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• Russia's Putin renounces right to send troops to Ukraine
• U.S. says Thai military rule likely to last longer than expected
• As Libya teeters near chaos, U.S. keeps hands-off policy
• Japan, neighbors must put World War Two behind them: Singapore PM
• Sudanese police detain Christian-convert woman: lawyer
• Gunmen fire on plane at Pakistan's Peshawar airport
• Japan hopes quashed again by opposing star player
• Top Asian News at 12:00 a.m. GMT
• Brazil mocks Mick Jagger's World Cup flop picks
• BRAZIL BEAT: Colombia, Uruguay fans start talk
• Militants positioned to hold captured Iraq territory, U.S. official says
• Swiss to stick to their game plan against Honduras
• Mondragon becomes oldest World Cup player at 43
• ON THIS DAY: Argentina earns maiden title in 1978
• Bid to save beach bonfires advances in California legislature
• 9 dead, 3 missing after trawlers collide off Peru
• FIFA fines Chile for fans' rampage into Maracana
• Ivory Coast coach Lamouchi to quit after Cup exit
• Porto Alegre braces for 80,000 Argentine fans
• Colombia tops World Cup group by beating Japan 4-1
• Israel's crackdown on Hamas slows in search for missing teens
• BRAZIL BEAT: Best place to watch World Cup match
• Sudan war-zone bombing may be 'starvation' policy, says Amnesty
• Webb: FIFA needs more vigilance of discrimination
• U.S. forces flow into Baghdad to assess Iraq troops
• Palestinians: Young girl killed by rocket
• Jagland re-elected as Council of Europe head
• Costa Rica survives 'Group of Death' with ease
• 63 Palestinian prisoners suspend hunger strike
• West readies package of sector sanctions on Russia
• Samaras sends Greece through at World Cup
• Uruguay beats Italy to advance; Greece late winner
• Column: England too insular for World Cup success
• Suarez bite storm as Uruguay sink Italy
• Soccer's bad boy bites opponent at World Cup

Russia's Putin renounces right to send troops to Ukraine Posted: 24 Jun 2014 04:20 PM PDT By Kevin Liffey and Alexei Anishchuk MOSCOW/VIENNA (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin asked Russia's upper house on Tuesday to revoke the right it had granted him to order a military intervention in Ukraine in defence of Russian-speakers there. Minutes before he spoke, Kiev said pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine had shot down a military helicopter, most likely killing all nine on board. It was the most serious breach of a temporary ceasefire agreed in talks between government and rebels less than 24 hours earlier.

U.S. says Thai military rule likely to last longer than expected Posted: 24 Jun 2014 03:10 PM PDT By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Military rule in Thailand is likely to last longer than expected and has been more repressive than after the country's last coup in 2006, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday. The official told a congressional hearing Washington was still looking at whether the big regional Cobra Gold military exercise held annually in Thailand could go ahead there next year given the military takeover in May. "Initially, we held out hope that – as happened with the 2006 coup – the military would move relatively quickly to transfer power to a civilian government and move towards free and fair elections," said Scot Marciel, the U.S. principal deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asia. "However, recent events have shown that the current military coup is both more repressive and likely to last longer than the last one," he added.Marciel said in testimony to the Asia-Pacific subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the coup had put the United States in a difficult position, given that Thailand is a key U.S. ally in Asia.

As Libya teeters near chaos, U.S. keeps hands-off policy Posted: 24 Jun 2014 04:52 PM PDT By Missy Ryan and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Among all countries swept by the Arab Spring uprisings, few today are as dysfunctional as Libya. Weapons looted from arsenals of ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi help fuel the bloody conflict in Syria. As Libya's problems deepen, U.S. officials suggest it's largely up to Libya to resolve them, underscoring a "hands off" approach that carries risks for the region and the West. Some experts fear some militias or other groups could reject the results of the vote, worsening infighting and potentially deepening the chaos that threatens to transform the North African oil producer into a transit point for fighters heading to conflicts in Egypt, Syria or sub-Saharan countries like Mali.

Japan, neighbors must put World War Two behind them: Singapore PM Posted: 24 Jun 2014 04:09 PM PDT By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Singapore's prime minister on Tuesday urged Japan and its neighbors to put World War Two behind them, saying that if they kept reopening issues dating back to the conflict it would be a "continuing sore" in their relations. "One of the reasons Japan's difficulties are not just with China, but with also Korea is because of reopening of issues that go back to the Second World War and before, which have never been properly put to rest the way they were put to rest in Europe after the war," Lee Hsien Loong told a think tank during a visit to Washington. "So it's really a sovereign choice for the Japanese to make," Lee said, adding that he was sure the United States would be urging Japan to "act cautiously and circumspectly and try to develop its relationship with its near neighborhood." The legacy of the war was also a matter for Korea and China, Lee said. "They (Japan) can't do it themselves.

Sudanese police detain Christian-convert woman: lawyer Posted: 24 Jun 2014 04:56 PM PDT A Sudanese Christian convert who was released from death row on Monday was detained as she and her family sought to fly out of the capital on Tuesday, her lawyer and the U.S. State Department said. Mariam Yahya Ibrahim, 27, was detained with her American husband and their two children as they tried to board a flight at Khartoum airport earlier on Tuesday.

Gunmen fire on plane at Pakistan's Peshawar airport Posted: 24 Jun 2014 03:04 PM PDT By Jibran Ahmad PESHAWAR Pakistan (Reuters) - Gunmen fired on a Pakistan International Airlines plane as it was landing in the northern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday night, killing a woman on board and injuring three crew members in the third incident at a Pakistani airport this month. Flight PK 756 was carrying 178 passengers travelling from Saudi Arabia when it came under attack as it was preparing to land, policeman Asghar Khan said at the airport. The woman's daughter was sitting next to her when she was shot in the head, PIA official Mohammad Kifayatullah Khan said. "It would have been a disaster had he been hit." The incident will raise further questions about whether the government is prepared for a Taliban backlash after officials announced a military operation to flush the militants from their mountain strongholds in North Waziristan on June 15.

Japan hopes quashed again by opposing star player Posted: 24 Jun 2014 05:08 PM PDT CUIABA, Brazil (AP) — For Japan, this World Cup has been a nightmare revisited: The Asian champions seize momentum with waves of dangerous attack, and little payoff. Then their opponent's talismanic player comes on as a second-half substitute — and Japan wilts under pressure.

Top Asian News at 12:00 a.m. GMT Posted: 24 Jun 2014 05:05 PM PDT PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Authorities in Pakistan were looking for a gunman who opened fire at a plane Tuesday evening just as it was landing in the volatile northwest, killing one person and wounding two others, officials said, casting fresh doubts about security at the country's airports. The violence in Peshawar comes just two weeks after gunmen laid siege to the country's busiest airport in Karachi in an attack that shocked Pakistanis and the international community and helped trigger a long-awaited military offensive against militants in the northwest.

Brazil mocks Mick Jagger's World Cup flop picks Posted: 24 Jun 2014 05:03 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger can't get no soccer satisfaction.

BRAZIL BEAT: Colombia, Uruguay fans start talk Posted: 24 Jun 2014 05:01 PM PDT SAO PAULO (AP) — In the streets of Sao Paulo, Colombians and Uruguayans were already facing off with each other, exchanging chants after Colombia beat Japan 4-1. Uruguay's victory over Italy meant the two teams will meet Saturday in the knockout round.

Militants positioned to hold captured Iraq territory, U.S. official says Posted: 24 Jun 2014 05:00 PM PDT By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sunni militants are "well positioned" to hold a broad swathe of territory captured in northern and western Iraq if the Baghdad government fails to produce a robust counter-offensive, a senior U.S. intelligence official said on Tuesday. The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which seized the main northern city Mosul on June 10 and has since marched virtually unopposed towards Baghdad, is at its strongest "in years," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were discussing sensitive information. The official said ISIL is flush with money and weapons after looting military equipment in Syria and Iraq and raising money through kidnapping, robbery, smuggling and extortion schemes, including the imposition of a "road tax" in Mosul.

Swiss to stick to their game plan against Honduras Posted: 24 Jun 2014 04:59 PM PDT MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — With a win and loss so far at the World Cup, some things clearly worked for Switzerland and some things clearly didn't.

Mondragon becomes oldest World Cup player at 43 Posted: 24 Jun 2014 04:51 PM PDT CUIABA, Brazil (AP) — Colombia goalkeeper Faryd Mondragon became the oldest player to compete at a World Cup when the 43-year-old came on as a late substitute in the 4-1 win over Japan on Tuesday.

ON THIS DAY: Argentina earns maiden title in 1978 Posted: 24 Jun 2014 04:44 PM PDT On June 25 in World Cup history: Confetti greets Argentina after it beats the Netherlands to win 1978 final in Buenos Aires. Algeria eliminated after West Germany and Austria play out controversial match in Gijon, Spain, in 1982.

Bid to save beach bonfires advances in California legislature Posted: 24 Jun 2014 04:38 PM PDT By Jennifer Chaussee SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) - As rising temperatures send thousands to Southern California's storied beaches, lawmakers are rushing to make sure a classic rite of summer, the beach bonfire, doesn't burn out before they get there. Under a new anti-pollution measure adopted last year by regional air quality regulators, fire rings on beaches near houses or in places with poor air quality would have to be removed. The order by the South Coast Air Quality Management District prompted outrage from across the political spectrum in the coastal state, with Republicans railing that unelected bureaucrats were destroying the California way of life and Democrats complaining that removing the fire rings would eliminate an inexpensive summer ritual important to California's culture. Republican Assemblyman Travis Allen, a surfer whose district south of Los Angeles includes several beach communities, contends the move to ban bonfires grew out of efforts by wealthy Orange County residents to make the beach near their homes less attractive to party-goers, rather than a genuine concern for the environment.

9 dead, 3 missing after trawlers collide off Peru Posted: 24 Jun 2014 04:36 PM PDT LIMA, Peru (AP) — Nine commercial fishermen died and three were missing after two trawlers collided off Peru's central coast, capsizing one of the vessels officials said Tuesday.

FIFA fines Chile for fans' rampage into Maracana Posted: 24 Jun 2014 04:35 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Chile's football federation says it has been fined by FIFA for ticketless fans breaking through security barriers at Maracana Stadium.

Ivory Coast coach Lamouchi to quit after Cup exit Posted: 24 Jun 2014 04:33 PM PDT FORTALEZA, Brazil (AP) — Ivory Coast coach Sabri Lamouchi will quit after his squad narrowly missed qualification in the World Cup with an injury-time penalty from Greece.

Porto Alegre braces for 80,000 Argentine fans Posted: 24 Jun 2014 04:26 PM PDT PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian authorities blocked suspected members of Argentina's violent hooligan gangs from entering the country and closely watched thousands of Argentine fans who filled the streets of Porto Alegre ahead of their team's Wednesday match with Nigeria.

Colombia tops World Cup group by beating Japan 4-1 Posted: 24 Jun 2014 04:25 PM PDT CUIABA, Brazil (AP) — James Rodriguez delivered a brilliant cameo performance off the bench to inspire Colombia to a 4-1 victory over Japan at the World Cup on Tuesday, helping secure top spot for his team in Group C and eliminating the Asian champions.

Israel's crackdown on Hamas slows in search for missing teens Posted: 24 Jun 2014 04:23 PM PDT By Ali Sawafta and Crispian Balmer RAMALLAH West Bank (Reuters) - Israel eased a crackdown on Hamas in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday after the dragnet, accompanying a search for three Israeli teenagers, raised fears of a Palestinian uprising. Israel has accused the Islamist group of orchestrating the abduction of the Jewish seminary students on June 12, and the Israeli military's raids of Palestinian towns and cities have undermined Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas. Militants in the Gaza Strip, a coastal enclave where Hamas is dominant and has vowed revenge at Israel's crackdown, fired rockets into Israel and Israel responded with air strikes at militant targets there, the Israeli army said in a statement.

BRAZIL BEAT: Best place to watch World Cup match Posted: 24 Jun 2014 04:17 PM PDT SAO PAULO (AP) — There are plenty of cool places to watch a World Cup match in Brazil, but for Dutch fan Jan Eykma, this is as good as it gets: a beer in hand, a big screen ahead and a legendary stadium as a backdrop.

Sudan war-zone bombing may be 'starvation' policy, says Amnesty Posted: 24 Jun 2014 04:12 PM PDT Intensified bombing in Sudan's war-torn South Kordofan may be part of an attempt to starve the population, Amnesty International said on Wednesday. The air raids in recent weeks are "unprecedented in their scale and impact," the London-based watchdog said, citing human rights monitors. In the last week of May, 59 bombs fell in and around Kauda, a stronghold of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), Amnesty said in a briefing paper. Between May 15 and 22, Sudan's air force dropped around 200 bombs over the agricultural area of Tangal in Umm Durain district, severely disrupting the planting season, it said.

Webb: FIFA needs more vigilance of discrimination Posted: 24 Jun 2014 04:11 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — FIFA's discrimination task force leader has called for better prevention of "mocking and insulting" incidents at World Cup stadiums.

U.S. forces flow into Baghdad to assess Iraq troops Posted: 24 Jun 2014 04:10 PM PDT The Pentagon says nearly half of the roughly 300 advisers and special operations forces expected to go to Iraq are now in Baghdad, and have begun to assess the Iraqi forces and the fight against Sunni militants. Another four teams of special forces will arrive in days, bringing the total to almost 200.

Palestinians: Young girl killed by rocket Posted: 24 Jun 2014 04:10 PM PDT GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A rocket fired by Palestinian militants toward Israel exploded in the northern Gaza Strip early Wednesday, killing a 3-year-old girl and wounding three other people, a medical official said.

Jagland re-elected as Council of Europe head Posted: 24 Jun 2014 04:03 PM PDT The Council of Europe said Tuesday that Thorbjoern Jagland had been elected to a second five-year term at the head of the pan-European body that has recently played an active role in the Ukraine crisis. Jagland, a 63-year-old Norwegian, beat off competition from former German justice minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger to win another mandate at the head of the rights body. It is the first time since the Council of Europe was established in 1949 that a secretary general has been re-elected. Jagland has played an active role in trying to ease the crisis in Ukraine, making several visits to Kiev as the unrest threatened to spiral into all-out war in Europe.

Costa Rica survives 'Group of Death' with ease Posted: 24 Jun 2014 03:59 PM PDT BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) — The beach ball being thrown around the stand by bored, cheering fans captured just how serene Costa Rica's progress has been at the World Cup.

63 Palestinian prisoners suspend hunger strike Posted: 24 Jun 2014 03:55 PM PDT Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Sixty-three Palestinian prisoners have suspended the hunger strike which they have observed in Israeli jails since late April, one of their lawyers said Tuesday.

West readies package of sector sanctions on Russia Posted: 24 Jun 2014 03:54 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and its European allies are finalizing a package of sanctions on Russia's key economic sectors that could be levied as early as this week, though the package might be delayed because of positive signals from Russian President Vladimir Putin, administration officials and others close to the decision-making said Tuesday.

Samaras sends Greece through at World Cup Posted: 24 Jun 2014 03:53 PM PDT FORTALEZA, Brazil (AP) — Georgios Samaras scored an injury-time penalty to send Greece into the second round of the World Cup for the first time with a 2-1 win over Ivory Coast on Tuesday, eliminating the Africans in the process.

Uruguay beats Italy to advance; Greece late winner Posted: 24 Jun 2014 03:53 PM PDT Underscoring a power shift away from Europe, Uruguay fought — and apparently even bit — its way to a 1-0 victory over Italy Tuesday to move to the World Cup's next round with Costa Rica, which sent England home without a single victory after a goalless draw.

Column: England too insular for World Cup success Posted: 24 Jun 2014 03:52 PM PDT BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) — In many ways, it's a head-scratcher: the country that invented football and which has the richest, most watched and, many would agree, best league in global football is also one of the worst performers at this World Cup. How can that be?

Suarez bite storm as Uruguay sink Italy Posted: 24 Jun 2014 03:49 PM PDT Luis Suarez shocked the World Cup with a new biting storm Tuesday as Uruguay sensationally dumped ten-man Italy out of the tournament with a dramatic 1-0 victory. Uruguay captain Diego Godin hit an 81st-minute winner in the gritty Group D battle that saw Italy knocked out in the first round for the second straight World Cup. Television replays showed Suarez appearing to attempt to sink his teeth into Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini's shoulder in an off-the-ball incident.

Soccer's bad boy bites opponent at World Cup Posted: 24 Jun 2014 03:43 PM PDT NATAL, Brazil (AP) — Biting opponents, racist comments — all that looked to be behind Luis Suarez, as soccer's bad boy was maturing into a star for his club and country. Then, the old habit that most people leave behind in nursery school cropped up again in front of an audience of millions.

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