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• Islamic State boosts attacks in response to territorial losses: IHS
• Russia says talks to extend Syrian lull in fighting to Aleppo
• Iraqi protesters end Green Zone sit-in for now after issuing demands
• Egyptian police raid press syndicate, arrest two journalists
• Kerry says hopes for progress on Syria ceasefire in Geneva talks
• French far-right veteran Le Pen predicts daughter's failure in elections
• After a half-century wait, US cruise leaves Miami for Cuba
• No regrets for all-change Pellegrini as City eye Madrid
• Ranieri backs Chelsea to bring Leicester title
• Q&A: Puerto Rico's debt crisis explained
• Ireland's Seamus Power wins first Web.com Tour title
• Trump hits out at Clinton and Cruz ahead of Indiana primary
• Jenny Shin wins in Texas for first LPGA Tour title
• Trade unions hold rallies to mark May Day; clashes
• Radwanska, Kerber have 1st-round exits in Madrid
• Brad Keselowski wins crazy crash-fest at Talladega
• Governor: Puerto Rico won't make $420 million debt payment
• Crisis-hit Venezuela sets clocks ahead to save power
• Derailed train in Washington leaks hazardous chemical, disrupts rail service
• Colombia deports man called Peru's most-wanted drug criminal
• Top Asian News 10:20 p.m. GMT
• Egypt police block labor day assembly, workers urge freedoms
• Colombia deports top Peruvian crime lord
• Uniao takes big step to staying up in Portugal
• Villarreal warms up for Liverpool by clinching CL berth
• Juventus celebrates Serie A title with 2-0 win over Carpi
• Almagro rallies to beat Carreno Busta for Estoril Open title
• Local favorite Li Haotong fires 64 to win China Open
• US once again forced to turn to Russia for help on Syria
• 5-year-old boy fatally mauled in Greece by Rottweiler dogs
• US, Russia in bids to halt fighting in Syria's Aleppo
• Suspected Islamic State suicide bomber kills two police in southeast Turkey: sources
• Egypt police arrest two journalists wanted for incitement
• Champions League: Bayern promises 'fireworks' vs Atletico
• Bomb attack in southeast Turkey wounds 10 troops, Kurdish militants suspected
• Protests disband after IS group carries out 2nd Iraq bombing

Islamic State boosts attacks in response to territorial losses: IHS Posted: 01 May 2016 02:05 PM PDT Islamic State attacks have increased this year, particularly in Iraq and Syria as the group responds to substantial territorial losses, a U.S.-based analysis firm IHS said on Sunday. There were 891 attacks during the first quarter of 2016 in neighbors Iraq and Syria, more than in any three-month period since the militants' sweeping advance in mid-2014, IHS said in a new report. "The group is resorting more and more to mass-casualty violence as it comes under heavy pressure from multiple angles," said Matthew Henman, head of IHS Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Center.

Russia says talks to extend Syrian lull in fighting to Aleppo Posted: 01 May 2016 03:05 PM PDT By Lidia Kelly and John Davison MOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Russia said on Sunday talks were taking place to include Aleppo in a temporary lull in fighting declared by the Syrian army in some western parts of the country, a sign of intensified efforts to halt a surge of violence in Syria's former commercial capital. The United States said stopping the bloodshed in Aleppo, which has been at the center of an escalation of violence that has all but destroyed a wider ceasefire deal and broke up peace talks in Geneva, was a top priority. Nearly 10 days of bombardments by both the government side and insurgents in the city of Aleppo has killed more than 250 people, a monitoring group said, confounding hopes of an end to five years of war.

Iraqi protesters end Green Zone sit-in for now after issuing demands Posted: 01 May 2016 09:44 AM PDT By Stephen Kalin and Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Protesters camped out in Baghdad's Green Zone for 24 hours left the heavily fortified government district on Sunday after issuing demands for political reform but they pledged to return by the end of the week to keep up the pressure. Iraq has endured months of wrangling prompted by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's attempt to replace party-affiliated ministers with technocrats as part of an anti-corruption drive. Abadi has warned continued turmoil could hamper the war against Islamic State, which controls large swathes of northern and western Iraq.

Egyptian police raid press syndicate, arrest two journalists Posted: 01 May 2016 03:47 PM PDT Egyptian police on Sunday raided the press syndicate in Cairo and arrested two journalists critical of the government, a syndicate official and reporters said in what an opposition party called an unprecedented crackdown. The interior ministry denied officers had stormed the press labor union building, a traditional spot in downtown Cairo to stage protests, but confirmed some of its members had arrested the journalists inside the syndicate. Security forces have sought to quell dissent since thousands took to the streets on April 15 to protest a decision by President Abdel Fattah Sisi to hand over two islands to Saudi Arabia.

Kerry says hopes for progress on Syria ceasefire in Geneva talks Posted: 01 May 2016 01:52 PM PDT U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday he hoped to make progress in talks in Geneva over the next two days toward renewing a cessation of hostilities agreement throughout Syria and resuming peace talks to end the fighting. "The hope is we can make some progress," Kerry said at the start of a meeting with Jordan's Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh shortly after arriving in Geneva. "These are critical hours, we look for Russia's cooperation, and we obviously look for the regime to listen to Russia and to respond." Kerry's hastily arranged visit to Geneva followed a call by the U.N. envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, to the United States and Russia to salvage a two-month ceasefire in Syria after fierce fighting in the city of Aleppo.

French far-right veteran Le Pen predicts daughter's failure in elections Posted: 01 May 2016 01:50 PM PDT By Ingrid Melander and Gerard Bon PARIS (Reuters) - French far-right veteran Jean-Marie Le Pen on Sunday said his daughter Marine was doomed to lose in presidential elections next year, throwing the spotlight on their family feud at the National Front's May 1st celebrations. Marine Le Pen forced her father, the FN's founder, out of the party last year over comments playing down the Nazi Holocaust. "I say it with gravity and sadness but since there have been no efforts (on her part) for reconciliation, the FN president will lose in the second round and maybe even in the first," Jean-Marie Le Pen told reporters at a Paris ceremony before a statue of Joan of Arc. For the first time, Le Pen father and daughter paid homage separately to the 15th century martyr, who is regularly invoked by the FN as a nationalist symbol, after the 87-year-old gate-crashed a May Day event last year for his daughter, making an unscripted and unwelcome appearance on stage.

After a half-century wait, US cruise leaves Miami for Cuba Posted: 01 May 2016 04:46 PM PDT MIAMI (AP) — After a half-century of waiting, passengers finally set sail on Sunday from Miami on an historic cruise to Cuba.

No regrets for all-change Pellegrini as City eye Madrid Posted: 01 May 2016 04:42 PM PDT Manuel Pellegrini insisted he had no regrets about making eight changes to his Manchester City side ahead of this weekâ s trip to face Real Madrid in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final. The City manager admitted his teamâ s 4-2 defeat against Southampton at St Mary's stadium could affect confidence as the Premier League club prepare for the visit to the Bernabeu Stadium.

Ranieri backs Chelsea to bring Leicester title Posted: 01 May 2016 04:36 PM PDT All eyes will be on Stamford Bridge as the Premier League title race moves to the home of Chelsea on Monday -- except those of Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri. Leicester, who drew 1-1 at Manchester United on Sunday, will complete their historic quest for the title if second-place Tottenham Hotspur cannot end a 26-year wait for a victory at Chelsea. Asked if the Leicester squad would be assembling to watch the game, Ranieri replied: "I don't know.

Q&A: Puerto Rico's debt crisis explained Posted: 01 May 2016 04:36 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Puerto Rico's governor said Sunday that the island's government will not pay most of its $470 million in debt payments that are due by Monday, citing failed last-minute negotiations with its creditors to avoid a third default.

Ireland's Seamus Power wins first Web.com Tour title Posted: 01 May 2016 04:34 PM PDT NEWBURGH, Ind. (AP) — Seamus Power took advantage of the other leaders' late problems to win the United Leasing & Finance Championship on Sunday for his first Web.com Tour title.

Trump hits out at Clinton and Cruz ahead of Indiana primary Posted: 01 May 2016 04:25 PM PDT Donald Trump hit out hard at Hillary Clinton and Ted Cruz Sunday, sounding unapologetic two days before a key primary in Indiana he says will decide the Republican presidential race. A new poll ahead of the winner-take-all vote Tuesday put the Republican frontrunner far in front of Cruz, who is hoping the Midwestern state will act as a Trump firewall. "I have a lot of experience dealing with men who sometimes get off the reservation in the way they behave and how they speak," she said, going on to criticize a talk Trump gave this week, billed as his first major foreign policy speech.

Jenny Shin wins in Texas for first LPGA Tour title Posted: 01 May 2016 04:16 PM PDT IRVING, Texas (AP) — Jenny Shin won the Volunteers of America Texas Shootout on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour victory, pulling away for a two-stroke victory at Las Colinas.

Trade unions hold rallies to mark May Day; clashes Posted: 01 May 2016 03:58 PM PDT Trade unions and other groups are staging rallies around the world to mark International Workers Day. A look at some May Day events:

Radwanska, Kerber have 1st-round exits in Madrid Posted: 01 May 2016 03:57 PM PDT MADRID (AP) — Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska and Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber were upset in the opening round of the Madrid Masters on Sunday.

Brad Keselowski wins crazy crash-fest at Talladega Posted: 01 May 2016 03:50 PM PDT TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Two cars went airborne, 35 were involved in an accident of some kind, and Danica Patrick had the wind knocked out of her in a vicious crash into the wall.

Governor: Puerto Rico won't make $420 million debt payment Posted: 01 May 2016 03:44 PM PDT SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla announced that Puerto Rico's government will not make a $420 million bond payment due Monday, after a failure to negotiate a legal or political solution to the U.S. territory's public debt crisis.

Crisis-hit Venezuela sets clocks ahead to save power Posted: 01 May 2016 03:43 PM PDT With their country gripped by an economic crisis, Venezuelans lost half an hour of sleep Sunday as their clocks were set forward to save power on President Nicolas Maduro's orders. Maduro's government has also instituted four-hour daily blackouts across most of the country, reduced the public-sector workweek to two days and ordered schools closed on Fridays -- adding to the woes of a nation already stuck in a crushing recession. The power cuts sparked riots and looting this week in Venezuela's second-largest city, Maracaibo.

Derailed train in Washington leaks hazardous chemical, disrupts rail service Posted: 01 May 2016 03:42 PM PDT By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A CSX freight train derailed in northeastern Washington on Sunday, spilling hazardous material near a subway station and disrupting commuter rail and long-distance Amtrak passenger trains but causing no injuries, authorities said. Thirteen rail cars were strewn across the tracks at the derailment site in the early morning incident, District of Columbia Fire Department photos showed. A ruptured tank car likely leaked several hundred gallons of sodium hydroxide, a caustic substance used to produce household products including paper and detergent, before the leak was plugged, Deputy Fire Chief John Donnelly told a news conference.

Colombia deports man called Peru's most-wanted drug criminal Posted: 01 May 2016 03:26 PM PDT BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian police on Sunday announced the capture of an alleged dangerous drug lord described as Peru's most-wanted criminal.

Top Asian News 10:20 p.m. GMT Posted: 01 May 2016 03:20 PM PDT TOKYO (AP) — North Korea is preparing to hold a once-in-a-generation congress of its ruling party that is intended to rally the nation behind leader Kim Jong Un and could provide an important glimpse into Kim's plans for the country's economy and military. The congress, set to begin on Friday, is the first in 36 years and follows a 70-day "loyalty drive" in which everyone from coal miners to restaurant workers were called upon to put in extra hours to increase productivity as a show of their devotion to Kim and the Workers' Party of Korea, which he leads. The congress comes as North Korea is facing international pressure over a nuclear test in January and a series of rocket and missile launches that have led many outside experts to believe Pyongyang is much closer to having a viable nuclear deterrent than previously thought.

Egypt police block labor day assembly, workers urge freedoms Posted: 01 May 2016 03:02 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian police prevented hundreds of workers from holding a meeting in Cairo to commemorate International Workers' Day on Sunday, while independent trade union leaders urged the government to allow them freedom of assembly.

Colombia deports top Peruvian crime lord Posted: 01 May 2016 03:00 PM PDT Colombia deported top Peruvian crime lord Gerson Galvez on Sunday, a day after arresting the man described as the new version of Mexico's Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. Galvez, also known as Caracol (Snail), was arrested in a restaurant in the western city of Medellin, Colombia's defense ministry said late Saturday.

Uniao takes big step to staying up in Portugal Posted: 01 May 2016 02:55 PM PDT LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Unaio de Madeira took a big step toward remaining in the Portuguese top flight by beating Academica 3-1 on Sunday.

Villarreal warms up for Liverpool by clinching CL berth Posted: 01 May 2016 02:37 PM PDT BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Villarreal warmed up for its decisive Europa League semifinal at Liverpool by clinching a berth in Europe's top competition on Sunday.

Juventus celebrates Serie A title with 2-0 win over Carpi Posted: 01 May 2016 02:06 PM PDT MILAN (AP) — Juventus celebrated another Serie A title with a 2-0 victory over Carpi in a party atmosphere in Turin on Sunday.

Almagro rallies to beat Carreno Busta for Estoril Open title Posted: 01 May 2016 01:55 PM PDT ESTORIL, Portugal (AP) — Nicolas Almagro recovered from a set down to beat fellow Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta 6-7 (6), 7-6 (5), 6-3 and win the Estoril Open final on Sunday.

Local favorite Li Haotong fires 64 to win China Open Posted: 01 May 2016 01:54 PM PDT BEIJING (AP) — China's Li Haotong shot a bogey-free 8-under 64 on Sunday to win the China Open for his first European Tour title.

US once again forced to turn to Russia for help on Syria Posted: 01 May 2016 01:51 PM PDT GENEVA (AP) — Scrambling to resuscitate a nearly dead truce in Syria, the Obama administration has again been forced to turn to Russia for help, with little hope for the desired U.S. outcome.

5-year-old boy fatally mauled in Greece by Rottweiler dogs Posted: 01 May 2016 01:44 PM PDT THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek police say a 5-year-old boy has died after being mauled by two Rottweiler dogs.

US, Russia in bids to halt fighting in Syria's Aleppo Posted: 01 May 2016 01:35 PM PDT US Secretary of State John Kerry began a diplomatic push in Geneva on Sunday as world powers desperately sought ways to halt the mounting carnage in the Syrian city of Aleppo. More than a week of fighting has killed hundreds of civilians and left a UN-backed peace process -- jointly sponsored by Washington and Moscow -- hanging by a thread. Kerry jetted in to Geneva for talks with Arab ministers and UN peace envoy Staffan de Mistura, but US officials admitted privately that much depends on Russia's stance.

Suspected Islamic State suicide bomber kills two police in southeast Turkey: sources Posted: 01 May 2016 01:27 PM PDT By Seyhmus Cakan GAZIANTEP, Turkey (Reuters) - Two police officers were killed and 22 people wounded in a suicide car bomb attack in the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep, the governor and police sources said, in one of three attacks on the security forces on Sunday. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but security sources said police raided the home of a suspected Islamic State militant believed to have carried out the attack and detained his father for DNA tests and questioning. Turkey has suffered attacks recently both by Kurdish militants and members of Islamic State, raising concern at home and among NATO allies about the increasing spillover of conflict from neighbouring Syria.

Egypt police arrest two journalists wanted for incitement Posted: 01 May 2016 01:17 PM PDT Egyptian police stormed the headquarters of the journalists' association in central Cairo Sunday and arrested two journalists for incitement to protest, judicial sources and the head of the union said. "This is the first time that police have stormed the headquarters of the association," its head Yahiya Kallash told AFP, adding that journalists Amr Badr and Mahmud el-Sakka were arrested. A judicial source said the pair had been wanted by the prosecution service for alleged incitement to protest in violation of the law.

Champions League: Bayern promises 'fireworks' vs Atletico Posted: 01 May 2016 01:13 PM PDT BERLIN (AP) — Thomas Mueller has promised "fireworks" as Bayern Munich seeks to overturn a 1-0 defeat to Atletico Madrid and reach the Champions League final, where Real Madrid or Manchester City await.

Bomb attack in southeast Turkey wounds 10 troops, Kurdish militants suspected Posted: 01 May 2016 01:01 PM PDT DIYARBAKIR (Reuters) - Ten gendarmes were wounded in bomb attack by suspected Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants on Sunday in Turkey's largely Kurdish southeastern town of Dicle, security sources said. Ambulances rushed to the scene, about 65 km (40 miles) north of Diyarbakir, the region's biggest city. (Reporting by Seyhmus Cakan, Writing by Humeyra Pamuk, Editing by Angus MacSwan)

Protests disband after IS group carries out 2nd Iraq bombing Posted: 01 May 2016 12:53 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Anti-government protesters disbanded at least temporarily Sunday from the heavily fortified Green Zone they had stormed a day earlier after the Islamic State group carried out its second major attack in Iraq in as many days — a pair of car bombs that killed more than 30 people.

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