Israel arrests 80 Palestinians in search for teens
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's military arrested around 80 Palestinians in the West Bank, including members of the militant group Hamas, early Sunday as part of efforts to locate three teenagers, including an American, believed abducted in the territory while hitchhiking home.
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Philly rail service resumes after Obama intervenes
PHILADELPHIA
(AP) — Commuter rail service in the Philadelphia area was restored
early Sunday, just hours after workers returned to their jobs following a
brief strike that was ended when President Barack Obama intervened,
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority officials said.Read More ...
Manning says U.S. public lied to about Iraq from the start
The
detained US soldier convicted of leaking a trove of secret documents to
WikiLeaks made a rare foray into public life Saturday to warn Americans
they were being lied to about Iraq once more. Chelsea Manning is
serving a 35-year prison sentence on espionage charges and other
offenses for passing along 700,000 secret documents, including
diplomatic cables and military intelligence files, to anti-secrecy
website WikiLeaks in the largest-scale leak in US history. However, the
concerns that motivated me have not been resolved," the soldier formerly
known as Bradley Manning wrote in a New York Times editorial. "As Iraq
erupts in civil war and America again contemplates intervention, that
unfinished business should give new urgency to the question of how the
United States military controlled the media coverage of its long
involvement there and in Afghanistan."Read More ...
Muslim reporter describes being ridiculed at Texas GOP convention
A
reporter covering the Texas GOP's annual convention says she was
targeted and taunted because of her Muslim headdress. “I discovered a
cult-like hatred that is simply disgusting,” writes Heba Said.Read More ...
Argentine soccer fans get rowdy in Rio
Argentina fans are making themselves at home all over Rio de Janeiro.Read More ...
Obama rips climate change deniers in graduation speech
Obama uses a commencement address to blast Republicans who reject scientific evidence.Read More ...
Israeli premier: Terror group took 3 missing teens
JERUSALEM
(AP) — A terror group abducted three teens, including an American, who
disappeared in the West Bank, Israel's prime minister said Saturday, as
soldiers searched the territory to find them.Read More ...
Pentagon orders aircraft carrier to Gulf to add Iraq military option
U.S.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered an aircraft carrier moved into
the Gulf on Saturday, readying it in case Washington decides to pursue a
military option after insurgents overwhelmed a string of Iraqi cities
this week and threatened Baghdad. "The order will provide the
Commander-in-Chief additional flexibility should military options be
required to protect American lives, citizens and interests in Iraq," the
Pentagon said in a statement. The carrier USS George H.W. Bush, moving
from the North Arabian Sea, will be accompanied by the guided-missile
cruiser USS Philippine Sea and the guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun,
the statement said. President Barack Obama said on Friday he needed
several days to determine how the United States would help Iraq deal
with the stunning advance of Islamist militants, who earlier this week
seized several major Iraqi cities and appeared to have set their sights
on the capital, Baghdad.Read More ...
Afghans brave Taliban threats to choose new leader
KABUL,
Afghanistan (AP) — Afghans braved threats of violence and searing heat
Saturday to vote in a presidential runoff that likely will mark the
country's first peaceful transfer of authority, an important step toward
democracy as foreign combat troops leave. The new leader will be
challenged with trying to improve ties with the West and combatting
corruption while facing a powerful Taliban insurgency and declining
international aid.Read More ...
Ukraine prosecutor: 49 dead as rebels down plane
Pro-Russian separatists shot down a military transport plane Saturday in the country's restive east, Ukrainian officials said.Read More ...
Iraq slows Islamist rebel advance, regains some territory
By
Ahmed Rasheed and Raheem Salman BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An offensive by
insurgents that threatens to dismember Iraq seemed to slow on Saturday
after days of lightning advances as government forces regained some
territory in counter-attacks, easing pressure on the Shi'ite-led
government in Baghdad. As Iraqi officials spoke of wresting back the
initiative against Sunni militants, neighboring Shi'ite Iran held out
the prospect of working with its longtime U.S. arch-enemy to help
restore security in Iraq. U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday he
was reviewing military options, short of sending troops, to combat the
insurgency. The United States ordered an aircraft carrier moved into the
Gulf on Saturday, readying it in case Washington decides to pursue a
military option after insurgents overran areas in the north and advanced
on Baghdad.Read More ...
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