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Germany: Files listing Islamic State fighters are authentic

Published on Thu, 03/10/2016 - 3:36pm
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BERLIN — Thousands of files have surfaced with personal data on members of the Islamic State group — documents that might help authorities track down and prosecute foreign fighters who returned home after joining the extremists, or identify those who recruited them in the first place.

Germany says it has obtained files on Islamic State members

Published on Thu, 03/10/2016 - 10:48am
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BERLIN — Germany’s federal criminal police said Thursday they are in possession of files containing personal data on members of the extremist Islamic State group and believe them to be authentic.

The announcement came after Britain’s Sky News reported it had obtained 22,000 Islamic State files on the border with Turkey and Syria, files that detail IS fighters’ real names, where they were from, telephone numbers, and even names of those who sponsored and recruited the militants.

Iraqi officials: US captured top IS chemical arms engineer

Published on Wed, 03/09/2016 - 2:53pm
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BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S. special forces captured the head of the Islamic State group's unit trying to develop chemical weapons in a raid last month in northern Iraq, Iraqi and U.S. officials told The Associated Press, the first known major success of Washington's more aggressive policy of pursuing IS militants on the ground.

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Published on Wed, 03/09/2016 - 2:49pm

Six Spaniards detained for alleged Chilean sea bass poaching 

MADRID (AP) — Six Spaniards accused of running a lucrative international poaching operation that captured Antarctic fish prized in top restaurants have been ordered into prison detention with bail set at 100,000 euros ($110,000) each.

Iran fires two missiles marked with ‘Israel must be wiped out’

Published on Wed, 03/09/2016 - 2:47pm
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran test-fired two ballistic missiles Wednesday with the phrase “Israel must be wiped out” written in Hebrew on them, state media reported, a show of strength by the Islamic Republic as U.S. Vice President Joe Biden visited Israel.

Turkey pushes case for ground operations as Kurds advance

Published on Tue, 02/16/2016 - 2:50pm
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BEIRUT (AP) — Turkey said Tuesday it is pressing for ground operations in Syria, hoping for the involvement of the U.S. and other allies as a force dominated by Kurdish fighters pushed through rebel lines and captured more territory near the Turkish border.

In Damascus, the U.N. envoy to Syria suggested that humanitarian aid would be allowed into several besieged areas Wednesday, calling it the "duty of the government of Syria."

UN: Stopping Zika may require genetically modified insects 


Published on Tue, 02/16/2016 - 2:45pm
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GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says it may be necessary to use controversial methods like genetically modified mosquitoes to wipe out the insects that are spreading the Zika virus across the Americas.

The virus has been linked to a spike in babies born with abnormally small heads, or microcephaly, in Brazil and French Polynesia. The U.N. health agency has declared Zika a global emergency, even though there is no definitive proof it is causing the birth defects.