The UN atomic watchdog says Iran is still in violation of limitations set by the 2015 nuclear deal with major powers.
In a confidential quarterly report distributed to member states and seen by The Associated Press, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Friday that Iran's stockpile of low-enriched uranium still exceeds the amount allowed by the so-called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
It said Iran continues to enrich uranium to 4.5 per cent, above the 3.67 per cent allowed.
The violations were announced by Iran, and confirmed by the IAEA last month, and are meant to put pressure on the signatories to the JCPOA to provide new economic incentives to help offset new tough American sanctions.
The IAEA says Iran has continued to permit its inspectors to monitor its nuclear facilities.

UN atomic watchdog: Iran still in violation of nuclear deal

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Sir Vivian Richards fell ill while he was on air doing a pre-game analysis on the eve of the second World Championship Test between India and West Indies on Friday.
The 67-year-old Richards, who has been doing commentary along with pre and post-match analysis for the official broadcasters Sony, was doing a show, when he complained of uneasiness.
While a stretcher was brought, Richards left the ground with the help of two volunteers as posted on twitter. The details of his medical condition is still awaited.
It has been learnt that Richards suffered from dehydration due to excessive humid conditions. He was taken to the hospital for a precautionary check-up. He is currently getting medical attention in the West Indies dressing room.

Vivian Richards falls ill during pre-game show, taken to hospital for check-up

Pakistan observed the "Kashmir Hour" on Friday to express "solidarity" with the Kashmiri people as many rallies were held across the country, weeks after India revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.
The nationwide, 30-minute protest began as the clock struck noon. It was followed by the blaring of sirens across Pakistan, with traffic grinding to a halt for few minutes in many Pakistani cities.
Asserting that abrogation of Article 370 was its internal matter, India has strongly criticised Pakistan for making "irresponsible statements" and provocative anti-India rhetoric over issues internal to it.
The main event was held at Islamabad's Constitution Avenue where Prime Minister Imran Khan delivered an address to a flag-waving and slogan-shouting crowd.
"Today, all of Pakistan, wherever there are Pakistanis, whether they are our students, or shopkeepers or labourers, all of us are standing with the Kashmiris," Khan said.
"The Kashmiris are going through a difficult phase. ...

Pakistan observes "Kashmir Hour" to express "solidarity" with Kashmiris

The brother of champion US gymnast Simone Biles has been arrested and charged in connection with a New Year's Eve shooting that left three people dead.
Tevin Biles-Thomas, 24, was charged Thursday with murder, voluntary manslaughter, felonious assault and perjury, according to a statement from police in Cleveland, Ohio, where the shooting happened.
Biles-Thomas was arrested in Georgia, said Cuyahoga County prosecutor Michael O'Malley.
Shortly before midnight on December 31 of last year, a group of young men tried to enter an apartment where a party was being held.
Guns were fired and three people were killed while two others were wounded, according to press reports.
Biles' brother is on active duty with the US Army, reports said.
He is the only person charged in the shooting.
Simone Biles, 22, a four-time Olympic gold medalist, spent the first years of her life with foster families as her mother struggled with substance abuse.
She was eventually adopted along with her younger sister ..

Brother of Simone Biles charged with triple murder

Australia star Steve Smith was out for just 23 in his first innings since being felled by England fast bowler Jofra Archer and suffering concussion in the second Ashes Test.
Smith took to the crease in the three-day tour game at Derby on Friday, coming in with Australia 179-2 in reply to Derbyshire's first innings 172.
He played his opening ball from Hamidullah Qadri defensively and later slogged the off-spinner for four.
But his 38-ball knock came to an end when he sliced a drive off Matt Critchley, a leg-spinner whose previous 59 first-class wickets had come at an expensive average of 51.86.
Qadri, running in from the cover boundary, held a well-judged catch.  Australia were then 237-3 in the 70th over.
Smith, who was in the middle for 47 minutes, faced 38 balls and struck two fours.  But the only five balls he faced that weren't from a slow bowler came from medium-pacer Anuj Dal.
Smith kept his pads on after walking back into the pavilion and soon afterwards headed into the nets in 

Australia star Smith out for 23 in first innings since concussion

China on Friday executed a man convicted of raping and killing a female passenger last year while he was working as a driver for ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing, China's omnipresent answer to Uber.
The company has been slammed by critics and China's transport ministry over safety lapses after the incident in the eastern city of Wenzhou in August 2018, barely three months after a similar death.
Zhong Yuan, 28, had racked up gambling debts and was planning to rob a passenger before the fatal attack on the 20-year-old woman, state-run news agency Xinhua reported.
"The criminal means (employed) were extremely cruel and the consequences of the crime are extremely serious," the court in Wenzhou said in a statement on its official Weibo microblog, while announcing the sentence.
Didi Chuxing has admitted it failed to act on a complaint about the same driver from another passenger, who said Zhong had driven her to an isolated location and followed her in his car after she left the ...

China executes ride-hailing driver who killed passenger

Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro has been fined USD 40,000 by the US Open for lack of effort in her first-round match against Hungarian qualifier Timea Babos, tournament referee Soeren Friemel said.
Suarez Navarro, a US Open quarter-finalist last year, matching her best Grand Slam run, retired at the end of the first set with a lower back injury.
The 30-year-old, who reached the fourth round last month at Wimbledon, won her only WTA titles at the 2014 Portugal Open and 2016 Qatar Open.
Grand Slam rules outline a code of conduct for performances in first-round matches, with players expected to perform to "a professional standard."
"After reviewing reports from the medical staff and the Grand Slam supervisors, the determination was made that Carla Suarez Navarro did not perform to the required professional standards," Friemel said in a statement.
She could have been fined up to the full $58,000 she received for a first-round loss at the year's final Grand Slam event.

US Open fines Spain's Suarez Navarro $40K for poor effort

Syrian government forces will soon begin a unilateral cease-fire in northwestern Idlib province, Russia's military said Friday, as hundreds of protesters were met with tear gas marching toward a border crossing with Turkey demanding that Ankara either open the border for refugees or work on stopping the Syrian army's advance.
The protest and cease-fire announcement came after weeks of a crushing offensive by Syrian troops on the last remaining rebel stronghold, forcing hundreds of thousands to flee, many of whom were already without shelter.
A similar cease-fire at the beginning of the month lasted a few days, after which the government offensive resumed and forces captured the town of Khan Sheikhoun and all rebel-held towns of villages in nearby Hama province.
Syrian troops have been on the offensive since April 30 against rebel-held areas forcing more than half a million people to flee, many of them toward the border with Turkey farther north.
Turkey opened its borders to Syrians in 

Syrian troops to start unilateral cease-fire in Idlib

Lebanon dismissed Turkish claims Friday that it would receive the Adrian Darya, an Iranian tanker which has been bouncing around the Mediterranean amid US warnings over its valuable oil cargo.
Every change of tack from the huge vessel, with its cargo of 2.1 barrels worth around USD 140 million, has sparked intense speculation.
It was detained for six weeks by the British territory of Gibraltar and released despite a US attempt to keep it detained on suspicion that its cargo was bound for Syria.
While Iran has denied selling the oil to its Damascus ally, experts said the likely scenario was for a ship-to-ship transfer, with a Syrian port as the final destination.
Maritime traffic monitors had shown that the Adrian Darya's latest listed destinations, which are not necessarily the next approved port of call, were in Turkey.
After tracking sites showed Mersin as its destination, it then switched to Iskenderun, prompting a reaction from Turkey's foreign minister Friday.
"This tanker is not 

Lebanon says no docking request from Iran tanker

England star James Anderson has been ruled out of the remainder of the Ashes series with a calf injury, in a blow to home hopes of winning the series against Australia.
Anderson, England's all-time leading wicket-taker, has not bowled in the series since breaking down with the injury after delivering just four overs in Australia's 251-run win in the first Test at Edgbaston.
The 37-year-old Lancashire paceman had tried to get fit for the fourth Test at his Old Trafford home ground starting on Wednesday.
But after bowling during a second XI match against Durham this week he has been declared unfit for the final two Tests of the series.
On the same day  Australia had better news, with star batsman Steve Smith proving his fitness by batting in his first competitive game since suffering concussion after being felled by fast bowler Jofra Archer in the second Ashes test.
Smith, in the middle for 47 minutes in Australia's three-day match against Derbyshire, faced 38 balls and struck two fours 

England great Anderson out of the Ashes

Iraq's government is preparing a complaint to the UN after finding Israel is "certainly" behind several attacks on Hashed al-Shaabi bases, a parliamentarian and leading member of the paramilitary force said.
The Hashed has blamed both Israel and the US for a string of blasts and drone sightings at its bases in recent weeks, but Baghdad has thus far refrained from making accusations.
Ahmad al-Assadi, a Hashed official and spokesman for its parliamentary bloc "Fatah", told journalists on Thursday in his office in central Baghdad that government probes would name Israel.
"Some of the government investigations have reached a conclusion that the perpetrator behind some of the attacks is absolutely, certainly Israel," he said, declining to provide details on the evidence.
"The government is preparing sufficient evidence and documents to complain to the (UN) Security Council. It won't submit a complaint against an unknown entity."
The Hashed was established in 2014 from mostly-Shiite armed ..

Iraq probes find Israel behind 'some' base attacks: MP

Brazilian MMA champion Jessica Andrade urged swift action to douse the fires burning out of control in the Amazon rainforest on Friday as she prepared for her UFC strawweight title defence.
Andrade, 27, who will face China's Zhang Weili in Shenzhen on Saturday, will enter the cage in a traditional tribal headdress to highlight the plight of Brazil's indigenous regions.
Tens of thousands of fires have been set this year in the world's largest rainforest, setting off a global outcry over conservation and environmental concerns.
"Not enough is being done. We need to preserve our natural environment," Andrade said in southern China.
"We have so many natural riches and it seems as though we are letting them be destroyed. This has to stop. The lands and the indigenous people seem to have no protection and we must listen to their voices."
Andrade said she hoped to draw attention to the problems facing Brazil's tribal population, including the loss of traditional lands and native species.
"I .

Brazilian MMA champ issues plea over Amazon fires

The Boy Scouts of America is facing a threat from a growing wave of lawsuits over decades-old allegations of sexual abuse.
The Scouts have been sued in multiple states in recent months by purported abuse victims, including plaintiffs taking advantage of new state laws or court decisions that are now allowing suits previously barred because of the age of the allegations.
More litigation is on the way.
A lawyer representing 150 people who say they were abused as Boy Scouts is planning a suit in New Jersey when the state's new civil statute of limitations law takes effect December 1.
New Jersey was home to the Boy Scouts' headquarters for about 25 years until 1978.
Among the plaintiffs is Greg Hunt, 62, of St. Petersburg, Florida.
He said he was abused during a camping trip in about 1969 in Pennsylvania, where his family lived at the time.
"It'd be nice to have the Boy Scouts account for their lack of ability to do the right thing," he said.
"It would be nice for me to have the Scouts ...

Wave of child sex abuse lawsuits threatens Boy Scouts

A French government official said Friday that no fresh merger discussions had been held between the automakers Renault and Fiat Chrysler, after Fiat's chief indicated he'd be open to resuming talks on a deal.
"To my knowledge there aren't any new negotiations between Fiat and Renault," Martin Vial, who heads the agency that manages France's state shareholdings, told Radio Classique.
France owns 15 percent of Renault and Vial and another French official sit on the board, which gave them a front-row view of the talks with Fiat that abruptly broke down in June.
The government's reticence to back a deal without the support of Renault's longtime alliance partner Nissan reportedly played a major role in prompting Fiat to back out, though France has denied derailing the talks.
"In any event, for the state, the priority is the (Nissan) alliance and its industrial project," Vial said.
"As long as this priority hasn't effectively been put in place, there's no reason to consider any other ...

France says no new Renault-Fiat talks for now

At least 155 migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa successfully entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta after climbing over fences or walking across a border post separating the territory from Morocco, authorities said Friday.
Seven of the migrants clung to the top of a 6-meter-tall (19.5 feet) fence for over two hours until law enforcement officers brought them down and handed them over to their Moroccan counterparts, said the Spanish central government's delegation in Ceuta.
A larger group of around 250 attempted the breach simultaneously at a breakwater where the 8.2-kilometer (5-mile) double fence meets the sea. Most of them were from West Africa's Guinea.
Morocco's official news agency MAP quoted local authorities in the northern M'diq Fnideq prefecture as saying that 400 migrants staying in the country illegally had attempted to cross the fences and that 90 of them had been immediately arrested.
Nine of them were slightly injured and transferred to a hospital.
A Ceuta delegation ...

Over 150 migrants in Morocco climb fences to Spanish enclave

Poland will on Sunday mark 80 years since the outbreak of World War II with commemorations attended by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the only major leader expected after US President Donald Trump pulled out to focus on Hurricane Dorian.
US Vice President Mike Pence will take his place in Warsaw for the anniversary of the start of history's bloodiest conflict, which claimed more than 50 million lives including six million Jews in the Holocaust.
Also not coming are French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, while Russian President Vladimir Putin was not invited - unlike 10 years ago - because of Moscow's 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine.
"This should be an event that unites people," said political analyst Marcin Zaborowski, adding that Warsaw should have included Russia and tried harder to attract other leaders instead of focusing on Trump.
"He cancelled and the whole thing is now looking of lesser importance," he told AFP.
The Polish presidency .

Warsaw to mark 80 years after WWII outbreak

Companies from the United Arab Emirates are taking part in the Damascus International Trade Fair, state media has said, months after their embassy reopened in the Syrian capital.
On Wednesday, a delegation of around 40 businessmen from the UAE arrived in Damascus "to take part in the international fair", pro-government Al-Watan newspaper said.
Late Thursday, a Syrian employee of an Emirati company said it was his firm's first time at the Damascus fair.
"We came with a high-level delegation from the Emirates led by the Emirati Federation of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry," he told AFP at the fair.
The UAE reopened its Damascus embassy in December after a break of almost seven years.
Syrian state news agency SANA says some 1,700 companies from over 30 countries are taking part in this year's trade fair, which opened on Wednesday and runs to September 6.
Damascus is looking to rebuild a large swathe of war-torn Syria after a series of Russia-backed victories against rebels and ...

Emirati companies flock to Damascus trade fair: state media

A Lebanese bank targeted by the US Treasury Department for "knowingly facilitating banking activities" for the militant Hezbollah group denied the charges Friday, saying it abides by international laws.
The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Jammal Trust Bank on Thursday and added it to its list of global terrorist organizations.
Lebanon Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil tweeted that the country's banking sector will be able to overcome the repercussions of the Department of Treasury's decision, adding that deposits of the bank's clients will be safe.
The bank said it learned about the sanctions "with great surprise" and "denies each and every allegation" on which the Treasury based its action.
The statement also said the bank is committed to "abiding strictly by Central Bank of Lebanon rules and regulations, as well as all international rules and regulations on countering money laundering and financing of terrorism."
The bank said it shall take appropriate steps .

Lebanese bank denies doing banking activities for Hezbollah

The United Nations said Friday it will help evacuate civilians from an "abysmal" Syrian desert camp near the border with Jordan, after a mission last week determined who wanted to leave.
"We are ready to facilitate" evacuations from the Rukban camp, said Panos Moumtzis, the UN's Syria humanitarian chief.
"We want to make sure it happens in a voluntary way," he told AFP during an interview in Beirut, describing the situation in the settlement as "abysmal".
According to the UN official, around 12,700 people remain in the isolated Rukban camp near a base used by the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group.
The Syrian government and key backer Russia said in February they had opened corridors out of the camp, calling on residents to leave.
More than half of the original population has left in the past months, the United Nations says.
The UN and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent sent a mission to the camp last week to determine how many people remained inside and who wanted to leave, .

UN to 'facilitate' evacuations from Syria desert camp

A Sri Lankan court on Friday ordered the police to exhume and relocate the remains of an Easter Sunday suicide bomber buried in Batticaloa after protests over the initial burial site.
The court order comes after a motion filed by the chief government administrator for the eastern town of Batticaloa, nearly 318 km from Colombo.
Nearly 260 people were killed when seven suicide bombers from a local Muslim group attacked three churches and three luxury hotels on April 21, in the worst violence by the Islamic State group-linked militants in South Asia.
The police said that Mohamed Nasar Mohamed Azad's body will be exhumed on Monday and will be kept in a mortuary till the government finds an alternate place to bury it.
Azad was the suicide bomber at the Zion Churh in Batticaloa.
Local residents and relatives of those killed in the attack at the Zion Church had protested on Tuesday against the burial of the militant at the Kalliyankadu Cemetery.
The agitators had blocked the ...

Lankan court orders remains of Easter Sunday bomber be exhumed and relocated

E-cigarette giant Juul Labs is facing mounting scrutiny from state law enforcement officials, with the attorneys general in Illinois and the District of Columbia investigating how the company's blockbuster vaping device became so popular with underage teens, The Associated Press has learned.
The company's rapid rise to the top of the multi-billion dollar US e-cigarette market has been accompanied by accusations from parents, politicians and public health advocates that Juul fueled a vaping craze among high schoolers.
In addition to the ongoing inquiries in Illinois and the district, which had not been publicly disclosed before, four other state attorneys general are probing or suing Juul.
The company also is being investigated by members of Congress and federal health regulators and faces separate lawsuits from Juul users, both teens and adults.
Juul's top executives have disputed allegations that they've marketed their products to teens, declaring that they've taken unprecedented ...

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