US airstrike in Iraq kills 'most dangerous' Australian Islamic State operative
CANBERRA, Australia – Australia's most dangerous known Islamic State movement operative had been killed in a U.S. airstrike in Iraq, the government said Thursday. The United States had confirmed that Neil Prakash, also known as Abu Khaled al-Cambodi, was killed in Mosul on Friday, Attorney-General George Brandis said. The 24-year-old Australian citizen of Cambodian and Fijian heritage converted from Buddhism in 2012 and traveled to Syria a year later. The former rapper from Melbourne city feat..>> view originalCrews race against time battling enormous Canada wildfire
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Turkey's ruling party is set to replace Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu at an extraordinary congress in the coming weeks, officials said on Wednesday, signaling the end of his term as premier and plunging the country into political uncertainty. The decision, confirmed to Reuters by five AK Party officials, came after a meeting of more than 1-1/2 hours between Davutoglu and President Tayyip Erdogan that followed weeks of increasingly public tension between the two men. Erdogan wants an executive ..>> view originalTruce takes hold in Aleppo, one person reported killed
AMMAN Relative calm prevailed on Thursday in the Syrian city of Aleppo following a U.S.-Russian agreement to extend a cessation of hostilities that had crumbled after nearly two weeks of violence between rebels and government forces that killed dozens.Syrian state media said the army would abide by a "regime of calm" in the city that came into effect at 1 a.m. (2200 GMT on Wednesday) for 48 hours. But the army again blamed Islamist insurgents for violating the agreement overnight by what it ca..>> view originalRussia threatens to respond to NATO's military buildup along eastern border
Russian officials said Wednesday that Moscow will create three new divisions to counter NATO’s planned troop buildup in Eastern Europe. “The Defense Ministry is taking a series of measures to counter the expansion of NATO forces in direct proximity to the Russian border,” Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said. Shoigu said the new Russian divisions would be formed by the end of the year. Reuters, citing Russian media, reported that the Russian divisions would include about 10,000 soldiers ..>> view originalHiddleston defends war zone children
Image copyright Unicef Image caption "It's our responsibility to stand up for those who don't have a voice," said Tom Hiddleston Actor Tom Hiddleston has called for more support for children caught in conflict zones.Hiddleston, star of the recent Night Manager TV drama, says "the strongest have to stand up for the weakest".A visit to South Sudan as a Unicef ambassador accidentally brought Mr Hiddleston to the scene of a mass abduction of children."It ..>> view original'Romeo and Juliet' Takes on Local Twist in Gaza Performance
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" has opened to audiences in the Gaza Strip, albeit with a distinctly Palestinian twist.Instead of the forbidden love story of Renaissance-era European aristocracy, the star-crossed young couple in Gaza's version of the play is divided by politics stemming from the deep internal Palestinian split between two rival movements.Yousef, a son of a member of Gaza's ruling Islamic militant group Hamas, falls in love with Suha, the daughter of a f..>> view originalPhilippine Front-Runner Duterte Floats New Tactic in South China Sea Dispute
The front-runner in the Philippines presidential election is adding a twist to the fractious international dispute over the South China Sea, offering to negotiate directly with Beijing. Rodrigo Duterte, the pugnacious mayor of Davao City who’s been compared with Donald Trump, has said if elected he is willing to talk with Beijing and is open to discussing joint exploration of resources in the South China Sea. His suggested approach is at odds with the current Philippine administration—and the ..>> view original
Thursday, May 5, 2016
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