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• Workplace retaliation suit against Tammy Duckworth settled
• 'Brexit' threatens to undermine U.S.-Britain special relationship
• Officials: No evidence Orlando gunman was gay
• Hezbollah vows to send more fighters to Syria's Aleppo
• Libyan government forces repel IS counterattack in Sirte
• U.N. can't verify incendiary bombs in Syria, concerned by reports
• Hezbollah to send more fighters to Syria's Aleppo
• Fight for Aleppo 'greatest battle' in Syria: Hezbollah chief
• Organizers say gay pride march in Istanbul canceled after ban
• Wounded Veteran Finds Help, While Seeking Sticker
• Nepali migrants banned from working in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria
• Why the Refugee Crisis Is Just the Beginning
• Morocco arrests 10 suspected Islamist militants, including Algerian

Workplace retaliation suit against Tammy Duckworth settled Posted: 24 Jun 2016 05:17 PM PDT SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A settlement in the workplace retaliation lawsuit against U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth concluded Friday with an agreement that no law was violated, removing an obstacle in her bid to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk in one of November's most competitive Senate races.

'Brexit' threatens to undermine U.S.-Britain special relationship Posted: 24 Jun 2016 01:40 PM PDT By Matt Spetalnick and Yara Bayoumy WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Britain's decision to quit the European Union could send damaging shockwaves through the bedrock Anglo-American "special relationship," raising questions about London's willingness and ability to back U.S.-led efforts in global crises ranging from the Middle East to Ukraine. The loss of the strongest pro-U.S. voice within the 28-nation bloc, as a result of the "Brexit" referendum, threatens to weaken Washington's influence in European policymaking and embolden Russian President Vladimir Putin to further challenge the West, analysts and former diplomats say. Britain's departure -- which is not immediate and must be negotiated with the EU -- could present the next U.S. president with a decision on whether to turn to other key European partners like Germany and France, essentially downgrading a special U.S. bond with London forged in World War Two.

Officials: No evidence Orlando gunman was gay Posted: 24 Jun 2016 01:07 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI investigators so far have not turned up persuasive evidence that Orlando gunman Omar Mateen was gay or pursuing gay relationships, according to two government officials familiar with the investigation.

Hezbollah vows to send more fighters to Syria's Aleppo Posted: 24 Jun 2016 11:38 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah's leader said on Friday that the Lebanese militant group will be sending more fighters to Syria's Aleppo province, where pro-government forces are battling Syrian rebels on several fronts.

Libyan government forces repel IS counterattack in Sirte Posted: 24 Jun 2016 11:22 AM PDT Libya pro-government forces repelled a counterattack by the Islamic State group as they pressed their offensive to retake the jihadist coastal bastion of Sirte on Friday, a military statement said. Forces backing Libya's unity government early Friday "repelled a new counter-offensive from Daesh... in very violent clashes," the statement said, using an Arabic acronym for IS. Since May 12, pro-government forces from the west, Libyan naval forces and eastern militias have pushed the jihadists back into a residential zone of just five square kilometres (two square miles) inside the city.

U.N. can't verify incendiary bombs in Syria, concerned by reports Posted: 24 Jun 2016 10:55 AM PDT The United Nations is concerned by the Syrian opposition's accusations that incendiary weapons have been used in Syria but said on Friday it is unable to verify the reports. The Syrian opposition High Negotiations Committee called on U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday to launch an investigation into its accusations that Russia has used air-delivered incendiary weapons and cluster bombs in Syria.

Hezbollah to send more fighters to Syria's Aleppo Posted: 24 Jun 2016 10:39 AM PDT The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement said on Friday it will send more fighters to Syria's Aleppo area, a battleground where it has suffered heavy losses fighting alongside Syrian government forces against insurgent groups. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said thousands of Hezbollah's Sunni militant foes had recently entered Syria via the Turkish border with the aim of taking over Aleppo and its surrounding countryside. "We are facing a new wave...of projects of war against Syria which are being waged in northern Syria, particularly in the Aleppo region," Nasrallah said in a speech broadcast live on the group's Al Manar TV.

Fight for Aleppo 'greatest battle' in Syria: Hezbollah chief Posted: 24 Jun 2016 10:19 AM PDT The head of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement said Friday that the offensive on the city of Aleppo was the "greatest battle" in Syria, pledging to dispatch more fighters to support Syrian regime forces. Hezbollah has intervened in Syria's complex war on behalf of the regime of President Bashar al-Assad and has dispatched thousands of fighters to Damascus, Aleppo, and Homs provinces, among others.

Organizers say gay pride march in Istanbul canceled after ban Posted: 24 Jun 2016 09:17 AM PDT An annual gay pride parade in the Turkish city of Istanbul will not go ahead on Sunday, organizers said in a statement on Friday after the governor's office banned the march citing security risks and declined the group's request to read a statement. "We are announcing with sadness that we will not be able to hold the 14th Pride March," the Istanbul LGBTI and Pride committee said in a statement on its website, but added this was a violation by the authorities of their right to demonstrate. The Istanbul governor's office last week said the marches had been banned out of concern for public order.

Wounded Veteran Finds Help, While Seeking Sticker Posted: 24 Jun 2016 08:26 AM PDT Had Matthew not gone to woundedwarriorproject.org looking for a decal to put on his father-in-law's new work helmet, he may have never come across Warrior Care Network™. Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) partnered with four top academic medical centers across the country to form Warrior Care Network in 2015. This world-class health network provides mental health care for wounded veterans dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) regardless of where they are located, and the care being provided is free of charge.

Nepali migrants banned from working in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria Posted: 24 Jun 2016 08:18 AM PDT By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Nepal has banned its nationals from working in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria after 13 Nepali security guards were killed by a Taliban suicide bomber in the Afghan capital earlier this week, Labour Minister Deepak Bohara said on Friday. "Our decision is prompted by the security situation in those countries," Bohara told Thomson Reuters Foundation. "If our nationals already working in those countries want to return home, the government will make arrangements for that." Nepal is one of the world's poorest countries.

Why the Refugee Crisis Is Just the Beginning Posted: 24 Jun 2016 03:10 AM PDT LESBOS, Greece—Two years after her town fell to the Islamic State, Zozan Qerani visited psychiatrists in Turkey and Greece for help with what she'd seen. Since arriving in Greece by boat three months ago she has suffered seizures while living in a tent at a refugee camp called Kara Tepe. "I fall over, every day," she said, sitting on a folding chair in front of the tent, which she shares with her husband, Atoo Qerani.

Morocco arrests 10 suspected Islamist militants, including Algerian Posted: 24 Jun 2016 12:21 AM PDT Morocco said on Thursday that it had dismantled a suspected militant cell inspired by the radical group Islamic State and that it had arrested 10 men who were planning attacks in the North African kingdom. This was the latest in a series of radical Islamist groups that Morocco has said it has broken up. The group includes an Algerian national living in Morocco illegally, according to the statement carried by state news agency MAP said.

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