Tayyip Erdogan's drive to create a powerful executive presidency. In a speech defending his record but also vowing loyalty to Erdogan, Davutoglu said he had kept his party and the government intact during a tumultuous period and pledged that "strong" AKP government would continue.

U.S., allies stage 18 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq, Syria: U.S. military Posted: 05 May 2016 06:07 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 18 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Wednesday, the coalition leading the operations said. In a statement released on Thursday, the Combined Joint Task Force said three strikes near Mar'a in Syria hit a logistics facility, a vehicle borne improvised explosive device facility and an ammunition storage center. ...

Iraq's PM replaces military commander over Green Zone breach Posted: 05 May 2016 03:30 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi replaced the commander of a military division tasked with protecting the heavily fortified Green Zone Thursday after hundreds of angry anti-government protesters broke into the parliament building last week.

Top Asian News 10:24 a.m. GMT Posted: 05 May 2016 03:24 AM PDT MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine senator filed a corruption complaint on Thursday alleging that the front-runner in the country's presidential race, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, hired 11,000 non-existent employees whose salaries cost the government 708 million pesos ($15 million) in 2014. Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, who is running for vice president as an independent candidate, filed the complaint with the Ombudsman's office against the tough-talking mayor, who is leading popularity polls ahead of Monday's election. Trillanes earlier released leaked documents purportedly showing 2.4 billion pesos ($51 million) flowed into Duterte's various bank accounts from 2006 to 2015, representing alleged unexplained wealth the mayor failed to declare as required by law.

48-hour truce takes hold in Syria's Aleppo Posted: 05 May 2016 03:16 AM PDT A 48-hour ceasefire took hold Thursday in Syria's battered second city of Aleppo after President Bashar al-Assad's regime and rebel forces gave in to mounting diplomatic pressure. Relieved residents returned to the streets after two weeks of heavy fighting in the divided metropolis, a key battleground in Syria's five-year civil war. The Syrian army said late on Wednesday that it had agreed to calls from Russia and the United States for a two-day truce in Aleppo that would begin from 1:00 am on Thursday.

Trump Wants to Add to the War on Terror’s $4 Trillion Price Tag Posted: 05 May 2016 03:15 AM PDT Billionaire Donald Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, has boasted that, if elected, he would spend whatever it takes to rebuild the U.S. military and make short work of the ISIS terrorists ...

Truce takes hold in Syria's Aleppo Posted: 05 May 2016 03:08 AM PDT A 48-hour ceasefire took hold Thursday in Syria's battered second city of Aleppo after President Bashar al-Assad's regime and rebel forces gave in to mounting diplomatic pressure. Relieved residents returned to the streets after two weeks of heavy fighting in the divided metropolis, a key battleground in Syria's five-year civil war. The Syrian army said late on Wednesday that it had agreed to calls from Russia and the United States for a two-day truce in Aleppo that would begin from 1:00 am on Thursday.

Australia says most dangerous Australian IS operative killed Posted: 04 May 2016 11:44 PM PDT CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's most dangerous known Islamic State movement operative had been killed in a U.S. airstrike in Iraq, the government said Thursday.

AP Exclusive: Satellite imagery of Iraq's Ramadi shows cost of liberation from Islamic State group is the city itself Posted: 04 May 2016 11:08 PM PDT RAMADI, Iraq (AP) — AP Exclusive: Satellite imagery of Iraq's Ramadi shows cost of liberation from Islamic State group is the city itself.

Trump supporters see Iraqi, Syrian refugees as major threat: report Posted: 04 May 2016 09:08 PM PDT Eighty-five percent of respondents who said they supported Trump saw the refugees fleeing the Islamic State militant group as a threat, compared with 74 percent of Republicans overall, said the study. Trump's campaign said in a statement last December that he was "calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on." His comments followed fatal attacks in Paris claimed by Islamic State and a deadly shooting spree in San Bernardino, California, by a Muslim couple who the FBI said had been radicalized.

Australian Islamic State recruiter killed in U.S. strike in Iraq Posted: 04 May 2016 07:28 PM PDT An Australian citizen believed to be a top recruiter for the Islamic State has been killed in a U.S. air strike in Iraq, disrupting the militant group's ability to lure fighters, Australia said on Thursday. Australia also formally declared Islamic State a terrorist organization, meaning that dual citizens could have their Australian citizenship revoked if found to be a member of the militant group. Attorney-General George Brandis said the United States had advised him that Australian Neil Prakash, who was linked to several Australia-based attack plans and calls for lone-wolf attacks against the United States, was killed in an air strike in Mosul on April 29.

Tunisia-Libya border trade will resume 'very soon': Tunisia Posted: 04 May 2016 05:41 PM PDT Médenine (Tunisia) (AFP) - Tunisia is confident that trade at the main border crossing with Libya will resume "very soon", local authorities said, nearly a week after the Libyan side imposed a blockade. "This problem will be resolved very soon," Tahar Matmati, the governor of Medenine, which lies on the principle route between Tunisia and Libya, told AFP. Discussions between the two sides are primarily focused on "the nature of products imported into Tunisia", Matmati said, adding that the Libyan side wanted a "single tax imposed on all products and that requires certain administrative procedures".

Top Asian News 12:33 a.m. GMT Posted: 04 May 2016 05:33 PM PDT CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's election campaign will officially start soon with climate change policy and union corruption in the national building industry shaping into key battlegrounds for the July 2 poll. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Wednesday that he was likely to visit Governor-General Peter Cosgrove this weekend to lock down the date and officially start the election campaign. A heartening historical fact for Turnbull is that no Australian federal government has lost power after a single three-year term since the tumultuous early years of the Great Depression. But Australia is now in an extraordinary era of political volatility as it grapples to diversify an economy that thrived on a mining boom that has gone bust.

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