| Talented speaker, grandfather among Dallas sniper victims Posted: 11 Jul 2016 05:30 PM PDT  They were family men and veterans who volunteered in schools and at church.
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| Attorneys confirm Chelsea Manning attempted suicide Posted: 11 Jul 2016 05:23 PM PDT  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Attorneys for the transgender soldier imprisoned in Kansas for sending classified information to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks said Monday her hospitalization last week was due to an attempted suicide.
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| Jailed U.S. soldier Manning attempted suicide last week: lawyers Posted: 11 Jul 2016 04:35 PM PDT  Chelsea Manning, the U.S. soldier imprisoned for leaking classified files to pro-transparency site WikiLeaks, attempted to commit suicide last week, her lawyers said on Monday. "Last week, Chelsea made a decision to end her life," attorneys Chase Strangio, Vincent Ward and Nancy Hollander said in a joint statement. The statement confirms earlier media reports that said Manning's hospitalization last week near the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, resulted from a suicide attempt.
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| Survey: Europeans worry migrants may increase terror threat Posted: 11 Jul 2016 03:23 PM PDT  BERLIN (AP) — The refugee crisis and the threat of terrorism in Europe are very much related to one another in the minds of many Europeans, according to a survey conducted across the continent.
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| Half Europeans fear, resent refugees: survey Posted: 11 Jul 2016 03:10 PM PDT  Washington-based Pew Research Center found the share of people believing that "refugees will increase the likelihood of terrorism in our country" was, among others, 46 percent in France, 52 percent in Britain, 61 percent in Germany, 71 percent in Poland and 76 percent in Hungary. The Hungarian and Polish governments have led criticism of European Union efforts over the past year to distribute asylum seekers around the bloc, mostly from Syria and Iraq. Chancellor Angela Merkel, who oversaw a welcome in Germany for about a million refugees last year, said on Monday that Islamist militants had used the wave of arrivals to infiltrate Europe.
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| Rebels attack government lines in Syria's Aleppo after supply road cut Posted: 11 Jul 2016 02:21 PM PDT  By John Davison and Suleiman Al-Khalidi BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Rebels attacked Syrian government positions in the historic center of Aleppo on Monday in response to an offensive that cut a road leading into the opposition-held sector of the city, monitors and insurgents said. The shelling of government-held neighborhoods and intense street fighting came days after the advance by the government side towards the Castello Road. Rebels have relied on the road for supply runs and access to Aleppo through much of Syria's civil war, and its severing effectively put opposition-held areas where some 250,000 people live under siege.
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| Women Farmers Get a Boost From New Global Food-Aid Bill Posted: 11 Jul 2016 02:02 PM PDT  In the 1980s, a group of pop stars came together under the name Band Aid to record the saccharine but catchy anthem "Do They Know It's Christmas?" to provide famine relief to those starving in Ethiopia. Today, when conflict-related displacement is at an all-time high, a new food security bill passed with little notice outside the food media. The Global Food Security Act, which Congress passed on July 6, will allow U.S. food aid to do a lot more than sing for people's supper.
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| 6 Ways Pokémon Go Is Already Changing the Real World Posted: 11 Jul 2016 01:58 PM PDT  Pokémon Go has skyrocketed in popularity since the app hit Apple's and Google's stores on Wednesday. It can be a security risk in other ways, too: The app requests a long list of permissions before you can play.
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| US sending 560 more troops to Iraq as Mosul push intensifies Posted: 11 Jul 2016 01:17 PM PDT  BAGHDAD (AP) — The United States will send 560 more troops to Iraq to transform a freshly retaken air base into a staging hub for the long-awaited battle to recapture Mosul from Islamic State militants, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Monday. The new American forces should arrive in the coming weeks.
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| After Dallas shooting, U.S. police forces rethinking tactics Posted: 11 Jul 2016 12:52 PM PDT  CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police departments across the United States are searching for new tactics for a more difficult era of racial tension, increasingly lethal mass shootings and global terrorism. The Police Association of New Orleans wants patrol vehicles to be equipped with assault rifles so officers are better prepared, said Captain Michael Glasser, the union's president.
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| New U.S. troops in Iraq to bolster Iraqi successes: White House Posted: 11 Jul 2016 12:18 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The 560 additional troops the United States is sending to Iraq will bolster the battlefield successes the Iraqi military was already enjoying, the White House said on Monday. "The United States and our coalition partners will be committed to supporting Iraqi forces as they take the fight to ISIL," White House Spokesman Josh Earnest told a regular media briefing, using an acronym for Islamic State. (Reporting by Jeff Mason; Writing by Adam DeRose; Editing by Tim Ahmann) |
| US to send 560 more troops to aid Iraq's anti-IS fight Posted: 11 Jul 2016 11:41 AM PDT  Pentagon chief Ashton Carter said Monday that Washington will deploy 560 additional troops to aid Iraq's fight to retake Mosul from jihadists, deepening US military involvement in the country. The announcement, which will bring the total authorised number of American military personnel in Iraq to more than 4,600, came two days after Baghdad said it had recaptured an airbase south of Mosul that is seen as key for the eventual battle for the city.
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| US to deploy 560 more troops to Iraq to help seize Mosul Posted: 11 Jul 2016 11:11 AM PDT The United States will send 560 more troops to Iraq later this year to help Iraqi forces in their efforts to retake Mosul from the militant group known as the Islamic State, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Monday. The announcement came during a visit to Baghdad, where Mr. Carter met US commanders along with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi. |
| U.S. to send more troops to Iraq ahead of Mosul offensive Posted: 11 Jul 2016 10:42 AM PDT  By Yeganeh Torbati and Stephen Kalin BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The United States is stepping up its military campaign against Islamic State by sending hundreds more troops to assist Iraqi forces in an expected push on the city of Mosul, the militants' largest stronghold, later this year. U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter made the announcement on Monday during a visit to Baghdad, where he met U.S. commanders, as well as Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and Defence Minister Khaled al-Obeidi.
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| S.Africa in IS first as twins accused over US embassy plot Posted: 11 Jul 2016 09:20 AM PDT  Two South African brothers appeared in court Monday accused of plotting to blow up the US embassy in Pretoria and Jewish institutions, and planning to join the so-called Islamic State, police said. The 23-year-old twins, Brandon-Lee and Tony-Lee Thulsie, were arrested over the weekend in a first for the country involving allegations of IS membership. "It is alleged that they wanted to bomb the US embassy and Jewish facilities in the country," Hangwani Mulaudzi, spokesman for South Africa's elite police, the Hawks, told AFP.
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| Obama must make new budget request for Iraq troops: Thornberry Posted: 11 Jul 2016 08:54 AM PDT  The Republican chairman of the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee said on Monday that President Barack Obama must ask Congress for additional funds to pay the deployment of more troops to Iraq, as Congress and the White House debate defense spending amid mandatory budget cuts. "Added to the President's Afghanistan announcement last week, the United States will now be deploying thousands more troops than we have budgeted for in the President's budget request," Representative Mac Thornberry said in a statement. "Those deployments can only be fully supported through a supplemental budget request," Thornberry said.
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| Labour rebel bids to topple Corbyn in Brexit shake-up Posted: 11 Jul 2016 08:14 AM PDT  British lawmaker Angela Eagle launches her bid for the leadership of the main opposition Labour Party on Monday as the Brexit fall-out continues to shake up the political scene. Eagle said she was trying to save Labour from doom as she prepared to announce formally her attempt to topple embattled leader Jeremy Corbyn -- a veteran socialist accused of lukewarm campaigning for Britain to stay in the European Union. The ruling Conservative Party is also engaged in a fierce leadership battle over who will be the next prime minister after David Cameron announced his resignation in the wake of the seismic June 23 vote that has plunged Britain and Europe into uncertainty.
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| S. African twins plotted to blow up US embassy: police Posted: 11 Jul 2016 08:02 AM PDT  Two South African brothers arrested on terrorism charges were plotting to blow up the US embassy in Pretoria and Jewish institutions, and planned to join the so-called Islamic State, police said Monday. The 23-year-old twins, Brandon-Lee and Tony-Lee Thulsie, appeared briefly in a Johannesburg magistrate court after being arrested at the weekend. "It is alleged that they wanted to bomb the US embassy and Jewish facilities in the country," Hangwani Mulaudzi, spokesman for South Africa's elite police, the Hawks, told AFP.
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| Why is Britain's Angela Eagle facing a no-confidence vote from Labour Party? Posted: 11 Jul 2016 07:47 AM PDT The contest for leadership of Britain's Conservative Party, sparked by tumult in the wake of the country's vote to leave the European Union, has now left Home Secretary Theresa May seemingly unopposed. Angela Eagle, the former shadow business secretary, formally launched her bid to challenge current leader Jeremy Corbyn on Monday. "I would not do this if I did not think I could be a good prime minister for Britain. |
| The U.S. Fight Against ISIS in Iraq Posted: 11 Jul 2016 07:07 AM PDT NEWS BRIEF Defense Secretary Ash Carter has announced an additional 560 military personnel will be sent to Iraq to aid in the fight against the Islamic State, bringing the number of American personnel in the country to 4,650. |
| U.S. to send 560 more troops to Iraq before Mosul push: Carter Posted: 11 Jul 2016 05:55 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The United States will send about 560 more troops to Iraq to step up the campaign against Islamic State and advise local forces in a plan to retake the militants' stronghold in Mosul this year, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Monday. Some of them will go to the Qayara airbase which Iraqi forces recaptured on Saturday near the northern city, he added during a trip to Baghdad. The deployment will raise the cap on U.S. troops in Iraq to about 4,650. (Reporting by Yeganeh Torbati; Writing by Stephen Kalin) |
| Defense Secretary Ash Carter says the U.S. will send 560 more troops to Iraq. Posted: 11 Jul 2016 05:32 AM PDT BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter says the U.S. will send 560 more troops to Iraq. |
| After the Victory at Fallujah, How to Destroy ISIS Once and for All Posted: 11 Jul 2016 03:45 AM PDT  Thirteen years ago, the U.S. coalition invaded Iraq and set in motion a series of unexpected events that changed the Middle East. The ostensible reason for the invasion was the Bush administration's assertion that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and was prepared to use them on U.S. allies in the region. Saddam Hussein had already killed thousands of Kurds in March 1988 with a gas attack in Halabja, the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
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| Reports leading PKK militant killed in Syria not confirmed: Turkey Posted: 11 Jul 2016 03:21 AM PDT Turkey has not been able to confirm reports that a senior Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) commander had been killed in Syria, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Monday, in what would be a major blow to Kurdish militants. Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Saturday that a Syrian rebel group had killed Fehman Huseyin and his bodyguards in a bomb attack on Friday as he traveled to the northern Syrian city of Qamishli. The killing of Huseyin, a Syrian Kurd known in Turkey by the name Bahoz Erdal, would be a blow to the PKK, which has fought intensively with the Turkish state since a two-year ceasefire collapsed a year ago. |
| Turkey jails seven more suspects in Istanbul airport attack Posted: 11 Jul 2016 12:18 AM PDT  A Turkish court has jailed seven suspects pending trial on terrorism charges over last month's triple suicide bombing at Istanbul's main airport, bringing the number in custody to 37, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported. The attack at Ataturk Airport killed 45 people and wounded hundreds, the deadliest in a series of bombings this year in Turkey. The seven suspects were detained on charges of "membership of an armed terrorist group" and being accomplices to murder, Anadolu said.
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| Sirte battle risks widening Libya political splits Posted: 10 Jul 2016 11:27 PM PDT  By Patrick Markey SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - When Western officials cajoled Libya's warring factions to support a unity government this year, they said it was a chance for the rival armed brigades to unite against the common enemy, Islamic State. Libyan forces may be close to winning the battle for the militant group's stronghold in Sirte, but divisions may deepen if one of the most powerful brigades, led by commanders from Misrata, takes control of the prize city. For Western powers, keen to stabilize the North African country in chaos since its 2011 revolution, the fragile Tripoli government of Prime Minister Fayaz Seraj is the only way to bring together factions that were at war just two years ago.
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| Friend or foe? Open-carry law poses challenge to police Posted: 10 Jul 2016 11:26 PM PDT  PARIS, Texas (AP) — Gun-rights activists, some of them wearing camouflage and military-style gear and openly toting rifles and handguns, marched alongside the hundreds of people who flocked to downtown Dallas last week to protest police shootings of blacks.
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| Germany plans to assume greater security role Posted: 10 Jul 2016 09:42 PM PDT  Berlin (AFP) - "Economic giant, political dwarf" -- that is how the world long viewed post-World War II Germany, the European export power reluctant to use military muscle in global conflicts. It is an image that Europe's most populous country wants to shed as it gradually assumes a bigger defence role, within the frameworks of NATO and the European Union. It marks a shift for Germany which, burdened by guilt about Nazi terror and the Holocaust, for decades stepped softly on the world stage and long refrained from sending troops abroad.
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| U.S. sends Yemeni Guantanamo inmate to Italy, 78 detainees left Posted: 10 Jul 2016 06:55 PM PDT  By Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Sunday it had transferred a Yemeni inmate from the Guantanamo Bay prison to Italy, bringing the number of detainees at the U.S. naval base in Cuba to 78. Fayiz Ahmad Yahia Suleiman was approved for transfer nearly six years ago by six U.S. agencies - the Departments of Defense, State, Justice and Homeland Security, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. "The United States is very grateful to the Government of Italy for its continued assistance in closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay," said Lee Wolosky, the U.S. special envoy for Guantanamo's closure, describing the effort to shut the prison as a "shared goal." A Pentagon spokesman declined comment on whether the man would be subject to detention in Italy and referred that question to the Italian government, which said it was taking him on "humanitarian grounds" but provided no further details.
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