Pro-Government Fighters Seize Southern Yemeni Province from Houthis by webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News) Sunday August 16th, 2015 at 10:45 AM
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Pro-Government Fighters Seize Southern Yemeni Province from Houthis by webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
Fighters backing the exiled Yemeni government have seized the southern province of Shabwa from Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. Yemeni military officials said Saturday that the rebels pulled out of Shabwa after handing over control of the provincial capital, Ataq. No casualty numbers were available. Saudi Arabia, which has been leading Arab coalition airstrikes against the Houthis, has been pouring heavy weapons into southern Yemen to help pro-government fighters. Anti-rebel forces...
Plague Found at Yosemite Campground; Site to Be Closed, Treated by webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
Health officials in California are closing a campground at one of America's most popular wilderness destinations, Yosemite National Park, after tests on dead rodents found them to be carrying the plague. Authorities said the four-day shutdown beginning Monday would allow workers to fumigate rodent burrows for fleas that carry the infectious bacterial disease. State health officials began examining the park for signs of plague last month when a child from Los Angeles was diagnosed...
3 Turkish Soldiers, Police Officer Killed in Kurdish Attacksby webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)
Three Turkish soldiers and a police officer were killed in separate incidents Saturday, security sources said, as violence roils the country's mainly Kurdish southeast in recent weeks following the end of a two-year cease-fire. The soldiers were killed and six more were wounded when militants from the autonomy-seeking Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) detonated a remote-controlled explosive that hit a military convoy traveling near the town of Bingol, the General Staff said on its...
Republican Senator Weighing Support for Iran Deal Will Vote No by webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
With a month left before the deadline for U.S. Congress to vote on the international deal limiting Iran's nuclear program, President Barack Obama appears to have lost his only chance to get any Republican support for the agreement. Republican Senator Jeff Flake, a main target of White House lobbying, said Saturday that while he supported the negotiation process with Iran, he will vote against the deal. Flake said the benefits of limiting Iran's nuclear ability for a...
Chinese Military: Tons of Cyanide at Deadly Blast Siteby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
China has confirmed that sodium cyanide, a toxic chemical, was stored in the warehouses devastated by massive explosions in the port city of Tianjin. Shi Luze, the chief of staff of the People's Liberation Army's Beijing Military Region, said Sunday that more than 100 tons of the deadly chemical was stored in two locations within the blast site. Chinese officials also said Sunday the death toll from the blasts has risen to 112. At least 21 firefighters are among...
Pakistan Suicide Blast Kills 8by webdesk@voanews.com (Ayaz Gul)
The home minister for Pakistan's populous Punjab province, along with dozens of people, including police officers were buried under the rubble of the minister's home after a massive suicide blast triggered the building's collapse. Police and rescue workers confirm they have retrieved eight bodies, but the fate of Minister Shuja Khanzada remains unclear. Witnesses say as many as 30 people were inside the building in the northwestern Attock district when a suicide bomber...
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Thailand Bike Ride Honors Queenby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
Thailand's crown prince, in a rare public appearance, led thousands of bicyclists through the streets of Bangkok Sunday in an event billed as a tribute to his mother, Queen Sirikit, on her 83rd birthday. Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, who is 63, navigated the cyclists through the capital's historic district in the "Bike for Mom" celebration. He was joined by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-Ocha and other members of the ruling junta. Critics say the bike celebration was...
Iraq PM OKs Court Martial for Officers Who Fled Ramadiby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi agreed Sunday with an investigative commission's recommendation to court martial Iraqi commanders who withdrew from Ramadi earlier this year as the city fell to Islamic State militants. Taking the capital of Iraq's western Anbar province in May was a big victory for Islamic State fighters, giving them control of a major city 125 kilometers from Baghdad and prompting renewed questions about the abilities of Iraq's security forces. The...
8 People Killed Along Kashmir Borderby webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)
Indian and Pakistani troops intensified firing along their disputed frontier in Kashmir, killing at least eight people and wounding 14, officials said on Sunday. Frontier clashes have intensified in recent months and the latest violence will put more strain on ties between the nuclear-armed rivals, who are scheduled to hold talks between top security officials on August 23-24 in New Delhi. Nisar Ahmad Wani, an administrator near the Line of Control, a cease-fire line dividing Kashmir...
Monitor: Government Strikes Kill 58 in Syriaby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
At least 58 people were killed in Syria on Sunday in Syrian government airstrikes on the rebel-held town of Douma near Damascus, a monitoring group said. The attacks on a market wounded another 200 people, mainly civilians, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. "The preliminary information suggests most of the dead are civilians," head of the organization Rami Abdul Rahman said. Opposition fighters in Douma have regularly traded fire...
The 68-year-old star and his 52-year-old husband, David Furnish, are particularly angry about the slurs because the couple are the parents to two young boys: Zachary, four, and Elijah, two.
Chelsea Jade, born Jonathan, and Carla, born Craig, have not ruled out gender reassignment surgery and the couple, who live in Belfast, are currently planning their wedding.
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Kim Jong Un held a mass rally with dancing and fist pumping to mark 70 years of freedom from Japanese colonial rule. The celebrations were held metres from North Korea in the Demilitarised Zone.
Dasha Zhukova is said to be furious over Mourinho’s treatment of Eva Carneiro after he publicly swore at her for rushing on to the pitch to tend an injured player during match against Swansea City.
Married rugby league player Keegan Hirst, captain of West Yorkshire side Batley Bulldogs, has come out as gay, making him the first openly homosexual Englishman in the sport.
Lord Carey, pictured, like the church, once opposed assisted suicide, but life experience has convinced him that the law should allow for terminally ill people to have their passing eased.
 Los Angeles Times |
Senate Republican comes out against Iran deal
Los Angeles Times President Obama's hopes for a sliver of bipartisan support for the nuclear agreement with Iran were all but dashed Saturday as the lone Republican senator thought to be undecided announced that he would not vote for the deal. Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona ... Holdout Arizona GOP Sen. Flake says he'll vote against Iran nuclear dealFox News Despite White House lobbying, Senator Flake opposes Iran nuclear dealReuters Sen. Jeff Flake Announces He Won't Support Iran DealHuffington Post Haaretz -Politico all 54 news articles » |
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Iran submits nuclear activity information to UN watchdog
Ynetnews Iran has submitted documents linked to its past nuclear activity, the UN's atomic watchdog has confirmed, a key condition of a probe into suspected efforts to create nuclear arms. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Iran had met a key ... Iranian hardliners call for rejection of nuclear dealBoston Herald Iran hands UN agency docs linked to alleged nuke arms workFox News Iran submits information on past nuclear activity to UN watchdog, a key ...The Straits Times The Hindu all 179 news articles » |
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 Haaretz |
Flake Opposes Iran Deal, Reducing Hopes for Bipartisan Support
Bloomberg Senator Jeff Flake, an Arizona Republican, said Saturday that he opposes President Barack Obama's nuclear agreement with Iran, dimming hopes that the deal could acquire a bipartisan flavor. “I cannot vote in support of this deal,” Flake said in a ... Distinguished pol of the weekWashington Post (blog) On Iran, Let's Get SeriousHuffington Post WATCH: Donald Trump: Israel Was Sold Out by Obama, KerryHaaretz Politico -Ynetnews -Jerusalem Post Israel News all 389 news articles » |
 Christian Science Monitor |
Donald Trump jury duty: Will he be picked for a trial?
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Donald Trump: Undocumented Immigrants 'Have to Go'
NBCNews.com Donald Trump would reverse President Obama's executive orders on immigration and deport all undocumented immigrants from the U.S. as president, he said in an exclusive interview with NBC's Chuck Todd. "We're going to keep the families together, but ... Trump says he'd deport undocumented immigrants as US presidentToronto Sun Donald Trump says illegal immigrants 'have to go' in NBC interviewThe Guardian Trump Says He'd Deport All Undocumented ImmigrantsBloomberg Examiner.com all 24 news articles » |
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Deputies Shoot, Kill Target of 2-Week Manhunt in California
ABC News Sheriff's deputies in California shot and killed a man believed to be the target of a two-week-long manhunt in the rugged, mountainous high desert of central California, authorities said late Saturday. A man who matched the description of Benjamin ... Deputies shoot, kill man who was target of 18-day manhunt in California's...Washington Post Manhunt suspect likely dead: 'I'm confident that it's him,' sheriff says of ...The Bakersfield Californian Police Shoot Dead Fugitive In CaliforniaSky News Bakersfield Now all 225 news articles » |
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Hamid Gul, a Pakistan Spy Master Tied to Militants, Dies
New York Times ISLAMABAD — Family members say Hamid Gul, the former head of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence spy agency during the end of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and who supported Islamic militants, has died of a brain hemorrhage. He was 79. Tributes for Pakistan's former ISI chief bound to anger neighboursReuters Former ISI chief Hamid Gul dies of brain haemorrhageFinancial Express Pakistan's pro-jehad ex-ISI chief diesBusiness Standard New Kerala -Times of India all 65 news articles » |
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Can the US trust Europe to punish Iran if it violates the nuclear deal?
Jerusalem Post Israel News Implementation of the deal will be ultimately determined by the foreign policies of the UK, France, Germany, China and Russia. Kerry and Zarif in Vienna. Secretary Kerry Poses for a Group Photo With Fellow EU, P5+1 Foreign Ministers and Iranian Foreign ... Despite White House lobbying, Senator Flake opposes Iran nuclear dealFinancial Express If the US loses its nuclear deal with Iran, we'll also lose credibility with ...Quartz Iran deal - dangerous unknowns must dictate rejection by US Congress: Lee C ...cleveland.com Philly.com-CNN all 320 news articles » |
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Trump, ahead in recent polls, to campaign in Michigan
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Travelers delayed as technical glitch grounds flights for hours in Northeast
Minneapolis Star Tribune WASHINGTON — Technical problems at an air traffic control center in Virginia left passengers stranded as hundreds of flights to and from airports throughout a large swath of the Northeast were delayed or canceled. Miller Roberts of Dallas was trying ... and more » |
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FAA: Technical problem causing flight delays fixed
News 12 New Jersey Newark airport travelers can breathe a sigh of relief this morning now that the FAA says it has fixed the technical trouble that caused major flight delays and some cancellations Saturday. General arrival and departure delays are now down to 15 minutes ... and more » |
(JAKARTA, Indonesia) — An Indonesian airliner carrying 54 people went missing Sunday after losing contact with ground control during a short flight in bad weather in the country’s mountainous easternmost province of Papua, officials said.
Local villagers told authorities that they saw a plane crash into a mountain, and scores of rescuers were heading to the remote area and will begin searching there at daybreak Monday. An air search for the missing plane was suspended and will resume Monday as well.
The Trigana Air Service plane was flying from Papua’s provincial capital, Jayapura, to the Papua city of Oksibil when it lost contact with Oksibil’s airport, said Transportation Ministry spokesman Julius Barata. There was no indication that the pilot had made a distress call, he said.
The ATR42-300 twin turboprop plane was carrying 49 passengers and five crew members on the scheduled 42-minute journey, Barata said. Five children, including three infants, were among the passengers.
The weather was poor near Oksibil, with heavy rain, strong winds and fog, when the plane lost contact with the airport minutes before it was scheduled to land, said Susanto, the head of Papua’s search and rescue agency.
Residents of Okbape village in Papua’s Bintang district told local police that they saw a plane flying low before crashing into a mountain, said Susanto, who like many Indonesians goes by one name. He said about 150 rescuers were heading to the area, which is known for its dense forest and steep cliffs, and would begin searching for the plane early Monday.
Okbape is about 24 kilometers (15 miles) west of Oksibil.
A plane was sent Sunday to look for the missing airliner, but the air search was suspended due to darkness and limited visibility and will resume Monday morning, Susanto said.
Much of Papua is covered with impenetrable jungles and mountains. Some planes that have crashed there in the past have never been found.
Dudi Sudibyo, an aviation analyst, said that Papua is a particularly dangerous place to fly because of its mountainous terrain and rapidly changing weather patterns. “I can say that a pilot who is capable of flying there will be able to fly an aircraft in any part of the world,” he said.
Indonesia has had its share of airline woes in recent years. The sprawling archipelago nation of 250 million people and some 17,000 islands is one of Asia’s most rapidly expanding airline markets, but is struggling to provide enough qualified pilots, mechanics, air traffic controllers and updated airport technology to ensure safety.
From 2007 to 2009, the European Union barred Indonesian airlines from flying to Europe because of safety concerns.
Last December, all 162 people aboard an AirAsia jet were killed when the plane plummeted into the Java Sea as it ran into stormy weather on its way from Surabaya, Indonesia’s second-largest city, to Singapore.
That disaster was one of five suffered by Asian carriers in a 12-month span, including Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which went missing in March 2014 with 239 people aboard during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
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(BEIRUT) — Syrian government warplanes attacked a busy market in a rebel-held suburb of the capital Damascus on Sunday, killing at least 67 people and wounding more than 200 in one of the deadliest single incidents involving government airstrikes since the crisis began nearly five years ago, activist said.
Syrian government air raids on rebel-held areas throughout the country have killed thousands over the past few years.
The air raids on the market in Douma occurred during rush hour when people were out shopping on the first working day of the week in Syria, the activists said.
Rami Abdurrahman, who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said four missiles were fired at the market, killing 70 and wounding more than 200 hundred. He said the death toll is expected to rise because many of the wounded are in critical condition.
The Local Coordination Committees, another activist group, said the air raids killed 67 and wounded 200, adding that rescue workers are digging through the rubble in search of survivors.
“The situation is catastrophic,” a Douma-based activist who goes by the name of Mazen al-Shami told The Associated Press via Skype. He said clinics in the area are full and many of the wounded are being rushed in civilian cars to other medical facilities since ambulances are overwhelmed.
Al-Shami said mosque loudspeakers are issuing calls for residents to donate all types of blood. He added that hundreds of people were in the busy market when the first missile struck the area, inflicting heavy casualties.
Syria’s civil war, now in its 5th year, has killed more than 250,000 people and wounded at least a million.
MILAN (Reuters) - The number of migrants who died in the hold of an overcrowded fishing boat rescued on Saturday has risen to 49, the coast guard said on Sunday.
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TIANJIN, China (Reuters) - The death toll from massive explosions in China's port city of Tianjin has risen to 112 and 95 people are missing, the official Xinhua news agency said on Sunday, suggesting the toll could rise significantly.
KOS, Greece (Reuters) - Hundreds of Syrian migrants on the Greek island of Kos on Sunday began boarding a passenger ship that is to house and process them, in a bid to ease sometimes chaotic conditions onshore.
KARACHI (Reuters) - Tributes for Pakistan's late former military spy chief Lieutenant General Hamid Gul poured in on Sunday, words bound to infuriate Pakistan's neighbors after he spent a career promoting Islamic militancy in Afghanistan and India.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday approved the decision of an investigative council to refer military commanders to a court martial for abandoning their positions in the battle against Islamic State militants in Ramadi.
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Six people were killed and at least 20 were buried under rubble when a large blast destroyed the home of one of Pakistan's provincial ministers on Sunday, rescue officials said.
BERLIN (Reuters) - Calling the situation in eastern Ukraine "explosive", Germany's foreign minister urged both parties in the conflict to come together quickly for talks to prevent a spiral in violence.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will pull two Patriot missile batteries and 250 troops from southern Turkey by the start of next year after a reassessment of the threats stemming from the conflict in neighboring Syria.
HAVANA (Reuters) - Josefina Vidal receives a check from the United States for $4,085 once a year, rent money for the U.S. naval base at Cuba's Guantanamo Bay.
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Islamic State has executed and displayed the bodies of four members of a rival group which had staged a revolt against the militants in the central Libyan city of Sirte, residents said.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi parliamentary panel called on Sunday for at least 30 security and political officials, including former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, to be referred to court in connection with the fall of the northern city of Mosul to Islamic State.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has approved a recommendation by investigators to begin court-martial proceedings against military commanders who surrendered the city of Ramadi to militants of the extremist Islamic State.
Authorities in Pakistan say at least six people were killed when a suicide bomber attacked the home of a provincial official in Punjab Province.
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The former head of Pakistan's notorious spy agency, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), is dead.
Cultivating Ties: Ukraine Feeds China's Growing Appetite For Crops by support@pangea-cms.com (Tony Wesolowsky)
Ukraine’s economy is reeling as the conflict with Russia-backed rebels in the east drags on, but all is not doom and gloom. Agriculture is on the rebound, and one of Moscow's geopolitical allies – China – has emerged as one of Ukraine’s biggest crop purchasers.
Germany's foreign minister says the situation in eastern Ukraine is "explosive" and that urgent talks must be held to prevent "a new military escalation spiral."
40 Migrants Found Dead in Sea Rescueby ELISABETTA POVOLEDO
At least 40 migrants died on an overcrowded smuggling boat north of Libya, and about 320 others aboard were saved by the Italian Navy.
Mr. Gul, a three-star general, was deeply involved in the country’s policy toward neighboring Afghanistan during the Soviet withdrawal.
US Vice-President Joe Biden says the Chattanooga shooting was the work of a "perverted jihadist", despite no official determination of motive.
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Nick Bryant reports on New York's 'Billionaire's Row', luxury skyscrapers which are becoming a potent symbol of wealth inequality.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday called the slaying of four Marines and a sailor at a Chattanooga reserve center the act of a "perverted jihadist."...
OAK BLUFFS, Mass. (AP) -- America's two foremost Democratic families - the Obamas and the Clintons - mingled on Saturday as politics mixed with summer repose on swanky Martha's Vineyard....
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Family members say Hamid Gul, the former head of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence spy agency during the end of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and who supported Islamic militants, has died of a brain hemorrhage. He was 79....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The September vote on the Iran nuclear deal is billed as a titanic standoff between President Barack Obama and Congress. Yet even if lawmakers reject the agreement, it's not game-over for the White House....
The day before the Mexican photojournalist Rubén Espinosa was murdered in Mexico City in late July, the governor of Veracruz, the province Mr. Espinosa had fled fearing for his life, gave other journalists a warning.
“Behave,” Javier Duarte, the governor of Veracruz, urged reporters. “We’re going to shake the tree and a lot of rotten apples will fall.”
Mr. Duarte said that his warning was meant to deter journalists who are sympathetic to drug traffickers and other criminals. But many Mexican journalists understandably saw it as a threat to journalists who produce critical coverage of local officials.
Since 2010, at least 41 journalists have been killed in Mexico. Roughly 20 have disappeared. Mexican journalists are targeted by powerful criminal organizations and in some instances by government officials who don’t want their misdeeds exposed. The majority of cases remain unsolved, leaving journalists in many parts of the country with a terrible choice: they censor themselves or get silenced by a bullet.
The government of President Enrique Peña Nieto has not done enough to protect journalists or fight this culture of impunity.
“An attempt on the life of a journalist is an attack on society’s very right to be informed,” a group of prominent journalists and press advocates wrote in a letter to Mr. Peña Nieto, expressing outrage over the latest killing.
They demanded that his administration carry out a credible investigation into the slaying of Mr. Espinosa, a 31-year-old photojournalist, and examine the involvement of local officials who may have been complicit in the killing of journalists.
Crimes against journalists are not the only ones that routinely go unpunished in Mexico. The country’s criminal justice system is notoriously weak, susceptible to political meddling and corruption. This is most acute in parts of the country wracked by violence fueled by the drug trade. The authorities were deeply embarrassed last month when the country’s highest profile prisoner, the drug kingpin Joaquín Guzmán Loera, escaped from prison for the second time.
Mr. Espinosa left Veracruz, a southeast coastal state, shortly after he photographed student activists who were beaten by masked men. When he arrived in Mexico City, he told friends he felt unsafe because strangers had asked him if he was the photographer who had fled Veracruz. Mr. Espinosa was shot in a friend’s apartment on July 31, along with four women. Prosecutors detained a suspect and have sought to portray the crime as a robbery, but many Mexicans find that account dubious.
Since Mr. Duarte assumed office in 2010, intimidation and crimes against journalists in Veracruz have soared, according to press freedom advocates. Fourteen have been killed and at least three have disappeared. In most cases, local officials have tried to play down the idea that the journalists were murdered to silence them.
Ending these assaults on the press requires forceful action by Mr. Peña Nieto. He should repudiate Mr. Duarte’s warning — the two men belong to the same party. And beyond investigating and prosecuting past crimes, he and local officials must take concrete steps to protect journalists who risk their lives doing their jobs.
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