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FBI Confirms Rise in Mass Shootings in US by webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
A new FBI study confirms that the number of mass shootings in the United States has increased steadily over the past decade. The Bureau issued a report Wednesday that identifies 160 active shootings between 2000 and 2013. Active shootings are defined as incidents in which a gunmen fired at a large group of people and killed or attempted to kill more than one person. The data show that between 2000 and 2007, there was an average of 6.4 active shooter incidents per year, but that...
Four years ago, theater artist Ari Laura Kreith founded a theater company to present plays reflecting the multicultural, multilingual lives in her New York City neighborhood of Jackson Heights. It’s called Theatre 167, after the number of languages that are spoken in a few square blocks in the Queens neighborhood. VOA’s Carolyn Weaver reports on its current play.
As coalition airstrikes hit militant targets in Syria, President Barack Obama's administration is appealing for broader international support of efforts to fight Islamic State terrorists. But analysts say the international coalition that is being assembled by the U.S. could encounter roadblocks as the fight against the militants continues. VOA State Department correspondent Pam Dockins has the story.
Newly discovered bug is rated high for severity and low for complexity, meaning it may be easy for hackers to exploit
A newly discovered security bug in a widely used piece of Linux software, known as Bash, could pose a bigger threat to computer users than the Heartbleed bug that surfaced in April, cyber experts have warned.
Bash is the software used to control the command prompt on many Unix computers. Hackers could exploit a bug in Bash to take complete control of a targeted system, security experts said.
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Sen. Ron Johnson tells Anderson Cooper why he thinks American troops will be needed on the ground to defeat ISIS.
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Former President Bill Clinton talks to Erin Burnett about how the world can defeat terrorist cells that keep popping up.
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Ukrainian PM to Putin: 'You Cannot Win'
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Cameron Will Hold Parliamentary Debate on UK Joining Airstrikes In Iraq
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Cameron Meets Rouhani as Iran Ties Thaw
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Retired Lieutenant Colonel Rick Francona discusses the cost of the war on ISIS to U.S. taxpayers.
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Turkey remains coy in coalition against militants
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Obama's UN speech had the right set of recommendations
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The European Union's decision to give Ukraine more time to fully implement a trade pact to assuage Russian pressure is a potentially dangerous step that leaves the gates open for Moscow to press for major changes to the deal, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius says.
The myth of religious violence by Karen Armstrong
The popular belief that religion is the cause of the worlds bloodiest conflicts is central to our modern conviction that faith and politics should never mix. But the messy history of their separation suggests it was never so simple
As we watch the fighters of the Islamic State (Isis) rampaging through the Middle East, tearing apart the modern nation-states of Syria and Iraq created by departing European colonialists, it may be difficult to believe we are living in the 21st century. The sight of throngs of terrified refugees and the savage and indiscriminate violence is all too reminiscent of barbarian tribes sweeping away the Roman empire, or the Mongol hordes of Genghis Khan cutting a swath through China, Anatolia, Russia and eastern Europe, devastating entire cities and massacring their inhabitants. Only the wearily familiar pictures of bombs falling yet again on Middle Eastern cities and towns this time dropped by the United States and a few Arab allies and the gloomy predictions that this may become another Vietnam, remind us that this is indeed a very modern war.
The ferocious cruelty of these jihadist fighters, quoting the Quran as they behead their hapless victims, raises another distinctly modern concern: the connection between religion and violence. The atrocities of Isis would seem to prove that Sam Harris, one of the loudest voices of the New Atheism, was right to claim that most Muslims are utterly deranged by their religious faith, and to conclude that religion itself produces a perverse solidarity that we must find some way to undercut. Many will agree with Richard Dawkins, who wrote in The God Delusion that only religious faith is a strong enough force to motivate such utter madness in otherwise sane and decent people. Even those who find these statements too extreme may still believe, instinctively, that there is a violent essence inherent in religion, which inevitably radicalises any conflict because once combatants are convinced that God is on their side, compromise becomes impossible and cruelty knows no bounds.
Before the modern period, religion was not a separate activity, it permeated all human undertakings
The reign of terror plunged France into an irrational bloodbath, in which 17,000 men, women and children were executed
Many regard the wests devotion to the separation of religion and politics as incompatible with democracy and freedom
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Russia tops ISIS threat, Ebola worst of all? Lavrov puzzled by Obama's UN speech
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The U.S. government looks to adopt Interpol's system to intercept foreign fighters. CNN's Deborah Feyerick reports.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro called for a "re-founding" of the United Nations late Wednesday in his first speech before the international organization....
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Turkey appears to be inching towards a greater role in the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State after the group freed 46 Turkish hostages, but it remains unclear how far it will go to combat the militants.
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Its possible to create a psychological condition accidentally one that apparently spreads. No wonder getting people to appreciate the severity of genuine mental illness is such an uphill struggle
Just over a month ago, I knocked up a quick blogpost in response to some of the unpleasant things being said in the immediate aftermath of the tragic suicide of Robin Williams.
It was my most popular post to date, with a readership that Im 99.995% sure Ill never get again, so many thanks to everyone who read and shared it. I got many nice messages about it (which is always appreciated) and some less nice messages (which isnt so much). But it also spurred some interesting discussions. Some argued that the true rationale for suicide is more complex. Others emphasised that to describe depression as an illness or disease is unhelpful. Some claimed I was glorifying depression. Others felt I was understating the issues. And many more.
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The U.S. Embassy in Turkey has issued a security warning, urging U.S. citizens to be vigilant against possible terrorist attacks in retaliation for U.S. airstrikes against Islamic State group.
Australian police say they are trying to learn more about the people who were associating with a terror suspect shot dead by police in the hours and days preceding his fatal encounter.
Russia retaliated against Western sanctions imposed for its actions in Ukraine by halting food imports from the West. The temporary import ban on food from Australia, the European Union, Norway and North America has Russian consumers concerned that they could face a sharp increase in food prices. But in an ironic twist, the restrictions aimed at the Kremlin have made Russia's domestic food producers hopeful this can boost their business. VOA's Daniel Schearf reports from Moscow.
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The Obama administration’s plan for bombings and airstrikes, Mr. Rouhani said, is illegal, inappropriate and flawed.
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Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov has signed a lustration bill adopted by the parliament on September 16.
British police arrested nine men in London on Thursday morning on suspicion of encouraging terrorism and being members of and supporting banned organizations.
The men arrested range in age from 22 to 51 and are all in police custody in London. One of the men identified is Anjem Choudary, one of the most high-profile radical Muslim preachers in Britain. Choudary, 47, was previously the head of Islamist group al-Muhajiroun or Islam4UK, which was banned in 2010. Choudary is well-known for organizing demonstrations against Western military action in the Middle East and for publicly expressing support for the Sept.11 attacks on the U.S. and the July 7 bombings in London.
London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement that 18 residential, business and community premises are being searched in London, along with one residential property over 150 miles away in Stoke-on-Trent. Police added that the arrests and searches were not a response to any immediate risk to public safety, but were part of an ongoing investigation into Islamist-related terrorism.
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According to news reports, Anjem Choudhury, an Islamic preacher and organizer, was one of nine men arrested by the police in Britain on Thursday on suspicion of having links to a banned Islamist group.
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If the country is to survive in one piece, its new leaders must act fast to correct the failures of the last decade.
The Moscow City Court upheld a lower court's decision to put one of Russia's richest men, Vladimir Yevtushenkov, under house arrest.
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The latest wave of U.S.-led airstrikes were aimed at cutting off ISIS' revenue by targeting oil refineries.
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- David Cameron makes UN pitch to join battle against Isis
- RAF could start air strikes this weekend if MPs back action
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- British teenage jihadi killed in Syria
French fighter jets struck Isis targets in Iraq on Thursday, government spokesman Stephane Le Foll said.
There were strikes in Iraq this morning, Le Foll said without giving any further details, Reuters reports.
Fighting around the Syrian town Kobani close to the border with Turkey has claimed the lives of 12 Islamic State militants and eight Kurdish fighters, according to the latest update from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Earlier Kurdish forces were reported to have pushed back an Isis advance around Kobani.
#Kobane MAP UPDATE / final battle about to start as #IS pushes from south. #Syriapic.twitter.com/rxBqjjK61M
Parliament is expected to back the governments plans to join the US and France in launching air strikes against Isis targets in Iraq.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Labour leader Ed Miliband each confirmed that they would be backing the PMs call for military action when Parliament is recalled to vote on the issue on Friday.
In 2003 I resigned over Iraq, but in 1992 I called for intervention in Bosnia. This is a 1992 moment, not a 2003.
The White House has released video of Barack Obamas meeting with Iraqs new prime minister Haider al-Abadi.
Obama told Abadi that the US could not defeat Isis for the Iraqi government, but that it would be a strong partner, in the campaign.
Islamic State militants have publicly killed a human rights lawyer in the Iraqi city of Mosul after finding her guilty of apostasy in a self-styled Islamic court, according to the UN.
The UN Assistance Mission in Iraq says Samira Salih al-Nuaimi was seized from her home last week after allegedly posting messages on Facebook that were critical of the militants destruction of places of worship in Mosul.
Shocked at at the unspeakable way #humanrights activists Sameera Al-Nuaimy was seized from her home, tortured and murdered by ISIL in #Iraq
ISIS execute lawyer & human rights defender Samira Saleh Al-Naimi in a public squarehttp://t.co/FZ5IRTxjGZ #RIP pic.twitter.com/SWvn1Z5wGs
Downing Street has published the full text of David Camerons speech to the UN general assembly. You can gauge the main thrust of what he had to say from a Wordle version of the speech. The prime minister made clear he wants the UK to take part in air strikes in Iraq, but not Syria.
Hours before his arrest this morning Anjem Choudary appeared to used social media to criticise US-led air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq.
A Twitter account under his name accused the US and UK of killing civilians.
FACT: The US/UK will never defeat the Islamic State by bombs from the air, rather they will yet again murder innocent men, women & children!
FACT: The definition of Terrorism is more suitable for the US/UK policy in Muslim lands than those who are removing their oppressive regimes
Kurdish forces in northern Syria pushed back an advance by Islamic State fighters towards the border town of Kobani in overnight clashes, two Kurdish officials told Reuters.
Islamic State launched a fresh offensive to try to capture Kobani more than a week ago after months of fighting. More than 100,000 Kurds have fled the town and surrounding villages, crossing over the nearby border into Turkey.
Officials said Islamic State had concentrated their fighters south of Kobani late on Wednesday and had pushed towards the town but Kurdish YPG forces repelled them.
Lebanons army has detained about 450 suspected Islamist militants near its border with Syria, as dramatic pictures emerged of the arrests at the frontier town of Arsal.
The town was the scene last month, of the deadliest spillover of fighting in the three-year civil war in Syria, Reuters reports.
During those clashes that killed dozens, militants captured a group of Lebanese soldiers and have since killed at least three of them. They are believed to be holding more than a dozen others.
In the last two weeks, the Lebanese army has arrested hundreds of mostly Syrian suspects there that it accuses of being members of extremist groups such as Nusra Front, Syrias al Qaida wing, which is fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assads forces.
#Remember: The folks in the background are the #good_guys, arresting Syrian refugees in #Lebanon! ... pic.twitter.com/NVMa5BEKkE (link->source)
An extremist preacher who said he had no sympathy for Alan Henning, the British hostage held by Islamic State radical, has been arrested as part of an investigation into Islamist terrorism.
Anjem Choudary was one of nine men arrested today as part of the investigation, sources told the Press Association.
The battle for control of Syrias eastern oil fields was covered last year in special report by the Guardians Ghaith Abdul-Ahad.
At the time he wrote:
The hard edges of Syrias frontlines dogmatic, revolutionary, Islamist or pure murderously sectarian almost melt away outside the oilfields. New lines emerge pitting tribesmen against battalions, Islamists against everyone else, and creating sometimes surreal lines of engagement, where rebels help maintain government oil supplies in return for their villages being spared from bombardment and being allowed to siphon oil for themselves.
The Cabinet is due to meet at 1pm today to discuss Iraqs request for air strikes against Islamic State militants.
Parliament has been recalled to debate the issue on Friday.
Frances possible participation in air strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria is on the table, Defence Minister said hours after President Francois Hollande ruled out such strikes, Reuters reports.
France has joined the coalition bombing of Islamic State targets in Iraq on the basis it was asked for help by Baghdad, but has refrained from doing so in Syria, instead supporting the moderate opposition against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
But Jean-Yves Le Drian told RTL Radio when asked about the possibility France might join raids in Syria: The opportunity is not there today. We already have an important task in Iraq and we will see in the coming days how the situation evolves.
Britains foreign secretary Philip Hammond has ruled out coordinating attacks against Isis militants with the Syria government and accused the regime of Bashar al-Assad of being responsible for the groups rise.
Speaking after chairing a meeting of the Friends of Syria group at the sidelines of the UN general assembly in New York, Hammond said: Assad cannot be a credible partner for us. He is unable to unite Syrians, unable to defeat ISIL and unable to win broad, international backing. He is responsible for ISILs rise. Assad is a cause, not a cure, of ISIL.
At least 14 Islamic State militants were killed in Wednesdays attack on oil refineries in eastern Syria, according to an update from UK-based monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Foreign fighters were among the dead, it said, without providing details.
More detail: Saudi & UAE flew 2/3 of aircraft & hit majority of targets in tonight's #syriaairstrikes on#ISIS oil facilities
Isis militants can make millions of dollars a day from the oil refineries they control in Syria and Iraq, according to analyst Michael Stephens from the security thinktank Rusi.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4s Today programme he said it was a sensible strategy for the US to target oil installations controlled by the group.
We are still assessing the outcome of the attack on the refineries, but have initial indications that the strikes were successful. These small-scale refineries provided fuel to run ISIL operations, money to finance their continued attacks throughout Iraq and Syria, and an economic asset to support their future operations. Producing between 300-500 barrels of refined petroleum per day, ISIL is estimated to generate as much as $2 million per day from these refineries. The destruction and degradation of these targets further limits ISILs ability to lead, control, project power and conduct operations.
The US conducted these strikes as part of the Presidents comprehensive strategy to degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL. Going forward, the US and partner nations will continue to conduct targeted airstrikes against ISIL in Syria and Iraq and support Iraqi forces as they go on the offensive against this terrorist group.
Welcome to live coverage of the US-led battle against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria after David Cameron made his pitch to join the campaign, and the US and its Arab partners launched air strikes against Isis-controlled oil refineries in Syria.
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KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko said he would present a broad plan of social and economic reforms later on Thursday which would allow the former Soviet republic to apply for membership of the European Union in six years.
The U.S. government opened an annual OSCE gathering in Warsaw with charges that the Russian Federation is conducting a 'systematic campaign' to stifle dissent in the media.
U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron announced Wednesday that he is recalling parliament to get approval for British air strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) in Iraq.
Lawmakers will convene in Westminster on Friday to vote on whether to back attacks on the Sunni extremists.
Cameron’s decision follows the Iraqi government’s “clear request” for international support to defeating ISIS.
“It is now right that Britain should move to a new phase of action,” he said.
Addressing the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, Cameron said, “The U.N. Security Council has now received a clear request from the Iraqi government to support it in its military action against [ISIS]. So we have a clear basis in international law for action and we have a need to act in our own national interest to protect our people and our society.”
Friday’s vote is expected to pass with backing from all three major parties, Reuters reports.
Cameron gave his speech as a U.S.-led coalition launched air strikes on ISIS targets in Syria for a second day.
The U.K. government has not proposed any military action in Syria. Cameron assured the U.N. General Assembly that Britain would not work with Syrian President Bashar Assad to defeat ISIS.
“Our enemy’s enemy is not our friend — it is another enemy. Doing a deal with Assad will not defeat [ISIS] because the bias and the brutality of the Assad regime was and is one of the most powerful recruiting tools for the extremists,” he said.
If Friday’s vote passes, Britain’s Royal Air Force jets will join those from France, Australia, the U.S. and five Arab nations in launching air strikes against ISIS.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Wednesday demanded that Russia pull its forces out of Ukraine and stops the supply of arms to pro-Kremlin rebels.
Speaking at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, Yatsenyuk said Moscow must start real peace talks with Ukraine.
“We urge Russia to pull back its forces, to pull back its artillery, to stop the supply of Russian-led terrorists, to restore the control over Ukrainian-Russian border and to start real talks — peace talks,” he said.
Yatsenyuk also urged Western nations not to lift sanctions against Russia until Ukraine regained control of all of its territory, the BBC reports.
In March, Russia annexed Ukraine’s southern peninsular of Crimea, sparking clashes between the Kiev-aligned military and pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country.
Yatsenyuk insisted that he intended to reclaim all lost territory. “Crimea was, is and will be a part of Ukraine,” he said.
Russia denies equipping the rebels or sending forces into Ukraine.
On Wednesday, U.S. President Barack Obama said he would consider lifting sanctions on Russia if the government abides by a cease-fire signed on Sept. 5. Despite the agreement, fighting has continued in the rebel-held eastern city of Donetsk.
The U.N. says the number of people killed in Ukraine since the conflict began in April has topped 3,000.
“We are the country that needs peace and it’s difficult to hammer out any kind of peace deal at the barrel of a gun, made in Russia,” Yatsenyuk said.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has accused Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan of supporting terrorists and seeking to provoke mayhem in the Middle East after he questioned the legitimacy of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in a speech at the UN General Assembly.
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