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| Jordan security forces hunt suspected Islamist militants | | Wednesday, March 02, 2016 1:52 AM | |
| | By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordanian security forces killed several Islamist militants and one police officer was also shot dead during a manhunt on Tuesday that involved hundreds of troops in the northern city of Irbid, near the border with Syria, security sources said. Riot police and special forces took part in the operation, which a security official described as one of the largest sweeps against sleeper cells of sympathisers of hardline Islamist groups in recent years. Another security source said the troops and helicopters were deployed mainly in a Palestinian refugee camp in the heart of the city where most of the wanted fugitives were holed up. |
| China's militarization of South China Sea will have consequences - U.S | | Wednesday, March 02, 2016 1:48 AM | |
| | By Andrea Shalal SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Tuesday warned China against what he called "aggressive" actions in the South China Sea region, including the placement of surface-to-air missiles on a disputed island, and said they would have consequences. "China must not pursue militarization in the South China Sea," Carter said in a wide-ranging speech at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. "Specific actions will have specific consequences." He did not elaborate, but underscored the U.S. military's determination to safeguard maritime security around the world, and particularly in the South China Sea region, which sees about 30 percent of the world's trade transit its waters each year. |
| Pennsylvania court orders halt to Cosby trial pending appeal ruling | | Wednesday, March 02, 2016 1:43 AM | |
| | (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania appeals court ordered a temporary halt to the sexual assault case against comedian Bill Cosby on Tuesday pending its ruling on whether defence lawyers' appeal of a decision moving the case to trial can be quashed. The order by the Pennsylvania Superior Court postpones a March 8 preliminary hearing in a suburban Philadelphia court where Cosby, 78, faces charges of sexually assaulting a woman more than a decade ago. Cos by's attorneys had appealed a ruling by Common Pleas Court Judge Steven O'Neill in Norristown that dismissed the entertainer's claims that he had been granted immunity from prosecution in the case.[nL2N15I136] Prosecutors had sought to quash the appeal. |
| Brazil's No. 2 builder admits illegal Rousseff campaign funding - paper | | Wednesday, March 02, 2016 1:22 AM | |
|  Executives from Brazil's second-largest engineering company, Andrade Gutierrez [AGIS.UL], have testified that the company paid suppliers for President Dilma Rousseff's 2010 electoral campaign off the books, newspaper a Folha de S.Paulo reported on Tuesday. The testimony, as part of a plea bargain by 11 executives, would be the first direct link between the widening "Operation Carwash" investigation into bribes and political kickbacks at state-run oil company Petrobras and the election of Rousseff, the paper said. The allegations may bolster the case of the main opposition party PSDB as it seeks to annul Rousseff's 2014 re-election for using illegal funding, though Brazil's top electoral court is unlikely to accept evidence from a previous election.
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| Top Vatican cardinal says never raised abuse concerns with superiors | | Wednesday, March 02, 2016 1:19 AM | |
|  By Philip Pullella and Jane Wardell ROME/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Cardinal George Pell, the highest-ranking Vatican official to testify on systemic sexual abuse of children by clergy in the Roman Catholic Church, on Tuesday said he never notified his superiors in the 1970s about rumours of abuse. The Vatican's treasurer told Australia's Royal Commission into Institutional Response to Child Sexual Abuse that he had heard reports of sexual abuse by at least one priest who was moved to another parish, but assumed senior clergy were dealing with the problem. Given Pell's high rank within the church, his testimony to the Australian inquiry into sexual abuse cases that occurred decades ago has taken on wider implications about the accountability of church leaders.
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| More than a third of people shot by LAPD in 2015 mentally ill - report | | Wednesday, March 02, 2016 1:15 AM | |
|  More than a third of people hit by Los Angeles police officers' gunfire last year had indications of mental illness, double the prior year, according to a report on the use of force released on Tuesday by the Los Angeles Police Department. The report, which analysed shootings involving police officers and other uses of force over a five-year period from 2011 to 2014, comes amid increasing concern in Los Angeles and across the United States about police tactics. "Our chief felt it was extremely important that in the discussion that's going on across the country about the use of force by police and trust of police that we bring contemporary numbers to bear," said LAPD assistant chief Michel Moore, referring to LAPD Chief Charlie Beck.
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| Brazil says microcephaly cases linked to Zika rise to 4,863 | | Wednesday, March 02, 2016 12:03 AM | |
|  The number of confirmed and suspected cases of microcephaly in Brazil associated with the Zika virus has risen to 4,863 from 4,690 a week earlier, the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday. Of these, the number of confirmed cases climbed to 641 from 583 a week earlier, while suspected ones under investigation increased to 4,222 from 4,107 in the same period. Brazil considers most of the cases of babies born with abnormally small heads to be related to Zika, though the link between the virus and the birth defects has not been scientifically established.
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| Irish PM seeks to form new gov't, will talk to nearest rival | |  By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) - The leading party after Ireland's election last week will try to form a government with other parties, including its nearest rival, after its outgoing coalition was rejected by voters, senior Fine Gael members said on Wednesday. Punished last week by voters angry at the patchiness of Ireland's recovery, Prime Minister Enda Kenny's centre-right party is set to fall about 30 seats short of the 80 needed to form a majority in parliament, with two seats yet to be filled. With the second- and third-largest parties, Fianna Fail, and Sinn Fein, ruling out a coalition with Fine Gael, analysts say Kenny will not reach a majority without eventually striking some sort of agreement with Fianna Fail.
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| NY court allows fraud claim against Trump University to proceed | |  By Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump suffered a legal setback on Tuesday when a New York state court allowed a multimillion-dollar fraud claim against Trump University, filed by the state's attorney general, to proceed. The claim is part of a lawsuit that accuses Trump and the now-defunct for-profit venture of misleading thousands of people, who paid up to $35,000 to learn the billionaire businessman's real estate investment strategies. Trump University, which Trump chaired, has become a target for his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, particularly Marco Rubio.
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| Now or never: Trump's 'wall' talk sparks migrant rush on U.S.-Mexico border | |  By Gabriel Stargardter and Julia Edwards CIUDAD JUAREZ/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gang violence and poverty have for years pushed Mexicans and Central Americans north to the United States, but recently a new driver has emerged: the anti-immigrant tone of leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. From the slums of Central America to close-knit migrant communities in U.S. cities, Trump's rise to the front of the Republican pack has not gone unnoticed and is partly behind a spike in the numbers of migrants trying to enter the country, including children travelling without guardians. Interviews with migrants, people smugglers and officials show many migrants are trying to cross now instead of facing tighter policing and new policies to halt illegal immigration if Trump or another Republican wins the Nov. 8 election.
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| Secret Service probing agent, photographer fight at Trump rally | |  By Julia Edwards WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Secret Service is investigating an incident at presidential candidate Donald Trump's rally in Radford, Virginia in which an agent shoved a Time magazine photographer to the ground, an agency spokesman said on Tuesday. "We are investigating the matter fully to find out what our employee did and what the other person did," Kevin Dye told Reuters. Video footage of the altercation on Monday, which was posted on the Internet, shows Time magazine photographer Christopher Morris getting close to the agent, who threw him to the ground and Morris kicking the agent from the floor.
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| NSA chief says 'when, not if' foreign country hacks U.S. infrastructure | |  The U.S. National Security Agency chief said on Tuesday it was a "matter of when, not if" a foreign nation-state attempts to launch a cyber attack on the U.S. critical infrastructure, citing the recent hack on Ukraine's power grid as a cause for concern. Speaking at the RSA cyber security conference in San Francisco, Admiral Michael Rogers said he was also worried about data manipulation and potential offensive cyber threats posed by non-nation-state actors such as Islamic State. The U.S. government said last week a December blackout in Ukraine that affected 225,000 customers was the result of a cyber attack, supporting what most security researchers had already concluded.
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| U.N. aims to restart Syria peace talks on March 9 | |  By Tom Miles and Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations will delay the next round of Syria peace talks by two days to allow the cessation of hostilities in force since Saturday to take hold, U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said. "We are delaying it to the afternoon of (March) 9th for logistical and technical reasons and also for the ceasefire to better settle down," de Mistura told Reuters on Tuesday. The cessation of hostilities was "a glimmer of hope", Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said, although he accused the opposition of violating the agreement.
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