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• Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Kristen Kavanaugh
• Top Asian News 12:18 a.m. GMT
• Minister: Bavaria bomber in online chat before attack
• Pope says the world's at war, urges Europe to greet refugees
• Syrian suicide bomber in Germany 'in chat' just before attack
• US prosecutors drop all charges in Freddie Gray death
• French government faces security criticisms after church attack
• Trump encourages Russia to hack Clinton emails
• Massive IS bomb attack kills 44 in Syrian Kurdish city
• Iraq: Attacks kill at least 18; province takes on militants
• Mortar, bombing in Baghdad kill six, including four children
• Coalition aims to open new anti-IS front in Syria: US
• Germany bomber influenced in chat by unknown person: minister
• U.S. forces help Iraqis build bridge on way to Mosul
• IS suicide attack in mostly Kurdish Syria town kills 44
• US: Fighting in Syrian city yields trove of IS intelligence
• The Latest: Obama offers sympathy to Merkel over attacks
• Fighters battling Islamic State gather trove of documents
• INTERVIEW: US general says Afghan IS linked to main group
• Northeast Nigeria now 'close' to famine is 'top' emergency: MSF
• DNCC Announces Third Night Program for Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia
• Kerry talks with new Philippine president critical of US
• Spanish police arrest two Moroccans accused of funding Islamic State
• How is France responding to the militant attack on a Catholic priest?
• From Beirut to Baghdad, 'useless' bomb detectors guard against disaster
• Morocco arrests 52 suspected militants, foils several attacks
• Tim Kaine’s Declaration of Independence
• Islamists attack French church, slit priest's throat

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Kristen Kavanaugh Posted: 27 Jul 2016 05:43 PM PDT PHILADELPHIA, July 27, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At the age of 24, I deployed to Iraq. We regularly received indirect fire. After an attack, everything would fall silent. Seconds later, I would hear the sounds of the Army artillery battery returning fire, and the quick reaction force helicopters taking off in the enemy's direction.As a young Marine Corps lieutenant in a non-combat position, these two units, along with the special operations teams and Marine infantry battalions stationed with us, were our first line of defense.I trusted them with my life. ...

Top Asian News 12:18 a.m. GMT Posted: 27 Jul 2016 05:18 PM PDT TOKYO (AP) — He wrote that he intended to kill disabled people and that his plot would benefit Japanese society. The facility where he worked was so unnerved, it confronted him. He quit the job and police sent him to a psychiatric hospital, but doctors deemed him safe to release 12 days later. In the months that followed, his former workplace increased security, adding cameras to watch the buildings where 150 mentally disabled people resided. But he was left alone, free, unmonitored. In the early morning darkness, Satoshi Uematsu entered the Yamayuri-en facility and killed or injured nearly a third of its patients within 40 minutes, Kanagawa prefectural authorities said.

Minister: Bavaria bomber in online chat before attack Posted: 27 Jul 2016 03:01 PM PDT BERLIN (AP) — A 27-year-old Syrian asylum-seeker who blew himself up in the southern German town of Ansbach was chatting online with a still-unidentified person immediately before the explosion, Bavaria's interior minister said Wednesday.

Pope says the world's at war, urges Europe to greet refugees Posted: 27 Jul 2016 02:15 PM PDT KRAKOW, Poland (AP) — Pope Francis, deeply saddened by the slaying of an elderly priest during Mass in a church in the French countryside, warned grimly Wednesday that the world is at war, but cautioned against labeling it a war among religions.

Syrian suicide bomber in Germany 'in chat' just before attack Posted: 27 Jul 2016 02:10 PM PDT A Syrian with suspected links to the Islamic State group who blew himself up outside a German music festival was in contact with another person "who influenced the attack" immediately beforehand, authorities said Wednesday. The 27-year-old failed asylum seeker, who wounded 15 people at a nearby cafe late Sunday when he was refused access to the festival venue, had been speaking to an unknown person in an "intensive" online chat, Bavaria state interior minister Joachim Herrmann said. "Apparently he had direct contact with someone who had significant influence on the way the attack played out," Herrmann said on the sidelines of a state government meeting.

US prosecutors drop all charges in Freddie Gray death Posted: 27 Jul 2016 01:55 PM PDT US prosecutors on Wednesday dropped all remaining charges against police in the death of Freddie Gray, an African American whose fatal injury in custody provoked riots in Baltimore, ending the high-profile case without any convictions. The lead prosecutor defended efforts to convict six officers on charges ranging from second degree murder to reckless endangerment, but said "reluctance and obvious bias" from individual police officers had undermined the case, making it probable that the three remaining trials would end in acquittal. The decision from Baltimore's state prosecutor now makes it unlikely that anyone will be punished for what was one of the most inflammatory deaths of unarmed black men blamed on police, fueling a nationwide protest movement.

French government faces security criticisms after church attack Posted: 27 Jul 2016 12:49 PM PDT By Chine Labbé and Michel Rose PARIS/SAINT-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY, France (Reuters) - France's government faced criticism of its security record on Wednesday in the wake of revelations that one of the assailants who slit the throat of a priest at a church altar was a known would-be jihadist under police surveillance. President Francois Hollande met interfaith leaders in an effort to promote national unity. Tuesday's attackers interrupted a church service, forced 85-year-old Roman Catholic priest Father Jacques Hamel to his knees at the altar and slit his throat.

Trump encourages Russia to hack Clinton emails Posted: 27 Jul 2016 12:47 PM PDT Donald Trump sensationally challenged Russia on Wednesday to hack into Hillary Clinton's emails as a furious Democratic campaign accused the Republican nominee of inviting foreign spies to meddle in the US presidential election. At a sweeping news conference, the New York billionaire tried to undermine his White House rival, astonishingly implied that Vladimir Putin used a racial slur against President Barack Obama and promised a heyday of US-Russian relations under a Trump presidency. Attacking Clinton as she prepares to accept her party's formal nomination, Trump turned his guns on a previous email scandal dating back to her time as secretary of state and more than 30,000 emails deleted on grounds of being personal and not related to her job.

Massive IS bomb attack kills 44 in Syrian Kurdish city Posted: 27 Jul 2016 12:14 PM PDT It was the largest and deadliest attack to hit the city since the March 2011 outbreak of Syria's conflict. Kurdish fighters have been a key force battling the jihadists in north and northeastern Syria and are the main component in the Syrian Democratic Forces alliance currently seeking to oust IS from Manbij.

Iraq: Attacks kill at least 18; province takes on militants Posted: 27 Jul 2016 12:09 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Militants unleashed a series of attacks Wednesday in and around Baghdad, killing at least 18 people, officials said. South of the Iraqi capital, a provincial council approved a decision allowing authorities to demolish homes of convicted militants and banish their families from the province.

Mortar, bombing in Baghdad kill six, including four children Posted: 27 Jul 2016 11:52 AM PDT A mortar attack south of Baghdad at a camp for people displaced from the war with Islamic State killed four children and a woman on Wednesday, while a separate suicide bombing in a northern district killed a policeman, security sources said. The ultra-hardline Sunni Muslim militants of Islamic State regularly bomb security forces and civilian areas in the capital. Mortar attacks are less frequent in the city of four million where many armed groups operate.

Coalition aims to open new anti-IS front in Syria: US Posted: 27 Jul 2016 11:50 AM PDT The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group aims to open a new front in southern Syria in addition to its ongoing offensive in the northeast, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Wednesday. "We will aggressively pursue opportunities to build pressure on ISIL in Syria from the south, complementing our existing, robust efforts from northeastern Syria," he said in a speech to US troops at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. ISIL is another term for the Islamic State group.

Germany bomber influenced in chat by unknown person: minister Posted: 27 Jul 2016 11:43 AM PDT A Syrian asylum seeker who blew himself up in the southern German town of Ansbach on Sunday was influenced by an unknown person in a chat conversation on his mobile phone, Bavaria's Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said on Wednesday. "It's possible to deduce that another person wherever they were at the time of the call, of the chat, significantly influenced how the attacker acted," Herrmann said on the sidelines of a meeting of the Bavarian cabinet. Officials say the bombing by the 27-year-old Syrian, who had arrived in Germany two years ago, was clearly a terrorist attack, citing a video found on his mobile phone in which he talks of planning an "act of revenge" against Germans.

U.S. forces help Iraqis build bridge on way to Mosul Posted: 27 Jul 2016 10:50 AM PDT By Yeganeh Torbati and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A small group of U.S. troops helped Iraqi forces build a bridge across the Tigris River last week that will support Iraq's campaign to retake Mosul from the militant group Islamic State, a U.S. military spokesman said on Wednesday. This was the first time American forces accompanied the Iraqi army closer to the front lines of battle since U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in April that they would be allowed to do so.

IS suicide attack in mostly Kurdish Syria town kills 44 Posted: 27 Jul 2016 10:50 AM PDT DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A suicide bomber riding an empty livestock truck laden with explosives blew himself up Wednesday in a crowded district in the predominantly Kurdish town of Qamishli in northern Syria, causing massive destruction and killing 44 people in a new attack claimed by the Islamic State group.

US: Fighting in Syrian city yields trove of IS intelligence Posted: 27 Jul 2016 10:43 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is exploiting an enormous amount of digital information about the Islamic State obtained by Syrian rebels fighting for control of the city of Manbij, a spokesman for the American-led military coalition said Wednesday.

The Latest: Obama offers sympathy to Merkel over attacks Posted: 27 Jul 2016 10:14 AM PDT BERLIN (AP) — The Latest on a series of attacks in Germany (all times local):

Fighters battling Islamic State gather trove of documents Posted: 27 Jul 2016 09:25 AM PDT By Idrees Ali and Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.-backed forces fighting to drive Islamic State out of northern Syria have gathered a massive trove of documents and data belonging to the militant group, potentially shedding more light on its operations, a U.S. military official said on Wednesday. The material, gathered as fighters moved from village to village surrounding the town of Manbij, includes notebooks, laptops, USB drives, and even advanced math and science textbooks rewritten with pro-Islamic State word problems, Colonel Chris Garver, the U.S. military spokesman in Iraq, said in a news briefing. "It is a lot of material, it is going to take a lot to go through, then start connecting the dots and trying to figure where we can start dismantling ISIS," Garver said, using an acronym for Islamic State.

INTERVIEW: US general says Afghan IS linked to main group Posted: 27 Jul 2016 08:58 AM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Islamic State group presence in Afghanistan is directly linked to the parent organization in Iraq and Syria, the U.S. Army general in charge of American and NATO troops in Afghanistan said on Wednesday.

Northeast Nigeria now 'close' to famine is 'top' emergency: MSF Posted: 27 Jul 2016 08:33 AM PDT Northeast Nigeria is "close" to famine with hundreds of thousands trapped without help, and must be declared a "top emergency" by the UN, said Medical charity Doctors Without Borders on Wednesday. The charity known by its French acronym MSF said the region devastated by Boko Haram's Islamist insurgency had between 500,000 and 800,000 people trapped in areas that cannot be reached by humanitarian workers. A UN "top emergency" designation -- which would put Nigeria on a list with Syria, Iraq and Yemen -- would immediately mobilise more resources to a crisis that has not received nearly enough attention, MSF said.

DNCC Announces Third Night Program for Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia Posted: 27 Jul 2016 07:51 AM PDT PHILADELPHIA, July 27, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) announced the program for the third day of the Democratic National Convention being held in Philadelphia from July 25 to July 28.In Philadelphia, Democrats are laying out the clear stakes in this election – a choice between building walls and tearing people down or an optimistic unifying vision where everyone has a role to play in building our future. ...

Kerry talks with new Philippine president critical of US Posted: 27 Jul 2016 07:11 AM PDT MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The top U.S. diplomat shared a working lunch Wednesday with the new Philippine president, who has criticized U.S. security policies and publicly made friendly overtures to China.

Spanish police arrest two Moroccans accused of funding Islamic State Posted: 27 Jul 2016 06:52 AM PDT Spanish police have arrested two Moroccan brothers in the northern city of Girona and charged them with helping to fund Islamic State's operations in Syria and Iraq, the interior ministry said on Wednesday. The pair, aged 22 and 33, diverted funds from Europe to pay the costs of moving members of the militant group into conflict zones, the ministry said. Police found a large amount of money and telephone information at the brothers' home, which they hope will yield details on Islamic State's financing networks from Spain, the ministry said.

How is France responding to the militant attack on a Catholic priest? Posted: 27 Jul 2016 06:13 AM PDT French president François Hollande met with religious leaders at the presidential palace on Wednesday in a show of interfaith solidarity after two men said to be inspired by the self-proclaimed Islamic State stormed a Catholic church, killing a priest and seriously wounding another person. At the meeting, which included Roman Catholic, Christian Orthodox, Muslim, and Jewish leaders, Paris archbishop Cardinal André Vingt-Trois urged Catholics to "overcome hatred that comes in their heart," telling journalists afterward, "We cannot allow ourselves to be dragged into the politics of Daesh, which wants to set the children of the same family against each other," referring to IS by it's Arabic acronym. Recommended: How much do you know about the Islamic State?

From Beirut to Baghdad, 'useless' bomb detectors guard against disaster Posted: 27 Jul 2016 04:32 AM PDT By Dominic Evans and Saif Hameed BEIRUT/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At a checkpoint in central Beirut, a guard checks a small truck for explosives. At the nearby marina where millionaires' yachts are moored by the glistening Mediterranean Sea, and at entrances to the underground parking of an upmarket shopping mall, the same bomb detectors are used. Marketed under names such as ADE651, GT200 and Alpha, they are supposed to respond to the presence of explosives, causing their metal antenna to swivel on a hinge toward the material.

Morocco arrests 52 suspected militants, foils several attacks Posted: 27 Jul 2016 03:30 AM PDT Morocco said on Wednesday that it had arrested 52 suspected militants inspired by Islamic State and that it had foiled several attacks in the North African kingdom by seizing weapons and bomb-making materials. It is the largest group arrested in years and the latest of a series of cells that the authorities say they have found plotting attacks inside and outside Morocco. The North African kingdom, an ally of the West against Islamist militancy, has been on high alert since 2014, when IS took control of large swathes of northern Iraq and Syria.

Tim Kaine’s Declaration of Independence Posted: 27 Jul 2016 03:00 AM PDT The Virginia senator's early call for a war vote in Congress helped him break free of President Obama and earn a spot as Hillary Clinton's running mate.

Islamists attack French church, slit priest's throat Posted: 27 Jul 2016 02:46 AM PDT By Noemie Olive SAINT-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY, France (Reuters) - Knife-wielding attackers interrupted a French church service, forced the priest to his knees and slit his throat on Tuesday, a murder made even more shocking as one of the assailants was a known would-be jihadist under supposedly tight surveillance. The men arrived during morning mass in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, a working-class town near Rouen, northwest of Paris, where the 85-year-old parish priest, Father Jacques Hamel, was leading prayers. News agency Amaq, which is affiliated with Islamic State, a group France is bombing in Iraq and Syria as part of a U.S.-led coalition, said two of its "soldiers" had carried out the attack.

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