Ukraine rebels agree to honor cease-fire

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• Ukraine rebels agree to honor cease-fire
• Memo justifying drone killings made public
• Manhunt on for murderer who escaped Arkansas prison
• Sandusky report finds fault for 3-year lapse in filing charges
• At least seven killed in blast at Nigerian state college
• Online outrage sinks China official who rode piggyback in search
• Sudan to release woman on death row for marrying a Christian
• Labor dispute locks tourists out of Pompeii ruins
• Study links pesticide exposure in pregnancy to autism
• Kerry urges political reform in Iraq
• Syria hands over remaining chemical weapons, sources say
• 'God particle' atom smasher to return at double strength
• Egypt sentences 3 Al-Jazeera reporters to 7 years
• South Korea captures soldier accused of killing 5
• Justices rap EPA, but uphold global warming rules
• Kerry to Iraq leaders: sharing power is critical
• Iraq upheaval threatens oil development plans
• Syria hands over last of declared chemical weapons
• Sudan release woman on death row for apostasy
• BRAZIL BEAT: On match day, more than football
• Afghan official quits in bid to end crisis
• Kerry in Iraq as Western frontier falls
• Israel carries out airstrikes in Syria
• Militants blitz through Iraq's western desert
• John Kerry confronts threat of new war in Iraq
• Army: Bergdahl shifted to outpatient care
• Rand Paul on Hillary Clinton: 'We will make her answer for Benghazi'
• 3 Quebec helicopter escapees captured in Montreal

Ukraine rebels agree to honor cease-fire Posted: 23 Jun 2014 10:53 AM PDT Insurgents in eastern Ukraine say they will engage in more talks to help resolve the conflict.

Memo justifying drone killings made public Posted: 23 Jun 2014 09:42 AM PDT Secret document made legal case for using drones to kill American terror suspects overseas.

Manhunt on for murderer who escaped Arkansas prison Posted: 23 Jun 2014 09:23 AM PDT Arkansas Inmate Escaped, Held Woman Hostage as He Fled

Sandusky report finds fault for 3-year lapse in filing charges Posted: 23 Jun 2014 10:43 AM PDT AG cites an "inexcusable lack of urgency in charging and stopping a serial sexual predator."

At least seven killed in blast at Nigerian state college Posted: 23 Jun 2014 09:26 AM PDT At least eight people were killed and 20 wounded by an explosion at a college campus in the heart of the northern Nigerian city of Kano during school hours on Monday, police said. It was not immediately clear if Islamist militants were behind the explosion. Bombings and attacks by armed insurgents now happen almost daily in Nigeria's north, where militant group Boko Haram is trying to carve out an Islamist state. The blast at the Kano State School of Hygiene tore through an area just inside the college's main gate, a popular spot where students often gather at food kiosks between classes.

Online outrage sinks China official who rode piggyback in search Posted: 23 Jun 2014 08:48 AM PDT A Chinese official who tried to save his shoes by taking a piggyback during a flood has lost his job instead, reports said Monday, the latest example of Internet users holding bureaucrats to account. It is the second time in a year that a ruling Communist Party official has been sacked after photos showed him riding on another person through a flooded area. The incident took place during a search for three primary schoolchildren who had fallen into a river in the central province of Jiangxi, the official Xinhua news agency said.

Sudan to release woman on death row for marrying a Christian Posted: 23 Jun 2014 07:21 AM PDT KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — A Sudanese woman on death row for apostasy had her sentence canceled and was ordered released by a Khartoum court on Monday, the country's official news agency reported.

Labor dispute locks tourists out of Pompeii ruins Posted: 23 Jun 2014 08:28 AM PDT ROME (AP) — A labor dispute has again kept tourists locked out of Pompeii in a spate of hours-long closures at the ancient Roman ruins.

Study links pesticide exposure in pregnancy to autism Posted: 23 Jun 2014 05:37 AM PDT By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a new study from California, children with an autism spectrum disorder were more likely to have mothers who lived close to fields treated with certain pesticides during pregnancy. Proximity to agricultural pesticides in pregnancy was also linked to other types of developmental delay among children. "Ours is the third study to specifically link autism spectrum disorders to pesticide exposure, whereas more papers have demonstrated links with developmental delay," said lead author Janie F. Shelton, from the University of California, Davis.

Kerry urges political reform in Iraq Posted: 23 Jun 2014 08:04 AM PDT Wants Shiite leaders to give opponents more power before Sunni insurgents seize more land.

Syria hands over remaining chemical weapons, sources say Posted: 23 Jun 2014 07:41 AM PDT Syria has handed over the remaining 100 tonnes of toxic material it declared to the global chemical weapons watchdog, clearing the way for destruction of the stockpile at sea, sources told Reuters on Monday. The chemicals, roughly 8 percent of a total 1,300 tonnes reported to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), had been held at a storage site which the government of President Bashar al-Assad previously said was inaccessible due to fighting with rebels.

'God particle' atom smasher to return at double strength Posted: 23 Jun 2014 04:41 AM PDT The world's largest atom smasher is gearing up for its second three-year run after 16 months of maintenance and upgrades. The world's top particle physics lab known as CERN says the $10 billion Large Hadron ...

Egypt sentences 3 Al-Jazeera reporters to 7 years Posted: 23 Jun 2014 09:29 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court convicted three Al-Jazeera journalists and sentenced them to seven years in prison each on terrorism-related charges in a verdict Monday that stunned their families and raised international outrage, with a chorus of voices denouncing the ruling as a blow to freedom of expression.

South Korea captures soldier accused of killing 5 Posted: 23 Jun 2014 03:33 AM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean army captured a soldier Monday who it says killed five comrades and then fled into the forest where he holed up with a rifle for two days before shooting himself as pursuers closed in.

Justices rap EPA, but uphold global warming rules Posted: 23 Jun 2014 10:36 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court largely left intact Monday the Obama administration's only existing program to limit power plant and factory emissions of the gases blamed for global warming. But a divided court also rebuked environmental regulators for taking too much authority into their own hands without congressional approval.

Kerry to Iraq leaders: sharing power is critical Posted: 23 Jun 2014 09:01 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — The fate of Iraq may be decided over the next week, the top U.S. diplomat said Monday, and largely depends on whether its leaders keep their commitment to meet looming deadlines to seat a new government before a Sunni insurgency sweeps away hopes for lasting peace.

Iraq upheaval threatens oil development plans Posted: 23 Jun 2014 10:15 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — The turmoil in Iraq has thrown the OPEC member's ambitious plans to boost oil production into doubt, threatening to crimp its most vital economic lifeline.

Syria hands over last of declared chemical weapons Posted: 23 Jun 2014 10:35 AM PDT NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Syria on Monday handed over to Western governments the last of the chemical weapons stockpile that it has acknowledged having, although doubts remain about whether all toxic weapons have truly been removed from the increasingly unstable region.

Sudan release woman on death row for apostasy Posted: 23 Jun 2014 10:29 AM PDT KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — A Sudanese woman on death row for apostasy had her sentence canceled and was released by a Khartoum court on Monday, her lawyer and state media said.

BRAZIL BEAT: On match day, more than football Posted: 23 Jun 2014 10:56 AM PDT SAO PAULO (AP) — Hours before Brazil's match Monday, several men set up on either side of enormous Avenida Paulista to pass out their booklets.

Afghan official quits in bid to end crisis Posted: 23 Jun 2014 09:43 AM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's chief electoral officer resigned Monday, fulfilling a demand of a presidential candidate alleging fraud and raising hopes an end is in sight to a political crisis that has threatened to undermine the country's first democratic transfer of authority.

Kerry in Iraq as Western frontier falls Posted: 23 Jun 2014 09:42 AM PDT No small talk as U.S. worries gov't has worsened insurgency by alienating moderate Sunnis.

Israel carries out airstrikes in Syria Posted: 22 Jun 2014 05:51 PM PDT The military action is in response to an attack that left an Israeli teen dead, officials say.

Militants blitz through Iraq's western desert Posted: 22 Jun 2014 08:52 PM PDT Sunni militants have blitzed through the vast desert of western Iraq, capturing four towns and three border crossings and deepening the predicament of the Shiite-led government in Baghdad led by Nouri al-Maliki.

John Kerry confronts threat of new war in Iraq Posted: 23 Jun 2014 04:41 AM PDT The secretary of state wants to help foster a power-sharing agreement in Baghdad.

Army: Bergdahl shifted to outpatient care Posted: 22 Jun 2014 04:50 PM PDT SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who had been a prisoner of war in Afghanistan for five years, has been shifted to outpatient care at a Texas military base, the U.S. Army said in a statement Sunday.

Rand Paul on Hillary Clinton: 'We will make her answer for Benghazi' Posted: 22 Jun 2014 09:02 AM PDT The Kentucky senator weighed in on one of the hot-button issues for Republicans.

3 Quebec helicopter escapees captured in Montreal Posted: 22 Jun 2014 01:08 PM PDT MONTREAL (AP) — A heavily-armed SWAT team raided an upscale Montreal condominium early Sunday to capture the three men police say made a bold escape by helicopter from a Quebec jail two weeks ago.

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