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• Iran scorns Trump, rebuffs U.S. warning on missiles
• At least 20 dead in bomb blast outside Afghan Supreme Court
• Trump reiterates U.S. support to Turkey in call with Erdogan: White House
• China says United States should 'brush up on' South China Sea history
• British PM anticipates call for Scottish independence referendum: report
• Iranian baby with heart defect admitted to Portland hospital
• 3 face murder charges in 1993 Los Angeles apartment fire
• McDevitt quits as head of Australia's anti-doping agency
• Colombia's Santos may have received Odebrecht contributions
• Colombia president's campaign allegedly took Odebrecht cash: official
• French police arrest hoteliers in migrant smuggling probe
• Businessman Jovenel Moise takes office as president of Haiti
• Minnesota investigates origin of crop-threatening weed
• Inspired by Tiger, rookie JJ Spaun making early move on tour
• Peru's ex-president Toledo faces arrest for graft
• Top Asian News 12:30 a.m. GMT
• Political scandal overshadows South Korea 2018 Olympic prep
• Colombia opens talks with ELN rebels
• China says both sides will lose from conflict with US
• Condition of hospitalized suspect in Louvre attack worsens
• The Latest: Arguments over Trump's travel ban conclude
• Only at Pebble can the wind and rain be appealing for golf
• Argentina requests information in spy chief bribery probe: news report
• Australia mail chief makes $4.3M, 10 times more than the PM
• Messi, Suarez finish off Atletico, Barca reaches Copa final
• Australia's Pattinson set to return after long injury break
• The Latest: 3 plead not guilty to murder in deadly '93 fire
• Mother of backpacker slain in Australia criticizes Trump
• In court, Trump administration argues for travel ban
• Trump administration defends travel ban in court
• Colombia begins formal peace talks with No. 2 rebel group
• Mexican marine, five suspects killed in shootout
• Bayern Munich scrapes past Wolfsburg 1-0 in German Cup
• U.S. to grant final permit for controversial Dakota pipeline: court filing
• Water scarcity tops list of world miners' worries
• Tornadoes tear path of destruction through Louisiana; at least 20 hurt

Iran scorns Trump, rebuffs U.S. warning on missiles Posted: 07 Feb 2017 12:27 PM PST By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin DUBAI (Reuters) - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday dismissed the U.S. decision to put Iran "on notice" over its missile tests and called President Donald Trump the "real face" of American corruption. In his first speech since Trump's inauguration, Iran's supreme leader called Iranians to take part in demonstrations on Friday, the anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, to show they were not frightened of American "threats." "We are thankful to (Trump) for making our life easy as he showed the real face of America," Khamenei told a meeting of military commanders in Tehran, according to his website.

At least 20 dead in bomb blast outside Afghan Supreme Court Posted: 07 Feb 2017 07:24 AM PST By Mirwais Harooni KABUL (Reuters) - At least 20 people were killed on Tuesday in a bomb blast outside the Supreme Court in the centre of the Afghan capital, government officials said, in what appeared to be the latest in a series of attacks on the judiciary. The Ministry of Public Health said at least 20 people were killed, while 41 wounded were taken to Kabul hospitals. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, in which police said an apparent suicide bomber targeted Supreme Court employees leaving their offices at the end of the working day.

Trump reiterates U.S. support to Turkey in call with Erdogan: White House Posted: 07 Feb 2017 04:42 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump reiterated "U.S. support to Turkey as a strategic partner and NATO ally" during a phone call with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday, the White House said. Trump also spoke about the two countries' "shared commitment to combatting terrorism in all its forms" and welcomed Turkey's contributions to the fight against Islamic State, the White House said in a statement. (Reporting by Washington Newsroom; Editing by Eric Walsh)

China says United States should 'brush up on' South China Sea history Posted: 07 Feb 2017 05:21 PM PST The United States needs to brush up on its history about the South China Sea, as World War Two-related agreements mandated that all Chinese territories taken by Japan had to be returned to China, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in Australia. China has been upset by previous comments from the new U.S. administration about the disputed waterway. In his Senate confirmation hearing, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said China should not be allowed access to islands it has built there.

British PM anticipates call for Scottish independence referendum: report Posted: 07 Feb 2017 04:28 PM PST (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May is developing a secret strategy in the belief that Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is two weeks away from demanding a second referendum on Scotttish independence, The Courier newspaper in Dundee, Scotland reported on Tuesday. May's aides and the Conservative Party are laying the groundwork for talks with Scottish National Party ministers over a second constitutional vote, the newspaper reported.

Iranian baby with heart defect admitted to Portland hospital Posted: 07 Feb 2017 05:39 PM PST PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Iranian infant in need of life-saving heart surgery has arrived at a Portland hospital with her family after being temporarily banned from coming to the U.S. by President Donald Trump's immigration orders.

3 face murder charges in 1993 Los Angeles apartment fire Posted: 07 Feb 2017 05:38 PM PST LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three gang members accused in a 1993 fire set to retaliate against an attempt to quell drug sales at a Los Angeles apartment building were charged Tuesday with murder after the blaze killed seven children, three women and two late-term fetuses, prosecutors said.

McDevitt quits as head of Australia's anti-doping agency Posted: 07 Feb 2017 05:35 PM PST CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Ben McDevitt has quit as chief executive of the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority, warning in his outgoing statement that the country faces continuing and more sophisticated threats of doping.

Colombia's Santos may have received Odebrecht contributions Posted: 07 Feb 2017 05:26 PM PST BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Last year's Nobel Peace Prize winner is being embroiled in a widening corruption scandal rocking politicians across Latin America.

Colombia president's campaign allegedly took Odebrecht cash: official Posted: 07 Feb 2017 05:25 PM PST Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos's 2014 election campaign allegedly received as much as $1 million from Brazil's Odebrecht SA, the country's attorney general said on Tuesday, as fallout from a massive corruption scandal continued. A portion of some $4.6 billion allegedly paid by engineering company Odebrecht to Otto Bula Bula, a former Liberal Party senator, was designated for the Santos reelection campaign, Colombia's Attorney General Nestor Humberto Martinez said in a statement.

French police arrest hoteliers in migrant smuggling probe Posted: 07 Feb 2017 05:08 PM PST Five hotel managers suspected of belonging to a network smuggling Albanian migrants into Britain were arrested Tuesday in a police operation in the French port city of Calais, a judicial source said. "It is an investigation that has been underway for several weeks, concerning a network of Albanian smugglers which has been using four hotels in Calais," Boulogne-sur-Mer prosecutor Pascal Marconville told AFP, confirming a report in the daily "La Voix du Nord". "These hotels were not owned by Albanians but by people who obviously, and according to the initial investigations, hosted people of Albanian nationality for this network of smugglers, in order to smuggle them into Britain," Marconville added.

Businessman Jovenel Moise takes office as president of Haiti Posted: 07 Feb 2017 05:07 PM PST By Joseph Guyler Delva and Makini Brice PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Businessman Jovenel Moise became Haiti's new president on Tuesday, ending a political stalemate that lasted more than a year with his promise to deliver thousands of new jobs. Moise, a banana exporter who inherits a flagging economy and a bitterly divided population, took the presidential oath in a ceremony in the capital, Port-au-Prince, before going on a tour around the national museum. Moise was declared the winner in January of an election initially held in 2015 which then had to be rerun more than a year later because of allegations of voter fraud.

Minnesota investigates origin of crop-threatening weed Posted: 07 Feb 2017 04:59 PM PST By Renita D. Young CHICAGO (Reuters) - Minnesota has launched an investigation to find the source of seed mixes contaminated with weed seeds after the aggressive, herbicide-resistant Palmer amaranth weed was found on 30 areas planted in a federal conservation program. The weed grows very fast, reaching up to 8 feet in height and can hold back commercial crops, potentially threatening hundreds of millions of dollars of production. Yield losses have been reported of up to 91 percent in corn and 79 percent in soybeans, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in areas where the weed has previously been found.

Inspired by Tiger, rookie JJ Spaun making early move on tour Posted: 07 Feb 2017 04:48 PM PST PEBBLE BEACH, California (AP) — J.J. Spaun remembers the red sweater, the 4-foot putt and the uppercut from Tiger Woods when he won the 1997 Masters.

Peru's ex-president Toledo faces arrest for graft Posted: 07 Feb 2017 04:31 PM PST Prosecutors in Peru requested the arrest of former president Alejandro Toledo Tuesday over accusations he took a $20-million bribe from scandal-plagued Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht. A judge now has 48 hours to decide whether to grant the request to jail Toledo for 18 months of "preventive custody" as prosecutors prepare their case against him on charges of money laundering and influence peddling, the attorney general's office said. Toledo, Peru's president from 2001 to 2006, came to office on a promise to clean up politics after a dirty decade under ex-president Alberto Fujimori, who is today in prison for corruption and human rights violations.

Top Asian News 12:30 a.m. GMT Posted: 07 Feb 2017 04:31 PM PST CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian Senate committee has revealed that that country's mail chief is the nation's highest paid public servant and made 5.6 million Australian ($4.3 million) last year. The disclosure came despite objections from Australian Post that making the salary information public could attract media attention and damage its brand. The Communications and Environment Committee announced Tuesday that Ahmed Fahour, managing director of the national mail service, was paid AU$4.4 million salary plus an AU$1.2 million bonus in the last fiscal year — more than 10 times the prime minister's salary of AU$507,000. By contrast, U.S. Postal Service Chief Executive and Postmaster General Megan Brennan's salary was $286,137 last year.

Political scandal overshadows South Korea 2018 Olympic prep Posted: 07 Feb 2017 04:30 PM PST SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — When Pyeongchang was awarded the 2018 Olympics six years ago, many South Koreans felt that the first Winter Games on home snow would herald their entry into the top tier of rich nations.

Colombia opens talks with ELN rebels Posted: 07 Feb 2017 04:28 PM PST Colombia opened peace talks Tuesday with its last active rebel group, the National Liberation Army (ELN), seeking to end a 53-year conflict that has killed more than 260,000 people. The negotiations mark a new milestone in the Colombian peace process, after President Juan Manuel Santos's government sealed a historic accord with the country's largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), in November.

China says both sides will lose from conflict with US Posted: 07 Feb 2017 04:25 PM PST Beijing has played down the prospects of conflict with the United States over the South China Sea in the wake of aggressive rhetoric by Donald Trump's administration, saying both sides would lose. Beijing asserts sovereignty over almost all of the resource-rich region despite rival claims from Southeast Asian neighbours and has rapidly built reefs into artificial islands capable of hosting military planes. The artificial islands are considered a potential flashpoint and recent comments from White House spokesman Sean Spicer and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson have raised the temperature.

Condition of hospitalized suspect in Louvre attack worsens Posted: 07 Feb 2017 04:23 PM PST PARIS (AP) — The health of an Egyptian man suspected of charging soldiers at the Louvre museum with a machete has taken a turn for the worse, French authorities said Tuesday.

The Latest: Arguments over Trump's travel ban conclude Posted: 07 Feb 2017 04:19 PM PST SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on the travel ban imposed by President Donald Trump (all times local):

Only at Pebble can the wind and rain be appealing for golf Posted: 07 Feb 2017 04:18 PM PST PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Any other day, any other course, and the golf course might have been empty.

Argentina requests information in spy chief bribery probe: news report Posted: 07 Feb 2017 04:18 PM PST A federal judge in Argentina will request information from Brazil and Switzerland to determine if President Mauricio Macri's spy chief received bribe money from a builder in 2013, state-run news agency Telam reported on Tuesday. Prosecutors publicly announced two weeks ago that they are investigating whether National Intelligence Agency Director Gustavo Arribas received a bribe from Brazil-based Odebrecht SA [ODBES.UL] in the form of a $600,000 bank transfer from a Brazilian money changer.

Australia mail chief makes $4.3M, 10 times more than the PM Posted: 07 Feb 2017 04:12 PM PST CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian Senate committee has revealed that that country's mail chief is the nation's highest paid public servant and made 5.6 million Australian ($4.3 million) last year. The disclosure came despite objections from Australian Post that making the salary information public could attract media attention and damage its brand.

Messi, Suarez finish off Atletico, Barca reaches Copa final Posted: 07 Feb 2017 04:05 PM PST BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez teamed up again to send Barcelona to a fourth consecutive Copa del Rey final after a combative 1-1 draw with Atletico Madrid on Tuesday that saw three players sent off.

Australia's Pattinson set to return after long injury break Posted: 07 Feb 2017 04:03 PM PST MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia test fast bowler James Pattinson will end a 12-month absence from first-class cricket when he plays for Victoria against South Australia in a Sheffield Shield match starting Friday.

The Latest: 3 plead not guilty to murder in deadly '93 fire Posted: 07 Feb 2017 04:02 PM PST LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on the arrests of three people in connection with a 1993 apartment fire that killed 10 people in Los Angeles (all times local):

Mother of backpacker slain in Australia criticizes Trump Posted: 07 Feb 2017 04:00 PM PST LONDON (AP) — The mother of a backpacker slain in an Australian hostel wrote an open letter to U.S. President Donald Trump, rejecting the decision to label her daughter's death as a terror attack.

In court, Trump administration argues for travel ban Posted: 07 Feb 2017 03:58 PM PST SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration asked a U.S. appeals court on Tuesday to rule a federal judge was wrong to suspend a travel ban the president imposed on people from seven Muslim-majority countries and all refugees. "Congress has expressly authorized the president to suspend entry of categories of aliens," attorney August Flentje, special counsel for the U.S. Justice Department, said under intense questioning from a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. "That's what the president did here," Flentje said at the start of an hour-long oral argument conducted by telephone and broadcast live online.

Trump administration defends travel ban in court Posted: 07 Feb 2017 03:53 PM PST Justice Department attorneys made the case Tuesday for President Donald Trump's contested travel ban to be reinstated, in a high-stakes hearing before a federal court of appeal in California. The latest twist in the legal showdown comes four days after a federal judge suspended Trump's decree, opening US borders back up to refugees and travelers from the seven mostly-Muslim nations it targeted. Trump's January 27 executive order barred entry to all refugees for 120 days, and to travelers from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for 90 days, triggering chaos at US airports and worldwide condemnation.

Colombia begins formal peace talks with No. 2 rebel group Posted: 07 Feb 2017 03:52 PM PST QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Colombia's government and the nation's second-largest rebel group formally started peace talks Tuesday in neighboring Ecuador, seeking to follow up on the peace accord already reached with the biggest rebel movement.

Mexican marine, five suspects killed in shootout Posted: 07 Feb 2017 03:49 PM PST Five suspected criminals and a marine died in a shootout on Tuesday in the northwestern city of Culiacan, where 10 other people were killed over the weekend, authorities said. Marines were on patrol in the city when "heavily armed" civilians who were traveling in several vehicles opened fire, prompting the troops to hit back, the Sinaloa state prosecutor's office said. The five suspects were all men who were wearing bulletproof vests and were armed with AK-47 and AR-15 assault rifles, the office said in a statement.

Bayern Munich scrapes past Wolfsburg 1-0 in German Cup Posted: 07 Feb 2017 03:39 PM PST BERLIN (AP) — A first-half strike from Douglas Costa was enough for defending champion Bayern Munich to edge Wolfsburg 1-0 at home and scrape into the German Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday.

U.S. to grant final permit for controversial Dakota pipeline: court filing Posted: 07 Feb 2017 03:37 PM PST By Valerie Volcovici and Ernest Scheyder WASHINGTON/HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army will grant the final permit for the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline after an order from President Donald Trump to expedite the project, despite opposition from Native American tribes and climate activists. The protest against the $3.8 billion pipeline drew thousands of people to the North Dakota plains last year and attracted high-profile political and celebrity support. The administration of former President Barack Obama delayed completion of the line pending a review of tribal concerns and last year ordered an environmental study.

Water scarcity tops list of world miners' worries Posted: 07 Feb 2017 03:32 PM PST By Barbara Lewis CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - The world's top mining companies warned on Tuesday that assets will be stranded and investors will walk away unless they deal with water scarcity in key mining regions such as Africa, Australia and Latin America. After the hottest global year on record in 2016, water has shot up the agenda at mining board meetings. Mining requires water at almost every stage of the process and the bulk of the assets of major mining companies are in water-stressed regions mostly in the southern hemisphere.

Tornadoes tear path of destruction through Louisiana; at least 20 hurt Posted: 07 Feb 2017 03:21 PM PST By Bryn Stole BATON ROUGE, La. (Reuters) - Six tornadoes tore through New Orleans and other parts of Louisiana on Tuesday, injuring at least 20 people as the storm roared across highways and streets, leveling trees, power lines and homes. Governor John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency throughout Louisiana, while search and rescue teams scoured the landscape for survivors. "When you see it from the air you're even more impressed that so few people were injured and that nobody's life was lost." The Louisiana National Guard said it was conducting search-and-rescue operations, looking for injured people who may be stranded, and assessing damage.

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