Monday, July 25, 2016

2 dead, 17 hurt in shooting at teen party in Florida nightclub and other top stories.

  • 2 dead, 17 hurt in shooting at teen party in Florida nightclub

    DEVELOPING –  Two people were killed and as many as 17 - one just 12 years old - wounded when gunfire erupted at a teen swimsuit party at a southwest Florida nightclub early Monday, according to reports. At least 20 cop cars on scene. Working to get info. Believed to be connected to shooting at Club Blu.@Fox4Now pic.twitter.com/eTJRky63TY— Stephanie Tinoco (@stinocoTV) July 25, 2016 Five people were detained by police, but it's unclear if any were believed to be a shooter. Neither the shooter..
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  • The Latest: Kerry meets with his Southeast Asia counterparts

    The Latest: Kerry meets with his Southeast Asia counterparts
    VIENTIANE, Laos — The Latest on the meeting in Laos of foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (all times local): 7 p.m. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has met with his counterpart from Brunei and urged his country to ensure that if it implements Islamic sharia law it should respect human rights. Kerry and Brunei Foreign Minister Lim Jock Seng met Monday on the sidelines of a regional security meeting being hosted by Laos. Kerry’s deputy spokesman Mark Toner told r..
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  • China jails former top military officer for life in graft case

    China jails former top military officer for life in graft case
    BEIJING A military court in China on Monday jailed for life a former top military officer for corruption, stripping him of his title of general and seizing his assets, the latest prosecution in President Xi Jinping's drive against graft in the armed forces.Guo Boxiong, 74, was a vice chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission until he stepped down in 2012. Last year, the government said it would prosecute him for graft.The official Xinhua news agency said in a report also carried on ..
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  • Video: Horror at Beijing Safari World as tigers attack women who exited car, killing one, injuring another

    Video: Horror at Beijing Safari World as tigers attack women who exited car, killing one, injuring another
    Chinese state media broadcast footage showing a tiger attacking a woman at a Beijing wildlife park on July 23 after she exited the passenger's side of a car. The incident left one woman dead and another injured (Editor's Note: This video contains disturbing content). (Reuters) A woman is dead, and another severely injured after a tiger attack at Beijing Badaling Safari World. Part of the attack was captured in a surveillance video, which showed a Siberian tiger pouncing on one of the wome..
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  • The Latest: Trump: Claims of Putin bromance “new joke”

    The Latest: Trump: Claims of Putin bromance “new joke”
    File- Thgis July 20, 2016, file photo shows Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, right, and his son Donald Trump, Jr., watching as Eric Trump addresses the delegates during the third day session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Trump is asserting that countries like France that he says are compromised by terrorism may be subjected to the “extreme vetting” he proposes as a deterrent to attacks in the U.S. When asked if his proposal might lead to a point when not ..
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  • Suicide bomber in Ansbach, Germany, was to be deported, officials say

    Suicide bomber in Ansbach, Germany, was to be deported, officials say
    Twelve people were injured in Sunday night's blast in Ansbach, three of them seriously, Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said at a news conference Monday. The bomber, who has not been named, was killed.Authorities said he was a 27-year-old Syrian known to police who entered Germany two years ago. He had applied for asylum, and his application was rejected about a year ago. But he was not sent back to Syria, as German policy does not allow rejected applicants to return to war zones.Ra..
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  • Record Number Civilians Killed, Maimed in Afghanistan

    Record Number Civilians Killed, Maimed in Afghanistan
    GENEVA— A new report finds a record number of civilians in Afghanistan have been killed or maimed in the first half of this year.  The report issued by the U.N. Human Rights Office and U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan finds children account for nearly one-third of the more than 5,100 civilian casualties. The U.N. reports nearly 64,000 civilians in Afghanistan have been killed or maimed since counting began in January 2009.  The report notes a progressive worsening of the situation, with c..
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  • Asia Pacific|Indian Police Say Men Gang-Raped Israeli Tourist in Car

    Asia Pacific|Indian Police Say Men Gang-Raped Israeli Tourist in Car
    NEW DELHI — Police were questioning two men Monday in the alleged gang rape of a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who accepted a car ride while traveling in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.The woman, who had been looking for a taxi, got into the car in the hill resort of Manali before dawn Sunday to travel to a nearby town, said Padam Chand, a police superintendent in Manali.There were six men in the car and two of them raped the tourist after stopping at a desolate spot, he said.Two ..
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  • Suicide Bomber Kills 14 at Iraq Checkpoint; 9 Die in Baghdad

    Suicide Bomber Kills 14 at Iraq Checkpoint; 9 Die in Baghdad
    BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a checkpoint outside a Shiite town north of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 14 people, Iraqi officials said, while a string of bombings in the Iraqi capital killed nine more people.Monday's checkpoint bombing took place at one of the busy entrances to the town of Khalis, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of the Iraqi capital, a police officer said. The town is a Shiite enclave surrounded by Sunni areas in the restive Diyala..
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  • Turkey detains 42 journalists in crackdown as Europe sounds alarm

    Turkey detains 42 journalists in crackdown as Europe sounds alarm
    ISTANBUL Turkey ordered the detention of 42 journalists on Monday, broadcaster NTV reported, under a crackdown following a failed coup that has targeted more than 60,000 people, drawing fire from the European Union.The arrests or suspensions of soldiers, police, judges and civil servants in response to the July 15-16 putsch have raised concerns among rights groups and Western countries, who fear President Tayyip Erdogan is capitalizing on it to tighten his grip on power.EU Commission President..
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