2016年7月4日星期一

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Suicide bombers hit three Saudi cities, killing at least four officers

Posted: 04 Jul 2016 03:49 PM PDT

Still frame taken from video shows security personnel in front of a mosque as police stage a second controlled explosion, after a suicide bomber was killed and two other people wounded in a blast near the U.S. consulate in JeddahBy 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

Iraqi men react at the site after a suicide car bomb attack at the shopping area of Karrada, a largely Shi'ite district, in BaghdadBy 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

Nigel Farage, the leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party, speaks at a news conference in central LondonBy 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

Afghan army troops in a Mobile Strike Force Vehicle return from a mission in KunduzBy 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

A relative cries after attending the funeral prayer of the victims who were killed in the attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery and the O'Kitchen Restaurant, in DhakaBy 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

Peru's President-elect Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and second Vice-President Mercedes Araoz attend a ceremony to receive his presidential credentials from the National Elections Board in LimaCentrist 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

FILE -- This file photo posted on the Twitter page of Syria's al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front on April 1, 2016, shows fighters from al-Qaida's branch in Syria, the Nusra Front, marching toward the northern village of al-Ais in Aleppo province, Syria. London-based Amnesty International said in a report released Tuesday, July 5, 2016, that some opposition groups in Syria have adopted methods of abuse similar to those employed by the government, after documenting a 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

Saudi security personel gather at the site of the suicide attack near the security headquarters of the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, on July 4, 2016At 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

2016 Rio Olympics: Forests, faith and Olympic condomsBy 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

Finnish sailor Camilla Cedercreutz, dries out after training in Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, July 4, 2016. A new pollution problem has surfaced in Guanabara Bay, the venue for sailing in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Sailors complained Monday about an oil slick that turned white boats brown with crews in town practicing for the Olympics, which open in a month. Cedercreutz says "we've never seen anything like this. It was all over the place. There was no way you could avoid it.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

People light candles at the scene of a massive car bomb attack in Karada, a busy shopping district where people were shopping for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr holiday, in the center of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, July 3, 2016. More than 100 people died Sunday in a car bombing that Islamic State said it carried out, an official of the Iraqi Interior Ministry said. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)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

FILE - In this June 5, 2015 file photo, Abu Wa'el Dhiab, from Syria, right, and Adel bin Muhammad El Ouerghi, of Tunisia, both freed Guantanamo Bay detainees, stand next to the window of their shared home in Montevideo, Uruguay. A Brazilian airline is asking its employees to be on the lookout for Abu Wa'el Dhiab, who was resettled in Uruguay and is supposed to have traveled to Brazil, Avianca Airlines spokesman Danilo Alves said on Monday, July 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico, File)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

Foreign diplomats embrace each other as they attend a ceremony to offer tribute to the victims of the attack on Holey Artisan Bakery, at a stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, July 4, 2016. The assault on the restaurant in Dhaka's diplomatic zone by militants who took dozens of people hostage marks an escalation in militant violence in the Muslim-majority nation. (AP Photo)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

In this photo provided by Noor Punasiya, people stand by an explosion site in Medina, Saudi Arabia, Monday, July 4, 2016. State-linked Saudi news websites reported an explosion Monday near one of Islam's holiest sites in the city of Medina, as two suicide bombers struck in different cities. (Courtesy of Noor Punasiya via AP)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

FILE- In this Jan. 9, 2016, file, photo, Golden State Warriors center Andrew Bogut, of Australia, looks to pass as Sacramento Kings forward Quincy Acy, background, defends during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Sacramento, Calif. A person with knowledge of the deal says the Dallas Mavericks have agreed to acquire center Bogut from Golden State, which is clearing salary cap room after winning the Kevin Durant sweepstakes. Other details of the trade are still being worked out, the person told The Associated Press on Monday, July 4, on condition of anonymity because the deal hasn't been finalized and can't be official until league business resumes Thursday. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)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

Nigel Farage, the leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party, leaves after a news conference in central LondonLONDON (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

Australia's Nick Kyrgios celebrates a point against Britain's Andy Murray during their men's singles fourth round match on the eighth day of the 2016 Wimbledon Championships on July 4, 2016Australian 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

Saudi security personel gather at the site of the suicide attack near the security headquarters of the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, on July 4, 2016Four 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

Wales' forward Gareth Bale gives a press conference in Dinard, on July 4, 2016, two days ahead of the team's Euro 2016 semi-final football match against PortugalGareth 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

Leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), Nigel Farage, delivers a speech in London on July 4, 2016, announcing that he was stepping down as leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP)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

Nick Kyrgios of Australia plays a shot through his legs to Andy Murray of Britain during their men's singles match on day eight of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Monday, July 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)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

Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, pictured on June 2, 2016, will step down as group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation but continue as chairmanNigeria'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

NBA player Tony Parker of San Antonio Spurs and playing for France talks to the media on the eve of the FIBA Olympics Qualifying matches Monday, July 4, 2016 in suburban Pasay city south of Manila, Philippines. France is to play against the Philippines in Tuesday's opening match. Group A is composed of Turkey, Canada and Senegal while Group B composes France, Philippines and New Zealand.(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)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

Britain's Queen Elizabeth meets First Minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon as she attends the opening of the fifth session of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh(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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