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• Officials: Bombings in Baghdad kill at least 23
• The Latest: UN Security Council condemns Dhaka attack
• Erdogan calls Assad a 'more advanced terrorist' than IS
• Obama backtracks on UK trade warning to limit Brexit fallout
• Istanbul airport attack death toll rises to 45
• U.S. accuses Russian warship of aggressive maneuvers near U.S. navy ship
• How reliable are White House statistics on drone strike casualties?
• Hostage crisis leaves 28 dead in Bangladesh diplomatic zone
• Bill Clinton and his loose-cannon episodes
• Pentagon: 2 IS leaders killed in airstrike on Iraq's Mosul
• Libyan forces battle Islamic State street-to-street in Sirte

Officials: Bombings in Baghdad kill at least 23 Posted: 02 Jul 2016 05:25 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombs went off early Sunday in two crowded commercial areas in Baghdad, killing at least 23 people and wounding 61, according to hospital and police officials.

The Latest: UN Security Council condemns Dhaka attack Posted: 02 Jul 2016 02:36 PM PDT DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The Latest on the attack on a restaurant popular with foreigners in a diplomatic zone in the Bangladeshi capital (all times local):

Erdogan calls Assad a 'more advanced terrorist' than IS Posted: 02 Jul 2016 01:00 PM PDT ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared Saturday that Syrian President Bashar Assad was a "more advanced terrorist" than the Islamic State group, despite the deadly attack on Istanbul's Ataturk Airport that Turkish officials blame on IS.

Obama backtracks on UK trade warning to limit Brexit fallout Posted: 02 Jul 2016 11:06 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is backtracking on his warning that Britain would go to the "back of the queue" for a U.S. trade deal, as he tries to contain the fallout of the U.K.'s decision to leave the European Union.

Istanbul airport attack death toll rises to 45 Posted: 02 Jul 2016 09:46 AM PDT The death of a Jordanian child brought the toll from this week's Istanbul airport attack to 45, media reported Saturday, as a scare sparked fresh jitters in Turkey's biggest city. Ankara has pointed blame at the Islamic State group for Tuesday's gun and suicide bomb rampage at Ataturk international airport. Dogan news agency reported that four-year-old Jordanian national Rayyan Mohammed, one of more than 200 people injured in the attacks, had died in hospital.

U.S. accuses Russian warship of aggressive maneuvers near U.S. navy ship Posted: 02 Jul 2016 09:37 AM PDT By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Russian warship carried out aggressive and erratic maneuvers close to a U.S. Navy ship in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, the second such Cold War-style incident there in a matter of weeks, the U.S. military said on Saturday. The U.S. European Command said the Russian frigate, Yaroslav Mudry, came unnecessarily close to the guided-missile cruiser USS San Jacinto on June 30 and maneuvered in its wake. In a statement, EUCOM said the U.S. ship had not been threatened and it maintained course and speed.

How reliable are White House statistics on drone strike casualties? Posted: 02 Jul 2016 09:22 AM PDT The Obama administration released a report Friday detailing the number of civilian deaths from US counterterrorism strikes in countries other than its three primary "areas of active hostilities," namely Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan. Most of these fatalities came about as a result of the controversial drones program, initiated under President George W. Bush but expanded under President Obama. The report was published the same day as an executive order that seeks to minimize civilian casualties going forward.

Hostage crisis leaves 28 dead in Bangladesh diplomatic zone Posted: 02 Jul 2016 09:09 AM PDT The hostages were given a test: recite verses from the Quran, or be punished, according to a witness. The dramatic, 10-hour hostage crisis that gripped the Bangladesh's diplomatic zone ended Saturday morning with at least 28 dead, including six of the attackers, as commandos raided the popular restaurant where heavily armed attackers were holding dozens of foreigners and Bangladeshis prisoner while hurling bombs and engaging in a gunbattle with security forces. The attack marks an escalation in militant violence that has hit the traditionally moderate Muslim-majority nation with increasing frequency in recent months, with the extremists demanding the secular government revert to Islamic rule.

Bill Clinton and his loose-cannon episodes Posted: 02 Jul 2016 05:32 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Long regarded as having one of the shrewdest political minds among recent presidents, Bill Clinton has at times angered and alienated Democrats and Republicans alike while campaigning for his wife, Hillary Clinton.

Pentagon: 2 IS leaders killed in airstrike on Iraq's Mosul Posted: 02 Jul 2016 02:06 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — The Pentagon says two senior Islamic State group commanders were killed in a U.S. airstrike in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on June 25.

Libyan forces battle Islamic State street-to-street in Sirte Posted: 02 Jul 2016 01:15 AM PDT By Patrick Markey SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Crouching on a rooftop, Libyan truck driver Riyad Swaid takes aim through breeze blocks at positions held by Islamic State fighters a few hundred metres away in the city of Sirte. Nearly two months into the battle, the militant group has lost control of Sirte's harbour and some of the residential areas near the centre of what was late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's hometown. Islamic State started expanding into Libya in 2014 as political chaos deepened and conflict worsened, three years after the civil war that ousted Gaddafi.

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