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• Obama vows to 'stand by' Gulf allies amid concern over Iran threat
• U.S. House passes Iran nuclear review legislation
• Obama: U.S. helping to investigate reports of chlorine in bombs in Syria
• Iran blasts Saudis over Yemen, agencies rush in aid
• President returns to Burundi after army says coup bid failed
• Eight killed, 7 of them children, in rocket strike in Libya's Benghazi
• Newgarden flips car in Indianapolis 500 practice
• Philadelphia train crash engineer lays low as scrutiny heats up
• Burundi putsch has failed, says coup leader's deputy
• U.S. official 'misspoke' about B-1 bomber deployment in Australia
• Canada top court orders new trial over Arctic French-language school
• A-League final: anybody got a ticket for Sydney vs Victory?
• Robert Streb takes 1st-round lead in Wells Fargo
• Bomb threat disrupts season finale of German TV model show
• Obama offers Gulf nations "ironclad" security cooperation
• Weather service says Typhoon Dolphin to pass Guam
• Britain's Cameron heads to Scotland for devolution talks
• IS leader urges Muslims to move to 'caliphate': recording
• Cavendish races to 3rd Tour of California stage victory
• Britain's anti-EU party UKIP riven with infighting
• Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT
• Shell oil rig arrives in Seattle waters amid protests, permit controversy
• Obama offers Gulf allies 'ironclad' security pledge
• Canada high court rules Guantanamo ex-inmate a child offender
• France's Joanna Klatten leads Kingsmill Championship
• Macedonian party leaders meet under global pressure
• Jeff Maggert takes 1-stroke lead at Regions Tradition
• Venezuela denies violating Colombian migrants' rights
• Senate panel would require Congress OK to close Guantanamo
• David battles through to British Open quarters
• Judge to protesters: End 11-year vigil inside closed church
• Obama not enthused by some members of Netanyahu's government
• Militiamen rape 127 women in east Congo town: medical charity
• US calls for 'regional solution' for Rohingya migrants
• New Takata air bag recall brings total to over 33 million
• Connor Jaeger wins 800 freestyle in Arena meet
• Man who smuggled oil into US in wine bottles to be sentenced
• Obama says Israel-Palestinian two-state solution 'vital' for peace
• Seattle, like it or not, becomes Shell's Arctic base

Obama vows to 'stand by' Gulf allies amid concern over Iran threat Posted: 14 May 2015 04:15 PM PDT By Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton CAMP DAVID, Md. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama vowed on Thursday to back Gulf allies against any "external attack," seeking to reassure them of Washington's iron-clad commitment to their security amid Arab anxiety over U.S.-led efforts to reach a nuclear deal with Iran. Hosting the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council for a rare summit at Camp David, Obama pledged that the United States would consider using military force to defend them and would also help address Iran's "destabilizing activities in the region." "I am reaffirming our iron-clad commitment to the security of our Gulf partners," Obama told a closing news conference at the presidential retreat in the Maryland mountains outside Washington.

U.S. House passes Iran nuclear review legislation Posted: 14 May 2015 01:59 PM PDT By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to pass legislation giving Congress the right to review, and possibly reject, an international nuclear agreement with Iran. The 400-25 vote sends the legislation to the White House, where administration officials have said President Barack Obama will sign it into law. The Iran Nuclear Review Act of 2015 passed the Senate last week after lawmakers reached a compromise removing some of its toughest provisions, and Obama dropped his threat to veto the measure as a threat to continuing negotiations between the United States and other world powers and Iran. The bill gives Congress 30 days to review a final nuclear deal after international negotiators reach such an agreement, and during that time bars Obama from temporarily waiving any U.S. sanctions on Iran that were passed by Congress.

Obama: U.S. helping to investigate reports of chlorine in bombs in Syria Posted: 14 May 2015 03:20 PM PDT CAMP DAVID, Md. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday the United States was working with the international community to investigate reports of chlorine used in bombs in Syria that had the effect of chemical weapons. (Reporting by Roberta Rampton; Editing by Emily Stephenson and Eric Beech)

Iran blasts Saudis over Yemen, agencies rush in aid Posted: 14 May 2015 09:32 AM PDT By Angus McDowall and Mohammed Mukhashef RIYADH/ANKARA/ADEN (Reuters) - A top member of Iran's parliament called Saudi Arabia's King Salman a traitor to Islam on Thursday, a sharp escalation in rhetoric over Riyadh's air strikes against an Iranian-allied militia that has seized much of neighboring Yemen. Although a five-day humanitarian truce was largely holding, and aid was getting to some of the millions of Yemenis deprived of food, fuel and medicine, tensions were also mounting over an Iranian relief ship, which Saudi Arabia insisted on inspecting. Yemen is the latest theater in Shi'ite Muslim Iran and Sunni Saudi Arabia's tussle for power across the Middle East, which has played out along largely sectarian lines but has not yet led to direct confrontation between the Gulf powers.

President returns to Burundi after army says coup bid failed Posted: 14 May 2015 01:41 PM PDT By Patrick Nduwimana and Goran Tomasevic BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - President Pierre Nkurunziza returned to Burundi on Thursday, his office said, after the army chief declared that an attempted coup staged when the east African leader was abroad had failed. The United Nations says more than 70,000 Burundians have already crossed the borders for fear of an upsurge in violence, unsettling a region with a history of ethnic fighting.

Eight killed, 7 of them children, in rocket strike in Libya's Benghazi Posted: 14 May 2015 12:15 PM PDT BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Eight people were killed, including seven children, when a rocket hit a residential district in the city of Benghazi in eastern Libya on Thursday, medics said. A Reuters reporter saw several dead children in a hospital in the city, Libya's second-largest, where army forces and Islamist groups have been fighting each other for a year. (Reporting by Ayman al-Warfalli; Writing by Ulf Laessing; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)

Newgarden flips car in Indianapolis 500 practice Posted: 14 May 2015 04:58 PM PDT INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Three big crashes in Indianapolis 500 practice this week have raised one big question. Are the new oval aero kits, along with speeds that have topped 230 mph, the cause?

Philadelphia train crash engineer lays low as scrutiny heats up Posted: 14 May 2015 04:57 PM PDT By Jarrett Renshaw and Laila Kearney PHILADELPHIA/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A portrait of the engineer at the helm of a speeding Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia began to emerge on Thursday as the man's lawyer said his client could not remember the crash, and rescuers pulled an eighth body from the wreckage. With the engineer facing intense scrutiny over his role in the accident, Philadelphia police said they launched a criminal investigation into Tuesday's crash of the New York-bound train. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said the engineer, identified as Brandon Bostian, 32, fully engaged the train's emergency braking system seconds before the wreck. NTSB member Robert Sumwalt, updating reporters on the board's probe into the cause of the wreck, said the engineer has agreed to be interviewed by agency investigators, who were giving him a day or two to recuperate from his injuries first, and that he was entitled to be accompanied by his lawyer.

Burundi putsch has failed, says coup leader's deputy Posted: 14 May 2015 04:56 PM PDT The attempt to overthrow Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza has failed, a deputy coup leader said Thursday, after a day of fierce fighting between rival army factions. "Personally, I recognise that our movement has failed," General Cyrille Ndayirukiye told AFP. The admission of failure came shortly after the presidency announced that Nkurunziza -- who was abroad when the coup was declared -- had returned to his country. He was in neighbouring Tanzania for regional talks Wednesday when powerful general Godefroid Niyombare launched the coup, in a culmination of weeks of violent street protests against the president's bid to seek a third term.

U.S. official 'misspoke' about B-1 bomber deployment in Australia Posted: 14 May 2015 04:54 PM PDT A U.S. official misspoke when he told a Senate committee in the United States this week about plans to base long-range B-1 bombers and other surveillance aircraft in Australia, a spokesman for Australia's defense minister said on Friday. Assistant U.S. defense secretary David Shear told a special congressional hearing on the South China Sea about the Pentagon's plans to deploy the U.S. air force assets to Australia to bolster its capacities in the region.

Canada top court orders new trial over Arctic French-language school Posted: 14 May 2015 04:51 PM PDT The Supreme Court of Canada sent proponents of broadening admissions to one of the Arctic's few French-language schools back to the drawing board Thursday, ordering a new trial in a convoluted case. In its decision, the high court affirmed the Yukon government's purview to set admissions criteria at Emilie Tremblay School in Whitehorse, as long as they meet constitutional essentials. Canada's constitution obliges governments to fund French education for French Canadians living outside the French-speaking majority province of Quebec, but there are disagreements about who qualifies. The Yukon Francophone School Board's lawyers had argued that exceptions must be allowed, including for French-speaking immigrants, Canadians of French ancestry who were assimilated into the English-speaking mainstream and anglophones integrated into French-speaking communities.

A-League final: anybody got a ticket for Sydney vs Victory? Posted: 14 May 2015 04:50 PM PDT The Melbourne Victory will host Sydney FC in the A-League's grand final on Sunday in a stadium that, quite frankly, is only about half as big as they'd prefer.

Robert Streb takes 1st-round lead in Wells Fargo Posted: 14 May 2015 04:50 PM PDT CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Phil Mickelson faded early and Rory McIlroy tailed off late. Robert Streb just kept on making birdies.

Bomb threat disrupts season finale of German TV model show Posted: 14 May 2015 04:50 PM PDT By Maria Sheahan FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A bomb threat and an unattended suitcase prompted German broadcaster ProSieben to stop the finale of model competition show Germany's Next Topmodel and evacuate thousands of people from the event's venue on Thursday. An unidentified female person called in a bomb threat at around 9 p.m. local time (1900 GMT), prompting ProSieben to interrupt the show, presented by German model Heidi Klum, and clear the SAP Arena in the southwestern German city of Mannheim, from where it was being broadcast, Mannheim police said. ProSieben said on its Twitter account: "We're sorry. Newspaper Bild reported on its website that Klum, her daughter Leni and the show's jury had been taken to an undisclosed location outside the venue.

Obama offers Gulf nations "ironclad" security cooperation Posted: 14 May 2015 04:45 PM PDT CAMP DAVID, Maryland (AP) — President Barack Obama pledged America's "ironclad commitment" to anxious Persian Gulf nations Thursday to help protect their security, pointedly mentioning the potential use of military force and offering assurances that a potential nuclear agreement with Iran would not leave them more vulnerable.

Weather service says Typhoon Dolphin to pass Guam Posted: 14 May 2015 04:42 PM PDT HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Residents in Guam are bracing for potentially damaging winds and flooding as Typhoon Dolphin approaches the U.S. territory Friday.

Britain's Cameron heads to Scotland for devolution talks Posted: 14 May 2015 04:40 PM PDT British Prime Minister David Cameron travels to Scotland on Friday for talks on the future of the United Kingdom, after a pro-independence party won almost every Scottish seat in last week's election. A bill granting more powers to Scotland is to be included in the May 27 Queen's Speech, which sets out his government's legislative programme, indicating it is a priority for his second term in office. "I am here today to underline my commitment to our United Kingdom and Scotland's important place within it," Cameron said in a statement.

IS leader urges Muslims to move to 'caliphate': recording Posted: 14 May 2015 04:38 PM PDT The leader of the Islamic State group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Thursday urged Muslims to emigrate to his self-proclaimed "caliphate", in the jihadist supremo's first audio recording in six months. "And we call upon every Muslim in every place to perform hijrah (emigration) to the Islamic State or fight in his land wherever that may be," he said. The voice reading the half-hour speech appeared to match previous audio recordings of Baghdadi, the latest of which was released in mid-November. As did his previous speech, the audio tape recording released on Thursday comes a few days after media reports that he might have been seriously wounded in a strike by the US-led coalition bombing IS in Iraq and Syria.

Cavendish races to 3rd Tour of California stage victory Posted: 14 May 2015 04:36 PM PDT SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — Britain's Mark Cavendish raced his third Tour of California stage victory and Latvia's Tom Skujins retained the overall lead Thursday in the rainy fifth stage.

Britain's anti-EU party UKIP riven with infighting Posted: 14 May 2015 04:35 PM PDT A week after an election in which it won the third-biggest share of the national vote but just one seat in parliament, Britain's UK Independence Party is tearing itself apart in spectacular fashion. First there was charismatic party leader Nigel Farage's short-lived resignation, then a big fallout over finances and on Thursday a stunning attack on him from the head of his election campaign. In an interview with The Times, Patrick O'Flynn said Farage was a "snarling, thin-skinned, aggressive" man who was making UKIP look like a "personality cult".

Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 14 May 2015 04:33 PM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An audacious Taliban attack on a Kabul guesthouse that left 14 people dead, including nine foreigners, underscores the difficulties President Ashraf Ghani faces in providing even basic security following the withdrawal of international combat troops from Afghanistan. The hourslong siege, which ended early Thursday, was the deadliest in Kabul since the insurgents launched their annual "spring offensive" against Ghani's administration in late April, sparking fierce battles that have forced the government to concentrate resources on security at the expense of desperately needed reforms.

Shell oil rig arrives in Seattle waters amid protests, permit controversy Posted: 14 May 2015 04:32 PM PDT By Victoria Cavaliere SEATTLE (Reuters) - The first of two Royal Dutch Shell drilling rigs slated for Arctic oil exploration arrived in Seattle on Thursday as environmental activists geared up for days of protests over plans to store the equipment at the city's port. Shell is planning to use Seattle as a base to store and maintain the rigs and other equipment as it resumes exploration and drilling this summer in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska, where it has not drilled since a mishap-filled 2012 season. The decision to resume drilling, and the port's decision to allow Shell to lease space in Seattle, has been met with anger by some city leaders and environmental activists who say drilling in the delicate Arctic ecosystem could lead to an ecological disaster. Activists constructed an approximately 20-foot-tall (6-meter) metal tripod at the entrance to Shell Oil's fuel transfer station in Seattle on Tuesday to try to block access to the rigs.

Obama offers Gulf allies 'ironclad' security pledge Posted: 14 May 2015 04:32 PM PDT US President Barack Obama sought to reassure Gulf allies that his strategy of engaging Iran will not come at their expense Thursday, at a Camp David summit long on warm rhetoric but short on concrete outcomes. Only two out of six Gulf heads of state accepted the invitation to visit the presidential mountain retreat, in what was widely seen as a snub to the US leader. Iran stands to regain in excess of $100 billion in blocked cash if sanctions are lifted -- cash the Gulf states believe could help fund the Islamic republic's "destabilizing" activities in the region.

Canada high court rules Guantanamo ex-inmate a child offender Posted: 14 May 2015 04:23 PM PDT Canada's high court Thursday rejected Ottawa's bid to treat former Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr, who was just 15 when he was captured on an Afghan battlefield, as an adult criminal. The government had brought the legal challenge to prevent Khadr's transfer from a Canadian federal penitentiary to a more comfortable provincial correctional facility for petty criminals and young offenders. Khadr was repatriated to Canada in September 2012, after spending 10 years in the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba following his arrest in Afghanistan as a teenager in 2002. In the meantime, Ottawa has resisted labelling Khadr a child offender, saying it was an attempt to lessen his punishment and get him out of prison sooner.

France's Joanna Klatten leads Kingsmill Championship Posted: 14 May 2015 04:16 PM PDT WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — France's Joanna Klatten had five birdies in a six-hole stretch and finished with a 6-under 65 on Thursday to take the first-round lead in the LPGA Tour's Kingsmill Championship.

Macedonian party leaders meet under global pressure Posted: 14 May 2015 04:15 PM PDT Macedonia's prime minister held talks Thursday with opposition and ethnic Albanian party leaders, under international pressure to resolve a political crisis in the troubled Balkan country. The meeting took place following clashes at the weekend in a northern town between ethnic Albanian rebels and Macedonian police that left 22 dead, including eight police officers. The violence in Kumanovo was the worst in Macedonia for 14 years, and raised fears of fresh unrest similar to the country's 2001 ethnic conflict. Macedonia has seen an ongoing struggle between Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and main opposition party leader Zoran Zaev that has threatened the country's democracy and has also sparked clashes in the streets of the capital Skopje.

Jeff Maggert takes 1-stroke lead at Regions Tradition Posted: 14 May 2015 04:13 PM PDT BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Jeff Maggert experienced the potential ups and downs of Shoal Creek during a round that was still good enough to put him on top.

Venezuela denies violating Colombian migrants' rights Posted: 14 May 2015 04:09 PM PDT Venezuela denied Thursday that it has violated the rights of deported Colombian immigrants, as police continued detaining undocumented workers in an intensifying crackdown. Dozens of deported Colombians have complained in recent weeks of abusive treatment by the Venezuelan authorities, who have shipped nearly 2,000 people back to Colombia this year -- twice the number for the same period last year, according to the government in Bogota. There are some 5.5 million Colombians living in Venezuela, about 500,000 of them estimated to have arrived illegally since 2012.

Senate panel would require Congress OK to close Guantanamo Posted: 14 May 2015 04:06 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress would have to approve a detailed plan submitted by President Barack Obama to close the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba before it could be shut down, according to legislation approved Wednesday by a Senate committee.

David battles through to British Open quarters Posted: 14 May 2015 04:05 PM PDT Reigning champion Nicol David had to come from behind against one of the tour's most improved players on Thursday before reaching the quarter-finals in search of her sixth British Open title. The top-seeded title-holder from Malaysia won 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 11-5 against Emma Beddoes, the world number 13 from England, and slipped to a 2-6 deficit in the third game before chiselling her way towards a painstaking victory in Hull, northern England. "I was just holding my ground in the second and third games," David said.

Judge to protesters: End 11-year vigil inside closed church Posted: 14 May 2015 04:01 PM PDT BOSTON (AP) — Parishioners of the St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church must end their 11-year protest vigil and vacate the shuttered Roman Catholic church, a judge ruled Thursday.

Obama not enthused by some members of Netanyahu's government Posted: 14 May 2015 03:55 PM PDT CAMP DAVID, Maryland (AP) — President Barack Obama isn't enthused by the support of some members of the new Israeli government for a two-state peace deal with the Palestinians.

Militiamen rape 127 women in east Congo town: medical charity Posted: 14 May 2015 03:49 PM PDT Armed men raped 127 women earlier this month during a raid on a town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Thursday. Some 60 militiamen assaulted the women during a May 1 attack on the town of Kikamba in the province of South Kivu's Shabunda region, MSF said in a statement. Dozens of armed groups operate in eastern Congo, where a 1998-2003 conflict killed millions of people, mostly from hunger and disease. In November, Congolese army general Jerome Kakwavu became the highest ranking official convicted of rape by a military tribunal in Congo while a rebel commander in northeastern Congo from 2003-2005.

US calls for 'regional solution' for Rohingya migrants Posted: 14 May 2015 03:45 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is coming under pressure from human rights groups and some in Congress to help Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants stranded at sea as Southeast Asian nations refuse to let them come to shore.

New Takata air bag recall brings total to over 33 million Posted: 14 May 2015 03:44 PM PDT TOKYO (AP) — A massive new recall from Honda of vehicles with Takata air bags Thursday has brought the total recalls for the potentially deadly devices to more than 33 million.

Connor Jaeger wins 800 freestyle in Arena meet Posted: 14 May 2015 03:43 PM PDT CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — U.S. Olympian Connor Jaeger won the 800-meter freestyle Thursday on the opening day of the Arena Pro Swim Series meet at Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center.

Man who smuggled oil into US in wine bottles to be sentenced Posted: 14 May 2015 03:41 PM PDT HONOLULU (AP) — A German citizen who lives in Hawaii is set to be sentenced Thursday for smuggling oil that's commonly used to make ecstasy.

Obama says Israel-Palestinian two-state solution 'vital' for peace Posted: 14 May 2015 03:39 PM PDT U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday he continues to believe a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians was "absolutely vital" for achieving Middle East peace. Obama said he believed the two-state option was also the best for the long-term security of Israel. He acknowledged the prospect of a peace accord "seems distant now," noting that a number of members of the new Israeli government did not share the view that a two-state solution was viable.

Seattle, like it or not, becomes Shell's Arctic base Posted: 14 May 2015 03:39 PM PDT SEATTLE (AP) — The arrival in Seattle Thursday of an oil rig Royal Dutch Shell is outfitting for oil exploration in the remote Arctic Ocean marks a pivotal moment for an environmental movement increasingly mobilized around climate change.

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