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• Kunduz report shows US troops' continued Afghan combat
• California school recalls yearbook that calls Muslim girl 'Isis'
• IS leader for Iraq's Anbar province killed in air strike: Pentagon
• Islamic State leader killed in Iraq's Anbar province
• Senior Islamic State official in Iraq killed in air strike: Pentagon
• Islamic State car bomb in eastern Iraq kills 16, sources say
• Bin Laden's son Hamza urges jihadist unity in Syria
• Italian defense minister in Iraq for Mosul dam talks
• Car bombing kills at least 10 in Iraq's Baquba: officials
• Britain's Iraq war inquiry to be published July 6
• The Latest: Migrant killed in hit-and-run in Calais
• UK's long-delayed Iraq War report to be published July 6
• Muslim student labeled 'Isis': unfortunate typo or cruel prank?
• EU membership strategic goal for Turkey: Erdogan
• Syrian refugee brings his art to Lithuania
• Iraqi forces retake village from Islamic State in slow campaign
• Review: In 'LaRose,' Louise Erdrich looks at atonement
• US general: More cross-border cooperation needed to fight IS
• AP PHOTOS: In Greece, refugee families living life in limbo
• What’s the big deal with West Point cadets posing with raised fists?
• Anatomy of a Cannes Disaster: What Happened After 'Southland Tales' Was Booed
• U.S. leads 25 strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military
• Pentagon report reveals confusion among U.S. troops over Afghan mission
• Pushed to accept marriage, Iraq's displaced child brides face bleak future
• Unpredictable and Deadly: Egypt's Forgotten Insurgency

Kunduz report shows US troops' continued Afghan combat Posted: 09 May 2016 04:30 PM PDT Testimony in a recently declassified military report provides a glimpse into the role of US troops in Afghanistan, where despite an official end to their combat mission, they ended up in a fierce battle against a resurgent Taliban. The accounts are detailed in a probe into the failings that led to the US air strike on a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) hospital in Kunduz that killed 42 people. The document primarily describes events around the October 3 disaster, but it also highlights broader frustrations with the "political expedience" of US policy and problems dogging local Afghan National Defense and Security Forces, who assumed responsibility for their country's security in 2015.

California school recalls yearbook that calls Muslim girl 'Isis' Posted: 09 May 2016 02:45 PM PDT A California high school has asked students to return nearly 300 yearbooks that wrongly identified a Muslim teenager wearing a traditional headscarf as "Isis," officials said on Monday. The yearbook photo of Bayan Zehlif, a student at Los Osos High in Rancho Cucamonga who is seen smiling above a caption with the name "Isis Phillips," came to light after she posted a picture of it on social media on Friday.

IS leader for Iraq's Anbar province killed in air strike: Pentagon Posted: 09 May 2016 12:29 PM PDT A US-led coalition air strike has killed a senior Islamic State leader in Iraq's Anbar province, along with three other IS jihadists, the Pentagon said Monday. Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said the May 6 strike near the town of Rutba -- deep in the Anbar desert -- targeted Abu Wahib, IS's "military emir" for the vast western province. Wahib was "a former member of Al-Qaeda in Iraq who has appeared in ISIL execution videos," Cook said, using an acronym for the IS group.

Islamic State leader killed in Iraq's Anbar province Posted: 09 May 2016 12:28 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says a top Islamic State leader in Iraq's Anbar province has been killed by a coalition airstrike.

Senior Islamic State official in Iraq killed in air strike: Pentagon Posted: 09 May 2016 12:23 PM PDT An air strike by a U.S.-led coalition killed a senior Islamic State official in Iraq, a Pentagon spokesman said on Monday. The strike on May 6 killed Abu Wahib, Islamic State's chief military official in Anbar province, said Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook. The strike was on a vehicle carrying Abu Wahib, also known as Shakir Wahib, and three other Islamic State members near the town of Rutba, Cook said.

Islamic State car bomb in eastern Iraq kills 16, sources say Posted: 09 May 2016 11:53 AM PDT A car bomb claimed by Islamic State in the eastern Iraqi city of Baquba killed at least 16 people on Monday and wounded 54 others near a bakery close to the city center, police and hospital sources said. The Amaq news agency, which supports Islamic State, said a suicide bomber had targeted Shi'ite Muslim militia fighters in the provincial capital of Diyala, a mixed Shi'ite and Sunni Muslim area bordering Iran. Iraqi officials declared victory over Islamic State in Diyala more than a year ago, after security forces and Shi'ite militias drove them out of towns and villages there.

Bin Laden's son Hamza urges jihadist unity in Syria Posted: 09 May 2016 11:13 AM PDT The son of Al-Qaeda's late founder Osama bin Laden has urged jihadists in Syria to unite, claiming that the fight in the war-torn country paves the way to "liberating Palestine". "The Islamic umma (nation) should focus on jihad in Al-Sham (Syria) ... and unite the ranks of mujahedeen there," said 23-year-old Hamza in an audio message posted online.

Italian defense minister in Iraq for Mosul dam talks Posted: 09 May 2016 11:09 AM PDT Italian Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Monday to discuss logistics for deploying 450 troops near the front line with Islamic State to protect workers carrying out repairs to the Mosul dam. Pinotti met in Baghdad with Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, according to a statement from his office. Italy has about 750 soldiers in Iraq, mostly training Iraqi army and police in Baghdad and Erbil, but the new troops will be deployed not far from Islamic State-held Mosul, less than 20 km away from the dam, in a potential combat zone.

Car bombing kills at least 10 in Iraq's Baquba: officials Posted: 09 May 2016 11:07 AM PDT A car bomb exploded on Monday in a busy area of the Iraqi city of Baquba, killing at least 10 people, a senior military official and a doctor said. "A car bomb went off in the Shifta area of central Baquba, killing 10 people and wounding 35. A doctor at Baquba hospital and a police captain gave the same toll.

Britain's Iraq war inquiry to be published July 6 Posted: 09 May 2016 10:43 AM PDT Britain's long-delayed mammoth inquiry into its part in the 2003 war in Iraq will be published on July 6, its chairman revealed Monday. The Iraq Inquiry headed by former senior civil servant John Chilcot, which began in 2009, was originally due to report within a year. In a letter to Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday, Chilcot said that routine checks to ensure that the report did not breach national security had been completed, without the need for redactions.

The Latest: Migrant killed in hit-and-run in Calais Posted: 09 May 2016 10:00 AM PDT MADRID (AP) — The Latest on Europe's response to mass migration (all times local):

UK's long-delayed Iraq War report to be published July 6 Posted: 09 May 2016 09:44 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — A long-delayed report on Britain's involvement in the Iraq war will be published July 6, seven years after the inquiry began, officials said Monday.

Muslim student labeled 'Isis': unfortunate typo or cruel prank? Posted: 09 May 2016 09:13 AM PDT A California student expressed disgust and embarrassment after her picture in the yearbook was incorrectly captioned "Isis Phillips," highlighting the vulnerability many American Muslims currently feel. Los Osos High School student Bayan Zehlif posted a picture on Facebook and Twitter showing the caption, which the high school's principal says was a "misprint." A student who worked on the yearbook told Reuters a student by the name Isis Phillips had transferred away from the school earlier in the year.

EU membership strategic goal for Turkey: Erdogan Posted: 09 May 2016 09:02 AM PDT ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey's president said Monday that membership in the European Union is one of Turkey's strategic goals and hopes visa-free travel will bring the country closer to achieving that.

Syrian refugee brings his art to Lithuania Posted: 09 May 2016 08:55 AM PDT By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - A faceless skull with a crown of spikes and blood pouring from its wounds, symbolizing a Syrian caught in the horror of civil war, stares out from a painting on the wall in a student theater in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius. This is just one image by artist and refugee Majd Kara, now holding his first exhibition in his adopted home, where he arrived just a month ago. Kara, a 29-year-old Christian, and his Muslim girlfriend Farah Mohammed, 27, left their homes last August as the fighting became unbearable, paying $600 each to board an overcrowded lifeboat with a faulty engine to make the crossing to Greece.

Iraqi forces retake village from Islamic State in slow campaign Posted: 09 May 2016 08:35 AM PDT ERBIL/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi forces retook a northern village from Islamic State on Monday, supported by artillery and air strikes from a U.S.-led coalition, as they try to close in on the city of Mosul. In March, Iraq's military opened a new front against the militants in the Makhmour area, which it called the first phase of a wider campaign to liberate Mosul, around 60 km (40 miles) further north. "In a swift operation, our units took the groups of the terrorist organization Daesh by surprise and entered the village," read a statement from the Nineveh Operations Command, using an Arabic acronym for Islamic State.

Review: In 'LaRose,' Louise Erdrich looks at atonement Posted: 09 May 2016 07:29 AM PDT "LaRose" (Harper), by Louise Erdrich

US general: More cross-border cooperation needed to fight IS Posted: 09 May 2016 07:09 AM PDT AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The new commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command says an international coalition of special forces fighting Islamic State extremists must cooperate more closely and "adapt faster than the enemy."

AP PHOTOS: In Greece, refugee families living life in limbo Posted: 09 May 2016 06:51 AM PDT IDOMENI, Greece (AP) — At Greece's blockaded border with Macedonia, 10,000 people who arrived hoping to start new lives farther west and north in Europe are settling instead into lives in limbo, sleeping in tents in mud and rain as they wait to find out what happens next.

What’s the big deal with West Point cadets posing with raised fists? Posted: 09 May 2016 06:18 AM PDT Is a raised fist a sign of exuberance — akin to tossing a graduation cap — or is it a political act? In response to concerns about the image, West Point officials have launched an investigation. Some online commenters have questioned whether the photo is a show of support for the Black Lives Matter Movement and could violate a Defense Department policy barring political activities in uniform, but some West Point graduates and school leaders say the students were simply celebrating their upcoming graduation in a common campus tradition known as an "Old Corps" photo.

Anatomy of a Cannes Disaster: What Happened After 'Southland Tales' Was Booed Posted: 09 May 2016 05:35 AM PDT On May 21, 2006, director Richard Kelly was standing on the red carpet outside the Grand Theatre Lumiere, ready to unleash his two-hour-and-40-minute postapocalyptic satire Southland Tales on a curious Cannes crowd. It was one of three American films competing for the Palme d'Or (along with Richard Linklater's Fast Food Nation and Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette). Kelly knew his film wasn't finished and the visual effects were underwhelming.

U.S. leads 25 strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military Posted: 09 May 2016 04:41 AM PDT WASHINGTON(Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 25 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Sunday, according to the coalition leading the daily operations against the militant group. In a statement released on Monday, the Combined Joint Task Force said 16 strikes near nine Iraqi cities were concentrated near Falluja and Mosul, where they hit six units of Islamic State fighters as well as two dozen rockets and a dozen rocket rails, among other weapons. ...

Pentagon report reveals confusion among U.S. troops over Afghan mission Posted: 08 May 2016 11:11 PM PDT By Josh Smith KABUL (Reuters) - Amid fierce fighting after the Taliban captured the northern Afghan city of Kunduz last year, U.S. special forces advisers repeatedly asked their commanders how far they were allowed to go to help local troops retake the city. As the Taliban insurgency gathers strength, avoiding enemy fire has become increasingly difficult for advisers, who have been acting as consultants rather than combatants since NATO forces formally ceased fighting at the end of 2014. In the heat of the battle, lines can be blurred, and the problem is not exclusive to Afghanistan: questions have arisen over the role of U.S. troops in Iraq after a U.S. Navy SEAL was killed by Islamic State this month.

Pushed to accept marriage, Iraq's displaced child brides face bleak future Posted: 08 May 2016 10:29 PM PDT By Sofia Barbarani ERBIL, Iraq (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In the photo that Aziza produces on her mobile phone, her 14-year-old daughter Layla is wearing a pink satin dress and smiling meekly at the camera. "This was her engagement party," said 35-year-old Aziza. The third time we accepted." At first Aziza and the young man's parents struggled to convince the two to accept the arrangement but when they did, the wedding preparations were quick to get underway.

Unpredictable and Deadly: Egypt's Forgotten Insurgency Posted: 08 May 2016 05:00 PM PDT Welcome to one of the most unruly, dangerous and unreported places on the planet.

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