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Three members of bin Laden family killed in UK jet crash: police

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 11:15 AM PDT

Crash investigors inspect the site of an airplane crash at the British Car Auctions lot next to Blackbushe Airport, near CamberleyLONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) - Three members of former al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's family were killed when a private jet crashed in southern England on Friday, British police said on Saturday. The Embraer Phenom 300 jet with four people on board was flying from Milan's Malpensa airport to Blackbushe airport in southern England when it crashed at a nearby car auction site. It was not immediately clear how the victims were related to the late al Qaeda leader, whose family is one of the most prominent business dynasties in Saudi Arabia.


Greece may seek up to 24 billion euros in first new aid tranche: paper

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 10:24 AM PDT

Greek flag flutters in the wind above tourists visiting the archaeological site of the Acropolis hill in Athens, GreeceGreece may seek 24 billion euros in a first tranche of bailout aid from international lenders in August to prop up its banks and repay debts falling due at the ECB, a pro-government Greek newspaper said in its early Sunday editions. Athens is now in talks with the European Commission and the International Monetary Fund to secure up to 86 billion euros ($94.48 billion) in bailout aid. Avgi newspaper, which is close to the leftist Syriza government, said Greek authorities expected to conclude talks with lenders by mid-August.


New Afghan Taliban leader appeals for unity in first public message

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 05:33 AM PDT

Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, Taliban militants' new leader, is seen in this undated handout photographBy Saud Mehsud and Jibran Ahmad DERA ISMAIL KHAN/ PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - The new Afghan Taliban leader appealed for unity in the insurgency in his first public message released on Saturday amid reports his predecessor's family members opposed his selection. The new head, Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, was deputy for several years to the elusive one-eyed former leader Mullah Omar, who served as a unifying figure and a spiritual guide for the insurgency despite his absence. This week the Taliban confirmed Omar had been dead for some time.


Palestinian youth dies after West Bank clash with Israeli troops

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 01:17 PM PDT

Palestinian protester returns a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops during clashes following the funeral of Palestinian youth Laith al-Khaldi, in Jalazoun refugee camp near the West Bank city of RamallahA Palestinian youth died on Saturday at a West Bank hospital following a clash with Israeli troops near Ramallah, Palestinian hospital officials said. The confrontation was one of three in a matter of hours on Friday in which Palestinians died in Israeli-Palestinian violence, making it one of the tensest days in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip in recent months. Israeli soldiers fired at the Palestinian after he threw a fire-bomb at them, the military said.


Kurdish militia in Syria accuses Turkey of 'provocative' attacks

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 11:22 AM PDT

Turkish military vehicle stands next to Turkish-Syrian border as Kurdish Syrian refugees gather near town of SurucBy Sylvia Westall and Humeyra Pamuk BEIRUT/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Kurdish militia fighting Islamic State in Syria accused Turkey on Saturday of targeting it at least four times in the past week, calling the attacks provocative and hostile. Turkey began a campaign of air strikes on Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) camps in northern Iraq and Islamic State fighters in Syria last Friday, in what Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has called a "synchronized fight against terror". The campaign has raised suspicions among Kurds that Ankara's real agenda is checking Kurdish territorial ambitions rather than fighting Islamic State.


Yemeni vice president arrives in Aden, fighting continues in country

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 11:19 AM PDT

Yemen's Vice President Khaled Bahah talks to reporters upon his arrival at Aden airportBy Mohammed Mukhashaf ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - Yemeni vice president Khaled Bahah arrived in the southern port city of Aden on Saturday, the most senior official from Yemen's exiled government to visit since local fighters drove out the Iranian-backed Houthis. Airport officials said Bahah, who is also prime minister, was accompanied by six ministers when he flew in from the Saudi capital Riyadh, where the Yemeni government had been based since President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi fled a Houthi advance on Aden in March. Since then, hundreds have been killed in fierce clashes between pro-Hadi fighters, backed up by air strikes from a Saudi-led Arab alliance, and the Houthis, who have struck an alliance with supporters of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh.


Manly shocks leaders Brisbane to end tough week in NRL

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 04:54 PM PDT

SYDNEY (AP) — Manly's players delivered a stinging rebuke to their board of directors only four days after the sacking of head coach Geoff Toovey when they crushed Brisbane 44-14 on Saturday in the 21st round of Australia's National Rugby League.

Athletes shrug off pollution issues at Rio Olympic test

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 04:44 PM PDT

A man paddles on a stand up board on Copacabana beach in Rio de JaneiroThe first day of the triathlon world championship event saw para-athletes swim in the Atlantic waters and bike and run in the streets nearby. "I'm not concerned about the water," said Alison Patrick, a blind British athlete who won the P-5 women's' triathlon in partnership with her sighted guide Grace France.


Britain, France say ending Calais migrant crisis is 'top priority'

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 04:41 PM PDT

Protesters march to an entrance of the Eurotunnel terminal in Folkestone, England, during a gathering in support of migrants trying to cross through the channel tunnel from France, on August 1, 2015Ending the crisis that has seen thousands of attempts by migrants to reach England from Calais in recent weeks is a "top priority", the interior ministers of France and Britain wrote in a joint statement Sunday. Both countries are committed to tackling the problem together and have beefed up security to deter further bids by desperate migrants to smuggle themselves to Britain via the Channel Tunnel, the statement said -- a risky undertaking it said had caused "serious injuries and, tragically, deaths". "Tackling this situation is the top priority for the UK and French governments.


Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 04:32 PM PDT

BALMA, France (AP) — A wing flap suspected to be from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 on Saturday arrived at a French military testing facility where it will be analyzed by experts. After a 10-hour journey by road from Paris' Orly airport, a truck carrying the roughly 8-foot (2.44-meter) component known as a flaperon arrived at the DGA TA aeronautical testing site near Toulouse, accompanied by police motorcycles and a police car.

US presidential hopeful Martin O'Malley visits Puerto Rico

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 04:30 PM PDT

Democratic presidential candidate, former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, left, walks with Jaime Perello, speaker of Puerto Rico's House of Representatives during a campaign stop in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015. O'Malley is the first Democratic candidate to campaign in Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley became the first Democratic presidential candidate to make a campaign stop in Puerto Rico this year as part of an effort to woo Latino voters.


Merritt, Chappell share lead at Quicken Loans National

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 04:11 PM PDT

Troy Merritt watches his tee shot on the 15th hole during the third round of the Quicken Loans National golf tournament at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)GAINESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Troy Merritt couldn't miss Saturday in the Quicken Loans National. Tiger Woods couldn't make anything.


John Isner rallies to reach Atlanta Open final

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 03:30 PM PDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Two-time defending champion John Isner rallied to reach his 19th ATP Tour final Saturday, beating friend Denis Kudla 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 in the Atlanta Open semifinals.

Gold Coast play out rare draw with West Coast in AFL

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 03:27 PM PDT

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Stand-in skipper Tom Lynch kicked a clutch goal with four seconds left as 17th-place Gold Coast and second-place West Coast played out the first draw of the season in the weekend's 18th round of the Australian Football League.

Dixon wins pole, eyes another IndyCar victory at Mid-Ohio

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 03:22 PM PDT

Scott Dixon, of New Zealand, left, talks with car owner Chip Ganassi after winning the pole position for the IndyCar Honda Indy 200 auto racing Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. (AP Photo/Tom E. Puskar)LEXINGTON, Ohio (AP) — Needing a strong final push to challenge for the IndyCar championship, Scott Dixon can't ask for a much better opportunity than this.


Bush does first Spanish-language TV interview of campaign

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 03:14 PM PDT

In this photo taken K=June 15, 2015, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush stands on the stage before announcing his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, at Miami Dade College in Miami. In his first Spanish-language television network interview since launching his 2016 presidential campaign, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush fielded a wide range of questions, from the upcoming GOP debate to Donald Trump, from Latin American foreign policy to his taste in music, and whether he had ever experienced discrimination. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)MIAMI (AP) — In his first Spanish-language television network interview since launching his 2016 presidential campaign, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush fielded questions ranging from the upcoming presidential debate to Latin American foreign policy to whether he had ever experienced discrimination.


California wildfires expand after death of firefighter

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 02:58 PM PDT

Firefighters work to dig a fire line on the Rocky Fire in Lake County, CaliforniaExperts have predicted a long and volatile summer wildfire season in California in its fourth year of crippling drought. Firefighter David Ruhl, 38, a married father of two from Rapid City, South Dakota, died on Thursday while on assignment at the Frog Fire in the Modoc National Forest near California's border with Oregon. No one else was with Ruhl when he was killed, and he was the incident commander on the fire at the time, said Modoc National Forest spokesman Ken Sandusky.


Daniel Suarez wins pole for Xfinity race in Iowa

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 02:51 PM PDT

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Daniel Suarez won the pole Saturday for the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at the Iowa Speedway.

49ers rookie Hayne reiterates apology for offensive comments

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 02:50 PM PDT

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — On the opening day of his first NFL training camp, former Australian rugby league star Jarryd Hayne reiterated how sorry he is for offensive comments last month about Jews that drew criticism from the Anti-Defamation League and others.

Conflicting reports over 'killing' of Cecil the lion's brother

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 02:41 PM PDT

A tree at Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe, November 16, 2012Uncertainty surrounded the fate of another lion from Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park Saturday after a conservation group reported that Jericho, brother of the lion slain by American dentist Walter Palmer, had also been killed. "It is with huge disgust and sadness that we have just been informed that Jericho, Cecil's brother has been killed at 4pm today," the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force, which broke the news of Cecil's killing, said in a statement on its Facebook page.


Peru government reports Shining Path captives rescued

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 02:34 PM PDT

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian security forces rescued 54 adults and children, mostly members of the Ashaninka indigenous group, being held captive by Shining Path rebels in a remote jungle region, an official said Saturday.

Zenit, CSKA win in Russian Premier League

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 02:27 PM PDT

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian Premier League title rivals Zenit St. Petersburg and CSKA Moscow won to stay on top of the table on Saturday.

Wolfsburg beats Bayern on penalties to win German Super Cup

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 02:23 PM PDT

Wolfburg's Kevin De Bruyne from Belgium, right, and Bayern's Medhi Benatia from Morocco challenge for the ball during the German Supercup final soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and Bayern Munich in Wolfsburg, Germany, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)WOLFSBURG, Germany (AP) — Substitute Nicklas Bendtner scored a late equalizer and converted the decisive penalty to give Wolfsburg the German Super Cup title over Bayern Munich on Saturday.


Original sound of Japan emperor's war-end speech released

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 02:11 PM PDT

In this Aug. 15, 1945 photo, Japanese people lower their head toward the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, as Emperor Hirohito announced on radio that Japan was defeated in the World War II. The original recording of Japan's Emperor Hirohito's war-ending speech has come back to life in digital form. The original sound was released Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015 by the Imperial Household Agency in digital format, ahead of the 70th anniversary of the speech and the war's end. (Kyodo New via AP) JAPAN OUT, CREDIT MANDATORYTOKYO (AP) — The 4 ½-minute speech that has reverberated throughout Japan's modern history since it was delivered by Emperor Hirohito at the end of World War II has come back to life in digital form.


Finland must watch far-right closely after violent rally: minister

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 01:50 PM PDT

Finland must boost its monitoring of extremist movements, its interior minister said after a demonstration by the far right turned violent. Police said earlier on Saturday they had detained 32 people at a far-right demonstration in Jyvaskyla, central Finland. "This is a sign that extremist movements are also rising in Finland.

Zimbabwean authorities restrict hunting after lion killing

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 01:46 PM PDT

In this undated photo provided by the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Cecil the lion rests in Hwange National Park, in Hwange, Zimbabwe. Two Zimbabweans arrested for illegally hunting a lion appeared in court Wednesday, July 29, 2015. The head of Zimbabwe's safari association said the killing was unethical and that it couldn't even be classified as a hunt, since the lion killed by an American dentist was lured into the kill zone. (Andy Loveridge/Wildlife Conservation Research Unit via AP)HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has suspended the hunting of lions, leopards and elephants in an area where a lion popular with tourists was killed, and is investigating the killing of another lion in April that may have been illegal, the country's wildlife authority said Saturday.


Man who studied Cecil the lion for 9 years talks impact

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 01:46 PM PDT

In this photo taken Nov. 9, 2014 photographer Brent Stapelkamp, front right, with colleagues in the Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. Stapelkamp, a lion researcher and part of a team that had tracked and studied Cecil the lion for nine years darted him and attached a collar last year. He was probably the last person to get up close before Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer killed the now-famous lion with the bushy black mane and, aided by a Zimbabwean professional hunter, cut off its head and skin for trophies. (AP Photo/Derek Whalley)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — When Cecil the lion's carcass was finally found after he was lured out of a Zimbabwe wildlife reserve to be killed by an American hunter, it was a headless, skinless skeleton the vultures had been picking at for about a week.


Syrian LCC group quits opposition bloc

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 01:17 PM PDT

Smoke billows following air strikes by regime forces in the rebel-held area of Ain Tarma, east of Damascus, on April 29, 2015A major Syrian anti-regime group, the Local Coordination Committees, announced Saturday it had quit the opposition in exile, accusing it of being undermined by internal conflict and manipulated by foreign powers. In a letter to the Syrian National Coalition, the LCC denounced what it termed the SNC's transformation into "blocs linked to foreign forces", referring to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey. "Unfortunately, we have on several occasions noted its inability to undertake this mission," added the LCC which through its network of activists across the country has covered events since the beginning of the Syrian crisis in 2011.


Brother of Zimbabwe's lion Cecil appears alive and well: researcher

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 01:02 PM PDT

By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) - The brother of Cecil, the lion killed in Zimbabwe by an American hunter last month, is not dead, a researcher monitoring the pride told Reuters, contradicting media reports that Jericho had been killed. "He looks alive and well to me as far as I can tell," said Brent Stapelkamp, field researcher for the Hwange Lion Research Project which is monitoring the lion with a GPS tag. A group called the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force posted on its Facebook page that Jericho had been killed at 4 p.m. on Saturday, a report picked up by some Western news media that was rapidly spread on Twitter.

Iraqi Kurds urge PKK to leave as Turkish strike toll mounts

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 12:56 PM PDT

A member of the PKK walks past graves at a cemetary on July 29, 2015 deep in the Qandil mountain, the PKK headquarters in northern IraqTurkey has killed 260 Kurdish militants in a week-long air offensive on targets in northern Iraq, official media claimed Saturday, as regional Iraqi authorities said it was time the rebels pulled out with concerns growing over civilian casualties. Turkey said it had launched a probe after pro-Kurdish media reports said nine civilians had been killed in a botched air strike, as the military pressed on with its relentless air bombardment campaign against Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in northern Iraq. Ankara has launched a two-pronged "anti-terror" offensive against Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Syria and PKK militants based in northern Iraq after a wave of attacks inside Turkey.


Slain Palestinian toddler's parents, brother fighting for lives

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 12:49 PM PDT

Relatives carry the body of 18-month-old Palestinian toddler Ali Saad Dawabsha, who died after his house was set on fire by Jewish settlers, during his funeral in the West Bank village of Duma on July 31, 2015The parents and brother of a Palestinian toddler burned to death by suspected Jewish extremists were fighting for their lives Saturday, as demonstrators held a second day of protests over the arson attack. The firebombing of the family's home in the occupied West Bank that killed 18-month-old Ali Saad Dawabsha sparked an international outcry over Israel's failure to get to grips with violence by hardline Jewish settlers. The child's father, Saad, was being treated for third-degree burns at the Soroka hospital in southern Israel, where a spokeswoman described his condition as "critical".


Israelis rally after hate crimes by Jews

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 12:43 PM PDT

Palestinians look at the damage in a house set on fire by Jewish settlers, where 18-month-old Palestinian toddler Ali Saad Dawabsha died, in the West Bank village of Duma, July 31, 2015Thousands of Israelis rallied Saturday night in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem against "incitement and violence," following attacks by Jewish extremists targeting Palestinians and homosexuals. An ultra-Orthodox Jew on Thursday stabbed six participants of a Gay Pride march in Jerusalem, leaving one of the victims in critical condition. Just hours later, suspected Jewish extremists torched a Palestinian home in the West Bank,killing a toddler and critically wounding his parents and brother.


U.S., allies target Islamic State with 30 air strikes in Iraq, Syria: U.S. military

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 12:37 PM PDT

Smoke rises in the Syrian town of Kobani as seen from the Turkish border town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, TurkeyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies launched 19 air strikes in Iraq and 11 in Syria on Friday in the coalition campaign against Islamic State militants, the U.S. military said on Saturday. The strikes in Iraq included six near Mosul, four near Ramadi and three near Sinjar, destroying staging areas, fighting positions, tactical units and other Islamic State targets, the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement. ...


Iran official urges quick approval of nuclear deal

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 12:31 PM PDT

Deputy foreign minister of Iran Seyed Abbas Araghchi addresses the United Nations Security Council on September 19, 2014 at UN headquarters in New York CityIran's deputy foreign minister Saturday urged a speedy approval in Tehran of a nuclear deal, so that blame for any failure falls on US lawmakers who may yet vote against it. Abbas Araghchi's comments come as US Secretary of State John Kerry and members of his nuclear negotiating team are being grilled in Congress two weeks into a 60-day review of the deal in Washington. A similar process is under way in Iran's parliament, where some MPs have argued that the agreement has jeopardised the country's nuclear programme.


Trump sues celebrity chef over canceled US restaurant

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 12:24 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's organization is suing celebrity chef Jose Andres for backing out of a hotel project in Washington.

Sweden's Widegren leads by 1 at Madeira Islands Open

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 12:18 PM PDT

SANTO DA SERRA, Madeira Islands (AP) — Pontus Widegren of Sweden will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the Madeira Islands Open, and hope of a first win on the European Tour.

Suspected Flight 370 wing flap arrives at French facility

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 12:04 PM PDT

Members of the media watch as a white van, accompanied by police motorcycles and a police car transporting what is believed to be debris from a Boeing 777 plane that washed up on an Indian Ocean island, arrives at Direction Generale de L'armement (DGA) facilities in Blagnac , near Toulouse, south-western France, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015. A piece of plane wing that could be from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 arrived Saturday in Toulouse, France, for inspection by military aviation experts.The 6-foot-long part, wrapped in a box and shipped as cargo, was flown from the small island of Reunion, near Madagascar. (AP Photo/Fred Lancelot)BALMA, France (AP) — A wing flap suspected to be from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 on Saturday arrived at a French military testing facility where it will be analyzed by experts.


Bin Laden relatives killed in UK plane crash

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 11:59 AM PDT

The emergency services attend the scene where a private jet crashed at a car auction lot next to Blackbushe Airport in Hampshire, southern England on August 1, 2015Members of Osama bin Laden's family were among four people killed when a private jet crashed into a car auction lot in Britain, Saudi Arabia's embassy in London and British police said Saturday. While the embassy did not identify the dead, a source close to the family speaking to AFP and Saudi media indicated that they were bin Laden's stepmother Raja Hashim, his sister Sanaa, the sister's husband Zuhair Hashem, and a Jordanian pilot. The Saudi-registered Phenom 300 jet came down on Friday as it tried to land at Blackbushe Airport, a small airfield in Hampshire, southern England.


Warren eagles 1st extra hole to reach match play semifinals

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 11:56 AM PDT

ABERDEEN, Scotland (AP) — Marc Warren of Scotland holed an approach shot from 59 yards for eagle on the 19th to beat Tyrrell Hatton in an action-packed quarterfinal at the Paul Lawrie Match Play on Saturday.

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