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• Iran's Guards using Trump victory to claw back power
• Tsunami hits Japan after strong quake, nuclear plant briefly disrupted
• Iraq Shi'ite paramilitaries close to cutting Mosul supply route
• U.N. says nearly 1 million Syrians besieged; U.S. names, shames commanders
• Ukraine detains two Russian soldiers near Crimean border
• After Trump and Brexit, French voting hard to call
• Top Asian News 1:22 a.m. GMT
• Smith scores 24 as NC State beats Saint Joseph's
• Tsunami warning issued after quake off Fukushima in Japan
• Struggling Australian PM wins much-needed victory with labor bill
• Strong quake strikes off New Zealand; no reports of damage
• Japan PM says TPP would be "meaningless" without the US
• The Latest: Japan lifts tsunami warning for northeast coast
• Smith, Wilfork to play when Raiders face Texans
• Talks on Cyprus unification break up without agreement
• Japan lifts tsunami warning after magnitude 7.4 earthquake off Fukushima coast
• British teens drink a 'bathtub' of sugary drinks a year
• Strong 6.9 quake hits Japan, triggering Fukushima tsunami
• Rebel leaders arrive in Bogota to sign new peace deal
• Earthquake of magnitude 6.3 hits New Zealand's North Island: USGS
• Crucial Cyprus peace talks at Swiss resort 'inconclusive'
• British mother whose son died for Islamic State aims to convert suffering to support
• Haiti tabulating votes as factions claim victory, fraud
• Lucky Dragon casino-hotel opens just off Las Vegas Strip
• Prince Harry plays some cricket, volleyball on Antigua visit
• Cyprus' government spokesman says crucial talks at Swiss resort to reunify ethnically split island "inconclusive"
• Gay rights supporters win UN victory to keep UN LGBT expert
• Haiti parties claim wins even as votes counted
• US accuses 13 Syrians of responsibility for attacks, torture
• Etzebeth to miss Wales game after concussion, returning home
• Ibanez scores twice as Leganes beats Osasuna 2-0 in Spain
• African nations fail to block UN's first-ever LGBT expert
• Venezuela oil company PDVSA delays bond payments
• Custer scores 19 as Loyola-Chicago beats Washington St.
• Frances' Juppe sets battle lines with 'brutal' Fillon before primary runoff
• Hungary prisoners complete part of new anti-migrant fence
• Iraq's ascendant Shiite militias take the fight to Tal Afar
• France says ready to help ICC to prosecute IS fighters in Syria
• Haiti election body starts slow process of tabulating votes

Iran's Guards using Trump victory to claw back power Posted: 21 Nov 2016 10:34 AM PST By Parisa Hafezi ANKARA (Reuters) - Donald Trump's victory and the war on Islamic State have given Iran's hard-line Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps what it sees as a unique opportunity to claw back economic and political power it had lost. Sidelined after a nuclear deal was reached with Iranian reformist leaders and the administration of President Barack Obama and major nations, the IRGC is determined to regain its position in Shi'ite Iran's complex governing structure. Republican Trump said in the campaign that he would abandon the 2015 deal that curbed Iran's nuclear ambitions in return for the lifting of economic sanctions.

Tsunami hits Japan after strong quake, nuclear plant briefly disrupted Posted: 21 Nov 2016 04:57 PM PST By Yuka Obayashi and William Mallard TOKYO (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake rocked northern Japan on Tuesday, briefly disrupting cooling functions at a nuclear plant and generating a tsunami that hit the same region devastated by a massive quake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in 2011. The earthquake, which was felt in Tokyo, had a magnitude of 7.4, the Japan Meteorological Service said, and was centered off the coast of Fukushima prefecture at a depth of about 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami of up to 1.4 meters (4.5 feet) had been observed around Sendai, about 70 km (45 miles) north of Fukushima, with smaller waves hitting ports elsewhere along the coast, public broadcaster NHK said.

Iraq Shi'ite paramilitaries close to cutting Mosul supply route Posted: 21 Nov 2016 06:10 AM PST By Isabel Coles and Stephen Kalin TAL AFAR AIR BASE, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi Shi'ite militias were massing troops on Monday to cut remaining supply routes to Mosul, Islamic State's last major stronghold in Iraq, closing in on the road that links the Syrian and Iraqi parts of its self-declared caliphate. Five weeks into the U.S.-backed offensive on Mosul, Islamic State is fighting in the area of Tal Afar, 60 km (40 miles) to the west, against a coalition of Iranian-backed groups known as Popular Mobilisation forces. Cutting the western road to Tal Afar would seal off Mosul as the city is already surrounded to the north, south and east by Iraqi government and Kurdish peshmerga forces.

U.N. says nearly 1 million Syrians besieged; U.S. names, shames commanders Posted: 21 Nov 2016 11:20 AM PST By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The number of besieged Syrians has more than doubled over the past year to nearly one million, the United Nations aid chief told the Security Council on Monday, as the United States named 13 Syrian military commanders it accused of killing civilians. Some 850,000 of those people are besieged by government forces, the United Nations said, while the rest are trapped by Islamic State militants and other armed groups. Civilians are being isolated, starved, bombed and denied medical attention and humanitarian assistance in order to force them to submit or flee," U.N. aid chief Stephen O'Brien told the 15-member council during a monthly briefing.

Ukraine detains two Russian soldiers near Crimean border Posted: 21 Nov 2016 01:59 PM PST Ukrainian security services have detained two Russian soldiers near the border with Crimea, with Ukraine saying the men were deserters from the Ukrainian army detained on Ukrainian-controlled territory and Russia saying they were seized in Crimea. Moscow and Kiev have been locked in conflict since Russia's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in 2014, and an uprising by pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine.

After Trump and Brexit, French voting hard to call Posted: 21 Nov 2016 08:43 AM PST By Andrew Callus and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - "The polls are still getting it wrong," a friend of deeply unpopular French President Francois Hollande said cheerfully on Monday after the latest voting upset to hit pollsters. Socialist Hollande is weighing whether to make an apparently suicidal run for a second term as president next year in the face of polls that show him unlikely to even reach double figures if he goes ahead as a candidate. The experience of former prime minister Francois Fillon over the past fortnight offers him food for thought, along with Britain's vote to leave the EU and Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election - all adding to questions over the accuracy of such surveys.

Top Asian News 1:22 a.m. GMT Posted: 21 Nov 2016 05:22 PM PST KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber struck a Shiite mosque in the Afghan capital on Monday, killing 32 people, the U.N. office said, the second large-scale attack targeting minority Shiites in Kabul in just over a month. Hours later, the Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan claimed responsibility for the attack, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, a U.S. monitoring service that tracks militant postings. Afghan police said the bomber, who was on foot, had walked into the Shiite mosque in western Kabul where he detonated his explosives among a crowd of worshippers. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said the explosion also wounded more than 50 people, many of them children.

Smith scores 24 as NC State beats Saint Joseph's Posted: 21 Nov 2016 05:18 PM PST ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — Dennis Smith Jr. scored a career-high 24 points, and N.C. State held off Saint Joseph's for a 73-63 victory Monday in the third-place game of the Paradise Jam tournament.

Tsunami warning issued after quake off Fukushima in Japan Posted: 21 Nov 2016 04:14 PM PST TOKYO (AP) — Coastal residents in Japan were ordered to flee to higher ground on Tuesday after a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck off the coast of Fukushima prefecture.

Struggling Australian PM wins much-needed victory with labor bill Posted: 21 Nov 2016 05:28 PM PST By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who's leadership has been questioned after a series of political setbacks, secured a much-needed legislative victory on Tuesday with the passage of one of the two bills he used to trigger an election this year. Australia's Senate, which the government does not control, passed an labor bill in an early morning sitting that will see greater oversight of trade unions and employer organizations. Turnbull has seen his poll numbers slide to their lowest levels since he assumed the leadership in September 2015, and his future as prime minister has been questioned by political commentators as public confidence in the country's fourth leader in the last six years erodes.

Strong quake strikes off New Zealand; no reports of damage Posted: 21 Nov 2016 05:22 PM PST WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A strong earthquake rattled parts of New Zealand on Tuesday but there were no reports of damage or injuries.

Japan PM says TPP would be "meaningless" without the US Posted: 21 Nov 2016 05:09 PM PST BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday that the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal would be "meaningless" without the United States.

The Latest: Japan lifts tsunami warning for northeast coast Posted: 21 Nov 2016 05:07 PM PST TOKYO (AP) — The Latest on the earthquake that struck off the coast of Japan (all times local):

Smith, Wilfork to play when Raiders face Texans Posted: 21 Nov 2016 05:04 PM PST MEXICO CITY (AP) — Cornerback Sean Smith is active for the Oakland Raiders and defensive tackle Vince Wilfork will play for the Houston Texans after being questionable with injuries.

Talks on Cyprus unification break up without agreement Posted: 21 Nov 2016 05:03 PM PST The latest round of talks between rival leaders on ending Cyprus's 42-year-old division broke up without agreement on Tuesday, the United Nations said. Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades and his Turkish Cypriot counterpart Mustafa Akinci have been meeting on the shores of Lake Geneva since Sunday in the second round of talks this month. "Despite their best efforts, they have not been able to achieve the necessary further convergences on criteria for territorial adjustment that would have paved the way for the last phase of the talks," UN spokesman Aleem Siddique said in a statement.

Japan lifts tsunami warning after magnitude 7.4 earthquake off Fukushima coast Posted: 21 Nov 2016 04:58 PM PST TOKYO (AP) — Japan lifts tsunami warning after magnitude 7.4 earthquake off Fukushima coast.

British teens drink a 'bathtub' of sugary drinks a year Posted: 21 Nov 2016 04:53 PM PST British teenagers drink almost a bathtub full of sugary drinks each year, Cancer Research UK said on Tuesday as the charity urged the government to do more to improve children's diets. Children aged 11 to 18 consume on average 234 cans of sugar-sweetened soft drinks each year, CRUK said. The figure amounts to almost a bath full and is more than double the figure for children aged between four and 10, whose average annual intake is 110 cans.

Strong 6.9 quake hits Japan, triggering Fukushima tsunami Posted: 21 Nov 2016 04:43 PM PST A powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit northeastern Japan on Tuesday, triggering a one-metre (3.3-foot) tsunami wave that crashed into the coast at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant. Public broadcaster NHK urged residents in the region to "flee immediately" to high ground, reminding listeners to heed the lessons of the "Great East Japan Earthquake". A massive undersea quake that hit in March 2011 sent a tsunami barrelling into the coast, leaving more than 18,500 people dead or missing, and sending three reactors into meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in one of the world's worst nuclear disasters.

Rebel leaders arrive in Bogota to sign new peace deal Posted: 21 Nov 2016 04:42 PM PST BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Leaders of Colombia's biggest rebel group have arrived in the capital to sign a revised peace accord with the government.

Earthquake of magnitude 6.3 hits New Zealand's North Island: USGS Posted: 21 Nov 2016 04:34 PM PST An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck central New Zealand on Tuesday, little more than a week after a powerful tremor centered in the upper South Island rocked the country and killed two people. Tuesday's quake was centered off the coast of the North Island, 138 km (86 miles) from Palmerston North at a depth of 37 km (23 miles). Thousands of aftershocks have been registered since a 7.8 magnitude quake struck near Christchurch in the early hours of Nov 14.

Crucial Cyprus peace talks at Swiss resort 'inconclusive' Posted: 21 Nov 2016 04:24 PM PST NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Crucial talks being held at a Swiss resort aiming to reunify the ethnically divided Cyprus have reached an impasse, officials said Monday, casting serious doubts about whether 18 months of negotiations can successfully resolve the decades-old dispute.

British mother whose son died for Islamic State aims to convert suffering to support Posted: 21 Nov 2016 04:12 PM PST By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Nicola Benyahia's teenage son slipped away one day to join the Islamic State in Syria, the frantic mother anguished over his disappearance for months while keeping it secret from her friends and most of her family. "I kept it secret because of the shame of it," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. One minute we were just doing our daily life and the next day he was gone." Hoping to spare other families such loneliness and despair, Benyahia this week launched Families for Life, a counseling service to help cope with the complexities of radicalization.

Haiti tabulating votes as factions claim victory, fraud Posted: 21 Nov 2016 04:11 PM PST PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Nearly 1,000 Haitian election workers began 12-hour shifts inside a warehouse Monday tabulating the results of weekend presidential and legislative voting supposed to return their drifting homeland back to full constitutional order.

Lucky Dragon casino-hotel opens just off Las Vegas Strip Posted: 21 Nov 2016 03:43 PM PST LAS VEGAS (AP) — An Asian-themed property catering to Chinese gamblers and guests has become the first new casino-hotel to open in nearly six years along the Las Vegas Strip.

Prince Harry plays some cricket, volleyball on Antigua visit Posted: 21 Nov 2016 03:35 PM PST ST. JOHN'S, Antigua (AP) — Britain's Prince Harry spent the morning playing some cricket, tennis and volleyball while meeting with several sports teams on his first full day on the Caribbean island of Antigua.

Cyprus' government spokesman says crucial talks at Swiss resort to reunify ethnically split island "inconclusive" Posted: 21 Nov 2016 03:32 PM PST NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus' government spokesman says crucial talks at Swiss resort to reunify ethnically split island "inconclusive"

Gay rights supporters win UN victory to keep UN LGBT expert Posted: 21 Nov 2016 03:19 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Supporters of gay rights won a victory at the United Nations Monday when an African attempt to suspend the first U.N. independent expert charged with investigating violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity failed.

Haiti parties claim wins even as votes counted Posted: 21 Nov 2016 03:06 PM PST Port-au-Prince (AFP) - Two of Haiti's biggest parties stoked tension on Monday by claiming victory for their candidates in a long-delayed presidential election days before official results are due to be released. Former president Michel Martelly's mandate expired after last year's cancelled poll, but his party is still keen to see his anointed successor Jovenel Moise take office. In the meantime Haiti has had an interim leader, Jocelerme Privert, who was chosen by the legislature.

US accuses 13 Syrians of responsibility for attacks, torture Posted: 21 Nov 2016 03:01 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States on Monday accused 13 Syrian commanders and prison officials of responsibility for attacks on cities, residential areas and civilian infrastructure as well as acts of torture.

Etzebeth to miss Wales game after concussion, returning home Posted: 21 Nov 2016 02:47 PM PST CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — South Africa's chances of ending a woeful northern hemisphere tour on a high were dealt a blow when Eben Etzebeth was ruled out of the final test against Wales on Saturday while he follows the return-to-play protocol after a concussion.

Ibanez scores twice as Leganes beats Osasuna 2-0 in Spain Posted: 21 Nov 2016 02:45 PM PST MADRID (AP) — Midfielder Rober Ibanez scored a goal in each half as promoted Leganes defeated Osasuna 2-0 to win its first home match in the Spanish league's top flight.

African nations fail to block UN's first-ever LGBT expert Posted: 21 Nov 2016 02:37 PM PST A bid by African countries to delay the appointment of the first-ever UN expert tasked with investigating LGBT rights abuses worldwide was defeated on Monday. A draft resolution demanding talks on the legality of the new expert's mandate had been put forward by the African group of countries in the General Assembly's human rights committee. The measure however was gutted of its key demand when a group of Latin American countries presented an amendment deleting the request to delay the appointment.

Venezuela oil company PDVSA delays bond payments Posted: 21 Nov 2016 02:30 PM PST CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's state oil company reportedly is delaying $404 million in bond payments in an apparent sign that the oil giant's financial woes are worsening amid the slump in petroleum prices.

Custer scores 19 as Loyola-Chicago beats Washington St. Posted: 21 Nov 2016 02:28 PM PST ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — Clayton Custer scored 19 points, and Loyola-Chicago held off a second-half Washington State rally for an 88-79 victory Monday in the fifth-place game at the Paradise Jam tournament.

Frances' Juppe sets battle lines with 'brutal' Fillon before primary runoff Posted: 21 Nov 2016 02:20 PM PST By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - Former French prime minister Alain Juppe sought to regain momentum on Monday in the battle for the center-right's presidential nomination, accusing his rival Francois Fillon of pushing a "brutal" economic program that would break France. Fillon, prime minister between 2007 to 2012 under Nicolas Sarkozy, won 44 percent of votes in the first-round of the center-right's nomination race, some 15 percent more than Juppe, whom he now faces in the second-round runoff. A snap poll by Opinionway after Sunday's results showed Fillon winning the head-to-head contest against Juppe with 56 percent of support, putting him in pole position for a showdown with far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the election next spring.

Hungary prisoners complete part of new anti-migrant fence Posted: 21 Nov 2016 02:20 PM PST Hungarian prisoners have finished building the first part of a second anti-migrant fence on Hungary's southern border with Serbia, state television reported on Monday. Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced the plans for a second fence line in August to reinforce the existing barrier erected last year along the 175-kilometre-long (110-mile-long) border. The risk that the European Union's deal earlier this year with Turkey to stem the flow of migrants might not last means Hungary needs to strengthen its border defences, Orban said.

Iraq's ascendant Shiite militias take the fight to Tal Afar Posted: 21 Nov 2016 02:15 PM PST TAL AFAR AIRPORT, Iraq (AP) — A sandstorm is brewing west of the Iraqi city of Mosul, kicked up across a barren landscape by thousands of men and machines headed to war.

France says ready to help ICC to prosecute IS fighters in Syria Posted: 21 Nov 2016 02:15 PM PST France is "ready to cooperate" with the International Criminal Court to probe Islamic State jihadists in Syria for war crimes, Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Monday. The ICC, founded in 2002, is the world's only permanent war crimes court.

Haiti election body starts slow process of tabulating votes Posted: 21 Nov 2016 02:14 PM PST PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Nearly 1,000 Haitian election workers are doing shifts inside a warehouse tabulating the results of presidential and legislative elections supposed to return their drifting homeland back to full constitutional order.

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