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Trump attacks FBI on leakers of Russia reports: "FIND NOW"
WASHINGTON - U. S. President Donald Trump criticizes the FBI for failing to stop leaks of national security information to the media and directed the agency to find those who pass on classified information.
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Trump attacks FBI on leakers of Russia reports: "FIND NOW"
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump criticizes the FBI for failing to stop leaks of national security information to the media and directed the agency to find those who pass on classified information. (USA-TRUMP/FBI (UPDATE 2), moved, 420 words)
+ See also:
- USA-TRUMP/NUCLEAR-RUSSIA, moving shortly, by Andrey Ostroukh and Christian Lowe, 455 words
- USA-TRUMP/REGULATIONS (UPDATE 1), moved, 135 words
- USA-TRUMP/EU, moved, by Alastair Macdonald, 550 words
- USA-TRUMP/ (UPDATE 1, EXCLUSIVE, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Steve Holland, 480 words
Islamic State car bomb kills more than 50 in northwest Syria
BEIRUT/ISTANBUL - An Islamic State car bomb kills more than 50 people in a Syrian village held by rebels, a war monitor says, a day after the jihadist group was driven from its last stronghold in the area. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-ISLAMIC STATE (UPDATE 3), moved, by Angus McDowall and Humeyra Pamuk, 575 words)
Iraqi forces push into first districts of western Mosul
SOUTH OF MOSUL - U.S.-backed Iraqi security forces advance deeper into the western half of Mosul one day after launching attacks on several fronts towards Islamic State's last main stronghold in the city. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-MOSUL (UPDATE 1), expect by 1530 GMT/10.30 AM ET, by Stephen Kalin and Isabel Coles, 660 words)
May's Conservatives gain UK parliament seat as rivals suffer setbacks
STOKE-ON-TRENT/WHITEHAVEN - British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives secure a landmark victory in a parliamentary by-election, strengthening her hand ahead of Brexit negotiations as her rivals suffer damaging setbacks. (BRITAIN-ELECTIONS/ (UPDATE 5, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Darren Staples and Phil Noble, 635 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Syrian govt negotiator says he will study U.N. paper
GENEVA - The chief Syrian government negotiator at peace talks in Geneva says he has received a paper from U.N. mediator Staffan de Mistura and will study it, but a first meeting had covered only the format of talks. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-JAAFARI (UPDATE 1, TV, PICTURE), moved, 235 words)
UN rights office decries Israeli sentence as "excessively lenient"
GENEVA - The United Nations' human rights office says that an 18-month sentence handed down to an Israeli soldier for killing a wounded and unarmed Palestinian was "excessively lenient" and "unacceptable". (ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/SOLDIER-UN (UPDATE 2, TV), moving shortly, 350 words)
Suicide bomber kills at least 8 soldiers in Yemen's Zinjibar
ADEN - A suicide bomber kills at least eight soldiers in an attack on a military camp in Yemen's southern city of Zinjibar, a local official and residents say. (YEMEN-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 1), moved, 135 words)
AFRICA
How money flowed to Gambia's ex president
DAKAR - Funds from a dollar bank account in the name of the Jammeh Foundation for Peace, a charity founded by Gambia's former president Yahya Jammeh, flowed to Jammeh himself, not to foundation projects, according to bank records and interviews with a former charity official and a former presidential staff member. (GAMBIA-JAMMEH/ (EXCLUSIVE, PICTURE), moved, by Edward McAllister and Emma Farge, 1,290 words)
Millions at risk from African famine worsened by Boko Haram -UN
OSLO - Aid agencies must get food to close to 3 million people by July to avert a famine in Africa's Lake Chad region caused by drought, chronic poverty and Islamist insurgents Boko Haram, the United Nations says as it launched a funding appeal. (NIGERIA-FAMINE/ (UPDATE 1, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Gwladys Fouche, 370 words)
+ See also:
- NIGERIA-SECURITY/ (PICTURE, TV), moved, by Paul Carsten and Ola Lanre, 870 words
South African police break up anti-immigrant protests
PRETORIA - South African police fire tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets to disperse rival marches by hundreds of protesters in Pretoria, after mobs looted stores this week believed to belong to immigrants. (SAFRICA-XENOPHOBIA/ (UPDATE 3, TV, PICTURE), moved, by TJ Strydom, 410 words)
EUROPE
France's Le Pen refused a police summons for questioning - her lawyer
PARIS - French far-right-leader Marine Le Pen refused to attend a summons for questioning by police last Wednesday over allegations that she made illegal EU payments to her staff, her lawyer says. (FRANCE-ELECTION/LEPEN (UPDATE 1), moved, 245 words)
Wary of divided loyalties, a Baltic state reaches out to its Russians
NARVA - It is a sign of the times in Estonia, a Baltic state always suspicious of the Kremlin's ambitions in the region, that Prime Minister Juri Ratas is learning Russian. (BALTICS-RUSSIA/ (PICTURE, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Alistair Scrutton and David Mardiste, 1,010 words)
UNITED STATES
Kansas man charged in shooting of two Indians in possible hate crime
MILWAUKEE/NEW DELHI - A Kansas man is charged with shooting to death an Indian man and wounding a second Indian man and an American in a bar, and federal authorities are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime. (KANSAS-INDIA/ (UPDATE 4, TV), moved, by Brendan O'Brien and Aditya Kalra, 875 words)
U.S. governors prepare wish lists for Trump infrastructure promise
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign promise for a $1 trillion infrastructure program will be in focus when U.S. governors gather in Washington, D.C., with some states making wish-lists of projects ranging from a bullet train to statewide broadband internet service. (USA-GOVERNORS/INFRASTRUCTURE (PICTURE), moved, by Ian Simpson, 515 words)
Deadly U.S. heroin overdoses quadrupled in five years -study
ATLANTA - The number of deadly heroin overdoses in the United States more than quadrupled from 2010 to 2015, a federal agency says, as the price of the drug dropped and its potency increased. (USA-HEROIN/, moved, by David Beasley, 330 words)
ASIA
Chemical weapon VX nerve agent killed N.Korean leader's half brother - Malaysian police
KUALA LUMPUR - VX nerve agent, a chemical the United Nations classifies as a weapon of mass destruction, was used to kill the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Malaysia, police say. (NORTHKOREA-MALAYSIA/KIM (WRAPUP 3, PICTURE, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Rozanna Latiff and Emily Chow, 785 words)
+ See also:
- NORTHKOREA-MALAYSIA/KIM-NERVEAGENT (UPDATE 1), moved, by A. Ananthalakshmi and Liz Lee, 660 words
Saudi King Salman launches investment drive with Asia tour
RIYADH - Saudi Arabia's King Salman starts a month-long Asian tour on Sunday to build ties with the world's fastest growing importers of Saudi oil and promote investment opportunities, including the sale of a stake in its giant state firm Saudi Aramco. (SAUDI-ASIA/ (PICTURE), moved, by Katie Paul, 740 words)
Opponent of Duterte's drugs war arrested in Philippines on drug charges
MANILA - A Philippine senator and critic of President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs is in police custody following her arrest for drugs offences that she described as a vendetta that would fail to silence her. (PHILIPPINES-DRUGS/SENATOR (UPDATE 2, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Karen Lema, 500 words)
Duterte says China misunderstood Philippine minister's S. China Sea remarks
MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he is not sure why China's commerce minister has cancelled a trip to his country, and that Beijing misunderstood his foreign minister's comments about its militarisation in the South China Sea. (PHILIPPINES-CHINA/ (UPDATE 2, PICTURE), moved, 420 words)
China say N.Korean issue fundamentally between U.S., N.Korea
BEIJING - China dismiss renewed pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump over its role in North Korea, saying the crux of the matter is a dispute between Washington and Pyongyang. (USA-TRUMP/NORTHKOREA-CHINA (TV), moved, 370 words)
HEALTH
Scientists test deep brain stimulation as potential anorexia therapy
LONDON - A small study in 16 people with severe anorexia has found that implanting stimulation electrodes into the brains of patients could ease their anxiety and help them gain weight. (HEALTH-ANOREXIA/BRAIN, moved, by Kate Kelland, 430 words)
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