Benghazi controversy explained

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• Benghazi controversy explained
• IS jihadists take over Ramadi but pinned back in Palmyra
• Malaysia launches talks amid Asia's growing migrant crisis
• Pope canonizes 2 saints from 19th-century Palestine
• What we know about Abu Sayyaf, the Islamic State leader killed by U.S. forces
• Monitor: Islamic State dead in Syria raid climbs to 32
• Central U.S. hit by floods after tornadoes
• Neither China nor U.S. giving ground over projects dispute
• Bush's tough week exposes challenges for his likely 2016 bid
• Amtrak told to expand speed control at deadly crash site

Benghazi controversy explained Posted: It's been nearly three years since the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks in Benghazi, Libya, and the events of that night still remain a political controversy.

IS jihadists take over Ramadi but pinned back in Palmyra Posted: 17 May 2015 10:49 AM PDT The Islamic State group sealed its capture of Ramadi after a dramatic pullout by Iraqi forces but was prevented by Syrian troops from taking over the heritage site of Palmyra. The effective loss of the capital of Iraq's largest province marked one of Baghdad's worst setbacks since it began a nationwide offensive last year to reclaim territory lost to the jihadists in June 2014. "Anbar operations command has been cleared," Muhannad Haimour, spokesman and adviser to the provincial governor, told AFP. Fighting took place in several neighbourhoods of Ramadi but reinforcements were too little too late as IS fighters used their momentum to complete their conquest of the city.

Malaysia launches talks amid Asia's growing migrant crisis Posted: 17 May 2015 06:50 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia launched high-level talks with its neighbors Sunday to try to solve the deepening problem of refugees stranded in boats off Southeast Asia's shores, but there appeared to be no quick solution to the crisis.

Pope canonizes 2 saints from 19th-century Palestine Posted: 17 May 2015 07:48 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis canonized two nuns from what was 19th-century Palestine on Sunday in hope of encouraging Christians across the Middle East who are facing a wave of persecution from Islamic extremists.

What we know about Abu Sayyaf, the Islamic State leader killed by U.S. forces Posted: 16 May 2015 01:52 PM PDT Before Saturday, most Americans had never heard of Abu Sayyaf. But according to the Department of Defense, the senior Islamic State leader wielded the kind of power worthy of sending U.S. Special Operations forces into eastern Syria on a rare and risky mission to capture him.

Monitor: Islamic State dead in Syria raid climbs to 32 Posted: 17 May 2015 03:45 AM PDT At least 32 Islamic State members, including four of its leaders, were killed in air strikes and a U.S. special forces raid that targeted the group in eastern Syria, a group monitoring the Syrian war said on Sunday. U.S. officials said the raid killed a senior Islamic State leader identified as a Tunisian who helped to manage its black-market sales of oil and gas to raise funds. British-based monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights gathers its information from sources in the region. The operation in the eastern Deir al-Zor province marked a departure from Washington's strategy of relying primarily on air strikes to target militants in the area.

Central U.S. hit by floods after tornadoes Posted: 17 May 2015 09:17 AM PDT By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Thunderstorms and floods battered several central U.S. states on Sunday after a tornado series hit large parts of the area a day earlier, cutting power lines and damaging structures. Parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee and Kansas were either under a flash flood watch or flash flood warning on Sunday morning as thunderstorms battered several central states, the National Weather Service said. Parts of the town of Mosby, Missouri, with a population of about 200 people and located some 25 miles northeast of Kansas City, were being evacuated due to flooding on the Fishing River that has shut roads, the Clay County Sheriff's office said on its Twitter feed. The flood warnings come after there were 29 reported tornadoes on Saturday that hit states ranging from Louisiana to Wyoming, the weather service said.

Neither China nor U.S. giving ground over projects dispute Posted: 17 May 2015 01:34 AM PDT BEIJING (AP) — China and the United States are budging not a bit over Beijing's assertive development in disputed parts of the South China Sea, with Chinese officials politely but pointedly dismissing Washington's push for U.S.-proposed ways to ease tensions.

Bush's tough week exposes challenges for his likely 2016 bid Posted: 16 May 2015 12:57 PM PDT SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Jeb Bush worked his way through the dim hallway of an Arizona resort for hours, shuttling from room to room and meeting with dozens of Republican officials, many for the first time.

Amtrak told to expand speed control at deadly crash site Posted: 16 May 2015 09:28 PM PDT Amtrak says it will immediately abide by an order by federal regulators to expand use of a speed restriction system in the area of Tuesday's deadly train derailment that killed eight people and injured more than 200 others.

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