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• Suicide bombers hit three Saudi cities, killing at least four officers
• Iraqis want crackdown on 'sleeper cells' after huge Baghdad bomb
• Exit stage right: UKIP leader Farage announces surprise departure
• U.S. ditched plan to give Afghan forces more armored vehicles
• Bangladesh says some restaurant attackers were well off and educated
• Kuczynski's key reforms in Peru could get snagged in Congress
• Amnesty documents 'chilling' abuses by armed groups in Syria
• Multiple suicide blasts hit Saudi Arabia
• Free at Rio Olympics: 9 million forest-friendly condoms
• Isolated and lacking labor rights, Myanmar's housemaids toil in silence
• Oil turns white boats to brown in Rio Olympic sailing venue
• Security ordered tightened as death toll in Baghdad hits 157
• South American airline issues alert on former Gitmo detainee
• Iranian dissidents say Baghdad camp shelled, more than 40 hurt
• Top Asian News 11:45 p.m. GMT
• Some former hostages being questioned over Bangladesh attack
• India 'development bond' helps get girls into school, charity says
• Bombing near 1 of Islam's holiest sites in Saudi kills 4
• Greece, Italy, Serbia, Latvia win in Olympic hoop qualifiers
• Ex-London Mayor Johnson backs Leadsom to be next British prime minister
• Candidate for British PM May wants quick vote on Trident
• Reds agree to minor league deal with Cuban shortstop
• AP source: Mavs getting C Andrew Bogut in deal with Warriors
• UK left with power vacuum as UKIP leader latest to step down
• Pathetic' says Kyrgios after surly Wimbledon exit
• Prosecutors: 3 policemen killed in Mexico were gang lookouts
• Four guards killed by suicide bomb near Prophet's Mosque: Saudi ministry
• Wales jibes fire Bale as Euro semi-final looms
• Police: 17 suspects behind attack on Haiti police station
• Leading Brexit campaigner Farage quits as UKIP leader
• 2 men charged with cocaine trafficking at Boston airport
• Nick Kyrgios bares his soul at Wimbledon: 'Little bit soft'
• Nigerian state-run oil firm chief replaced: govt
• Hosts Italy, Serbia win opener at Olympic qualifying events
• Future of EU nationals in Britain is for Brexit talks: UK PM spokeswoman
• Queen, in Scotland after Brexit vote, says staying calm can be hard

Suicide bombers hit three Saudi cities, killing at least four officers Posted: 04 Jul 2016 03:49 PM PDT By Angus McDowall RIYADH (Reuters) - Suicide bombers struck three cities across Saudi Arabia on Monday, killing at least four security officers in an apparently coordinated campaign of attacks as Saudis prepared to break their fast on the penultimate day of the holy month of Ramadan. The explosions targeting U.S. diplomats, Shi'ite worshippers and a security headquarters at a mosque in the holy city of Medina followed days of mass killings claimed by the Islamic State group in Turkey, Bangladesh and Iraq. The attacks all seem to have been timed to coincide with the approach of Eid al-Fitr, the holiday that celebrates the end of the Islamic holy month.

Iraqis want crackdown on 'sleeper cells' after huge Baghdad bomb Posted: 04 Jul 2016 01:33 PM PDT By Saif Hameed and Maher Chmaytelli BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The death toll from a suicide bombing in a Baghdad shopping district rose above 175 on Monday, fueling calls for security forces to crack down on Islamic State sleeper cells blamed for one of the worst-ever single bombings in Iraq. Numbers rose as bodies were recovered from the rubble in the Karrada area of Baghdad, where a refrigerator truck packed with explosives blew up on Saturday night when people were out celebrating the holy month of Ramadan. Islamic State claimed the bombing, its deadliest in Iraq, saying it was a suicide attack.

Exit stage right: UKIP leader Farage announces surprise departure Posted: 04 Jul 2016 02:51 PM PDT By Kylie MacLellan and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) - The leader of the insurgent right-wing UK Independence Party said on Monday he was stepping down after realizing his ambition to win a vote for Britain to leave the EU, the latest twist in a dramatic reshaping of the nation's politics. The departure of brash former commodities trader Nigel Farage would sideline one of the most outspoken and effective anti-EU campaigners from the debate about how to sever Britain's ties with the other 27 countries in the bloc. The June 23 'Brexit' vote to leave the EU has thrown the two main political parties into disarray, with the ruling Conservatives seeking a replacement for Prime Minister David Cameron and lawmakers from the main opposition Labour Party voting to withdraw confidence in leader Jeremy Corbyn.

U.S. ditched plan to give Afghan forces more armored vehicles Posted: 04 Jul 2016 04:12 PM PDT By Josh Smith KABUL (Reuters) - As Afghan troops were preparing to take on Taliban militants without NATO combat support in 2014, U.S. officials shelved plans to provide them with hundreds of potentially life-saving armored vehicles, documents reviewed by Reuters show. Since 2002, the United States has allocated more than $68 billion to train and equip Afghan security forces, with a view to eventually withdrawing from the country. Masoom Stanekzai, acting defense minister before being approved by parliament recently as intelligence chief, told Reuters the Afghan government was still trying to obtain more armored vehicles from the United States.

Bangladesh says some restaurant attackers were well off and educated Posted: 04 Jul 2016 08:37 AM PDT By Aditya Kalra and Serajul Quadir DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh police sought more information on Monday from friends and family of the men suspected of carrying out a deadly attack on a restaurant in the capital, and some are believed to have attended top schools and colleges at home and abroad. The gunmen stormed the restaurant in Dhaka's diplomatic zone late on Friday and killed 20 people, most of them foreigners from Italy, Japan, India and the United States, in an assault claimed by Islamic State. It was one of the deadliest militant attacks to date in Bangladesh, where Islamic State and al Qaeda have claimed a series of killings of liberals and religious minorities in the last year while the government says they were carried out by local groups.

Kuczynski's key reforms in Peru could get snagged in Congress Posted: 04 Jul 2016 05:19 PM PDT Centrist President-elect Pedro Pablo Kuczynski arguably has one of the best resumes for steering Peru's mining-dependent economy through choppy global headwinds in coming years. A former investment banker and World Bank economist with past stints as a prime minister and mining executive, Kuczynski plans to raise economic growth to 5 percent per year despite the commodities slump that has hit Peru's key mineral exports. Lawmakers-elect with Fujimori's right-wing populist party, Popular Force, which will control 56 percent of seats in the next Congress, say they will likely vote against Kuczynski's plans for lowering sales taxes and giving rebates to big companies that reinvest profits.

Amnesty documents 'chilling' abuses by armed groups in Syria Posted: 04 Jul 2016 05:35 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Some Syrian opposition groups have adopted methods of abuse similar to those employed by the government of President Bashar Assad, Amnesty International said in a report Tuesday, in which it documented a "chilling" wave of torture, abductions and summary killings in insurgent-controlled areas.

Multiple suicide blasts hit Saudi Arabia Posted: 04 Jul 2016 05:13 PM PDT At least four people died in suicide bombings in Saudi Arabia on Monday following attacks elsewhere in the region before the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. There were no immediate claims of responsibility for the three attacks one of which, at the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, left four members of the security forces dead and others wounded. Since late 2014 Saudi Arabia has been hit by bombings and shootings claimed by the Islamic State group but multiple attacks on the same day are unusual.

Free at Rio Olympics: 9 million forest-friendly condoms Posted: 04 Jul 2016 05:10 PM PDT By Ricardo Moraes XAPURI, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazil's government will hand out 9 million condoms for free around Rio de Janeiro during the Olympics in August, a push meant to encourage safe sex and also defend the Amazon rainforest. Rio's local Olympic organizing committee said about 450,000 of the sustainably-produced condoms will be destined for athletes and staff housed in the Olympic Village. The rest will be made widely available to the many visitors who will be arriving in the city in just a few weeks, the Health Ministry said.

Isolated and lacking labor rights, Myanmar's housemaids toil in silence Posted: 04 Jul 2016 05:08 PM PDT By Ei Cherry Aung YANGON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Khin Htar Kyu was in her late teens when she left her village in Wakema Township in Myanmar's southern Ayeyarwady Region with a younger sister to find work in Yangon to help pay the debts of her farming family. On arrival she took the first job she was offered and began work as a live-in housemaid with a family in Sanchaung Township. "Sometimes, I want to take one day off during the week but I can't," Khin Htar Kyu said.

Oil turns white boats to brown in Rio Olympic sailing venue Posted: 04 Jul 2016 05:05 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A new pollution problem has surfaced in Guanabara Bay, the venue for sailing in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

Security ordered tightened as death toll in Baghdad hits 157 Posted: 04 Jul 2016 04:59 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — As the death toll from the weekend truck bombing in Baghdad climbed to 157, Iraq's embattled prime minister ordered new security measures, including abandoning the use of bomb-detection wands that U.S. experts pronounced worthless years ago.

South American airline issues alert on former Gitmo detainee Posted: 04 Jul 2016 04:46 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A South American airline is asking its employees to be on the lookout for a former Guantanamo Bay detainee who was resettled in Uruguay.

Iranian dissidents say Baghdad camp shelled, more than 40 hurt Posted: 04 Jul 2016 04:46 PM PDT A camp for Iranian dissidents near Baghdad's international airport was shelled on Monday, wounding more than 40 residents, the opposition People's Mujahideen Organisation of Iran (PMOI) said. "According to reports from Camp Liberty, as of midnight tonight, more than 40 residents were wounded or injured in the missile attack on the camp," Shahin Gobadi, a Paris-based PMOI spokesman, said in a statement. Another PMOI spokesman, Shahriar Kia, said earlier that the group suspected "Iraqi groups affiliated with the Iranian" government were responsible for the shelling.

Top Asian News 11:45 p.m. GMT Posted: 04 Jul 2016 04:45 PM PDT NEW DELHI (AP) — Some of the hostages rescued from the weekend attack on an upscale restaurant in Bangladesh's capital were questioned Monday by investigators searching for clues about the possible masterminds behind the gruesome attack that left 28 dead, including many foreigners. Authorities were still holding five of the 13 hostages rescued when commandos stormed the restaurant in Dhaka's diplomatic zone Saturday morning, killing six of the attackers and capturing one, according to officials. Bangladesh police chief A.K.M. Shahidul Haque said authorities would be interrogating two men, including a suspected militant, who were detained during Saturday's operation. He would not say whether either had been among those counted as hostages, only that they were being treated in a hospital for unspecified injuries.

Some former hostages being questioned over Bangladesh attack Posted: 04 Jul 2016 04:39 PM PDT NEW DELHI (AP) — Some of the hostages rescued from the weekend attack on an upscale restaurant in Bangladesh's capital were questioned Monday by investigators searching for clues about the possible masterminds behind the gruesome attack that left 28 dead, including many foreigners.

India 'development bond' helps get girls into school, charity says Posted: 04 Jul 2016 04:29 PM PDT By Rina Chandran MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A new funding model for development programs in India which gives private investors a return on their investment has helped get marginalized girls in Rajasthan into the classroom, its backers said. The world's first "development impact bond" provides upfront funding from private investors, who earn a return from donors or governments if targets are achieved. UBS Optimus Foundation, a grant-making foundation of the Swiss bank, made an undisclosed investment to a program by charity Educate Girls in rural Rajasthan for three years.

Bombing near 1 of Islam's holiest sites in Saudi kills 4 Posted: 04 Jul 2016 04:15 PM PDT DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A suicide bombing outside one of Islam's holiest sites killed four Saudi security forces on Monday, and similar attacks outside a Shiite mosque and a U.S. Consulate in two other Saudi cities raised fears of a coordinated assault aimed at destabilizing the Western-allied kingdom.

Greece, Italy, Serbia, Latvia win in Olympic hoop qualifiers Posted: 04 Jul 2016 04:14 PM PDT Giannis Antetokounmpo has Greece off and running in the chase for an Olympic basketball berth.

Ex-London Mayor Johnson backs Leadsom to be next British prime minister Posted: 04 Jul 2016 03:44 PM PDT Former London Mayor and leading Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson on Monday gave his backing to junior minister Andrea Leadsom to be the next leader of the Conservative Party and British prime minister. Leadsom, 53, second-favorite in the race to succeed David Cameron as PM, was also prominent figure in the campaign to leave the European Union, which Britons backed in a June 23 referendum. "Andrea Leadsom offers the zap, the drive, and the determination essential for the next leader of this country," Johnson said in a statement.

Candidate for British PM May wants quick vote on Trident Posted: 04 Jul 2016 03:44 PM PDT Britain must prioritize replacing its Trident nuclear deterrent in the wake of the referendum to leave the European Union with a parliamentary vote this month, interior minister Theresa May will say on Tuesday, The Daily Telegraph reported. May is the favorite to succeed David Cameron in the Conservative party leadership election to become Britain's next Prime Minister. The newspaper said May wants all four of Britain's submarines to be replaced and expects Cameron and Michael Fallon, the defense minister, to use a Nato summit in Poland later this week to tell Britain's allies that the British government is committed to Trident.

Reds agree to minor league deal with Cuban shortstop Posted: 04 Jul 2016 03:42 PM PDT CHICAGO (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds have agreed to a minor league contract with Cuban free agent shortstop Alfredo Rodriguez.

AP source: Mavs getting C Andrew Bogut in deal with Warriors Posted: 04 Jul 2016 03:32 PM PDT DALLAS (AP) — Andrew Bogut is headed to the Dallas Mavericks from Golden State thanks to the Warriors' successful pursuit of Kevin Durant.

UK left with power vacuum as UKIP leader latest to step down Posted: 04 Jul 2016 03:30 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Britain's Conservative prime minister is stepping down. The Labour Party leader is barely clinging to power. And now the head of the U.K. Independence Party, a key architect of the dramatic vote to leave the European Union, has resigned as well.

Pathetic' says Kyrgios after surly Wimbledon exit Posted: 04 Jul 2016 03:24 PM PDT Australian firebrand Nick Kyrgios made a surly exit from Wimbledon on Monday, losing in straight sets to Andy Murray in a performance he lambasted as "pathetic". "Kyrgios went through the motions in the second set," three-time Wimbledon champion John McEnroe told the BBC. In his live television commentary, McEnroe had accused the Australian of not trying.

Prosecutors: 3 policemen killed in Mexico were gang lookouts Posted: 04 Jul 2016 03:11 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in southern Mexico say three traffic cops killed in the city of Acapulco last month were working as lookouts for drug gangs.

Four guards killed by suicide bomb near Prophet's Mosque: Saudi ministry Posted: 04 Jul 2016 03:05 PM PDT Four Saudi security personnel were killed and five others wounded in a suicide bombing Monday outside one of Islam's holiest sites, the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, the interior ministry said. "Security forces suspected a man who was heading towards Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (the Prophet's Mosque) as he passed through a visitors parking lot," the interior ministry said in a statement. "As they tried to stop him, he blew himself up with an explosive belt causing his death, and the death of four security personnel," said the statement, adding that five others were injured.

Wales jibes fire Bale as Euro semi-final looms Posted: 04 Jul 2016 02:53 PM PDT Gareth Bale will have the taunts of team-mates past and present echoing in his memory when he takes to the field for Wales in Wednesday's Euro 2016 semi-final against Portugal. Bale saw five major tournaments come and go over the first 10 years of his career, but with Wales having ended their 58-year wait on the international sidelines, the 26-year-old is making up for lost time. Chris Coleman's side have created a sensation by reaching the last four in France and it has given Bale reason to recall with a smile the jibes to which he was once subjected.

Police: 17 suspects behind attack on Haiti police station Posted: 04 Jul 2016 02:42 PM PDT PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian police say investigators have sent a report to prosecutors identifying 17 suspects in a deadly attack on a police station in May.

Leading Brexit campaigner Farage quits as UKIP leader Posted: 04 Jul 2016 02:40 PM PDT Leading Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage on Monday stepped down as leader of the UK Independence Party, the latest figure to step down as shockwaves from Britain's decision to quit the EU reverberate. "I have decided to stand aside as leader of UKIP," he told a London press conference. The 52-year-old vowed to watch Britain's renegotiation process with the EU "like a hawk" as he continued to serve as an MEP in Brussels.

2 men charged with cocaine trafficking at Boston airport Posted: 04 Jul 2016 02:31 PM PDT BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts State Police say two Pennsylvania men have been arrested on a charge of cocaine trafficking at Logan International Airport.

Nick Kyrgios bares his soul at Wimbledon: 'Little bit soft' Posted: 04 Jul 2016 02:23 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — During something that sounded more like a therapy session than a post-match news conference, Nick Kyrgios bared his soul a bit after losing to Andy Murray at Wimbledon.

Nigerian state-run oil firm chief replaced: govt Posted: 04 Jul 2016 02:21 PM PDT Nigeria's junior oil minister Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu has been replaced as head of the country's state-run oil firm, President Muhammadu Buhari announced on Monday. Buhari said in a statement that Kachikwu would step down as group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) but continue as chairman. The former oil executive was effectively in charge of the day to running of the NNPC and overseeing the key sector, in an arrangement that was viewed by some in the industry as a conflict of interest.

Hosts Italy, Serbia win opener at Olympic qualifying events Posted: 04 Jul 2016 02:19 PM PDT Hosts Italy and Serbia got off to winning starts Monday in the final qualifying tournaments for men's basketball at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Future of EU nationals in Britain is for Brexit talks: UK PM spokeswoman Posted: 04 Jul 2016 02:14 PM PDT The future status of European Union nationals living in Britain will have to be worked out as part of Brexit negotiations and will be for the next prime minister to decide, Prime Minister David Cameron's spokeswoman said on Monday. "Clearly we are then going to enter a process of negotiation with our other EU partners about leaving the European Union and there are a whole range of complex issues including this one which will need to be worked out," the spokeswoman told reporters.

Queen, in Scotland after Brexit vote, says staying calm can be hard Posted: 04 Jul 2016 02:13 PM PDT (This July 2 story corrects to show 62 to 38 percent exact result of EU vote in Scotland not 2 to 1 in paragraph 7) EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth told Scottish lawmakers on Saturday that staying calm in a fast-changing world can be difficult. Speaking as she formally opened the fifth session of Scotland's devolved parliament, she made no mention of last week's vote by Britain to leave the European Union, a result which prompted dismay in Scotland and sparked calls for another independence referendum.

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