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• Train gunman 'dumbfounded' by terrorist tag, says was hungry: lawyer
• Beirut protests turn violent for second day as PM threatens to quit
• Too soon for 'illogical' U.S. to return to Tehran: Iran
• Islamic State militants blow up temple in ancient city of Palmyra
• North, South Korea hold marathon talks in bid to end standoff
• Al Qaeda deploy in Yemen's Aden, British hostage freed
• Mexico's jailed teachers' union leader denied home detention
• Top Asian News at 12:00 a.m. GMT
• IS blows up temple in Syria's Palmyra: antiquities chief
• Talks between the rival Koreas stretch into a third day
• Appeal Terry red card 'waste of time', says Mourinho
• Australia's Rohan Dennis wins USA Pro Challenge
• Arouca takes the lead with 1-0 win over Benfica
• Wilson hospitalized after IndyCar crash
• Climbers' bodies found on Ecuador volcano after 20 years
• Tokyo beats Mexican team 3-1 in LLWS
• Zoo staff help Washington panda with newborn twins
• Koreas in marathon talks to end military standoff
• Niebrugge, 4 others added to Walker Cup team
• Love wins Wyndham; Tiger struggles in final round
• Explosion at US base in Japan lights up night sky
• Barcelona wins Spanish league opener; Madrid held 0-0
• Belarus leader pardons six jailed opposition figures
• Marseille thrashes Troyes 6-0 in Michel's 1st game in charge
• U.S. airman in French train shooting plugged passenger wound with fingers
• France to honor Americans, Briton who disarmed train gunman
• Pentagon confirms blast at US military post in Japan
• Zookeepers optimistic about survival chances for twin pandas
• Weakening Tropical Storm Danny churns toward Leeward Islands
• Juventus loses opening match 1-0 at home to Udinese
• Reid says he's going to support Obama's Iran nuclear deal
• Thousands of migrants cross Macedonia, Serbia heading for EU
• Olympiakos beats Panionios 3-0 in Greek league opener
• Federer wins 7th Cincy title, Serena Williams gets her 2nd
• AC Milan in talks with Liverpool over Balotelli loan deal
• Activists: Islamic State destroys temple at Syria's Palmyra
• Yemen officials say coalition bombs rebels at Bab el-Mandeb
• Nick Tandy, Patrick Pilet win in Virginia

Train gunman 'dumbfounded' by terrorist tag, says was hungry: lawyer Posted: 23 Aug 2015 08:50 AM PDT By Marine Pennetier and Catherine MacDonald PARIS/ALGECIRAS, Spain (Reuters) - A gunman who attacked passengers on a high-speed train in France two days ago is "dumbfounded" at having been taken for an Islamist militant and says he only intended to rob people on board because he was hungry, his lawyer said on Sunday. As details emerged of the gunman's early adult life in Spain, lawyer Sophie David said her client -- now in detention near Paris -- also looked ill and malnourished. French and Spanish sources close to the case have identified him as a 26-year-old Moroccan named Ayoub el Khazzani who was known to European authorities as a suspected Islamist militant.

Beirut protests turn violent for second day as PM threatens to quit Posted: 23 Aug 2015 02:52 PM PDT By Laila Bassam and Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) - Protests against the Lebanese government turned violent for a second day on Sunday, and Prime Minister Tammam Salam threatened to resign as public discontent brought thousands into the streets. Anger at the Salam-led unity cabinet grouping Lebanon's fractious politicians has come to a head over its failure to resolve a crisis over garbage disposal that reflects the wider failings of the weak state. Salam's cabinet has been hamstrung by political and sectarian rivalries that have been exacerbated by wider crises in the Middle East, including the war in neighboring Syria.

Too soon for 'illogical' U.S. to return to Tehran: Iran Posted: 23 Aug 2015 09:17 AM PDT Iran's foreign minister said on Sunday it was too early to talk of reopening the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, as Britain restored its diplomatic mission four years after protesters ransacked the British ambassador's residence. British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond attended a ceremony at the opulent 19th century building in the Iranian capital where attackers in 2011 burned Britain's national flag, slashed portraits of British monarchs and stole goods. Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, asked if Tehran would now countenance a restoration of the US diplomatic mission, said the United States' "illogical attitude" towards Iran meant the time was not ripe for a similar move with Washington.

Islamic State militants blow up temple in ancient city of Palmyra Posted: 23 Aug 2015 03:47 PM PDT By Kinda Makeih DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Islamic State militants on Sunday blew up the temple of Baal Shamin, one of the most important sites in Syria's ancient city of Palmyra, said Maamoun Abdul Karim, the country's antiquities chief. The temple bombing would be the first time the insurgents, who control swathes of Syria and Iraq and captured Palmyra in May, damaged monumental Roman-era ruins. "We have said repeatedly the next phase would be one of terrorizing people and when they have time they will begin destroying temples," Abdul Karim told Reuters.

North, South Korea hold marathon talks in bid to end standoff Posted: 23 Aug 2015 03:55 PM PDT By Ju-min Park and James Pearson SEOUL (Reuters) - Top aides to the leaders of North and South Korea negotiated overnight and into Monday morning in a marathon bid to try to ease tensions involving an exchange of artillery fire that has brought the peninsula to the brink of armed conflict. The rare and unusually long meeting at the Panmunjom truce village inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) began on Saturday evening, shortly after North Korea's deadline for Seoul to halt anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts or face military action. The talks were continuing past dawn on Monday morning, an official at South Korea's presidential Blue House told Reuters soon after 7 a.m. EDT.

Al Qaeda deploy in Yemen's Aden, British hostage freed Posted: 23 Aug 2015 12:53 PM PDT By Mohammed Mukhashaf ADEN (Reuters) - Al Qaeda militants took control of a western district of Yemen's main port city of Aden on Saturday night, residents said, in another sign that the group is drawing strength from five months of civil war. The entrance of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula into Aden, once one of the world's busiest ports and the most secular and secure parts of an otherwise restive country, would be one of its biggest gains yet. "Dozens of al Qaeda militants were patrolling the streets with their weapons in total freedom in a number of areas in Tawahi.

Mexico's jailed teachers' union leader denied home detention Posted: 23 Aug 2015 05:05 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Call it the curse of El Chapo.

Top Asian News at 12:00 a.m. GMT Posted: 23 Aug 2015 05:02 PM PDT PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Marathon negotiations by senior officials from the Koreas stretched into a third day on Monday as the rivals tried to pull back from the brink. South Korea's military, meanwhile, said that unusual North Korean troop and submarine movement indicated continued battle preparation. Officials refused to discuss the talks, which started Saturday evening and whose second session began Sunday evening and was still going Monday morning, but the diplomacy, for the time being, pushed aside previous heated warnings of imminent war.

IS blows up temple in Syria's Palmyra: antiquities chief Posted: 23 Aug 2015 04:58 PM PDT Islamic State militants on Sunday blew up the ancient temple of Baal Shamin in the UNESCO-listed Syrian city of Palmyra, an official said, the latest in a series of cultural relics to be destroyed by the jihadist group. Famed for well-preserved Greco-Roman ruins, Palmyra was seized from government forces in May, fuelling fears the IS jihadists might destroy its priceless heritage as it had done in other parts of Syria and Iraq. Until Sunday, most of Palmyra's most famous sites had been left intact, though there were reports IS had mined them and the group reportedly destroyed a famous statue of a lion outside the city's museum.

Talks between the rival Koreas stretch into a third day Posted: 23 Aug 2015 04:52 PM PDT PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Marathon negotiations by senior officials from the Koreas stretched into a third day on Monday as the rivals tried to pull back from the brink. South Korea's military, meanwhile, said that unusual North Korean troop and submarine movement indicated continued battle preparation.

Appeal Terry red card 'waste of time', says Mourinho Posted: 23 Aug 2015 04:47 PM PDT Manager Jose Mourinho believes Chelsea should contest captain John Terryâ s red card from the 3-2 win at West Brom but admits an appeal would probably be "a waste of time". Mourinho appeared to be unhappy with the dismissal of his skipper for a foul on Salomon Rondon nine minutes into the second half at The Hawthorns a week after he was substituted at Manchester City. "Normally, it's a waste of time for us," said Mourinho.

Australia's Rohan Dennis wins USA Pro Challenge Posted: 23 Aug 2015 04:37 PM PDT DENVER (AP) — Australia's Rohan Dennis won the USA Pro Challenge on Sunday, finishing in the main pack to take the overall title by 40 seconds over teammate Brent Bookwalter of the United States.

Arouca takes the lead with 1-0 win over Benfica Posted: 23 Aug 2015 04:35 PM PDT LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Arouca jumped to the lead of the Portuguese league on Sunday by beating Benfica 1-0 thanks to a goal by Roberto just three minutes in the match.

Wilson hospitalized after IndyCar crash Posted: 23 Aug 2015 04:31 PM PDT English driver Justin Wilson was airlifted to hospital with a head injury on Sunday after he was struck by debris from a late-race crash and hit the wall in the IndyCar race at Pocono. IndyCar officials said that Wilson, 37, had suffered a head injury, but gave no further details. The Andretti Autosport driver appeared to have been struck by a piece of debris from Sage Karam's car when it crashed in front of him during the final laps on the "Tricky Triangle" of Pocono Raceway.

Climbers' bodies found on Ecuador volcano after 20 years Posted: 23 Aug 2015 04:29 PM PDT Three bodies found on Ecuador's Chimborazo volcano are believed to be those of climbers who went missing some 20 years ago in an avalanche, officials said Sunday. A missing persons police official, Fernando De la Torre, said investigators were working to determine if the remains were those of the climbers missing in the avalanche that hit between 1994 and 1995.

Tokyo beats Mexican team 3-1 in LLWS Posted: 23 Aug 2015 04:29 PM PDT SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Pinch-hitter Fukutaro Kiyomiya homered in the bottom of the fifth inning, and Tokyo pitchers Nobuyuki Kawashima and Daiki Fukuyama shut down Mexicali Baja California, Mexico, in a 3-1 victory Sunday in the Little League World Series.

Zoo staff help Washington panda with newborn twins Posted: 23 Aug 2015 04:21 PM PDT National Zoo staff are helping giant panda Mei Xiang adjust to life with her newborn twins by occasionally switching out one cub and keeping it in an incubator, zoo officials said on Sunday. Mei Xiang, a star tourist draw, took staff by surprise on Saturday by giving birth to twins about four-and-a-half hours apart. Giant pandas are among the world's most endangered species and she had been artificially inseminated.

Koreas in marathon talks to end military standoff Posted: 23 Aug 2015 04:15 PM PDT Top-level North and South Korean negotiators talked through the night with no sign of an agreement Monday for ending a military standoff that has threatened to boil over into armed conflict. The second round was clouded by South Korean claims that the North was seeking to influence the negotiating process with provocative military movements. South Korea's defence ministry said the North had doubled its artillery units at the border and deployed two-thirds of its total submarine fleet -- or around 50 vessels -- outside their bases.

Niebrugge, 4 others added to Walker Cup team Posted: 23 Aug 2015 04:05 PM PDT FAR HILLS, N.J. (AP) — Oklahoma State senior Jordan Niebrugge was among five players added to the U.S. team for the Walker Cup next month in England.

Love wins Wyndham; Tiger struggles in final round Posted: 23 Aug 2015 04:03 PM PDT GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Davis Love III's long victory drought is over. Tiger Woods will have to wait a while to get another chance.

Explosion at US base in Japan lights up night sky Posted: 23 Aug 2015 04:03 PM PDT TOKYO (AP) — An explosion at a U.S. Army depot outside of Tokyo set off a large blaze that lit up the night sky early Monday morning, but there were no reports of injuries.

Barcelona wins Spanish league opener; Madrid held 0-0 Posted: 23 Aug 2015 04:01 PM PDT MADRID (AP) — Lionel Messi missed a penalty kick but Luis Suarez scored in the second half to give Barcelona a 1-0 victory over Athletic Bilbao in its Spanish league opener on Sunday.

Belarus leader pardons six jailed opposition figures Posted: 23 Aug 2015 04:00 PM PDT By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) - Belarussian President Aleksander Lukashenko has pardoned six jailed opposition figures, including Nikolai Statkevich who was imprisoned after running against him for the presidency in 2010, his administration said on Saturday. Lukashenko, who has been in power in the ex-Soviet republic since 1994 and is running for a fifth consecutive term in an election in October, had been motivated by humane principles, his press service said. Statkevich, 59, is the last to be released of about 10 politicians who were rounded up and detained after running against Lukashenko in an election in 2010 dubbed fraudulent by the West.

Marseille thrashes Troyes 6-0 in Michel's 1st game in charge Posted: 23 Aug 2015 03:42 PM PDT Marseille stormed to its first points of the season as it thrashed newly-promoted Troyes 6-0 in its first match under new coach Michel on Sunday.

U.S. airman in French train shooting plugged passenger wound with fingers Posted: 23 Aug 2015 03:25 PM PDT By Andrew Callus PARIS (Reuters) - Spencer Stone, the U.S. airman who helped tackle a gunman on a French train on Friday, also plugged the blood-spurting wound of a fellow passenger with his fingers, he said at a news conference on Sunday. With his left arm in a sling to protect his injured hand and a cut over his right eye, Stone, 23, along with his American friends, student Anthony Sadler, also 23, and National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, 22, gave details of what officials said was a foiled terrorist attack. "I went over, saw that he was squirting blood out of the left or right side of his neck," Stone said.

France to honor Americans, Briton who disarmed train gunman Posted: 23 Aug 2015 03:25 PM PDT By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande on Monday will award France's highest honor, the Legion d'honneur, to three U.S. citizens and a Briton who helped disarm a machine gun-toting attacker on a train last week. The award will be made when Hollande meets the men in the morning, a member of the president's entourage said after it was revealed that one of the Americans, Spencer Stone, likely also had saved the life of a fellow passenger. Stone, a 23-year-old airman traveling with two friends on the train from Amsterdam to Paris on Friday, told reporters on Sunday of how he plugged the blood-spurting wound of another passenger with his fingers after himself being injured by the attacker, identified by security sources as a suspected Islamist militant.

Pentagon confirms blast at US military post in Japan Posted: 23 Aug 2015 03:16 PM PDT A blast ripped through a US military post near Tokyo early Monday, triggering a fire, the Pentagon confirmed, noting that no injuries had been reported. US Navy Commander Bill Urban, a spokesman, said the explosion occurred at a building at the US Army Sagami General Depot in the city of Sagamihara, some 25 miles (40 kilometres) southwest of the Japanese capital. "There are no reports of injury, and base firefighters and first responders are currently fighting the resulting fire to prevent its spread to nearby buildings," Urban said.

Zookeepers optimistic about survival chances for twin pandas Posted: 23 Aug 2015 03:15 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — In more than three decades of trying to breed pandas at the National Zoo, there's been plenty of heartbreak. More cubs born in Washington have died than survived, and news of a birth has often been greeted warily.

Weakening Tropical Storm Danny churns toward Leeward Islands Posted: 23 Aug 2015 03:13 PM PDT SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Tropical Storm Danny weakened Sunday and was poised to bring winds and rainfall to parts of the Caribbean.

Juventus loses opening match 1-0 at home to Udinese Posted: 23 Aug 2015 03:12 PM PDT MILAN (AP) — Udinese stunned Juventus by winning 1-0 in Turin on Sunday as the Italian champions' bid for a record-equaling fifth successive league title started with its first loss in 48 Serie A home matches.

Reid says he's going to support Obama's Iran nuclear deal Posted: 23 Aug 2015 03:12 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid on Sunday threw his full support behind President Barack Obama's nuclear agreement with Iran, saying "it is the best path to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon."

Thousands of migrants cross Macedonia, Serbia heading for EU Posted: 23 Aug 2015 03:06 PM PDT Thousands of migrants, mostly Syrian refugees, travelled through Macedonia and Serbia on Sunday towards western Europe, as Italy's foreign minister said the escalating crisis threatened the bloc's "soul". More than 7,000 men, woman and children crossed into southern Serbia from Macedonia overnight Saturday to Sunday alone, the UN's refugee agency (UNHCR) said, with many more still expected to arrive.

Olympiakos beats Panionios 3-0 in Greek league opener Posted: 23 Aug 2015 03:02 PM PDT ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Defending champion Olympiakos had little difficulty beating Panionios 3-0 on the opening day of the Greek league Sunday.

Federer wins 7th Cincy title, Serena Williams gets her 2nd Posted: 23 Aug 2015 03:00 PM PDT MASON, Ohio (AP) — Roger Federer jutted his right index finger toward the summer-blue sky to celebrate his latest Cincinnati title. He would have needed both hands to count all of them.

AC Milan in talks with Liverpool over Balotelli loan deal Posted: 23 Aug 2015 02:59 PM PDT MILAN (AP) — AC Milan's vice president says the club is in talks with Liverpool about bringing striker Mario Balotelli back to Serie A.

Activists: Islamic State destroys temple at Syria's Palmyra Posted: 23 Aug 2015 02:44 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Islamic State militants have destroyed a temple at Syria's ancient ruins of Palmyra, activists said Sunday, realizing the worst fears archaeologists had for the 2,000-year-old Roman-era city after the extremists seized it and beheaded a local scholar.

Yemen officials say coalition bombs rebels at Bab el-Mandeb Posted: 23 Aug 2015 02:39 PM PDT SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The Saudi-led coalition targeting Shiite rebels in Yemen bombed insurgent positions near the Bab el-Mandeb strait on Sunday to weaken them in preparation for a ground offensive there, Yemeni security officials close to pro-government forces said.

Nick Tandy, Patrick Pilet win in Virginia Posted: 23 Aug 2015 02:36 PM PDT ALTON, Va. (AP) — Porsche North America teammates Nick Tandy and Patrick Pilet raced to their third straight GT Le Mans class victory Sunday, leading all 92 laps in the IMSA TUDOR United SportsCar Championship event at Virginia International Raceway.

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