| Rocket lands in Israel ahead of truce Posted: 13 Aug 2014 01:06 PM PDT  Israel, Hamas weigh Cairo offer as deadline looms.
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| Report: NSA planned preset strikes in cyberattacks Posted: 13 Aug 2014 12:14 PM PDT  Edward Snowden said NSA eyed automated strikes against cyberattacks, risking war: new report.
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| U.S. considering options for humanitarian aid in Iraq Posted: 13 Aug 2014 11:11 AM PDT By Jeff Mason EDGARTOWN Mass. (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is considering options to help provide humanitarian assistance to stranded Iraqis but has ruled out using American troops for combat, the White House said on Wednesday. White House deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes, speaking to reporters in a briefing, declined to rule out the possibility of using U.S. forces on the ground in a humanitarian role. The United States added about 130 additional military personnel to northern Iraq this week to develop options to help Iraqi civilians trapped on Mount Sinjar by Islamic State fighters. Since June the United States has sent about 700 military personnel to Iraq to protect U.S. diplomats there and take stock of Iraq's military capacity. |
| Brazil presidential candidate Campos dies in jet crash Posted: 13 Aug 2014 10:02 AM PDT  Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos, a contender to unseat President Dilma Rousseff in October, died Wednesday when his jet crashed into a residential area, media network Globo said. Campos, a socialist who has been running third in the polls, was on board a jet that crashed into a gym and houses in the city of Santos, breaking into pieces and sparking a large fire, Globo reported. All seven people aboard, the Brazilian air force told the online and television news network. The plane was en route from Rio de Janeiro's Santos Dumont airport to Guaruja airport outside Sao Paulo when it hit bad weather, according to aviation authority spokesman Pedro Luis Farcic.
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| Gay couples in Virginia could get married by next week Posted: 13 Aug 2014 09:45 AM PDT  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court refused Wednesday to delay its ruling striking down Virginia's gay marriage ban, which means that same-sex couples could begin marrying in the state as early as next week.
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| Cyber-attacks won't convince Ferguson police chief to ID cop in teen's death Posted: 13 Aug 2014 08:53 AM PDT  FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — The police chief in the St. Louis suburb where an officer fatally shot an unarmed teenager says cyber-attacks on his city's website won't sway him into publicly releasing the officer's name.
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| New York town gets entire summer's worth of rain Posted: 13 Aug 2014 08:36 AM PDT  DEER PARK, N.Y. (AP) — A storm has slammed a suburban New York area with over 13 inches of rain — an entire summer's worth — and trapped drivers on flooded roads around Long Island.
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| 11 injured as train cars derail in Swiss Alps Posted: 13 Aug 2014 08:21 AM PDT  GENEVA (AP) — Three train cars derailed and 11 people were injured Wednesday after a Swiss mountain train ran into a landslide in the Alps. One carriage slid off the tracks onto a steep slope and was halted by trees.
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| France to send weapons to Kurds in Iraq Posted: 13 Aug 2014 08:04 AM PDT  PARIS (AP) — Calling the situation in Iraqi Kurdistan "catastrophic," France said Wednesday it would start supplying arms to the Kurdish forces fighting Sunni extremists from the Islamic State group.
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| Iran's Supreme Leader says interaction with U.S. limited to nuclear talks Posted: 13 Aug 2014 07:48 AM PDT  Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday nuclear talks with world powers would continue, but added there was no point in holding negotiations with the United States on other issues. Khamenei, who has the last word on all matters in Shi'ite Muslim Iran, appeared to give a nuanced message on the country's often fraught relationship with Washington. The nuclear talks, which involve the United States, have resulted in an interim deal under which Tehran has curbed some atomic activity in exchange for limited sanctions relief. "There are no benefits in having relations or negotiations with the United States, except in certain specific cases," Khamenei told a gathering of Iranian diplomats, according to a statement on his website.
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| Image of Asia: Returning turtles to the sea Posted: 13 Aug 2014 07:17 AM PDT  In this photo by Firdia Lisnawati, locals and tourists on the Indonesian island of Bali help release endangered giant green turtles into the sea. Police Col. Djoko Hari Utomo says the turtles being released were among 17 turtles confiscated from a poacher last month. The poacher allegedly bought them from fishermen and they were to be sold to a food stall. Turtle meat is a traditional delicacy in Bali, although Indonesia has banned their trade and consumption due to concerns about dwindling numbers and the possibility of a tourist boycott. Turtles, especially green turtles, are among several protected species in the vast nation of 17,000 islands.
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| Audi says faces penalty for anti-competitive behavior in China Posted: 13 Aug 2014 06:45 AM PDT  Volkswagen 's premium auto unit Audi on Wednesday said it would accept a penalty and change management processes at one of its China units after a regional authority said it had discovered violations of anti-monopoly laws. "According to investigations of the Hubei Provincial Price Bureau, partial practices in the dealership network of the FAW-Volkswagen Sales Co., Audi Sales Division in Hubei province have violated national Anti-Monopoly laws," Audi said in a statement.
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| Celine Dion halts concerts, Asia tour due to husband's health Posted: 13 Aug 2014 06:27 AM PDT  Washington (AFP) - Celine Dion has halted all her concerts, show business activity and her upcoming Asia tour in order to care for her husband as he battles ill health, the singer said Wednesday.
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| Car plows into music store in Mill Creek, Delaware Posted: 13 Aug 2014 06:09 AM PDT  Authorities are trying to determine what caused a motorist to lose control of her vehicle and slam into a business in Mill Creek, Delaware.
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| Justin Bieber to resolve Florida charges with plea deal: report Posted: 13 Aug 2014 05:53 AM PDT  Pop star Justin Bieber was expected to plead guilty on Wednesday to charges including careless driving to resolve a criminal case brought against him after police said he was drag racing on Miami Beach in January, the Miami Herald reported. Bieber's representatives and Florida attorney would not confirm the plea deal to Reuters ahead of a scheduled court hearing in Miami on Wednesday afternoon but his attorney hinted a deal was in the works. Bieber, 20, who frequently makes headlines due to his party-intense lifestyle, initially was charged with driving under the influence, resisting arrest and using an expired license after police stopped and arrested him while he was driving a rented yellow Lamborghini the morning of Jan. 23. Police said at the time of Bieber's arrest that two SUVs had blocked off the road so the singer could race a friend.
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| Egypt's Mubarak denies ordering killing of protesters Posted: 13 Aug 2014 05:35 AM PDT  By Lin Noueihed CAIRO (Reuters) - Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak denied in court on Wednesday ordering the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising that ended his 30-year rule. Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison in 2012 for complicity in the deaths of demonstrators and the breakdown of law and order during the 18-day revolt, but an appeals court subsequently ordered a retrial. Mubarak, who is on trial with his sons and other senior officials, also denied the corruption charges and said he had faithfully served his country for 62 years, first as a military officer and later as president. "Hosni Mubarak, who is before you today, did not order at all the killing of protesters or the shedding of the blood of Egyptians," he told the court room, reading from a prepared statement.
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| Sri Lanka aims for 2-0 series win over Pakistan Posted: 13 Aug 2014 05:20 AM PDT  COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews says they will be able to set aside their emotions in the second cricket test against Pakistan starting on Thursday in order to win and give an ideal sendoff for the retiring Mahela Jayawardene.
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| 'Evil Eye' Box and Other Ancient Treasures Found in Nile River Cemetery Posted: 13 Aug 2014 04:45 AM PDT  A 2,000-year-old cemetery with several underground tombs has been discovered near the Nile River in Sudan. Villagers discovered the cemetery accidently in 2002 while digging a ditch near the modern-day village of Dangeil, and archaeological excavations have been ongoing since then. The cemetery dates back to a time when a kingdom called Kush flourished in Sudan. Based in the ancient city of Meroe (just south of Dangeil) Kush controlled a vast territory;
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| Taiwan's Hon Hai notches third straight quarterly profit rise Posted: 13 Aug 2014 04:27 AM PDT  By Michael Gold TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd reported a third consecutive quarterly profit gain Wednesday as the world's largest contract maker of electronic goods continued to benefit from demand for products from No.1 client Apple Inc. Hon Hai, also known as Foxconn, earns as much as 50 percent of revenue assembling Apple devices such as iPhones and iPads, analysts say. In the meantime, the widely expected release in the coming months of larger-screen iPhones will keep Apple as Hon Hai's biggest cash cow for the foreseeable future, according to company-watchers. Still-hot sales of iPhones drove Hon Hai's net profit in April-June to T$20.19 billion ($673 million), versus the T$17.66 billion mean estimate of 13 analysts polled by Reuters. Shares of Hon Hai closed up 1.4 percent before the earnings release on Thursday, versus a 0.7 percent rise in the benchmark TAIEX index.
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| EU's Ashton ready to call special meeting on Iraq, Ukraine Posted: 13 Aug 2014 04:10 AM PDT  European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton is ready to call a special foreign ministers' meeting as early as this week and is talking to EU governments about it, a spokesman said on Wednesday. The meeting is expected to cover conflicts in Iraq, Ukraine and Gaza. France and current EU president Italy have been pressing for a special meeting. An Italian foreign ministry source said that a meeting of EU foreign ministers could be called as early as this week, or at the latest on Monday and Tuesday of next week.
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| Thai military government moves to outlaw commercial surrogacy Posted: 13 Aug 2014 03:52 AM PDT  By Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's military government gave preliminary approval on Wednesday for a draft law to make commercial surrogacy a criminal offense, following a spate of dramatic surrogacy scandals in the past two weeks. The case of an Australian couple accused of abandoning their Down syndrome son with his Thai surrogate mother unleashed an international outcry over the "wombs for hire" business that rights groups say preys on poor and vulnerable women in countries such as India and Thailand. "The NCPO has approved a surrogacy draft law," Pattamaporn Rattanadilok na Phuket, a spokeswoman for the military government, officially known as the National Council for Peace and Order, told reporters on Wednesday. "We will punish through criminal law those who practice and are involved in commercial surrogacy," the spokeswoman added.
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| Iraq's Maliki says Abadi's appointment as PM 'has no value' Posted: 13 Aug 2014 03:17 AM PDT  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Nuri al-Maliki said on Wednesday the appointment of Haider al-Abadi to replace him as prime minister was a "violation" of the constitution and "had no value". In a televised speech, Maliki said everyone should accept a federal court ruling on an objection he filed against Abadi's appointment. (Reporting by Raheem Salman; Writing by Alexander Dziadosz, editing by John Stonestreet)
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| Tensions high in Iraq as support for new PM grows Posted: 13 Aug 2014 02:58 AM PDT  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi troops imposed heightened security in Baghdad Wednesday as international support mounted for a new prime minister to replace Nouri al-Maliki, who has called on the armed forces to stay out of politics amid fears of a possible coup.
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| 5 shot in New Castle County, Del. within an hour Posted: 13 Aug 2014 02:39 AM PDT  Police say five people were shot in New Castle County, Delaware within an hour Tuesday night.
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| Austrian mountain rescuers deliver high-altitude baby Posted: 13 Aug 2014 02:22 AM PDT  A team of 15 mountain rescuers accompanied by a gynaecologist had to climb some 2,500 metres (8,200 feet) above sea level to help deliver a baby, police said Wednesday. The mother, 30, went into labour in a mountain hut at around 7:00 am on Tuesday but could not be brought down by helicopter due to bad weather in western Austria's Alps.
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