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• U.S. sailors divulged sensitive information while held by Iran: Navy
• Ex-London mayor halts bid to be UK prime minister, upends race
• U.S., Russia discuss Syria cooperation if Assad halts some strikes
• Palestinian kills teen in Israeli settlement, then shot dead
• Istanbul airport bombers were Russian, Uzbek, Kyrgyz: Turkish official
• Hopes for democracy crushed in the Chinese rebel village of Wukan
• Portugal leaves it late again to beat Poland on penalties
• The Latest: Josh Prenot qualifies in 200-meter breaststroke
• Top Asian News 12:09 a.m. GMT
• Legalize brothels, stop punishing sex workers who solicit: UK parliamentary watchdog
• Woman dies, children hurt in Bahrain bomb blast: police
• Petroperu head ousted over oil spills in Amazon: minister
• Cavs extend qualifying offer to guard Matthew Dellavedova
• Djokovic, Federer, Serena on Friday duty at Wimbledon
• Russian sculls team banned from Rio for doping
• Rio Olympics becoming reality; bring cash for souvenirs
• Gennady Golovkin closes in on deal to fight Chris Eubank Jr.
• Hopes for democracy crushed in the Chinese rebel village of Wukan
• Palestinian kills Israeli girl, 13, sleeping in her bedroom
• UK opposition leader Corbyn has slim support of party members: poll
• Brexit vote huge for UK, global markets coping well: Fed's Bullard
• UK must negotiate Brexit before Article 50: Conservative Gove
• UPS CEO: Prompt resolution of British EU exit in interest of trade
• UK says it will do all it can to safeguard Japanese investment post-Brexit
• Hate crime reports surge in Britain after divisive EU referendum, police say
• 100 years on, Prince William pays tribute to lost Somme generation
• Suriname court postpones decision on leader's murder trial
• Canadian teen golf star Henderson grabs LPGA lead
• Nuts to that; Hershey rejects kiss from chocolate competitor
• At Euro 2016, Ronaldo doesn't make same mistake twice
• Boris Johnson pulls out of race to be Britain's Brexit PM
• Migration group approves move to join United Nations system
• UN body creates post on sexual orientation, gender identity
• 4 charged in probe of gambling ring that had $1B in wagers
• Canada to deploy 1,000 soldiers for NATO brigade in Latvia
• Queen marks deadly Somme centenary at Westminster Abbey
• Claude Puel hired by Southampton after 17 years in France
• UN approves deal for Italy, Netherlands to share Council seat
• Brazil impeachment vote to follow Olympics: official

U.S. sailors divulged sensitive information while held by Iran: Navy Posted: 30 Jun 2016 01:03 PM PDT By Yeganeh Torbati and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. sailors who blundered into Iranian waters in January divulged sensitive information to their captors while held at gunpoint by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a U.S. Navy report said on Thursday. It said some of the 10 crew members gave away capabilities of their vessels, one of them disclosing his vessel's potential speed and suggesting it was on a "presence" mission to demonstrate U.S. military power in the Gulf. The incident, which embarrassed the United States, rattled nerves days before implementation of a U.S.-nuclear accord between Iran and world powers negotiated by the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama.

Ex-London mayor halts bid to be UK prime minister, upends race Posted: 30 Jun 2016 03:58 PM PDT By Kylie MacLellan and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) - Former London mayor Boris Johnson abruptly pulled out of the race to become Britain's prime minister that he was once favored to win, upending the contest less than a week after he led a campaign to take the country out of the EU. Johnson's announcement, to audible gasps from a roomful of journalists and supporters on Thursday, was the biggest political surprise since Prime Minister David Cameron quit after losing last week's referendum on British membership of the bloc. It makes interior minister Theresa May, a party stalwart who backed remaining in the European Union, the new favorite to succeed Cameron.

U.S., Russia discuss Syria cooperation if Assad halts some strikes Posted: 30 Jun 2016 02:05 PM PDT By Jonathan Landay and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is considering a plan to coordinate air strikes on Nusra Front and Islamic State militants in Syria if Syria'a government stops bombing moderate rebels, U.S. officials said on Thursday. The U.S. backs the moderate rebels, who are under pressure from Islamic State and government forces, but the plan depends in part on whether Russia is willing to press Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, its ally, to stop bombing them, Many U.S. officials and outside experts doubt Moscow is willing to do that.It also would require moderate opposition forces to disentangle themselves from Nusra and move into identifiable areas where they would be vulnerable to government and Russian air attacks.

Palestinian kills teen in Israeli settlement, then shot dead Posted: 30 Jun 2016 12:32 PM PDT By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A Palestinian fatally stabbed a 13-year-old Israeli girl in her bedroom in a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the military said, as international sponsors of frozen peace talks prepared to issue a report on the impasse. Israeli guards in the settlement of Kiryat Arba shot the attacker dead and one member of the civilian armed response team was wounded, a military spokesman and a settler leader said. The assailant was identified as a 19-year-old male from a nearby Palestinian village.

Istanbul airport bombers were Russian, Uzbek, Kyrgyz: Turkish official Posted: 30 Jun 2016 08:57 AM PDT By Humeyra Pamuk and Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Three suspected Islamic State suicide bombers who killed 44 people in a gun and bomb attack at Istanbul's main airport this week were Russian, Uzbek and Kyrgyz nationals, a Turkish government official said on Thursday. The attack on one of the world's busiest airports, a hub at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, was the deadliest in a series of suicide bombings in Turkey this year.

Hopes for democracy crushed in the Chinese rebel village of Wukan Posted: 30 Jun 2016 05:17 PM PDT By James Pomfret WUKAN, China (Reuters) - Hopes for democracy in the Chinese village of Wukan, where an uprising against corruption five years ago gained global notice and led to direct village-wide elections, have all but evaporated, with protest leaders either in detention, in exile, facing arrest or quitting their posts. Villagers have been marching in protest every day since the middle of June in a fresh flare-up of unrest, but the so-called "Wukan model", with authorities seemingly taking a more tolerant approach towards unrest by kicking out corrupt officials and allowing a free vote, appears to have been a one-off. Wukan is about a four-hour drive northeast of Hong Kong, where a 79-day "umbrella revolution" in late 2014 demanding Beijing allow full democracy, brought chaos to the streets.

Portugal leaves it late again to beat Poland on penalties Posted: 30 Jun 2016 05:24 PM PDT MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Portugal likes to leave it late at this European Championship, whether Cristiano Ronaldo is having a good game or not.

The Latest: Josh Prenot qualifies in 200-meter breaststroke Posted: 30 Jun 2016 05:21 PM PDT The Latest on the Olympics ahead of the Rio Games (all times local to Rio):

Top Asian News 12:09 a.m. GMT Posted: 30 Jun 2016 05:09 PM PDT CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australians go to the polls Saturday with the opposition leader vying to become the country's fifth prime minister in three years. Global market turmoil since the Brexit vote, Australia's success in turning back asylum seeker boats, gay marriage, housing prices, corporate tax rates and union corruption have been major issues in the eight-week campaign. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has urged Australians to vote for continuity and stability by re-electing his conservative coalition which dumped the previous prime minister less than a year ago. Opposition leader Bill Shorten has played a key role in his center-left Labor Party ousting two of its own prime ministers in the space of three years.

Legalize brothels, stop punishing sex workers who solicit: UK parliamentary watchdog Posted: 30 Jun 2016 05:06 PM PDT By Umberto Bacchi LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sex workers in England and Wales should not face criminal charges for soliciting and brothels should be legalized, a British parliamentary group said on Friday, calling for local prostitution laws to be overhauled. "Treating soliciting as a criminal offense is having an adverse effect, and it is wrong that sex workers, who are predominantly women, should be penalized and stigmatized in this way," said the Home Affairs Select Committee chairman Keith Vaz. There are an estimated 72,800 sex workers in Britain, of which more than 40 percent operate in London, and up to 2.3 million clients, equal to 11 percent of British men aged between 16 and 74, the parliamentary committee said.

Woman dies, children hurt in Bahrain bomb blast: police Posted: 30 Jun 2016 04:52 PM PDT A Bahraini woman died and three children sustained minor injuries when their car was hit by a bomb blast on Thursday that police said was carried out by "terrorists" in southern Bahrain. Shrapnel hit the car the woman was in, the police said, and security forces were investigating the scene of the attack in the village of East Eker, south of Bahrain's capital, Manama, according to an Interior Ministry statement. "A terrorist act on Thursday claimed the life of a woman and injured three children who were with her in a car that was hit by shrapnel after a bomb exploded," the director general of Manama's police directorate was quoted as saying by state media.

Petroperu head ousted over oil spills in Amazon: minister Posted: 30 Jun 2016 04:47 PM PDT The head of Petroperu, German Velasquez, was dismissed following the third oil spill in the Amazon this year from the state-owned energy company's four-decades-old pipeline, the government said on Thursday. Energy and Mines Minister Rosa Maria Ortiz said that Petroperu had been transporting crude through the pipeline without authorization as operations had been shut down after two spills earlier this year. Velasquez declined to comment.

Cavs extend qualifying offer to guard Matthew Dellavedova Posted: 30 Jun 2016 04:44 PM PDT CLEVELAND (AP) — The NBA champion Cavaliers have made a qualifying offer to popular backup point guard Matthew Dellavedova, making him a restricted free agent.

Djokovic, Federer, Serena on Friday duty at Wimbledon Posted: 30 Jun 2016 04:43 PM PDT Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer can take a step closer to a Wimbledon semi-final duel when they battle for places in the last-16 Friday. Defending champion and top seed Djokovic, bidding for a third successive Wimbledon title and fourth in total, takes on America's Sam Querrey. Victory will give the Serb a 31st successive Grand Slam win taking him level with Rod Laver on the all-time list, six behind the record set by Don Budge in 1938.

Russian sculls team banned from Rio for doping Posted: 30 Jun 2016 04:28 PM PDT LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — World rowing's ruling body says that the Russian men's quadruple sculls team has been disqualified from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics for a doping violation, and will be replaced at the games by New Zealand.

Rio Olympics becoming reality; bring cash for souvenirs Posted: 30 Jun 2016 04:26 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Rio de Janeiro Olympics are still just over five weeks away. But they become a tangible reality on Friday when one of their so-called "Mega" souvenir shops opens on Copacabana Beach.

Gennady Golovkin closes in on deal to fight Chris Eubank Jr. Posted: 30 Jun 2016 04:25 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gennady Golovkin is closing in on a deal to defend his three middleweight title belts against Britain's Chris Eubank Jr.

Hopes for democracy crushed in the Chinese rebel village of Wukan Posted: 30 Jun 2016 04:19 PM PDT By James Pomfret WUKAN, China (Reuters) - Hopes for democracy in the Chinese village of Wukan, where an uprising against corruption five years ago gained global notice and led to direct village-wide elections, have all but evaporated, with protest leaders either in detention, in exile, facing arrest or quitting their posts. Villagers have been marching in protest every day since the middle of June in a fresh flare-up of unrest, but the so-called "Wukan model", with authorities seemingly taking a more tolerant approach toward unrest by kicking out corrupt officials and allowing a free vote, appears to have been a one-off. Wukan is about a four-hour drive northeast of Hong Kong, where a 79-day "umbrella revolution" in late 2014 demanding Beijing allow full democracy, brought chaos to the streets.

Palestinian kills Israeli girl, 13, sleeping in her bedroom Posted: 30 Jun 2016 04:14 PM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian youth sneaked into a fortified Jewish settlement in the West Bank on Thursday, broke into a home and stabbed to death a 13-year-old Israeli-American girl as she slept in bed before frantic security guards arrived and killed him.

UK opposition leader Corbyn has slim support of party members: poll Posted: 30 Jun 2016 04:00 PM PDT The leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, has the support of half his party's grassroots members, a poll published on Thursday showed, as he faces intense pressure to resign or face a leadership challenge. The YouGov poll for the Times newspaper showed 50 percent of party members would back Corbyn in a leadership contest, and 47 percent said they would not support him. A previous poll showed 64 percent would have voted for him in early May. Corbyn has refused to stand aside despite a revolt among the party's elected lawmakers, who say he did not campaign hard enough for a 'Remain' vote in the country's European union referendum, and who fear he cannot lead them to an election victory.

Brexit vote huge for UK, global markets coping well: Fed's Bullard Posted: 30 Jun 2016 03:58 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's decision to leave the European Union at a referendum last week is a "huge issue" for the country but is not likely to have much impact on the United States, a top U.S. central banker said on Thursday. James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, said in a speech in London that global financial market had held up fairly well to the outcome of the vote and the size of the shock was manageable. (Writing by William Schomberg; editing by David Milliken)

UK must negotiate Brexit before Article 50: Conservative Gove Posted: 30 Jun 2016 03:58 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should negotiate the preliminary terms of its exit from the European Union before triggering the formal Article 50 exit process, said Conservative lawmaker Michael Gove, who earlier on Thursday launched a bid to succeed Prime Minister David Cameron. "I believe that after we've had an opportunity to negotiate and to discuss with our European partners in preliminary terms the decision that the British people have reached then in due course Article 50 needs to be triggered," he told the BBC. (Reporting by William James; Editing by Guy Faulconbridge)

UPS CEO: Prompt resolution of British EU exit in interest of trade Posted: 30 Jun 2016 03:58 PM PDT By Nick Carey ATLANTA (Reuters) - The United Kingdom's vote last week to exit the European Union should have little short-term impact on trade flows, as long as negotiations on the country's split with the trade bloc do not drag on too long, the top executive of UPS said on Thursday. "If the government sorts things out in a way that's considered reasonable in the minds of our shippers, then I believe it will have much less effect," United Parcel Service Inc Chief Executive David Abney told Reuters in an interview at the company's Atlanta headquarters. "But if this thing gets long drawn out and real complicated, that never helps anything." The CEO of the world's largest package delivery company said the referendum result will have no impact on UPS's five-year, $2 billion expansion in the EU, set to end in 2019, including investments in the UK.

UK says it will do all it can to safeguard Japanese investment post-Brexit Posted: 30 Jun 2016 03:58 PM PDT Britain will do everything it can to safeguard Japanese investment into the country in light of last week's vote to leave the European Union, a statement from Prime Minister David Cameron's office said on Thursday. "The Prime Minister said the UK greatly valued the investment of Japanese businesses into the UK, and we would do everything we could to promote and safeguard that investment in the wake of the referendum," a statement from Cameron's office said, following a telephone call between the two leaders.

Hate crime reports surge in Britain after divisive EU referendum, police say Posted: 30 Jun 2016 03:58 PM PDT By William James LONDON (Reuters) - The number of hate crimes reported to British police online, including some assaults, has increased by more than 500 percent in the week after the country voted to leave the European Union, a senior police chief said on Thursday. The number of hate crimes reported to police through its online portal - one of several ways incidents can be reported - was 331 since the vote, compared with a weekly average of 63, said Sara Thornton, chair of the National Police Chiefs' Council. "Migrants are reporting verbal abuse, negative social media commentary including xenophobic language, anti-migrant leafleting and, in very limited numbers, physical assaults." Critics accuse some in the "Leave" campaign of stoking xenophobia and racism, as part of a message that leaving the EU would allow Britain to stop uncontrolled immigration, which many Britons blame for putting pressure on jobs and public services.

100 years on, Prince William pays tribute to lost Somme generation Posted: 30 Jun 2016 03:57 PM PDT Prince William on Thursday paid tribute to a generation lost at the Battle of the Somme, 100 years after the deadliest battle in British history. "We lost the flower of a generation and in the years to come it sometimes seemed that with them a sense of vital optimism had disappeared for ever from British life," William said at a ceremony in northern France. "It was in many ways the saddest day in the long story of our nation," he added, speaking on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the start of the World War I battle in which some 20,000 British soldiers died on the first day alone.

Suriname court postpones decision on leader's murder trial Posted: 30 Jun 2016 03:46 PM PDT PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — Suriname's military court on Thursday postponed a final decision on whether President Desi Bouterse will go back on trial for the killings of political opponents when he was a military dictator in 1982.

Canadian teen golf star Henderson grabs LPGA lead Posted: 30 Jun 2016 03:39 PM PDT Defending champion and world number two Brooke Henderson fired a seven-under par 65 Thursday to seize a two-stroke lead during the first round of the LPGA Portland Classic. The 18-year-old Canadian, who won last year's event by eight strokes to become the third-youngest winner in tour history, made a solid start toward repeating as champion with nine birdies against two bogeys at the 6,476-yard Columbia Edgewater Country Club in Portland, Oregon. With the last groups just onto the course, Henderson led American Demi Runas and Colombia's Mariajo Uribe by two strokes with Japan's Ayako Uehara and American Daniela Iacobelli on 68.

Nuts to that; Hershey rejects kiss from chocolate competitor Posted: 30 Jun 2016 03:38 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Hershey on Thursday rejected a takeover offer from Oreo maker Mondelez that would bring some of the world's best known cookies and chocolates under one company.

At Euro 2016, Ronaldo doesn't make same mistake twice Posted: 30 Jun 2016 03:33 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo didn't make the same mistake twice.

Boris Johnson pulls out of race to be Britain's Brexit PM Posted: 30 Jun 2016 03:17 PM PDT Leading Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson on Thursday ruled himself out of the race to succeed Prime Minister David Cameron in a bombshell announcement just a week after Britain voted to leave the EU. The decision by the former London mayor upended the leadership contest in the ruling Conservative Party and added to the deep uncertainty over how and when Britain will split from the bloc. The maverick Johnson had been tipped as a favourite to succeed Cameron, who resigned after the vote saying he would leave it to his successor to begin formal talks with the EU on Britain's departure -- despite European leaders insisting on a quick divorce.

Migration group approves move to join United Nations system Posted: 30 Jun 2016 03:14 PM PDT GENEVA (AP) — Leaders of the International Organization for Migration say they've unanimously agreed to become part of the U.N. system.

UN body creates post on sexual orientation, gender identity Posted: 30 Jun 2016 03:09 PM PDT GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.'s top human rights body on Thursday decided to appoint an expert to monitor violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, a move applauded by LGBT groups.

4 charged in probe of gambling ring that had $1B in wagers Posted: 30 Jun 2016 03:09 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — An internet bookmaking operation based in Costa Rica took in nearly a billion dollars in illegal wagers on NFL games last season alone, New York City prosecutors said Thursday.

Canada to deploy 1,000 soldiers for NATO brigade in Latvia Posted: 30 Jun 2016 03:07 PM PDT Canada will deploy 1,000 soldiers in Latvia to one of four battalions NATO is assembling in Eastern Europe in response to Russia's annexation of Crimea, Canadian media reported Thursday. Along with the United States, Britain and Germany, Canada "will establish and lead" a high-readiness brigade that will "contribute to NATO's enhanced forward presence in Eastern and Central Europe," the Defense Ministry said in a statement, adding that more details would be provided at a NATO summit in Poland next month. "As a responsible partner in the world, Canada stands side by side with its NATO allies working to deter aggression and assure peace and stability in Europe," Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan said in a statement.

Queen marks deadly Somme centenary at Westminster Abbey Posted: 30 Jun 2016 03:01 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II attended a service at Westminster Abbey on Thursday, the eve of the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, one of the deadliest chapters of World War I.

Claude Puel hired by Southampton after 17 years in France Posted: 30 Jun 2016 03:00 PM PDT SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — Claude Puel ended his 17-year coaching stint in the French league on Thursday by taking over as manager of Southampton, ushering in a new era for the English Premier League club following the departure of Ronald Koeman.

UN approves deal for Italy, Netherlands to share Council seat Posted: 30 Jun 2016 02:58 PM PDT The UN General Assembly on Thursday elected Italy to the Security Council under a deal that will see the Netherlands take over the seat in a year. Under the deal, Italy will take up the seat on January 1 and then make way for the Netherlands to take over in 2018. The arrangement is rare but not unprecedented at the United Nations.

Brazil impeachment vote to follow Olympics: official Posted: 30 Jun 2016 02:54 PM PDT Brasília (AFP) - Legislators will vote on removing Brazil's suspended president Dilma Rousseff from office just days after the Olympic Games end in Rio, the Senate president said Thursday. The vote will take place between August 25-27 after a final debate, Renan Calheiros -- who is overseeing Rousseff's impeachment trial in the upper house -- told journalists in the capital Brasilia. The Senate had originally considered August 16 for the impeachment vote before moving the date to August 22, which was also rejected as too close to the Games, amid fears that political tensions would ruin the atmosphere.

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