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FOXNews.com Syrian activists say 200 killed in government crackdown, hundreds wounded3 Feb 2012 at 7:46pm Syrian activists say an evening assault by government forces in the central city of Homs has killed 200 people and wounded hundreds.
Brazilians face evictions over preparations for Olympics, World Cup 3 Feb 2012 at 6:12pm Like most Brazilians, Evandro dos Santos' devotion to soccer borders on the religious. Even when he wasn't watching a game, he loved hearing the roar of the crowd in nearby Maracana stadium -- this... Surveillance drone crashes in Somali capital 3 Feb 2012 at 6:09pm Witnesses say a surveillance drone has crashed into a refugee camp in the Somali capital.
UN security council meeting Saturday to consider Syria resolution 3 Feb 2012 at 6:06pm The U.N. Security Council will meet Saturday morning to take up a much-negotiated resolution on Syria, said a diplomat for a Western nation that sits on the council.
Trinidad principal put students' heads in toilets, police say 3 Feb 2012 at 4:01pm Police say a primary school principal in Trinidad has been charged with cruelty for allegedly pushing the heads of two boys into a toilet and flushing.
Hero or traitor? Pakistani doctor accused of treason over involvement in bin ... 3 Feb 2012 at 3:58pm Questions are being raised about the safety of a Pakistani doctor who might have played a vital, heroic-- and even unknowing-- role in the ultimate take-down of Usama bin Laden.
Failed talks between Iran and UN nuclear agency increases pressure on Tehran 3 Feb 2012 at 3:41pm Seemingly failed talks this week between Iran and the U.N. nuclear agency have instead increased pressure on Tehran to defuse suspicions before another meeting later in the month that it secretly w... Pakistani Taliban kill 7 soldiers, abduct 4 3 Feb 2012 at 2:41pm Islamist militants attacked a Pakistani army checkpoint near the Afghan border Friday, killing seven paramilitary soldiers and abducting four, a government official and a Taliban spokesman said.
Olympics, World Cup preparation bring mass evictions in Rio 3 Feb 2012 at 1:15pm Rio de Janeiro is giving the neighborhoods a $63.2 million facelift as it prepares to host the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics.
Chevron refuses to apologize in Ecuador 3 Feb 2012 at 12:59pm Chevron Inc. says it has no intention of apologizing for the environmental damage to Amazon rain forest for which an Ecuadorean court ruled it responsible.
 Reuters: World News 3 Feb 2012 at 11:29pm BEIRUT (Reuters) - More than 200 people were killed in shelling by Syrian forces in the city of Homs, activists said on Saturday, as the U.N. Security Council prepared to vote on a draft resolution... Iran threatens retaliation over oil embargo 3 Feb 2012 at 7:15pm TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader threatened on Friday to retaliate against the West for sanctions, a day after a U.S. newspaper said defense secretary Leon Panetta believed Israel was likel... Amid peace bid, U.S. got purported letter from Taliban 3 Feb 2012 at 7:03pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House received a letter last year purported to come directly from Mullah Omar, the reclusive leader of the Taliban, asking the United States to deliver militant pri... Cost drives NATO bid for smaller Afghan army 3 Feb 2012 at 5:45pm BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Afghanistan could end up fighting Taliban insurgents with a national army and police force two-thirds the size envisaged, if plans discussed on Friday by NATO defense ministers... Romania rescues children as Europe's freeze deepens 3 Feb 2012 at 6:53pm BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Nine Romanian children were taken into care after a baby died in an unheated house, joining at least 189 others killed by a Siberian front which strengthened its hold over Eas... Greece yet to resolve major issues in talks with lenders 3 Feb 2012 at 6:47pm ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece is still struggling to overcome "crucial" issues before it can secure a 130-billion-euro ($171 billion)bailout package needed to avert a messy bankruptcy, the country's fi... Bosnia passes laws key to EU bid, Muslims agree to census 3 Feb 2012 at 6:08pm SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia passed laws on Friday seen as crucial to reviving its European Union accession bid, with Serb, Croat and Muslim leaders agreeing to the first census since 1991 and to a ... South Sudan shoot-out kills 37, wounds U.N. policeman 3 Feb 2012 at 6:43pm JUBA (Reuters) - A shoot-out among South Sudanese security forces using truck-mounted machineguns killed 37 people and injured a United Nations policeman Wednesday, U.N. and government officials sa... Rescuers find bodies from Papua New Guinea ferry disaster 3 Feb 2012 at 9:49pm SYDNEY (Reuters) - Rescuers searching for survivors after a heavily laden ferry sank off Papua New Guinea said on Saturday they had found four bodies and that the search would go on for about 100 s... U.S. tourists seized in Egypt's Sinai released 3 Feb 2012 at 5:17pm CAIRO (Reuters) - Two American women kidnapped by gunmen in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Friday were released into army custody a few hours later, security sources said. AP Top International News At 9:36 p... Syrian activists: 200 dead in government assault3 Feb 2012 at 9:34pm BEIRUT (AP) -- In a barrage of mortar shells, Syrian forces killed 200 people and wounded hundreds in Homs in an offensive that appears to be the bloodiest episode in the nearly 11-month-old up... In Lebanon, a refuge for Syria's wounded 3 Feb 2012 at 4:25pm TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) -- Abu Hamza was in a crowd of thousands in the Syrian border town of Qusair, shouting for President Bashar Assad to leave power, when a sniper's bullet tore through his l... Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call 3 Feb 2012 at 5:05pm LONDON (AP) -- Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anon... Extension denied in Guantanamo Sept. 11 trial 3 Feb 2012 at 5:01pm SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- A Pentagon legal official refused Friday to extend an important deadline for defense lawyers for the five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attack, ... Colombia rebel undergoes tests at Caracas hospital 3 Feb 2012 at 6:43pm CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- A Colombian rebel commander who has been detained in Venezuela since May was taken to a military hospital because of health problems, Venezuelan authorities said Frid... Egyptian soccer deaths bring new cycle of violence 3 Feb 2012 at 5:56pm CAIRO (AP) -- Protesters filled the streets and clashed for a second day Friday with police who fired tear gas and birdshot in Cairo, as a deadly soccer riot focused rising public anger over la... Snow falls in Rome as Italy is hit by cold snap 3 Feb 2012 at 7:33pm ROME (AP) -- A rare snowfall blanketed Rome on Friday, forcing the closure of the Colosseum over fears tourists would slip on the icy ruins, and leaving buses struggling to climb the city's slu... Olympics, World Cup preparation bring evictions 3 Feb 2012 at 6:17pm RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Like most Brazilians, Evandro dos Santos' devotion to soccer borders on the religious. Even when he wasn't watching a game, he loved hearing the roar of the crowd in near... Canadian PM to visit China next week 3 Feb 2012 at 7:16pm TORONTO (AP) -- Canada's prime minister heads to China next week where he'll discuss Canada's vast oil reserves in a visit that's being viewed as an "open warning" to the United States, which r... Greek debt talks to stretch into weekend 3 Feb 2012 at 6:55pm ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- "Crucial" issues remain to be resolved in Greece's critical negotiations over a second multibillion euro international bailout, and talks would continue into the weekend,...  CNN.com - World 3 Feb 2012 at 12:00pm As U.N. officials debate measures against the violence in Syria, individuals there are living it. Many protest in nightly rituals -- small, exhilarating stands for freedom. Anger flares in Egypt after deadly riot 2 Feb 2012 at 11:23am Egyptians clashed with police, leaving two dead in the city of Suez and at least 900 injured near the Interior Ministry headquarters in Cairo, officials said Friday. Officials: 2 kidnapped Americans released in Egypt 3 Feb 2012 at 11:18am Two American tourists have been kidnapped in the southern part of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, a security official said Friday. Iran's leader warns U.S. on war 3 Feb 2012 at 12:13pm The supreme leader of Iran issued a blunt warning Friday that war would be detrimental to the United States. Men sentenced to 18 years for slaying S. African lesbian 3 Feb 2012 at 4:30pm Gay rights advocates in South Africa hailed a judge's sentencing of four men to 18 years each in prison for brutally slaying a 19-year-old lesbian. Hackers release private FBI call about hackers 3 Feb 2012 at 6:03pm The loose organization of hackers known as Anonymous released a recording Friday of a telephone call between the FBI and Scotland Yard that it claims to have recorded surreptitiously. More than 100 missing in ferry sinking 3 Feb 2012 at 7:19am Some 246 survivors have been rescued in the aftermath the sinking of a passenger ferry off the east coast of Papua New Guinea, authorities said Friday. U.S. accuses Sudan of bombing civillians 3 Feb 2012 at 6:42am The United States accused Sudan of targeting civilians in recent airstrikes, including one that destroyed a Bible school in South Kordofan, an oil-rich Sudanese province that borders the newly-crea... Underwater search of Italy cruise ship halted 2 Feb 2012 at 2:47pm The search of underwater areas of the wrecked cruise ship Costa Concordia has been suspended for safety reasons, the head of Italy's civil protection agency said Thursday. Aborigines' complex role in Australia 3 Feb 2012 at 7:13am Images beamed around the world last week of unruly and provocative protests by indigenous Australians projected a portrait of an angry and disenfranchised group.  MiamiHerald.com: World  Pentagon won’t slow 9/11 death penalty filings 3 Feb 2012 at 5:29pm A senior Pentagon official told defense lawyers to write him by Monday on why the Sept. 11 mass murder file should not go forward as a death-penalty case. Peru frees Chilean arrested outside air base 3 Feb 2012 at 10:41pm Peruvian police have freed one of two Chileans arrested this week on suspicion of espionage.  Cuba's Raul Castro visits Venezuela's Chavez 3 Feb 2012 at 10:36pm Cuban President Raul Castro flew to Caracas on Friday to attend a meeting with other allies of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, who was at the airport for the arrival. Mexico former ruling party fights drug link report 3 Feb 2012 at 8:57pm Mexico's former ruling party has filed a complaint accusing federal prosecutors of leaking information tying three of the party's former governors to a drug money-laundering investigation. Iranian leader dismisses sanctions, warns U.S. against war 3 Feb 2012 at 7:41pm Dismissing economic sanctions that are beginning to bite, Iran's supreme leader said Friday that his country wouldn't bow to Western demands that it stop enriching uranium and warned that a war ove... Colombia rebel undergoes tests at Caracas hospital 3 Feb 2012 at 6:26pm A Colombian rebel commander who has been detained in Venezuela since May was taken to a military hospital because of health problems, Venezuelan authorities said Friday. Extension denied in Guantanamo Sept. 11 trial 3 Feb 2012 at 5:06pm A Pentagon legal official refused Friday to extend an important deadline for defense lawyers for the five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attack, a decision that means their highly... Chile glacier robbery: 5 tons taken for ice cubes 3 Feb 2012 at 4:46pm Police in Chile say they've stopped cold a scheme to steal ice from a disappearing glacier. Sudan's president warns of possible war with south 3 Feb 2012 at 4:36pm Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has warned of a war between Khartoum and South Sudan because their failure to settle a dispute over an oil export deal. Afghan soldier forged papers, deserted army before killing French troops 3 Feb 2012 at 4:06pm The Afghan soldier who killed four French troops last month bribed an Afghan army recruiter to forge his enlistment papers, deserted to Pakistan and then bribed his way back into the army the month... RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld Death toll hits 217 in shelling of Syria's Homs: group 3 Feb 2012 at 7:49pm BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 217 people were killed in shelling by Syrian forces in the city of Homs, the Syrian Observatory for Human rights said on Saturday. Iran threatens retaliation over oil embargo 3 Feb 2012 at 7:15pm TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader threatened on Friday to retaliate against the West for sanctions, a day after a U.S. newspaper said defense secretary Leon Panetta believed Israel... Amid peace bid, U.S. got purported letter from Taliban 3 Feb 2012 at 7:03pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House received a letter last year purported to come directly from Mullah Omar, the reclusive leader of the Taliban, asking the United States to deliver...  Mortar fire kills 105 in Syria: rights group 3 Feb 2012 at 6:54pm Mortar fire killed 105 people and left hundreds more injured in the central Syrian city of Homs late Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The observatory said the mortar Romania rescues children as Europe's freeze deepens 3 Feb 2012 at 6:53pm BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Nine Romanian children were taken into care after a baby died in an unheated house, joining at least 189 others killed by a Siberian front which strengthened its hold... South Sudan shoot-out kills 37, wounds U.N. policeman 3 Feb 2012 at 6:43pm JUBA (Reuters) - A shoot-out among South Sudanese security forces using truck-mounted machineguns killed 37 people and injured a United Nations policeman Wednesday, U.N. and government... Bosnia passes laws key to EU bid, Muslims agree to census 3 Feb 2012 at 6:08pm SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia passed laws on Friday seen as crucial to reviving its European Union accession bid, with Serb, Croat and Muslim leaders agreeing to the first census since 1991... Cost drives NATO bid for smaller Afghan army 3 Feb 2012 at 5:45pm BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Afghanistan could end up fighting Taliban insurgents with a national army and police force two-thirds the size envisaged, if plans discussed on Friday by NATO defense... Analysis:Nuclear crisis bolsters Japan push for utilities reform 3 Feb 2012 at 3:15pm TOKYO (Reuters) - Mayor Nobuto Hosaka had more than saving taxpayers' money on his mind when he recently invited bids from rivals of giant utility Tokyo Electric Power Co to supply power to Amid peace bid, U.S. received purported letter from Taliban 3 Feb 2012 at 2:27pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House received a letter last year purported to come directly from Mullah Omar, the reclusive leader of the Taliban, asking the United States to deliver... |