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• First ladies discuss support for US troops, veterans
• Russia, U.S. seek to prolong Syria truce but aid blocked, violence spreads
• Obama to meet with leaders of Iraq, Nigeria and Colombia
• American men who died fighting Islamic State come home
• Obama to meet with Iraq, Nigeria, Colombia leaders at U.N. Assembly
• Obama to meet Abadi at UN as Mosul offensive looms
• IS sex slavery survivor named UN goodwill ambassador
• Why some in the military support Colin Kaepernick
• The Killing of ISIS's Information Minister
• U.S. military says air strike killed Islamic State propaganda chief
• A shrinking Army aims to keep citizen-soldiers combat ready
• Pentagon: US troops now operating with Turks in Syria
• State Department mourns death of ex-diplomat
• Iraqi cleric's supporters demonstrate for reform
• US declares French jihadist Diaby 'global terrorist'
• Sweden says EU has capacity to take a million refugees a year
• IMF says Mideast conflicts wiped out gains of a generation
• Pakistan arrests four Islamic State plotters after saying group thwarted
• Soccer helps young refugees take a shot at new life in the U.S.
• Turkish army kills Kurdish militants suspected of politician's murder: sources
• Can Doctors Save Trauma Victims by Freezing Them?
• AP sources: US to shift military assets to Syria under deal
• John Buzbee, a US diplomat who served in Mideast, dies at 50
• Swedish court to rule on Assange arrest warrant
• Julian Assange arrest warrant upheld by Swedish court

First ladies discuss support for US troops, veterans Posted: 16 Sep 2016 05:04 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Anyone who wants to be president should not "pop off about going to war" because it is serious business, Michelle Obama said Friday as she reflected on the "sobering experience" of visiting wounded patients at military hospitals.

Russia, U.S. seek to prolong Syria truce but aid blocked, violence spreads Posted: 16 Sep 2016 05:02 PM PDT By Lisa Barrington and Osman Orsal BEIRUT/CILVEGOZU, Turkey (Reuters) - The United States and Russia said on Friday they wanted to extend the four-day-old ceasefire in Syria they have co-sponsored, although the agreement looked increasingly shaky, undermined by increasing violence and a failure to deliver aid. Washington and Moscow, which support opposite sides in the war between President Bashar al-Assad and insurgents, have agreed to share targeting information against jihadist fighters that are their common enemies, if the truce holds. Russia said on Friday that U.N. Security Council endorsement of the ceasefire, which Moscow hoped would occur next week during an annual U.N. meeting of world leaders, appeared unlikely because the United States did not want to share documents detailing the agreement with the 15-member body.

Obama to meet with leaders of Iraq, Nigeria and Colombia Posted: 16 Sep 2016 04:51 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will review military strategy against the Islamic State group, press nations to admit more refugees and review progress around the world, despite new challenges, when he makes his final appearance at the U.N. General Assembly session in New York next week, the White House said Friday.

American men who died fighting Islamic State come home Posted: 16 Sep 2016 04:08 PM PDT DENVER (AP) — The bodies of two young Americans who died fighting the Islamic State group in Syria were returned to their sobbing families early Friday in simple, gray caskets that were pulled from an Amtrak train in Denver as throngs of sleepy passengers watched.

Obama to meet with Iraq, Nigeria, Colombia leaders at U.N. Assembly Posted: 16 Sep 2016 03:50 PM PDT President Barack Obama will meet with the leaders of Iraq, Nigeria and Colombia on the sidelines of the annual United Nations General Assembly gathering next week, the White House said on Friday. Obama will hold separate sessions with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, White House deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes told reporters on a call.

Obama to meet Abadi at UN as Mosul offensive looms Posted: 16 Sep 2016 02:58 PM PDT US President Barack Obama will meet his Iraqi counterpart at the United Nations next week, US officials said Friday, amid mounting preparations to seize control of Mosul from the Islamic State group. Top Obama aide Ben Rhodes said Obama would meet Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on the margins of the UN General Assembly on Monday. "The two leaders will have a chance to check in on the counter-ISIL campaign," said Rhodes, using another acronym for the Islamic State group.

IS sex slavery survivor named UN goodwill ambassador Posted: 16 Sep 2016 02:20 PM PDT A young Iraqi woman who survived rape and abuse as a sex slave of Islamic State fighters on Friday became a UN goodwill ambassador for the dignity of survivors of human trafficking. Nadia Murad Basee Taha, a 23-year-old Yazidi woman, called for justice for the victims of the jihadist group and argued that the 2014 attack on the Yazidis should be recognized as a genocide. Murad was taken from her home village of Kocho near Iraq's northern town of Sinjar in August 2014 and brought to IS-controlled Mosul, where she was gang-raped, and bought and sold many times.

Why some in the military support Colin Kaepernick Posted: 16 Sep 2016 01:50 PM PDT The Colin Kaepernick protest is not going away. Some students are being threatened with suspension if they take a knee during the national anthem to protest the treatment of black Americans by police. Recommended: Are you smarter than a US Marine?

The Killing of ISIS's Information Minister Posted: 16 Sep 2016 01:45 PM PDT NEWS BRIEF The Islamic State's minister of information and one of its most senior leaders was killed in a coalition airstrike near Raqqa, the group's de-facto capital, the Pentagon announced Friday.

U.S. military says air strike killed Islamic State propaganda chief Posted: 16 Sep 2016 01:42 PM PDT The Pentagon said on Friday that a U.S.-led coalition air strike on Sept. 7 killed an Islamic State leader who oversaw the militant group's propaganda. Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said in a statement that the air strike took place near Raqqa, Syria, and targeted and killed Wa'il Adil Hasan Salman al-Fayad, also known as Dr. Wa'il. Islamic State controls parts of Iraq and Syria and has broadcast its beheadings of journalists and aid workers over the past few years.

A shrinking Army aims to keep citizen-soldiers combat ready Posted: 16 Sep 2016 01:41 PM PDT FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) — Before citizen-soldiers of the 48th Infantry Brigade deployed to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Georgia National Guard troops spent months training away from their families and day jobs as they prepared for war. Now a shrinking Army wants them able to get ready for combat sooner.

Pentagon: US troops now operating with Turks in Syria Posted: 16 Sep 2016 11:44 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Small numbers of U.S. special operations forces for the first time are accompanying Turkish government forces and their Syrian opposition partners fighting Islamic State militants inside Syria, military and administration officials said Friday.

State Department mourns death of ex-diplomat Posted: 16 Sep 2016 11:27 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — State Department spokesman John Kirby says the department is mourning the death of former diplomat John Buzbee, who died Thursday of complications from cancer.

Iraqi cleric's supporters demonstrate for reform Posted: 16 Sep 2016 10:29 AM PDT Several thousand supporters of populist Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr demonstrated in central Baghdad on Friday, calling for reforms that politicians have been quick to promise but slow to carry out. Iraq's government is mired in corruption, struggles to provide basic services, and positions have for years been shared out based on political and sectarian quotas that protesters have demanded be scrapped. Friday's demonstration had a festive atmosphere, with protesters at Tahrir Square in central Baghdad waving flags, dancing to pro-reform songs and chanting slogans calling for change.

US declares French jihadist Diaby 'global terrorist' Posted: 16 Sep 2016 09:11 AM PDT The United States on Friday designated French jihadist recruiter Omar Diaby a "global terrorist" subject to US economic sanctions, the State Department said. The 40-year-old Al-Nusra Front militant, who also uses the name Omar Omsen, became notorious last year for faking his own death in order to leave Syria for surgery. According to the designation, Diaby leads a group of 50 French volunteers who traveled to Syria and signed up with the Al-Nusra Front, Al-Qaeda's franchise in the region.

Sweden says EU has capacity to take a million refugees a year Posted: 16 Sep 2016 08:38 AM PDT By Daniel Dickson STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The European Union has the capacity to absorb a million refugees a year, and could force through new asylum rules by majority voting if consensus cannot be reached, Sweden's migration minister said in an interview on Friday. "Europe as a continent must bear its responsibility for the global refugee crisis," said Morgan Johansson, minister for justice and migration in the center-left government. "We are the world's richest continent and it is obvious that if anyone can actually handle this, it is Europe with its 500 million inhabitants," he told Reuters.

IMF says Mideast conflicts wiped out gains of a generation Posted: 16 Sep 2016 07:33 AM PDT AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Conflicts in Middle Eastern countries such as Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Yemen have erased "development gains for a whole generation," including driving up already high levels of poverty and unemployment, the head of the International Monetary Fund said Friday.

Pakistan arrests four Islamic State plotters after saying group thwarted Posted: 16 Sep 2016 06:14 AM PDT By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani authorities on Friday said they had arrested four Islamic State militants plotting attacks in the city of Lahore, just weeks after the military declared it had halted the Middle East-based movement's expansion into the country. The four were plotting attacks on government targets when they were seized in a raid along with 1.6 kg (3.5 lb) of explosives as well as fuses and detonators, the city's Counter Terrorism Department said in a statement. "The terrorists had planned to kill officials on a large scale" and were about to launch their attack when agents acting on a tip raided their hideout near Lahore's Moon Market, the department said.

Soccer helps young refugees take a shot at new life in the U.S. Posted: 16 Sep 2016 05:02 AM PDT On a muggy day in late July, dozens of student refugees ran relentlessly after a soccer ball, stopping only to help up a fellow player who had slipped. Heman Rai, a 21-year-old Bhutanese refugee, came to Baltimore in 2008 not speaking any English but found soccer helped him settle. "It's easy," Rai told Reuters on Vanguard Collegiate Middle School campus in Baltimore, Maryland after a recent scrimmage.

Turkish army kills Kurdish militants suspected of politician's murder: sources Posted: 16 Sep 2016 02:52 AM PDT Turkish soldiers killed five Kurdish militants on Friday suspected of involvement in the assassination this week of a politician from the ruling AK Party, security sources said, amid surging violence in the largely Kurdish southeast. The military operation in rural Semdinli, part of Hakkari province close to the borders with Iran and Iraq, targeted the suspected killers of Ahmet Budak, an AKP politician who was gunned down in front of his house on Wednesday. Three of the suspected PKK militants were killed by artillery fire in one part of Semdinli, while the other two were killed close by, the security sources said, without giving further details on the operation.

Can Doctors Save Trauma Victims by Freezing Them? Posted: 16 Sep 2016 01:00 AM PDT In the first study of its kind, medical researchers are treating trauma victims suffering cardiac arrest by giving them the big chill - induced hypothermia.

AP sources: US to shift military assets to Syria under deal Posted: 16 Sep 2016 12:27 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military will have to shift surveillance aircraft from other regions and increase the number of intelligence analysts to coordinate attacks with Russia under the Syria cease-fire deal partly in order to target militants the U.S. has largely spared, senior officials say.

John Buzbee, a US diplomat who served in Mideast, dies at 50 Posted: 16 Sep 2016 12:18 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — John Buzbee, a veteran Foreign Service officer who served across the Middle East, including two stints in Iraq after the 2003 U.S. invasion, has died from complications from metastatic colon cancer. He was 50.

Swedish court to rule on Assange arrest warrant Posted: 15 Sep 2016 08:38 PM PDT A Swedish appeals court will on Friday decide whether to maintain an arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over a 2010 rape accusation which he fears could lead to his extradition to the US. Assange has always refused to travel to Stockholm for questioning over the allegation, which he denies, due to concerns Sweden will extradite him to the United States over WikiLeaks' release of 500,000 secret military files on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Friday's hearing will be the eighth time the European arrest warrant has been tested in a Swedish court, with all seven previous rulings having gone against him.

Julian Assange arrest warrant upheld by Swedish court Posted: 15 Sep 2016 05:00 PM PDT WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faced another setback in his legal stand-off with Sweden Friday after an appeals court rejected his request to lift an arrest warrant for him over a 2010 rape accusation. The Stockholm appeals court upheld a district court's ruling to maintain the European arrest warrant, and also rejected Assange's request to hold a hearing over the matter.

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