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• Libya forces say pushing back Islamic State fighters
• SPIN METER: Atrocities Prevention Board's curious benchmark
• Chelsea Manning appeals her conviction in WikiLeaks case
• The Sanders supporters you haven't heard about
• France 'clearly targeted' by IS, risks bomb attacks: intelligence chief
• Bomb kills nine Iraqi soldiers during raid south of Baghdad
• Pennsylvania teen hit with new Islamic State-related charges
• NATO to give 'niche' support to anti-IS coalition
• What Trump Has to Do to Win
• US commander: Islamic State trying to regain initiative
• GOP-led House to vote on repealing Obama's power to fight IS
• Mourning in Sadr City, Baghdad's deadliest district
• Iran's IRGC says many Iranians have volunteered to fight in Syria
• US kills two 'high-value' IS targets, Iraqi troops enter remote city
• NATO meeting to focus on security challenges outside Europe
• Migrants camp on Serbia-Hungary border waiting to cross
• Many Senate Democrats frustrated with slow U.S. Syrian refugee admissions
• Afghan wins asylum in Lithuania after Taliban death threats
• Iraq's Sadr pulls out forces from Baghdad districts hit by bombs
• Under heavy pressure, jihadists strike back in Baghdad
• Four Turkish soldiers killed by roadside bomb: military
• Macedonian court sentences 5 people for joining IS group
• U.S., allies stage 17 strikes in Iraq, Syria against Islamic State: statement
• Turkish fighter jets bomb Kurdish rebels, kill 10
• Rights group documents IS atrocities in Libyan city of Sirte
• Turkish warplanes hit PKK targets in Turkey, northern Iraq, 10 killed: sources
• Bracelet honoring fallen soldier returned to his mother
• 'Home Alone' Bandit's Son Runs for California State Senate
• Australian minister under fire for 'illiterate' refugees comment
• The Godfather of Virtual Reality Wants to Heal Your Wounds
• The Atlantic Daily: Violence in Iraq, Amtrak and Train Safety, Facebook and Elections

Libya forces say pushing back Islamic State fighters Posted: 18 May 2016 03:28 PM PDT By Ayman al-Sahli MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) - Forces loyal to Libya's U.N.-backed unity government pushed Islamic State fighters back toward their stronghold of Sirte on Wednesday but lost more than 30 men, including seven killed in a car bombing, officials said. In a televised statement from the streets of Abu Grain, military spokesman Mohamed al-Gasri said the forces had "liberated" the small town and two nearby villages after heavy fighting. Western powers are counting on the new government to unify Libya's political and armed factions to take on Islamic State.

SPIN METER: Atrocities Prevention Board's curious benchmark Posted: 18 May 2016 03:18 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Barack Obama in 2011 announced he planned to establish an Atrocities Prevention Board, the mission of the board seemed straightforward: preventing atrocities.

Chelsea Manning appeals her conviction in WikiLeaks case Posted: 18 May 2016 02:26 PM PDT National security leaker Chelsea Manning is appealing her 2013 court-martial conviction for sending classified material to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks while serving as an Army intelligence analyst in Iraq.

The Sanders supporters you haven't heard about Posted: 18 May 2016 02:25 PM PDT Like many of the people who filled the stands at the StubHub Center Tuesday, Mary Class brings up honesty and authenticity when she talks about why she supports Bernie Sanders. Recommended: How well do you know Bernie Sanders? While much has been made of the fervor of the Vermont senator's Millennial supporters, people well beyond college age have been turning out to hear his message of free tuition and universal health care.

France 'clearly targeted' by IS, risks bomb attacks: intelligence chief Posted: 18 May 2016 02:21 PM PDT The head of France's internal intelligence agency has warned that the country is "clearly targeted" by the Islamic State group which could launch a "terrorist campaign" of bombings in places where big crowds gather. DGSI agency chief Patrick Calvar made the comments at a hearing before a parliamentary committee on national defence on May 10, an account of which was made public on Wednesday. "We know that Daesh (Arabic acronym for IS) is planning new attacks -- using fighters in the area, taking routes which facilitate access to our territory -- and that France is clearly targeted," Calvar said.

Bomb kills nine Iraqi soldiers during raid south of Baghdad Posted: 18 May 2016 01:43 PM PDT Nine Iraqi soldiers were killed and nine more wounded on Wednesday when a house rigged with explosives blew up south of Baghdad during a raid of suspected Islamic State militants, two army sources said. More than 170 people have been killed in blasts claimed by Islamic State in and around Baghdad over the past week, including at least 77 in three attacks on Tuesday, in the deadliest spate of attacks in the city so far this year. In a separate incident in Latifiya on Wednesday, an army officer was killed and three soldiers were wounded when a roadside bomb struck their Humvee, the army sources said.

Pennsylvania teen hit with new Islamic State-related charges Posted: 18 May 2016 12:41 PM PDT A Pennsylvania teenager indicted for supporting Islamic State was hit with fresh terrorism charges on Wednesday, as U.S. prosecutors accused him of posting online the names of approximately 100 U.S. military members and exhorting his followers to kill them. Jalil Aziz, 19, used his Twitter account to release the names, addresses, photographs and military branches of the U.S. service members, according to a superseding indictment filed in federal court in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The information had previously been posted online by supporters of Islamic State, according to Aziz's defense lawyer, Thomas Thornton, who emphasized that the new charges are based on the same alleged acts that led to the initial indictment.

NATO to give 'niche' support to anti-IS coalition Posted: 18 May 2016 12:17 PM PDT NATO does not expect to formally join the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq, even if it will cooperate on a practical and "niche" level, the US ambassador to the alliance said Wednesday. In April US President Barack Obama told an audience in Germany that Washington needed "a strong Europe to bear its share of the burden" in the fight against the Islamic State jihadists. US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said in February -- also at a NATO meeting in Brussels -- that the 28 alliance members were exploring the possibility of NATO becoming a member of the anti-IS coalition itself.

What Trump Has to Do to Win Posted: 18 May 2016 12:15 PM PDT The Grand Old Party of grand old American values seems to be having second thoughts about trying to deny Donald Trump, the opiate of the angry masses, what he won fair and square. Despite the Year of Donald and the Season of Bernie, the media and the political class still don't get how hungry America is for someone who is genuine — even if he is a genuine, self-aggrandizing, tasteless 15-year-old.

US commander: Islamic State trying to regain initiative Posted: 18 May 2016 11:53 AM PDT KUWAIT CITY (AP) — Deadly bombings in Baghdad may signal a shift in tactics by the Islamic State, determined to rebound from a series of battlefield losses and the group's hope that attacks in the capital will distract already divided Iraqi leaders, a top U.S. general said Wednesday.

GOP-led House to vote on repealing Obama's power to fight IS Posted: 18 May 2016 11:51 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Wednesday considered a contentious amendment that would repeal the 14-year-old war powers President Barack Obama is using to battle Islamic State extremists and force Congress to approve new authorization.

Mourning in Sadr City, Baghdad's deadliest district Posted: 18 May 2016 11:08 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Among the dozens killed when a truck bomb struck a crowded market last week in Baghdad's Sadr City were two brothers, the only sons of Talib Jassum Issa, who got the news in a phone call just minutes after the attack.

Iran's IRGC says many Iranians have volunteered to fight in Syria Posted: 18 May 2016 10:43 AM PDT By Parisa Hafezi ANKARA (Reuters) - Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said on Wednesday many Iranians have volunteered to fight in Syria in support of President Bashar al-Assad's war against "terrorism", the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. Shi'ite-dominated Iran is Assad's main regional ally and has provided military and economic support for his conflict with range of Sunni Muslim rebel and militant groups including Islamic State and the al Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front. "Many young Iranians from different parts of the country and of different ethnicities have volunteered to go to Syria ... to help the Syrian government and the Syrian people in their fight against terrorism...," Tasnim quoted the head of the IRGC's public relations office, General Ramezan Sharif, as saying.

US kills two 'high-value' IS targets, Iraqi troops enter remote city Posted: 18 May 2016 09:58 AM PDT A US air strike killed two "high-value" Islamic State fighters in Iraq, while separately Iraqi security forces have started clearing jihadists from the town of Rutba, a US military spokesman said Wednesday. Baghdad-based military spokesman Colonel Steve Warren said the May 13 strike on a building killed Abu Hamza, Abu Safiya and a third IS fighter. "Hamza was a former (Al-Qaeda in Iraq) member who we know planned and conducted attacks against Americans during Operation Iraqi Freedom," Warren said in a video call to Pentagon reporters.

NATO meeting to focus on security challenges outside Europe Posted: 18 May 2016 09:29 AM PDT BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO foreign ministers this week will discuss how the alliance can deal more effectively with security threats outside Europe, including by training the Iraqi military and cooperating with the European Union to choke off people-smuggling operations in the central Mediterranean.

Migrants camp on Serbia-Hungary border waiting to cross Posted: 18 May 2016 09:15 AM PDT HORGOS, Serbia (AP) — A small tent city has formed on Serbia's border with Hungary where migrants are waiting to cross into the European Union despite border closures and a deal with Turkey aimed at stopping more people coming.

Many Senate Democrats frustrated with slow U.S. Syrian refugee admissions Posted: 18 May 2016 08:25 AM PDT By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than half the Democrats in the Senate, including many of President Barack Obama's strongest supporters, signed a letter to him on Wednesday urging him to move more quickly to admit Syrian refugees into the United States. Despite Obama's pledge to admit 10,000 of the people fleeing Syria's civil war in the year ending this September, only 1,736 have been allowed into the country so far. "We urge your Administration to devote the necessary resources to expeditiously and safely resettle refugees from Syria," the 27 senators wrote in the letter, which was seen by Reuters.

Afghan wins asylum in Lithuania after Taliban death threats Posted: 18 May 2016 07:46 AM PDT A 22-year-old Afghan man who received Taliban death threats over his work for the Lithuanian army in the war-torn country has won asylum in the Baltic state after reaching out on social media, the interior ministry said Wednesday. Abdul Basir Yoususi, who worked as an interpreter for Lithuania's NATO contingent in the central province of Ghor, fled his homeland earlier this year, embarking on a dangerous two-month journey to Europe. "Everything changed when the Taliban sent me a threatening letter.

Iraq's Sadr pulls out forces from Baghdad districts hit by bombs Posted: 18 May 2016 07:21 AM PDT Powerful Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has ordered his armed followers to withdraw from the streets of Baghdad districts that have been hit by deadly bombings claimed by Islamic State, an aide said on Wednesday. Sadr's Saraya al-Salam, or Peace Brigades, had deployed hundreds of militiamen in Sadr City and five other mainly Shi'ite areas of the capital after he accused the government of failing to prevent the attacks by the hardline Sunni group. Witnesses said Saraya al-Salam pulled out of the streets of Sadr City overnight on Tuesday.

Under heavy pressure, jihadists strike back in Baghdad Posted: 18 May 2016 07:21 AM PDT The Islamic State group, on the defensive and under heavy pressure in Iraq, has struck back with bloody attacks in Baghdad, where persistent gaps in security increase the city's exposure. The spike in Baghdad attacks -- which have killed more than 140 people in the city over the past seven days -- also comes at a time of high political tension in the capital that affords militants an opportunity to sow further discord. Carrying out bombings is not a new strategy for IS -- it has been a key part of the jihadists' offensive and defensive tactics for years, and the group never fully stopped attacks in Baghdad.

Four Turkish soldiers killed by roadside bomb: military Posted: 18 May 2016 07:10 AM PDT Four Turkish soldiers were killed and nine wounded on Wednesday when a bomb was detonated as their vehicle traveled past in the mainly Kurdish southeast of the country, the military said. Explosives had been laid in the road in advance of the soldiers' convoy, the military said on its website. Security forces have been battling militants in the armed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the southeast since a ceasefire collapsed in July 2015, wrecking a peace process aimed at resolving one of Europe's longest-running insurgencies.

Macedonian court sentences 5 people for joining IS group Posted: 18 May 2016 05:06 AM PDT SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — A criminal court in Macedonia's capital has sentenced five people to terms ranging from two to four-and-a-half years in prison for joining the Islamic State group and recruiting fighters for it.

U.S., allies stage 17 strikes in Iraq, Syria against Islamic State: statement Posted: 18 May 2016 04:43 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 17 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Tuesday, the coalition leading the operations said. In a statement released on Wednesday, the Combined Joint Task Force said six strikes near three cities in Syria hit five tactical units and destroyed three vehicles, a command and control node and a fighting position. In Iraq, 11 strikes near six cities suppressed a mortar position and destroyed six weapons caches, three boats and a tunnel, among other targets, the statement said. ...

Turkish fighter jets bomb Kurdish rebels, kill 10 Posted: 18 May 2016 02:42 AM PDT ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey's state-run news agency says Turkish fighter jets have killed 10 Kurdish rebels during bombing runs in the country's southeast.

Rights group documents IS atrocities in Libyan city of Sirte Posted: 18 May 2016 02:09 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — A leading international rights group on Wednesday released a report documenting atrocities by Libya's Islamic State affiliate — including instances of "crucifixions" and shooting a man to death for "cursing God" — in the coastal city of Sirte, a stronghold of the militants.

Turkish warplanes hit PKK targets in Turkey, northern Iraq, 10 killed: sources Posted: 17 May 2016 11:22 PM PDT DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish warplanes hit Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in southeast Turkey and northern Iraq, killing at least ten fighters, security sources said on Wednesday. The military has been carrying out regular air strikes against positions of the outlawed group in the mountainous regions of northern Iraq, where it has camps near the Turkish border, after the collapse of ceasefire last year. (Reporting by Seyhmus Cakan; Writing by David Dolan; editing by John Stonestreet)

Bracelet honoring fallen soldier returned to his mother Posted: 17 May 2016 10:56 PM PDT KATY, Texas (AP) — A Texas woman hopes to find the original owner of a bracelet engraved with the name of her son, an Army veteran who was killed in Iraq, after it turned up hundreds of miles away in Minnesota.

'Home Alone' Bandit's Son Runs for California State Senate Posted: 17 May 2016 09:00 PM PDT Daniel Stern's 34-year-old son, Henry Stern, a Democratic environmental lawyer, has the support of 'Homeland' creator Howard Gordon and Billy Crystal for his run in the north Valley's 27th district.

Australian minister under fire for 'illiterate' refugees comment Posted: 17 May 2016 07:01 PM PDT Australia's immigration minister was accused of xenophobia Wednesday after he said increasing the nation's refugee intake would lead to "illiterate and innumerate" people claiming welfare or taking local jobs. Peter Dutton was responding to proposals by the Labor opposition to boost Australia's annual refugee intake from 13,750 to 27,000 while the Greens want it raised to 50,000 as they outline policies ahead of national elections on July 2. "For many people they won't be numerate or literate in their own language let alone English and this is a difficulty," Dutton told Sky News late Tuesday.

The Godfather of Virtual Reality Wants to Heal Your Wounds Posted: 17 May 2016 05:00 PM PDT The guy who taught the maker of Oculus Rift has a different plan for how to use the technology.

The Atlantic Daily: Violence in Iraq, Amtrak and Train Safety, Facebook and Elections Posted: 17 May 2016 02:42 PM PDT Terrorist attacks hit Baghdad neighborhoods, U.S. transportation officials called for better train technology, the social network wielded considerable power over users' news consumption, and more.

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