2016年12月9日星期五

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Conspiracy theorists: 'Pizzagate' shooting just a false flag

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 03:08 PM PST

Conspiracy theorists: 'Pizzagate' shooting just a false flagFor conspiracy theorists, the bizarre rumors of "pizzagate" didn't end when a man brought a gun to a Washington restaurant this week in a misguided attempt to rescue nonexistent child sex slaves. ...

U.S. allies caution Trump on Syria strategy

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 02:40 PM PST

A member of Forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad carries his weapon as he walks past damaged buildings in a government held area of AleppoBy Warren Strobel, Yara Bayoumy and John Irish WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) - Key U.S. allies in Europe are quietly expressing concern over President-elect Donald Trump's approach to Syria, warning that his pledge to work more closely with Russia, Damascus' main backer, will do little to diminish the terrorist threat emanating from Syria. The diplomatic persuasion campaign has taken on new importance in recent days as the Syrian army, backed by Russia, Iran and Shi'ite militias, appears poised to retake all of Aleppo city in a major defeat for Western-backed rebels. Moscow and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are expected to cast Aleppo's fall as the end of a revolt against Assad that began in March 2011, although Western analysts predict the civil war, which has killed more than 300,000 people and made more than half of Syrians homeless, will continue, perhaps for years.

Drone strike kills militant linked to Charlie Hebdo attack: U.S.

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 02:31 PM PST

Gunmen gesture as they return to their car after the attack outside the offices of French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie HebdoA U.S. drone strike in Syria has killed an Islamic State militant linked to the Jan. 7 2015 attack on satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris, defense officials said on Friday. Boubaker el Hakim was killed late last month in Raqqa, the Islamic State's defacto capital in Syria, the officials said, adding he was believed to be involved with planning the attack. Charlie Hebdo, known for its satirical covers gleefully ridiculing political and religious leaders, lost many of its top editorial staff when brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi, armed with assault rifles and other weapons, broke into an editorial meeting and killed 12 people and wounded 11 others.

Saudis order oil cuts to U.S., Europe before non-OPEC talks

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 02:30 PM PST

A worker walks at Nahr Bin Umar oil field, north of BasraVIENNA (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has told its U.S. and European customers it will reduce oil deliveries from January, as Russia said it was confident non-OPEC producers would fully join OPEC's output limits on Saturday in the first such move since 2001.

Oil edges up about 1 percent on optimism over non-OPEC output cuts

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 02:10 PM PST

Gas flame is seen in the desert near the Khurais oilfieldBy Devika Krishna Kumar NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices rose about 1 percent on Friday on hopes that non-OPEC producers meeting in Vienna over the weekend would agree to output restrictions following limits OPEC announced last week to curb an oil glut. Both Brent and U.S crude futures, however, notched their first weekly loss in four weeks. A strong U.S. ...

US airstrike killed militant linked to Charlie Hebdo attack

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 02:00 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Islamic State leader linked to the 2015 attacks at the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and assassinations in Tunisia was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Syria, U.S. military officials said Friday.

French president offers support to key Cyprus peace talks

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 01:32 PM PST

French President Francois Hollande, arrives to be welcomed by his Cyprus' counterpart Nicos Anastasiades at the Presidential palace in the Cyprus capital Nicosia, on Friday, Dec. 9, 2016. French President Francois Hollande met his Cypriot counterpart to voice support for ongoing negotiations to reunify the ethnically divided island.(AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — France is willing to help rally international support for a summit next month aimed at clinching an agreement to reunify ethnically divided Cyprus, the country's president said Friday.

U.S.-led warplanes destroy fleet of Islamic State oil tankers in Syria

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 12:59 PM PST

By Yeganeh Torbati and Warren Strobel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.-led coalition planes destroyed 168 Islamic State oil tanker trucks in Syria, the coalition said on Friday, in the largest strike of its kind and the latest instance of what U.S. officials say has been a successful effort to starve the militant group of revenues. The air strikes targeted the truck fleet near Palmyra, Syria on Thursday, a coalition statement said. The strikes are part of a campaign by the U.S.-led coalition to target oil infrastructure controlled by Islamic State, which occupies swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq.

It's Trump's war soon: Afghan future is cloudy at best

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 12:50 PM PST

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, right, and U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, left, wave after a press conference at presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Dec. 9, 2016. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Friday that the United States will stick with Afghanistan for years to come. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossaini)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan has fallen so far from Americans' consciousness that some may have forgotten it's called the forgotten war.

Factbox: Trump fills top jobs for his administration

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 12:47 PM PST

(Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to pick Goldman Sachs executive Gary Cohn to head his White House National Economic Council, a group tasked with coordinating economic policy across federal agencies, a Trump transition official told Reuters on Friday. The following is a list of Republican Trump's selections for top jobs in his administration. All the posts but that of national security adviser, the White House chief of staff, White House director of the National Economic Council and White House strategist require Senate confirmation: U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL: JEFF SESSIONS Sessions, 69, was the first U.S. senator to endorse Trump's presidential bid and has been a close ally since.

Iraq says it destroys Mosul car bomb factories

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 12:21 PM PST

Iraqi army fires towards Islamic State militant positions in Mosul from outskirts of BartilaBy Dominic Evans BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi forces captured a neighborhood in east Mosul on Friday, pushing deeper to the heart of Islamic State's Iraq stronghold and destroying three sites where it produced car bombs used in waves of suicide attacks, the campaign's commander said. Lieutenant-General Abdul Ameer Rasheed Yarallah said Counter Terrorism Service forces spearheading the seven-week operation to retake Mosul seized the Tamim district halfway between the city's eastern edge and the River Tigris running through its center.

Trump's cabinet picks so far -- a quick guide

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 12:10 PM PST

President-Elect Donald Trump has begun nominating key cabinet members and others position prior to taking office on January 20, 2017One of Trump's earliest supporters during the campaign, the anti-immigration senator from Alabama has a much criticized record on race relations and was once denied a judgeship amid concerns over past comments about blacks. A retired four star Marine general, Mattis commanded US forces in the Middle East and Southwest Asia from 2010 to 2013, capping a career as a combat commander that earned him the nickname "Mad Dog." A scholar of warfare, he is said to have a particular interest in the challenge posed by Iran. To become secretary of defense, Mattis would have to get a congressional waiver from a law that bars generals from serving as defense secretary for seven years after leaving active duty.

United States, Russia, trade barbs at European security meeting

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 11:42 AM PST

German Foreign Minister Steinmeier and his Austrian counterpart Sebastian Kurz at 23rd OSCE Ministerial Council in HamburgBy Andrea Shalal HAMBURG (Reuters) - The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) remained divided over the conflict in eastern Ukraine at the end of a two-day meeting in Hamburg, with the United States accusing Russia of blocking a resolution. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, OSCE chairman for the past year, said that even though no formal resolution on eastern Ukraine had been signed, ministers agreed on the need for the parties involved in the war to meet their commitments to end the violence.

Veterans Join Wounded Warrior Project for Turkey Trot 5K

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 11:14 AM PST

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash., Dec. 9, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In anticipation of delicious – and filling – holiday meals, many families are looking for ways to get out and stay physically active, and that is just what a group of veterans did with Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) during a recent Turkey Trot 5K at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Running and walking with family and friends, warriors experienced firsthand what is possible when exposed to physical health and wellness gatherings that get them out of the house and engaged with fellow veterans. The 5K was part of a monthly workout for wounded warriors involved in WWP's Physical Health and Wellness program, which is designed to reduce stress and combat depression while promoting healthy and active lifestyles.

Dutch police arrest terror suspect with gun, fireworks

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 11:10 AM PST

Rotterdam police have arrested a man found with a loaded AK-47 Kalashnikov and illegal fireworksRotterdam police have arrested a Dutchman found with a loaded AK-47 Kalashnikov rifle and illegal fireworks who is "suspected of preparing a terrorist crime," prosecutors said Friday. It comes with European cities on their guard following deadly attacks in Paris and Brussels and amid warnings that a current all-out offensive against IS in Iraq could see dozens of hardened fighters return home. Rotterdam police found the gun, two loaded magazines and four boxes of illegal fireworks during the raid, prosecution spokesman Wim de Bruin told AFP.

U.N. General Assembly demands truce in Syria, end to Aleppo siege

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 10:56 AM PST

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations General Assembly voted 122 to 13 on Friday to demand an immediate cessation of hostilities in Syria, humanitarian aid access throughout the country and an end to all sieges, including in Aleppo. Thirty-six countries abstained in the vote on the Canadian-drafted resolution on the nearly six-year-old Syrian conflict. General Assembly resolutions are non-binding but can carry political weight.

UN votes by strong majority to demand end to Syria carnage

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 10:52 AM PST

The nearly six-year-old war in Syria has killed more than 300,000 people and displaced over half the country's populationThe UN General Assembly on Friday demanded an immediate ceasefire in Syria and urgent aid deliveries in a resolution adopted by a strong majority as Syrian forces launched another assault on Aleppo. Russia, Iran and China opposed the resolution. The vote came as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces carried out more air raids on Aleppo and the United Nations reported that hundreds of men had gone missing after fleeing the battered city.

11 paid iPhone apps on sale for free for a limited time

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 10:32 AM PST

We've reached the end of yet another week, which means we have one last list of paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free that you can enjoy. Today's batch includes several fan-favorites as well as some sweet apps you might never have come across before. As always, each of these sales could be over at any time, so definitely check them out soon. These are paid iPhone and iPad apps that have been made available for free for a limited time by their developers. There is no way to tell how long they will be free. These sales could end an hour from now or a week from now — obviously, the only thing we can guarantee is that they were free at the time this post was written. If you click on a link and see a price listed next to an app instead of the word "get," it is no longer free. The sale has ended. If you download the app, you will be charged. Continual Normally $7.99. Continual lets you post videos of any length to Instagram Stories. Now you don't have to squeeze your stories to 10 seconds . Talk and record as long as you want, Upload it all Continual will take any video from camera roll and split it to clips of 10 seconds so that you can upload them to IG Stories effortlessly. A must have utility, if you promote your business through Stories. In Instagram Stories you can post videos only up to 10s in length, Continual app helps by cutting long videos in to 10s clips so that you can upload them sequentially. FEATURES: + Output videos in Highest Quality Possible + Upload old videos - Your videos don't have to be taken with 24 hours + Clips are arranged in correct order so you can upload to Instagram stories in correct order with no hassle. + Record straight from the app and Split to clips immediately + Jump to Instagram easily after splitting the video. + Pick a video from any folder in your camera roll + No Ads - (We hate 'em). ADDITIONAL FEATURES: + Contact support in 2 taps - Email directly to developer's inbox + Frequent updates and new features Download Continual nRadio Normally $1.99. nRadio is a radio player for iPhone, iPad and iPod, which lets you listen to radio stations over the Internet, but it's not just another Internet Radio app! It has a unique user interface, because you customize it the way YOU like it. Listen to your local radio stations or explore stations from other countries. Save them in your favorite list, share the radio gems you've found with your friends. While listening to radio on the move, use the app's built-in speedometer. Or when going to sleep, use the alarm clock with nightstand mode and be gently woken up to your favorite radio station in the morning. Try it out, you might just love it!! In addition to US channels, it also has: Canadian, German, UK channels. Some Irish, Australian, New Zealand channels, Finnish, Icelandic, Faroe Islands, Latvian, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Bulgarian, French, Italian, Spanish, Mexican, Chinese, Russian, the Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Czech Republic, Poland, Estonia, Lithuania, Belarus, Portugal, Austria, Switzerland, Cuba, Slovenia, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Moldova, Japan, Pakistan, India, Argentina, Brazil, Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Korea, Thailand, Nepal, Egypt, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru,Turkey, Morocco, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Jamaica, South Africa, Iran, Iraq, Chile, Guyana, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, Belize, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Cyprus and a list with random stations from around the world. Start your most used radios directly from the home-screen, via 3D-Touch. Browse over 23.000 radio stations from 81 countries. You can also add other stations manually if you know the address, or simply import stations directly from the radio station website, if they have posted a "import to nRadio" link on their site. Some of the features that makes nRadio stand out from the crowd: - Simple but nice user interface - Information about what's playing and album art on supporting stations - Universal: iPhone, iPad and iPod - Easy to customize the interface and "make it yours". - Easy searchable radio lists and easy adding radios to favorites - 3D-Touch to play your favorite radio on 3D-Touch supporting devices. - Alarm clock radio that works even if your app is in the background! - Adjustable snooze time from 1 - 99 minutes - Optional decreasing snooze. One minute shorter snooze-time every time you press the snooze-button - Warns you when switching from wireless to cellular network to prevent additional unforeseen charges, but gives you the option to continue and be warned again in an hour, or never be warned again. - Optional Speedometer with altimeter and temperature. Choose between mph/kmh/knots, meter/feet, Fahrenheit/Celsius - Ability to add radio station URLs manually - Import radio stations directly from link on stations websites (Broadcasters; visit nRadio website for instructions. It is a free:-)) If you are a Internet Radio Broadcaster, offer your station to nRadio users easily by having them click on a custom link that will import your station into the app! Download nRadio Cycloramic for iPhone 6/6S Normally $1.99. ▶▶ The Handsfree mode only works with the iPhone 6/6S (Not the iPhone 6+/6S+) and must be used on a polished level surface (granite/marble counter top or wood desk). As Seen on SHARKTANK! Cycloramic Revolutionizes the way you take panoramic photos and videos! Handsfree! - Steve Wozniak: "Unexpected, fanciful and useful all at the same time!" - TechCrunch: "The Best iOS And Android Apps Of 2013" - The New York Times: "Pogie Award for Brightest Ideas of 2012" - Gizmodo: "Coolest thing we've seen an app do in a while." 15 Million total downloads worldwide. ▶ GUIDED Mode (All iPhones and iPads): The easiest, fastest panorama taking app. Just follow the guided system to take the perfect panorama photo every time. ▶ HANDSFREE Mode (iPhone 6 ONLY): This revolutionary, fully automated mode lets your phone do all the work. Just put your iPhone 6 on top of your power adapter on a smooth and level surface (granite, marble or wood desk) and it will automatically rotates 360 degrees using the phone's internal vibration motor. As it rotates, the phone takes multiple photos, instantaneously stitches them together, and generates a panoramic photo viewable in our immersive viewer. ▶ CYCLORAMIC UNIQUE FEATURES: - The easiest panorama guidance system. - The fastest panorama capture (less than 3 sec for 180 degree panorama with the iPhone 6) - up to 360-degree panoramas. - Award winning photo editing and enhancement tools from Aviary: filters, frames, stickers, adjustments (crop, rotate, contrast, brightness, etc.) and more. The photo suite can also be used on your regular photos taken outside of Cycloramic. - Immersive viewer. - Video Conversion: Convert any photo into a video (240p, 360p, 480p, 720p or 1080p resolutions). - Panorama Photo to INSTAGRAM Video converter. - Share to Facebook, Twitter, INSTAGRAM (photo and video), email, sms and camera roll. - ... And for the iPhone 5/5S, the revolutionary Handsfree Mode. ▶▶▶ CYCLORAMIC's Patented Technology: If you are interested in using Cycloramic's Vibration-Induced Rotation Patented Technology SDK, contact us at contact@egosventures.com Also featured in Petapixel, ABC News, INC, Sharktank, Business Insider, Entrepreneur, USA Today, Crunchbase, NY Times, Gizmodo, CNET, Lifehacker, TUAW, TechCrunch, LA Times, The Telegraph, mac4ever, Le journal du geek, Presse Citron… Visit Cycloramic.com for our Blog, Pressroom, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Support and Tutorials. If you are not 100% satisfied or need help please contact us at contact@cycloramic.com Capture the world! The Cycloramic Team Download Cycloramic for iPhone 6/6S Tasky Normally $0.99. Tasky is a great task management tool for organizing your daily tasks in an easy and simple way. With this app, users will be able to add tasks much faster and plan future events in minutes. It has been designed with a smart and intuitive interface that gives you dedicated sections adding tasks on Today, Tomorrow and Next Week. Mark tasks as complete one by one as you accomplish them. The built-in calendar will give you full access to jump to any date and plan your future events easily. App Highlights: -Easy to add tasks -Sort tasks by All, Complete, Incomplete. -Built-in calendar to add or browse task on the days to come. -Add task categories and sort them in one place. -Postpone incomplete tasks to Next Day, Next Week or Next Month. -Add small notes with each task and make them visible below the task title. -Swipe left on a task using Track Pad to delete a task. -Take a look at the total number of tasks for a day at the bottom right corner of the app. -A handy search bar at the bottom of the app to search any task. -Export PDFs of task lists or print them directly from the app. -iCloud sync across iOS and macOS. Tasky is designed to be a complete task management program for planning your daily schedules. Download Tasky today and organize your daily life in a better way. Download Tasky The Abduction of Bacon at Dawn Normally $0.99. **** "A Swine-tastic Platformer" Touch Arcade **** The Abduction of Bacon at Dawn, the Chronicles of a Brave Rooster is an action and humor-packed platform shooting game for iOS. STORY The Earth is being invaded by hungry aliens that are abducting our pigs… But, why pigs?! Soon after the invasion began, the scientific community made a shocking discovery: eating bacon is vital to our health and should be consumed in large quantities. That's why the aliens are here! Will we run out of pigs? Can we survive without bacon?? Is this the end of human race??? Among all this mayhem, a unique hero emerges… the only one that can fight, or at least see, the aliens at dawn! Its name is Brave Rooster! KEY FEATURES - Fight armies of evil aliens, robots, and UFOs in challenging humor-packed levels! - Jump, shoot and stomp your way to the final boss! - Get ridiculously-awesome weapons and armour upgrades as you advance. - Save the pigs and ensure that our bacon stays on Earth! - Follow an epic adventure, full of hilarious inventions by some of the greatest minds on Earth... - Replay past levels with your new weapons to complete all the challenges. - Game Center integration: Compete to become the top rooster in the world in each level. - Metal support for best graphics performance. Download The Abduction of Bacon at Dawn Volume Booster Normally $1.99. Simple, small, free app to boost & mute & decrease & control your video or audio sound volume. Useful for movies, audio books and music. KEY FEATURES: • Automatically detect all Video and Music files on your iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad • Support alls popular video and audio format • Support boost volume up to 10 times • Support mute volume for videos • Support decrease volume for videos and audios • Share fun videos & audios with your friends • Lots of configurations and preferences Download Volume Booster Image Mapper Normally $0.99. Image mapper is an app which can allow your possessory images float in the empty spaces You can take the photos as if you're mapping the image in the space to display favorite images which is in iPhone or iPad on Image mapper and shoot long-time exposure (shoot which shutter let open longtime) by using your camera. You can select 2 modes. Wiper mode which can display the image beltlike and Stamp mode which can display the image stickylike. Wiper mode : which allows the vertical columns of one image flow horizontal direction. The screen will be Wiper mode to swipe image-circle whether left or right by fingers. There are 3 types, Single, Loop and Tap&Fire. 1, In Single, the image will flow once. 2, In Loop, the image will repeat until the tap the screen. 3, In Tap&Fire, the image will flow from head each time you tap. These modes are selected by number of swiping finger (1 to 3) (You can also change assignment setting) ※The direction you swiped will be directly the direction you should wipe. Thus please move the device in direction you swiped. If you move it reverse direction, the image will be inverted. You can adjust width of the images and flowing speed. Stamp mode : which displays the images only for a moment The screen will be Stamp mode to tap image-circle. There are 3 types, Single, Tap&Fire, and Freeze&Fire. 1, In Single, the image will be displayed once. 2, In Tap&Fire, the image will be displayed each time you tap. 3, In Freeze&Fire, the image will be displayed each time you still the iPhone or iPad. These modes are selected by number of tapping finger (1 to 3) (You can also change assignment setting) You can adjust size of the images and displaying seconds. Download Image Mapper Breathing Zone Normally $3.99. With Breathing Zone, you can change your life one breath at a time. • Recommended by over 90 top US doctors*. Featured In: • Harvard Medical School's Harvard Health Newsletter • Time.com Techland • The Huffington Post • Lifehacker Easy to Use There are no complicated settings and no difficult breathing patterns to master. All you need to do is breathe in and out according to the guide. Features: • Log your Mindfulness Minutes to Apple's Health app. • Easy to follow voice instructions. • Intuitive animated breathing guide. • Five calming guide sounds. • Breathing Analyzer measures your breathing rate. • Timed sessions from 2 to 60 minutes. • Weekly Target tracks your therapeutic breathing minutes Download Breathing Zone Drift Normally $1.99. Drift is a simple, elegant, and beautifully designed travel planner that is solely focused on the places you plan to visit. It is perfect for a vacation itinerary and everyday to-do / to-go agenda. QUICKLY BUILD A PLAN Putting together a plan is simple. Since you do not need to take into consideration the time you plan to visit a place, but only the day you plan to visit it, you are able to build your plan quickly and painlessly. NAVIGATION If you are in proximity to a place and decide to navigate to location with Drift, an arrow will point in the direction of your destination. This is very convenient when you are roaming in cities such as New York! SIMPLE LISTS An added place will only appear in one of two lists: Today or Future. SEARCH With Drift's search functionality, finding a destination be that a restaurant, museum, or coffee house is easy as 1-2-3. We leverage Foursquare's incredible database to provide you great search results. HISTORY See a history of all the archived places you have marked as done as well as places that you have missed. You can quickly re-add those places you have missed. PLACE'S DETAILS The hours of operation, phone number, and directions to a place are easily accessible. They are automatically gathered for you when you add a place to your plan. You can also add to the details your own personal notes if you so desire. Download Drift Funnyfy 2 Normally $19.99. Introducing the Simplest and fastest video editor ever! Add timed titles to your videos and export to camera roll super fast. Turn your videos hilarious stories within seconds. Just tap anywhere in the video to add a title. Point out idiots, geniuses, fails in your clips. Or add subtitles to what your cute pets say to camera. Possibilities are endless. Just imagine and be creative. FEATURES + Simply tap anywhere in the video to add titles + Unque editing interface to help you edit super fast + Edit color of the title + Adjust title timing to milliseconds + Save to camera roll in highest quality + Select, move and delete titles fast and easy. + Quick re-play previews of selected title + Seek through the video fast Extra features: + Carefully crafted design and editing interface + No ads inside the app + Developer support - Contact for help within the app in 2 taps + Similar editing interface to our Beep App (Made for Censoring videos) Download Funnyfy 2 BoomBox Normally $6.99. BoomBox is the ULTIMATE music player for any Soundcloud user that finds their native app to be too clunky! BoomBox is simple and intuitive, allowing the user to focus on the music. With completely ad free listening, BoomBox is the only music player to offer exclusive access to Soundcloud with no cost and no ads. Don't waste your time skipping Soundcloud ads... Just get BoomBox! BoomBox is the best way to search for millions of free music and audio tracks via Soundcloud... AD FREE! Listen to any song, album, podcast, or audio recording that is available on your Soundcloud profile for absolutely free, no strings attached. App Features: - Explore tracks by genre and playlist - Search unlimited free music & audio - ENTIRELY AD FREE - Use unique colors to customize your experience - Background Play & Select music from the lock screen - Create and Manage your Playlists - Simple Music Player is available on all pages for convenience Download BoomBox

Islamic State looks to regroup in Libya after losing Sirte

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 09:54 AM PST

Fighter of Libyan forces allied with the U.N.-backed government runs as forces clear Ghiza Bahriya, the final district of the former Islamic State stronghold of SirteBy Aidan Lewis TUNIS (Reuters) - Islamic State has lost senior figures in an unsuccessful seven-month battle to defend its coastal stronghold in Libya, but there are already signs it will try to fight back through sleeper cells and desert brigades. Libyan officials say hundreds of Islamic State militants may have escaped before the start of the battle for Sirte in May or during its early stages. ...

Status of main battle fronts in Iraq and Syria

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 09:38 AM PST

Rebel fighters walk down a street west of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on December 9, 2016Syrian warplanes launched new air strikes on the last rebel-held districts in Aleppo, as key regime ally Russia vowed the assault would continue until opposition fighters leave the city's east. Three weeks into the government assault, regime forces have captured around 85 percent of east Aleppo, and the insurgents are now confined to just a few districts of their former stronghold. Tens of thousands of civilians have fled east Aleppo in recent weeks, many seeking shelter in the regime-held west or districts controlled by Kurdish forces.

Iraqi judo coach saved his black belt when Islamic State stormed Mosul club

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 09:19 AM PST

Displaced Iraqi boys leave a tent school set by UNICEF at Hassan Sham camp, east of MosulBy Ulf Laessing GOGJALI, Iraq (Reuters) - His black belt and membership card were all that Iraqi judo coach Ali Mahmoud managed to save when Islamic State stormed his club in Mosul, turning the gym into an arms training camp for fighters. A veteran judoka practising the modern martial art since the age of five, Mahmoud saw his career as coach ending when the militants banned judo as "un-Islamic" after they seized Iraq's the city in June 2014. As the 39-year-old arrived one night at his Karama club in the Samah district to train for a tournament in Georgia, the fighters seized the gym.

When neo-Nazis have doubts, there's a number to call

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 08:26 AM PST

In this Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016 photo former far right extremists Felix Benneckenstein, left, and Falk Isernhagen, right, speak to the Associated Press in Schleife, eastern Germany. They are part part of a small but effective network of former neo Nazis working to help people leave the far-right scene. Spread across Germany they work closely with an organization called EXIT that provides quick, non-bureaucratic advice to extremists who want out. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)SCHLEIFE, Germany (AP) — Felix Benneckenstein was a rising star on Germany's far-right scene, a young songwriter whose rousing guitar anthems made white nationalism sound romantic and rebellious.

Next OSCE chairman to focus on fight against Islamist militancy

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 08:22 AM PST

German Foreign Minister Steinmeier and his Austrian counterpart Sebastian Kurz at 23rd OSCE Ministerial Council in HamburgAustrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, incoming chairman of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, on Friday said the fight against Islamist militancy would be a centerpiece of his year at the helm. "We have over 10,000 people in the OSCE countries that have gone to to Iraq and Syria to support Islamic State terrorism...," Kurz told reporters after a two-day meeting of OSCE ministers.

Dutch police arrest terrorism suspect with loaded Kalashnikov

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 07:56 AM PST

Police acting on a tip-off from the Dutch intelligence agency arrested a 30-year-old "terrorist" suspect and seized an arsenal of weapons in the port city of Rotterdam on Friday afternoon, prosecutors said. Detectives found a Kalashnikov AK-47 rifle, four boxes of illegal highly explosive fireworks, a large depiction of the Islamic State flag, several mobile phones and 1,600 euros in cash when they searched the suspect's apartment. "He is suspected of preparing a terrorist crime," prosecutors said in a statement.

ISIS falling: Detainee recounts a lost battle in Iraq, and what it cost him

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 06:48 AM PST

The prisoner is a broken man.

Islamic State seizes more ground near Syria's Palmyra: monitoring group

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 06:39 AM PST

Islamic State seized more territory from Syrian government forces near the ancient city of Palmyra on Friday in fierce clashes that raged for a second day, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said. The jihadists launched an attack late on Thursday in which they captured grain silos northeast of Palmyra and have since taken at least partial control of oil and gas fields to its northwest. Dozens of Syrian troops have been killed in the fighting, the British-based Observatory, which tracks the war using sources on the ground, said.

Spanish parliament to consider sending more military to Iraq

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 06:38 AM PST

Spain's parliament will decide whether to send an extra 125 soldiers to assist in the fight against Islamic State in Iraq, where they have provided training to local troops, the Defense Ministry said on Friday. The additional troops would put the total number of Spanish forces in Iraq at 425, and would lend further logistical support in bomb detection. Spanish troops would not be taking part in any ground operations.

Spain to send more soldiers to help Iraq forces combat IS

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 06:28 AM PST

MADRID (AP) — Spain says it plans to send an additional 150 soldiers and police to Iraq to help train Iraqi security forces combatting the Islamic State group.

Pictures of splendors past: Aleppo before the war

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 06:01 AM PST

A general view shows the Old City of Aleppo as seen from Aleppo's historic citadelBefore Syria's ruinous civil war struck Aleppo, the country's largest city was a busy commercial powerhouse and a proud historic center - its long heritage on display in ancient landmarks still used by modern day traders, travelers or worshippers. The rebels hoped their march into Aleppo marked the beginning of the end for President Bashar al-Assad, while the government in Damascus pledged to swiftly drive them out.

Commentary: Trump can't fight Islamic State without wading into Syria's war

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 06:00 AM PST

By Mohamad Bazzi Over the course of the U.S. presidential campaign, Donald Trump changed his mind on many issues. Trump argues that the United States should expend all of its efforts on fighting Islamic State instead. "I've had an opposite view of many people regarding Syria," Trump told the Wall Street Journal on Nov. 11, in his first interview after he won the White House.

Iraqi officials: Separate bombings kill 10 people in Baghdad

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 05:58 AM PST

FILE -- In this Oct. 19, 2016 file photo, Iraqi special forces advancing towards the city of Mosul, Iraq gesture for a photographer. With the Islamic State group's BAGHDAD (AP) — Separate bombings in the Iraqi capital killed 10 people and wounded another 22 on Friday, according to Iraqi officials.

U.S. defense chief reassures Afghans amid questions over Trump's policies

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 04:26 AM PST

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a joint news conference with U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter (L) in KabulBy Idrees Ali KABUL (Reuters) - The United States will "remain committed" to Afghanistan, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Friday, amid questions about what President-elect Donald Trump's foreign policy will mean for the country as it faces a renewed Taliban insurgency. Carter arrived in the Afghan capital earlier on an unannounced visit and met U.S. troops and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. "America is, and will remain, committed to a sovereign and secure Afghanistan," Carter told a news conference with Ghani.

Trump’s Cabinet: A Conservative About Face Toward Growth and Change

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 02:15 AM PST

How Trump's Cabinet Picks Are Payback to His Wealthy PalsPersonnel is policy, Richard Nixon's budget chief Michael Horowitz remarked after the 1972 election, when the re-elected incumbent asked for resignations from two thousand of his appointees. The OMB director meant that the direction of any administration could best be determined by the people hired by its leader. Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008 by promising "hope and change" to a nation weary of the George W. Bush presidency, the war in Iraq, and the financial-sector collapse that demolished hundreds of thousands of jobs a month leading up to the election.

Factbox: Key facts about Islamic State in Libya

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 01:58 AM PST

Libyan forces are trying to secure the city of Sirte after ousting Islamic State from its former North African stronghold in a battle that lasted nearly seven months. Here are some facts about Islamic State in Libya: ORIGINS Islamic State drew on existing pockets of militancy in Libya, establishing its first major presence in Derna, an eastern city with a strong Islamist tradition. It also profited from a security vacuum caused by the turmoil that followed Libya's 2011 revolution, and from 2014 a conflict between loose alliances of armed groups loyal to factions based in Tripoli and the east.

Iraq prepares for new fight against post-Mosul IS

Posted: 08 Dec 2016 11:27 PM PST

In this Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016 file photo, an Iraqi soldier of the 9th division rides in a Humvee in the Shyma district of Mosul, Iraq. With the Islamic State group's BAGHDAD (AP) — With the Islamic State group's "caliphate" seemingly nearing its downfall in Iraq, the country's security agencies are preparing for a different fight against the militants, shifting away from ground offensives to a focus on intelligence work, surgical airstrikes and a higher level of cooperation with the West.

Smoking chimp from Iraq finds refuge in Kenya

Posted: 08 Dec 2016 10:04 PM PST

Four-year-old chimpanzee Manno, rescued by Animals Lebanon from a zoo in Duhok, Iraq after being trafficked from Syria, sits in a transport crate before his flight to Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary in KenyaSeparated from his mother shortly after birth, Manno the chimpanzee was smuggled to Iraq and spent his days smoking cigarettes handed to him by amused zoo visitors and posing for pictures. Then came help from several conservation groups, and Manno's days as a spectacle -- and smoker -- are now over after arriving at a chimpanzee sanctuary in Kenya a week ago. After several days travelling in a small wooden box, Manno arrived on November 30 at the chimpanzee sanctuary within the Ol Pejeta conservancy at the foot of Mount Kenya, which has been taking in endangered chimpanzees since 1993.

Two jailed for terror plot in Australia

Posted: 08 Dec 2016 08:58 PM PST

The converted garage where Omar Al-Kutobi, and Mohammed Kiad were arrested last year -- police found hunting knife, a machete, homemade explosives and a black IS flagTwo Muslims who plotted to blow up a prayer hall in Sydney and "cut heads" off civilians in the name of the so-called Islamic State group were both jailed for 20 years on Friday. Omar Al-Kutobi, 25, and Mohammed Kiad, 27, were arrested last year at a flat they shared where police found a hunting knife, a machete, homemade explosives and a black IS flag. A video had just been made of Al-Kutobi, who was born in Iraq and took Australian citizenship in 2013, brandishing a knife and making threats, the Supreme Court heard.

Chaos, desperation at first U.N. aid distribution inside Mosul

Posted: 08 Dec 2016 07:40 PM PST

By Isabel Coles MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi police fired shots in the air and threatened to whip crowds with a hose as residents tried to overrun the first distribution of aid by UN agencies inside Mosul on Thursday, a scene of the desperation in areas retaken from Islamic State. Fifty-six year old Saad Salih came in an electric wheelchair but the battery was flat and there is no power in Mosul to re-charge it, so a neighbor pushed him along.

Germany launches 150mn euro aid package for returning migrants

Posted: 08 Dec 2016 07:31 PM PST

Newly arrived migrants line up at a registration point in Erding near Munich, southern Germany, on November 15, 2016Germany has pledged to spend 150 million euros ($189 million) helping migrants return home, the minister of development said in an interview published Friday. The aid fund will benefit both failed asylum seekers and migrants who choose to return to their home countries. "For the next three years, we will put aside 50 million euros a year for this return programme," minister Gerd Mueller told Augsburger Allgemeine daily.

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