China factory activity unexpectedly dips in July: official PMI

BEIJING (Reuters) - Activity in China's manufacturing sector unexpectedly shrank in July, an official survey showed on Monday, with small and medium-sized firms leading the fall and reinforcing fears that the economy may once again be losing momentum.

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Taliban claims truck bomb blast in Kabul

KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban claimed responsibility for a truck bomb attack on a military and logistics services compound in Kabul early on Monday after a powerful explosion was heard all around the city.

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Clinton says Russia behind DNC hacking, draws line to Trump

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Sunday that Russian intelligence services hacked into Democratic National Committee computers and she questioned Republican rival Donald Trump's overtures to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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U.S.-backed forces in Syria wrest control of most of Manbij city: spokesman

BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S.-backed forces waging an offensive against the Islamic State held city of Manbij in northern Syria now have control of almost 70 percent of the city after rapid advances in the last two days, a spokesman said on Sunday.

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Trump rebuts criticism by Army father at Democratic convention

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump rejected criticism from the father of a soldier killed in Iraq who said the Republican presidential nominee had "sacrificed nothing and no one" and questioned whether the mother was allowed to speak during the couple's appearance at the Democratic convention.

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Gunman in Austin, Texas, kills one woman, wounds three: officials

(Reuters) - A gunman killed a woman and seriously wounded three others in Austin early on Sunday when he shot into a crowd as people streamed out of nightclubs in the Texas capital's downtown area, police said.

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U.S.-backed forces now control 40 percent of IS-held city of Manbij: monitor

BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S.-backed forces now control 40 percent of the Islamic State-held Syrian city of Manbij after advances in the last day that secured them key areas inside the city near the Turkish border, a monitor said on Sunday.

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Turkey expels nearly 1,400 personnel from armed forces: Anadolu

ISTANBUL/DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - The Turkish government dismissed nearly 1,400 military personnel for suspected links to a cleric it blames for an attempted coup, state media said on Sunday, hours after President Tayyip Erdogan announced sweeping changes to the armed forces.

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Many Islamic State leaders trying to flee to Syria: Iraqi minister

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Many Islamic State leaders have fled Mosul with their families toward Syria ahead of a planned offensive by U.S.-backed Iraqi forces on the city, Iraq's defense minister said on Saturday.

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At least 16 killed in Texas hot air balloon crash: TV

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - At least 16 people were killed when a hot air balloon caught fire and crashed in a pasture near the central Texas city of Lockhart on Saturday, a local TV news report quoted a sheriff's office as saying.

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Turkey releases 758 detained soldiers as Erdogan drops lawsuits

ANKARA/ISTANBUL, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkey on Saturday released more than 750 soldiers who had been detained after an abortive coup, state media reported, while President Tayyip Erdogan said he would drop lawsuits against those who had insulted him, in a one-time gesture of "unity".

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Russia says spyware found in state computer networks

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's intelligence service said on Saturday that the computer networks of 20 organizations, including state agencies and defense companies, have been infected with spyware in what it described as a targeted and coordinated attack.

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Clinton leads Trump by 6 points after Democratic confab: Reuters/Ipsos poll

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton held a 6- percentage-point lead over Republican rival Donald Trump, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll with new wording that was released on Friday, the day after she formally accepted her party's nomination for the Nov. 8 election.

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Trump to Clinton: 'No more Mr. Nice Guy'

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said he was taking the gloves off in his battle against Democrat Hillary Clinton in the race for the White House after taking a scorching from speakers at the Democratic National Convention.

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Exclusive: In Florida Zika probe, federal scientists kept at arm's length

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The state of Florida, the first to report the arrival of Zika in the continental United States, has yet to invite a dedicated team of the federal government's disease hunters to assist with the investigation on the ground, health officials told Reuters.

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Exclusive: Clinton campaign also hacked in attacks on Democrats - sources

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The computer network used by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s campaign was hacked as part of a broad cyber attack on Democratic political organizations, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

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Inventory liquidation weighs on U.S. second-quarter GDP growth

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy grew far less than expected in the second quarter as inventory investment fell for the first time in nearly five years, but a surge in consumer spending pointed to underlying strength.

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U.S. Democratic congressional group confirms it was hacked

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee confirmed on Friday that it had been the target of a cyber security incident similar to other recent attacks, including the theft of documents from the Democratic National Committee.

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Turkey shakes up armed forces, U.S. says purges harming cooperation

ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey has begun overhauling its armed forces following a failed coup, but its NATO ally the United States complained that the purges of generals and officers were hindering cooperation in the fight against Islamic State.

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The year of 'Neither': Why Reuters/Ipsos is tweaking its U.S. presidential poll

NEW YORK (Reuters) - In a presidential campaign notable for its negativity, the option of “Neither” candidate appears to be an appealing alternative, at least to participants in the Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll.

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Syria's Nusra Front says ending al Qaeda ties; U.S. fears for Aleppo

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's powerful Syrian branch, the Nusra Front, announced on Thursday it was ending its relationship with the global jihadist network founded by Osama bin Laden, to remove a pretext used by world powers to attack Syrians.

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Exclusive: FBI investigates hacking of Democratic congressional group - sources

SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI is investigating a cyber intrusion at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) that may be related to an earlier hack at the Democratic National Committee, said four sources familiar with the matter on Thursday.

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Vice president, dignitaries honor slain Louisiana officers

BATON ROUGE, La. (Reuters) - Photographs of three slain Louisiana police officers dominated a stage flooded in blue lights, the color of their uniforms, at a memorial service where U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Attorney General Loretta Lynch will speak on Thursday.

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Kremlin to U.S.: Sort out your own pre-election hacking scandal

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Thursday told the United States to get to the bottom of a hacking scandal involving Democratic Party emails itself, saying accusations of its own involvement bordered on the stupid and were motivated by anti-Russian sentiment.

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China, Russia navies to hold drills in South China Sea: China

BEIJING (Reuters) - China and Russia will hold "routine" naval drills in the South China Sea in September, China's defense ministry spokesman Yang Yujun told a news conference on Thursday.

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U.S. diplomatic strategy on South China Sea appears to founder

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the lead-up to an international court ruling on China's claims in the South China Sea this month, United States officials talked about rallying a coalition to impose "terrible" costs to Beijing's international reputation if flouted the court's decision.

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WikiLeaks releases hacked Democratic National Committee audio files

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks released files on Wednesday of what it said were audio recordings pulled from the emails of the Democratic National Committee that were obtained by hacking its servers.

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Washington's Union Station briefly evacuated over bomb threat: police

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police declared an all-clear at Washington's Union Station and allowed people to re-enter the train terminal after a bomb threat on Wednesday forced a brief evacuation.

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Fed leaves rates unchanged, says risks to outlook reduced

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday but said near-term risks to the U.S. economic outlook had diminished, opening the door to a resumption of monetary policy tightening this year.

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Charges dropped against remaining Baltimore officers in Freddie Gray case: media

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prosecutors dropped charges against the remaining three police officers in connection with the death of black detainee Freddie Gray, the Washington Post and CNN reported on Wednesday.

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Judge frees Reagan attacker John Hinckley

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - John Hinckley Jr., who wounded U.S. President Ronald Reagan and three other people in a 1981 assassination attempt, should be freed after 35 years and released to live with his mother, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.

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Japanese police raid house of knife attack suspect

SAGAMIHARA, Japan (Reuters) - Japanese police on Wednesday raided the house of a 26-year-old man suspected of stabbing to death 19 people and wounding dozens at a facility for the disabled in a small town near Tokyo, Japan's worst mass killing in decades.

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Trump edges ahead of Clinton in U.S. presidential race: Reuters/Ipsos poll

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump posted a two-point lead over his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Tuesday, the first time he has been ahead since early May.

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Turkish troops hunt remaining coup plotters as crackdown widens

ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish special forces backed by helicopters, drones and the navy hunted a remaining group of commandos thought to have tried to capture or kill President Tayyip Erdogan during a failed coup, as a crackdown on suspected plotters widened on Tuesday.

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U.S. opens door to a change in blood donation policy for gay men

(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration opened the door on Tuesday to a change in its blood donor deferral recommendations, which currently prohibit donations from gay men for a year following their last sexual encounter in order to reduce the risk of transmitting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

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Special Report: In Venezuela's murky oil industry, the deal that went too far

CARACAS/BOGOTA (Reuters) - Even for Venezuela's notoriously opaque economy, it was a sweetheart deal that went too far.

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Elderly priest killed in French church, attack claimed by Islamic State

SAINT-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY, France (Reuters) - Assailants linked to Islamic State slit the throat of an elderly priest and took several worshippers hostage in a French church on Tuesday before police shot the attackers dead.

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Knife attack kills 19 at Japan disability center, official says

SAGAMIHARA, Japan (Reuters) - Nineteen people were killed and 25 wounded after an attack by a knife-wielding man at a facility for the disabled in central Japan early on Tuesday, a government official said, in Japan's worst mass killing in decades.

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Trump back to freewheeling style on swing with Pence

ROANOKE, Va. (Reuters) - Donald Trump eagerly injected himself into the Democratic Party's email controversy on Monday, saying the revelations that the party apparatus backed Democrat Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders proved his charges that the system is rigged.

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Democratic National Committee apologizes to Sanders over emails

(Reuters) - The Democratic National Committee apologized to Senator Bernie Sanders on Monday after leaked emails suggested the party's leadership had worked to sabotage Sanders' presidential campaign.

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FBI investigates hacking of Democratic Party organization

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating the nature and scope of a cyber intrusion at the Democratic National Committee, the agency said on Monday, amid concerns hackers working for Russia are attempting to use the breach to influence the U.S. presidential election.

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Democratic Party chair jeered in protest ahead of convention

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Chaos broke out ahead of the U.S. Democratic Party convention on Monday as protesters jeered the party chairwoman over leaked emails showing Democratic officials worked to undermine Bernie Sanders in his presidential primary battle with Hillary Clinton.

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Two dead, 14-16 wounded in shooting at Florida nightclub: police

(Reuters) - At least two people were killed and 14 to 16 wounded in a shooting at a nightclub in Fort Myers, Florida early on Monday, police said.

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One dead, 10 injured in blast near Nuremberg, Germany: police

BERLIN (Reuters) - An explosion killed at least one person and injured 10 others near the German city of Nuremberg on Sunday in what authorities said was believed to be an intentional blast.

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Verizon to announce $5 billion deal to buy Yahoo Monday: source

(Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc will announce an agreement on Monday to buy Yahoo Inc for about $5 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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On eve of Democratic convention, Clinton struggles for party unity

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Democrat Bernie Sanders demanded the party chairwoman resign and questioned the vice presidential pick of Tim Kaine on Sunday, raising doubts about Hillary Clinton's chances for party unity on the eve of her presidential nominating convention.

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Democratic party chair to lose convention role in wake of e-mail leak: CNN

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz will no longer preside over the party's convention this week after a leak of Democratic party emails appeared to show efforts to actively discredit Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders' campaign, CNN reported Sunday.

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Russia escapes IOC blanket ban for Rio Olympics

(Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has rejected clarion calls for Russia to banned from next month's Rio Olympics over the nation's doping record, offering athletes a lifeline by ruling that decisions on individual competitors will be left to the international sports federations.

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ASEAN deadlocked on South China Sea after Cambodia blocks statement

VIENTIANE (Reuters) - Southeast Asian nations failed to find common ground on maritime disputes in the South China Sea on Sunday after Cambodia stuck to its demand the group make no reference to an international court ruling against Beijing in a statement, diplomats said.

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Attacking Trump, Democrat Kaine makes campaign-trail debut

MIAMI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tim Kaine made his first appearance on the campaign trail as Hillary Clinton's vice presidential running mate on Saturday, urging Democrats to make history by putting Clinton in the White House and leaping to attack Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's record.

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Islamic State claims responsibility for Kabul attack, 80 dead

KABUL (Reuters) - Twin explosions tore through a demonstration by members of Afghanistan's mainly Shi'ite Hazara minority in Kabul on Saturday, killing at least 80 people and wounding more than 230 in a suicide attack claimed by Islamic State.

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Turkey's Erdogan orders closure of more schools, extends detention period

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has ordered the closure of more than 1,000 private schools and extended the period in which some suspects can be detained without charge, in his first decree since declaring a three-month state of emergency.

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Virginia's top court rules against move to restore felons' voting rights

RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - The Virginia Supreme Court ruled on Friday against Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe's order restoring voting rights to more than 200,000 felons who completed their sentences, court documents show.

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Heavy rain in China kills at least 87, millions evacuated

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Heavy rain in China has killed at least 87 people and forced 16 million from their homes, state media reported on Saturday.

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Kaine leads as Democrat Clinton nears a running mate choice

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary Clinton was close to announcing her vice presidential candidate on Friday, with leading contender U.S. Senator Tim Kaine seen as a safe choice that allows her ticket to present itself as a steady alternative to the unpredictable campaign of Republican rival Donald Trump.

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Trump pulls nearly even with Clinton after Republican convention: Reuters/Ipsos poll

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has pulled nearly even with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton for the first time since May, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll taken over the course of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this week.

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Multiple deaths reported at shooting in Munich shopping mall: newspaper

MUNICH (Reuters) - Germany's Muencher Abendzeitung reported that up to 15 people were killed in a shooting in a shopping mall in the southern city of Munich.

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Police from across U.S. honor Baton Rouge officer at funeral

BATON ROUGE, La. (Reuters) - Police officers from across the United States gathered at a church in Louisiana's state capital with hundreds of other mourners on Friday for the first of three funerals for policemen killed this week by an Iraq war veteran.

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Former KKK leader David Duke to run for Senate

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke said on Friday he will run as a candidate for the U.S. Senate from Louisiana, saying he believes in equal rights for all Americans.

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Trump accepts Republican nomination, vows to put 'America first'

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Donald Trump accused Democratic rival Hillary Clinton of a legacy of "death, destruction, terrorism and weakness" as U.S. secretary of state and vowed to be tough on crime and illegal immigrants in a speech on Thursday accepting the Republican presidential nomination.

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Exclusive: Top Obama aide to take call for South China Sea calm to Beijing

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice will urge Beijing next week to avoid escalation in the South China Sea when she makes the highest-level U.S. visit to China since an international court rejected its sweeping claims to the strategic waterway.

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Exclusive: Possible early North Korean nuclear site found - report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. policy institute said it may have located a secret facility used by North Korea in the early stages of building its program to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons, which if confirmed would be critical to the success of any future nuclear deal, according to a report seen by Reuters on Thursday.

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NBA pulls All-Star Game from Charlotte over transgender law

(Reuters) - The NBA is moving its 2017 All-Star Game out of Charlotte, North Carolina, given its objections to a state law decried as discriminatory against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, the league on Thursday.

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Fox News chief Ailes resigns after sexual harassment claims

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Roger Ailes on Thursday resigned as chairman and chief executive of Fox News Channel following allegations of sexual harassment, an abrupt end to his 20-year rein over America's most lucrative and powerful cable news channel for conservatives.

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Exclusive: White House to review ban on military gear for police - police leaders

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House will revisit a 2015 ban on police forces getting riot gear, armored vehicles and other military-grade equipment from the U.S. armed forces, two police organization directors told Reuters on Thursday.

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Brazil arrests group plotting 'acts of terrorism' before Olympics

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil arrested 10 people on Thursday on suspicion of belonging to a group supporting Islamic State (IS) and preparing acts of terrorism during next month's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Justice Minister Alexandre Moraes said.

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U.S. jobless claims fall to three-month low

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, hitting a three-month low as the labor market continues to gather momentum.

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Seventeen protesters arrested in Cleveland after scuffle with police

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Cleveland police arrested 17 protesters on Wednesday after scuffling with demonstrators who tried to set an American flag on fire near the crowded entrance to the arena where Republicans made Donald Trump their presidential nominee, the city's police chief said.

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Exclusive: Trump considering top fracking mogul Harold Hamm as energy secretary - sources

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is considering nominating Oklahoma oil and gas mogul Harold Hamm as energy secretary if elected to the White House on Nov. 8, according to four sources close to Trump's campaign.

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Awkward and divided, Trump-Pence ticket faces Republican scrutiny

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - After a couple of awkward joint appearances, U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, will make a show of their solidarity at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday despite a string of policy differences.

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On anniversary, U.S. and Cuba cite progress toward closer ties

HAVANA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Marking the one-year anniversary of the renewal of U.S.-Cuban diplomatic ties, the former Cold War foes said on Wednesday they were working hard on further deepening their detente this year, as the clock ticks down on the Obama administration.

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Parents of boy killed by alligator at Disney resort will not sue

(Reuters) - The parents of a two-year-old boy drowned by an alligator at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida last month "are broken" but will not sue over the incident, the couple said in a statement on Wednesday.

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After awkward start, Trump, Pence put relationship on display

(Reuters) - Freshly minted as his party's choice for the White House, Republican Donald Trump on Wednesday will make a display of solidarity with his running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, a social conservative who is at odds with Trump on many issues.

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U.S. says its forces will keep operating in South China Sea

BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. military forces will continue to operate in the South China Sea in accordance with international law, the U.S. Chief of Naval Operations John Richardson said on Wednesday during a visit to a Chinese naval base.

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Conquering rivals, defying odds, Trump captures Republican nomination

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Thirteen months after launching an improbable bid for the White House, Donald Trump captured the 2016 Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday, having vanquished 16 party rivals, warred with much of its establishment and provoked controversy at every turn.

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Exclusive: Trump could seek new law to purge government of Obama appointees

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - If he wins the presidency, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump would seek to purge the federal government of officials appointed by Democratic President Barack Obama and could ask Congress to pass legislation making it easier to fire public workers, Trump ally, Chris Christie, said on Tuesday.

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Ailes' future at Fox News in doubt after reported harassment claims

(Reuters) - Roger Ailes' future as chief of Fox News was thrown into doubt on Tuesday as several news organizations including Variety reported his imminent departure following allegations of sexual harassment.

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Shots heard near police vehicle by Republican convention: police

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Gunshots were heard near a police transportation vehicle by the site of the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, police sources said. No injuries were reported.

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New York alleges in lawsuit Volkswagen executives covered up diesel cheating

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior executives at Volkswagen AG including its former chief executive covered up evidence that the German automaker had cheated on U.S. diesel emissions tests for years, New York state charged on Tuesday in a civil lawsuit against the company.

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Goldman's profit jumps as bond trading revenue rises

(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc's quarterly profit jumped 78 percent, handily beating market expectations, as the Wall Street bank earned more from bond trading and its expenses fell.

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Trump's wife seeks to soften his image at raucous Republican convention

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Donald Trump's wife Melania, in her first major political speech on Monday, portrayed her husband as a talented, compassionate and unrelenting leader who would unify rather than divide the country if elected to the White House.

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Man with ax attacks passengers on German train

BERLIN (Reuters) - A man with an ax attacked passengers on a train in the southern German state of Bavaria late on Monday and several people were critically wounded, a police spokesman said.

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Obama administration asks U.S. Supreme Court to rehear immigration case

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a last-ditch effort to revive a White House plan to protect up to 4 million immigrants from deportation, the Obama administration on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to rehear a case on which the eight-member court was split 4-4 last month.

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Pakistani 'selfie' cleric investigated over Qandeel Baloch's murder

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A prominent Muslim cleric in Pakistan who was censured for appearing in "selfie" photographs with murdered social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch is being investigated in connection with her killing, police said on Monday.

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Moscow lab protected doped Russian athletes at Sochi: WADA

TORONTO (Reuters) - Widespread doping and manipulation of tests by Russian athletes and officials at the Sochi Olympics, overseen by the ministry of sport, was confirmed by the World Anti-Doping Agency on Monday, further fuelling calls for a complete ban on the country from the Rio Games.

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Faith in government drops, politicians jeered as France mourns Nice victims

PARIS/NICE, France (Reuters) - Confidence in the capacity of Francois Hollande's government to combat terrorism has plummeted in the wake of the truck attack that killed 84 people in the southern French coastal city of Nice, an opinion poll published on Monday suggested.

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Open carry gun rights cause jitters at Republican convention

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Even gun rights advocates are questioning whether people should be allowed to carry rifles and handguns during protests at this week's Republican National Convention in Cleveland in the wake of the shootings of six police officers in Baton Rouge.

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Exclusive: U.S. curtails federal election observers

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal election observers can only be sent to five states in this year’s U.S. presidential election, among the smallest deployments since the Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965 to end racial discrimination at the ballot box.

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Baton Rouge police officers shot, two reported dead

(Reuters) - Multiple police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, were shot on Sunday morning, a department spokesman said, as the country remains on edge about police and community relations.

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Art of the spin: Trump bankers question his portrayal of financial comeback

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump, who often says he only likes winners, tells one grand tale of loss: In 1990, he nearly went bankrupt and was forced to ask dozens of banks to whom he owed money to change the terms on their loans and forgive some of his debts.

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Erdogan supporters stand guard as crushed coup bid shakes Turkey

ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's supporters rallied in public squares, at Istanbul airport and outside his palace overnight in a show of defiance after a failed coup attempt killed at least 265 people and raised expectations of a heavy crackdown on dissent.

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Two arrested in Nice over truck attack: judiciary source

NICE, France (Reuters) - Police arrested a man and a woman in the French city of Nice on Sunday morning in connection with the truck attack that killed at least 84 people celebrating Bastille Day, a judiciary source said.

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In circuitous speech, Trump touts VP pick Pence as man to unify party

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump on Saturday presented his vice presidential running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, as the man who can unify a fractured Republican party and help him bridge the gap created by the candidate's outsider status.

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Most Britons oppose second referendum on EU exit: poll

LONDON (Reuters) - The majority of Britons are opposed to a second referendum on membership of the European Union and almost half believe new Prime Minister Theresa May should carry on without calling a general election, according to a poll published on Saturday.

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Police arrest three in Nice as Islamic State claims truck attack

NICE, France (Reuters) - Islamic State claimed responsibility on Saturday for the truck attack that killed at least 84 people celebrating Bastille Day in the French city of Nice and police arrested three more people there in connection with the seafront carnage.

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Trump likely to announce running mate before convention: adviser

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump plans to make an announcement on his vice presidential pick before he heads to the party's national convention in Cleveland next week, his campaign manager said on Friday.

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Asian shares rise to eight-month highs, on track for weekly gains

TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares rose to eight-month highs on Friday, on track for solid weekly gains, as record highs on Wall Street offset the impact on sentiment of an attack in France that lifted the safe-haven yen.

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Obama will meet with Mexican president at White House on Friday, July 22

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will meet with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Friday, July 22, at the White House, the White House said.

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White House candidate Trump picks Indiana Governor Pence for running mate: source

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Donald Trump told Republican officials on Thursday he has picked Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his vice presidential running mate, a Republican source said, choosing a conservative with the potential to unify divided Republicans.

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Ex-drug executive Shkreli's U.S. fraud trial set for June 2017

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday scheduled a trial for June 2017 in the U.S. government's securities fraud case against former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli, who became a lightning rod last year for outrage over soaring prescription drug prices.

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Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg 'regrets' Trump criticisms

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Thursday said she regrets making critical comments about Republican presidential contender Donald Trump.

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JPMorgan beats expectations, helped by loan growth and cost controls

(Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co reported a marginally lower second-quarter profit on Thursday but still beat subdued analyst expectations, helped by loan growth and a tight control on operating expenses.

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In Senator Tim Kaine, Clinton weighs a 'safe' VP pick

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Tim Kaine is widely seen as the "safe choice" to become Hillary Clinton's vice presidential running-mate, and that may be the biggest mark against him.

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Clinton says Trump is most divisive candidate 'in our lifetimes'

In a speech weighted with America’s complicated racial history, Democrat Hillary Clinton laced into Republican presidential rival Donald Trump on Wednesday, accusing him of fueling divisions among Americans over race and religion.

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Trump nears end of vice presidential search, to announce pick Friday

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Donald Trump conducted last-minute talks with his top potential picks for his vice presidential running mate on Wednesday and said he would announce his choice on Friday in New York.

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U.S. launches quiet diplomacy to ease South China Sea tensions

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is using quiet diplomacy to persuade the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam and other Asian nations not to move aggressively to capitalize on an international court ruling that denied China's claims to the South China Sea, several U.S. administration officials said on Wednesday.

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Trump demands U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg resign over criticism

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Donald Trump thrust the U.S. Supreme Court into the presidential campaign debate on Wednesday, rallying conservatives with a call for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to resign after she lambasted him in a series of media interviews.

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First funerals held for Dallas police slain in racially motivated ambush

DALLAS (Reuters) - Thousands of police officers joined by ordinary citizens attended funerals on Wednesday for three of the policemen shot dead in a racially motivated ambush attack last week that intensified America's long-running debate on race and justice.

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Poll puts Trump just ahead in two key states

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Donald Trump pulled ahead of Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton in Florida and Pennsylvania in a Quinnipiac Poll released on Wednesday that included responses after the FBI released its findings on Clinton's email use.

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New Black Panther Party says to carry arms in Cleveland if legal

(Reuters) - The New Black Panther Party, a "black power" movement, will carry firearms for self-defense during rallies in Cleveland ahead of next week's Republican convention, if allowed under Ohio law, the group's chairman said.

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Clinton extends lead over Trump to 13 points: Reuters/Ipsos

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton extended her lead over Republican rival Donald Trump to 13 percentage points in a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Tuesday, up from 10 points at the end of last week.

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Clinton is vetting retired Navy Admiral James Stavridis for VP: source

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. presidential campaign of presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is vetting retired Navy Admiral James Stavridis as a potential vice presidential running mate, a source with knowledge of the process confirmed to Reuters on Tuesday.

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China suffers legal blow in South China Sea, U.S. urges caution

WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - China risks violating international law if it continues to strike a defiant tone and ignores an arbitration court ruling that denies its claims in the South China Sea despite calls from the United States and the head of the United Nations for the peaceful resolution of disputes in the oil-rich waters.

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Obama to speak at Dallas memorial for police slain in ambush

DALLAS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama visits Dallas on Tuesday to address a memorial for five police officers killed at a protest against police violence, as he seeks to mend divisions inflamed by the deadliest day for U.S. law enforcement in almost 15 years.

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Sanders to join Clinton on campaign trail in show of party unity

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (Reuters) - Democrat Bernie Sanders will team up with Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail for the first time on Tuesday, joining her in New Hampshire where he is expected to endorse Clinton's White House campaign in a belated show of party unity.

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Trump and Christie join forces to attack Obama, Clinton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans Donald Trump and Chris Christie teamed up on Monday to assail Democratic President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton as weak on domestic security, making the kind of one-two punch possible if Trump picks Christie as his running mate.

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Police officer, others shot outside Michigan courthouse: reports

(Reuters) - Several people, including a police officer, were shot outside the Berrien County courthouse in St. Joseph in southwest Michigan on Monday, according to media reports.

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Man who shot Dallas police wanted to kill more officers: chief

DALLAS (Reuters) - The U.S. military veteran who fatally shot five Dallas police officers in a racially motivated attack last week asked negotiators how many people he had shot and told them he wanted to kill more, the city's police chief said on Monday.

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Leadsom quits race for British PM, leaving May unopposed

LONDON (Reuters) - Energy minister Andrea Leadsom abruptly withdrew from the contest to succeed David Cameron as Britain's prime minister on Monday, leaving her rival Theresa May as the only candidate.

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May to be confirmed as UK Conservative leader, and next PM

LONDON (Reuters) - Theresa May is the only remaining candidate to be the new leader of Britain's ruling Conservative Party and a formal process will now take place to confirm her in the role, the chairman of a party committee running the leadership contest said on Monday.

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North Korea military threatens physical response against U.S. THAAD deployment

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's military said on Monday it will take "physical response" to a move by the United States and South Korea to deploy the advanced THAAD missile defense system to the Korean peninsula to counter the threat from the North.

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Obama says activists who attack police hurt Black Lives Matter cause

MADRID (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday that attacks on police out of a concern about the fairness of the criminal justice system hurt the Black Lives Matter movement, after a sniper killed five police officers in Dallas on Thursday.

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Dallas police chief defends decision to use robot to kill gunman

(Reuters) - The chief of the Dallas Police Department vigorously defended the use of a bomb mounted on a robot to kill a gunman who shot to death five officers during a march to protest police violence against African-Americans.

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Bin Laden's son threatens revenge for father's assassination: monitor

DUBAI (Reuters) - The son of slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has threatened revenge against the United States for assassinating his father, according to an audio message posted online.

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Obama urges Americans not to despair over divisions after 'painful' week

WARSAW/DALLAS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, seeking to soothe raw emotions after a former U.S. soldier killed five policemen in Dallas and high-profile police shootings of two black men in Minnesota and Louisiana, has urged Americans not to view the United States as being riven into opposing groups.

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Protests over shootings block roads in U.S. cities, arrests made

BATON ROUGE, La./MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Protests against the shootings of two black men by police officers shut down main arteries in a number of U.S. cities on Saturday, leading to numerous arrests, but remained mostly peaceful, except for scuffles with riot police in Baton Rouge.

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Dallas police headquarters under lockdown after threat

DALLAS (Reuters) - The Dallas police headquarters and the surrounding blocks were placed under lockdown on Saturday, and SWAT teams were deployed throughout the area, after the department received an anonymous threat against officers citywide.

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Houston police shoot dead black man pointing a gun in street

(Reuters) - Two Houston police officers fatally shot an African-American man who pointed a gun at them despite their commands that he lower his weapon, authorities said on Saturday, two days after five Dallas policemen were slain by a black military veteran.

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Beyond Dallas, police come under fire in three states

(Reuters) - Police came under fire in three U.S. states on Thursday and Friday, authorities said, possibly prompted by the same motivation behind the rampage in Dallas: police use of force against black people.

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NATO allies commit around $1 billion per year to support Afghan forces

WARSAW (Reuters) - NATO allies have promised the United States they will stump up around $1 billion a year over the next three years to help fund the Afghan military, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Saturday.

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North Korea fires submarine-launched missile: South Korea

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired what appeared to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile on Saturday, South Korea's military said.

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Faced with Trump and Clinton, Americans yearn for third choice: Reuters/Ipsos

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans' demand for an alternative to the two main presidential candidates has surged since the last election, a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll shows, underscoring the unpopularity of Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton.

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U.S. economy posts largest job gains in eight months in June

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth surged in June as factories and retailers boosted hiring, confirming the economy has regained speed after a first-quarter lull, but tepid wage growth could see the Federal Reserve still cautious about hiking interest rates.

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Obama urges NATO to stand firm vs. Russia despite Brexit fallout

WARSAW (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama urged NATO leaders on Friday to stand firm against a resurgent Russia over its seizure of Crimea from Ukraine, saying Britain's vote to leave the European Union should not weaken the western defense alliance.

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South Korea, U.S. agree to deploy THAAD missile defense to counter North Korea threat

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea and the United States said on Friday they had decided to deploy an advanced missile defense system with the U.S. military stationed in South Korea to counter North Korea's missile threat.

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Two police officers shot at protest in Dallas: local TV

(Reuters) - Two police officers were shot in Texas on Thursday during a protest against police shootings in Minnesota and Louisiana, KDFW TV in Dallas reported.

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State Department to conduct internal probe of Clinton email case

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Thursday it will conduct an internal review of whether Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her aides mishandled classified information, after the Justice Department declined to bring criminal charges.

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Sanders expected to endorse Clinton on Tuesday: New York Times

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders is expected to endorse Democrat Hillary Clinton for president on Tuesday at a campaign event in New Hampshire, the New York Times reported on Thursday.

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U.S. Republicans press FBI chief over lack of consequence for Clinton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI Director James Comey told U.S. lawmakers on Thursday that FBI employees who mishandled classified material in the way Hillary Clinton did as secretary of state could be subject to dismissal or loss of security clearance.

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May and Leadsom to fight all-women contest for British prime minister

LONDON (Reuters) - Interior minister Theresa May and eurosceptic rival Andrea Leadsom emerged on Thursday as the two candidates who will battle to become Britain's next prime minister and lead the country out of the European Union.

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Beijing warns U.S. on sovereignty ahead of South China Sea ruling

WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States should do nothing to harm China's sovereignty and security in the South China Sea, China's foreign minister told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, ahead of a key court ruling on China's claims in the disputed waterway.

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Minneapolis area police fatally shoot black man during traffic stop

(Reuters) - A suburban Minneapolis police officer fatally shot a black man on Wednesday during a traffic stop, police said, and a woman posted a video on the internet saying he had been reaching for his license and showing what she described as the aftermath of the incident.

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Trump rejects criticism, vents at news media in campaign speech

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday rejected criticism of his campaign tactics, in a wide-ranging speech defending his team's use of a Jewish star and his own praise of the late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

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U.S. attorney general closes Clinton email case, says no charges

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of private email while secretary of state is over, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said on Wednesday, removing a legal cloud that threatened the presumptive Democratic nominee's presidential bid.

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Multinational crew blasts off for space station

(Reuters) - A three-member multinational crew blasted off aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket from Kazakhstan on Thursday for a two-day trip to the International Space Station, a NASA TV broadcast showed.

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Fed wants clarity on Brexit's impact before hiking rates - minutes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve policymakers decided in June that interest rate hikes should stay on hold until they have a handle on the consequences of Britain's vote on EU membership, according to the minutes from the Fed's June policy meeting released on Wednesday.

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U.S. presidential candidate Trump, RNC raised $51 million in June - campaign

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee raised nearly $51 million for his White House campaign in June, after he launched his first aggressive effort at raising cash, Trump's organization reported on Wednesday.

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Chef at Bangladesh cafe probably working with attackers: police

DHAKA (Reuters) - A pizza chef killed during a militant attack on a cafe where he worked in Bangladesh's capital city last week was probably in league with the assailants, police said on Wednesday.

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Justice Department will investigate Louisiana police shooting

BATON ROUGE, La. (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department will investigate the fatal police shooting of a black man in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the state's governor said on Wednesday.

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Rebuke of Clinton over email use creates opening for Trump

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI report scolding Democrat Hillary Clinton over her email practices as secretary of state plays into a chief vulnerability that her rival, Republican Donald Trump, hopes to exploit – wariness among U.S. voters about her trustworthiness.

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Clinton visits U.S. casino hub to attack Trump's business record

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton will journey on Wednesday to the gambling center of Atlantic City, site of some of Donald Trump's biggest corporate projects, to attack the business record of her Republican rival for the White House.

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Gold races to 28-month high, oil pressured as Brexit fears return

MANILA (Reuters) - Gold rallied to its highest since 2014 on Wednesday and oil struggled to recover from deep losses, as renewed fears over the impact of Britain's exit from the European Union pushed investors toward safe havens.

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Pistorius jailed for six years for murder of girlfriend

PRETORIA (Reuters) - South African Paralympic gold medalist Oscar Pistorius was sent to prison for six years on Wednesday for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, the latest twist in a trial that has gripped the world.

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Tesla told regulators about Autopilot crash nine days after accident

SAN FRANCISCO/DETROIT (Reuters) - Tesla Motors alerted regulators to a fatality in one of its electric cars in partial self-driving Autopilot mode nine days after it crashed, the company said on Tuesday, defending its decision not to make the accident public before a federal investigation was announced.

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FBI ending Clinton email probe, will not recommend prosecution: director

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI will recommend to the Justice Department that no prosecution is warranted as a result of its yearlong investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while secretary of state, agency Director James Comey said on Tuesday.

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Brexit worries hit UK economy as Conservatives start choosing PM

LONDON (Reuters) - Worries about the economic impact of leaving the European Union hit Britain's property market and drove the pound to a new 31-year low on Tuesday as Conservative members of parliament began voting for a new prime minister.

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Bangladesh hunts for six accomplices of cafe attackers

DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladeshi police hunted on Tuesday for six members of a domestic Islamist group they suspect helped gunmen attack a Dhaka cafe, as officials began questioning families of the militants for clues as to what turned them into killers.

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Conservatives begin selecting next prime minister to handle Britain's EU exit

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's ruling Conservative Party begins selecting a new leader to replace David Cameron as prime minister on Tuesday with interior minister Theresa May and junior minister Andrea Leadsom the leading candidates to get the top job.

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Seventeen jailed pending trial over Istanbul airport attack: media

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court jailed 17 suspects pending trial on Tuesday in connection with last week's suicide bombing attack on Istanbul's main airport that killed 45 people and wounded hundreds, state media said.

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Exclusive: Infidelity website Ashley Madison facing FTC probe, CEO apologizes

TORONTO (Reuters) - The parent company of infidelity dating site Ashley Madison, hit by a devastating hack last year, is now the target of a U.S. Federal Trade Commission investigation, the new executives seeking to revive its credibility told Reuters.

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Red, white and extra blue as tight security marks July 4th celebrations

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States celebrated the July Fourth holiday on Monday with parades, baking contests and picnics draped in red, white and an extra layer of blue, as police ramped up patrols because of concerns about terrorism and gun violence.

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Suicide bombers hit three Saudi cities

RIYADH (Reuters) - Suicide bombers struck three cities across Saudi Arabia on Monday, in an apparently coordinated campaign of attacks as Saudis prepared to break their fast on the penultimate day of the holy month of Ramadan.

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Trump says star he tweeted wasn't Star of David

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, on Monday lashed out at the press for continuing to report on the fallout from a post he made to social media that included an image depicting Democratic rival Hillary Clinton against a backdrop of cash and a Star of David.

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Iraqis want crackdown on 'sleeper cells' after huge Baghdad bomb

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The death toll from a suicide bombing in a Baghdad shopping district has risen to over 150, fueling calls for security forces to crack down on Islamic State sleeper cells blamed for one of the worst ever single bombings in Iraq.

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Bomber killed, two police wounded in blast outside U.S. consulate in Jeddah

RIYADH (Reuters) - A suicide bomber was killed and two other people wounded in a blast near the U.S. consulate in Saudi Arabia's second city of Jeddah early on Monday, state TV said, the first bombing in years to attempt to target foreigners in the kingdom.

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Kerry offers Bangladesh FBI help as police probe attackers' links

DHAKA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has offered Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina help to investigate those behind the killing of 20 people at a Dhaka restaurant, as police examine how the young, affluent and educated attackers were radicalized.

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Ahead of key court ruling, Beijing in propaganda overdrive

HONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) - As an international tribunal prepares to rule on Beijing's territorial claims in the South China Sea, officials in Washington, Tokyo and Southeast Asia are on tenterhooks.

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Top lawmakers confident in fairness of Clinton email probe

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top lawmakers from both major U.S. political parties said on Sunday they trusted the Justice Department to appropriately handle its probe of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's private email server, after a heavily criticized meeting between Clinton's husband and the U.S. attorney general.

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Mourning family recalls Elie Wiesel's fight for Holocaust victims

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The death of World War Two concentration camp survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel was mourned on Sunday by admirers around the world who honored his life-long fight for millions of Holocaust victims.

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Top candidates to lead Britain differ on how quickly to start Brexit talks

LONDON (Reuters) - The two leading candidates to be the next British prime minister differed on Sunday on how urgent it was to trigger article 50, the formal step that will kickstart Britain's negotiations with the European Union on the terms of its exit from the bloc.

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Holocaust survivor, Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel dies at 87

(Reuters) - Activist and writer Elie Wiesel, the World War Two death camp survivor who won a Nobel Peace Prize for becoming the life-long voice of millions of Holocaust victims, died on Saturday. He was 87.

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Bangladesh says gunmen behind restaurant killings local, some known

DHAKA (Reuters) - The seven militants who killed 20 people at a restaurant in Dhaka were local Bangladeshis and authorities had tried before to arrest five of them, police said, as the country began a two-day period of mourning on Sunday.

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U.S. accuses Russian warship of aggressive maneuvers near U.S. navy ship

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Russian warship carried out aggressive and erratic maneuvers close to a U.S. Navy ship in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, the second such Cold War-style incident there in a matter of weeks, the U.S. military said on Saturday.

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FBI interviews Hillary Clinton in email probe

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton met with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for three and a half hours on Saturday as part of a probe of her use of a private email server while serving as secretary of state, her campaign said.

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Tesla crash raises concerns about autonomous vehicle regulation

(Reuters) - The fatal crash of a Tesla Motors Inc Model S in Autopilot mode has turned up pressure on auto industry executives and regulators to ensure that automated driving technology is deployed safely.

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U.S. says kills up to 116 civilians in strikes outside war zones

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's government said on Friday it inadvertently killed up to 116 civilians in strikes in countries where America is not at war, a major disclosure likely to inflame debate about targeted killings and use of drones.

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Gunmen attack restaurant in Dhaka's diplomatic quarter

DHAKA (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked a restaurant popular with foreigners in the diplomatic quarter of the Bangladeshi capital on Friday and the U.S. State department said there was a hostage situation.

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Al Qaeda leader warns of 'gravest consequences' if Boston marathon bomber executed

CAIRO (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri warned the United States of the "gravest consequences" if Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev or any other Muslim prisoners is executed.

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Taiwan Navy fires missile in error as China's Communists mark birthday

TAIPEI (Reuters) - The Taiwan Navy fired a supersonic missile in error and hit a Taiwan fishing boat in waters separating the island from diplomatic rival China on Friday, as Communist Party rulers in Beijing celebrated the party's 95th birthday.

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Attorney general to accept FBI findings in Clinton email probe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch will accept the recommendations of career prosecutors and investigators on whether or not to bring charges against Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton over her email use, a Justice Department official said on Friday.

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Judge blocks Mississippi law allowing denial of services to LGBT people

(Reuters) - A day before it was due to come into effect, a federal judge has blocked a Mississippi law permitting those with religious objections to deny wedding services to same-sex couples and impose dress and bathroom restrictions on transgender people.

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Turkish police detain 11 more suspects over airport attack: media

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police detained 11 foreigners suspected of being members of an Islamic State cell in Istanbul linked to the suicide bombers who staged the attack this week at Istanbul's main airport, broadcaster Haberturk said on its website on Friday.

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