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• Rolling Thunder®, Inc.'s 29th Annual Memorial Day Demonstration Still Asking Accountability for those Prisoners of War/Missing in Action
• Key provisions in the $602 billion House defense policy bill
• Wave of bombings in Baghdad kill 69
• Baghdad attacks kill at least 48 people
• Iraqi forces enter remote western town held by Islamic State
• After bombings in Baghdad kill 77, Sadr's forces deploy in some areas
• Asylum-seekers arrive in Cyprus from Italy under EU scheme
• Iraq's Shi'ite rivalries risk turning violent, weakening war on Islamic State
• Australian NGO worker killed while defusing Islamic State bomb in Iraq
• U.S., allies conduct 12 strikes in Iraq, Syria against Islamic State: statement
• The Latest: Officials say day's death toll in Baghdad now 69
• IRAQ CAR BOMB
• Turkey identifies 13 more dead from bomb blast in Kurdish village, clashes flare
• Iran's parliament passes bill on demands for US compensation
• Finland says refugees can return to safe Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia
• 10 Things to Know for Today
• Iran MPs want US to pay damages for 'hostile action'
• Pope criticises West for trying to export own brand of democracy to Iraq, Libya
• Newsletters released from secretive National Security Agency
• Gangs, crime and slums: growing cities present new challenges for aid agencies
• Today in History
• Cannes: Download THR's Day 7 Daily
• Laura Poitras on Making Julian Assange Doc: "I'm Not Trying to Shape Public Opinion" (Q&A)
• House 2017 defense bill would face Obama veto: White House

Rolling Thunder®, Inc.'s 29th Annual Memorial Day Demonstration Still Asking Accountability for those Prisoners of War/Missing in Action Posted: 17 May 2016 02:03 PM PDT NESHANIC STATION, N.J., May 17, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This year is the organization's 29th anniversary demonstration in support of POW/MIA and Veterans' Issues. Speakers for this year include John LeBoutillier, former Congressman New York's 6th district; Nicolette Rose, National Alliance of Families; Robert Patrick, actor currently starring in the TV drama series "Scorpion"; Christian Walters, U.S. Army Officer and Managing Director for Harley-Davidson and other supporters of Rolling Thunder®, Inc. and the POW/MIA issue. ...

Key provisions in the $602 billion House defense policy bill Posted: 17 May 2016 01:46 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The GOP-led House is debating a defense policy bill that authorizes $602 billion in U.S. military spending for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.

Wave of bombings in Baghdad kill 69 Posted: 17 May 2016 01:43 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of bombings struck outdoor markets and a restaurant in Shiite-dominated neighborhoods of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 69 people, officials said — the latest in a string of attacks in and around the Iraqi capital that have left more than 200 dead in the past week.

Baghdad attacks kill at least 48 people Posted: 17 May 2016 12:40 PM PDT Attacks including suicide bombings killed at least 48 people in Baghdad on Tuesday, the second time in a week the Iraqi capital has been hit by a deadly spate of bombings. The attacks bring the toll for violence in and near Baghdad to more than 150 people killed in just seven days. The unrest highlights the continued existence of significant flaws in Baghdad security procedures that have gone largely unaddressed even as US-led forces train Iraqi forces for the fight against the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group.

Iraqi forces enter remote western town held by Islamic State Posted: 17 May 2016 12:16 PM PDT Iraq's military entered the remote western town of Rutba on Tuesday in a fresh offensive against Islamic State aimed at cutting off the militants' supply route to neighboring Syria. Counter-terrorism forces, backed by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes, entered the town from the south and took control of al-Intisar district, the force's spokesman Sabah al-Numan told Reuters. "We expect we will be able to reach the center of Rutba tomorrow morning," Numan said by telephone, indicating it was about one kilometer (mile) from the forces' current position.

After bombings in Baghdad kill 77, Sadr's forces deploy in some areas Posted: 17 May 2016 11:57 AM PDT By Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 77 people were killed and more than 140 wounded by three bombings in Baghdad on Tuesday, extending the deadliest spate of attacks in the Iraqi capital so far this year and driving Shi'ite fighters into the streets to defend some areas. Powerful cleric Moqtada al-Sadr blamed the government for failing to provide security and hundreds of militiamen loyal to him deployed in Sadr City and five other mainly Shi'ite areas where the worst of the recent violence has been centered. Islamic State claimed a suicide bombing which killed 41 people and wounded more than 70 in the northern district of al-Shaab as well as a car bomb in nearby Sadr City that left at least 30 dead and 57 wounded, police and medical sources said.

Asylum-seekers arrive in Cyprus from Italy under EU scheme Posted: 17 May 2016 10:55 AM PDT Four African refugees arrived in Cyprus from Italy on Tuesday as part of an EU relocation programme for asylum seekers to help ease Europe's migration crisis, officials said. The young men -- three from Eritrea and the other from central Africa -- are the first batch to arrive from Italy in Cyprus and the second to be accommodated on the Mediterranean island under the scheme.

Iraq's Shi'ite rivalries risk turning violent, weakening war on Islamic State Posted: 17 May 2016 10:11 AM PDT By Ahmed Rasheed and Stephen Kalin BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A power struggle within Iraq's Shi'ite Muslim majority has intensified as attempts to form a new government flounder, threatening to turn violent and ruin U.S.-led efforts to defeat Islamic State. For the first time since the U.S. withdrawal at the end of 2011, Shi'ite factions came close to taking arms against each another last month, when followers of powerful cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stormed the parliament in Baghdad's Green Zone. Rival Shi'ite militiamen took up positions nearby, raising the specter of intra-Shi'ite fighting similar to events in the southern city of Basra in 2008, in which hundreds of people were killed.

Australian NGO worker killed while defusing Islamic State bomb in Iraq Posted: 17 May 2016 09:20 AM PDT An Australian working for a land mine clearance charity was killed in northern Iraq on Tuesday while trying to defuse a bomb planted by Islamic State militants, three of his colleagues said. The man was working under the non-profit Swiss Foundation for Mine Action (FSD) in the Daquq area, around 200 km north of Baghdad. Islamic State were driven out of Daquq last year but left behind hundreds of improvised explosive devices.

U.S., allies conduct 12 strikes in Iraq, Syria against Islamic State: statement Posted: 17 May 2016 06:27 AM PDT The United States and its allies conducted 12 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Monday, the coalition leading the operations said. In a statement released on Tuesday, the Combined Joint Task Force said two strikes in Syria hit a tactical unit and destroyed a vehicle near Al Shadaddi and destroyed an artillery piece near Mar'a. Ten strikes in Iraq, half of them near Qayyarah, struck three headquarters, two tactical units and destroyed fighting positions, a fuel tanker and heavy machine guns among other targets, the statement said.

The Latest: Officials say day's death toll in Baghdad now 69 Posted: 17 May 2016 06:19 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — The latest on a wave of militants attacks in Iraq as government forces battle the Islamic State group (all times local):

IRAQ CAR BOMB Posted: 17 May 2016 04:00 AM PDT Map locates car bombs in Baghdad neighborhoods; 1c x 3 inches; 46.5 mm x 76 mm;

Turkey identifies 13 more dead from bomb blast in Kurdish village, clashes flare Posted: 17 May 2016 03:51 AM PDT Violence has gripped the region since a conflict between Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants and state security forces reignited last year. Clashes between the PKK and military flared elsewhere with 26 militants killed around the southeast, the military said, and seven members of the security forces wounded in the town of Nusaybin at the Syrian border, security sources said. Turkish jets on Monday also bombed PKK targets in the mountains of northern Iraq, where the group is based, the military said in a statement.

Iran's parliament passes bill on demands for US compensation Posted: 17 May 2016 03:49 AM PDT TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's parliament has passed a bill requiring the government demand payment from the United States as compensation for alleged damages Tehran suffered as a result of American policies over past decades.

Finland says refugees can return to safe Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia Posted: 17 May 2016 03:37 AM PDT Finland tightened restrictions on giving residence permits to asylum seekers from Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia on Tuesday, saying it was now largely safe for them to return to their war-torn homes. There was no immediate reaction from refugee agencies. "It is currently possible for asylum seekers to return to all areas in Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia without the ongoing armed conflicts as such presenting a danger to them only because they are staying in the country." Asylum seekers would now only be allowed to stay if they could prove that they were individually at risk.

10 Things to Know for Today Posted: 17 May 2016 03:08 AM PDT 1. WHO'S UP NEXT IN PICKING A DEMOCRAT

Iran MPs want US to pay damages for 'hostile action' Posted: 17 May 2016 02:08 AM PDT Iran's parliament on Tuesday voted through a law obliging the government to demand damages from the United States for 63 years of "hostile action and crimes", state television reported. "The government has the duty to take the necessary measures seeking compensation for material and moral damages caused by the United States" to the country and Iranians over the past 63 years, the text reads. It cites "material or moral damage" caused by the US during the coup against nationalist leader Mohammad Mossadegh (1953), in the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988), in the destruction of oil platforms in the Gulf and in espionage against the Islamic republic.

Pope criticises West for trying to export own brand of democracy to Iraq, Libya Posted: 17 May 2016 01:26 AM PDT Pope Francis criticised Western powers for trying to export their own brand of democracy to countries such as Iraq and Libya without respecting indigenous political cultures, according to an interview published on Monday. Speaking to France's Roman Catholic newspaper, La Croix, Francis also said Europe should better integrate migrants and praised the election of the new Muslim mayor of London as an example of where this had been successful. "Faced with current Islamist terrorism, we should question the way a model of democracy that was too Western was exported to countries where there was a strong power, as in Iraq, or Libya, where there was a tribal structure," he said.

Newsletters released from secretive National Security Agency Posted: 17 May 2016 12:17 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — In-house newsletters from the clandestine National Security Agency have been released by an online news site — part of the mountain of documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.

Gangs, crime and slums: growing cities present new challenges for aid agencies Posted: 16 May 2016 10:51 PM PDT By Anastasia Moloney and Megan Rowling SAN SALVADOR/BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A common sight on any street corner in the poor neighborhoods of El Salvador's capital is a teenage gang member controlling territory by standing guard with a mobile phone in hand, checking people and cars that enter and leave. Gang violence has plagued El Salvador for decades with entire city districts controlled by the two most powerful gangs - Barrio 18 and its rival Mara Salvatrucha - who use sexual violence, extortion and death threats to cement their grip over communities. For aid agencies working in slum neighborhoods in parts of Latin America, gang warfare, including shoot-outs, and the violence it brings have become the main challenge.

Today in History Posted: 16 May 2016 09:01 PM PDT Today is Tuesday, May 17, the 138th day of 2016. There are 228 days left in the year.

Cannes: Download THR's Day 7 Daily Posted: 16 May 2016 09:00 PM PDT The fest's awards contenders so far, the craze of cannibal movies and Laura Poitras on her new Julian Assange doc.

Laura Poitras on Making Julian Assange Doc: "I'm Not Trying to Shape Public Opinion" (Q&A) Posted: 16 May 2016 09:00 PM PDT The Oscar winner tells THR of her life on a terrorist watch list and the importance of the U.S. presidential election.

House 2017 defense bill would face Obama veto: White House Posted: 16 May 2016 05:05 PM PDT By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's White House set up one last fight with the Republican-controlled Congress over defense spending on Monday, threatening to veto a 2017 defense authorization bill over its use of special war funds for day-to-day military programs. The House of Representatives draft of the $602 billion National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, which sets spending policy for the Department of Defense, would shift $18 billion of wartime Overseas Contingency Operations, or OCO, funds to avoid automatic budget cuts to military programs.

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