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| Obama administration calls on private sector to assist refugees | | | (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Thursday called on U.S. companies to assist refugees caught in a global refugee crisis in which 65 million people have been displaced, many of them by violent conflicts. The administration is seeking help from the private sector with education, employment and the enablement of refugees to be independent, the White House said in a statement. Fifteen founding companies have been recognised by the administration for taking on significant commitments to help refugees. ... |
| Woman dies, children hurt in Bahrain bomb blast - police | | | A Bahraini woman died and three children sustained minor injuries when their car was hit by a bomb blast that police said was carried out by "terrorists" in southern Bahrain on Friday. Shrapnel hit the car the woman was in, the police said, and security forces were on the scene of the attack in the village of East Eker, south of Bahrain's capital, Manama, according to a Tweet by the Interior Ministry. In July 2015, a bomb killed two policemen and wounded six in what was then the deadliest such attack in Bahrain in months. |
| Boston police captain's son indicted on new charges in alleged bomb plot | | | The son of a Boston police captain was indicted on fresh charges in connection with an alleged plot, inspired by Islamic State, to detonate bombs filled with nails and ball bearings in crowded public places, federal prosecutors said on Thursday. Alexander Ciccolo, 23, of Adams, Massachusetts, was charged with attempting to use weapons of mass destruction in the planned attack, the Office of the U.S. Attorney's Office for Massachusetts said in a statement. |
| Uber, Lyft settlement did not require either side to pay - sources | |  By Joseph Menn and Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A pitched legal battle between ride-hailing rivals Uber and Lyft, involving accusations of hacking and corporate spying, ended with a settlement this week that did not require either company to pay money, according to sources familiar with the agreement. The settlement coincided with news that Lyft was working with investment bank Qatalyst Partners to pursue strategic options, including a possible sale of the company. The settlement would remove a legal risk for potential partners, though it could not be learnt whether the deal or timing was linked to a possible transaction.
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| No specific, credible threats toward U.S. over July Fourth holiday - FBI | | | By Julia Edwards WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There are no specific or credible security threats against the United States known to law enforcement heading into the Fourth of July weekend, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Thursday. "However, law enforcement and members of the public must remain vigilant. ... The FBI asks members of the public to maintain awareness of their surroundings and to report any suspicious activity to law enforcement," an FBI spokeswoman said in a statement to Reuters. |
| Trump raises questions about Bill Clinton meeting amid probe | |  Republican Donald Trump on Thursday accused Bill Clinton and Attorney General Loretta Lynch of showing bad judgment by meeting at a time when the former president's wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary, is under federal investigation. The private meeting took place on Lynch's plane after she landed in Phoenix on Monday night and Bill Clinton was leaving the airport after a rally he held for his wife earlier that day. Hillary Clinton is under an FBI investigation for her use of a private email server when she was President Barack Obama's first-term secretary of state.
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| U.S. House reignites gun-control debate with planned vote | | | By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives, under mounting pressure to advance gun-control legislation, will vote next week on a measure to keep guns out of the hands of people on government terrorism watch lists. House Speaker Paul Ryan announced the plan in a conference call with lawmakers, a week after Democrats staged a 25-hour sit-in on the House floor to push for gun control following the mass shooting in Orlando. Democrats, who have vowed to keep pushing for tighter gun restrictions when Congress returns from its U.S. Independence Day break next week, warned that if Republican leaders opt for a watered-down measure backed by the National Rifle Association, they will not accept it. |
| U.S. lawmakers push for action on human rights in Bahrain | |  By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Seven U.S. senators urged Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday to press Bahrain's government to do more to promote political and social reform, adding to recent concern in Washington over that country's human rights record. The letter said the United States should be prepared to consider "tangible consequences," including reconsidering arms sales, if a recent crackdown on opposition continues. "Bahrain's failure to address the legitimate grievances of its citizens has strained the country's social fabric and invited outside actors to take advantage of the deteriorating situation," six Democratic lawmakers and one Republican said in a letter to Kerry, a former Democratic senator.
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| Saudi Arabia 'alarmed and outraged' by rights groups' criticism | |  By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia on Thursday said it was "alarmed and outraged" by a call from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch for the kingdom to be suspended from the U.N. Human Rights Council until a Saudi-led military coalition stops killing civilians in Yemen. The two human rights advocacy groups said the Saudis have had "an appalling record of violations in Yemen while a Human Rights Council member." Saudi Arabia is in its final year of a three-year term on the 47-member Human Rights Council.
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| Palestinian kills teen in Israeli settlement, then shot dead | |  By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A Palestinian fatally stabbed a 13-year-old Israeli girl in her bedroom in a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the military said, as international sponsors of frozen peace talks prepared to issue a report on the impasse. Israeli guards in the settlement of Kiryat Arba shot the attacker dead and one member of the civilian armed response team was wounded, a military spokesman and a settler leader said. The assailant was identified as a 19-year-old male from a nearby Palestinian village.
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| Turkish court frees two press-freedom campaigners, third still in jail | | | Turkey released two prominent press-freedom activists from prison on Thursday following international condemnation of their detention, but their prosecution on terrorism-related charges will proceed, a lawyer said. Erol Onderoglu of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Sebnem Korur Fincanci, president of Turkey's Human Rights Foundation, were freed by a court, lawyer Fikret Ilkiz told Reuters. Journalist Ahmet Nesin, jailed with Fincanci and Onderoglu on June 20, remained in pre-trial detention, media said. |
| U.S. downgrades Myanmar, raises Thailand in human trafficking report | | | By Matt Spetalnick and Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States placed Myanmar, Uzbekistan, Sudan and Haiti on its list of worst human trafficking offenders on Thursday, drawing guarded praise from some human rights groups following criticism that last year's State Department report was politicized. While more than two dozen countries were downgraded in the closely watched Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, Thailand was removed from the bottom rung despite what the State Department described as "widespread forced labor" in the country's vital seafood industry. |
| Hate crime reports surge in Britain after divisive EU referendum, police say | | | By William James LONDON (Reuters) - The number of hate crimes reported to British police online, including some assaults, has increased by more than 500 percent in the week after the country voted to leave the European Union, a senior police chief said on Thursday. The number of hate crimes reported to police through its online portal - one of several ways incidents can be reported - was 331 since the vote, compared with a weekly average of 63, said Sara Thornton, chair of the National Police Chiefs' Council. "Migrants are reporting verbal abuse, negative social media commentary including xenophobic language, anti-migrant leafleting and, in very limited numbers, physical assaults." Critics accuse some in the "Leave" campaign of stoking xenophobia and racism, as part of a message that leaving the EU would allow Britain to stop uncontrolled immigration, which many Britons blame for putting pressure on jobs and public services. |
| In Egypt, Sisi's star fades as problems pile up | |  Hisham Genena, Egypt's erstwhile corruption tsar, settles in a corner. "We can speak freely." It has been a long way down for Genena, a former policeman and judge who was appointed to head Egypt's corruption watchdog in 2012 and is now on trial, accused of defaming the state by exaggerating the scale of public sector graft. "When political parties are absent, NGOs are absent, local media is being crushed, international media too... is that a sign of a healthy environment in which a country can flourish?" Three years after general-turned-president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ousted the Muslim Brotherhood, a crackdown that first targeted opposition activists has now turned on establishment figures like Genena to TV presenters and street performers.
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| U.S. court dismisses case against Turkish opponent of Erdogan | |  By Ayla Jean Yackley ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A U.S. judge threw out a lawsuit against a prominent Muslim cleric and opponent of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, saying the court lacked jurisdiction, lawyers for both sides said. Fethullah Gulen, once Erdogan's ally but now branded by the president as a "terrorist", was accused in the lawsuit of ordering his followers in the Turkish police and judiciary to arrest members of another Islamic movement in 2009. Gulen lives in self-imposed exile in Saylorsburg, Penn. The district court in nearby Scranton on Wednesday ruled the suit against Gulen for alleged wrongdoing in Turkey could not be brought in the United States, said Robert Amsterdam, founder of UK-based firm Amsterdam and Partners LLP, who represented the plaintiffs.
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| Brazil lends $895 million to Rio to guarantee safety at Olympics | |  Brazil's government disbursed 2.9 billion reais ($895 million) to cover Olympic security spending by the state of Rio de Janeiro, which declared a state of fiscal emergency just weeks before the sporting event kicks off on Aug. 5. A presidential measure published on Thursday in the government's Official Gazette confirmed the emergency loan, an effort to guarantee safety with as many as half a million foreign visitors expected in Rio during its worst financial crisis in decades. The money will also help complete a subway line crucial for transporting visitors from the city center to Olympic venues in the neighborhood of Barra da Tijuca, Rodrigo Vieira, Rio state's secretary for transport, told reporters on Thursday.
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