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• North Korea test-fires submarine-launched ballistic missile
• Bomb blasts kill one, wound 30 in southern Thailand: police
• Special Report: Massacre reports show U.S. inability to curb Iraq militias
• With Biden visit, U.S. seeks balance with truculent Turkey
• U.S., Russia make 'headway' in Syria talks, but no deal yet -State Dept
• As Kerry visits Nigeria, air force says top Boko Haram fighters killed
• North Korea test fires sub-launched missile
• OAS rights' commission asks protection for Guatemala judge
• Japan PM says North Korea missile launch 'unforgivable', threat to security
• One dead, dozens wounded in Thai deep south car bomb: police
• Double joy as mother of only giant panda twins in U.S. pregnant again
• Experts: Mexico storms led to deaths of millions of monarchs
• Seoul: North Korea fires submarine-launched missile
• Top Asian News 12:02 a.m. GMT
• Factbox: Sarkozy book sets out his presidential comeback platform
• Nicaraguan teacher arrested for helping Congo immigrant
• All aflutter: Extreme weather threatens Mexico's monarchs
• Clayton Campbell strikes out 14, Australia advances in LLWS
• U.S. tracked North Korean submarine-launched missile: defense official
• California moves to extend climate program despite weak auction results
• Montenegro's Luksic drops out of race to be next UN chief
• North Korea submarine-launched missile fell inside Japanese sea zone: Yonhap
• North Korea seeks UN meeting on US-South Korea exercises
• Utah man describes 'nightmare' conditions in Venezuela jail
• Fugitive tech CEO expected to plead guilty in fraud case
• Rio police expand scalping probe of Irish Olympic Council
• Obama defends Louisiana flood response
• Central American countries form anti-gang force
• Haiti launches campaign season
• Liverpool, Everton, Chelsea advance in English League Cup
• Olympics protest runner fails to return to Ethiopia
• Kerry warns against crackdowns as Nigeria claims Boko Haram leader 'wounded'
• FedEx Cup begins, Ryder Cup qualifying ends
• South Korea military says North Korea has test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile
• Alberta raises budget deficit by C$527 million after wildfire
• 9-man Roma misses out on Champions League after Porto loss
• Venezuelan hospitals lack 80% of medicines, supplies
• Liverpool cruise, Chelsea squeeze in League Cup

North Korea test-fires submarine-launched ballistic missile Posted: 23 Aug 2016 04:13 PM PDT By Ju-min Park and Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile off its east coast early on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, the latest in a string of missile launches by the isolated country in defiance of UN Security Council resolutions. The missile was fired at around 5:30 a.m. (4:30 p.m. ET) from near the coastal city of Sinpo, where satellite imagery shows a submarine base to be located, and traveled about 500 kilometers (311 miles), officials at South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Defence Ministry told Reuters. The projectile landed in Japan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ), an area of control designated by countries to help maintain air security, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported.

Bomb blasts kill one, wound 30 in southern Thailand: police Posted: 23 Aug 2016 05:18 PM PDT One Thai person was killed and 30 wounded when two bombs exploded late on Tuesday near a hotel in the southern Thai coastal town of Pattani, police said, less than two weeks after a series of unexplained blasts hit the south. The first blast in a parking lot behind the Southern Hotel caused no casualties, Police Lieutenant Colonel Winyu Tiamraj told Reuters on Wednesday. "The second explosion came from a truck parked at the hotel entrance, opposite a karaoke bar and a massage parlor, resulting in one death and 30 injuries," he said.  The blasts came less than two weeks after a series of explosions hit three of Thailand's most popular tourist resorts and a town in the south of the country, killing four people and wounding dozens.

Special Report: Massacre reports show U.S. inability to curb Iraq militias Posted: 23 Aug 2016 10:22 AM PDT By Ned Parker and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON(Reuters) - Shi'ite militias in Iraq detained, tortured and abused far more Sunni civilians during the American-backed capture of the town of Falluja in June than U.S. officials have publicly acknowledged, Reuters has found. More than 700 Sunni men and boys are still missing more than two months after the Islamic State stronghold fell. The abuses occurred despite U.S. efforts to restrict the militias' role in the operation, including threatening to withdraw American air support, according to U.S. and Iraqi officials.

With Biden visit, U.S. seeks balance with truculent Turkey Posted: 23 Aug 2016 01:22 PM PDT By Jeff Mason and Humeyra Pamuk RIGA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - When U.S. Vice President Joe Biden visited Turkey in January, he struck a difficult balance between showing support for a NATO ally faced with multiple security threats while criticizing its record on free speech and dissent. Now with relations between Washington and Ankara going through one of their testiest periods in recent memory, he may find it even tougher to get those dual messages across when he visits on Wednesday. Biden will be the most senior U.S. official to visit Turkey since the failed July 15 coup, when a group of rogue soldiers tried to overthrow the government and killed at least 240 people.

U.S., Russia make 'headway' in Syria talks, but no deal yet -State Dept Posted: 23 Aug 2016 11:55 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Russia continue to make "headway" in talks on advancing cooperation to ease the Syria conflict, but haven't reached a final deal yet, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday. "We are continuing those discussions. We continue to make headway. We're not quite there yet," State Department spokesman Mark Toner told a news briefing. (Reporting by Arshad Mohammed; Writing by David Alexander; Editing by Susan Heavey)

As Kerry visits Nigeria, air force says top Boko Haram fighters killed Posted: 23 Aug 2016 02:05 PM PDT By Lesley Wroughton SOKOTO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria's air force said it had killed a number of senior Boko Haram fighters and possibly their overall leader, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pledged to consider ways to ramp up military assistance to Nigeria to defeat the militant group. "Their leader, so called 'Abubakar Shekau', is believed to be fatally wounded on his shoulders," the statement by military spokesman Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman added, without going into details on the source of its information. The Obama administration has paid close attention to the fight against the militant group which has declared allegiance to Islamic State and destabilized a whole region by attacking Nigeria's neighbors.

North Korea test fires sub-launched missile Posted: 23 Aug 2016 05:38 PM PDT North Korea conducted an apparently successful submarine-launched missile test on Wednesday, days after threatening a nuclear strike in retaliation at the start of large-scale South Korea-US military exercises. A statement from South Korea's military Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile, launched in the early morning from a submarine in the East Sea (Sea of Japan), flew around 500 kilometres (310 miles) -- a substantial improvement on similar tests in the past. The launch came at a time of escalating cross-border tensions after tens of thousands of South Korean and US troops kicked off their annual "Ulchi Freedom" military exercise on Monday.

OAS rights' commission asks protection for Guatemala judge Posted: 23 Aug 2016 05:36 PM PDT GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The Inter-American Human Rights Commission is calling on Guatemala's government to provide protection for a judge involved in high-profile anti-corruption cases.

Japan PM says North Korea missile launch 'unforgivable', threat to security Posted: 23 Aug 2016 05:32 PM PDT Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday North Korea's latest missile launch was "unforgivable" and posed a grave threat to Japan's security, adding his government had lodged a stern protest against its isolated neighbor. "This poses a grave threat to Japan's security, and is an unforgivable act that damages regional peace and stability markedly," Abe told reporters at the prime minister's residence. North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile off its east coast early on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, the latest in a string of missile launches in defiance of UN Security Council resolutions.

One dead, dozens wounded in Thai deep south car bomb: police Posted: 23 Aug 2016 05:28 PM PDT Bangkok (AFP) - A large car bomb blew up outside a hotel in Thailand's insurgency-plagued southern region late Tuesday, killing one and wounding more than 30 people, some of them critically, police said.

Double joy as mother of only giant panda twins in U.S. pregnant again Posted: 23 Aug 2016 05:17 PM PDT By David Beasley ATLANTA (Reuters) - The mother of the only giant panda twins in the United States may soon deliver a second set of twins, Zoo Atlanta said on Tuesday, capping off an eventful month for lovers of the fluffy black and white bears across the globe. Three years ago, mother bear Lun Lun gave birth to female cubs Mei Lun and Mei Huan, who are still at the Georgia zoo but could be returned this fall to China, which owns them, zoo spokeswoman Rachel Davis said. An ultrasound on Monday confirmed that Lun Lun, who turns 19 years old on Thursday, is once again pregnant with twins, the zoo said.

Experts: Mexico storms led to deaths of millions of monarchs Posted: 23 Aug 2016 05:11 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Storms earlier this year blew down more than a hundred acres of forests where migrating monarch butterflies spend the winter in central Mexico, killing more than 7 percent of the monarchs, experts reported Tuesday.

Seoul: North Korea fires submarine-launched missile Posted: 23 Aug 2016 05:03 PM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Wednesday fired a ballistic missile from a submarine into the sea in an apparent protest against the start of annual South Korea-U.S. military drills, Seoul's military said.

Top Asian News 12:02 a.m. GMT Posted: 23 Aug 2016 05:02 PM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Wednesday fired a ballistic missile from a submarine into the sea in an apparent protest against the start of annual South Korea-U.S. military drills, Seoul's military said. The missile fired from a submarine off the eastern coastal town of Sinpo flew about 500 kilometers (310 miles), the longest flight of a North Korean submarine-launched missile, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. U.S. Strategic Command said it had tracked the North Korean submarine launch of the presumed KN-11 missile over and into the Sea of Japan. North Korea fired two other missiles from submarines earlier this year but they were believed to have exploded in midair after flying several or 30 kilometers (18 miles), according to South Korean defense officials.

Factbox: Sarkozy book sets out his presidential comeback platform Posted: 23 Aug 2016 04:43 PM PDT Nicolas Sarkozy will run for president in 2017, hoping to return as France's head of state after being unseated in 2012 by the now deeply unpopular Francois Hollande. Sarkozy will join more than a dozen contenders vying for the Les Republicains ticket in primaries, where former prime minister Alain Juppe will be his strongest rival. Below are some key points from his policy platform outlined in a new book "Everything for France".

Nicaraguan teacher arrested for helping Congo immigrant Posted: 23 Aug 2016 04:40 PM PDT MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Police in Nicaragua have arrested a schoolteacher for allegedly aiding a migrant from the African nation of Congo to cross the border along with her baby.

All aflutter: Extreme weather threatens Mexico's monarchs Posted: 23 Aug 2016 04:39 PM PDT By Natalie Schachar and Alizeh Kohari MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Heavy storms earlier this year hammered the forests that North America's monarch butterflies migrate to in central Mexico, a study showed on Tuesday, fueling fears the habitat could eventually become untenable. Conservationists said storms and strong winds in March uprooted more than 20,000 trees in Mexico's Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, which lies west of the capital on the border of the states of Mexico and Michoacan. Nearly 54 hectares (135 acres) of the core of the reserve were hit, the most significant impact since storms during the 2009-10 season ravaged more than 100 hectares (250 acres), said Omar Vidal, director-general of the Mexican arm of the World Wildlife Fund.

Clayton Campbell strikes out 14, Australia advances in LLWS Posted: 23 Aug 2016 04:25 PM PDT SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Clayton Campbell pitched a complete game and struck out 14 to help Australia beat Curacao 2-1 on Tuesday in an elimination game of the Little League World Series.

U.S. tracked North Korean submarine-launched missile: defense official Posted: 23 Aug 2016 04:21 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States detected and tracked a North Korean submarine-launched missile which flew about 300 miles (480 km) before splashing into the Sea of Japan, a U.S. defense official said on Tuesday. "This was likely a KN-11 ballistic missile," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. (Reporting by Phil Stewart; Editing by Eric Walsh)

California moves to extend climate program despite weak auction results Posted: 23 Aug 2016 04:20 PM PDT By Rory Carroll SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The California Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill to extend the state's ambitious program to fight climate change beyond 2020, but minutes later it posted disappointing results from an auction of carbon permits that is key to the plan. California's program to cap emissions and trade carbon permits is a crucial component of a broader effort to reduce the state's output of heat-trapping greenhouse gases to 1990 levels by the end of the decade. California Governor Jerry Brown on Tuesday said he was ready to sign the legislation into law, which would require the state to slash its emissions 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030.

Montenegro's Luksic drops out of race to be next UN chief Posted: 23 Aug 2016 04:07 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Montenegro's Foreign Minister Igor Luksic withdrew from the race to be the next U.N. secretary-general on Tuesday, leaving 10 candidates vying to succeed Ban Ki-moon.

North Korea submarine-launched missile fell inside Japanese sea zone: Yonhap Posted: 23 Aug 2016 04:04 PM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - A submarine-launched ballistic missile fired by North Korea on Wednesday flew about 500 km (300 miles), South Korea's military said, and South Korean news agency Yonhap said it fell inside Japan's Air Defence Identification Zone. The missile was fired off the North's east coast into the sea, the South's military said earlier on Wednesday. (Reporting by Jack Kim and Ju-min Park; Editing by James Dalgleish)

North Korea seeks UN meeting on US-South Korea exercises Posted: 23 Aug 2016 04:02 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea on Tuesday warned that joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States are pushing the situation on the Korean Peninsula "to the brink of a war" and asked for an urgent meeting of the U.N. Security Council.

Utah man describes 'nightmare' conditions in Venezuela jail Posted: 23 Aug 2016 03:58 PM PDT BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A Utah man being held in Venezuela on weapons charges described living a "horrible nightmare" of police harassment and recurrent illnesses in his first communication from jail.

Fugitive tech CEO expected to plead guilty in fraud case Posted: 23 Aug 2016 03:47 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — A fugitive former technology company CEO who frustrated federal authorities by living comfortably in exile in southwest Africa for the past 10 years has agreed to return to the United States to face charges he hatched a scheme to pocket millions of dollars by secretly manipulating stock options and is expected to plead guilty, prosecutors revealed on Tuesday.

Rio police expand scalping probe of Irish Olympic Council Posted: 23 Aug 2016 03:46 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The man named to head Ireland's Olympic committee after its president was arrested in a ticket-scalping case during the Rio Games is also suspected of participating in the scheme but left Brazil before he could be questioned, police said Tuesday.

Obama defends Louisiana flood response Posted: 23 Aug 2016 03:35 PM PDT After a much-criticized delay, President Barack Obama visited flood-stricken Louisiana Tuesday, defending his administration's response and urging citizens to pitch in and help ravaged communities. Obama -- decked out in hiking boots and with shirt sleeves rolled up -- touched down in Baton Rouge and toured a hard-hit and debris-strewn parish, promising Louisianans they would get all the help they need. The National Guard has been deployed and the federal government has approved more than $120 million in assistance for temporary rent, home repairs and flood insurance payments.

Central American countries form anti-gang force Posted: 23 Aug 2016 03:27 PM PDT Three Central American presidents announced Wednesday they are forming a joint force to combat gangs and organized crime groups that have made their countries among the most dangerous on Earth. The initiative by El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras will start to be implemented in September, Salvadoran President Salvador Sanchez Ceren told a news conference after a meeting with his counterparts in his capital city. Sanchez Ceren, Guatemala's Jimmy Morales and Honduras's Juan Orlando Hernandez also agreed to keep exchanging intelligence on criminal groups and to speed the arrest and extradition between their countries of wanted suspects.

Haiti launches campaign season Posted: 23 Aug 2016 03:14 PM PDT Port-au-Prince (AFP) - Haiti officially kicked off its campaign season for parliamentary and presidential elections in October after first-round presidential voting results last year were scrapped because of massive electoral fraud and violence. "Many people were skeptical, there were doubts about how the elections would be conducted," said Leopold Berlanger, who heads the provisional electoral council, or CEP. Haiti has been mired in deep political crisis since violence disrupted parliamentary elections in August 2015, prompting the vote to be canceled in nearly a quarter of constituencies.

Liverpool, Everton, Chelsea advance in English League Cup Posted: 23 Aug 2016 03:11 PM PDT Watford and West Bromwich Albion were beaten by third-tier opposition in the English League Cup on Tuesday, while fellow Premier League sides Liverpool and Everton enjoyed big wins in the second round.

Olympics protest runner fails to return to Ethiopia Posted: 23 Aug 2016 03:05 PM PDT Olympic marathon silver medallist Feyisa Lilesa failed to return to Ethiopia Monday night despite assurances he would not be punished for his Rio protest over political repression in his country. An AFP journalist at the airport in Addis Ababa said Lilesa was not onboard the plane that landed on Monday night carrying Ethiopia's Olympics team. Ethiopian sports officials congratulated team members but made no mention of Lilesa's silver medal achievement -- one of only eight medals won by Ethiopia -- and refused to answer any questions about the athlete.

Kerry warns against crackdowns as Nigeria claims Boko Haram leader 'wounded' Posted: 23 Aug 2016 03:03 PM PDT US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday praised Nigeria for its recent gains against Boko Haram Islamists but did not confirm military claims that the group's leader Abubakar Shekau has been wounded. Speaking at a press conference in the ancient northern city of Sokoto, Kerry congratulated Nigeria for reclaiming swathes of territory and releasing thousands of hostages from Boko Haram while warning against the use of excessive force to fight extremists. Nigeria has made "important progress", Kerry said.

FedEx Cup begins, Ryder Cup qualifying ends Posted: 23 Aug 2016 03:01 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Darren Clarke got an extra week to start mulling over his three captain's picks for Europe in the Ryder Cup because the top nine already are set. Matthew Fitzpatrick finished fifth in the Czech Masters and locked up no worse than the final spot.

South Korea military says North Korea has test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile Posted: 23 Aug 2016 02:59 PM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea military says North Korea has test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile.

Alberta raises budget deficit by C$527 million after wildfire Posted: 23 Aug 2016 02:56 PM PDT By Nia Williams CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - The Alberta government raised its 2016-17 budget deficit forecast to C$10.9 billion ($8.44 billion) on Tuesday, largely because of a massive wildfire that ripped through the province's oil sands hub of Fort McMurray in May. In a first-quarter fiscal update, the Canadian province's New Democratic Party government said the net impact of the wildfire would be an estimated C$500 million. Finance Minister Joe Ceci said Alberta's gross domestic product was expected to shrink by 2.7 percent in 2016, a steeper decline than forecast in April.

9-man Roma misses out on Champions League after Porto loss Posted: 23 Aug 2016 02:54 PM PDT MILAN (AP) — Roma failed to reach the Champions League group stage after having two men sent off in a 3-0 defeat at home to Porto in the second leg of their playoff on Tuesday.

Venezuelan hospitals lack 80% of medicines, supplies Posted: 23 Aug 2016 02:47 PM PDT Hospitals in crisis-hit Venezuela are facing shortages of about eight in 10 medications and medical supplies needed to treat patients, according to a study published Tuesday. The 2016 National Hospital Survey found that 76 percent of the medicines and 81 percent of the medical and surgical supplies that doctors need had run out or were hit by severe shortages in the country's public hospitals. The study, which analyzed more than 240 health centers nationwide, was carried out by a non-profit medical organization and academics at Central University of Venezuela.

Liverpool cruise, Chelsea squeeze in League Cup Posted: 23 Aug 2016 02:42 PM PDT London (AFP) - Daniel Sturridge scored twice as Liverpool strolled into the League Cup third round with a 5-0 win at Burton Albion on Tuesday, while Chelsea edged third-tier Bristol Rovers 3-2.

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