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• Australian veteran Cahill makes low-key debut for Melbourne City FC
• Soldier who killed 5 Dallas officers showed PTSD symptoms
• Facebook, Twitter failing on extremist content: UK MPs
• Post Arab Spring, lifespan drops across region: study
• Violence has taken years off of life expectancy in Syria
• Iran vessels make 'high speed intercept' of U.S. ship: U.S. official
• Pentagon probes possible civilian deaths in Syria strike
• US says airstrike in Syria may have killed civilians
• Does the president need a dream team of historians?
• IMF approves $720 mn Jordan loan deal
• Mississippi Islamic State recruit gets 8 years in prison
• The Latest: Islamic State recruit thanks FBI for his arrest
• In Turkey's cross-border operation into Syria, a dual purpose
• Islamic State attacks Western-backed camp on Jordan-Syria border
• Iraq forces advance in town south of Mosul
• Turkey makes first major foray into Syria with assault on IS
• Raped and tortured by IS, Yazidi women recover in Germany
• Finland arrests Iraqi suspected of killings in 2014 in Iraq
• EU refugee relocation scheme must be bigger, quicker: UNHCR chief
• Saudi police foil mosque suicide bombing: ministry
• Qatari state fund buys stake in NY's Empire State Building
• Hasakeh: A strategic prize for Syria's regime and Kurds
• Erdogan says Syria operation aimed at IS jihadists, Kurdish PYD
• Turkey targets Gulen-inspired projects around the world
• Finland arrests suspect in 2014 Islamic State mass killing in Iraq

Australian veteran Cahill makes low-key debut for Melbourne City FC Posted: 24 Aug 2016 05:38 PM PDT Veteran Tim Cahill made a low-key debut for Melbourne City after hitting the right notes in a team karaoke session. The 36-year-old who made his name at Everton came on as a second-half substitute in a 2-1 cup win against Brisbane Strikers on Wednesday night. It was Cahill's first club game at home in Australia since he joined London club Millwall from Sydney United nearly 20 years ago.

Soldier who killed 5 Dallas officers showed PTSD symptoms Posted: 24 Aug 2016 05:18 PM PDT The Army reservist who killed five Dallas police officers last month showed symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder after returning home from Afghanistan in 2014, but doctors concluded that he presented no serious risk to himself or others, according to newly released documents from the Veterans Health Administration.

Facebook, Twitter failing on extremist content: UK MPs Posted: 24 Aug 2016 04:12 PM PDT Facebook, Twitter and Google are not doing enough to prevent their social networks from being used by extremists for a recruitment drive, a panel of British MPs said Thursday. Failure to act would lead to the sites becoming "the 'Wild West' of the internet," the Home Affairs Committee warned. The report was published after the number of counter-terrorism arrests in Britain increased 35 percent between 2010 and 2015, although the country has not seen a mass casualty extremist attack since 2005's London bombings.

Post Arab Spring, lifespan drops across region: study Posted: 24 Aug 2016 04:06 PM PDT The conflict and civil strife that has erupted across the eastern Mediterranean region since the Arab Spring began in 2010 has shortened lifespans and damaged health, according to a study released Thursday. Yemen, Tunisia and Egypt all lost about three months in life expectancy between 2010 and 2013, with deteriorating conditions threatening health gains made over the previous two decades, researchers said. In Syria -- ravaged by a civil war that has left more than 290,000 people dead and displaced millions since March 2011 -- average life expectancy has been cut by six years, they reported in the journal The Lancet Global Health.

Violence has taken years off of life expectancy in Syria Posted: 24 Aug 2016 03:40 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — The ongoing violence in Syria has taken years off of people's life expectancy, according to a new analysis published in the journal Lancet on Wednesday.

Iran vessels make 'high speed intercept' of U.S. ship: U.S. official Posted: 24 Aug 2016 03:27 PM PDT By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) vessels "harassed" a U.S. warship on Tuesday near the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. defense official said, amid Washington's concerns about Iran's posture in the Gulf and in the Syrian civil war. The official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said on Wednesday that two of the Iranian vessels came within 300 yards of the USS Nitze in an incident that was "unsafe and unprofessional." The vessels harassed the destroyer by "conducting a high speed intercept and closing within a short distance of Nitze, despite repeated warnings," the official said.

Pentagon probes possible civilian deaths in Syria strike Posted: 24 Aug 2016 02:25 PM PDT A US-led coalition air strike on an Islamic State weapons factory near the jihadists' Syria stronghold Raqa may have killed civilians, the Pentagon said Wednesday. "Reports indicate that what appeared to be a non-military vehicle drove into the target area after the weapon was released from the aircraft," the US military's Central Command said. CENTCOM said it had referred the August 23 strike for an initial internal investigation.

US says airstrike in Syria may have killed civilians Posted: 24 Aug 2016 02:14 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military says an airstrike in Syria may have inadvertently killed an unspecified number of civilians.

Does the president need a dream team of historians? Posted: 24 Aug 2016 01:34 PM PDT Among the ideas being floated during this year's presidential election is one from academia: creating a historian "dream team" to keep the president straight on dates and facts. Two historians with Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs have asked the winner of November's election to establish a Council of Historical Advisers at the White House. The proposal creates an intriguing talking piece during a presidential campaign year, but it also highlights a deeper concern about Americans' historical knowledge that will resonate long after the November polls conclude.

IMF approves $720 mn Jordan loan deal Posted: 24 Aug 2016 01:28 PM PDT The International Monetary Fund said Wednesday it has approved a $723 million three-year line of credit to Jordan aimed at boosting the kingdom at a time of war in the region. "The executive board of the International Monetary Fund today approved a three-year extended arrangement under the extended fund facility for Jordan," the Fund said in a statement. It said the $723 million loan amounting to 150 percent of Jordan's quota was to support the country's "economic and financial reform program".

Mississippi Islamic State recruit gets 8 years in prison Posted: 24 Aug 2016 01:18 PM PDT OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man who once tried to join the Islamic State group credited arresting FBI agents with saving his life as he was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday, telling a federal judge he didn't then understand what the Islamic State represented.

The Latest: Islamic State recruit thanks FBI for his arrest Posted: 24 Aug 2016 01:12 PM PDT OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of a Mississippi man who tried to join the Islamic State group (all times local):

In Turkey's cross-border operation into Syria, a dual purpose Posted: 24 Aug 2016 12:57 PM PDT Turkish tanks and special forces units crossed into Syria at dawn today to capture one of the last border towns held by the so-called Islamic State, and to prevent further territorial advances by US-backed Kurdish forces. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the trigger for "Operation Euphrates Shield" was a string of recent IS bombings – culminating in a weekend suicide attack on a wedding that left 54 dead in southern Turkey. "We reached the final point where we said, 'We have to end these attacks,'" said Mr. Erdoğan, as he announced Turkey's first concerted ground incursion into Syria, which was backed by US air support and led some 1,500 rebels of the Free Syria Army (FSA) to seize the town of Jarablus.

Islamic State attacks Western-backed camp on Jordan-Syria border Posted: 24 Aug 2016 12:45 PM PDT Islamic State launched a bomb and gun attack on a Western-backed Syrian rebel camp near the Jordanian border on Wednesday, according to the rebels who said they had killed at least 30 of the attackers and suffered at least three casualties themselves. A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the camp belonging to the Forces of Martyrs Ahmad al-Abdo rebel group in a sparsely populated desert area near where the borders of Syria, Jordan and Iraq meet, the rebels' spokesman, Saeed Saif, said. "We repelled the attack by Daesh (Islamic State) on several areas and they failed to make any progress and have retreated," Saif told Reuters.

Iraq forces advance in town south of Mosul Posted: 24 Aug 2016 12:29 PM PDT Iraqi forces on Wednesday took key positions in the centre Qayyarah, officials said, on the second day of an operation to recapture the northern town from jihadists. The operation launched on Tuesday is led by Iraq's elite counter-terrorism service (CTS), which broke into the town centre Wednesday and secured several neighbourhoods.

Turkey makes first major foray into Syria with assault on IS Posted: 24 Aug 2016 12:17 PM PDT ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey on Wednesday launched its first major ground assault into Syria since the country's civil war began, sending in tanks and special forces backed by U.S. airstrikes to help Syrian rebels retake a border town from Islamic State militants.

Raped and tortured by IS, Yazidi women recover in Germany Posted: 24 Aug 2016 10:59 AM PDT VILLINGEN-SCHWENNINGEN, Germany (AP) — The Yazidi girl had been in the safety of a refugee camp in Iraq for two weeks when she imagined she heard the voices of Islamic State fighters outside her tent.

Finland arrests Iraqi suspected of killings in 2014 in Iraq Posted: 24 Aug 2016 09:55 AM PDT HELSINKI (AP) — Police in Finland have arrested a 24-year-old Iraqi man on suspicion of murder and war crimes related to the massacre of hundreds of Iraqi soldiers by the Islamic State group in 2014.

EU refugee relocation scheme must be bigger, quicker: UNHCR chief Posted: 24 Aug 2016 09:36 AM PDT By Karolina Tagaris ATHENS (Reuters) - A European Union scheme to relocate refugees from frontline countries Greece and Italy to other member states must be bigger and move faster, the U.N. refugee chief said in Athens on Wednesday. The program, devised last year, was intended to relocate 160,000 from Greece and Italy to other European countries over two years but fewer than 4,000 people have moved so far. Some central European member had fought the scheme, with Hungary and Slovakia challenging the decision in EU courts.

Saudi police foil mosque suicide bombing: ministry Posted: 24 Aug 2016 08:57 AM PDT Saudi police shot dead a would-be suicide bomber targeting a mosque in the Shiite-dominated district of Qatif, the interior ministry said on Wednesday. Security officers "managed to foil a terrorist operation targeting worshippers" at Mustafa Mosque in Qatif, the ministry said.

Qatari state fund buys stake in NY's Empire State Building Posted: 24 Aug 2016 05:07 AM PDT Qatar's sovereign wealth fund has made an iconic purchase in America — a stake in the company that owns New York's Empire State Building. The $622-million purchase by the Qatar Investment Authority comes ...

Hasakeh: A strategic prize for Syria's regime and Kurds Posted: 24 Aug 2016 04:18 AM PDT Kurdish fighters and Syrian government forces had clashed heavily for a week in the battle for the northeastern city of Hasakeh before agreeing to a ceasefire on Tuesday. The fighting was the most intense between the two sides since the start of the Syria war five years ago, and it drew in both Russian military officials and the US-led coalition. Why is Hasakeh so important and what is likely to happen next?

Erdogan says Syria operation aimed at IS jihadists, Kurdish PYD Posted: 24 Aug 2016 02:22 AM PDT The Turkish operation inside Syrian territory is aimed not just against jihadists but also Kurdish militia and should permanently put an end to problems on the border, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday. "From 4:00 am (0100 GMT) our forces began an operation against the Daesh (IS) and PYD (Kurdish Democratic Union Party) terror groups that threaten our country in northern Syria," Erdogan said in a speech in Ankara. Turkey considers the PYD and its People's Protection Units (YPG) militia to be terror groups bent on carving out an autonomous region in Syria, although they are key allies of the United States in the fight against IS.

Turkey targets Gulen-inspired projects around the world Posted: 24 Aug 2016 02:21 AM PDT JOHANNESBURG (AP) — In past years, big names in South Africa picked up the annual Gulen Peace Award, a local accolade inspired by a Turkish preacher who has been blamed by Turkey for an attempted coup last month.

Finland arrests suspect in 2014 Islamic State mass killing in Iraq Posted: 24 Aug 2016 01:44 AM PDT Finnish police has arrested Iraqi man on suspicion of taking part in a 2014 mass killing of Iraqi soldiers by Islamic State militants at former U.S. military base Camp Speicher north of Baghdad, the authorities said on Wednesday. As many as 1,700 mainly Shi'ite Muslim soldiers were killed after they fled the base when it was overrun by Islamic State, the ultra-hardline Sunni militant group. Finnish National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said the 24-year-old man had entered Finland in August 2015.

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