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U.N. seeks Syrian peace talks this week, opposition threatens boycott

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 09:41 AM PST

People inspect a site hit by what residents said were airstrikes carried out by the Russian air force in the town of TurmaninBy Lisa Barrington and Tom Miles BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Monday it would issue invitations for marathon Syrian peace talks to begin this week, but opposition groups signaled they would stay away unless the government and its Russian allies halt air strikes and lift sieges on towns. The first talks in two years to end the Syrian civil war were meant to begin on Monday but have been held up in part by a dispute over who should represent the opposition to President Bashar al-Assad. U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura said he was still working on his list, and expected to issue the invitations on Tuesday for talks to start on Friday.


Syrian army seizes strategic town in Deraa province: monitor

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 02:44 PM PST

The Syrian army on Monday recaptured from insurgents a strategic town in the southern province of Deraa after fierce fighting, securing its supply routes from the capital to the south, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the fighting is now outside the western parts of the town of Sheikh Maskin, which lies at a crossroads linking the provinces of Suwaida, Quneitra and Damascus to the southern part of the country. It also links eastern and western Deraa.

Deals and warms words flow as Iranian president visits Europe

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 02:02 PM PST

Iran's President Rouhani walks next to his Italian counterpart President Mattarella at the Quirinale presidential palace in RomeBy Antonella Cinelli and Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - Italy and Iran signed billions of dollars of business deals on Monday at the start of a visit to Europe by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani aimed at rebuilding his nation's ties with the West after years of economic sanctions. Heading a 120-strong delegation of business leaders and ministers, Rouhani will spend two days in Rome before flying to France on Wednesday, looking to polish Tehran's diplomatic credentials at a time of turmoil in the Middle East. There are sectors where we must work closer together," Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said, standing alongside Rouhani.


'Running out of time', EU puts Greece, Schengen on notice

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 01:40 PM PST

A young migrant pulls a fire extinguisher in a muddy field at a camp of makeshift shelters for migrants and asylum-seekers from Iraq, Kurdistan, Iran and Syria, called the Grande Synthe jungleBy Gabriela Baczynska and Alastair Macdonald AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The European Union edged closer on Monday to accepting that its Schengen open-borders area may be suspended for up to two years if it fails in the next few weeks to curb the influx of migrants from the Middle East and Africa. Shorter-term dispensations for border controls end in May. EU migration ministers meeting in Amsterdam decided they may be extended for two years - an unprecedented extension - because the migrant crisis probably will not be brought under control by then, according to the Dutch migration minister, who chaired the meeting. Some ministers made clear such a - theoretically temporary - move would cut off Greece, where more than 40,000 people have arrived by sea from Turkey this year, despite a deal with Ankara two months ago to hold back an exodus of Syrian refugees.


Libya's recognized parliament rejects U.N.-backed unity government

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 02:26 PM PST

Protest against the U.N. to draft agreement talks headed by the Head of United Nations Support Mission in Libya, Bernardino Leon in BenghaziBy Ayman al-Warfalli BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libya's internationally recognized parliament voted on Monday to reject a unity government proposed under a United Nations-backed plan to resolve the country's political crisis and armed conflict. Of 104 members who attended the session in the eastern city of Tobruk, 89 voted against an administration nominated last week, demanding a new proposal within 10 days. Since 2014, Libya has had two competing parliaments and governments, one based in Tripoli and the other in the east.


Exclusive: Short-term interim government likely in Haiti - U.S. official

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 02:19 PM PST

Two protesters carriying Haitian flags on his heads march during a demonstration against the electoral process in Port-au-Prince, HaitiBy Frank Jack Daniel PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti is likely to install an interim government to transfer power to a new president, a senior U.S. official said on Monday, after the Caribbean nation called off an election days before current President Michel Martelly is due to leave office. The United States' Haiti Special Coordinator Kenneth Merten said Washington wanted to see new elections quickly and opposed a long transitional period, but acknowledged elections were unlikely to be held before Martelly's Feb. 7 departure date. "Realistically speaking," Merten told Reuters, "We may be looking at some sort of temporary solution until there is a handover to a new elected president.


What to know about the tropical Zika virus in Latin America

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 04:31 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2016, file photo, a female Aedes aegypti mosquito acquires a blood meal on the arm of a researcher at the Biomedical Sciences Institute in the Sao Paulo's University in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Aedes aegypti can spread the Zika virus, which is spreading in parts of Latin America and the Caribbean and usually causes a mild illness but is now suspected in an unusual birth defect and possibly other health issues. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)NEW YORK (AP) — A rare tropical disease is spreading in parts of Latin America and the Caribbean. The mosquito-borne Zika virus usually causes a mild illness but is now suspected in an unusual birth defect and possibly other health issues. Some things to know:


Costa Rica sets date for 2nd airlift of stranded Cubans

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 04:27 PM PST

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica has set a Feb. 4 date for a second airlift of Cuban migrants who have been stranded for over two months at the country's northern border with Nicaragua, officials said Monday.

Amnesty: Dozens of juvenile offenders face death in Iran

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 04:22 PM PST

FILE - In this May 26, 2011 file photo, the body of convicted man Mahdi Faraji hangs at the city of Qazvin about 80 miles (130 kilometers) west of the capital Tehran, Iran. Dozens of people who were arrested in Iran for crimes committed before they were 18 remain at risk of the death penalty despite recent reforms, with many having already spent years on death row, according to a report by Amnesty International released Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Hamideh Shafieeha, File)DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dozens of people who were arrested in Iran for crimes committed before they turned 18 remain at risk of the death penalty despite recent reforms, with many having already spent years on death row, according to a report by Amnesty International released Tuesday.


Top Asian News 11:59 p.m. GMT

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 04:00 PM PST

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Unusually cold weather in eastern Asia has been blamed for more than 65 deaths, disrupted transportation and brought the first snow to a subtropical city in southern China in almost 50 years. Here is a look at the worst cold weather to hit the region in years: TAIWAN Temperatures in Taiwan's capital of Taipei plunged to a 16-year low of 4 degrees Celsius (39 Fahrenheit), killing 57 mostly elderly people, according to government officials. The semi-official Focus Taiwan news website reported that 85 people had died because of the cold. Most homes in subtropical Taiwan lack central heating, and the cold caused heart trouble and breathing problems for many of the victims, a city official said.

Witness testifies in U.S. about 2000 murder of diplomat in Niger

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 04:00 PM PST

By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - An African security guard on Monday told a U.S. judge that he saw an American diplomat shot to death in Niger 14 years ago, and identified the shooter as the suspect who has been indicted for the crime. Moumouni Karimou told a federal judge in Brooklyn, New York, he had smoked with the shooter just minutes before he witnessed the fatal carjacking. Prosecutors called Karmou to testify about the murder of U.S. Department of Defense official William Bultemeier in 2000.

Report: 2 Chinese killed in Laos suspected bombing

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 03:59 PM PST

BEIJING (AP) — Two Chinese citizens have been killed and one injured in a suspected bomb attack in central Laos, a mountainous area that in recent months has seen an increase in violence and in years past was the scene of clashes between government forces and the Hmong ethnic minority.

AP source: MLB clears Yu Darvish after brother's arrest

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 03:53 PM PST

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Major League Baseball has determined Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish had no role in any of the activities that led to the arrest of his brother in Japan for allegedly running an illegal gambling ring.

UK and Germany agree 'more work' to do on EU reform deal

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 03:44 PM PST

British Prime Minister David Cameron spoke with German Chancellor Angela Merkel by telephone on January 25, 2016British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday stressed that "more work" was needed to strike a deal on reforms to the European Union ahead of London's in/out referendum. Cameron has said he wants to land a deal on four key reforms with his fellow EU leaders at next month's European Council so that he can campaign to stay in the bloc ahead of a referendum on membership, which he has promised to hold by the end of 2017. "On the UK renegotiation, they agreed that there had been progress since December's European Council and that there was genuine good will across the EU to address the British people's concerns in all four areas," said the statement.


U.N., El Salvador launch U.S.-backed anti-corruption program

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 03:31 PM PST

By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - The U.N. on Monday announced a U.S.-financed pilot program to help fight corruption in El Salvador, a Central American country so torn by drugs and gang warfare that it ranks among the most violent in the world. The three-year program, with an unknown price tag, will support the government of leftist President Salvador Sanchez Ceren but lacks the broad investigative powers of the U.N.-backed International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). The CICIG was instrumental in gathering evidence that Guatemalan President Otto Perez was part of a customs racket, leading to his resignation and eventual arrest last year.

Canada cop convicted of attempted murder in streetcar killing

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 03:31 PM PST

Constable James Forcillo is found guilty of attempted murder in the fatal shooting of a knife-wielding teenager on a Toronto streetcar in July 2013A Canadian policeman could be jailed for life after a jury found him guilty Monday of attempted murder in the fatal shooting of a knife-wielding teenager on a Toronto streetcar in 2013. Constable James Forcillo, a six-year veteran with an otherwise unblemished record, was however acquitted of two more serious charges of second-degree, or not premeditated, murder and manslaughter. "It was a trial by YouTube," he said, speaking to reporters outside the courtroom.


Suicide bombers kill 32, wound dozens in northern Cameroon

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 03:26 PM PST

By Josiane Kouagheu DOUALA, Cameroon (Reuters) - Suicide bombers targeting a town in northern Cameroon killed 32 people and wounded 66 on Monday, one of the worst attacks yet in the Central African nation as it struggles to contain violence blamed on Nigeria's Boko Haram. State-owned radio and local officials said four explosions struck a busy market and entrances to the town of Bodo, which borders the Islamist insurgency's strongholds in northeastern Nigeria, at around 10 a.m. (0900 GMT). ... The vigilance committees weren't able to see the suicide bombers, who entered the village in the middle of the night," he said, asking not to be named.

7 FIFA voters in Central America pledge for Infantino

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 03:13 PM PST

PANAMA CITY (AP) — FIFA presidential candidate Gianni Infantino gained votes outside Europe on Monday when the 7-nation group of Central American soccer federations pledged its support.

Merkel opens Holocaust art expo with anti-Semitism warning

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 03:01 PM PST

German chancellor Angela Merkel poses by a painting "The Refugee" by Felix Nussbaum on January 25, 2016 in Berlin during the opening of the exhibition "Art from the Holocaust -100 Works from the Yad Vashem Collection" at the History museum in BerlinChancellor Angela Merkel on Monday opened a major exhibition featuring works by Jewish concentration camp prisoners, as she pledged to combat a feared rise in anti-Semitism in Germany linked to a record influx of refugees. The show, "Art from the Holocaust", brings together 100 works on loan from Israel's Yad Vashem memorial by 50 artists created in secret between 1939 and 1945 while they were confined to the camps or ghettos. The drawings and paintings on display at Berlin's German Historical Museum depict the suffering, drudgery and terror endured by the detainees.


UN to monitor end of Colombia-FARC conflict

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 03:00 PM PST

A relative of a victim of the armed conflict in Colombia lights a candle during a ceremony marking the dignified return of the remains, in Villavicencio, Meta department, on December 17, 2015The United Nations agreed Monday to monitor the expected end of a half-century conflict between the Colombian government and FARC rebels, in a move hailed as an important step toward peace. The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution that, at the request of the two sides, establishes a "political mission" with unarmed international observers. The mission will be in place for at least 12 months to supervise and check the laying down of arms, and be part of a tripartite body to "monitor and verify the definitive bilateral ceasefire and cessation of hostilities" between Bogota and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels, the resolution said.


FIFA to punish Papua New Guinea for Olympic playoff no-show

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 02:53 PM PST

ZURICH (AP) — FIFA has opened a disciplinary case against the Papua New Guinea soccer federation whose women's team failed to travel to New Zealand for an Olympic qualifying playoff scheduled on Tuesday.

Washington faces days of cleanup after epic blizzard

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 02:42 PM PST

A man carries a shovel down 108th street in the Richmond Hill section of the Queens borough of New YorkBy Doina Chiacu and Barbara Goldberg WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Washington will need several more days to return to normal after a weekend blizzard dropped more than 2 feet (60 cm) of snow along the U.S. East Coast, likely causing billions of dollars in damage and killing more than 30. The nation's capital was at a standstill, with federal government offices ordered shut on Monday, schools in the district and surrounding suburbs shuttered and the U.S. House of Representatives canceling all votes until next week. Washington's mayor, Muriel Bowser, said that city public schools would remain closed on Tuesday but that city government offices would reopen.


Central America backs Infantino's bid to become FIFA head

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 02:36 PM PST

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Seven soccer federations from Central America are declaring their support for UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino's bid to become FIFA president.

British explorer dies trying to cross Antarctic solo

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 02:20 PM PST

The remains of British explorer Henry Worsley are loaded onto an airplane outbound for Santiago, in Punta Arenas, southern Chile, on January 25, 2016British adventurer Henry Worsley died while trying to make history by crossing the Antarctic alone in a trip backed by members of the royal family, his wife said Monday. "It is with heartbroken sadness I let you know that my husband, Henry Worsley, has died following complete organ failure," his wife Joanna said in a statement.


Rio, Brazil, says it's on guard against Zika virus

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 02:12 PM PST

In this Jan. 18, 2016 photo, a researcher holds a container with female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes at the Biomedical Sciences Institute in the Sao Paulo's University, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Aedes aegypti is a vector for transmitting the Zika virus. The Brazilian government announced it will direct funds to a biomedical research center to help develop a vaccine against the Zika virus linked to brain damage in babies. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The more than 3,000 health inspectors in Rio de Janeiro are stepping up inspections for mosquito breeding areas near the city's Carnival sites as part of a bid to stem the spread of Zika, a virus linked to a rare birth defect, city hall said in a statement sent Monday.


Burkina Faso lifts curfew imposed during failed coup

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 02:12 PM PST

Burkinabe servicemen stand to attention during a ceremony in Nation Square in Ouagadougou on January 25, 2016, in tribute to the victims of the January 15 attack which killed 30 peopleOuagadougou (AFP) - Burkina Faso has lifted a curfew in force since a failed coup in September, the government announced Monday, but it warned citizens to stay vigilant following this month's jihadist attack at a top hotel in the capital.


Congo's Sassou Nguesso to seek third term in March vote

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 02:09 PM PST

Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguessou talks to the media after voting on October 25, 2015 in BrazzavilleCongolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso will seek a third term in office during presidential elections in March in line with recent changes to the country's constitution, his party said Monday. One of Africa's longest-serving leaders, Sassou Nguesso has served as head of state for nearly 32 years, and was on Monday named as the official candidate for the ruling Congolese Labour Party (PCT), which he founded in 1969. "The PCT's Central Committee confirms the candidacy of Denis Sassou Nguesso as its candidate for the presidential election of March 20, 2016," said a statement issued after a meeting of the party's leadership.


Canada school shooter indicted over deadly attack

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 02:08 PM PST

A 17-year-old high school student was formally accused of murdering two teenage brothers and two teachers in a shooting rampage in the remote Canadian aboriginal community of La LocheOttawa (AFP) - A high-school student was formally accused Monday over the murder of two teenage brothers and two teachers in a remote Indian community in Canada plagued by poverty and boredom and a growing loss of cultural identity.


Plaintiffs' lawyers wary of taking on Flint water scandal

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 02:07 PM PST

The top of a water tower is seen at the Flint Water Plant in Flint, MichiganThe water scandal in Flint, Michigan has many of the ingredients for a mass, class-action lawsuit: danger signs that may have been ignored, many thousands of potential victims, the possibility of lifelong health problems, and the alleged systemic failure of people in charge. What's holding them back, several lawyers said, is not the facts or the victims, but the prospective targets: The State of Michigan, the city of Flint, and officials at various levels of government. Special legal protections make it difficult to hold governments liable for damages, they said.


Italy police find illegal rubbish dump in ancient ruins

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 01:55 PM PST

Italian police uncovered an illegal rubbish dump hidden in the remains of ancient Roman catacombs on Monday and sealed off the area while they investigate alleged environmental pollution. Underground caverns and tunnels used as tombs since the second century B.C. had been filled with harmful waste over the years, creating an underground lake of acrid oil, Italian media reported. Italy is home to some of Europe's largest landfill sites and has been fined millions of euros by the European Court of Justice for failing to clean up its illegal dumping grounds.

UN OKs mission to monitor future cease-fire in Colombia

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 01:35 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Monday unanimously approved a resolution to establish a political mission to monitor and verify a future cease-fire in Colombia that would end Latin America's longest-running guerrilla conflict.

U.N. Security Council creates mission to verify Colombia peace deal

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 01:51 PM PST

Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar poses with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon following a Security Council meeting at U.N. headquarters in New YorkBy Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council on Monday approved the creation of a U.N. mission of unarmed international observers to monitor disarmament should Colombia's government and leftist FARC rebels reach a deal to end Latin America's longest war. The 15-member council unanimously adopted a British-drafted resolution that would establish a political mission for 12 months "to monitor and verify the definitive bilateral ceasefire and cessation of hostilities, and the laying down of arms." "This concrete mandate of the Security Council will benefit all Colombians and will contribute to build confidence in a country determined to overcome the aftermath of a decades-long conflict that caused too much suffering for generations," Colombia's Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin said after the vote.


Cheap loans proposed to ease aid gap in Syria refugee crisis

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 01:48 PM PST

Syrian refugee girls collects wood to be used for heating at an informal tented settlement near the Syrian border on the outskirts of Mafraq, Jordan, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Faced with a chronic shortfall in Syria aid, the World Bank and other donors are promoting new ideas, including interest-free development loans for the hard-hit Middle Eastern countries that are hosting most refugees.


18th time lucky? Sharapova takes aim at Serena streak

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 01:40 PM PST

Russia's Maria Sharapova (L) and Serena Williams of the US plays during the 2016 Australian Open tennis tournament in MelbourneMaria Sharapova will take aim at her 17-match losing streak against Serena Williams on Tuesday as she bids to torpedo the American world number one's title defence in the Australian Open quarter-finals. Sharapova has not beaten Williams, holder of 21 Grand Slam titles, since 2004, meaning it's high time the Russian fifth seed pulled one back in their head to head. The signs are not brilliant for Sharapova, as Williams has played her way into the tournament and has looked increasingly impressive in each match.


Israel approves more than 150 new settler homes in West Bank: Peace Now

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 01:35 PM PST

A general view taken on January 21, 2016 shows the Israeli Almog settlement in the Israeli occupied West BankIsrael's defence ministry has approved plans to build 153 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank, a spokeswoman for the Israeli settlements watchdog Peace Now said on Monday. Hagit Ofran said the plans were adopted last week, and involve small settlements in the Ariel area in the northern West Bank, the Carmel settlement in the Hebron area and the Gush Etzion settlement bloc. Peace Now said on December 28 that Israel was working to revive and extend plans for new Jewish settler homes in the contentious area of the occupied West Bank known as E1.


Puerto Rico casino closes amid crisis after 15 years

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 01:32 PM PST

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Another casino has closed in Puerto Rico amid the U.S. territory's deep economic crisis.

C. Africa court annuls vote over 'irregularities'

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 01:31 PM PST

A Central African Republic police officer talks with a taxi driver outside a vote-counting centre for the presidential and parliamentary elections on January 2, 2016 in BanguiThe Central African Republic's top court on Monday annulled last month's first-round legislative vote over "irregularities", but said the second round of the presidential elections could go ahead. Voters had cast their ballots in presidential and parliamentary elections on December 30 in an election seen as vital for restoring stability after years of religious violence. Although there was a high turnout and the poll passed off peacefully, the legislative vote was flawed by "numerous irregularities" involving the candidates, Constitutional Court president Zacharie Ndoumba said Monday.


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