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• Trump visits CIA, blames media for tensions with intelligence community
• 2 terrorist suspects blow themselves up in Saudi police raid
• Iraqi forces eye tougher fight in Mosul's west
• Top French jihadist held after return from Syria
• A closer look at Turkey's proposed presidential system
• Blast kills four in Syrian camp near Jordan: monitor
• Russian police kills 2 suspected militants in North Caucasus
• Readers write: Environmental effects, believing reports
• Today in History
• Who's who in the Syria conflict
• Turkish assembly passes polemic bill to boost Erdogan powers

Trump visits CIA, blames media for tensions with intelligence community Posted: 21 Jan 2017 01:31 PM PST President Trump visited CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., on Saturday to offer words of assurance after sharply criticizing the outgoing head of the agency, as well as the broader intelligence community, for weeks. "There is nobody that feels stronger about the intelligence community and the CIA than Donald Trump," he declared a day after he was sworn in as president. Indeed, Trump suggested that he might give the CIA more support than it wants.

2 terrorist suspects blow themselves up in Saudi police raid Posted: 21 Jan 2017 12:07 PM PST RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi authorities say two men suspected of plotting terrorist attacks killed themselves using explosive belts during a police raid in the west of the kingdom.

Iraqi forces eye tougher fight in Mosul's west Posted: 21 Jan 2017 11:58 AM PST MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — A crowd of Iraqi officers looked out at the Tigris River Friday from a balcony of Mosul's Nineveh International hotel. Just over three months ago, the men were some 45 kilometers (28 miles) away in a cluster of desert villages on the edge of Nineveh plain.

Top French jihadist held after return from Syria Posted: 21 Jan 2017 10:08 AM PST A high-profile French jihadist was charged with terrorist offences and remanded in custody on Saturday, a day after being transferred to France from Turkey, where he had turned himself in to authorities. Kevin Guiavarch, a 24-year-old who converted to Islam 10 years ago, was one of the UN's most wanted jihadists and had been placed on a blacklist in 2014. Suspected as being one of the major Islamic State group recruiters attracting young French people to join the jihadist cause in Syria and Iraq, Guiavarch rubbed shoulders with some of the perpetrators of the November 2015 Paris attacks while living in Raqa, IS's de facto capital.

A closer look at Turkey's proposed presidential system Posted: 21 Jan 2017 06:25 AM PST ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey's parliament has signed off on a contentious constitutional reform package that would concentrate even more powers in the office of the president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and potentially extend his mandate till 2029. The reforms will come into effect if approved in a national referendum

Blast kills four in Syrian camp near Jordan: monitor Posted: 21 Jan 2017 05:24 AM PST A car bomb on Saturday killed at least four people and critically injured a number of others at the Rakban refugee camp in Syria near the border with Jordan, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitoring organisation. The camp is home to refugees and also to rebel groups, including the Jaish al-Ashair, which fight both President Bashar al-Assad and the jihadist Islamic State movement, and was targeted by bombings last year. Rakban is located in a desert area of the long border between Syria and Jordan, near to territory held by Islamic State, which regards the Syrian and Jordanian governments and other rebel groups as its enemies.

Russian police kills 2 suspected militants in North Caucasus Posted: 21 Jan 2017 03:37 AM PST MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — Security forces in a volatile province in Russia's North Caucasus have tracked down and killed two suspected militants.

Readers write: Environmental effects, believing reports Posted: 21 Jan 2017 03:00 AM PST Regarding the Dec. 8 online article "Trump nominates staunch EPA foe Scott Pruitt as agency head" (CSMonitor.com): Both Donald Trump and Scott Pruitt say they want the agency to concentrate on its mission of protecting the air and water. Of course the Environmental Protection Agency's job is to protect the air and water, and yes, this requires a pro-energy agenda – but a pro-green, not a pro-fossil one, and that is what the Clean Power Plan, fuel-efficiency standards, and other "troublesome" regulations are designed for.

Today in History Posted: 20 Jan 2017 09:01 PM PST Today in History

Who's who in the Syria conflict Posted: 20 Jan 2017 07:43 PM PST Talks aimed at ending Syria's nearly six-year war are set to open on Monday in the Kazakh capital, brokered by regime allies Russia and Iran and rebel backer Turkey. Key regime backer Russia began an air campaign in support of President Bashar al-Assad in September 2015 and has helped Damascus recapture several key areas, including Aleppo city. Iran has also provided major financial and military support to Assad.

Turkish assembly passes polemic bill to boost Erdogan powers Posted: 20 Jan 2017 07:11 PM PST ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's parliament on Saturday approved a contentious constitutional reform package, paving the way for a referendum on a presidential system that would greatly expand the powers of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office.

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