Hard News
30 killed in clashes with IS in Iraq's Anbar province:
A total of 30 people were killed and 47 others wounded on Thursday in clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq's western province of Anbar, security source said.
5 ISIL Suicide Bombers Killed in Iraq's Mosul:
The Iraqi Kurdish forces clashed with the ISIL terrorists in the Northern city of Mosul and killed 5 suicide bombers of the Takfiri group.
Syria: 20 people killed by ISIS south of Kobane:
ISIS fighters have killed 20 civilians, including some who took up arms against them, in an attack on Berxbutan village some 35km south of Kobane, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says.
Erdogan denies IS launched attack on Syria's Kobane from Turkey:
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday dismissed as "propaganda" accusations that Islamic State fighters had been allowed to cross from Turkey into Syria to launch a fresh assault on the symbolic battleground town of Kobane.
19 IS fighters killed in failed attack on Syria Alawite village:
"At least 19 Islamic State members were killed... along with three National Defence Force fighters, and six people were wounded, including a child and two women."
Syrian rebel fighters launch campaign to take Deraa:
Syrian rebels launched an offensive Thursday to capture government-held neighborhoods in the southern city of Deraa, setting off fighting that killed dozens of people, including a man struck by a mortar bomb that slammed into a nearby Jordanian border town.
Rocket fired from Syria kills one in Jordan: govt source:
A rocket fired from Syria hit a city in northern Jordan Thursday, killing one person and wounding four, a government source said, without indicating who may have been responsible.
US Murders 9 alleged militants' in Yemen:
The latest strike by a drone hit a vehicle in Rafadh, a town in the southern Shabwa province, killing all five suspected militants, a local official and tribesmen there told AFP.
Snowden Documents Suggest UK Intelligence Support For US Murders In Yemen:
New details of a drone strike in Yemen, conducted under the United States' targeted killing program in the country, reveal the scope of U.K. intelligence involvement, leading to calls for transparency in the operations of Britain's top spy agency.
New Snowden docs show how US cooperates with allies in drone killings:
The documents also discuss how the strike was a product of the joint program between the US, British and Australian intelligence agencies. The Guardian described the program, codenamed "Overhead," as operation based on "satellite, radio and some phone collection of intelligence."
Saudi-led airstrikes, rebel shelling kills 9 civilians in Yemen:
They said five civilians were killed Thursday when airstrikes targeted Shia rebels, also known as Houthis, in a market in the northern province of Jawf. At least four civilians were killed when the Houthis shelled a residential area in the southern port city of Aden.
UN Warns Yemen 'collapsing' as Qaeda Seizes Army Camp:
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned Thursday that Yemen was falling apart and called for action to avert chaos, as Al-Qaeda fighters overran an army camp and seized heavy weaponry.
UN warns of impending famine in conflict-torn Yemen:
The Houthi-controlled Interior Ministry said that some 20 civilians were killed Tuesday by Saudi-led air raids.
Three Saudi soldiers, 1 Emirati killed on Yemen border:
Three Saudi soldiers and an Emirati have been killed on Saudi Arabia's border with Yemen, where Riyadh is a leading a bombing campaign against Iran-backed rebels, state media said Thursday.
Palestine submits file to ICC over Israeli war crimes:
ICC prosecutor to decide if there is evidence to open full-scale probe into Israeli crimes on Palestinian territory.
Israel's Arab citizens fight for a roof over their heads;
The Israeli authorities razed his home for the second time in two months last week. He is now under house arrest, confined to a friend's home and separated from his wife and children.
15 Boko Haram fighters killed in Niger:
Fifteen Boko Haram fighters were killed and 20 others arrested by Defence and Security Forces (FDS) during clashes in the Diffa region of Niger, near the Nigerian border, defence ministry announces.
Five people killed in 'Boko Haram' attack in southeast Niger:
Suspected Boko Haram militants killed five people and injured four others in an attack in southeast Niger Tuesday night, state radio announced Thursday.
Nigeria: 10 dead, 30 injured in Boko Haram suicide attack by suspected 12 year-old girl bomber:
Ten people were killed at a market in northeast Nigeria when a girl thought to be aged just 12 detonated explosives she was carrying, a relative of one of the injured victims and a health worker said.
Emails to Hillary contradict French tale on Libya war:
French spies secretly organized and funded the Libyan rebels who defeated Moammar Gadhafi, according to confidential emails to Hillary Clinton that were made public on June 22.
15 Emails Missing From Hillary Clinton Cache, State Dept. Says:
The emails all predate the Sept. 11 assault on the U.S. diplomatic facility and include scant words written by Clinton herself, the officials said. They consist of more in a series of would-be intelligence reports passed to her by longtime political confidant Sidney Blumenthal, the officials said.
Putin calls Obama to discuss Ukraine, ISIS, Iran nuclear deal: White House:
The US said earlier this week it would deploy heavy weapons in central and eastern Europe for the first time. The US announcement followed promises by Nato on Monday to step up its military presence in eastern Europe, against the backdrop of the conflict in Ukraine.
Poroshenko inks permission for foreign troops in Ukraine:
The Ukrainian president has sealed amendments to the law that allow foreign troops to be present in Ukraine as part of an international peacekeeping force. The legislation also potentially allows the presence of weapons of mass destruction in the country.
No deal for Greece, creditors; top-level talks resume Saturday:
Greece failed again to clinch a deal with its international creditors on Thursday, setting up a last-ditch effort on Saturday to either avert a default next week or start preparing to protect the euro zone from financial market turmoil.
France, Up In Arms Over NSA Spying, Passes New Surveillance Law:
Top-secret documents provided by WikiLeaks to, Mediapart and Libération, showed that the NSA had access to confidential conversations of France's highest ranking officials, including the country's current president, François Hollande; the prime minister in 2012, Jean-Marc Ayrault; and former presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and Jacques Chirac.
U.S., European authorities investigate possible new leaker: sources:
U.S. and European security authorities are investigating whether a previously unknown leaker provided sensitive intelligence documents to WikiLeaks about alleged U.S. spying on French politicians, according to sources familiar with the matter.
France cracks down on Uber service after protests:
France's interior minister has ordered a ban on the low-cost car-sharing service UberPOP after a day of nationwide protests by taxi drivers. Bernard Cazeneuve said the service was "illegal" and ordered police and prosecutors to enforce its closure.
Chrome update turns browsers into covert listening tools:
The default behavior of hotword, a new, black-box module in Chrome (and its free/open cousin, Chromium) causes it to silently switch on your computer's microphone and send whatever it hears to Google.
Apple's co-founder: We're all going to be robots' pets one day:
Fast forward hundreds of years to when robots are in charge. At that time, humans will probably be treated in a similar fashion to dogs, Wozniak said during an event at the Freescale Technology Forum 2015 in Austin, Texas.
Are We on the Verge of a Nuclear Breakdown?:
Air Force officers at America's nuke sites work 24-hour-shifts in antique underground capsules launching fake attacks straight out of 'Strangelove' - and they're ready to blow
If the war is over, why am I still here?:
One of Guantanamo's long-term hunger strikers talks about his painful everyday reality.
Hackers Stole Secrets of U.S. Government Workers' Sex Lives:
Infidelity. Sexual fetishes. Drug abuse. Crushing debt. They're the most intimate secrets of U.S. government workers. And now they're in the hands of foreign hackers.
Clinton suddenly in a tight battle with Sanders in NH:
Less than two months ago, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held a 21 percentage point lead over her nearest competitor in the New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary campaign. Now, her edge is down to 8 percentage points over Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Interview with Green Party's Jill Stein :
Dr. Jill Stein officially launches her campaign as a Green Party candidate for the 2016 presidential race. "I have a people-powered campaign," Stein notes. "I am running with the only national party that does not take corporate funding.
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