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| FBI Director James Comey to testify before House panel on Thursday | |  (Reuters) - FBI Director James Comey is set to testify before the U.S. House Oversight Committee on Thursday about the agency's decision not to recommend charges against Hillary Clinton over her use of a personal email server while serving at the State Department, the panel said in a statement. In the statement on Wednesday, Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz said that Congress and the American people have a right to understand the FBI's investigation in the matter.
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| Former British PM Tony Blair says could not delay Iraq invasion | |  Britain's former prime minister Tony Blair said on Wednesday he could not delay the invasion of Iraq in 2003, responding to a critical report on the war which found that taking military action was not the last resort that had been presented to parliament and the public. The report, published earlier on Wednesday, said the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq came while diplomatic options were still open, but Blair said that because the United States had decided on action, he could not afford to wait any longer. With respect, I didn't have the option of that delay," Blair told reporters.
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| Inquiry slams Blair over Iraq war, reveals secret promise to Bush | |  By Michael Holden and William James LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair told U.S. President George W. Bush eight months before the 2003 invasion of Iraq "I will be with you, whatever", and relied on flawed intelligence and legal advice to go to war, a seven-year inquiry concluded on Wednesday. It strongly criticised Blair on a range of issues, saying the threat posed by Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's supposed weapons of mass destruction had been over-hyped and the planning for the aftermath of war had been inadequate. Blair responded that he had taken the decision to go to war "in good faith", that he still believed it was better to remove Saddam, and that he did not see that action as the cause of terrorism today, in the Middle East or elsewhere.
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| Factbox: 'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius gets six years for girlfriend's murder | |  (Reuters) - South African Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius was sent back to jail for six years on Wednesday for murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, less than half the 15 year minimum term sought by prosecutors. Pistorius' defence team said the athlete would be able to apply for parole after serving half to two-thirds of the sentence. Following is a timeline of Pistorius' life and murder trial: - Born on November 22, 1986 in Johannesburg.
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| Brother of Paris attacker sentenced to 9 years in jail | | | The brother of one of the Islamist attackers who killed 130 people in Paris was sentenced to nine years' jail on Wednesday for travelling to Syria to train as a militant fighter. Karim Mohammed-Aggad was one of a group tried over a trip to Syria in December 2013. Karim and six others, aged 24 to 27, were tried on charges of taking part in an Islamist recruitment network and receiving training from the Islamic State group, whose strongholds in Iraq and Syria are being bombed by French fighter jets. |
| Blair defends Iraq decisions while expressing regret | |  Britain's former prime minister Tony Blair said on Wednesday he felt sorrow and regret over the Iraq war but defended his decision to join the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. Blair was responding to severe criticism of him in the report of a seven-year inquiry into the war, which was published earlier on Wednesday. The aftermath turned out to be more hostile, protracted and bloody than ever we imagined," Blair told reporters.
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| Pope accepts resignation of Brazilian bishop in sex abuse case | |  By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a Brazilian bishop who was accused of turning a blind eye to suspected paedophile priests in his diocese, the Vatican said on Wednesday. The Vatican said Francis had accepted the resignation of Bishop Aldo di Cillo Pagotto of Paraiba, 66, citing a section of Church law under which bishops are obliged to tender their resignation if they are ill or if there is "grave cause". Last year, the Church stripped Pagotto of his power to ordain priests while the accusations against him were being investigated.
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| Italian sports agent held in Kenya for questioning | | | Italian sports agent Federico Rosa is being questioned by Kenyan police over the alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs by athletes his company managed, court documents showed on Wednesday. Kenya, renowned for its distance runners, has faced frequent allegations of doping, with some 40 cases reported in the past four years. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said last month that competitors from Russia and Kenya, given the recent history of doping in both countries, would have to be screened individually before being allowed to participate in the Rio Games next month. |
| FIFA names Slovenian auditor to monitor its finances | |  FIFA, which has been embroiled in a major corruption scandal, has appointed a senior Slovenian auditor to oversee spending, the global soccer body said on Wednesday. It said Tomaz Vesel, head of Slovenia's court of audit which supervises state accounts and public spending, would replace Domenico Scala as head of the committee which monitors finances. Scala resigned in May, saying that a resolution passed by the FIFA Congress the day before had taken away the independence of its watchdog committees which are seen as crucial to cleaning up the scandal-ridden federation.
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| Barcelona's Lionel Messi gets 21 months for tax fraud, unlikely to serve time | |  By Emma Pinedo and Angus Berwick MADRID (Reuters) - Barcelona's Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi was sentenced on Wednesday to 21 months in prison and fined 2 million euros ($2.2 million) after being found guilty of three counts of tax fraud, although it is unlikely he will serve time. The Barcelona court handed the same sentence to the player's father, Jorge, with a 1.5 million euro fine. Both defendants have around five days to appeal to the supreme court, the Barcelona court said in its statement.
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| Hong Kong security chief says no legal way to return bookseller to China | |  There is no legal way for a Hong Kong bookseller who returned to the city following detention on the mainland to be sent back to China, Hong Kong's security chief said on Wednesday. The comments by Secretary for Security Lai Tung-kwok came after a one-day trip to Beijing to meet officials and discuss the case of five Hong Kong booksellers who went missing last year, before surfacing in mainland Chinese custody. One of the booksellers, Lam Wing-kee, returned to Hong Kong last month and held a news conference detailing months of captivity and repeated interrogations by mainland agents.
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| Iraq planning failure not repeated in Afghanistan - UK's Cameron | |  Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday that Britain's military involvement in Afghanistan had not repeated the planning failures of the 2003 Iraq invasion. "I don't accept that all the same failures are apparent in some way when it comes to planning in Afghanistan," he said in parliament. "In Afghanistan, there was a very clear connection between a Taliban regime which was playing host to al Qaeda," he said.
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| Iraqi who hammered Saddam's statue says Blair should be put on trial | |  By Saif Hameed and Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi man who was filmed attacking Saddam Hussein's statue with a sledgehammer when U.S. troops stormed into Baghdad in 2003 said Iraq was in a better shape under his rule and George W. Bush and Tony Blair should be put on trial "for ruining" it. Kadhim Hassan al-Jabouri was speaking on Wednesday as British former civil servant John Chilcot released a long-awaited report criticising Britain's role in the U.S.-led invasion and occupation of Iraq. The report said that "policy on Iraq was made on the basis of flawed intelligence and assessments", and that claims that Iraq posed a threat by possessing weapons of mass destruction were "presented with unjustified certainty".
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| UK PM David Cameron says partnership with U.S. vital for national security | |  Britain's relationship with the United States is vital for national security, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday, after the publication of a critical report into the events leading up to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said Britain needed to have a more open and independent relationship with the United States after the report showed Britain joined the war without satisfactory legal basis or proper planning.
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| China chides U.N. group over criticism of "arbitrary" detention | |  China said on Wednesday U.N. authorities should respect its judicial independence after a U.N. agency said last week an American businesswoman who is accused of spying in China had been detained arbitrarily. Sandy Phan-Gillis of Houston, Texas, has been held for more than a year without formal charge under suspicion of spying and stealing state secrets. "We hope that the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention can perform its duties impartially, respect China's judicial sovereignty and cease making irresponsible remarks about legal cases being handled by relevant Chinese departments," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said in a regular briefing.
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| Surprise as Pistorius jailed for six years over girlfriend's murder | |  By TJ Strydom and Tanisha Heiberg PRETORIA (Reuters) - South African Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius was sent back to jail for six years on Wednesday for murdering Reeva Steenkamp, less than half the 15 year minimum term sought by prosecutors. Pistorius, who fatally shot his girlfriend four times through a toilet door, has already served 12 months in prison for her death. Judge Thokozile Masipa, whose sentence at the initial manslaughter trial was criticised by women's groups as too lenient, said she had accepted the defence argument that a lesser punishment was appropriate.
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| Interview: Children working in India's coal mines came as "complete shock", filmmaker says | | | By Rina Chandran MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Chandrasekhar Reddy travelled to northeastern India in 2011, the director was looking for material for a film on forests in the region famed for its misty hills and waterfalls. Instead, he found children as young as five working in coal mines. Horrified yet fascinated, Reddy stayed in Meghalaya state for several months, befriending the children and their families, and slowly gaining access to the mines, many of which are illegal. |
| Cameron says UK lawmakers must take share of blame over Iraq | |  Lawmakers who voted to support Britain's joining the 2003 invasion of Iraq need to take their share of responsibility for the mistakes that were made, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday. Cameron, speaking after the publication of a long-awaited report on the events that led up to the conflict, said the country must ensure its armed forces are well equipped for any future conflict. "The decision to go to war came to a vote in this House and members on all sides who voted for military action will have to take our fair share of the responsibility," he told parliament.
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| British PM Cameron says important to learn Iraq lessons | |  Prime Minister David Cameron said the government needed to learn the lessons from what went wrong in the build-up to Britain's joining the invasion of Iraq, in his initial response to a long awaited inquiry on the war. Cameron, the outgoing Conservative prime minister, was answering questions in parliament on the Chilcot report into mistakes made by the government of the-then Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair ahead of the Iraq war in 2003.
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| Britain's Tony Blair says will take full responsibility for Iraq war failings | |  Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said he would take full responsibility for the failings made in the build up to the invasion of Iraq when he responds to a long-awaited inquiry later on Wednesday. Inquiry Chairman John Chilcot said earlier on Wednesday that Blair's case for military action had been over-hyped. "The report should lay to rest allegations of bad faith, lies or deceit," Blair said in an initial response.
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| Factbox: Key findings of British inquiry into Iraq war | |  Britain's decision to go to war with Iraq in 2003 had a "far from satisfactory" legal basis and ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair's case for military action was over-hyped, a long-awaited inquiry into the conflict concluded on Wednesday. The point had not been reached where military action was the last resort." AL QAEDA Blair was warned about the threat of increased al Qaeda activity as a result of the invasion, the report said.
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| Sierra Leone diplomat freed after kidnapping in northern Nigeria | | | By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's deputy high commissioner in Nigeria has been released four days after being kidnapped in the northern state of Kaduna, officials of the two West African countries said. Major-General Alfred Nelson-Williams, who was abducted on Friday while travelling from Nigeria's capital, Abuja, to Kaduna state, was freed on Tuesday at around 4 p.m. (1500 GMT). Kidnapping for ransom is a common problem in parts of Nigeria, Africa's biggest energy producer and most populous country. |
| Turkey seeks militants linked to Istanbul attack near Syrian border - media | |  By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish authorities are seeking two suspected Islamic State militants thought to be linked to last week's Istanbul airport attack and believed to be in hiding near the border with Syria, a Turkish newspaper said on Wednesday. Turkey has jailed a total 30 suspects pending trial over the triple suicide bombing at Ataturk Airport, which killed 45 people and wounded hundreds, the deadliest in a series of bombings this year in Turkey. President Tayyip Erdogan has said Islamic State militants from the former Soviet Union were behind the attack.
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| Legal case for Britain's 2003 Iraq invasion "unsatisfactory" - UK inquiry | |  Britain's decision to go to war with Iraq in 2003 had a "far from satisfactory" legal basis and ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair's case for military action was over-hyped, a long-awaited inquiry into the conflict concluded on Wednesday. The intelligence about Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction which Blair used to justify joining the U.S.-led invasion, which led to the removal of Saddam Hussein and the deaths of 179 British soldiers, was flawed but went unchallenged, inquiry chairman John Chilcot said. There was no imminent threat from Saddam in March 2003 and the chaos in Iraq and the region which followed should also have been foreseen, he added.
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