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• Different targets, different countries: The challenge of stopping Islamic State
• Saudi king vows to fight religious extremists after bombings
• Bangladesh police say may have shot hostage, missed attack warnings
• Iraq's interior minister resigns after massive Baghdad bomb attack
• U.N. chief slams Israel over settlement plans in wake of Quartet report
• May leads three-horse PM race as Brexit hits pound and property
• Tour de France defending champion Froome expects 5th stage battle
• Turnbull in range of hollow Australian election victory
• UC Berkeley student killed in Bangladesh remembered in vigil
• Gambia sacks 27 government officials accused of corruption
• Iraqi minister tenders resignation after deadly blast
• Pirates' Jung Ho Kang investigated for sexual assault claim
• UK shop prices fell at faster rate ahead of Brexit vote: BRC
• Death toll from Baghdad blast rises to 250 - Iraq's Health Ministry
• US slams Israel's planned new settler homes after attacks
• What went wrong? Bangladesh militant's father seeks answers
• More time needed to reach conclusions on EgyptAir crash, committee says
• Some Malaysians' rejection of vaccines fans fears of disease surge
• El Salvador rights body urges probe of poet's 1975 killing
• Anna Meares to carry Australian flag at Rio opening ceremony
• Pound hits fresh lows as Brexit impact worries surge
• Sierra Leone diplomat kidnapped in Nigeria freed: officials
• Kerry, Saudi minister discuss fight against Islamic State: State Department
• Islamic State tightens grip on captives held as sex slaves
• Biden condemns Islamic State attack in call with Iraqi leader Abadi - White House
• Islamic State tightens grip on women held as sex slaves
• Study: Mexico's junk-food tax cut purchases by 5.1 percent
• Puerto Rico coffee grower ordered to pay $100K in back wages
• India, Australia, WADA sign anti-doping memorandum
• May leads ballot to become British PM as pound plunges
• Asian women's stars ready for Olympic golf challenge
• The top 10 books on Apple's iBooks-US
• The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store
• Brazil looks for ex-Guantanamo detainee possibly in country
• The top 10 movies on the iTunes Store
• Cuba warns of energy problems, cuts some work hours
• Top Asian News 9:52 p.m. GMT
• Philippines ready to talk to China after tribunal ruling
• Venezuela president vows military boost to fight crisis

Different targets, different countries: The challenge of stopping Islamic State Posted: 05 Jul 2016 05:40 PM PDT By Warren Strobel and John Walcott WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deadly attacks in four countries linked to Islamic State show the limitations of U.S.-led efforts to loosen the group's grip in Syria and Iraq, and the challenge of stopping attacks that are not only globally dispersed but very different in their choice of targets, current and former U.S. officials said. "Bombing the heck out of (Islamic State's capital) Raqqa is not going to stop this stuff," said Paul Pillar, a veteran CIA analyst now at Georgetown University. In recent months, Obama administration officials have frequently portrayed the group's deadly strikes worldwide as a direct response to the U.S.-led military coalition's success in ousting it from large tracts of Iraq and Syria.

Saudi king vows to fight religious extremists after bombings Posted: 05 Jul 2016 12:23 PM PDT GENEVA/DUBAI (Reuters) - The king of Saudi Arabia warned his country would strike with an "iron hand" against people who preyed on youth vulnerable to religious extremism, a day after suicide bombers struck three cities in an apparently coordinated campaign of attacks. In a speech marking Eid al-Fitr, the holiday that celebrates the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, King Salman said a major challenge facing Saudi Arabia was preserving hope for youth who faced the risk of radicalization. "We will strike with an iron hand those who target the minds and thoughts... of our dear youth," Salman, 80, said.

Bangladesh police say may have shot hostage, missed attack warnings Posted: 05 Jul 2016 12:41 PM PDT By Aditya Kalra, Ruma Paul and Serajul Quadir DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh police shot dead the pizza chef of a Dhaka restaurant, mistakenly thinking he was one of the militants who killed 20 people, and misread online warnings of an impending assault, police and government officials said on Tuesday. New details from interviews with the officials and the first information report registered at a Dhaka police station painted a picture of security agencies slow to deal with Friday's attack, one of the country's deadliest. "This was the first time in Bangladesh such a thing had taken place.

Iraq's interior minister resigns after massive Baghdad bomb attack Posted: 05 Jul 2016 04:12 PM PDT By Saif Hameed and Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's interior minister resigned on Tuesday and said a deputy would take over his responsibilities, a few days after the deadliest of many car bombings in Baghdad since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. Mohammed Ghabban made the announcement at a news conference in Baghdad, a video of which was posted on his Facebook page. Abadi's office had no immediate comment.

U.N. chief slams Israel over settlement plans in wake of Quartet report Posted: 05 Jul 2016 11:34 AM PDT U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon sharply criticized a decision by Israel to advance plans to build hundreds of units in the West Bank and East Jerusalem just days after world powers called on Israel to stop its settlement policy, his spokesman said on Tuesday. "This raises legitimate questions about Israel's long-term intentions, which are compounded by continuing statements of some Israeli ministers calling for the annexation of the West Bank," Ban's spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement. Ban was "deeply disappointed" that Israel's announcement followed the release of a report on Friday by the "Quartet" sponsoring the stalled Middle East peace process - the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations.

May leads three-horse PM race as Brexit hits pound and property Posted: 05 Jul 2016 01:28 PM PDT By William James and Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) - Interior minister Theresa May opened up a strong lead on Tuesday in what is now a three-horse race to become Britain's next prime minister, but the first stage of voting was overshadowed by post-Brexit carnage for property investors and the pound. In symptoms of market concern about the economic impact of leaving the European Union, sterling hit new 31-year lows and three funds investing in British property said they were suspending trading because too many people were rushing to withdraw their money at once. May won 165 votes in a first ballot of Conservative members of parliament and Andrea Leadsom, a junior energy minister, won 66, increasing the likelihood that Britain will get only its second woman prime minister after Margaret Thatcher.

Tour de France defending champion Froome expects 5th stage battle Posted: 05 Jul 2016 05:30 PM PDT Chris Froome is expecting the overall contenders to do battle on Wednesday's fifth stage. The 31-year-old reigning Tour champion currently sits fifth on the overall standings, just 18sec behind yellow jersey wearer Peter Sagan.

Turnbull in range of hollow Australian election victory Posted: 05 Jul 2016 05:28 PM PDT By Matt Siegel SYDNEY (Reuters) - Embattled Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Wednesday pulled within striking distance of the votes needed to form a narrow majority government in a cliffhanger election that has left the nation in limbo and his leadership in doubt. Electoral officials are counting 1.5 million postal and absentee votes that will be crucial to the result of Saturday's poll, which saw a swing against Turnbull's conservative Coalition government and the rise of populist independents. Turnbull's gamble in calling an early election failed to deliver a clear mandate for his agenda of corporate tax cuts, and raised the prospect of an internal challenge to his stewardship of the center-right Liberal Party.

UC Berkeley student killed in Bangladesh remembered in vigil Posted: 05 Jul 2016 05:03 PM PDT BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — A University of California, Berkeley sophomore who was among the 20 hostages killed over the weekend by militants in Bangladesh is being remembered as a kind and smart young woman.

Gambia sacks 27 government officials accused of corruption Posted: 05 Jul 2016 04:57 PM PDT BANJUL (Reuters) - Authorities in Gambia have sacked 27 government officials including 10 permanent secretaries on suspicion of having fraudulently acquired official cars and other items, state television said on Tuesday. The officials are being investigated by the National Intelligence Agency, a government source said. President Yahya Jammeh has ruled Gambia, a small country almost encircled by Senegal, for two decades since seizing power in a bloodless coup. Gambia is due to hold elections in December, when Jammeh will run for a fifth term. ...

Iraqi minister tenders resignation after deadly blast Posted: 05 Jul 2016 04:39 PM PDT Iraq's interior minister submitted his resignation on Tuesday as authorities sought to contain the fallout from a bombing in Baghdad that killed more than 200 people and triggered widespread anger. The suicide car bombing ripped through Baghdad's Karrada district early on Sunday when it was teeming with shoppers ahead of the holiday marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, sparking infernos in nearby buildings. "I placed my resignation before the prime minister," Mohammed Ghabban told a news conference, though it was unclear if it would be accepted, and he may yet stay in office.

Pirates' Jung Ho Kang investigated for sexual assault claim Posted: 05 Jul 2016 04:25 PM PDT CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police said Tuesday that they are investigating an allegation of sexual assault against Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Jung Ho Kang.

UK shop prices fell at faster rate ahead of Brexit vote: BRC Posted: 05 Jul 2016 04:13 PM PDT British shop prices fell in the run-up to the June 23 vote to leave the European Union as supermarkets cut prices to compete with discount chains, an industry survey showed on Wednesday. Shop prices in early June were 2.0 percent lower than a year earlier, a bigger decline than the 1.8 percent annual drop reported in May and the sharpest fall since February, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said. Food prices were 0.8 percent lower than in June 2015, the steepest decline in more than a year.

Death toll from Baghdad blast rises to 250 - Iraq's Health Ministry Posted: 05 Jul 2016 04:12 PM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The death toll from a massive suicide bombing in Baghdad over the weekend has reached 250, Iraq's Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The attack, claimed by Islamic State militants which the government is battling in the country's north and west, was the deadliest of the many car bombings in Baghdad since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. (Reporting by Ahmed Rasheed, editing by G Crosse)

US slams Israel's planned new settler homes after attacks Posted: 05 Jul 2016 04:10 PM PDT The United States on Tuesday criticized Israel's plans to build 560 new settler homes in the West Bank, warning that they would be part of "systematic" land seizures undermining chances for peace. Israel's green light for the homes came days after a key report from the diplomatic Quartet -- the United States, European Union, United Nations and Russia -- warned that Israel's settlement expansion and confiscation of Palestinian land were eroding the possibility of a two-state peace settlement.

What went wrong? Bangladesh militant's father seeks answers Posted: 05 Jul 2016 04:08 PM PDT By Aditya Kalra and Serajul Quadir DHAKA (Reuters) - On the last Friday of Ramadan, Meer Hayet Kabir was hoping his son Meer Saameh Mubasheer, missing for the past four months, would come home. The 18-year-old did return to the capital Dhaka that night, but not to his father. On Tuesday, still in shock, Kabir was trying to make sense of what happened and what made the quiet, soft-spoken teenager give up a privileged life and loving home in one of Dhaka's upscale neighborhoods to take up arms in the name of radical Islamism.

More time needed to reach conclusions on EgyptAir crash, committee says Posted: 05 Jul 2016 04:07 PM PDT Experts investigating the EgyptAir plane crash in May need more time to analyse and match the information gathered before they can reach "very basic conclusions," the Egyptian-led investigative committee said Tuesday. Experts will compare information downloaded from the flight data recorder and "establish time correlation" with the information gleaned from the cabin voice recorder, the Egyptian Aircraft Accident Investigation Committee said in a statement. The committee had said Saturday that the memory chips of EgyptAir 804's black box voice recorder are intact and investigators should be able to access them.

Some Malaysians' rejection of vaccines fans fears of disease surge Posted: 05 Jul 2016 04:02 PM PDT By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - More children are falling victim to contagious diseases in Muslim-majority Malaysia, worrying health authorities as parents reject immunisation programmes for fear the vaccines used infringe strict religious rules. The deaths of five children in June from diphtheria, a disease that can be prevented by vaccines, provoked an outcry among doctors and spurred calls for an edict by religious authorities to compel Muslim families to immunise children. "Our concern is, if it's left uncontrolled, in the long-term we might see a significant effect on the nation as a whole," Health Minister S. Subramaniam told Reuters in an interview.

El Salvador rights body urges probe of poet's 1975 killing Posted: 05 Jul 2016 03:57 PM PDT SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador's human rights agency said Tuesday that the government has failed to properly investigate the 1975 killing of poet Roque Dalton, who was allegedly slain by leaders of a leftist guerrilla group to which he belonged.

Anna Meares to carry Australian flag at Rio opening ceremony Posted: 05 Jul 2016 03:52 PM PDT MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Two-time Olympic cycling gold medalist Anna Meares will carry the Australian flag at the opening ceremony for the Rio de Janeiro Games on Aug. 5.

Pound hits fresh lows as Brexit impact worries surge Posted: 05 Jul 2016 03:47 PM PDT The British pound hit fresh lows against the dollar and euro Tuesday amid new warnings from the Bank of England over the possible damage to global growth from Britain's vote to leave the European Union. The pound sank over two and a half cents to $1.3028, and against the euro fell to 85.00 pence, up just over one pence.

Sierra Leone diplomat kidnapped in Nigeria freed: officials Posted: 05 Jul 2016 03:44 PM PDT A Sierra Leonean diplomat who was kidnapped in northern Nigeria has been freed, officials of both countries said Tuesday. Alfred Nelson-Williams, Freetown's defence attache and deputy head of the country's mission in Abuja, was abducted last Friday while travelling to the northern city of Kaduna for a military passing-out parade. "The diplomat has been reunited with the Sierra Leonean High Commissioner (ambassador) and his family," Nigeria's federal police spokesman Don Awunah said.

Kerry, Saudi minister discuss fight against Islamic State: State Department Posted: 05 Jul 2016 03:35 PM PDT U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held an impromptu meeting on Tuesday with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir and talked about the need to defeat Islamic State a day after suicide bombers struck three Saudi cities, the U.S. State Department said. Kerry and Jubeir also discussed the need for a political transition in Syria, the situation in Libya, the effort to reach a political resolution in Yemen and recent developments between the Israelis and Palestinians, the department said in a statement.

Islamic State tightens grip on captives held as sex slaves Posted: 05 Jul 2016 03:24 PM PDT KHANKE, Iraq (AP) — The advertisement on the Telegram app is as chilling as it is incongruous: A girl for sale is "Virgin. Beautiful. 12 years old.... Her price has reached $12,500 and she will be sold soon."

Biden condemns Islamic State attack in call with Iraqi leader Abadi - White House Posted: 05 Jul 2016 03:22 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden talked by phone on Tuesday with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi about Islamic State's car bombing in Karrada, Baghdad, the White House said. "The vice president strongly condemned the ISIL attack as an act of cowardice and desperation targeting innocent civilians," the White House said in a statement, using an acronym for Islamic State. (Reporting by Ayesha Rascoe; Editing by Chris Reese)

Islamic State tightens grip on women held as sex slaves Posted: 05 Jul 2016 03:22 PM PDT KHANKE, Iraq (AP) — The posting in Arabic is chilling. A girl for sale: "Virgin. Beautiful. 12 years old.... Her price has reached $12,500 and she will be sold soon."

Study: Mexico's junk-food tax cut purchases by 5.1 percent Posted: 05 Jul 2016 03:21 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's 8 percent tax on high-calorie snacks has been successful in reducing junk food purchases, but only by a small amount and only among poor and middle-class households, a study said Tuesday.

Puerto Rico coffee grower ordered to pay $100K in back wages Posted: 05 Jul 2016 03:19 PM PDT SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. Department of Labor says a coffee producer in Puerto Rico has been ordered to pay more than $100,000 in back wages owed to workers who were allegedly underpaid.

India, Australia, WADA sign anti-doping memorandum Posted: 05 Jul 2016 03:15 PM PDT SYDNEY (AP) — The Australian Anti-Doping Agency, Indian National Anti-Doping Agency and WADA have signed a two-year memorandum of understanding to help improve India's national anti-doping program.

May leads ballot to become British PM as pound plunges Posted: 05 Jul 2016 03:15 PM PDT Britain's Interior Minister Theresa May emerged as the clear frontrunner Tuesday as lawmakers started picking a new prime minister, while shockwaves from the Brexit vote hit the property market and sent the pound plunging. May, who wanted Britain to stay in the EU but now says she will lead it out, scooped up 165 votes from ruling Conservative Party lawmakers. Unfancied pro-Brexit junior energy minister Andrea Leadsom was her nearest rival with 66 votes, followed by eurosceptic justice secretary Michael Gove on 48.

Asian women's stars ready for Olympic golf challenge Posted: 05 Jul 2016 03:14 PM PDT Two of Asia's top women's golfers in position to play at next month's Rio de Janeiro Olympics said Tuesday they are excited about the opportunity and plan to compete despite Zika virus worries. Reigning US Women's Open champion Chun In-Gee of South Korea, who defends her crown starting Thursday, and Thailand's Ariya Jutanugarn cherished the chance to compete for their homelands in women's golf's return to the Olympic sporting lineup after being contested only in 1900. "I can't wait for Olympics because it's going to be my first tournament play to represent Thailand," world number seven Ariya said.

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Brazil looks for ex-Guantanamo detainee possibly in country Posted: 05 Jul 2016 03:10 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian authorities are trying to locate a former Guantanamo Bay detainee who was resettled in Uruguay and may have entered neighboring Brazil.

The top 10 movies on the iTunes Store Posted: 05 Jul 2016 03:09 PM PDT iTunes Movies U.S. charts for week ending July 3, 2016:

Cuba warns of energy problems, cuts some work hours Posted: 05 Jul 2016 02:52 PM PDT HAVANA (AP) — Cubans face tough times in the energy sector in the coming months, official media warned Tuesday amid orders from authorities to implement power-saving measures and some state-run entities reducing hours of operation.

Top Asian News 9:52 p.m. GMT Posted: 05 Jul 2016 02:52 PM PDT NEW DELHI (AP) — When Bangladesh dismissed the Islamic State's claim of responsibility for the deadly hostage crisis that gripped Dhaka's diplomatic zone over the weekend, some questioned if authorities were in denial. The government instead insisted homegrown militants were behind the attack at an upscale Dhaka restaurant left 28 dead, including 20 hostages, two police officers and six of the attackers. It said the claims by transnational jihadist groups were simply opportunistic grabs at global attention. Analysts say Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government has a point. The attack, the worst in a wave of violence waged by radical Islamists in recent years, speaks to a deeper divide within the nation of 160 million — one that has pitted secularists against those yearning for Islamic rule since the country won independence from Pakistan in a bloody war in 1971.

Philippines ready to talk to China after tribunal ruling Posted: 05 Jul 2016 02:51 PM PDT MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines' new president said Tuesday that Manila is ready to talk to China, not go to war, if an arbitration tribunal rules in its favor in a case it brought against Beijing's claims in the South China Sea.

Venezuela president vows military boost to fight crisis Posted: 05 Jul 2016 02:47 PM PDT Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday the country must boost its military might, as he fends off attempts to remove him from office. "Military power has to keep growing," Maduro said at a military parade in Caracas to mark Venezuelan independence day. Venezuela is suffering a deep recession driven by falling prices for its oil exports.

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