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• U.S. Navy destroyer nears islands built by China in South China Sea
• Big quake in Afghanistan and Pakistan kills over 200
• Saudi aid official says wants Yemen truce, rebels can't be trusted
• Indonesia's president says country intends to join TPP trade deal
• Poland's eurosceptic conservatives win national vote
• Rebel negotiators abducted in Central African Republic capital
• ELN rebels kill 12 security forces in Colombia
• Canada Post suspends plan to drop door-to-door delivery
• Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT
• Lleyton Hewitt named Australia Davis Cup captain
• Colombian rebels kill 12 in ambush of poll workers
• U.S. Navy ship nears 12-mile limit around Chinese islands
• Britain to lobby EU to end 'vagina added tax'
• Obama traveling to Turkey, Philippines, Malaysia
• US Navy to sail near reefs claimed by China
• China says freedom of navigation 'should not be used as excuse to flex muscle'
• TV comic Jimmy Morales wins Guatemala presidential runoff
• 3 US workers convicted in plot to sell electronics to Russia
• Saudi charity says 'impartial' in Yemen relief effort
• Haiti faces long wait for results of presidential election
• Obama to travel to Turkey, the Philippines, Malaysia in November
• UK's House of Lords hands Cameron defeat on tax credit cuts
• Polish eurosceptic conservatives win parliamentary election: official
• Poll: New Australia prime minister's popularity grows
• Britain's Cameron defeated over welfare cuts for poor
• 5 Britons killed after whale boat sinks off Vancouver Island
• Poland expected to turn inward under right-wing party
• US to send warship close to South China Sea islets
• US men solid in world gymnastics qualifying
• Kiwi Sergent signs for AG2R
• US-led coalition air strikes slow in Syria
• Abbas at EU to discuss surging Israel-Palestinian violence
• Ex-UN General Assembly head charged in bribe case is freed
• Indonesia's leader says his country to join Asia trade pact
• Nadal rallies from brink to beat Rosol at Swiss Indoors
• 8 men up for FIFA presidential race on deadline day to enter

U.S. Navy destroyer nears islands built by China in South China Sea Posted: 26 Oct 2015 04:50 PM PDT By Andrea Shalal and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday sent a guided-missile destroyer to challenge 12-nautical-mile territorial limits that China claims around artificial islands it built in the South China Sea. A U.S. defense official said the USS Lassen was nearing Subi and Mischief reefs in the Spratly archipelago, features that were submerged at high tide before China began a massive dredging project to turn them into islands in 2014. The Lassen would be in the area for several hours in what would be the start of a series of challenges to China's territorial claims in one of the world's busiest sea lanes, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Big quake in Afghanistan and Pakistan kills over 200 Posted: 26 Oct 2015 11:29 AM PDT By Krista Mahr and Jibran Ahmad KABUL/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A major earthquake struck the remote Afghan northeast on Monday, killing more than 200 people in Afghanistan and nearby northern Pakistan, injuring hundreds and sending shock waves as far as New Delhi, officials said. The death toll could climb in coming days because communications were down in much of the rugged Hindu Kush mountain range where the quake was centered. In one of the worst incidents, at least 12 girls were killed in a stampede to flee their school building in Taloqan, just west of Badakhshan province where the tremor's epicenter was located.

Saudi aid official says wants Yemen truce, rebels can't be trusted Posted: 26 Oct 2015 03:54 PM PDT By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia would like to see a ceasefire in Yemen to allow for the delivery of humanitarian aid, but it does not trust the Houthi rebels to abide by such a truce, the head of a Saudi center that coordinates humanitarian assistance for Yemen said on Monday. The Iranian-allied Houthis and forces loyal to former Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh seized the capital, Sanaa, a year ago.

Indonesia's president says country intends to join TPP trade deal Posted: 26 Oct 2015 02:40 PM PDT Indonesian President Joko Widodo, speaking after a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday, said his country intends to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal the United States has forged with 11 other countries. "We are the largest economy in Southeast Asia," Widodo said through a translator. "And Indonesia intends to join the TPP." U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said the United States would keep sharing information about the TPP, which will set common standards on issues ranging from workers' rights to intellectual property protection.

Poland's eurosceptic conservatives win national vote Posted: 26 Oct 2015 04:30 PM PDT By Marcin Goettig and Gabriela Baczynska WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's eurosceptic opposition conservatives, the Law and Justice party (PiS), won Sunday's general election, preliminary official results showed on Monday, as the country shifted towards nationalism and left-leaning economics. PiS secured 37.6 percent of the vote, the country's election body said, with the ruling Civic Platform (PO) coming in second with 24.1 percent. An official division of parliamentary seats was not available yet, but analysts said the result would likely give PiS a small absolute majority, marking the biggest victory by a single party since Poland shed communism in 1989.

Rebel negotiators abducted in Central African Republic capital Posted: 26 Oct 2015 04:44 PM PDT Three senior members of a Central African Republic rebel group were abducted by unknown assailants in the capital Bangui on Monday after participating in peace talks convened by interim President Catherine Samba-Panza's government. The men from the Union for Peace in Central Africa (UPC), a faction of the former Seleka rebel alliance, were missing after their vehicle was attacked in the Combattant neighbourhood, controlled by the rival anti-balaka militia, rebel sources said. Central African Republic was plunged into sectarian violence when the mostly Muslim rebel group briefly seized power in the predominantly Christian country in early 2013, prompting a wave of reprisals by the anti-balaka militia.

ELN rebels kill 12 security forces in Colombia Posted: 26 Oct 2015 04:45 PM PDT Bogota (AFP) - Leftist National Liberation Army rebels killed 12 security officials Monday even as the government pushes for a peace deal with the larger FARC guerrilla force, President Juan Manuel Santos said.

Canada Post suspends plan to drop door-to-door delivery Posted: 26 Oct 2015 04:32 PM PDT Canada Post announced Monday it is temporarily suspending its program to switch from door-to-door delivery to centralized community mailboxes, a program opposed by incoming prime minister Justin Trudeau. Outgoing Prime Minister Stephen Harper had backed the program, which would have saved money in the face of declining deliveries but cut between 6,000 and 8,000 postal jobs. On the campaign trail, Trudeau said he was also opposed to the effort.

Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 26 Oct 2015 04:32 PM PDT CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's popularity is growing while the opposition leader Bill Shorten's popularity has reached a new low, according to an influential opinion poll published on Tuesday. The poll by the Sydney-based market researcher Newspoll validates the ruling Liberal Party's decision to dump Turnbull's unpopular predecessor, Prime Minister Tony Abbott, ahead of elections late next year.

Lleyton Hewitt named Australia Davis Cup captain Posted: 26 Oct 2015 04:27 PM PDT SYDNEY (AP) — Former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt has been named captain of Australia's Davis Cup tennis team.

Colombian rebels kill 12 in ambush of poll workers Posted: 26 Oct 2015 04:58 PM PDT BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Leftist rebels on Monday ambushed poll workers transporting ballots cast at an indigenous reservation in Colombia's regional elections, killing 12 security forces members who were protecting the group.

U.S. Navy ship nears 12-mile limit around Chinese islands Posted: 26 Oct 2015 04:21 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The USS Lassen, a guided-missile destroyer, is nearing a 12-nautical-mile limit around artificial islands built by China in the South China Sea, and will be in the area for several hours, a U.S. defense official said on Monday. The Navy patrol marks the start of a series of challenges to China's territorial claims in one of the world's busiest sea lanes. ...

Britain to lobby EU to end 'vagina added tax' Posted: 26 Oct 2015 04:20 PM PDT Britain will lobby the European Union and its member states to stop taxing tampons and other women's sanitary products as luxury items, rather than necessities, a junior finance minister promised on Monday. Period." reached 252,000 signatures and a parliamentary debate revealed wide political support for making sanitary products exempt from value added tax (VAT), called a sales tax in some countries.

Obama traveling to Turkey, Philippines, Malaysia Posted: 26 Oct 2015 04:18 PM PDT President Barack Obama will travel to Turkey for a G20 summit, followed by stops in the Philippines and Malaysia for meetings with world leaders next month, the White House said Monday. At the G20 summit, leaders from the world's major economies are due to give final approval to a new plan to crack down on tax evasion by multinational corporations that costs countries at least $100 billion a year. Obama "will spur international efforts to ensure strong, sustainable and balanced global economic growth" during the talks, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said in a statement.

US Navy to sail near reefs claimed by China Posted: 26 Oct 2015 04:16 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy is preparing to sail a warship near artificial islands built by China in the South China Sea in a long-anticipated challenge to what it considers Beijing's "excessive claim" of sovereignty in those waters, two U.S. officials said Monday.

China says freedom of navigation 'should not be used as excuse to flex muscle' Posted: 26 Oct 2015 04:16 PM PDT The Chinese Embassy in Washington, responding on Monday to a U.S plan to sail within 12 nautical miles of artificial islands China has built in the South China islands, said the concept of freedom of navigation should not be used as excuse for muscle-flexing. Embassy spokesman Zhu Haiquan said the United States should "refrain from saying or doing anything provocative and actresponsibly in maintaining regional peace and stability." "Freedom of navigation and overflight should not be used as excuse to flex muscle and undermine other countries' sovereignty and security," he said.

TV comic Jimmy Morales wins Guatemala presidential runoff Posted: 26 Oct 2015 04:15 PM PDT GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Now that former comedian Jimmy Morales has ridden a tide of voter frustration to win Guatemala's presidency, it remained unclear Monday about what political neophyte might do once in office.

3 US workers convicted in plot to sell electronics to Russia Posted: 26 Oct 2015 04:12 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Three former employees of a Texas company were convicted Monday of taking part in a scheme to illegally export microprocessors and other technology to Russia.

Saudi charity says 'impartial' in Yemen relief effort Posted: 26 Oct 2015 04:10 PM PDT A Saudi charity set up by King Salman insisted Monday that it gives aid to all in need in war-torn Yemen including in rebel-held areas being bombed by the Saudi-led coalition. The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre has pledged $274 million to a UN appeal for Yemen to address a catastrophic humanitarian crisis since the coalition bombings began in March. The Saudi officials met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to discuss the relief effort, which has raised questions about the Saudi role as both coalition leader and aid donor.

Haiti faces long wait for results of presidential election Posted: 26 Oct 2015 04:04 PM PDT PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti's voters have spoken. But nobody's quite sure what they've said.

Obama to travel to Turkey, the Philippines, Malaysia in November Posted: 26 Oct 2015 03:56 PM PDT President Barack Obama will travel to Turkey, the Philippines and Malaysia from Nov. 14 to 22 to attend several summits, the White House said on Monday. On the trip, Obama will participate in the G20 summit in Turkey and the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in the Philippines, the White House said.

UK's House of Lords hands Cameron defeat on tax credit cuts Posted: 26 Oct 2015 03:56 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Britain's unelected House of Lords dealt a strong defeat to Prime Minister David Cameron's government — and provoked a constitutional squabble —on Monday by voting to delay a cut in tax credits.

Polish eurosceptic conservatives win parliamentary election: official Posted: 26 Oct 2015 03:46 PM PDT The conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party led by eurosceptic Jaroslaw Kaczynski has won Poland's general elections, ending eight years of centrist rule, official results showed Monday. PiS scored 37.58 percent of the vote, the state electoral commission said. An exit poll published early Monday gave the PiS 37.7 percent of the vote, translating into a 232-seat majority in the 460-seat lower house of parliament.

Poll: New Australia prime minister's popularity grows Posted: 26 Oct 2015 03:44 PM PDT CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's popularity is growing while the opposition leader Bill Shorten's popularity has reached a new low, according to an influential opinion poll published on Tuesday.

Britain's Cameron defeated over welfare cuts for poor Posted: 26 Oct 2015 03:40 PM PDT British Prime Minister David Cameron suffered a damaging blow on Monday over plans to cut help for low-income working families that drew flak from within his Conservative party. Since Cameron won a general election in May, concern has grown among opposition parties and many in low-paid jobs about its plan to save £12 billion (17 billion euros, $18 billion) from the welfare budget. The results will be seen as a blow to Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, the architect of the government's austerity drive and a favourite to succeed Cameron when he steps down before the next election in 2020.

5 Britons killed after whale boat sinks off Vancouver Island Posted: 26 Oct 2015 04:58 PM PDT TOFINO, British Columbia (AP) — Five British nationals died when a whale watching boat with 27 people on board sank off Vancouver Island, the British Foreign Minister said Monday. An Australian man was missing and the rest were rescued, some by members of the local aboriginal community who rushed to help.

Poland expected to turn inward under right-wing party Posted: 26 Oct 2015 03:38 PM PDT WARSAW, Poland (AP) — With the election of a right-wing and Euroskeptic party, Poland is expected to become a more inward-looking country, and one less willing to work with European partners to forge common policies on pressing issues like climate change and migrants.

US to send warship close to South China Sea islets Posted: 26 Oct 2015 03:37 PM PDT In a move sure to anger Beijing, the US Navy plans to send Tuesday a destroyer close to artificial islands China is building in the South China Sea, a US official said. Tensions have mounted since China transformed reefs in the area -- also claimed by several neighboring countries -- into small islands capable of supporting military facilities, a move the US says threatens freedom of navigation. Washington has repeatedly said it does not recognize Chinese claims to territorial waters around the artificial islands.

US men solid in world gymnastics qualifying Posted: 26 Oct 2015 03:33 PM PDT GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Alex Naddour watched his buddies labor through one skittish pommel horse routine after another, none with any particular degree of precision or artistry.

Kiwi Sergent signs for AG2R Posted: 26 Oct 2015 03:33 PM PDT New Zealand's Jesse Sergent has signed for AG2R from next season, the French team said on Monday. The 27-year-old Olympic team pursuit bronze medallist has signed a two-year deal and will leave Trek, where he signed his first professional contract in 2011, at the end of this season. "I hope to keep progressing and aiming for time-trials and week-long stage races," said Sergent, a four-time world championship medallist on the track.

US-led coalition air strikes slow in Syria Posted: 26 Oct 2015 03:31 PM PDT US-led coalition forces have not carried out any air strikes in Syria for three days as of Monday, a lull that contrasts with the continued intensity of Russia's bombing campaign. Russia, on the other hand, continues to maintain an intense tempo as it nears the end of its first month of bombing in Syria. The Russian defense ministry said Monday it had hit 94 targets in just the past 24 hours.

Abbas at EU to discuss surging Israel-Palestinian violence Posted: 26 Oct 2015 03:30 PM PDT The European Union's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini met Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas late Monday to discuss "concrete steps" to calm the surge of violence between Israelis and Palestinians. "We have a meeting tonight to discuss the ways EU can contribute to a de-escalation," Mogherini said in brief comments before a working dinner. The EU's diplomatic chief said she hoped the pair would discuss "concrete steps on the ground, including difficult ones, that can strengthen the Palestinians on an everyday basis".

Ex-UN General Assembly head charged in bribe case is freed Posted: 26 Oct 2015 03:27 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — A former president of the United Nations General Assembly facing tax charges in a bribery case has been released from custody after bail conditions were relaxed during a court hearing.

Indonesia's leader says his country to join Asia trade pact Posted: 26 Oct 2015 03:23 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Indonesia's leader looked to cement his nation's growing ties with the United States, declaring after a meeting Monday with President Barack Obama that Southeast Asia's largest economy intended to join a sweeping U.S.-backed Pacific Rim trade deal.

Nadal rallies from brink to beat Rosol at Swiss Indoors Posted: 26 Oct 2015 03:21 PM PDT BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Rafael Nadal rallied from losing positions twice to beat Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic 1-6, 7-5, 7-6 (4) in the Swiss Indoors first round on Monday.

8 men up for FIFA presidential race on deadline day to enter Posted: 26 Oct 2015 03:20 PM PDT GENEVA (AP) — Deadline day to enter the FIFA presidential election saw surprise entries and a potential eight-man lineup on Monday.

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