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• National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Honors Awardees at Annual Chairman's Gala During National Police Week
• Islamic State kills 17 Iraqi soldiers with suicide truck bombs
• Tunisia says dozens of jihadists arrested in latest raids
• Judge allows workplace case against Duckworth to go to trial
• New Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk trailer packs high-tech visuals, emotional punch
• Italian coastguard rescues 801 boat migrants, many from Syria
• UK Supreme Court blocks damages for Iraqi civilians
• IS bombings highlight Iraqi capital's vulnerability
• The Latest: French general faces fine in anti-migrant rally
• Torture at Abu Ghraib: Who will bear responsibility?
• Street protests magnify political crisis in Baghdad after deadly bombings
• Tunisia gets U.S planes, jeeps to guard Libyan border
• Obama sets state dinner table for six at unusual Nordic summit
• Residents hold protest blaming leaders for Baghdad carnage
• Hungary's anti-migrant policies may violate international law: UNHCR
• The Shock-Jock Candidate
• Turkish, European leaders stand their ground in impasse over migrants deal
• US court hears appeal in Abu Ghraib torture lawsuit
• Vehicle explodes near Istanbul military base, seven hurt
• In first trial of its kind, charity to give poor Kenyans cash for 10 years
• The Latest: US court heard appeal in Abu Ghraib torture suit
• Syrian opposition chief wants 'actions not words' from foreign backers
• Constitution Check: Is current U.S. military action against ISIS illegal?
• U.S. leads 19 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq, Syria
• Former U.S. Secretary of State Baker praises Saudi Aramco IPO plans
• Slovenia accepts first 28 migrants under EU relocation quota
• Ahmadinejad's return to public eye in Iran fuels talk of a comeback
• IS releases video of 'citizen executions' in Iraq
• No kitsch please, we're British: UK torn on glam Eurovision
• Turkish artillery, U.S.-led coalition jets pound Islamic State in Syria: sources
• Outlook for oil brightens as output disruptions erode surplus: IEA
• US grapples with renewed show of force by IS in Syria, Iraq
• Western Libyan forces prepare attack on Islamic State stronghold
• Yazidi students in refugee camp find photography gives them an outlet
• Top Asian News 3:57 a.m. GMT
• Bombings kill 93 in Iraqi capital's bloodiest day this year

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Honors Awardees at Annual Chairman's Gala During National Police Week Posted: 12 May 2016 04:00 PM PDT WASHINGTON, May 12, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund is pleased to announce that Charles H. Ramsey is the recipient of its Lifetime Achievement Award and CBS television show 'Blue Bloods' is the recipient of its Excellence in Media Award. The awards were presented during the annual Chairman's Gala, held May 12, 2016, at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC. The Chairman's Gala, a special event held during National Police Week, is designed to acknowledge and celebrate individuals, and organizations and corporations that have assisted in the Memorial Fund's mission to tell the story of American law enforcement and make it safer for those who serve.

Islamic State kills 17 Iraqi soldiers with suicide truck bombs Posted: 12 May 2016 03:55 PM PDT By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State insurgents killed at least 17 Iraqi soldiers with suicide truck bombs on Thursday in a major attack on government forces that recaptured the western city of Ramadi in December, military officials said. The jihadist group also killed two policemen and wounded eight others in two suicide bombings in Abu Ghraib outside Baghdad, a day after killing at least 80 people in bombings at an outdoor market and two checkpoints inside the capital. The attacks near Ramadi dealt one of the heaviest blows to the army since it drove Islamic State out of the western city five months ago.

Tunisia says dozens of jihadists arrested in latest raids Posted: 12 May 2016 03:41 PM PDT The Tunisian government said Thursday that 37 suspects, including several jihadists linked to the Islamic State group, had been arrested in the security operations carried out the previous day. Another 21 other suspects were arrested in raids that followed, the ministry added. In a deadly confrontation that erupted during one of the raids in the Tataouine governorate, four policemen were killed when a militant detonated his explosives belt after a firefight erupted.

Judge allows workplace case against Duckworth to go to trial Posted: 12 May 2016 02:49 PM PDT A 7-year-old workplace retaliation lawsuit against Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Duckworth will remain a campaign issue into the late summer after an Illinois judge said on Thursday that the case could go to trial before the November election.

New Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk trailer packs high-tech visuals, emotional punch Posted: 12 May 2016 01:27 PM PDT Ang Lee is stirring up our emotions again, and he's using cutting-edge technology to do it. The Life of Pi director's latest film, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, is due out in November, and the new trailer gives a taste of what to expect.

Italian coastguard rescues 801 boat migrants, many from Syria Posted: 12 May 2016 01:06 PM PDT Italy's coastguard said it helped rescue 801 migrants from two boats off western Sicily on Thursday, including many Syrians, amid signs that refugees from the Middle East are increasingly shunning the Greek route into Europe. More than a million migrants, many from Syria, have entered Europe via Turkey and Greece in the past year but the number has fallen sharply since March, when Ankara agreed with the European Union to take back refugees landing on the Greek islands. The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said the two boats aided on Thursday, which were also carrying some Iraqis, represented the largest such attempted mass migration from Syria and Iraq to Italy for at least a year.

UK Supreme Court blocks damages for Iraqi civilians Posted: 12 May 2016 12:52 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Britain's Supreme Court has blocked damage claims in a series of test cases brought by Iraqi civilians who allege they were mistreated by British soldiers Iraq between 2003 and 2009.

IS bombings highlight Iraqi capital's vulnerability Posted: 12 May 2016 12:41 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of Islamic State bombings in Baghdad has killed nearly 100 people in two days, exposing lingering gaps in the capital's defenses, which are manned by an array of security agencies and militias that don't always cooperate.

The Latest: French general faces fine in anti-migrant rally Posted: 12 May 2016 12:20 PM PDT BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on the migrant influx in Europe (all times local):

Torture at Abu Ghraib: Who will bear responsibility? Posted: 12 May 2016 11:57 AM PDT Who was in charge when torture occurred at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad: the private contractor interrogators, or the US military that hired them? Four former Iraqi detainees filed suit against the Arlington-based military contractor CACI Premier Technology in 2008 for torture they endured while held at Abu Ghraib, including electrical shocks, sexual violence, and depravation of basic needs like food, water, and oxygen.

Street protests magnify political crisis in Baghdad after deadly bombings Posted: 12 May 2016 11:34 AM PDT By Stephen Kalin and Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A day after the year's deadliest attack in the Iraqi capital, supporters of a Shi'ite cleric took to the streets of Baghdad on Thursday to denounce the government for failing to protect them, escalating political confrontation that could doom the ruling coalition. Suicide attacks on Wednesday killed at least 80 people and wounded more than 110 others, including civilians and security forces. Two more blasts claimed by Islamic State on Thursday left two policemen dead west of Baghdad.

Tunisia gets U.S planes, jeeps to guard Libyan border Posted: 12 May 2016 11:13 AM PDT By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) - The United States gave jeeps, communications technology and small aircraft to Tunisia on Thursday to help protect the border with Libya, where Islamic State has gained ground and set up training camps, officials said. The North African country was also expecting to receive a number of attack aircraft, Defense Minister Farhar Horchani said, though he did not give details on who would supply them. Tunisia has already built a 200-km (120-mile) barrier along the frontier to guard against militants since gunmen trained in Libya targeted tourists in attacks on a beach hotel and a Tunis museum last year.

Obama sets state dinner table for six at unusual Nordic summit Posted: 12 May 2016 10:53 AM PDT By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is set to toast the five leaders of Nordic nations at a lavish state dinner at the White House on Friday, an unusual summit aimed in part at sending a message to a nation not on the guest list: Russia. Obama will laud the humanitarian and environmental accomplishments of Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland, but also wants to talk about how to deal with their increasingly aggressive neighbor Russia ahead of a NATO summit in July. "We share the concern of countries in the region, particularly those who have a border with Russia, about the increasing presence of Russian military assets in the area," said Charles Kupchan, Obama's senior director for European affairs.

Residents hold protest blaming leaders for Baghdad carnage Posted: 12 May 2016 10:49 AM PDT Hundreds of residents of a neighbourhood of the Iraqi capital rocked by a devastating bombing that killed dozens of people held a protest Thursday, blaming the government for the carnage. Most of the demonstrators were supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr, who has a massive following in Sadr City, the area where at least 64 people were killed in a car bomb blast on Wednesday. The attack, the worst to hit the Iraqi capital this year, was claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group, but the demonstrators blamed Iraq's political leaders.

Hungary's anti-migrant policies may violate international law: UNHCR Posted: 12 May 2016 10:37 AM PDT By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's actions to keep out migrants, including fast-track trials to punish those who breach its border fence, may conflict with international refugee and human rights conventions, the United Nations said on Thursday. Prime Minister Viktor Orban has taken an increasingly anti-foreigner stance since migrants began pouring into Europe last year, building a heavily guarded border fence and rejecting an EU quota system to share out migrants among member states. Despite strong criticism from EU headquarters in Brussels and some major EU members including Germany, the right-wing Orban's approach has gone down well in Hungary, a country with few immigrants and little experience of multiculturalism.

The Shock-Jock Candidate Posted: 12 May 2016 10:35 AM PDT Almost every policy Donald Trump has championed is built around Pat Buchanan's positions on trade, treaties, and immigration. Almost every tactic he's used to best his competition—controversy, outrage, personal attacks—is borrowed from the repertory of Howard Stern. But by taking Buchanan's positions, blending them with Stern's tactics, and adding in his own talent, Trump has managed to produce a success that is all his own.

Turkish, European leaders stand their ground in impasse over migrants deal Posted: 12 May 2016 10:34 AM PDT By Ece Toksabay and Paul Carrel ANKARA/BERLIN (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan ratcheted up the pressure on Europe over a landmark migrants deal on Thursday, accusing the bloc of setting new hurdles for visa-free travel and threatening Ankara may go its own way if they failed to agree. In Berlin, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker also dug in his heels, saying the agreement would collapse unless Ankara fulfilled its commitments, including making agreed changes to its anti-terror law. The stand-off has cast doubts on the future of the agreement, designed to give Turks visa-free travel to Europe in return for stemming the flow of illegal migrants.

US court hears appeal in Abu Ghraib torture lawsuit Posted: 12 May 2016 09:10 AM PDT RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday explored the question of who was in charge, the U.S. military or civilian interrogators, when four former Iraqi detainees claim they were tortured at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison.

Vehicle explodes near Istanbul military base, seven hurt Posted: 12 May 2016 09:08 AM PDT By Seda Sezer and Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Six soldiers and a civilian were wounded when an explosives-laden car blew up near a military base in Turkey's biggest city Istanbul on Thursday, authorities said, the latest in a spate of bombings this year. The parked car exploded in a road in Istanbul's Sancaktepe neighborhood as a bus carrying military personnel passed by, the army said in a statement. The blast sent a large plume of smoke up over Sancaktepe, which is near a military airfield on the Asian side of the city, well removed from Istanbul's historic center.

In first trial of its kind, charity to give poor Kenyans cash for 10 years Posted: 12 May 2016 08:21 AM PDT By Lin Taylor LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - What would happen if poor villages were given cash for the next decade, no strings attached? In an ambitious social experiment, GiveDirectly plans to transfer cash to 6,000 Kenyans living in extreme poverty for a decade, making it the world's first basic income trial of its kind, it said. With U.N. agencies, governments and private sector companies due to discuss ways of delivering aid more efficiently at the World Humanitarian Summit this month, GiveDirectly co-founder Michael Faye said cash transfers had huge benefits.

The Latest: US court heard appeal in Abu Ghraib torture suit Posted: 12 May 2016 07:55 AM PDT RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Latest on a federal appeals court hearing in an Abu Ghraib prison torture case (all times local):

Syrian opposition chief wants 'actions not words' from foreign backers Posted: 12 May 2016 07:27 AM PDT Former Syrian prime minister turned key opposition leader Riad Hijab has told AFP in an interview the forces fighting the regime need "actions, not words" from countries that support them. Hijab, who was speaking in Paris on Wednesday after attending a meeting of Arab and European allies of the Syrian opposition as well as US Secretary of State John Kerry, said he was frustrated at the lack of tough action against the Damascus regime. Hijab accused the Syrian regime and their Russian allies of committing war crimes.

Constitution Check: Is current U.S. military action against ISIS illegal? Posted: 12 May 2016 07:15 AM PDT Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center's constitutional literacy adviser, looks at the constitutional prospects for a suit filed by an Army officer claiming President Obama exceeded his authority in ordering attacks on ISIS.

U.S. leads 19 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq, Syria Posted: 12 May 2016 06:56 AM PDT The United States and its allies conducted 19 strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria on Wednesday, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement Thursday. The Combined Joint Task Force said 13 of the strikes hit targets near 10 Iraqi cities, including near Mosul where two strikes destroyed nine rails used to launch rockets, as well as a vehicle and assembly area used by Islamic State militants. In Syria, six strikes near three cities hit three Islamic State tactical units, two vehicles, 12 fighting positions used by the militant group and other targets, according to the statement.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Baker praises Saudi Aramco IPO plans Posted: 12 May 2016 05:12 AM PDT Saudi Arabia needs "fundamental change," and a public sale of shares in Saudi Aramco, the national oil company, may be part of the solution, former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker said on Tuesday. Baker, who served under President George H.W. Bush and joined a U.S. delegation to meet Saudi Arabia's new king last year, told a gathering of oil industry dealmakers that changes like the Aramco IPO could help the kingdom address unemployment and budget deficits amid weak oil prices.

Slovenia accepts first 28 migrants under EU relocation quota Posted: 12 May 2016 04:01 AM PDT Slovenia said it took in its first 28 migrants on Thursday under a European Union relocation scheme that many other EU countries have been slow to carry out or rejected outright. The migrants include families and individuals from Iraq and Syria and will be housed initially in a center for asylum seekers in the capital Ljubljana, Interior Ministry spokeswoman Vesna Mitric said. Last September, a majority of leaders of the 28-member EU approved the transfer of about 160,000 asylum seekers from Greece and Italy, where most first set foot on EU soil, to other EU states to share out the burden.

Ahmadinejad's return to public eye in Iran fuels talk of a comeback Posted: 12 May 2016 03:51 AM PDT By Babak Dehghanpisheh BEIRUT (Reuters) - On a podium decorated as a bunker from the Iran-Iraq war, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad woos a crowd of hundreds with an anti-Western speech reminiscent of his fiery addresses as Iran's president. At the end of the event in Jiroft in southeast Iran, held partly to honor victims of the 1980-88 war, some of the crowd chant: "The slogan of any man is that Ahmadinejad is coming back." After nearly three years out of the public eye following two terms as president, Ahmadinejad has made a handful of appearances in the past few weeks, including his speech last week in Jiroft, which have stoked talk of a political comeback. In reality, an individual can start a wave," Massoud Mirkazemi, a former oil minister under Ahmadinejad, told the Asr-e-Iran website in an interview published on Wednesday.

IS releases video of 'citizen executions' in Iraq Posted: 12 May 2016 03:18 AM PDT The Islamic State group has released a video showing five alleged "spies" being shot dead in Iraq by young men from a crowd assembled for the execution. The 12-minute video released on social media on Wednesday mimics a participatory television show, in which members of the public are interviewed and invited to take part. Produced by the group's branch in Nineveh province, of which Mosul is the capital, the video starts with footage of destruction it presents as the result of US-led air strikes against it.

No kitsch please, we're British: UK torn on glam Eurovision Posted: 12 May 2016 02:43 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — Britons are about to vote in a poll that cuts to the heart of their country's conflicted relationship with Europe.

Turkish artillery, U.S.-led coalition jets pound Islamic State in Syria: sources Posted: 12 May 2016 02:09 AM PDT By Humeyra Pamuk KILIS, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish artillery pounded Islamic State targets in northern Syria overnight and the U.S.-led coalition carried out air strikes, killing 28 militants near a Turkish border town repeatedly hit by rocket fire, Turkish military sources said. The artillery strikes near Kilis, north of the Syrian city of Aleppo, started at about 8 p.m. (1700 GMT) and ended in the morning, the sources said. The air strikes destroyed a two-storey building used by the militants as a base, along with 11 fortified defensive positions, they said.

Outlook for oil brightens as output disruptions erode surplus: IEA Posted: 12 May 2016 01:59 AM PDT By Amanda Cooper LONDON (Reuters) - Unplanned disruptions to oil output could help run down a global overhang of unused crude this year, while demand will profit from growing gasoline consumption particularly in India and China, the International Energy Agency said on Thursday. The IEA said output from non-OPEC producers is expected to fall by 800,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2016, an acceleration from the agency's previous forecast for a fall by 710,000 bpd. On the demand front, the Paris-based IEA left its forecast for global growth broadly unchanged at 1.2 million bpd for this year, but said the risks to future forecasts lay to the upside.

US grapples with renewed show of force by IS in Syria, Iraq Posted: 12 May 2016 12:39 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is grappling with a renewed show of force by Islamic State militants as they advanced again toward the ancient Syrian crossroads of Palmyra and exposed the Iraqi capital's frailty through a series of deadly car bomb attacks.

Western Libyan forces prepare attack on Islamic State stronghold Posted: 12 May 2016 12:22 AM PDT By Ahmed Elumami MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) - Forces in western Libya are preparing to advance on the city of Sirte, seized by Islamic State last year, their spokesman said, pushing ahead with plans for a counter-attack after the Islamists made territorial gains in the last week. The fighters based in the city of Misrata would like international logistical support to help retake what has become Islamic State's most important base outside Syria and Iraq, but will not wait for it before launching the operation, they said. "We are ready and we are preparing our security arrangements to attack Sirte," said Brigadier General Mohamed al-Gasri, spokesman for a newly formed military operations room in Misrata.

Yazidi students in refugee camp find photography gives them an outlet Posted: 11 May 2016 09:51 PM PDT By Anna Martin SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Forced from their homes in northern Iraq by Islamic State, a group of female Yazidi students found themselves in a refugee camp in Kurdistan glad to be alive but with little hope of continuing their studies. Khawla Shammo, one of more than 400,000 Yazidis who fled Mount Sinjar in 2014, said it was impossible to study in the camp in Dohuk with no books or teachers so she jumped at the chance to join a new photography course offered by the U.N. agency UNICEF. The two-month course taught Khawla and other female students photography skills to help them express themselves and as a route to employment, and now, a year after their training, several of the women have started to exhibit their work.

Top Asian News 3:57 a.m. GMT Posted: 11 May 2016 08:57 PM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's government said Thursday that two more pieces of debris, discovered in South Africa and Rodrigues Island off Mauritius, were "almost certainly" from Flight 370, which mysteriously disappeared more than two years ago with 239 people on board. The announcement means a total of five pieces of debris from the Malaysian Airlines' jet have now been discovered in various spots around the Indian Ocean since it vanished on March 8, 2014, while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said the two new pieces were an engine cowling piece with a partial Rolls-Royce logo and an interior panel piece from an aircraft cabin.

Bombings kill 93 in Iraqi capital's bloodiest day this year Posted: 11 May 2016 06:15 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — In the deadliest violence in Baghdad this year, three car bombs claimed by the Islamic State group killed 93 people across the Iraqi capital Wednesday, demonstrating the extremists' ability to mount significant attacks despite major battlefield losses.

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