| UK Jewish groups accuse Labour of tolerating anti-Semitism Posted: 26 Mar 2018 12:53 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Britain's main opposition leader vowed Monday that his Labour Party would have "zero tolerance" for anti-Semitism, after Jewish groups accused him of failing to stamp out anti-Jewish prejudice within his left-of-center party.
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| Fresh rebel withdrawals from Syria's shrinking Ghouta Posted: 26 Mar 2018 10:46 AM PDT  More than 2,500 Syrian rebels and civilians prepared to leave Eastern Ghouta on Monday after the largest exodus yet from the opposition enclave, as talks stalled over the final pocket of resistance. Five weeks since government troops launched a ferocious offensive on Ghouta, they hold more than 90 percent of the long-besieged opposition stronghold on the doorstep of Damascus. A convoy of more than 5,400 fighters and civilians left a pocket of territory held by Islamist rebel group Faylaq al-Rahman late Sunday and reached northwest Syria the following day.
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| Exits were blocked, say Russian mall fire investigators Posted: 26 Mar 2018 09:32 AM PDT  By Andrew Osborn and Christian Lowe MOSCOW (Reuters) - Investigators looking into a fire that killed at least 64 people at a busy shopping mall in Siberia said on Monday a security guard had turned off the public address system and exits had been illegally blocked. The fire, one of the deadliest in Russia since the break-up of the Soviet Union, swept through the upper floors of the "Winter Cherry" shopping center in the city of Kemerovo, where a cinema complex and children's play area were located, on Sunday afternoon. Dozens of children were feared to be among the dead.
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| The Latest: Kremlin: Putin to decide on expulsions response Posted: 26 Mar 2018 08:37 AM PDT  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Latest on the diplomatic fallout over the nerve agent attack on an ex-Russian spy in Britain (all times local):
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| Parents beat teen daughter with broomsticks and poured cooking oil on her for refusing forced marriage, says Texas sheriff Posted: 26 Mar 2018 05:02 AM PDT  The parents of a girl who refused to enter into a forced marriage, have been arrested for allegedly pouring hot cooking oil over their daughter and beating her with broomsticks. Maarib Al Hishmawi, now 16, ran away from her home in San Antonio, Texas, after months of abuse in order to avoid marrying an adult man in another part of the state, Bexar County sheriff Javier Salazar said. "We became aware of the fact that mid-last year, mid-2017, there had been a marriage arrangement made between the family of this young lady and an adult male living in another city, whereby approximately $20,000 (£14,000) was going to exchange hands," Sheriff Salazar said.
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| Saudi Arabia shoots down missiles from Yemen; one dead from debris Posted: 26 Mar 2018 01:59 AM PDT ![Saudi Arabia shoots down missiles from Yemen; one dead from debris]( "Saudi Arabia shoots down missiles from Yemen; one dead from debris") Saudi air defenses shot down seven ballistic missiles fired by Yemen's Houthi militia on Sunday, with debris killing a man in what was the first death in the capital during the Saudi-led coalition's three-year military campaign in Yemen. Saudi forces destroyed three missiles over northeastern Riyadh shortly before midnight, as well as others fired at the southern cities of Najran, Jizan and Khamis Mushait, the coalition said in a statement carried by state news agency SPA. Debris from the missiles fell on a home in Riyadh, killing an Egyptian resident and wounding two other Egyptians, said coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Malki, according to SPA.
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| Uber sells Southeast Asia business to Grab after costly battle Posted: 26 Mar 2018 12:16 AM PDT  SINGAPORE/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc has agreed to sell its Southeast Asian business to bigger regional rival Grab, the firms said on Monday, marking the U.S. company's second retreat from an Asian market. The industry's first big consolidation in Southeast Asia, home to about 640 million people, puts pressure on Indonesia's Go-Jek, which is backed by Alphabet Inc's Google and China's Tencent Holdings Ltd. A shake-up in Asia's fiercely competitive ride-hailing industry became likely earlier this year when Japan-based SoftBank Group Corp's Vision Fund made a multi-billion dollar investment in Uber.
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| Saudis intercept seven Yemen rebel missiles in deadly escalation Posted: 25 Mar 2018 06:47 PM PDT  Saudi forces intercepted seven Yemeni rebel missiles on Sunday, including over the capital Riyadh, in a deadly escalation on the eve of the third anniversary of the Saudi-led coalition's intervention in Yemen. One Egyptian was killed and two of his countrymen were wounded by falling shrapnel in Riyadh, authorities said, with residents reporting loud explosions and bright flashes in the sky shortly before midnight. The Iran-aligned Huthi rebels fired three missiles at Riyadh and four others at the southern cities of Khamis Mushait, Jizan and Najran, with the coalition saying they all targeted populated areas.
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| Nigeria talking to Boko Haram about possible ceasefire Posted: 25 Mar 2018 06:00 PM PDT  By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's government is in talks with Islamist militant group Boko Haram about a possible ceasefire with the ultimate aim of securing a permanent cessation of hostilities, the country's information minister said on Sunday. It is the first time in years the government has said it is talking to Boko Haram about a ceasefire in an insurgency that has killed tens of thousands of people since 2009. President Muhammadu Buhari's administration has repeatedly said it is willing to hold talks with the group.
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| Gaza's Hamas rulers hold large military drill amid tensions Posted: 25 Mar 2018 02:47 PM PDT  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Islamic militant group that rules Gaza staged a large-scale military drill in the impoverished territory on Sunday.
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