| U.S.-Russian Syria peace deal raises rebel doubts as fighting rages Posted: 10 Sep 2016 04:09 PM PDT  By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and David Brunnstrom AMMAN/GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States and Russia reached a breakthrough deal early on Saturday to try to restore peace in Syria, but air strikes hours later on a busy market place that killed and injured dozens added to rebels' doubts that any ceasefire could hold. APPROVAL President Bashar al Assad's government made no comment on the peace deal, but Syrian state media quoted what it called private sources as saying the government had given its approval.
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| South Korea says North's nuclear capability 'speeding up', calls for action Posted: 10 Sep 2016 08:35 AM PDT  By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Saturday that North Korea's nuclear capability is expanding fast, echoing alarm around the world over the isolated state's fifth and biggest nuclear test, carried out in defiance of U.N. sanctions. North Korea conducted the test on Friday and said it had mastered the ability to mount a warhead on a ballistic missile, ratcheting up a threat that rivals and the United Nations have been powerless to contain. The test showed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was unwilling to alter course, and that tougher sanctions and pressure were needed to apply "unbearable pain on the North to leave no choice but to change", South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said.
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| France's Sarkozy outlines measures to get tough on militants- report Posted: 10 Sep 2016 04:22 PM PDT  France needs to get tough on militants by creating special courts and detention facilities to boost security, the country's former President Nicolas Sarkozy said in a interview published in Sunday newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD). The French capital was once again put on high alert last Sunday after a car loaded with gas cylinders was found near Notre Dame cathedral in an incident that could have been an attack on a Paris railway station. Sarkozy's comments come after French President Francois Hollande, a Socialist, took a swipe at his opponents this week, saying their hardline reactions to a wave of militant attacks demonstrated an intent to destroy France's social model.
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| Venezuela opposition says blocked from meeting near summit Posted: 10 Sep 2016 12:27 PM PDT  By Andrew Cawthorne CARACAS (Reuters) - The leader of Venezuela's opposition-led parliament accused President Nicolas Maduro's government on Saturday of blocking legislators from Margarita island for a session alongside this week's Non-Aligned Movement summit. "The government prohibited sea and air carriers from transporting us," National Assembly president Henry Ramos said via Twitter, amid a controversial build-up to the Sept. 13-18 meeting of the 120-nation bloc of mainly developing nations. With Venezuela mired in economic crisis and political protests, the Maduro government hopes to use the event to bolster its international legitimacy, while the opposition wants to embarrass him and advance their campaign to end his rule.
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| Bangladesh factory fire kills 23, injures dozens more Posted: 10 Sep 2016 06:23 AM PDT  By Serajul Quadir DHAKA (Reuters) - A fire at a food and cigarette packaging factory in Bangladesh killed at least 23 people and injured dozens on Saturday, in the country's worst industrial accident since the Rana Plaza building collapse of 2013 in which over 1,100 people died. Emergency officials feared the death toll could climb after a fire broke out in the Tongi industrial zone about 20 km (12 miles) north of the capital, Dhaka. "There were about 100 people inside the building when fire broke out," Mohammad Nayan, a worker who was helping with rescue efforts, told reporters.
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| U.S., Russia clinch Syria deal, aim for truce from Monday Posted: 09 Sep 2016 07:48 PM PDT  By David Brunnstrom and Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States and Russia hailed a breakthrough deal on Saturday to put Syria's peace process back on track, including a nationwide truce effective from sundown on Monday, improved humanitarian aid access and joint military targeting of banned Islamist groups. "Today, Sergei Lavrov and I, on behalf of our presidents and our countries, call on every Syrian stakeholder to support the plan that the United States and Russia have reached, to ... bring this catastrophic conflict to the quickest possible end through a political process," U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told a news conference after marathon talks in the Swiss city.
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| Dembele scores hat-trick as Celtic rout Rangers Posted: 10 Sep 2016 05:30 PM PDT  Celtic striker Moussa Dembele described his Old Firm debut hat-trick as a dream come true as he helped the Hoops hammer rivals Rangers 5-1 at Parkhead on Saturday. The 20-year-old became the first player to score a hat-trick in the fixture since Ally McCoist's treble in the 1984 League Cup final and the first Celtic player to achieve the feat in an Old Firm league match in 50 years.
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| UFC fighter hurt in elevator mishap, bout canceled Posted: 10 Sep 2016 05:28 PM PDT  CLEVELAND (AP) — One of the preliminary bouts on the undercard for UFC 203 was canceled when fighter C.B. Dollaway was injured riding in a hotel elevator.
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| World middleweight champ Golovkin stops Brook in 5th round Posted: 10 Sep 2016 05:26 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Jumping two weight classes to challenge Gennady Golovkin, Kell Brook's ambitious challenge wasn't give much hope.
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| Top Asian News 12:25 a.m. GMT Posted: 10 Sep 2016 05:25 PM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics is urging consumers worldwide to stop using Galaxy Note 7 smartphones immediately and exchange them as soon as possible, as more reports of the phones catching fire emerged even after the company's global recall. The call from the South Korean company, the world's largest smartphone maker, comes after U.S. authorities urged users to switch the Galaxy Note 7 off and not to use or charge it during a flight. Several airlines around the world asked travelers not switch on the jumbo smartphone or put it in checked baggage, with some carriers banning the phone on flights. |
| Spurs boss Pochettino revels in Stoke rout Posted: 10 Sep 2016 05:15 PM PDT  Stoke-on-Trent (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Mauricio Pochettino believes Tottenham have shaken off the hangover of last season's meltdown in the Premier League title race as they prepare to challenge on multiple fronts. "We have a very hard season with the Champions League and everything and it's important we have everyone competing," he said. An emphatic win saw Harry Kane end his goal drought, with the England striker scoring the fourth for Spurs and his first in 10 games for club and country.
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| Golovkin too strong for brave Brook Posted: 10 Sep 2016 04:52 PM PDT  Middleweight king Gennady Golovkin crushed Kell Brook's brave resistance when the challenger's corner threw in towel in the fifth round at London's O2 Arena on Saturday. The 34-year-old's defence of his World Boxing Council (WBC) and International Boxing Federation (IBF) middleweight titles extended his unbeaten record to 36-0, with 33 wins by way of knockout. Golovkin's World Boxing Association (WBA) belt was not on the line on Saturday.
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| Plan reached to resolve Guinea-Bissau crisis Posted: 10 Sep 2016 04:48 PM PDT  The opposing sides in Guinea-Bissau's political crisis have accepted a plan that would see a new "consensus" government formed, West African leaders said Saturday. Guinea-Bissau has been in the throes of a power struggle since August 2015, when President Jose Mario Vaz sacked Domingos Simoes Pereira, the leader of the ruling African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), as prime minister. Vaz named Baciro Dja as his choice to take over the job in June, but a powerful faction of the party have protested the decision ever since.
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| US Open Glance Posted: 10 Sep 2016 04:33 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) —A look at Saturday's play in the $46.3 million U.S. Open tennis championships: |
| Man charged with terrorism after alleged stabbing in Sydney Posted: 10 Sep 2016 04:30 PM PDT SYDNEY (AP) — A 22-year-old man was charged with committing a terrorist act and attempted murder after allegedly stabbing a man in Sydney, police said Sunday. |
| Kerber wins 1st US Open title by beating Pliskova in final Posted: 10 Sep 2016 04:11 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Early in what would become a tight test of a U.S. Open final, Angelique Kerber sprinted forward to somehow reach a drop shot and scoop a down-the-line winner to a corner.
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| Bryson DeChambeau leads Web.com Tour Finals opener Posted: 10 Sep 2016 03:42 PM PDT BEACHWOOD, Ohio (AP) — Bryson DeChambeau shot a 2-under 68 on Saturday to take the third-round lead in the Web.com Tour Finals-opening DAP Championship. |
| Hunger-striking ex-Gitmo inmate leaves Uruguay hospital Posted: 10 Sep 2016 03:36 PM PDT  A former Guantanamo inmate resettled in Uruguay left hospital Saturday after being admitted amid a long hunger strike. Jihad Diyab, a 45-year-old Syrian, had been taken to Hospital de Clinicas in Montevideo, a government intermediary with former inmates from the US military prison told AFP. It was the second time his week that Diyab was hospitalized after launching a hunger strike about three weeks ago to press his demand to be reunited with his family in Turkey.
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| The Latest: Kerber beats Pliskova for 1st US Open title Posted: 10 Sep 2016 03:32 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on U.S. Open (all times local):
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| Thousands march in Mexican cities against gay marriage Posted: 10 Sep 2016 03:19 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Organizers say thousands of people have marched in several Mexican cities in opposition a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage. |
| Colombia's FARC rebels turn over 13 child soldiers Posted: 10 Sep 2016 03:10 PM PDT BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's largest rebel group has handed 13 child soldiers over to an international humanitarian mission as part of a deal to end decades of bloody fighting. |
| Brexit flag battle at Britain's Last Night of the Proms Posted: 10 Sep 2016 02:59 PM PDT  It was a battle of the flags on British classical music's biggest night Saturday as the Union Jacks usually brandished by the audience were joined by EU standards handed out by Brexit opponents. The Last Night of the Proms is the climax of the BBC Proms -- two months of mainly classical music at London's Royal Albert Hall which this year featured stars like Daniel Barenboim and Martha Argerich. Every year, the Last Night features a series of traditional British songs including "Rule, Britannia" -- a paean to the nation vowing "Britons never will be slaves" -- during which audience members wave flags with gusto.
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| Dancing in Chile to protest dictatorship disappearances Posted: 10 Sep 2016 02:57 PM PDT  SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Violeta Zuniga gets around with a cane because of her knee problems, but nothing can keep the 83-year-old from performing Chile's national dance to protest her partner's disappearance during the country's military dictatorship.
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| Australia beats South Africa to end 6-match losing streak Posted: 10 Sep 2016 02:44 PM PDT  BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Australia beat South Africa 23-17 in the Rugby Championship on Saturday and ended its longest losing streak in 11 years.
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| 'The Woman Who Left' wins top prize at Venice Film Festival Posted: 10 Sep 2016 02:43 PM PDT  VENICE, Italy (AP) — The black-and-white revenge tale "The Woman Who Left" by Filipino director Lav Diaz won the Golden Lion prize for best picture Saturday at the Venice Film Festival.
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| Syria regime accepts US-Russia truce as opposition wavers Posted: 10 Sep 2016 02:41 PM PDT  Syria's government on Saturday approved a ceasefire deal brokered by its Russian ally and the US, but the main opposition group was more cautious. The truce deal negotiated by US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is set to enter into force on Monday, the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. Syrian state news agency SANA reported that the "government has approved the agreement, and a cessation of hostilities will begin in Aleppo for humanitarian reasons".
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| Toll from strikes on Syria's Idlib jumps to 58: monitor Posted: 10 Sep 2016 02:40 PM PDT  The death toll in air strikes on the key northwestern Syrian city of Idlib jumped to 58 late Saturday, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the dead included 13 women and 13 children, but it was not immediately clear how many civilians were among the remaining victims. The monitor said dozens more were wounded in the strikes, warning that the death toll could rise even further.
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| 13 dead, 200 injured in Tanzania earthquake: local official Posted: 10 Sep 2016 02:39 PM PDT  At least 13 people were killed and 203 injured in northwest Tanzania when a 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit the country Saturday, local authorities told AFP. "The toll has climbed from 11 people dead to 13 and from 192 injured to 203," said Deodatus Kinawilo, District Commissioner for Bukoba, the town close to the epicentre of the quake. Residents of Bukoba had said earlier that some houses there had caved in, and Augustine Ollomi, the Kagera province police chief in charge of the Bukoba district, had said "rescue operations are ongoing".
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| Woman charged over failed jihadist Paris attack Posted: 10 Sep 2016 02:38 PM PDT  French anti-terror judges charged a woman Saturday over a failed jihadist attack near Paris's Notre Dame cathedral, where a car full of gas canisters was found last weekend. The mother of three, named as 29-year-old Ornella G., is one of several women detained in the past week on suspicion of planning new attacks in France, a country on high alert after a string of jihadist assaults in the past 18 months. According to investigators, her fingerprints were found in the Peugeot car that was abandoned last Sunday a few hundred metres from Notre Dame in an area thronging with tourists.
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| Ex-minister says Brazil gov't wants to derail investigation Posted: 10 Sep 2016 02:30 PM PDT  SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's former solicitor general said he believes President Michel Temer fired him in an effort to derail the investigation into a corruption-kickback scheme at state oil company Petrobras, according to an interview published Saturday.
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| Quintana holds off Froome, set to win Spanish Vuelta Posted: 10 Sep 2016 02:27 PM PDT ALTO DE AITANA , Spain (AP) — Nairo Quintana is poised to win the Spanish Vuelta after protecting his lead over Chris Froome in a grueling penultimate stage in the southern mountains on Saturday. |
| Brazil's ousted AG says government tries to stifle graft probe: magazine Posted: 10 Sep 2016 02:18 PM PDT  Brazil's new government is trying to stifle a corruption investigation targeting politicians and major parties, the former attorney general said in a magazine interview a day after being replaced by President Michel Temer. The former official, Fabio Medina Osorio, told weekly magazine Veja that he was fired because he tried to deepen the so-called "Car Wash" corruption probe. Three ministers of Temer's cabinet have already resigned since he took office in May after being linked to the probe.
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| Paris judge charges woman in female 'terror commando' probe Posted: 10 Sep 2016 02:17 PM PDT  PARIS (AP) — A judge handed preliminary charges on Saturday to a 29-year-old woman whom authorities suspect is part of a female "terrorist commando" in the service of the Islamic State group — one of five suspects in an aborted attack near Notre Dame Cathedral and another possible attack thwarted by police.
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| With eye on West, Belarus votes in slightly freer election Posted: 10 Sep 2016 02:11 PM PDT By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) - Lawmakers loyal to hardline Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko look set to retain power in an election on Sunday, but the easing of restrictions on opposition candidates could help the ex-Soviet nation further improve ties with the West. Relations between Minsk and the West have warmed since recession-hit Belarus held a peaceful presidential election last October. The release of political prisoners and Lukashenko's role in hosting Ukraine-Russia peace talks also eased international criticism of the veteran leader, who the United States once said ran Europe's last dictatorship. |
| Clinton regrets calling 'half' of Trump backers 'deplorable' Posted: 10 Sep 2016 02:10 PM PDT  "Basket of Deplorables" quickly became a trending hashtag on Twitter, with users venting their fury at Clinton. There was even a mock account called "Hillary's Basket," with the handle @TheDeplorables, deriding the former first lady and US senator. With less than two months to go before Election Day, and the race still tight, Clinton walked back her remark on Saturday.
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| Mexicans march against president's proposal allowing same sex marriage Posted: 10 Sep 2016 02:06 PM PDT By Natalie Schachar and Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people across Mexico marched on Saturday to protest against gay marriage, challenging President Enrique Pena Nieto's proposal to recognize same-sex marriage throughout the traditionally conservative country. The marches were called by the National Front for the Family, a coalition of civil society organizations and various religious groups, and were expected to continue throughout the day from Mexico's far north to the Yucatan peninsula. Same sex marriage is permitted in Mexico City, as well as in several states including Coahuila, Quintana Roo, Jalisco, Nayarit, Chihuahua and Sonora. |
| Barcelona stunned by promoted Alaves, Madrid & Atletico win Posted: 10 Sep 2016 01:59 PM PDT  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona coach Luis Enrique likely thought that a match against promoted Alaves would be a good opportunity to give most of his stars the day off.
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| West Ham fans brawl as team implodes with loss to Watford Posted: 10 Sep 2016 01:49 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — West Ham fans brawled in the Olympic Stadium as their team imploded on the pitch, throwing away a two-goal lead to lose 4-2 to Watford in the English Premier League on Saturday.
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| Juventus in Champions League form with Higuain and Pjanic Posted: 10 Sep 2016 01:44 PM PDT  ROME (AP) — Juventus' two prized acquisitions were on full display in a convincing 3-1 win over Sassuolo in Serie A on Saturday.
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