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| U.S. senator wants hearing on possible F-16 sale to Pakistan | | Friday, February 26, 2016 12:05 AM | |
|  By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator John McCain on Thursday urged the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to hold a hearing on the possible sale of Lockheed Martin Corp F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan, as more lawmakers expressed concern about the deal. McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told reporters he was concerned about the timing of the Obama administration's decision to approve the sale of the fighter jets to Pakistan, and the potential consequences for U.S. relations with India. "I would rather have seen it kicked over into the next administration," McCain said.
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| Bangkok shrine bombers first targeted pier for Chinese tourists | |  By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Andrew R.C. Marshall BANGKOK (Reuters) - The perpetrators of last year's deadly explosion at a Bangkok shrine originally chose a pier packed with Chinese tourists as their primary target and had amassed enough chemicals to make 10 equally powerful bombs, the chief of Thailand's police bomb squad told Reuters. A bomb planted at the Erawan Shrine on Aug. 17 killed 20 people and turned a popular tourist site into a scene of carnage. Another device, which was left at a crowded pier on Bangkok's Chao Phraya river but failed to explode, might have inflicted much greater casualties, said a leading security analyst.
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| Republican Sandoval withdraws as possible U.S. Supreme Court pick | |  By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval, a moderate Republican, took himself out of consideration for appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday as Senate Republicans dug in on their vow not to act on any nominee by President Barack Obama. Asked if the White House was disappointed by Sandoval's decision, Obama spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters, "He's obviously entitled to make decisions about his own career." Sandoval's name surfaced as a possible nominee on Wednesday, but Senate Republicans quickly said they still would not hold hearings or vote on any Obama nominee to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the Feb. 13 death of conservative Justice Antonin Scalia.
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| 19 retired U.S. generals, admirals back Clinton's stance on Guantanamo | |  (Reuters) - A group of 19 retired U.S. generals and admirals on Thursday backed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's position on the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo and torture and called for an end to the "dangerous rhetoric" from her Republican opponents. "The Republican candidates have turned this into a game to see who can seem toughest. Republican candidates have opposed an Obama administration plan to close the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba.
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| Highlights of draft U.N. North Korea sanctions resolution | |  (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday proposed a draft United Nations Security Council resolution that would dramatically tighten sanctions on North Korea following Pyongyang's recent nuclear test and missile launch. Here is an overview of the draft resolution circulated to the 15-member council: CONVENTIONAL ARMS The draft resolution targets North Korea's conventional arms capabilities by closing a gap in the arms embargo that had allowed small arms and light weapons to be sent to North Korea. North Korea would instead be subjected to a full arms embargo on all weapons.
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| FIFA faces $108 million deficit for 2015 - finance overseer | |  By Brian Homewood ZURICH (Reuters) - Soccer's scandal-hit governing body FIFA is facing a shortfall of $108 million for the last financial year as a result of its "falling credibility", a member of its audit and compliance committee said on Thursday. FIFA is in the throes of a corruption scandal that has engulfed top officials and last year saw several dozen international officials indicted in the United States for racketeering, money-laundering and bribery. In July, former FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke said that it was difficult to renew sponsorship deals and that no major deals would be announced until the election of a new president to replace Sepp Blatter on Feb. 26.
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| FIFA aims to start afresh with vote to replace Blatter | |  By Simon Evans, Mike Collett and Brian Homewood ZURICH (Reuters) - Crisis-hit world football governing body FIFA faces one of the most important days in its 112-year history when it elects a new leader on Friday hoping to usher in a fresh era after decades of tawdry controversy. Delegates from more than 200 countries will vote for a new president to succeed Sepp Blatter, two days after the disgraced Swiss and European football chief Michel Platini lost their appeals against bans for ethics violations. A wide-ranging set of reforms, which are designed to prevent corruption, will be voted on before the FIFA election and are expected to be passed.
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| Iran votes in contest likely to shape post-sanctions era | |  By Samia Nakhoul TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranians go to the polls on Friday to vote for the first time since last year's nuclear deal in elections that could determine whether the Islamic Republic continues to emerge from diplomatic and economic isolation after years of sanctions. The contest will pit supporters of pragmatist President Hassan Rouhani, who championed the nuclear deal and is likely to seek a second presidential term next year, against conservatives deeply opposed to detente with Western powers. Most reformist candidates have been barred by a hardline clerical vetting body, along with many moderates, but their supporters have called on voters to back Rouhani's allies and keep the conservatives out.
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| Apple CEO: Unlocking San Bernardino iPhone would be 'bad for America' | |  By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Apple chief Tim Cook on Wednesday said that complying with a court order to help the FBI break into an iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters would be "bad for America," and set a legal precedent that would offend many Americans. "Some things are hard, and some things are right, and some things are both - this is one of those things," Cook told ABC News in his first interview since the court order came down last week.
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| Turkish editors expected to be freed, still face trial | |  By Humeyra Pamuk ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's top court ruled on Thursday that detaining two journalists from an opposition newspaper had violated their rights and an advocacy group called for the charges against them, which carry a life sentence, to be dropped. The arrest of Can Dundar, editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet, and Ankara bureau chief Erdem Gul last November drew international condemnation and revived concern about media freedom in Turkey under President Tayyip Erdogan. "The constitutional court has ruled that there is a rights violation.
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| Scandal-hit CONCACAF votes for reform package | | | By Simon Evans ZURICH (Reuters) - Scandal-plagued CONCACAF, the football confederation for North and Central America and the Caribbean, on Thursday voted for wide-ranging reforms after being warned by its lawyers of serious consequences if it failed to change its structure. Miami-based CONCACAF, one of the six confederations within FIFA, has been at the centre of the scandal at world football's governing body, which has seen 41 individuals and entities indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice. FIFA is due to vote on its own reform plans on Friday, before electing a new president to replace the banned Sepp Blatter. |
| Democratic senators raise concerns about Charter-Time Warner Cable tie-up | |  Five Democratic U.S. senators, including presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, told the Justice Department and Federal Communications Commission on Thursday that they had "significant concerns" about Charter Communications Inc's planned acquisition of Time Warner Cable Inc and Bright House Networks. The senators, who also included Elizabeth Warren, Ed Markey, Ron Wyden and Al Franken, said in a letter to the agencies that are reviewing the proposal that the deal would create "a nationwide broadband duopoly," with Charter and Comcast Corp in nearly two-thirds of U.S. high-speed broadband homes.
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| "You saved my life" - Paris attack survivors seek solace with Bataclan security man | |  By Pauline Mevel PARIS (Reuters) - Thirty-five-year-old Didi saved scores of lives on Nov. 13 when Islamic State militants attacked the Bataclan concert hall where he was in charge of security. Like other survivors of the attacks, in which 90 were killed, she sought him out for weeks to say "Thank you." "It was very important, it was key for me to feel better and move on with life. Didi, who has not been back to work since the attacks, is constantly on the phone with survivors.
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| Palestinian activist's U.S. immigration fraud conviction vacated | | | By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - A U.S. appellate court on Thursday vacated the conviction of a Palestinian activist charged with immigration fraud for failing to tell U.S. authorities she had been imprisoned in Israel for a 1969 supermarket bombing that killed two people. Rasmieh Yousef Odeh, 68, has said her confession to the bombing was the result of severe torture by the Israeli military, including rape and electric shocks. The 6th Circuit U.S. Appellate Court opinion said a lower court should have allowed expert testimony that Odeh was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to torture in prison, and did not know her statements to immigration officials were false. |
| Czech ministry allows extradition of Ivory Coast national to U.S. | | | The Czech justice minister has allowed the extradition of Ivory Coast citizen Faouzi Jaber to the United States, where he is accused of trying to sell arms and drugs with the aim of harming U.S. interests. Jaber was part of a trio of men arrested in Prague in 2014. The other two, Lebanese nationals Khaled Merebi and Ali Fayad, were released earlier this month in what was widely speculated in the media to be a swap for Czechs missing in Lebanon. |
| Nevada governor rules himself out of Supreme Court consideration | |  Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval said on Thursday he did not want to be considered for the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, but said the notion was "beyond humbling." "Earlier today, I notified the White House that I do not wish to be considered at this time for possible nomination to the Supreme Court of the United States," the Republican governor said in a statement. "The notion of being considered for a seat on the highest court in the land is beyond humbling and I am incredibly grateful to have been mentioned," he added.
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| Sandoval does not want to be considered for high court - Reid aide | |  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval on Thursday informed Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid that he no longer wanted to be considered for the open Supreme Court justice job that President Barack Obama hopes to fill, according to a Reid aide. The aide said Sandoval, a Republican, telephoned Reid early Thursday afternoon. (Reporting By Richard Cowan; Editing by Chris Reese)
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| On eve of FIFA election, key African vote is hard to call | |  By Brian Homewood ZURICH (Reuters) - Africa could hold the key to FIFA's presidential election, but sharply conflicting versions emerged on Thursday of who would get the continent's 54 votes in the contest for the new head of world soccer. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) last month backed Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa of Bahrain as its candidate in Friday's election to replace disgraced FIFA president Sepp Blatter in the wake of a major corruption scandal. On the eve of the vote, CAF vice-president Suketu Patel said he expected virtually all the African football associations to follow the recommendation.
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| Argentine investigator says Nisman death points to murder | |  By Hugh Bronstein BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - An Argentine prosecutor who died last year just days after accusing then-President Cristina Fernandez of covering up Iran's alleged role in the bombing of a Jewish centre was apparently murdered, an official investigating the case said on Thursday. Alberto Nisman was found shot dead in the bathroom of his Buenos Aires apartment 13 months ago. "The evidence up to this point supports the hypothesis that Alberto Nisman was the victim of the crime of homicide," Ricardo Saenz, district attorney for the Buenos Aires Criminal Appeals Court, wrote in a recommendation that the case be handed over to federal authorities and pursued as a murder investigation.
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