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North Korean rocket puts object into space, angers neighbors, U.S.

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 03:26 PM PST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C) watches a long range rocket launch into the air in North KoreaBy Ju-min Park and Louis Charbonneau SEOUL/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - North Korea launched a long-range rocket carrying what it called a satellite, drawing renewed international condemnation just weeks after it carried out a nuclear bomb test. South Korea and the United States said they would explore whether to deploy an advanced missile defense system in South Korea "at the earliest possible date." The U.S. Strategic Command said it had detected a missile entering space, and South Korea's military said the rocket had put an object into orbit. North Korea said the launch of the satellite Kwangmyongsong-4, named after late leader Kim Jong Il, was a "complete success" and it was making a polar orbit of Earth every 94 minutes.


Taiwan quake toll climbs to 35, president to visit disaster scene

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 04:38 PM PST

Rescue personnel help a child rescued at the site where a 17-storey apartment building collapsed during an earthquake in TainanThe death toll from an earthquake in southern Taiwan at the weekend climbed to 35 on Monday, with more than 100 people still listed as missing under a 17-storey building that collapsed and where all rescue efforts are being focused. Taiwan's government said in a statement 33 of the 35 dead where from that Wei-guan building, with 117 still listed as missing. Chinese President Xi Jinping conveyed condolences to the victims, state news agency Xinhua reported late on Sunday, and repeated Beijing's offer to provide help.


Turkey delivers aid across border as Syrian forces step up Aleppo assault

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 08:00 AM PST

Ambulances enter Syria from Turkey at Turkey's Oncupinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern city of Kilis, TurkeyBy Humeyra Pamuk and Lisa Barrington ONCUPINAR, Turkey/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Aid trucks and ambulances entered Syria from Turkey on Sunday to help tens of thousands of people who have fled an escalating government assault on Aleppo, as air strikes targeted villages on the road linking the city to the Turkish border. Rebel-held areas in and around Aleppo, Syria's largest before the war, are still home to 350,000 people, and aid workers have said they could soon fall to the government. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the war, said air strikes, thought to be from Russian planes, hit villages north of Aleppo on Sunday including Bashkoy, Haritan and Anadan, the latter two near the road to Turkey.


Second member of IS execution cell identified as Briton: report

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 09:36 AM PST

A second member of a British group of Islamic State militants dubbed "the Beatles" has been identified as 32-year-old Londoner Alexanda Kotey, according to a Washington Post and BuzzFeed investigation published on Sunday. The group, whose leader Mohammed Emwazi gained notoriety for appearing in videos showing the murders of Western hostages, are said by former hostages of Islamic State to have been assigned to guard foreign prisoners, and were nicknamed "the Beatles" due to their English accents. Londoner Emwazi, referred to by British media as "Jihadi John", is believed to have been killed in a U.S. drone strike last year.

In Aleppo, underground schools face bombardments and burnout

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 04:25 AM PST

Marcell Shehwaro, executive director of Kesh Malek, poses for a photograph in LondonBy Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - At the unofficial schools run by Syrian activist group Kesh Malek in opposition-held districts of Aleppo, the children don't go outside to play during breaks in case a barrel bomb should drop from the sky. Syria's largest city before the civil war, Aleppo is the scene of heavy bombardment as the Syrian army, backed by Russian air strikes, tries to encircle it and wrest control of the rebel-held areas that are home to around 350,000 people. Marcell Shehwaro, executive director of Kesh Malek, said the group's schools had closed for a holiday and had not re-opened due to the intensified bombardment in recent days.


Exclusive: Zika virus discourages many Americans from Latin America travel

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 05:15 AM PST

A woman looks on next to a banner as soldiers and municipal health workers take part in cleaning of the streets, gardens and homes as part of the city's efforts to prevent the spread of the Zika virus vectorThe rapidly spreading Zika virus is discouraging many Americans from traveling to Latin America and the Caribbean, with 41 percent of those aware of the disease saying they are less likely to take such a trip, a Reuters/Ipsos poll shows. Airlines and cruise ship operators have yet to report drops in bookings because of Zika, and analysts have downplayed the impact that newly sedentary parents-to-be could have on their revenue. "I am actively trying to get pregnant with my husband, so I am a little bit concerned," said Erica, a respondent who said she was bitten by a mosquito during a January trip to the U.S. Virgin Islands, where Zika has been reported.


Nigeria army probes recent Boko Haram attacks

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 04:41 PM PST

Children fleeing from Boko Haram Islamists walk past burnt houses in Mairi village on the outskirts of Maiduguri, capital of northeast Borno State, on February 6, 2016Nigeria's army on Sunday said it has launched a probe into recent attacks by Boko Haram militants which claimed dozens of lives of lives near Maiduguri, capital of northeast Borno state. At least 85 people died when insurgents stormed and torched a village on January 30, the third attack in four days defying President Muhammadu Buhari's claim Nigeria had largely defeated the jihadist group. "The recent unfortunate attacks by Boko Haram terrorists on communities close to Maiduguri, despite our successes, call for concern," the army said.


The Latest: Broncos lead Panthers 10-0 after 1 quarter

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 04:32 PM PST

Carolina Panthers' Jonathan Stewart, left, runs around Denver Broncos' Danny Trevathan during the first half of the NFL Super Bowl 50 football game Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on Super Bowl Sunday from AP reporters covering the game, the telecast, the commercials and fans around the world (All times local):


Martelly leaves office with Haiti in crisis

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 04:31 PM PST

Haitian President, Michel Martelly (C) take his presidential sash off during a ceremony in the Haitian Parliament on February 7, 2016 in Port-au-PrincePort-au-Prince (AFP) - Michel Martelly ended his presidential term Sunday without handing power to a successor, in an electoral crisis highlighting Haiti's long struggle to keep democracy on track in the 30 years since the Duvalier dictatorship ended. Martelly was able to leave office thanks to a last-minute agreement hours before to install a transitional government after prolonged protests that sometimes turned violent. "During its long road to the promised land, Haiti will remember that a certain Michel Joseph Martelly, Micky for his people, loved, gave, built," he said during his last address as president.


Top Asian News 12:27 a.m. GMT

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 04:27 PM PST

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Sunday strongly condemned North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket that world leaders denounced as a banned test of dangerous ballistic missile technology and another "intolerable provocation." The U.N.'s most powerful body pledged to quickly adopt a new resolution with "significant" new sanctions. North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un went ahead with the launch just two hours after an eight-day window opened early Sunday, and a month after the country's fourth nuclear test. He ignored an appeal from China, its neighbor and important ally, not to proceed and in another slap to Beijing, he chose the eve of the Chinese New Year, the country's most important holiday.

Japan says need for stronger North Korea sanctions has risen: Kyodo

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 04:16 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida has said the need to adopt stronger sanctions against North Korea has risen after the reclusive state launched a long-range rocket at the weekend, Kyodo news agency reported on Monday. The U.N. Security Council condemned North Korea's missile launch at an emergency meeting on Sunday and vowed to take "significant measures" in response to Pyongyang's violations of U.N. resolutions, Venezuela's U.N. ambassador said. (Reporting by Kaori Kaneko; Editing by Paul Tait)

U.N. agency seeks to end rift on new aircraft emission rules

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 04:14 PM PST

People are silhouetted past a logo of the Airbus Group during the Airbus annual news conference in ColomiersBy Allison Lampert and Valerie Volcovici MONTREAL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Europe and the United States tried to bridge differences over emissions standards for aircraft on Sunday as global aviation leaders prepared to adopt new rules that could affect Boeing Co and Airbus Group's production of the largest jetliners and freighters. Proposals being debated in Montreal by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the United Nations' aviation agency, would force makers of the world's largest passenger jets to upgrade or stop producing certain models as early as 2023, according to sources close to the negotiations and documents seen by Reuters. U.S. and European negotiators are trying to come up with the world's first carbon dioxide emissions standards for aircraft as part of the industry's contribution to efforts to combat climate change.


Duchess of Cambridge: Support children's mental health

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 04:02 PM PST

Britain's Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge smiles as she attends a service at RAF church St Clement Danes, to mark the 75th anniversary year of the RAF Air Cadets, in London, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016. (Eddie Mulholland/Pool Photo via AP)LONDON (AP) — The Duchess of Cambridge says in a new video that she and Prince William want all children to get support during difficult times to help them overcome mental health challenges.


Police hunt assailants after shooting at Dublin boxing event

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 03:46 PM PST

Police tape cordons off the Regency Airport Hotel in Dublin on February 5, 2016 following a shooting incidentIrish police were searching Sunday for shooters who burst into a Dublin boxing event, killing one man and injuring two others in an attack thought to be a gang-related assassination. Police set up checkpoints on roads amid fears of retaliation for the Friday killing, suspected to be linked to a feud between criminal gangs. Jack Nolan, assistant commissioner of police force An Garda Siochana, said "armed patrols" were out in Dublin city.


Somalia spokesman: Video shows laptop handed to bomb suspect

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 03:31 PM PST

Somalia spokesman: Video shows laptop handed to bomb suspectMOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Security video footage taken at Mogadishu airport shows two men handing what looks like a laptop computer to the suspected suicide bomber after he passed through the security checkpoint, Somalia's government spokesman said Sunday.


Factbox: North Korea launch puts two objects in orbit

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 03:12 PM PST

North Korea's controversial rocket launch put two objects in space, according to the U.S. Joint Space Operations Center. - North Korea launched what it said was its Kwangmyongsong-4 satellite earlier than expected. The launch took place at 8:59 a.m. local time on Sunday in North Korea.

Erdogan: US should choose between Turkey, Kurdish forces

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 03:03 PM PST

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, right, talks with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as they meet in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016. Erdogan is in Ecuador as part of his Latin America tour that also includes Chile and Peru. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's president lashed out at the United States a week after President Barack Obama's envoy visited a northern Syrian town that is under the control of Syrian Kurdish forces, which Ankara considers terrorists.


Ibrahimovic scores as unbeaten PSG wins 2-1 at Marseille

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 02:46 PM PST

Paris Saint-Germain's players celebrates after Paris Saint Germain's Angel Di Maria,obscured, scored against Marseille, during the League One soccer match between Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain, at the Velodrome Stadium, in Marseille, southern France, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)PARIS (AP) — Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored the first goal and set up the winner for Angel di Maria as Paris Saint-Germain won 2-1 away at bitter rival Marseille on Sunday, extending its record unbeaten league run to 34 matches and maintaining its massive 24-point lead.


Haiti's president departs to make way for interim government

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 02:33 PM PST

Haiti's outgoing President Michel Martelly delivers a goodbye salute to supporters before tucking into his vehicle outside the parliament building in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016. Martelly made his farewell address to Parliament Sunday, leaving office with no leader yet chosen to fill the void left by his departure. Lawmakers are beginning a process to patch together a short-term interim government. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — President Michel Martelly made his farewell speech to Haiti as he departed office Sunday with no successor yet chosen because a runoff election was scrapped last month amid violent protests and deep suspicions about vote rigging.


UN condemns NKorea launch, pledges significant new sanctions

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 02:11 PM PST

In this image released by Japan's Kyodo News agency, an unidentified object is photographed in the sky from Dandong, China, near the North Korean border, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016, at the same time a North Korea rocket was allegedly launched. North Korea on Sunday defied international warnings and launched a long-range rocket that the United Nations and others call a cover for a banned test of technology for a missile that could strike the U.S. mainland. (Minoru Iwasaki/Kyodo News via AP) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDITSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Sunday strongly condemned North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket that world leaders denounced as a banned test of dangerous ballistic missile technology and another "intolerable provocation." The U.N.'s most powerful body pledged to quickly adopt a new resolution with "significant" new sanctions.


Barcelona ties all-time club record of 28 games without loss

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 02:09 PM PST

Real Madrid's Luka Modric, center, celebrates his goal with teammates Marcelo, left, and Sergio Ramos during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Granada and Real Madrid at Los Carmenes stadium in Granada, Spain, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Daniel Tejedor)MADRID (AP) — Barcelona did just enough to defeat last-place Levante 2-0 on Sunday and tie its all-time record of 28 consecutive games without a loss.


German police search two homes in anti-terror raids

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 02:08 PM PST

German police searched the homes of two men suspected of having ties to "a terrorist group" in SyriaGerman police on Sunday searched the homes of two men suspected of having ties to "a terrorist group" in Syria, federal prosecutors said. The anti-terror raids took place near the western city of Mainz. The federal prosecutor's office said the men were "suspected of having taken part in Syria's civil war as members of a foreign terrorist group" but declined to name the jihadist group involved.


Napoli and Juventus record narrow wins to remain 1st and 2nd

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 02:00 PM PST

Juventus' Juan Cuadrado celebrates after scoring during a Serie A soccer match between Frosinone and Juventus, at Frosinone's Comunale stadium, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)MILAN (AP) — Napoli and Juventus both recorded narrow victories against relegation-threatened sides to remain first and second in Serie A on Sunday ahead of their showdown in Turin next weekend.


Haiti postpones Carnival as president steps down amid unrest

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 01:45 PM PST

Martelly speaks at a ceremony in Port-au-PrinceBy Joseph Guyler Delva PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti delayed the start of Carnival celebrations on Sunday because of fears of violence from anti-government protesters as President Michel Martelly ended his term with nobody elected to replace him. Widespread unrest set off by an election that critics say was fraudulent meant the impoverished Caribbean nation was unable to hold a runoff to chose a new president before Martelly stepped down, leaving the country facing a period of interim government. Protesters and police clashed again in downtown Port-au-Prince on Sunday in the area that hosts the capital's heavily attended and raucous annual Mardi Gras celebrations, with some groups trying to attack Carnival stages.


Mexicans to light pope's route with mobile phones

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 01:45 PM PST

A poster of Pope Francis at the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City, where he will officiate mass during his visit MexicoWorshipers will line the roadside holding up their mobile telephones to light the way for Pope Francis when he arrives on his visit to Mexico next week, organizers said Sunday. The 79-year-old pontiff himself expressed "great happiness" at his looming visit, during which he will tour a major Catholic shrine in Mexico City and meet victims of violence and poverty. Thousands of well-wishers are expected to come out to welcome the Argentine pontiff when he lands in Mexico City late Friday.


Olympiakos wins again, beats PAOK 1-0

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 01:41 PM PST

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Olympiakos beat PAOK 1-0 and increased its lead at the top of the Greek league to 19 points with AEK's 1-0 defeat at Atromitos earlier Sunday.

Bus film stunt explosion shakes Londoners

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 01:40 PM PST

Passersby were alarmed when the top deck of a red double decker bus exploded only to find out it was for a Jackie Chan movieThe explosion of a red double decker bus in central London on Sunday alarmed witnesses unaware that it was actually a stunt for a Jackie Chan action film. The bus was travelling across Lambeth Bridge not far from Britain's parliament when its top deck exploded with a large bang in a ball of flames. One witness was the author Sophie Kinsella who said children in a park nearby had been "freaked" by the sight.


Divisive Polish party leader Kaczynski pulls the strings

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 01:36 PM PST

FILE - In a Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015 file photo, the ruling Law and Justice party head Jaroslaw Kaczynski addresses thousands of supporters prior to a march in Warsaw, Poland. When Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban recently had a secret five-hour meeting in a secluded mountain resort with the most powerful person in Poland, he didn't convene with his counterpart or the president, but with Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the leader of the ruling party who has no official government position. The mysterious meeting enhanced the perception that Kaczynski, rather than strategically placed Prime Minister Beata Szydlo or President Andrzej Duda, is the main decision-maker in Poland today. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz, File)WARSAW, Poland (AP) — When Hungary's prime minister had a secret five-hour meeting in a secluded mountain resort with the most powerful person in Poland, he didn't convene with his counterpart or the Polish president.


Grave robbers plunder hundreds of tombs in Sierra Leone

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 01:35 PM PST

Around 250 graves were targeted by robbers in three of Freetown's seven cemeteries, similary to the one pictured here on October 10, 2014New security measures were in place Sunday at cemeteries in the Sierra Leone capital Freetown after grave robbers used pickaxes and sledge hammers to pry open tombs and steal coffins and jewellery. Around 250 graves were targeted in three of Freetown's seven cemeteries over the past two months, Freetown City Council said in a statement on Saturday. Twenty-four hour security was now in place at all the city cemeteries including armed police guards to foil the robbers, the council's environment and social officer Sulaiman Zainu-Parker told national radio.


Turkey: Reaching limits but will keep taking in refugees

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 01:34 PM PST

Turkey: Reaching limits but will keep taking in refugeesKILIS, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has reached the end of its "capacity to absorb" refugees but will continue to take them in, the deputy premier said Sunday, as his country faced mounting pressure to open its border to tens of thousands of Syrians who have fled a government onslaught.


Somali plane bomb 'was hidden in laptop': intelligence officials

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 01:30 PM PST

A picture taken on February 3, 2016 shows a plane operated by Daallo Airlines, after it made an emergency landing on February 2 in Mogadishu following a blastSomali intelligence officials investigating a bomb blast on a commercial jet released surveillance footage Sunday appearing to show a passenger being given a laptop in which the bomb was concealed. The blast on Tuesday ripped a hole in the Daallo Airlines plane fuselage shortly after it took off from Somalia's main airport, killing one person and forcing an emergency landing. The newly released surveillance footage shows the suspected bomber being handed a laptop by two other men, one of whom is wearing a security jacket, the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) said.


Hollande, Merkel stress migrant crisis needs EU solution

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 01:27 PM PST

French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel meet at the Prefecture in StrasbourgGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande stressed on Sunday the migrant crisis, which brought more than a million people to the European Union last year, needs an EU-level solution. Merkel, who opened her country's borders to Syrians fleeing civil war last summer, is under increasing pressure to limit the influx. A poll published this week indicated popular support for Merkel had tumbled to a four-and-a-half-year low, with more than 80 percent of Germans doubting her government had the refugee crisis under control.


Manning, Newton to duel as America stops for Super Bowl 50

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 01:22 PM PST

Super Bowl 50 on February 7, 2016 in Santa Clara, California will be a quarterback showdownAn eagerly anticipated quarterback showdown between Peyton Manning and Cam Newton was just hours away on Sunday as excitement built ahead of Super Bowl 50 in California. More than 100 million households across the United States and millions more worldwide are expected to tune in to see if Manning can inspire the Denver Broncos to an upset victory over Newton and the Carolina Panthers.


Hamburg held to 1-1 draw by Cologne in Bundesliga

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 01:17 PM PST

Hamburg's goalie Rene Adler , 3rd from right, saves a free kick by Cologne's Marcel Risse ( during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Hamburger SV and 1. FC Cologne in Hamburg, Germany, Sunday Feb. 7, 2016. ( Christian Charisius/dpa via AP)BERLIN (AP) — Hamburger SV was lucky to escape with a 1-1 draw against Cologne as the home side's slump continued Sunday in its sixth Bundesliga game without a win.


Greek island mayor warns of violence over migrant plan

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 01:17 PM PST

Kos policemen try to disperse hundreds of migrants by spraying them with fire extinguishers during a gathering for a registration procedure on August 11, 2015The mayor of the Greek island of Kos on Sunday called on the government to abandon its plans to build a migrant registration centre as demanded by the EU, warning that local opposition could lead to "uncontrollable" protests. "There is a present danger that we will mourn victims and be led to uncontrollable situations," Kos mayor Yiorgos Kyritsis said in a letter to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, made public by the state agency ANA. Three locals were hurt this week in a scuffle with riot police near the area chosen to build the migrant centre, or hotspot, including a journalist covering the protest, who was later detained.


German police raid homes of suspected militants near western city of Mainz

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 01:15 PM PST

German police on Sunday raided the apartments of two men suspected of having links to a militant organization, a spokesman for the Federal Prosecutor Office said. The raid took place near the city of Mainz in western Germany. The two men are suspected of having taken part in the Syrian civil war as members of a foreign terrorist organization, the spokesman said.

Sebastian Munoz wins hometown Club Colombia Championship

Posted: 07 Feb 2016 01:14 PM PST

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Sebastian Munoz won his hometown Club Colombia Championship on Sunday for his first Web.com Tour victory, two-putting for birdie from 45 feet on the par-5 18th for a one-stroke victory.

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