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• Warplanes knock out Aleppo hospitals as Russian-backed assault intensifies
• U.S. to send more troops to Iraq ahead of Mosul battle
• Malaysian flight MH17 downed by Russian-made missile: prosecutors
• Shimon Peres, Israel's elder statesman on defense and peacemaking, dies at 93
• Britain must explain Brexit strategy to limit uncertainty: think tank
• Duterte declares upcoming Philippines-U.S. war games 'the last one'
• U.S. weighs tougher response to Russia over Syria crisis: officials
• Prosecutors work on global sex trafficking cases in Hawaii
• Raised-fist protesters Smith, Carlos support Kaepernick
• Friend: Starbucks shooting victim became US citizen in 2004
• Rise in Nigerian sex slavery in Italy fueled by violence and 'juju' magic
• Utah man may have contracted Zika from dying father's tears
• Southgate vows England 'stability' as Allardyce admits 'judgement' error
• US Congress rejects Obama's veto of Saudi 9/11 bill
• US says drone strikes in Yemen killed 4 Al-Qaeda members
• The cost of cheap drugs? Toxic Indian lake is 'superbug hotspot'
• 2 found guilty of fatally shooting Puerto Rico prosecutor
• Top Asian News 11:13 p.m. GMT
• Australian state loses power as strong storm lashes region
• After scolding FIFA on ethics, English soccer stands accused
• Slain Jordanian writer buried amid tight security
• Probe of jetty sought amid services for Marlins' Fernandez
• Teenager killed father before opening fire at South Carolina school
• Gabon president Bongo names new prime minister
• Brazil GP organizers surprised with FIA doubts on 2017 race
• Cronk, Taumalolo share NRL's highest player prize
• After 170 years, remains of US troops return from Mexico
• Kerber, Muguruza confirmed for Brisbane International
• German ministry says mother, baby escape from Syria to Turkey
• US welcomes MH17 inquiry, notes Russian link
• Liverpool reassesses further Anfield expansion after protest
• U.S. slaps sanctions on Congo general, former senior police official
• Man City, Bayern winning streaks end in Champions League
• Cuba rejects Trump's call for negotiations on human rights
• Bulgaria replaces candidate for the United Nations' top job
• On little sleep, Israel's Peres persevered in peace, politics
• Cavani strikes twice to rally PSG to 3-1 win vs Ludogorets
• How the Dow Jones industrial average fared on Wednesday

Warplanes knock out Aleppo hospitals as Russian-backed assault intensifies Posted: 28 Sep 2016 12:41 PM PDT By Ellen Francis and Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) - Russian or Syrian warplanes knocked two hospitals out of service in the besieged rebel sector of Aleppo on Wednesday and ground forces intensified an assault in a battle which the United Nations said had made the city worse than a slaughterhouse. Two patients died in one of the hospitals and other shelling killed six residents queuing for bread under a siege that has trapped 250,000 people with food running out. "The warplane flew over us and directly started dropping its missiles ... at around 4 a.m.," Mohammad Abu Rajab, a radiologist at the M10 hospital, the largest trauma hospital in the city's rebel-held sector, told Reuters.

U.S. to send more troops to Iraq ahead of Mosul battle Posted: 28 Sep 2016 12:28 PM PDT By Stephen Kalin and Yeganeh Torbati BAGHDAD/ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Reuters) - The United States will send around 600 new troops to Iraq to assist local forces in the battle to retake Mosul from Islamic State that is expected later this year, U.S. and Iraqi officials said on Wednesday. The new deployment is the third such boost in U.S. troop levels in Iraq since April, underscoring the difficulties President Barack Obama has had in extracting the U.S. military from the country. "American President Barack Obama was consulted on a request from the Iraqi government for a final increase in the number of trainers and advisers under the umbrella of the international coalition in Iraq," Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said in a statement.

Malaysian flight MH17 downed by Russian-made missile: prosecutors Posted: 28 Sep 2016 09:14 AM PDT By Toby Sterling and Anthony Deutsch NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands (Reuters) - Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a missile fired from a launcher brought into Ukraine from Russia and located in a village held by pro-Russian rebels, international prosecutors said on Wednesday. The findings counter Moscow's suggestion that the passenger plane, en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur in July 2014, was brought down by Ukraine's military rather than the separatists. The conclusions were based on thousands of wiretaps, photographs, witness statements and forensic tests during more than two years of inquiries into an incident which led to a sharp rise in tensions between Russia and the West.

Shimon Peres, Israel's elder statesman on defense and peacemaking, dies at 93 Posted: 28 Sep 2016 01:54 PM PDT By Ori Lewis JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Shimon Peres, one of Israel's last surviving founding fathers who developed its powerful armed forces and nuclear capabilities before seeking peace with the Palestinians and sharing a Nobel prize, died on Wednesday at 93 after suffering a stroke. A convinced campaigner for Middle East peace who remained energetic until the final days of his seven decades in public life, the center-left elder statesman was mourned by world leaders and praised for his tireless engagement. "A light has gone out," said U.S. President Barack Obama who, the White House later confirmed, will attend Peres's funeral on Friday.

Britain must explain Brexit strategy to limit uncertainty: think tank Posted: 28 Sep 2016 04:14 PM PDT Britain needs to begin explaining its Brexit strategy to avoid prolonged uncertainty for businesses and negotiating partners, a London-based think tank said on Thursday, warning that internal squabbling risked undermining the government's position. Since taking office in July with a commitment to lead Britain out of the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May has said little about what kind of deal she wants to strike with European partners on key issues like trade and immigration. "Silence is not a strategy," said Hannah White, a program director at the Institute for Government think tank.

Duterte declares upcoming Philippines-U.S. war games 'the last one' Posted: 28 Sep 2016 03:58 PM PDT By Martin Petty HANOI (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte plunged one of the United States' most important Asian alliances deeper into uncertainty on Wednesday by declaring upcoming U.S.-Philippines military exercises "the last," and ruling out any joint navy patrols. The firebrand Duterte pledged to honor a longstanding security treaty with the United States, but said China opposed joint marine drills in the Philippines starting next week and there would be no more war games with Washington after that. "I am serving notice now to the Americans, this will be the last military exercise," Duterte said during a visit to Vietnam.

U.S. weighs tougher response to Russia over Syria crisis: officials Posted: 28 Sep 2016 04:58 PM PDT By Jonathan Landay, John Walcott and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Obama administration officials have begun considering tougher responses to the Russian-backed Syrian government assault on Aleppo, including military options, as rising tensions with Moscow diminish hopes for diplomatic solutions from the Middle East to Ukraine and cyberspace, U.S. officials said on Wednesday. The new discussions were being held at "staff level," and have yet to produce any recommendations to President Barack Obama, who has resisted ordering military action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the country's multisided civil war. It was the stiffest U.S. warning to the Russians since the Sept. 19 collapse of a truce they jointly brokered.

Prosecutors work on global sex trafficking cases in Hawaii Posted: 28 Sep 2016 04:56 PM PDT HONOLULU (AP) — Prosecutors are calling the scourge of sex trafficking a form of modern-day slavery that touches every state in the nation, and they're working to draw connections between active investigations around the globe at a summit in Waikiki.

Raised-fist protesters Smith, Carlos support Kaepernick Posted: 28 Sep 2016 04:56 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Tommie Smith and John Carlos voiced their support for Colin Kaepernick and other athletes staging national anthem protests, 48 years after they raised their gloved fists on the medals stand in a symbolic protest at the Olympics.

Friend: Starbucks shooting victim became US citizen in 2004 Posted: 28 Sep 2016 04:54 PM PDT LAS VEGAS (AP) — The man killed in a weekend shooting at a Starbucks coffee shop in Las Vegas was a naturalized U.S. citizen from the country of Georgia, where he served in the military and learned not to back away from conflict, a lifelong friend said Wednesday.

Rise in Nigerian sex slavery in Italy fueled by violence and 'juju' magic Posted: 28 Sep 2016 04:46 PM PDT By Tom Esslemont CATANIA, Italy (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Nigerian teenager Beauty arrived in Sicily after crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa last year, she had only hours to phone the man who trafficked her - or risk lethal repercussions for loved ones back home. Before her journey through Niger to Libya, a spiritual priest practicing a form of black magic known in Nigeria as "juju" had forced her to swear an oath of obedience to her trafficker. The threat of a "curse" if she broke her oath and the possibility of violence by her traffickers at home in Benin City, a southern Nigerian hub for human trafficking, were enough to trap her into sex slavery.

Utah man may have contracted Zika from dying father's tears Posted: 28 Sep 2016 04:42 PM PDT SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who mysteriously contracted Zika from his infected father may have got it by touching his dad's tears or sweat with his bare hands, according to new research unveiled Wednesday that found the unusual transmission method was likely caused by his dying father having 100,000 times the normal level of the virus.

Southgate vows England 'stability' as Allardyce admits 'judgement' error Posted: 28 Sep 2016 04:36 PM PDT Gareth Southgate promised to bring some "stability" to the England set-up on Wednesday after Sam Allardyce admitted an "error of judgement" was behind his shock exit as the national side's manager. Allardyce's one-game career as England manager came to a humiliating end after just 67 days on Tuesday following controversial comments made to undercover reporters. Southgate has been promoted to caretaker boss of the senior England side from his post as Under-21 manager.

US Congress rejects Obama's veto of Saudi 9/11 bill Posted: 28 Sep 2016 04:33 PM PDT The US Congress voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to override Barack Obama's veto of a bill allowing 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia, the first such rebuke during his eight-year presidency. The Senate overrode the veto in a 97-1 vote, followed a short time later by the House of Representatives, which knocked it down with a 348-77 vote. The rare act of bipartisanship was a blow to Obama, who lobbied hard against the bill, known as the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA).

US says drone strikes in Yemen killed 4 Al-Qaeda members Posted: 28 Sep 2016 04:24 PM PDT The United States said Wednesday it conducted drone strikes against Al-Qaeda in Yemen last week, killing four members of the terror group. The first attack occurred on September 20 in Marib province and left two Al-Qaeda operatives dead, the military's central command for the Middle East said in a statement. The second attack, on September 22 in central Baida province, killed two Al-Qaeda members, it said.

The cost of cheap drugs? Toxic Indian lake is 'superbug hotspot' Posted: 28 Sep 2016 04:22 PM PDT By Zeba Siddiqui HYDERABAD, India (Reuters) - Centuries ago, Indian princes would bathe in the cool Kazhipally lake in Medak. Now, even the poorest villagers here in India's baking south point to the barren banks and frothy water and say they avoid going anywhere near it. A short drive from the bustling tech hub of Hyderabad, Medak is the heart of India's antibiotics manufacturing business: a district of about 2.5 million that has become one of the world's largest suppliers of cheap drugs to most markets, including the United States.

2 found guilty of fatally shooting Puerto Rico prosecutor Posted: 28 Sep 2016 04:20 PM PDT SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Two men have been found guilty of fatally shooting a Puerto Rico prosecutor as she arrived at her house late one night in January.

Top Asian News 11:13 p.m. GMT Posted: 28 Sep 2016 04:13 PM PDT ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's defense minister on Wednesday said India will "disintegrate" when Kashmir gains independence, in a sign of mounting tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals. Khawaja Muhammad Asif told The Associated Press that Pakistan will continue to extend moral support to the people of the disputed Himalayan region, which is split between Pakistani and Indian control but claimed in its entirety by both. "When the freedom movement in Kashmir succeeds, it will be beginning of the end of India," he said. Asif said the sacrifices of Kashmiri people will not be in vain and that "India will disintegrate and it will not remain united" when Kashmir gains independence.

Australian state loses power as strong storm lashes region Posted: 28 Sep 2016 04:12 PM PDT SYDNEY (AP) — An entire Australian state lost power as a strong storm lashed the region Wednesday, causing traffic chaos, stranding people in elevators and prompting police to warn residents to stay inside.

After scolding FIFA on ethics, English soccer stands accused Posted: 28 Sep 2016 04:05 PM PDT MANCHESTER, England (AP) — When lecturing FIFA on ethics, English soccer leaders look like the moral arbiters of the game.

Slain Jordanian writer buried amid tight security Posted: 28 Sep 2016 03:52 PM PDT Thousands of people attended the funeral of Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar on Wednesday amid tight security, three days after he was shot dead on the steps of an Amman court. Hattar, a 56-year-old Christian, had been on trial for insulting Islam after he shared a cartoon on social media that mocked Islamists.

Probe of jetty sought amid services for Marlins' Fernandez Posted: 28 Sep 2016 03:52 PM PDT MIAMI (AP) — Somber Miami Marlins players and personnel escorted a hearse carrying the body of star pitcher Jose Fernandez from the team's ballpark Wednesday, as the farewell for their beloved teammate marched on.

Teenager killed father before opening fire at South Carolina school Posted: 28 Sep 2016 03:51 PM PDT By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - A 14-year-old boy shot and killed his father then drove to an elementary school in South Carolina and opened fire with a handgun, wounding two children and a teacher on Wednesday, authorities said. Volunteer firefighter Jamie Brock held the suspect down on a playground behind Townville Elementary School in Anderson County until police arrived, giving a teacher time to get students inside the building, authorities said. "He risked his life to mitigate this incident," Anderson County emergency services director Taylor Jones said of Brock.

Gabon president Bongo names new prime minister Posted: 28 Sep 2016 03:51 PM PDT Gabon President Ali Bongo promoted foreign minister Emmanuel Issoze Ngondet to the post of Prime Minister on Wednesday, a day after Bongo was sworn in following a razor-thin election victory whose integrity was questioned by international observers. A statement read on state television said Bongo asked Ngondet to form an open government, in an apparent signal that members of the opposition could be invited to join. Bongo's victory by less than 6,000 votes has drawn unwelcome scrutiny of the president, whose family has ruled the oil-producing state in Central Africa for 49 years.

Brazil GP organizers surprised with FIA doubts on 2017 race Posted: 28 Sep 2016 03:48 PM PDT SAO PAULO (AP) — Organizers of the Brazilian Grand Prix say they are surprised that motor sport's governing body has not confirmed the race at the Interlagos track for the 2017 Formula One calendar.

Cronk, Taumalolo share NRL's highest player prize Posted: 28 Sep 2016 03:45 PM PDT SYDNEY (AP) — Melbourne Storm halfback Cooper Cronk and North Queensland Cowboys backrower Jason Taumalolo shared the Dally M medal after finishing with the same number of votes for the top individual award in Australia's National Rugby League.

After 170 years, remains of US troops return from Mexico Posted: 28 Sep 2016 03:44 PM PDT DOVER, Del. (AP) — Remains thought to be those of U.S. troops who died in the Mexican-American War have been flown to a military mortuary in Delaware in an effort to determine whether they belonged to militia members of a Tennessee regiment known as "The Bloody First."

Kerber, Muguruza confirmed for Brisbane International Posted: 28 Sep 2016 03:38 PM PDT BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Top-ranked Angelique Kerber has confirmed she will start 2017 at the Brisbane International tournament from Jan. 1 as she prepares to defend her Australian Open title.

German ministry says mother, baby escape from Syria to Turkey Posted: 28 Sep 2016 03:33 PM PDT A German woman who was kidnapped in war-torn Syria last year and gave birth while in captivity escaped with her baby to Turkey on Wednesday, the German foreign ministry said. It said the two were now under the care of German consular officials and members of the German federal police in Turkey. "This case shows again the incalculable dangers to which journalists are continually exposed in the Syrian war," said Christian Mihr, the group's director.

US welcomes MH17 inquiry, notes Russian link Posted: 28 Sep 2016 03:28 PM PDT The United States welcomed Wednesday the preliminary results of a criminal inquiry into the downing of flight MH17 over Ukraine, saying it supported Washington's suspicions of Russian involvement. The United States was quick to blame Russian-backed separatists after the Malaysia Airlines jet was shot down in July 2014 with the loss of all 298 people on board, despite angry denials from Moscow. Now, a Dutch-led criminal inquiry -- the flight took off from Amsterdam bound for Kuala Lumpur and most of the dead were from the Netherlands -- has uncovered evidence that supports that case.

Liverpool reassesses further Anfield expansion after protest Posted: 28 Sep 2016 03:28 PM PDT Liverpool owner John Henry says fan protests against ticket prices are causing the club to reassess plans to further redevelop Anfield.

U.S. slaps sanctions on Congo general, former senior police official Posted: 28 Sep 2016 03:25 PM PDT By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States clamped sanctions on a Democratic Republic of Congo general and a former senior police official on Wednesday in an apparent ratcheting up of pressure on President Joseph Kabila to hold an election for his successor in November. The U.S. Treasury Department action came a week after dozens of people died in clashes between Congolese security forces and protesters angered by what opposition groups charge are Kabila's plan to postpone the vote and retain power beyond his two-term limit. Kabila denies the allegation about planning to retain power.

Man City, Bayern winning streaks end in Champions League Posted: 28 Sep 2016 03:25 PM PDT GENEVA (AP) — In a fiercely competitive Champions League round on Wednesday, the 100 percent winning records of Pep Guardiola and Carlo Ancelotti with their new clubs finally came to an end.

Cuba rejects Trump's call for negotiations on human rights Posted: 28 Sep 2016 03:24 PM PDT HAVANA (AP) — A top Cuban diplomat on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump's threat to undo detente with Cuba unless the single-party government meets the Republican presidential candidate's demands.

Bulgaria replaces candidate for the United Nations' top job Posted: 28 Sep 2016 03:19 PM PDT SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov announced Wednesday that the government is nominating its European commissioner, Kristalina Georgieva, as a candidate to be United Nations Secretary-General, replacing its previous candidate, UNESCO chief Irina Bokova.

On little sleep, Israel's Peres persevered in peace, politics Posted: 28 Sep 2016 03:08 PM PDT For many years Shimon Peres, who died on Wednesday at the age of 93, got by on very little sleep. Israel's perpetual prophet of peace, Peres held every top job in the cabinet. In interviews and informal chats we had through the years, Peres never abandoned his enthusiasm for the political battlefield, even when it meant enduring the scorn of countrymen who tagged him a dreamer.

Cavani strikes twice to rally PSG to 3-1 win vs Ludogorets Posted: 28 Sep 2016 03:05 PM PDT SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Edinson Cavani struck twice in the second half to lift Paris Saint-German to a 3-1 victory over Ludogorets Razgrad in the Champions League on Wednesday.

How the Dow Jones industrial average fared on Wednesday Posted: 28 Sep 2016 03:04 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Energy companies powered to big gains Wednesday, leading the broader stock market higher, as the price of crude oil surged on news of a deal among OPEC nations to cut production.

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