Nation, world briefs 8/6/2015

FBI probes security of Clinton emails

WASHINGTON -- Federal investigators have begun looking into the security of devices on which Hillary Rodham Clinton's private email was stored when she was secretary of state, Clinton's attorney confirmed Wednesday. "We are actively cooperating" with the investigation, attorney David Kendall stated. The inspector general of the U.S. intelligence community alerted the FBI last month to concerns classified information was included in emails that went through Clinton's personal home server. The referral to the Justice Department did not seek a criminal probe and did not target Clinton. The Washington Post said the FBI has asked Kendall about the security of a thumb drive containing copies of Clinton's work emails sent during her tenure as secretary of state, which is in his possession.

367 migrants saved after boat capsizes

ROME -- A fishing boat crowded with migrants overturned Wednesday in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya as rescuers approached, and the Italian coast guard and Irish navy said at least 367 people were saved, although 25 bodies were found in the latest human-smuggling tragedy. Coast guard Cmdr. Filippo Marini said the rescue operation, involving seven ships, still was underway hours after the capsizing. Survivors indicated between 400 and 600 people were aboard the smugglers' boat, he said. The Irish naval vessel Le Niamh was one of the ships tasked by the coast guard to speed to the rescue of the boat before noon, Irish Capt. Donal Gallagher said. The Le Niamh arrived near the fishing boat, Marini said, and "at the sight of it, the migrants shifted" to one side, and their boat capsized.

Guide's trial in lion-killing delayed

HWANGE, Zimbabwe -- Two professional hunters appeared in a Zimbabwean court Wednesday, each accused in cases of helping Americans kill lions. A professional hunter who helped an American kill a popular lion named Cecil in an allegedly illegal hunt near Hwange National Park in western Zimbabwe dismissed the case against him as "frivolous." Wearing sunglasses and a camouflage cap and jacket, Theo Bronkhorst appeared in a court, where he faces charges of failing to prevent an unlawful hunt. If convicted, he faces up to 15 years in prison. Givemore Muvhiringi, Bronkhorst's lawyer, asked for the trial to be postponed to Sept. 28 so he can prepare the case. The prosecution did not object, and Magistrate Lindiwe Maphosa approved the postponement in a court session that lasted only a few minutes. "I think it's frivolous, and I think it's wrong," Bronkhorst said about the charges. He said he believed he had not done anything illegal. Bronkhorst said hunting is "an integral part of our country, and it's got to continue, and if we do not use wildlife sustainably, there will be no wildlife."

-- From wire reports