Some 2,700 migrants rescued at sea near Libya - Italy coast guard
ROME (Reuters) - Around 2,700 migrants were rescued from 13 boats near the coast of Libya on Wednesday, Italy's coastguard said.

ROME (Reuters) - Around 2,700 migrants were rescued from 13 boats near the coast of Libya on Wednesday, Italy's coastguard said.
ROME (Reuters) - Around 2,700 migrants were rescued from 13 boats near the coast of Libya on Wednesday, Italy's coastguard said.
PARIS (Reuters) - Security forces prevented an attack on French military installations this week by arresting four people whose leader had links to jailed jihadists, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Wednesday.
PARIS (Reuters) - Security forces prevented an attack on French military installations this week by arresting four people whose leader had links to jailed jihadists, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Wednesday.
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's banks will have been hit by an additional 40 billion pound tax bill by the end of this decade, harming their ability to lend to businesses and create new jobs, an industry lobby group said on Wednesday.
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's unemployment rate rose for the first time in more than two years, data showed on Wednesday, but faster growth in earnings means the Bank of England is likely to keep signalling an interest rate hike is approaching.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO and its allies will hold their biggest military exercise in more than a decade from October, deploying 36,000 personnel across the Mediterranean to counter the threat of Islamic State on the alliance's southern flank.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO and its allies will hold their biggest military exercise in more than a decade from October, deploying 36,000 personnel across the Mediterranean to counter the threat of Islamic State on the alliance's southern flank.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, seeking to sell the Iran nuclear deal to sceptical U.S. lawmakers and nervous allies, insisted on Wednesday the landmark agreement was the only alternative to a nuclear arms race and more war in the Middle East.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, seeking to sell the Iran nuclear deal to sceptical U.S. lawmakers and nervous allies, insisted on Wednesday the landmark agreement was the only alternative to a nuclear arms race and more war in the Middle East.
TAIPEI, July 16 (Reuters) - Taiwan stocks edged down on Thursday, tracking weakness in Chinese equities and ahead of the release of June-quarter financial results by market heavyweight TSMC.
ATHENS (Reuters) - The Greek parliament passed sweeping austerity measures demanded by lenders to open talks on a new multibillion-euro bailout package to keep Greece in the euro, but dozens of hardliners in the ruling Syriza party deserted Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
ATHENS (Reuters) - The Greek parliament passed sweeping austerity measures demanded by lenders to open talks on a new multibillion-euro bailout package to keep Greece in the euro, but dozens of hardliners in the ruling Syriza party deserted Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
WELLINGTON, July 16 (Reuters) - New Zealand dairy exporter Fonterra is cutting more than 500 jobs, the company said, on Thursday with more redundancies in store as the farmer-owned co-operative struggles with an ongoing fall in global dairy prices.
ATHENS, July 15 (Reuters) - The Greek parliament passed sweeping austerity measures demanded by lenders to open talks on a new multibillion-euro bailout package to keep Greece in the euro, but dozens of hardliners in the ruling Syriza party deserted Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
SINGAPORE, July 16 (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Thursday morning after data showed that U.S. crude inventories dropped and refinery demand was high.
* Regulators have cracked down on futures trading, short selling
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp expects 300-400 billion yen ($2.4-3.2 billion) in charges related to improper accounting in an expanding probe that is set to force Chief Executive Hisao Tanaka to step down, sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
* Hooper gets flanker nod ahead of Pocock (Adds detail, quotes)
National Security Advisor Susan Rice reveals that U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter will go to Saudi Arabia to discuss the new nuclear deal with Iran. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
National Security Advisor Susan Rice reveals that U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter will go to Saudi Arabia to discuss the new nuclear deal with Iran. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
National Security Advisor Susan Rice reveals that U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter will go to Saudi Arabia to discuss the new nuclear deal with Iran. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
National Security Advisor Susan Rice reveals that U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter will go to Saudi Arabia to discuss the new nuclear deal with Iran. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
SYDNEY, July 16 (Reuters) - Woodside Petroleum, Australia's biggest independent oil and gas company, on Thursday posted a 36 percent fall in second-quarter revenue from the first quarter due to weak gas prices and lower production volumes from its Pluto LNG venture.
MONTREUX, Switzerland (Reuters) - Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil gave a pure and poignant concert at Switzerland's Montreux Jazz Festival on Wednesday, celebrating decades of Brazilian music and friendship.
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