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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Despite comments to the contrary by Iran's supreme leader, military sites may be part of the inspection process in a developing nuclear deal. An Iranian nuclear negotiator says his team has agreed to grant U.N. inspectors "managed access" to military sites. Iran and six world powers are trying to reach a final deal by a June 30 deadline.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is thanking the U.S. for its backing against a U.N. document aimed at ridding the world of nuclear weapons, starting with a Middle East conference in 2016. A senior Israeli official says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday. Israel is not a party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and has never declared what is widely considered to be an extensive nuclear weapons program.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian authorities say more than a dozen abandoned camps used by human traffickers on the border with Thailand contain mass graves. The camps are among those where Rohingya (ROH'-hin-GAH') Muslims fleeing Myanmar have been held. A similar discovery was made in Thailand earlier this month.
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A flash flood threat has prompted thousands of people in villages and towns along a mountain river in northwest Nepal to seek higher ground. A landslide has blocked the river and created a 1.2 mile long lake. Soldiers and police officers were sent to monitor the river and help and warn the villagers. The slide flows two major earthquakes and numerous aftershocks.
CLEVELAND (AP) — There were about a dozen arrests in Cleveland as police in riot gear kept an eye on protests that developed after a judge found a city police officer not guilty in the deaths of two unarmed black suspects killed in a 137-shot barrage of police gunfire after a chase. The judge found Michael Brelo not guilty but he faces administrative charges and remains suspended without pay. He fired some of his shots from the hood of the suspects' car.
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