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North Korea leader tells military to be ready to use nuclear weapons at any time

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 04:29 PM PST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a ceremony at the meeting hall of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of KoreaBy Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his country to be ready to use its nuclear weapons at any time and to turn its military posture to "pre-emptive attack" mode in the face of growing threats from its enemies, state media said on Friday. The comments, carried by the North's official KCNA news agency, marked a further escalation of tension on the Korean peninsula after the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday imposed harsh new sanctions against the isolated state for its nuclear program. Kim made the comments as he supervised military exercises involving newly developed rocket launchers, KCNA reported.


Syria truce offers glimpses of normality

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 08:21 AM PST

Boys carry boxes of biscuits near rubble of damaged buildings in AleppoBy Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - In the devastated Syrian city of Aleppo, children are outside playing and many people are going to the shops safely for the first time in months thanks to a partial halt to the war that is providing relief even if most doubt that peace will take hold. Where were all these people hiding?" said a bewildered Mahmoud Ashrafi, speaking to Reuters by telephone after picking through opposition-held areas of Aleppo wrecked by barrel bombs and air strikes. While the "cessation of hostilities" has fallen short of halting the five-year-long war across the country, parts of Syria have enjoyed an unusual period of peace since the U.S.-Russian agreement came into effect on Saturday.


EU's Tusk urges migrants to stop coming to Europe

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 09:49 AM PST

Migrants block the railway track at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of IdomeniBy Dasha Afanasieva and Lefteris Karagiannopoulos ANKARA/ATHENS (Reuters) - EU Council President Donald Tusk told illegal economic migrants on Thursday not to risk their lives or money to make a perilous trip to Europe "for nothing" but said unilateral actions by European Union states to deal with the crisis must stop. The ultimate aim was to eliminate the illegal sea transit of migrants from Turkey to Greece, Tusk said after meeting Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Ankara and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Athens, although he said no specific numbers had been agreed with the Turks.


Kerry trip to Cuba for rights dialogue canceled: U.S. officials

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 04:32 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Kerry testifies before a House Appropriations subcommittee in WashingtonBy Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tentative plans for U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to visit Cuba before mid-March for a human rights dialogue have been canceled, two U.S. officials said on Thursday, amid concerns over the Cuban government's human rights record. Kerry told a congressional hearing on Feb. 23 that he might be in Cuba "in the next week or two" to hold a dialogue on human rights, ahead of President Barack Obama's scheduled trip to the island on March 21-22. The sources said the trip had been canceled because U.S. ...


Zimbabwe's Mugabe says government will take over all diamond operations

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 04:11 PM PST

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe shares a joke with his vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa during Mugabe's birthday celebrations at Great ZimbabweZimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe said on Thursday that his government would take possession of all diamond operations because existing miners had robbed the country of its wealth. Mugabe's comments came a week after the ministry of mines ordered all mining companies to halt work and leave the Marange fields, saying they had not renewed their licenses. "The state will now own all the diamonds in the country," Mugabe said during a two-hour interview with state broadcaster ZBC TV.


UNICEF says deeply concerned about U.S. citizen jailed in Iran

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 04:53 PM PST

Family handout picture of Iranian-American consultant Siamak Namazi with his father Baquer NamaziBy Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United Nations Children's Fund said on Thursday it is worried about the health and well-being of one of its former officials, an elderly man jailed in Iran for more than a week. Baquer Namazi, whose son Siamak has been jailed in Iran since October, was himself arrested on Feb. 22 and taken to Tehran's Evin Prison, his wife said last week on social media. Baquer Namazi, a former Iranian provincial governor, served as UNICEF representative in Somalia, Kenya, Egypt and elsewhere before retiring in 1996, UNICEF said in a statement.


New Zealand names 31 rowers for Rio Olympics

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 04:56 PM PST

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Reigning Olympic champions Mahe Drysdale, Hamish Bond and Eric Murray have been named to compete at the Rio de Janiero games among 31 athletes in New Zealand's largest-ever rowing team.

UN's Ban arrives in Mauritania: report

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 04:56 PM PST

UN chief Ban Ki-moon (R) is greeted by Mauritania's Foreign Minister Isselkou Ould Ahmed Izid Bih upon his arrival at the airport of Nouakchott on March 3, 2016, for his two-day visit to the countryUN chief Ban Ki-moon began an official visit to the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott late Thursday, as part of a tour of West and North African countries, Mauritania's official AMI news agency said. Before flying to Mauritania from Burkina Faso, the first stop in his tour, Ban had expressed "concern" over a string of jihadist attacks in Africa's Sahel region. "I am deeply concerned by the terrorist attacks in the (Sahel) region," he said in Ouagadougou.


New Jamaica prime minister sworn in, vowing to reverse austerity

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 04:55 PM PST

Andrew Holness, leader of the opposition Jamaican Labour Party, shows his ink-stained finger after casting his vote at a polling station during general election in Kingston, JamaicaJamaica's new prime minister, Andrew Holness, was sworn in on Thursday after a narrow general election win, vowing to increase growth and cut taxes in a reversal of the previous government's austerity program. Holness has been criticized for promising to trim taxes even as Jamaica struggles with a debt-to-GDP ratio of about 125, but he argued economic growth would plug the gap. "The priority of this government is to grow the economy and create meaningful jobs," Holness said in his inauguration speech in Kingston.


Kenya tackles poverty by sending teen mothers back to school

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 04:53 PM PST

By Hezron Ochiel Laikipia, KENYA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Christine Gathoni dreamed of becoming a doctor, not a patient, grimacing in pain as she pushed her baby girl into the world. "After a few weeks, I realized I was pregnant." Two out of five 19-year-old women in Kenya are either pregnant or have given birth, with the highest rates among the poorest, according to government statistics. "I hadn't totally lost hope in securing an education to save my family from poverty." When Gathoni's baby turned one, her father brought a goat to Laikipia's Ilpolei Secondary School to pay for her re-entry.

N. Korea leader orders nuclear arsenal on standby

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 04:52 PM PST

This undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on March 2, 2016 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (2nd R) visiting the Thaesong machine factory in Nampo cityLeader Kim Jong-Un has ordered North Korea's nuclear arsenal readied for pre-emptive use at anytime, in an expected ramping up of rhetoric following the UN Security Council's adoption of tough new sanctions on Pyongyang. The North's nuclear warheads must be deployed "on standby so as to be fired at any moment," Kim was quoted as saying by the North's official KCNA news agency on Friday. Kim also warned that the situation on the divided Korean peninsula had become so dangerous that the North needed to shift its military strategy to one of "pre-emptive attack".


Spain's Princess Cristina takes stand at her tax evasion trial

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 04:51 PM PST

Spain's Princess Cristina appears on a television screen in a press room as she is questioned by a prosecutor in landmark corruption trial in Palma de Mallorca, on the Spanish Balearic Island of Mallorca on March 3, 2016Spain's Princess Cristina, the country's first royal to face criminal charges since the monarchy's 1975 restoration, on Thursday took the stand in a landmark corruption case centred on her husband's business dealings. Cristina, who has been charged as an accessory to tax evasion, declined to answer questions from a prosecuting lawyer, responding only to those from her own legal team. Distancing herself from her husband Inaki Urdangarin's business affairs, she told the court she trusted him and never asked about the dealings of a company they co-owned which operated from an office in their Barcelona mansion.


Tusk tells economic migrants: stay away from Europe

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 04:50 PM PST

People sit and lie on train tracks in front of Greek policemen during a protest of migrants and refugees to call for the opening of the borders, at the Greek-Macedonian border near the Greek village of Idomeni on March 3, 2016EU President Donald Tusk on Thursday issued a blunt warning to economic migrants not to come to Europe, and chastised European countries which have taken unilateral action to tackle the crisis. On a busy day of diplomacy, Tusk visited Greece and Turkey, the two countries on the frontline of Europe's worst migration crisis since World War II, and acknowledged that the number of people seeking to reach EU territory from Turkey remained "far too high". After talks in Athens with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Tusk told economic migrants it was pointless to try to reach the European Union, which is struggling because of the migrant crisis to maintain its prized Schengen passport-free travel area.


Gunmen kill Honduran indigenous, environmentalist leader

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 04:45 PM PST

The body of slain Honduran Indian leader and environmentalist Berta Caceres is lowered from a vehicle at the coroners office in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Thursday, March 3, 2016. Caceres, a Lenca Indian activist who won the 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize for her role in fighting a dam project, had previously complained of receiving death threats from police, soldiers and local landowners because of her work. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduran indigenous leader Berta Caceres, who won the 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize for her role in fighting a dam project, was shot dead Thursday by multiple gunmen who broke into her home, authorities said.


Egyptian student to be deported from US over Trump threat

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 04:43 PM PST

Elsayed posted "I am willing to kill Donald Trump and serve a life sentence. The whole world would thank me for doing that," on his Facebook page, according to his attorney Hani BushraAn Egyptian student attending flight school in California is facing deportation after posting a message on Facebook saying he was ready to kill Donald Trump. Emadeldin Elsayed, 23, was arrested by federal agents on February 12 at the Los Angeles-area flight school he was attending after posting what authorities said was a death threat against the leading Republican presidential candidate. "I am willing to kill Donald Trump and serve a life sentence.


UN report: peacekeepers from 21 nations accused of sexual abuse

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 04:42 PM PST

Two UN missions account for the majority of claims of sex abuse by peacekeepers: the MINUSCA force in the Central African Republic and MINUSCO in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but there were also cases in Ivory Coast and MaliThe United Nations is reporting a "deeply concerning" increase in allegations of sex abuse by its peacekeepers, with 69 claims last year against troops from 21 countries. A much-awaited report by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon obtained by AFP on Thursday provides, for the first time, the nationalities of the troops facing the allegations. First on the "name and shame" list was the Democratic Republic of Congo, whose troops faced seven allegations, followed by Morocco and South Africa, each hit with four accusations.


Ukrainian foreign minister says no breakthrough in Paris talks

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 04:42 PM PST

French Foreign Minister Ayrault and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Klimkin attend a news conference in KievUkraine's foreign minister said on Thursday there had been no breakthrough in Paris talks aimed at getting a fragile peace deal back on track, repeating that until security was restored there could be no election in the rebel-held Donbass region. For months, as progress in implementing the Minsk peace deal for eastern Ukraine has stalled, its architects, Germany and France, have held out hope that with time and carefully calibrated pressure on Ukraine and Russia the deal could be pushed back on track.


Pensioners share their bread with migrants at Greek border

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 04:37 PM PST

A migrant who is waiting to cross the Greek-Macedonian border, sits by the fire near the village of IdomeniBy Lefteris Papadimas IDOMENI, Greece (Reuters) - Each day, Demetrios Zois buys two loaves of bread. One is for his family, and one for whoever comes knocking on his door. In the past year, there have been plenty of unexpected visitors. He is among 100 mainly elderly people living in Greece's border community of Idomeni, which has become the focal point of a growing migrant crisis that is proving too big for the country to handle. Around 30,000 migrants and refugees were stranded in Greece on Thursday, with just over a third of them at Idomeni, waiting for the border with Macedonia to open. ...


Australian Olympians to take part in Sydney's Gay Mardi Gras

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 04:34 PM PST

SYDNEY (AP) — The Australian Olympic Committee says Saturday's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras in Sydney will be the first time a float full of Olympians, Paralympians and their supporters has been entered in the annual event.

Nigeria frees 63 after dislodging Boko Haram Islamists: army

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 04:27 PM PST

Soldiers and policemen walk past burnt house on February 4, 2016 during a visit to the village of Dalori village, northeastern Nigeria, after an attack by Boko Haram insurgents on the village left at least 85 people dead on January 30, 2016Nigeria's military said on Thursday it had rescued 63 people after dislodging Boko Haram Islamists from villages in the country's restive northeast. Five Boko Haram fighters were also killed at their hideouts in Lawin Meleri, Matiri Bulaka and Aljeri villages during the clampdown, army spokesman Sani Usman said in a statement. "During the operation, they (troops) killed five Boko Haram terrorists and also rescued 63 persons held captive by the terrorists," he said, adding that arms and ammunitions were recovered.


Maier's goal leads Germany past France 1-0

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 04:25 PM PST

Germany's Sara Dabritz (23) and France's Jessica Houara D'Hommeaux battle for a ball during the second half of a SheBelieves Cup women's soccer match Thursday March 3, 2016, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Leonie Maier scored in the 83rd minute, Almuth Schult made a couple of sparkling saves and Germany beat France 1-0 in the opening round of the SheBelieves Cup on Thursday night.


Kiev, Moscow agree to hold vote in east Ukraine by end July: French FM

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 04:05 PM PST

(From L) Russian FM Sergei Lavrov, Ukrainian FM Pavlo Klimkin, French FM Jean-Marc Ayrault and German FM Frank-Walter Steinmeier pose for a group photo prior to their meeting on the situation in Ukraine, in Paris on March 3, 2016The foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France agreed Thursday that elections should be held in eastern Ukraine by the end of July, France's Jean-Marc Ayrault said. "We underlined the importance of adopting an electoral law to hold local elections by the end of the first half of 2016," Ayrault said at the close of a meeting in Paris with his three counterparts. "We must be able to ensure these elections are organised safely, we need our territory to be secure," Ukraine's Pavlo Klimkin said.


Honduran environmentalist murdered: family

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 04:03 PM PST

Activists protest against the murder of environmental activist Berta Caceres, in La Esperanza, Honduras, on March 3, 2016Honduran indigenous activist Berta Caceres, an award-winning environmentalist, was murdered in her home Thursday, her family said, labeling her death an assassination. Caceres, a 43-year-old mother of four who had received death threats for her activism, was shot dead in the early hours of Thursday at her home in the western town of La Esperanza, Flores told TV network Globo. Caceres won the 2015 Goldman Prize, considered the world's top award for grassroots environmental activism, for leading the indigenous Lenca people in a struggle against a hydroelectric dam project that would flood large areas of native lands and cut off water supplies to hundreds.


Phelps: No worries about fiance, son traveling to Rio

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 04:02 PM PST

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Despite an outbreak of the Zika virus, Michael Phelps says his fiance and newborn son will accompany him to the Rio Olympics.

Republican old guard Romney labels Trump as 'a fraud'

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 03:58 PM PST

Former Republican U.S. presidential nominee Mitt Romney speaks critically about current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during speech in Salt Lake CityBy Steve Holland DETROIT (Reuters) - Former Republican U.S. presidential nominee Mitt Romney gave a blistering rebuke of 2016 party front-runner Donald Trump on Thursday, the latest sign of how badly mainstream figures in the party want to stop the incendiary New York billionaire. Romney, an elder statesman in the party, urged Republicans in states that have not yet held nominating contests to vote for Trump's opponents to stop his march to the nomination for the Nov. 8 election to succeed President Barack Obama. Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud," said Romney, 68, who has kept a low profile since losing to Obama in 2012.


Top Asian News 11:55 p.m. GMT

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 03:55 PM PST

MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — An American adventurer said Thursday that he discovered part of an aircraft on a sandbar off the coast of Mozambique and initially thought it was from a small plane, and not from a Malaysia Airlines flight that disappeared two years ago with 239 people aboard. If confirmed that the piece of tail section came from Flight MH370, a small piece of the puzzle will have been found, but it might not be enough to help solve one of aviation's greatest mysteries. In an interview with The Associated Press, Blaine Gibson described how a boat operator took him to a sandbar named Paluma and then called him over after seeing a piece of debris with "NO STEP" written on it.

U.S. proposes lifting protections for Yellowstone-area grizzlies

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 03:50 PM PST

A grizzly bear looks around while she and her two cubs feed on the carcass of a bison in Yellowstone National Park in WyomingThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed on Thursday stripping Endangered Species Act protections from the grizzly bear in and around Yellowstone National Park, saying the animal's numbers have rebounded sufficiently in recent decades. The estimated tally of grizzlies in the greater Yellowstone region, encompassing parts of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, has grown to a 700 or more today, up from as few as 136 bears in 1975 when they were formally listed as a threatened species throughout the Lower 48 states. Hunters and ranchers, who make up a powerful political constituency in Western states, have strongly advocated de-listing grizzlies, arguing that their increasing numbers pose a threat to humans, livestock and big-game animals such as elk.


France calls for prisoner exchange in Ukraine conflict

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 03:48 PM PST

PARIS (AP) — France's foreign minister is calling for an April 30 deadline for a prisoner exchange in the Ukraine conflict and local elections by mid-year in the Donbas region.

Barcelona breaks Madrid's 34-game unbeaten record

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 03:48 PM PST

Barcelona's Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring his side's third goal against Rayo Vallecano during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Barcelona and Rayo Vallecano at the Vallecas stadium in Madrid, Thursday, March 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)MADRID (AP) — Lionel Messi scored a hat trick as Barcelona defeated nine-man Rayo Vallecano 5-1 to become the first Spanish club to play 35 consecutive matches without a loss, breaking Real Madrid's record of nearly three decades ago.


Guatemalan pleads guilty to drug charges in Virginia

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 03:44 PM PST

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Guatemalan man has pleaded guilty to transporting cocaine on aircraft registered in the United States.

AP interview: Man finds possible Malaysian plane debris

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 03:43 PM PST

MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — An American adventurer said Thursday that he discovered part of an aircraft on a sandbar off the coast of Mozambique and initially thought it was from a small plane, and not from a Malaysia Airlines flight that disappeared two years ago with 239 people aboard.

Venezuela opposition sets strategy to oust President Maduro

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 03:43 PM PST

Pro government supporters protest outside of the National Assembly building in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, March. 1, 2016. Venezuela's Supreme Court is banning congress from investigating the government's rushed appointment last year of 13 high court justices. The ruling came just hours before lawmakers are set to debate the issue and sets up another likely clash between the opposition controlled congress and President Nicolas Maduro's socialist administration. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A lawmaker says Venezuela's opposition coalition has decided on a triple-barreled strategy to oust President Nicolas Maduro before the end of his term.


North Korea leader orders military to be ready to use nuclear weapons at any time

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 03:29 PM PST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a ceremony at the meeting hall of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of KoreaBy Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his country to be ready to use its nuclear weapons at any time and to turn its military posture to "pre-emptive attack" mode in the face of growing threats from its enemies, official media said on Friday. The comments carried by official KCNA news agency marked a further escalation of tension on the Korean peninsula after the U.N. Security Council imposed harsh new sanctions against the isolated state for its nuclear program. Kim made the comments as he supervised the exercise of newly developed multiple rocket launchers, KCNA reported.


For Zunic, just to be playing at Doral is a thrill

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 03:24 PM PST

Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, walks off after finishing the first round of the Cadillac Championship golf tournament, Thursday, March 3, 2016, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)DORAL, Fla. (AP) — Jordan Zunic shot a 3-over 75 Thursday in the first round of the Cadillac Championship, putting the Australian nine shots off the early leaders.


Piercy, Fraser lead, Mickelson on their heels at Doral

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 03:16 PM PST

Scott Piercy watches his shot from the seventh tee during the first round of the Cadillac Championship golf tournament, Thursday, March 3, 2016, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/ Wilfredo Lee)DORAL, Fla. (AP) — Phil Mickelson's scores from Doral over the past two years clearly suggested that the redesigned Blue Monster wasn't completely to his liking.


EU's Mogherini plans Cuba visit as accord nears

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 03:16 PM PST

A woman wearing leggings with the colours of the US flag walks along a street of Havana on February 18, 2015The European Union's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini is set to visit Cuba next week for talks that could finalize an agreement on normalizing relations, Cuba said on Thursday. "Obviously it will be another very important visit, very important in the current situation," Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Abelardo Moreno told reporters in Havana. The European Union suspended relations with Havana in 2003 over a crackdown on journalists and activists, but both sides are now pushing a new accord in the wake of a historic rapprochement between Washington and Havana.


11 people slain on outskirts of San Salvador

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 03:13 PM PST

Members of the National Civil Police stand guard next to a crime scene in Cojutepeque, 30 km east of San Salvador on October 21, 2015Eleven people were found slain in a town on the outskirts of San Salvador, including eight workers at an electric plant, police said on Thursday. Police investigating the massacre at the electric facility outside El Salvador's capital found the bodies of three other people at a nearby sugar plantation, according to authorities. "We can't rule out the possibility that the same criminal gang is responsible for both" local police chief Howard Cotto said.


Rooney all but guaranteed to play for England at Euro 2016

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 03:13 PM PST

PARIS (AP) — According to England coach Roy Hodgson, Wayne Rooney is guaranteed to make the England squad for the European Championship if he recovers in time from his right knee injury.

Vietnam's Communists put to the test as dissidents bid for parliament

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 03:12 PM PST

Nguyen Quang A films an anti-China protest in HanoiBy Martin Petty HANOI (Reuters) - Former IT entrepreneur and banker Nguyen Quang A is running a disciplined campaign to be elected to Vietnam's parliament, declaring his assets, securing voter endorsements and appearing in a slick online video. Quang A is one of its biggest critics and among 19 dissidents trying to run as independents in a May election to the assembly, determined to test the sincerity of promises made by the party to strengthen democracy. "Let's see them turn rhetoric into reality." To pique the Communists further, Quang A is waiting to see if party chief Nguyen Phu Trong will seek re-election to the National Assembly so that he can go head-to-head with him for his seat.


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