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| Blatter's exit prompts call for new face, fresh start for FIFA | |  Sepp Blatter's shock resignation as FIFA president, hours before it emerged he was under investigation by U.S. authorities, prompted widespread calls for root-and-branch reforms at soccer's world governing body on Wednesday. The Swiss national, who has led FIFA for 17 years, is being investigated by U.S. prosecutors and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a person who spoke on condition of anonymity told Reuters late on Tuesday. An FBI spokesman declined comment.
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| Tajik police chief who joined Islamic State wanted for treason | | | Tajikistan has issued an international arrest warrant for the commander of its elite police force who joined Islamic State, prosecutors said on Wednesday, accusing him of treason. Khalimov's defection alarmed many in Tajikistan, an impoverished Muslim nation which borders Afghanistan and is still volatile after a 1992-97 civil war that killed tens of thousands. Countries across post-Soviet Central Asia have stepped up military drills with Russia and the United States, saying they are determined to confront militant Islam. |
| Sepp Blatter's daughter says quit decision not tied to allegations - Blick | | | The daughter of outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter told a Swiss newspaper on Wednesday her father's decision to stand down is not tied to recent allegations. "His decision has nothing, absolutely nothing, to do with the allegations going around," Corinne Blatter-Andenmatten is quoted as saying by Swiss daily Blick. Sepp Blatter rocked the world of soccer on Tuesday by saying he would step down as FIFA president in the wake of a corruption investigation that now includes the 79-year-old chief himself. |
| Myanmar needs to treat Rohingya as citizens - U.S. | |  By Randy Fabi JAKARTA (Reuters) - The United States said Myanmar's government should treat minority Rohingya Muslims as citizens to solve the root cause of the migrant crisis in Southeast Asia, and called on Wednesday on all Myanmar's leaders to speak up on human rights issues. U.S. President Barack Obama has sought to make Myanmar's transition to democracy a legacy of his presidency, and Washington is stepping up pressure on the country to tackle what it sees as the underlying causes of an exodus of "boat people" across the Bay of Bengal that the region has struggled to cope with. Many of the more than 4,000 migrants who have landed in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Myanmar since the Thai government launched a crackdown on people-smuggling gangs are Rohingya who say they are escaping persecution.
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| Australia, New Zealand welcome Blatter resignation | | | By Greg Stutchbury WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Soccer officials from Australia and New Zealand welcomed the shock resignation of FIFA President Sepp Blatter after both publicly backed his main challenger for the office last week. The 79-year-old Swiss national, who beat Prince Ali bin Al Hussein of Jordan in last week's vote, resigned on Tuesday in the wake of a corruption investigation. Blatter, who has led soccer's world governing body since 1998, is being investigated by U.S. prosecutors and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a person who spoke on condition of anonymity told Reuters. |
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