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• The Latest: House bill makes VA employees more accountable
• KBR defeats appeal in U.S. over Nepal, Iraq trafficking claims
• Retreating after Trump tweet, GOP won't gut ethics office
• The new Huawei Honor 6X sports a dual-sensor camera at a reasonable price
• Iraqi journalist freed week after kidnapping: sister
• Wounded Warrior Project Empowers Veterans to Give Back
• Long having promised security, Turkey's Erdoğan faces new test as attacks mount
• Iraq PM says opponents spreading fake news of bombings
• 1st British soldier dies in Iraq since 2009, cause unknown
• Silenced by IS, displaced Iraqis relish return to phones
• Across Middle East, final goodbyes to Istanbul dead
• Debate over race and policing roils start of German election year
• German minister eyes police overhaul after Christmas market attack
• Smuggled by boat or scaling wrecked bridges, residents escape Mosul's besieged west
• UN: At least 6,878 civilians killed in Iraq violence in 2016
• 10 Things to Know for Today
• PenFed Changes Lives of Disabled Veterans
• Today in History
• White House to test Trump's leadership chops
• A Lincoln Lesson for Donald Trump

The Latest: House bill makes VA employees more accountable Posted: 03 Jan 2017 05:13 PM PST The Latest on Congress convening for a new session (all times EST): 8 p.m. The House has approved a bill that would require all reprimands and admonishments given to Department of Veterans Affairs employees ...

KBR defeats appeal in U.S. over Nepal, Iraq trafficking claims Posted: 03 Jan 2017 05:01 PM PST A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday refused to hold KBR Inc liable for alleged human trafficking, in connection with the 2004 kidnapping and murder by insurgents of 12 Nepali men being transported in Iraq to work for a subcontractor at a U.S. military base. By a 2-1 vote, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans upheld a lower court judge's 2014 dismissal of civil claims against KBR, an engineering firm and military contractor sometimes known as Kellogg Brown & Root, by surviving family members and a Nepali worker who was not captured. Circuit Judge Edward Prado said dismissal was proper because KBR's alleged misconduct lacked a sufficient connection with the United States to justify letting the lawsuit proceed there.

Retreating after Trump tweet, GOP won't gut ethics office Posted: 03 Jan 2017 02:48 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The new GOP era in Washington got off to a messy start Tuesday as House Republicans, under pressure from President-elect Donald Trump, abruptly dropped plans to gut an independent congressional ethics board.

The new Huawei Honor 6X sports a dual-sensor camera at a reasonable price Posted: 03 Jan 2017 02:40 PM PST Huawei took the wraps off the latest addition to its budget Honor smartphone line, the Honor 6X, at a press event in Las Vegas. It's the first in the series to feature a dual-sensor rear camera.

Iraqi journalist freed week after kidnapping: sister Posted: 03 Jan 2017 01:31 PM PST Iraqi journalist Afrah Shawqi was released Tuesday, a week after being abducted from her Baghdad home by gunmen, her sister and security officials said. "It's true," her sister Nibras Shawqi told AFP in a text message when asked about reports of her sibling's release. Iraq's Joint Operations Command in Baghdad also confirmed she was free.

Wounded Warrior Project Empowers Veterans to Give Back Posted: 03 Jan 2017 12:40 PM PST SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 3, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) recently gave veterans an opportunity to give back for the holiday season. The group of warriors and their families joined Move America Forward to create care packages for service members deployed overseas. Inside the boxes, volunteers packed candy, socks, coffee, cookies, and lip balm, along with journals, bracelets, T-shirts, and other items from WWP.

Long having promised security, Turkey's Erdoğan faces new test as attacks mount Posted: 03 Jan 2017 12:16 PM PST The demand flies in the face of the image President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) have projected for years, portraying themselves as the only guarantors of safety for Turks, even as regional neighbors like Syria, Iraq, and Egypt descended into chaos and revolution.

Iraq PM says opponents spreading fake news of bombings Posted: 03 Jan 2017 10:36 AM PST Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Tuesday charged that some of his opponents were disseminating fake reports of bombings in Baghdad to undermine him. Abadi, who has faced relentless challenges from within his own bloc and across the political spectrum since taking the helm in 2014, said media outlets had been fed reports of bombings that never happened. A suicide car bomb attack claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 35 people in northeastern Baghdad on Monday, multiple security and hospital sources told AFP.

1st British soldier dies in Iraq since 2009, cause unknown Posted: 03 Jan 2017 10:01 AM PST LONDON (AP) — The British Ministry of Defense says an Army soldier has died at a military base in Iraq under unexplained circumstances.

Silenced by IS, displaced Iraqis relish return to phones Posted: 03 Jan 2017 09:19 AM PST SEWDINAN CAMP, Iraq (AP) — Iraqis who escaped Islamic State rule during the battle for Mosul are indulging in a newfound freedom — the right to check their phones.

Across Middle East, final goodbyes to Istanbul dead Posted: 03 Jan 2017 07:06 AM PST Funerals were being held across the Middle East Tuesday for victims of the Istanbul nightclub shooting, many of them young party-goers whose lives were cut tragically short by the attack. A total of 39 people were killed in the assault claimed by the Islamic State group, most of them foreigners and many nationals of Arab countries. From Lebanon, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq, Tunisia, Morocco and Libya, the victims had travelled to Istanbul to spend New Year's Eve at the exclusive Reina club on the shores of the Bosphorus.

Debate over race and policing roils start of German election year Posted: 03 Jan 2017 06:15 AM PST By Erik Kirschbaum BERLIN (Reuters) - A new acronym coined by German police to describe troublemaking migrants from North Africa has sharpened a national debate over immigration and crime as the country recovers from a deadly attack and gears up for a vital election this year. Police in Cologne said this week they had prevented trouble on New Year's Eve by screening some 650 'Nafris' - an abbreviation of 'Nordafrikanische Intensivtaeter' or 'North African Repeat Offenders' - and removing 190 from the city center. The operation followed intense criticism of the police for failing to protect hundreds of women from being sexually molested, mostly by North African men, at the start of 2016.

German minister eyes police overhaul after Christmas market attack Posted: 03 Jan 2017 06:13 AM PST By Madeline Chambers BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany must grant federal police more powers to counter threats like terrorism and cyber attacks, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said on Tuesday, two weeks after a failed asylum seeker rammed a truck into a Christmas market and killed 12 people. In his most detailed response yet to the Dec. 19 attack, de Maiziere said Germany lacks laws that other countries have, and police and intelligence bodies are too fragmented. "Our state must be better prepared for difficult times than it has been," de Maiziere said at the start of an election year in which immigration and security will be at the top of the political agenda.

Smuggled by boat or scaling wrecked bridges, residents escape Mosul's besieged west Posted: 03 Jan 2017 04:56 AM PST By Isabel Coles HASSAN SHAM, Iraq (Reuters) - They wait for nightfall before attempting the perilous escape across bombed-out bridges and front lines between Islamic State militants and Iraqi forces. Some cross the Tigris River by boat, after the U.S.-led coalition bombed the five bridges connecting the city's two halves to restrict Islamic State movements. Most of the 116,000 civilians who have fled Mosul since Iraqi forces launched their campaign to recapture Islamic State's biggest stronghold came from the eastern half of the city, where government troops have gradually gained ground.

UN: At least 6,878 civilians killed in Iraq violence in 2016 Posted: 03 Jan 2017 04:15 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — Violence claimed the lives of at least 6,878 civilian Iraqis last year, the United Nations said on Monday, as the Iraqi government struggles to maintain security nationwide and to dislodge Islamic State group militants from areas under their control.

10 Things to Know for Today Posted: 03 Jan 2017 02:50 AM PST Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

PenFed Changes Lives of Disabled Veterans Posted: 03 Jan 2017 02:00 AM PST TYSONS, Va., Jan. 3, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pentagon Federal Credit Union will change the lives of more disabled veterans by donating $30,000 to Segs4Vets to build custom-designed ALLY Chair adapted Segways for combat veterans wounded in Afghanistan and Iraq. PenFed's donation will fund ALLY Chairs: adapted Segways that allow their operation from a seated position, giving paraplegics and double, triple or quadruple amputees the freedom to operate independently. "Every time we give the gift of mobility, we are truly changing a wounded warrior's life forever," said PenFed President and CEO James Schenck.

Today in History Posted: 02 Jan 2017 09:01 PM PST Today in History

White House to test Trump's leadership chops Posted: 02 Jan 2017 06:49 PM PST After so much winning, Donald Trump and his team are walking into the White House with a swagger. Forget the thrilling roar of Air Force One, or the world-destroying power of the nuclear codes. Seen from inside the White House gates, the presidency is more like a beat-up megaphone than a font of boundless power.

A Lincoln Lesson for Donald Trump Posted: 02 Jan 2017 03:13 PM PST After his surprise win in the presidential election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln gathered a coterie of reporters and enthused, "Well boys, your troubles are over now; mine have only just begun." Lincoln didn't ...

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