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| North Korean defector lifts lid on world's most secret state |
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 By Emma Batha LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As a schoolgirl in North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee was forced to watch executions, denounce her friends for fabricated transgressions and dig tunnels in case of a nuclear attack. It wasn't until she left North Korea at the age of 17 that she began to discover the full horror of the government that had fed her propaganda since birth. In a memoir published in London on Thursday, Lee gives a rare insight into the bizarre and brutal reality of daily life in the world's most secretive state.
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| Washington police say no evidence of shooter at Navy Yard |
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There was no evidence of a shooter at the Washington Navy Yard on Thursday morning, a Washington police department spokeswoman said two hours after initial reports emerged. The spokeswoman said the police investigation was concluded and subsequent inquiries would be done by Navy authorities. (Reporting by Julia Edwards, writing by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Susan Heavey) |
| BP says settles U.S. 2010 oil spill claims for $18.7 bln |
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 BP said it has reached an $18.7 billion settlement of damages claims from the U.S. government and five states after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill. BP said the agreement covered claims from the states Of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas and 400 local government entities. BP faces a maximum fine of $13.7 billion under the Clean Water Act for its Gulf of Mexico oil spill, after a judge ruled that it was smaller than the U.S. government claimed.
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| Afghan court commutes death sentences in woman's mob killing |
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 By Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) - An appeals court in Afghanistan's capital has set aside death sentences for four men convicted in the mob killing of a woman accused of burning a Koran, media and a judge said Thursday. The deadly attack proved a polarizing incident in Afghanistan, a deeply conservative Muslim country.
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| United States asks Swiss to extradite 7 in FIFA inquiry |
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 By Joshua Franklin and Stephanie Nebehay ZURICH/GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States has asked Switzerland to extradite seven FIFA officials arrested in an investigation into a global bribery scandal at soccer's governing body, the Swiss Federal Office of Justice (FOJ) said on Thursday. The move marks the start of a legal process expected to last several months during which the officials, who have been in jail since being detained on U.S. arrest warrants in May, will either keep fighting extradition to the United States or agree to go.
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| Trump's Miss USA pageant finds new broadcaster after NBC drops show |
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| The independent U.S. cable network REELZ will telecast the Miss USA pageant on July 12, the company announced on Thursday, stepping in after NBC dropped plans to broadcast the show because of inflammatory remarks about Mexican immigrants made by co-owner and U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump. "The decision on the part of REELZ to acquire the rights to the MISS USA Pageant was based on our belief that this special event, and the women who compete in it, are an integral part of American tradition," CEO Stan Hubbard said in a statement. The fate of the pageant's English-language broadcast had come into question after Comcast Corp-owned NBC announced on Monday it would no longer air the event "due to the recent derogatory statements by Donald Trump regarding immigrants" the company said in a press statement Several judges and guests have also scrapped plans to take part in the event. |
| British woman charged with being member of Islamic State |
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| British police said on Thursday they had charged a 26-year-old woman with being a member of Islamic State and inciting terrorism on social media. The woman, from Burton upon Trent in central England who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested by counter-terrorism officers at London's Heathrow Airport in February after arriving on a flight from Turkey. West Midlands Police said she had been charged with publishing messages on Twitter in October last year which encouraged people to commit or prepare acts of terrorism, and being a member of the banned organisation Islamic State (IS). |
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