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• NATO to send troops to deter Russia, Putin orders snap checks
• U.S. Third Fleet expands East Asia role as tensions rise with China
• Iran's Khamenei threatens to 'set fire' to nuclear deal if West violates
• Brazil's Rousseff open to elections if survives impeachment
• Saudi-led Yemen coalition demands sources for critical U.N. report
• Exclusive: North Korea may be 'significantly' upping nuclear bomb output - report
• 'Highly offensive': GOP lawmakers distance selves from Trump
• Sri Lanka warm-up for English series with Irish clash
• UN says 80,000 have fled fighting in Darfur's Jebel Marra
• Iceland keeps Ronaldo at bay, Hungary beats Austria
• Oil falls on U.S. crude build, Brexit risk
• DoubleLine's Gundlach sees Brexit likely to fail despite lead in polls
• If returned to office, Brazil's Rousseff favors new election
• French killer's Facebook broadcast underscores live video challenges
• Top Asian News 12:16 a.m. GMT
• Philippine government, communist rebels open new peace talks
• Iceland holds Ronaldo's Portugal to shock 1-1 draw
• Origin of 'Stairway to Heaven' questioned at copyright trial
• Islamic cleric leaves Australia before visa cancelled
• Obama slams Trump's 'loose talk' on Muslims
• IS-linked radical in French cop stabbing had 'hit list'
• Post-election Peru tackles forced sterilization trauma
• Argentina ex-official arrested over cash bags at monastery
• Boko Haram kidnaps three women near Chibok town in north Nigeria
• Rivals clash, stocks hit ahead of Brexit vote
• Kerry launches talks with Venezuela but backs disputed referendum
• Chile: judge accuses 3 in 1976 killing of US citizen
• Phil Mickelson makes another detour home before US Open
• More than half online users get news from Facebook, YouTube and Twitter: study
• El Salvador confirms Zika-linked microcephaly case
• Brazil congressional committee vote deals blow to ex-speaker
• More than 8 percent of Iceland's population at Euro 2016
• Forty hurt in Paris clashes between police, protesters
• Obama to meet the Dalai Lama at White House on Wednesday
• Municipal police in Mexico's Veracruz state kill 2 in mix-up
• Brazil supreme court judge denies arrest of PMDB senators
• Humans probably caused Fort McMurray wildfire: Canadian police
• The Latest: Celebrations in Iceland after famous draw
• 'Stairway to Heaven' plagiarism trial underway

NATO to send troops to deter Russia, Putin orders snap checks Posted: 14 Jun 2016 01:30 PM PDT By Robin Emmott and Phil Stewart BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Britain, Germany and the United States advanced plans on Tuesday to spearhead a new NATO force on Russia's border from next year, and Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered snap checks on combat readiness across his armed forces. Weeks before a critical NATO summit in Warsaw, three of NATO's biggest military powers said they would each command a battalion across the eastern flank to help deter any show of force such as that deployed by Moscow in Crimea in 2014. "Britain will lead one of the battalions," British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon said at a meeting of NATO defense ministers, adding London will send up to 700 troops to the Baltics and Poland.

U.S. Third Fleet expands East Asia role as tensions rise with China Posted: 14 Jun 2016 04:17 PM PDT By Idrees Ali and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy's Third Fleet will send more ships to East Asia to operate outside its normal theater alongside the Japan-based Seventh Fleet, a U.S. official said on Tuesday, a move that comes at a time of heightened tensions with China. The Third Fleet's Pacific Surface Action Group, which includes the guided-missile destroyers USS Spruance and USS Momsen, was deployed to East Asia in April. More Third Fleet vessels will be deployed in the region in the future, said a U.S. official who requested anonymity.

Iran's Khamenei threatens to 'set fire' to nuclear deal if West violates Posted: 14 Jun 2016 03:20 PM PDT Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, threatened on Tuesday to "set fire" to the nuclear deal sealed with world powers if U.S. presidential candidates reneged on the agreement. Presumptive Republican candidate Donald Trump said last August it would be hard to "rip up" the deal, but if elected president he would "police that contract so tough they don't have a chance". Iran can expect a shift in relations with the United States to a more aggressive posture under a Republic president, a reversal of the warming trend nurtured by Democratic President Barack Obama.

Brazil's Rousseff open to elections if survives impeachment Posted: 14 Jun 2016 03:41 PM PDT BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff said she is preparing a letter to Brazilians that will offer a new political pact that could include a referendum on calling early elections if she survives an impeachment trial in the Senate. Rousseff told foreign correspondents that she hopes to sway undecided senators, and the letter would be released before the Senate votes in mid-August on whether to convict her of breaking budget laws, a charge she says was trumped up to remove her from office. (Reporting by Anthony Boadle; Editing by Chris Reese)

Saudi-led Yemen coalition demands sources for critical U.N. report Posted: 14 Jun 2016 02:41 PM PDT By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A Saudi Arabia-led military coalition has asked the United Nations to reveal details on the sources of information that led the world body to briefly blacklist it for maiming and killing children in Yemen and invited U.N. experts to come to Riyadh. The demand was included in a letter from Saudi Ambassador Abdallah Al-Mouallimi to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the coalition's behalf dated June 8 and seen by Reuters on Tuesday. The United Nations initially added the coalition to its annual child rights blacklist but removed it shortly afterward pending a review by the coalition and the United Nations in the face of protests from the Saudis and other Muslim nations.

Exclusive: North Korea may be 'significantly' upping nuclear bomb output - report Posted: 14 Jun 2016 10:51 AM PDT By David Brunnstrom and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea may be significantly expanding its nuclear weapons production and could have added six or more weapons to its stockpile in the last 18 months, a U.S. research institute said on Tuesday. The Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) estimated last year that North Korea had 10 to 16 nuclear weapons at the end of 2014. It based that conclusion on an analysis of the country's production of weapons-grade uranium and plutonium recovered from spent nuclear fuel.

'Highly offensive': GOP lawmakers distance selves from Trump Posted: 14 Jun 2016 05:57 PM PDT Dismayed Republicans scrambled for cover Tuesday from Donald Trump's inflammatory response to the Orlando massacre, while President Barack Obama and Democrat Hillary Clinton delivered fiery denunciations ...

Sri Lanka warm-up for English series with Irish clash Posted: 14 Jun 2016 05:44 PM PDT The squad will be encouraged by the improvement shown during the Test series against England but the selectors have made five changes for the one-day games with all-rounder Milinda Siriwardana the most notable omission. Also heading home are Dimuth Karunaratne, Kaushal Silva, Niroshan Dickwella and Dilruwan Perera, along with Rangana Herath who has retired from the 50-over format.

UN says 80,000 have fled fighting in Darfur's Jebel Marra Posted: 14 Jun 2016 05:39 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations said Tuesday it has verified that 80,000 people have fled a conflict that began in January in Darfur's Jebel Marra region, a stronghold of a Sudan Liberation Army faction which is one of the main rebel groups fighting Sudanese security forces.

Iceland keeps Ronaldo at bay, Hungary beats Austria Posted: 14 Jun 2016 05:34 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal was upstaged by a team of Icelanders and Hungary beat Austria on a day of surprises at the European Championship on Tuesday.

Oil falls on U.S. crude build, Brexit risk Posted: 14 Jun 2016 05:29 PM PDT By Devika Krishna Kumar NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices fell about 2 percent in extended trading on Tuesday as data showed a surprise build in U.S. crude inventories last week, adding to the market's nervousness around Britain's vote next week on whether to leave the European Union. Data from the American Petroleum Institute (API) showed U.S. crude inventories rose by 1.2 million barrels in the week to June 10 to 536.7 million, compared with analysts' expectations for a decrease of 2.3 million barrels. Prices ended the session lower for the fourth straight day with Brent down 52 cents at $49.83 a barrel, while U.S. crude closed 39 cents lower at $48.49.

DoubleLine's Gundlach sees Brexit likely to fail despite lead in polls Posted: 14 Jun 2016 05:20 PM PDT "I believe 'Stay' will prevail," said Gundlach, the influential investor known on Wall Street as the "Bond King" who manages $60.3 billion through his DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund, on an investor webcast. Multiple polls this week showed the "Leave" campaign ahead of the "Remain" side, sending global stocks and the pound down over fears that confusion and uncertainty would follow Brexit. Gundlach, whose Los Angeles-based firm DoubleLine Capital oversees $100 billion in all, said polls reflect people's complaints and frustrations rather than the actions they will actually take.

If returned to office, Brazil's Rousseff favors new election Posted: 14 Jun 2016 05:20 PM PDT BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said Tuesday she would favor new elections to help Latin America's largest nation emerge from a political crisis — if she is first returned to office.

French killer's Facebook broadcast underscores live video challenges Posted: 14 Jun 2016 05:59 PM PDT By Yasmeen Abutaleb SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - After Larossi Abballa killed a French police commander and the commander's partner on Tuesday, he took to Facebook Live to encourage viewers in a 12-minute video to follow his example: Kill prison staff, police officials, journalists, lawmakers. The incident underscores the immense challenges companies such as Facebook Inc , Twitter Inc and Google's YouTube face as they push live video streaming to hundreds of millions of people. ...

Top Asian News 12:16 a.m. GMT Posted: 14 Jun 2016 05:16 PM PDT SINGAPORE (AP) — A tragedy half a world away has created an unlikely opening for a repressed community in Singapore. The mass shooting at a gay club in Orlando, Florida, has galvanized LGBT people in Singapore, where a candlelight vigil was held Tuesday to express solidarity with the victims. In the process, they highlighted the predicament of their own largely underground community. Although there is little fear of gun violence in Singapore, "we must remember that violence takes many forms, not only physical," said Lynette Chua, an assistant professor of law at the National University of Singapore. The gay, lesbian and transgender community is "still unprotected by the law from discrimination on the basis of their sexuality or gender identity," she said.

Philippine government, communist rebels open new peace talks Posted: 14 Jun 2016 05:16 PM PDT OSLO, Norway (AP) — The first day of peace talks between Philippine communist rebels and the incoming government of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte has concluded Tuesday on an optimistic note.

Iceland holds Ronaldo's Portugal to shock 1-1 draw Posted: 14 Jun 2016 05:07 PM PDT SAINT-ETIENNE, France (AP) — A goal from Birkir Bjarnason earned Iceland a shock 1-1 draw with Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal on Tuesday at the European Championship, the tiny Scandinavian nation's first ever match at a major tournament.

Origin of 'Stairway to Heaven' questioned at copyright trial Posted: 14 Jun 2016 05:58 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — The opening to Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven," one of rock 'n' roll's best-known ballads, was played for jurors Tuesday in a case brought by the estate of a dead musician that claims it was stolen by the men credited with creating it.

Islamic cleric leaves Australia before visa cancelled Posted: 14 Jun 2016 05:02 PM PDT CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Islamic cleric left Australia late Tuesday after comments he made against homosexuality sparked a government review of his visa, officials said Wednesday.

Obama slams Trump's 'loose talk' on Muslims Posted: 14 Jun 2016 05:00 PM PDT President Barack Obama assailed Donald Trump and the Republican party for "loose talk" and anti-Muslim rhetoric Tuesday, warning that their populist election message was dangerous and un-American. Tearing into "politicians who tweet and appear on cable news shows," an irate Obama said right-wing bombast and "yapping" had whipped up anger but done nothing to prevent terrorism. The killing of 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando -- by a self-described Islamic State sympathizer -- has poured kerosene on already angry election-year debates over guns, terrorism, sex and faith.

IS-linked radical in French cop stabbing had 'hit list' Posted: 14 Jun 2016 04:56 PM PDT A convicted radical who killed a French police couple in an IS-inspired stabbing was carrying a "hit list" of VIPs and urged followers to turn Euro 2016 into a "graveyard", officials said Tuesday. Monday's assault in the Paris suburb of Magnanville was the first deadly strike in France since the coordinated attacks in the capital by an Islamic State cell in November, which killed 130 people. The killings also took place barely 36 hours after the massacre at a gay club in Orlando by an IS-inspired gunman, and French President Francois Hollande spoke by telephone with his US counterpart Barack Obama to discuss the terror threat.

Post-election Peru tackles forced sterilization trauma Posted: 14 Jun 2016 04:43 PM PDT The doctors told Victoria Vigo her third child must be born by Cesarean. Next month, thousands of them hope to learn whether the courts will at last agree to investigate charges against the man they blame: the president at the time, Alberto Fujimori. What she really wants is for Fujimori and his former health ministers to go on trial.

Argentina ex-official arrested over cash bags at monastery Posted: 14 Jun 2016 04:35 PM PDT BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An official in the former government of President Cristina Fernandez was arrested on Tuesday as he allegedly tried to hide millions in dollars and other currencies at an Argentine monastery.

Boko Haram kidnaps three women near Chibok town in north Nigeria Posted: 14 Jun 2016 04:31 PM PDT Boko Haram jihadists killed at least four villagers on Tuesday and kidnapped three women near the northeastern Nigerian town of Chibok where the group snatched more than 200 girls two years ago, residents and survivors said. Boko Haram fighters attacked the Kautuva village at dawn, set houses ablaze and fired on residents, according to villagers and a member of a vigilante group working with the army. "Some of us were lucky to survive and ran to Chibok," said a man who gave his name as Ali Pagu.

Rivals clash, stocks hit ahead of Brexit vote Posted: 14 Jun 2016 04:24 PM PDT Politicians on rival sides of Britain's referendum on membership of the European Union clashed in a debate broadcast online Tuesday, as expectations of an increasingly likely Brexit roiled global markets. In a debate live-streamed on YouTube, politicians campaigning for a so-called Brexit dismissed fears of damage to Britain's economy by arguing EU regulations were holding it back. Alex Salmond, the former Scottish National Party leader who is campaigning to remain, countered that the EU brought social and worker protections and allowed Britain access a trade market of 500 million people.

Kerry launches talks with Venezuela but backs disputed referendum Posted: 14 Jun 2016 04:24 PM PDT By Lesley Wroughton SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced high-level talks to ease tensions with Venezuela's socialist government on Tuesday, just hours after he backed calls for a referendum that could force President Nicolas Maduro from office. Kerry said the talks would start immediately in Caracas and be led by Thomas Shannon, a veteran of U.S. diplomacy in the region. Attempts last year at dialogue between the ideological foes were stalled by Venezuela's deepening crisis.

Chile: judge accuses 3 in 1976 killing of US citizen Posted: 14 Jun 2016 04:19 PM PDT SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A judge in Chile is accusing three former secret police agents with the 1976 killing of U.S. citizen Ronni Moffitt in a car bombing in Washington, D.C. that also killed the country's former ambassador Orlando Letelier.

Phil Mickelson makes another detour home before US Open Posted: 14 Jun 2016 04:10 PM PDT OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — If there's a drawback to flying "Air Phil," it's this: no frequent flyer points.

More than half online users get news from Facebook, YouTube and Twitter: study Posted: 14 Jun 2016 04:09 PM PDT By Magdalena Mis LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Social media has emerged as a leading source of news among online users who increasingly access it on their smartphones, a thinktank said on Wednesday, warning that the embrace of free news was becoming a challenge for publishers of quality news. More than half of online users get their news from Facebook and other social media platforms, refusing to pay for news and using ad-blocking, which hurts publishers' revenue, the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) said. "These things are happening because of us," Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Reuters Institute director of research, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in a phone interview.

El Salvador confirms Zika-linked microcephaly case Posted: 14 Jun 2016 04:08 PM PDT SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Health officials in El Salvador have confirmed the first case of a severe birth defect associated with the Zika virus.

Brazil congressional committee vote deals blow to ex-speaker Posted: 14 Jun 2016 04:04 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — One of Brazil's most powerful men was dealt a major blow on Tuesday, when a legislative ethics committee voted in favor of a motion to strip the former speaker of Congress' lower house of his mandate over allegations he lied when he denied possessing foreign bank accounts.

More than 8 percent of Iceland's population at Euro 2016 Posted: 14 Jun 2016 04:02 PM PDT Nearly 27,000 Icelanders bought tickets to watch their national team play in the European Championship.

Forty hurt in Paris clashes between police, protesters Posted: 14 Jun 2016 03:58 PM PDT Forty people were hurt and dozens arrested Tuesday as violence between riot police and masked troublemakers gripped huge Paris protests over France's labour reforms. Police fired water cannon in the south of the capital to quell rioters as "several hundred" masked protesters lobbed objects at security forces in bloody scenes in the French capital. Police said 29 members of the security forces were among those wounded in Paris, while three cars were burned on the city streets.

Obama to meet the Dalai Lama at White House on Wednesday Posted: 14 Jun 2016 03:46 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will meet the Dalai Lama on Wednesday at the White House, the White House said. The two will meet privately at 10:15 a.m. ET, it said in a statement. China has branded the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader, a dangerous separatist. (Reporting by Eric Walsh)

Municipal police in Mexico's Veracruz state kill 2 in mix-up Posted: 14 Jun 2016 03:38 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in the Mexican state of Veracruz say municipal police allegedly killed two people after confusing their vehicle with one the police were pursuing.

Brazil supreme court judge denies arrest of PMDB senators Posted: 14 Jun 2016 03:35 PM PDT BRASILIA (Reuters) - A judge on Brazil's Supreme Court has denied a prosecutors request to arrest the head of the Senate and two other leaders of the ruling PMDB party for allegedly obstructing justice in a corruption investigation, a court spokesman said on Tuesday. The ruling by Justice Teori Zavascki was good news for interim President Michel Temer, whose one-month-old government has been buffeted by corruption allegations. The ruling covers former Brazilian president José Sarney and Senator Romero Jucá, leader of Temer's PMDB party. (Reporting by Anthony Boadle; Editing by Chris Reese)

Humans probably caused Fort McMurray wildfire: Canadian police Posted: 14 Jun 2016 03:28 PM PDT By Nia Williams CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - The Fort McMurray wildfire in northern Alberta that forced the evacuation of 90,000 residents and shut in more than a million barrels per day of oil output was most likely caused by human activity, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said on Tuesday. The RCMP appealed for public assistance in determining how the fire started and whether a criminal offense was involved. "Wildfire investigators for the province of Alberta have established that the fire was most likely the result of human activity, having ruled out lightning as a probable cause," the RCMP said in a statement.

The Latest: Celebrations in Iceland after famous draw Posted: 14 Jun 2016 03:27 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — The Latest from soccer's European Championship (all times local):

'Stairway to Heaven' plagiarism trial underway Posted: 14 Jun 2016 03:25 PM PDT Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and Robert Plant appeared in court Tuesday to defend "Stairway to Heaven," one of the most iconic songs in rock history, from accusations of plagiarism. The two artists, dressed in black suits, arrived to a throng of reporters at Los Angeles federal court, where a jury of four men and four women was selected ahead of opening arguments in the high-profile case. Spirit's guitarist Randy Wolfe -- who went by the nickname Randy California -- never took legal action and died in 1997, but a lawsuit was filed by his trustee Michael Skidmore, who was present in court Tuesday.

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