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• Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT
• Christians flee jihadist ultimatum in Iraq's Mosul
• Top Asian News at 11:00 p.m. GMT
• Top Asian News at 10:30 p.m. GMT
• Top Asian News at 10:00 p.m. GMT
• Gunmen kill 21 Egyptian military border guards near Libya
• Russia bans congressman, 12 other Americans
• Top Asian News at 9:30 p.m. GMT
• Top Asian News at 9:00 p.m. GMT
• Top Asian News at 8:30 p.m. GMT
• Top Asian News at 8:00 p.m. GMT
• Top Asian News at 7:30 p.m. GMT
• Under threat, Iraq's Christians flee city of Mosul
• Wave of bombings in Baghdad kills 27 people: police, medics
• Top Asian News at 7:00 p.m. GMT
• US mother pleads for jailed son as Iran talks extended
• Russia blacklists US soldiers for Guantanamo 'torture'
• Top Asian News at 6:30 p.m. GMT
• Ancient Christian population of Mosul flees Islamic State
• Top Asian News at 6:00 p.m. GMT
• Battle for Syria gas field after jihadists execute hundreds
• Execution or exodus, Iraqi Christians face grim choice
• Top Asian News at 5:30 p.m. GMT
• Unease in Congress, region over Obama Afghan plan
• Top Asian News at 5:00 p.m. GMT
• Top Asian News at 4:30 p.m. GMT
• Iraqi President Jalal Talabani: a pragmatic negotiator
• Bombings in Iraq's capital kill at least 27 people
• For Obama, foreign crises grow more challenging
• Top Asian News at 4:00 p.m. GMT
• Iraq president home after 18-month convalescence: party
• The Kremlin’s Strange Counterstrike
• Top Asian News at 3:30 p.m. GMT
• State TV: Iraqi president returns from Germany
• Iraq president Talabani returns after long absence
• Top Asian News at 3:00 p.m. GMT
• Top Asian News at 2:30 p.m. GMT
• Top Asian News at 2:00 p.m. GMT
• Syrian troops seek to retake jihadi-held gas field
• Top Asian News at 1:30 p.m. GMT

Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 19 Jul 2014 04:32 PM PDT HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — International monitors moved gingerly Saturday through fields reeking of the decomposing corpses that fell from a Malaysian airliner shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, trying to secure the sprawling site in hopes that a credible investigation can be conducted. But before inspectors ever reach the scene, doubts arose about whether evidence was being compromised.

Christians flee jihadist ultimatum in Iraq's Mosul Posted: 19 Jul 2014 04:26 PM PDT Hundreds of Christian families fled their homes in Mosul Saturday as a jihadist ultimatum threatening their community's centuries-old presence in the northern Iraqi city expired. President Jalal Talabani flew home after 18 months abroad for medical treatment but restricted access at the airport in his Kurdish fiefdom of Sulaimaniyah offered no clue as to his health. There was little hope in any case that the 80-year-old's return could buck Iraq's downward spiral as bickering politicians prepared to pick his successor and the country's worst crisis in years reaped its daily harvest of dead and wounded. An AFP correspondent in Mosul, the main Iraqi hub of the Islamic State (IS) group's proclaimed "caliphate", said Christians squeezed into private cars and taxis to beat the noon deadline.

Top Asian News at 11:00 p.m. GMT Posted: 19 Jul 2014 04:02 PM PDT HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — International monitors moved gingerly Saturday through fields reeking of the decomposing corpses that fell from a Malaysian airliner shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, trying to secure the sprawling site in hopes that a credible investigation can be conducted. But before inspectors ever reach the scene, doubts arose about whether evidence was being compromised.

Top Asian News at 10:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 19 Jul 2014 03:32 PM PDT HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — International monitors moved gingerly Saturday through fields reeking of the decomposing corpses that fell from a Malaysian airliner shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, trying to secure the sprawling site in hopes that a credible investigation can be conducted. But before inspectors ever reach the scene, doubts arose about whether evidence was being compromised.

Top Asian News at 10:00 p.m. GMT Posted: 19 Jul 2014 03:02 PM PDT HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — International monitors moved gingerly Saturday through fields reeking of the decomposing corpses that fell from a Malaysian airliner shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, trying to secure the sprawling site in hopes that a credible investigation can be conducted. But before inspectors ever reach the scene, doubts arose about whether evidence was being compromised.

Gunmen kill 21 Egyptian military border guards near Libya Posted: 19 Jul 2014 02:57 PM PDT By Michael Georgy CAIRO (Reuters) - Gunmen killed 21 Egyptian military border guards near the frontier with Libya on Saturday, highlighting a growing threat from an area that security officials say has become a haven for militants seeking to topple the Cairo government. Security officials said the assailants were smugglers. The attack took place in Wadi al-Gadid governorate, which borders both Sudan and Libya. Two smugglers were killed in clashes with the guards, security officials said.

Russia bans congressman, 12 other Americans Posted: 19 Jul 2014 02:36 PM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has placed a U.S. lawmaker and 12 other people connected with the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq on its list of those banned from entering the country.

Top Asian News at 9:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 19 Jul 2014 02:33 PM PDT HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — International monitors moved gingerly Saturday through fields reeking of the decomposing corpses of the victims of a Malaysian airliner shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, trying to secure the sprawling site in hopes that a credible investigation of the disaster can be conducted. The crash that killed all 298 people aboard the plane two days earlier intensified the already-high animosity on all sides of the conflict.

Top Asian News at 9:00 p.m. GMT Posted: 19 Jul 2014 02:03 PM PDT HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — International monitors moved gingerly Saturday through fields reeking of the decomposing corpses of the victims of a Malaysian airliner shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, trying to secure the sprawling site in hopes that a credible investigation of the disaster can be conducted. The crash that killed all 298 people aboard the plane two days earlier intensified the already-high animosity on all sides of the conflict.

Top Asian News at 8:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 19 Jul 2014 01:32 PM PDT HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — International monitors moved gingerly Saturday through fields reeking of the decomposing corpses of the victims of a Malaysian airliner shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, trying to secure the sprawling site in hopes that a credible investigation of the disaster can be conducted. The crash that killed all 298 people aboard the plane two days earlier intensified the already-high animosity on all sides of the conflict.

Top Asian News at 8:00 p.m. GMT Posted: 19 Jul 2014 01:02 PM PDT HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — International monitors moved gingerly Saturday through fields reeking of the decomposing corpses of the victims of a Malaysian airliner shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, trying to secure the sprawling site in hopes that a credible investigation of the disaster can be conducted. The crash that killed all 298 people aboard the plane two days earlier intensified the already-high animosity on all sides of the conflict.

Top Asian News at 7:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 19 Jul 2014 12:33 PM PDT HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — International monitors moved gingerly Saturday through fields reeking of the decomposing corpses of the victims of a Malaysian airliner shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, trying to secure the sprawling site in hopes that a credible investigation of the disaster can be conducted. The crash that killed all 298 people aboard the plane two days earlier intensified the already-high animosity on all sides of the conflict.

Under threat, Iraq's Christians flee city of Mosul Posted: 19 Jul 2014 12:22 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — The message played over loudspeakers gave the Christians of Iraq's second-largest city until midday Saturday to make a choice: convert to Islam, pay a tax or face death.

Wave of bombings in Baghdad kills 27 people: police, medics Posted: 19 Jul 2014 12:09 PM PDT By Raheem Salman BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 27 people were killed in a wave of bombings in mostly Shi'ite Muslim areas of Baghdad on Saturday, police and medics said, in the deadliest day of attacks in the capital since a Sunni insurgency overran large parts of Iraq's north last month. In the first explosion, a suicide car bomber drove into a police checkpoint, killing nine people including seven policemen and wounding 21 people in the Abu Dsheer district in the south of the capital, the sources said. ...

Top Asian News at 7:00 p.m. GMT Posted: 19 Jul 2014 12:02 PM PDT HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — International monitors moved gingerly Saturday through fields reeking of the decomposing corpses of the victims of a Malaysian airliner shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, trying to secure the sprawling site in hopes that a credible investigation of the disaster can be conducted. The crash that killed all 298 people aboard the plane two days earlier intensified the already-high animosity on all sides of the conflict.

US mother pleads for jailed son as Iran talks extended Posted: 19 Jul 2014 11:39 AM PDT The mother of a former US Marine imprisoned in Iran on espionage charges pleaded for President Barack Obama to seek his release, as the rival nations seek a historic nuclear deal. In a letter released just as the United States, Iran and five other powers late Friday agreed to extend a temporary deal on Tehran's nuclear program, the mother of Amir Hekmati asked Obama to take advantage of the cooperative atmosphere to press her son's case. "This is a historic time for Iran and the United States. I plead that you do not forget... Amir, his service, his beautiful smile and his zeal for life," Behnaz Hekmati, a naturalized US citizen born in Iran, wrote in the letter.

Russia blacklists US soldiers for Guantanamo 'torture' Posted: 19 Jul 2014 11:34 AM PDT Russia on Saturday banned entry to 12 US soldiers and officials including the military commander at Guantanamo, accusing them of torture, in an apparent tit-for-tat response to new sanctions by Washington. Included on the list published by the Russian foreign ministry is a judge who denied a Guantanamo-based prisoner's request that he not be force-fed during Ramadan. Also included are several soldiers who served at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad which was made notorious during the Iraq war by reports of abuse and torture of detainees. The measures prohibit those on the list from entering Russia.

Top Asian News at 6:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 19 Jul 2014 11:33 AM PDT HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — International monitors moved gingerly Saturday through fields reeking of the decomposing corpses of the victims of a Malaysian airliner shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, trying to secure the sprawling site in hopes that a credible investigation of the disaster can be conducted. The crash that killed all 298 people aboard the plane two days earlier intensified the already-high animosity on all sides of the conflict.

Ancient Christian population of Mosul flees Islamic State Posted: 19 Jul 2014 11:15 AM PDT By Ahmed Rasheed and Maggie Fick BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The ancient Christian community of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul had all but fled by Saturday, ending a presence stretching back nearly two millennia after radical Islamists set them a midday deadline to submit to Islamic rule or leave. The ultimatum by the Islamic State drove out the few hundred Christians who had stayed on when the group's hardline Sunni Muslim fighters overran Mosul a month ago, threatening Christians and the diverse city's other religious communities. This week the Islamic State gave any remaining Christians a final choice to make by Saturday noon: convert to Islam, pay a religious tax, or face the sword. A Catholic bishop from Mosul told Reuters that 150 Christian families had left in recent days and church leaders had advised the few families who wanted to negotiate with militants that they should also flee for their own safety.

Top Asian News at 6:00 p.m. GMT Posted: 19 Jul 2014 11:02 AM PDT HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — International monitors moved gingerly Saturday through fields reeking of the decomposing corpses of the victims of a Malaysian airliner shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, trying to secure the sprawling site in hopes that a credible investigation of the disaster can be conducted. The crash that killed all 298 people aboard the plane two days earlier intensified the already-high animosity on all sides of the conflict.

Battle for Syria gas field after jihadists execute hundreds Posted: 19 Jul 2014 10:46 AM PDT Syrian regime forces launched an offensive Saturday to retake a gas field in Homs province seized two days ago by jihadists who killed 270 people, most of them executed, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported that a woman accused of adultery was stoned to death by Islamic State (IS) jihadists in the northern city of Raqa, in the second such case in as many days. Regime forces backed by warplanes pressed a counter-attack Saturday around Shaar, recapturing large areas of the gas field, said Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman. "They are advancing in Shaar and have managed to regain large parts of it, while trying to control surrounding areas that fall under the control of the Islamic State," he said.

Execution or exodus, Iraqi Christians face grim choice Posted: 19 Jul 2014 10:36 AM PDT For Iraqi Christian Fadi and his young family, it is a lonely wait to see whether they will be executed soon. Their Christian neighbours and friends have already fled the city of Mosul in Iraq's north, which last month fell into the hands of Sunni jihadists led by the Islamic State group, which espouses an extreme form of Islam. Along with the rest of the city's estimated 25,000 Christians who had not already fled years of kidnappings, bombings and shootings, Sunni militants gave 36-year-old Fadi, his wife and son until Saturday to comply with a brutal ultimatum: convert to Islam, pay an unspecified tax, leave the city or die. On Friday, Mosul's mosques called through loudspeakers for Christians to leave, after centuries of being part of the once cosmopolitan city's social fabric.

Top Asian News at 5:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 19 Jul 2014 10:32 AM PDT HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — Armed separatists hampered access to the Malaysia Airlines crash site Saturday, limiting the movements of international monitors and raising concerns that evidence showing who brought the plane down and killed the 298 people onboard would be lost, tampered with or destroyed. At the crash site itself in rebel-held eastern Ukraine, the smell of decay was unmistakable. Dozens of victims' bodies lay decomposing in the summer heat, either flung upon the ground in contorted positions after Flight 17 was shot out of the sky or piled Saturday into body bags that emergency workers left by the side of the road.

Unease in Congress, region over Obama Afghan plan Posted: 19 Jul 2014 10:17 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Afghanistan's disputed election and Iraq's unraveling are giving members of Congress and U.S. allies in the region reason to think President Barack Obama should rethink his decision to withdraw virtually all Americans troops from Afghanistan by the close of 2016.

Top Asian News at 5:00 p.m. GMT Posted: 19 Jul 2014 10:02 AM PDT HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — Armed separatists hampered access to the Malaysia Airlines crash site Saturday, limiting the movements of international monitors and raising concerns that evidence showing who brought the plane down and killed the 298 people onboard would be lost, tampered with or destroyed. At the crash site itself in rebel-held eastern Ukraine, the smell of decay was unmistakable. Dozens of victims' bodies lay decomposing in the summer heat, either flung upon the ground in contorted positions after Flight 17 was shot out of the sky or piled Saturday into body bags that emergency workers left by the side of the road.

Top Asian News at 4:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 19 Jul 2014 09:32 AM PDT HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — Armed separatists hampered access to the Malaysia Airlines crash site Saturday, limiting the movements of international monitors and raising concerns that evidence showing who brought the plane down and killed the 298 people onboard would be lost, tampered with or destroyed. At the crash site itself in rebel-held eastern Ukraine, the smell of decay was unmistakable. Dozens of victims' bodies lay decomposing in the summer heat, either flung upon the ground in contorted positions after Flight 17 was shot out of the sky or piled Saturday into body bags that emergency workers left by the side of the road.

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani: a pragmatic negotiator Posted: 19 Jul 2014 09:31 AM PDT Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who returned home Saturday from months of convalescence abroad, is an avuncular politician and a skilled negotiator toughened by his decades-old struggle for Kurdish independence. His current state of health is unknown, with journalists having been kept away from the Sulaimaniyah airport where the Iraqi leader arrived on a private aircraft after spending 18 months in Germany receiving treatment following a stroke. The 80-year-old flew into an Iraq suffering one of its worst crises in years after jihadist-led insurgents took control of swathes of the country last month, with lawmakers ill-equipped to counter the onslaught as they struggle to form a new government after April polls. It is unclear what impact the return of the former Kurdish rebel leader will have on Iraq's febrile politics, but his years of experience building bridges between the country's divided factions could help ease tensions.

Bombings in Iraq's capital kill at least 27 people Posted: 19 Jul 2014 09:15 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A series of bombings, including three over a span of less than 10 minutes, killed at least 27 people across Baghdad on Saturday, shaking the fragile sense of security the capital has maintained despite the Sunni militant offensive raging across northern and western Iraq.

For Obama, foreign crises grow more challenging Posted: 19 Jul 2014 09:08 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Surveying a dizzying array of international crises, President Barack Obama stated the obvious: "We live in a complex world and at a challenging time."

Top Asian News at 4:00 p.m. GMT Posted: 19 Jul 2014 09:02 AM PDT HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — Armed separatists hampered access to the Malaysia Airlines crash site Saturday, limiting the movements of international monitors and raising concerns that evidence showing who brought the plane down and killed the 298 people onboard would be lost, tampered with or destroyed. At the crash site itself in rebel-held eastern Ukraine, the smell of decay was unmistakable. Dozens of victims' bodies lay decomposing in the summer heat, either flung upon the ground in contorted positions after Flight 17 was shot out of the sky or piled Saturday into body bags that emergency workers left by the side of the road.

Iraq president home after 18-month convalescence: party Posted: 19 Jul 2014 08:52 AM PDT Iraqi President Jalal Talabani flew back to his Kurdish fiefdom of Sulaimaniyah Saturday after more than 18 months in Germany for medical treatment, sources in his Patriotic Union of Kurdistan said. The 80-year-old head of state arrived on a private aircraft, but access to the airport was restricted to his close entourage, an AFP correspondent said. "A German medical team is accompanying Talabani to monitor his health," Begerd Talabani, a niece of the president and a member of the Kurdish parliament, told AFP. While most of Iraq's political power lies with the prime minister's office, Talabani was long seen as a key mediator between the country's feuding factions.

The Kremlin’s Strange Counterstrike Posted: 19 Jul 2014 08:35 AM PDT Moscow has retaliated against Obama in an awfully odd way – by sanctioning the abusive soldiers of Abu Ghraib and the officials in charge of the prison at Guantanamo Bay.

Top Asian News at 3:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 19 Jul 2014 08:32 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Less than five months ago, they had rushed to Kuala Lumpur International Airport — anxious relatives with a hope in their hearts, however faint, that a missing jumbo jet with their loved ones had not crashed, and would eventually be found. This week, throngs of relatives came again with no hope, just a chilling certainty that everyone on board another Malaysia Airlines had perished.

State TV: Iraqi president returns from Germany Posted: 19 Jul 2014 08:18 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi state television says the country's president has returned after more than 18 months in Germany where he was receiving medical treatment.

Iraq president Talabani returns after long absence Posted: 19 Jul 2014 08:04 AM PDT President Jalal Talabani returned to Iraq on Saturday for the first time since he suffered a stroke a year and a half ago and was flown abroad for medical treatment, state television said. During Talabani's absence, Sunni insurgents have overrun a large area of Iraq and negotiations are currently underway to form a new power-sharing government that would replace him as president. Although the presidency is a largely ceremonial position, Talabani was widely seen a unifying figure, both within Iraq and his own Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party, which has struggled to contain internal divisions without him at the helm. In recent years, the PUK has lost ground in its own stronghold of Sulaimaniyah, upsetting the political duopoly, whereby it had shared power with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) since the region gained autonomy in 1991.

Top Asian News at 3:00 p.m. GMT Posted: 19 Jul 2014 08:02 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Less than five months ago, they had rushed to Kuala Lumpur International Airport — anxious relatives with a hope in their hearts, however faint, that a missing jumbo jet with their loved ones had not crashed, and would eventually be found. This week, throngs of relatives came again with no hope, just a chilling certainty that everyone on board another Malaysia Airlines had perished.

Top Asian News at 2:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 19 Jul 2014 07:33 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Less than five months ago, they had rushed to Kuala Lumpur International Airport — anxious relatives with a hope in their hearts, however faint, that a missing jumbo jet with their loved ones had not crashed, and would eventually be found. This week, throngs of relatives came again with no hope, just a chilling certainty that everyone on board another Malaysia Airlines had perished.

Top Asian News at 2:00 p.m. GMT Posted: 19 Jul 2014 07:02 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Less than five months ago, they had rushed to Kuala Lumpur International Airport — anxious relatives with a hope in their hearts, however faint, that a missing jumbo jet with their loved ones had not crashed, and would eventually be found. This week, throngs of relatives came again with no hope, just a chilling certainty that everyone on board another Malaysia Airlines had perished.

Syrian troops seek to retake jihadi-held gas field Posted: 19 Jul 2014 06:51 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government forces have launched a counter-attack to recapture a gas field seized by Islamic extremists, activists said Saturday, as the death toll from three days of fighting there rose to more than 200 people killed.

Top Asian News at 1:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 19 Jul 2014 06:33 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Less than five months ago, they had rushed to Kuala Lumpur International Airport — anxious relatives with a hope in their hearts, however faint, that a missing jumbo jet with their loved ones had not crashed, and would eventually be found. This week, throngs of relatives came again with no hope, just a chilling certainty that everyone on board another Malaysia Airlines had perished.

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