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• Yemen talks end without ceasefire, air strikes hit Republican Guards
• MERS spreads to Thailand
• Putin says Russia weathering sanctions, lectures West
• Not the time to pull peacekeepers from Darfur: U.S. envoy
• Seventy killed, hundreds injured in Burundi unrest: rights group
• Terror attacks, deaths up sharply in 2014: State Department
• Global 'terror' death toll soared in 2014: US
• Greece hopeful of last-ditch deal despite default warnings
• The Latest: Moore return won't include contending for major
• Putin criticizes US but offers to cooperate on global crises
• Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT
• Cameroon an unexpected survivor at the World Cup
• Gunmen kill 10 in north Mexico beer hall
• DEA to step up drug-fighting efforts in Guyana
• Two hundred years on, guns roar anew at Waterloo
• Mexico eliminated from Copa America in 2-1 loss to Ecuador
• 10 dead in attack on beer distributor in northern Mexico
• Guinea cancels local polls in bid to end voting crisis
• Nine endangered fin whales found dead in Alaskan waters
• Murders of indigenous people up sharply in Brazil: report
• Liberian FIFA hopeful vows to end corruption
• Warm river temperatures in Oregon trigger die-off of threatened salmon
• Cuba has 60 political prisoners: dissident group
• Sweden faces Germany in Women's World Cup coaching showdown
• WikiLeaks says it's leaking over 500,000 Saudi documents
• Cuba rights group: 60 political prisoners remain on island
• France terror suspect claims he thwarted church attack
• Neymar banned for rest of Copa America for violent conduct
• Bahraini opposition leader released after 4 years
• Russia warns of retaliation for Yukos overseas asset freeze
• 'No agreement' as Yemen peace talks end in Geneva
• California water district challenges cutbacks in water for farms
• Odebrecht lawyers to seek habeas corpus for arrested executives
• Mexico investigates journalist's killing in southern state
• Firefighters battle massive blazes from Alaska to drought-hit California
• Mali loyalists retreat from flashpoint town
• Portland man gets 7 years for giving cash to suicide bomber
• How the Dow Jones industrial average fared on Friday
• Polish prospect: Vikings give giant 27-year-old tackle a try

Yemen talks end without ceasefire, air strikes hit Republican Guards Posted: 19 Jun 2015 02:40 PM PDT By Tom Miles and Mohammed Ghobari GENEVA/SANAA (Reuters) - U.N.-sponsored talks in Geneva on a ceasefire between Yemen's warring parties ended on Friday without a deal as Saudi-led warplanes staged further strikes on the dominant Houthi armed faction and allies including elite Republican Guards. More than 2,800 people have been killed since an Arab alliance began air raids on March 26 to try to roll back the Iranian-backed Houthis' advances across much of Yemen and reinstate exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. U.N. special envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said that in five days of "proximity talks" - in which he shuttled between factions who refused to sit at the same table - the two sides agreed in principle on the need for a ceasefire and withdrawal of forces in keeping with U.N. Security Council Resolution 2216.

MERS spreads to Thailand Posted: 19 Jun 2015 05:42 AM PDT By Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK (Reuters) - One of Thailand's leading hospitals, known for treating medical tourists, said on Friday it had received the country's first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), as authorities said it had taken nearly four days to confirm the illness. Thailand said on Thursday a 75-year-old businessman from Oman, who had traveled to Bangkok for medical treatment for a heart condition, had tested positive for MERS. The announcement came just as an outbreak in South Korea that began last month and has infected 166 people, killing 24 of them, appeared to be leveling off.

Putin says Russia weathering sanctions, lectures West Posted: 19 Jun 2015 12:50 PM PDT By Denis Dyomkin and Timothy Heritage ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin boasted on Friday that Russia had found the "inner strength" to prevent sanctions causing a deep economic crisis, and told the West to stop using "the language of ultimatums." Investment in Russia has slowed to a trickle, capital flight has risen and the economy has been sliding into recession since oil prices tumbled last year and the West imposed economic sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis.

Not the time to pull peacekeepers from Darfur: U.S. envoy Posted: 19 Jun 2015 03:38 PM PDT By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Now is not the time to withdraw international peacekeepers from Sudan's Darfur region, where violence is increasing and tens of thousands of people have been forced to abandon their homes, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations said on Friday. Khartoum has called for the joint United Nations-African Union force in the remote region of western Sudan to withdraw. The mission, known as UNAMID, has been targeted by armed groups while Western governments have accused it of not doing enough to protect civilians.

Seventy killed, hundreds injured in Burundi unrest: rights group Posted: 19 Jun 2015 11:24 AM PDT By Clement Manirabarusha BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - At least 70 people have died in Burundi since clashes erupted between security forces and activists protesting against President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid for a third term, a leading Burundian human rights group said. The opposition took to the streets in late April saying Nkurunziza's plan violated two-term limits set out in the constitution and a peace deal that ended an ethnically charged civil war in 2005. Rwanda and Burundi share the same ethnic mix of a Hutu majority and Tutsi minority.

Terror attacks, deaths up sharply in 2014: State Department Posted: 19 Jun 2015 10:16 AM PDT By Warren Strobel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Terrorist attacks worldwide surged by more than a third and fatalities soared by 81 percent in 2014, a year that also saw Islamic State eclipse al Qaeda as the leading jihadist militant group, the U.S. State Department said on Friday. In its annual report on terrorism, the department also charts an unprecedented flow of foreign fighters to Syria, often lured by Islamic State's use of social media and drawn from diverse social backgrounds. Al Qaeda's leaders "appeared to lose momentum as the self-styled leader of a global movement in the face of ISIL's rapid expansion and proclamation of a Caliphate," the report said, using an alternate acronym for Islamic State.

Global 'terror' death toll soared in 2014: US Posted: 19 Jun 2015 04:59 PM PDT Islamic jihadists fuelled a huge spike in terror attacks last year with the global death toll soaring 81 percent in more than 1,100 assaults a month, the United States said Friday. There were 13,463 attacks in 95 countries in 2014 -- up by a third from the year before -- with Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan bearing the brunt of extremist violence, the State Department said in a report. The largest number of attacks were carried out by Islamic State (IS) militants, who unleashed 1,083 assaults last year as part of a deadly march across Iraq and Syria.

Greece hopeful of last-ditch deal despite default warnings Posted: 19 Jun 2015 04:54 PM PDT Greece said Friday it is still hopeful for an 11th-hour deal with its creditors before it defaults on its debt, as the ECB threw Greek banks another lifeline and depositors withdraw their savings. "Those who invest in crisis and terror scenarios will be proven wrong," Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's office said, amid reports that Greeks banks were facing an increase in withdrawals. While new emergency European meetings have been called to break the deadlock in talks to unlock bailout funds, the brinkmanship between Athens and its creditors has pushed Greece close to a default that could lead to a messy euro and EU exit.

The Latest: Moore return won't include contending for major Posted: 19 Jun 2015 04:53 PM PDT UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. (AP) — The latest from the U.S. Open (all times local):

Putin criticizes US but offers to cooperate on global crises Posted: 19 Jun 2015 04:33 PM PDT ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Despite the showdown with the West over Ukraine, Moscow wants to cooperate with Washington and its allies in dealing with the threat posed by the Islamic State group and other global challenges, President Vladimir Putin said Friday as he tried to allay investors' fears over Russia's course.

Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 19 Jun 2015 04:32 PM PDT BEIJING (AP) — Often the target of U.S. human rights accusations, China wasted little time returning such charges following the shooting at a historic black church in South Carolina that left nine people dead. Elsewhere around the world, the attack renewed perceptions that Americans have too many guns and have yet to overcome racial tensions. Some said the attack reinforced their reservations about personal security in the U.S. — particularly as a non-white foreigner — while others said they'd still feel safe if they were to visit.

Cameroon an unexpected survivor at the World Cup Posted: 19 Jun 2015 04:31 PM PDT EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Cameroon knows it has next to no chance of winning the Women's World Cup. That the team made it to the knockout stage is already astounding.

Gunmen kill 10 in north Mexico beer hall Posted: 19 Jun 2015 04:28 PM PDT Gunmen stormed a beer hall in northern Mexico on Friday, killing 10 people in broad daylight in a suburb of the industrial city of Monterrey before stripping the bodies, authorities said. "Seven died at the scene of the attack and three more (succumbed to their wounds) in a hospital," said Nuevo Leon state security spokesman Jorge Domene. The Nuevo Leon governor-elect gained fame when he was mayor from 2009 to 2012 as he defied the ultra-violent Zetas drug cartel.

DEA to step up drug-fighting efforts in Guyana Posted: 19 Jun 2015 04:26 PM PDT GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana's government says the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will have its agents stay in the South American country for longer stints to better fight drug trafficking.

Two hundred years on, guns roar anew at Waterloo Posted: 19 Jun 2015 04:20 PM PDT The sounds of war rang out on the fields of Belgium on Thursday as the Battle of Waterloo was restaged 200 years after the clash that ended Napoleon's imperial ambitions and changed the course of European history. Around 60,000 spectators from around the world were on hand to watch a spectacle which had sold out months ago, seated in huge stands capable of housing more people than Belgium's national football stadium. Deafening cannon fire erupted from both sides as "troops" in full livery advanced across the same damp fields south of Belgium where 47,000 people were killed or wounded two centuries ago -- this time to applause from the crowds.

Mexico eliminated from Copa America in 2-1 loss to Ecuador Posted: 19 Jun 2015 04:20 PM PDT RANCAGUA, Chile (AP) — Mexico was eliminated from the Copa America with a 2-1 loss to Ecuador on Friday in the final Group A match in the Copa America.

10 dead in attack on beer distributor in northern Mexico Posted: 19 Jun 2015 05:00 PM PDT MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — At least 10 people are dead after armed men attacked a beer distribution center on the outskirts of the northern city of Monterrey, Mexican authorities said Friday.

Guinea cancels local polls in bid to end voting crisis Posted: 19 Jun 2015 04:15 PM PDT Guinea's warring political factions agreed on Friday to reschedule next year's local elections in a bid to end a democratic crisis which has sparked deadly protests across the country. Justice Minister Cheick Sacko announced the compromise after chairing two days of talks in the capital Conakry with senior figures from the ruling party and opposition coalition. Guinea's opposition is convinced that the local authorities, whose mandate formally expired in 2010, are completely under President Alpha Conde's control.

Nine endangered fin whales found dead in Alaskan waters Posted: 19 Jun 2015 04:14 PM PDT (Reuters) - Nine endangered fin whales have been found dead in Alaskan waters in recent weeks, and researchers said on Friday they were searching for what might have killed them. The dead whales were discovered in waters from Kodiak Island, off the south coast of mainland Alaska, to Unimak Pass at the eastern end of the Aleutian Islands, researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks said in a statement. The number of dead whales reported since late May has vexed researchers who typically see no more than one fin whale carcass every couple of years, said Kate Wynne, an Alaska Sea Grant marine mammal specialist with the university.

Murders of indigenous people up sharply in Brazil: report Posted: 19 Jun 2015 04:12 PM PDT Brasília (AFP) - Murders of indigenous people rose sharply in Brazil last year with 138 Indians killed, a rights group said Friday, warning they were also committing suicide in growing numbers. The numbers of Indians murdered increased by 42 percent in 2014 compared to 2013, the Indigenous Missionary Council, tied to the Catholic Church, said in its annual report. The report denounced the lack of medical assistance and rights for the country's indigenous population, while recording 135 Indian suicides, the highest yearly number in the past 29 years.

Liberian FIFA hopeful vows to end corruption Posted: 19 Jun 2015 04:11 PM PDT Liberian FIFA presidential hopeful Musa Bility on Friday vowed to clean up the scandal-hit governing body of world football, promising a clampdown on corruption by ending secret ballots and decentralising power. The 48-year-old, who has headed his country's football association since 2010, on Thursday became the second person after Brazilian legend Zico to announce his intention to succeed Sepp Blatter. "The secret ballot belongs to politics.

Warm river temperatures in Oregon trigger die-off of threatened salmon Posted: 19 Jun 2015 04:08 PM PDT By Courtney Sherwood PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - Hundreds of spring Chinook salmon have been found dead in Oregon rivers over the past week, in a sign that abnormally high water temperatures are taking a toll on the threatened species, wildlife officials said on Friday. Temperatures in the Willamette River, a tributary of the Columbia River, have risen from 70 degrees Fahrenheit (21 Celsius) to 75 degrees Fahrenheit (24 Celsius) over the past week, about 12 degrees F (6.5 Celsius) higher than it was the year prior, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife spokesman Rick Swart said. Overall, Swart said it would take several more years of warm rivers to create a significant long-term setback for Chinook salmon populations, which have been returning to the Willamette River at levels not seen for decades.

Cuba has 60 political prisoners: dissident group Posted: 19 Jun 2015 04:03 PM PDT Cuba is holding 60 political prisoners, half as many as a year ago, though the number could increase again because the communist government continues to "criminalize" dissent, a rights group said Friday. Eleven more dissidents are out of jail on probation, bringing the total number targeted by the justice system "for political reasons or through politically motivated proceedings" to 71, said the Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation. "The risk that the number of these prisoners will increase remains latent as long as the regime continues to criminalize the exercise of all civil and political rights," said the group, which does not have legal status but is tolerated by President Raul Castro's government.

Sweden faces Germany in Women's World Cup coaching showdown Posted: 19 Jun 2015 04:00 PM PDT OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Sweden's Pia Sundhage and Germany's Silvia Neid have known each other for so long — since their playing days in the mid-1990s, in fact — that the veteran women's soccer coaches are comfortable spending time together in any setting.

WikiLeaks says it's leaking over 500,000 Saudi documents Posted: 19 Jun 2015 03:52 PM PDT ISTANBUL (AP) — WikiLeaks is in the process of publishing more than 500,000 Saudi diplomatic documents to the Internet, the transparency website said Friday, a move that echoes its famous release of U.S. State Department cables in 2010.

Cuba rights group: 60 political prisoners remain on island Posted: 19 Jun 2015 03:50 PM PDT HAVANA (AP) — A leading non-governmental human rights group says 60 political prisoners remain behind bars in Cuba, significantly fewer than last year.

France terror suspect claims he thwarted church attack Posted: 19 Jun 2015 03:46 PM PDT An Algerian man accused of murdering a woman and planning an attack on a church on the southern edge of Paris claimed in court on Friday he had actually foiled the terror plot, his lawyers said. Sid Ahmed Ghlam, 24, was taken into custody on April 19 after he accidentally shot himself in the leg, a fluke occurrence that led police to uncovering an alleged plot against a church in the Villejuif suburb. Paris prosecutors say they found documents at his residence about Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group, and that he had been in touch with a possible jihadist in Syria to ask him how to attack a church.

Neymar banned for rest of Copa America for violent conduct Posted: 19 Jun 2015 03:44 PM PDT SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Brazilian star Neymar has been banned for the rest of the Copa America, depriving the tournament of one of its biggest stars.

Bahraini opposition leader released after 4 years Posted: 19 Jun 2015 03:30 PM PDT MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — A top Bahraini opposition leader was released Friday after more than four years in prison for his role in protests calling for reform in the Gulf kingdom.

Russia warns of retaliation for Yukos overseas asset freeze Posted: 19 Jun 2015 03:20 PM PDT Moscow threatened Friday to retaliate against state-linked foreign firms operating in Russia after its official assets in Western Europe were frozen over legal claims by former Yukos oil company shareholders. Russian officials said state accounts had been frozen in Belgium, and representatives of claimants from the defunct oil firm said Russian assets were also blocked in France. The former shareholders are trying to collect some of the record $50 billion (44 billion euros) in compensation awarded to them by an arbitration court last year for the way Russia seized and dismantled the company after arresting Yukos owner and prominent Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky in 2003.

'No agreement' as Yemen peace talks end in Geneva Posted: 19 Jun 2015 03:17 PM PDT There was no kind of agreement reached," said the UN's special envoy for Yemen, Mauritanian diplomat Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed. Yemen has been wracked by conflict between Iran-backed Shiite rebels and troops loyal to exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, who fled to Saudi Arabia in February. The rebels have overrun much of the Sunni-majority country and, along with their allies among forces loyal to ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh, have been the target of Saudi-led air strikes since March.

California water district challenges cutbacks in water for farms Posted: 19 Jun 2015 03:10 PM PDT By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - A water agency serving family farms in California's San Joaquin Valley breadbasket has sued the state over recent rules that demand cutbacks by farmers and others despite old and generally protected legal rights to pump from local rivers. The lawsuit by the utility, Banta-Carbona Irrigation District, said water regulators did not follow the law when they ordered them to stop pumping from the San Joaquin River last week, putting the district and the 70 to 80 family farms that depend on it for irrigation at financial risk. Last week, the State Water Resources Control Board curtailed longstanding water rights for the Banta-Carbona District and about 100 other agencies and rights holders, saying too much pumping was endangering the fragile San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta amid years of catastrophic drought.

Odebrecht lawyers to seek habeas corpus for arrested executives Posted: 19 Jun 2015 03:05 PM PDT SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Lawyers for three jailed executives of Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht will file for habeas corpus to free them in the coming days, one of the company's attorneys told a news conference on Friday.

Mexico investigates journalist's killing in southern state Posted: 19 Jun 2015 03:05 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities on Friday were investigating the murder of a journalist in the southeastern state of Tabasco, as a prominent press watchdog group expressed concern over the killing and urged transparency in the probe.

Firefighters battle massive blazes from Alaska to drought-hit California Posted: 19 Jun 2015 03:02 PM PDT By Steve Quinn and David Schwartz JUNEAU, Alaska/PHOENIX (Reuters) - Firefighters were working on Friday to contain several massive wildfires raging from Alaska to drought-hit California that have forced hundreds of people to evacuate from their homes and damaged dozens of structures. The so-called Lake Fire in a mountainous national forest outside Los Angeles had swelled to 11,000 acres (4,500 hectares) on Friday from 7,500 acres (3,000 hectares) the day before as it scorched old-growth timber on steep slopes and threatened some 150 structures, the San Bernardino County Fire Department said. In Alaska, about 900 firefighters were battling two major blazes in a state that has 56 active wildfires ranging from a few acres to 10,000 acres (4,000 hectares), officials said.

Mali loyalists retreat from flashpoint town Posted: 19 Jun 2015 02:48 PM PDT Pro-government fighters said Friday they had retreated from a flashpoint town in northern Mali, paving the way for the signing of a landmark peace deal by the country's rebel alliance. The GATIA armed faction, which seized Menaka from Tuareg-led rebels in April, said it had fulfilled a pledge to withdraw and allow the town to come under the control of peacekeepers from the United Nations MINUSMA force. "Our troops withdrew from Menaka this morning, as we promised.

Portland man gets 7 years for giving cash to suicide bomber Posted: 19 Jun 2015 02:25 PM PDT PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — A former Portland city worker who provided money to a terrorist who carried out a deadly suicide bombing in Pakistan was sentenced Friday to seven years and three months in federal prison.

How the Dow Jones industrial average fared on Friday Posted: 19 Jun 2015 02:23 PM PDT U.S. stocks ended lower Friday, shedding some of the gains that pushed the Nasdaq composite index to a record level a day earlier.

Polish prospect: Vikings give giant 27-year-old tackle a try Posted: 19 Jun 2015 02:18 PM PDT EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Babatunde Aiyegbusi has limited American football experience in leagues in Germany and his native Poland. Yet the 27-year-old offensive tackle is getting a shot at the NFL.

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