http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/ News - Stories and Pictures of World, Europe, UK, US, India, Asia and News in News - mail.com en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/ http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2094904-pope-leads-pep-rally-vatican-meets-with-merkel.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis lamented that investment losses by banks trigger more alarm in the economic crisis than the struggle of people to feed their families, as he led a huge rally Saturday to invigorate the church's moral conscience, hours after he held talks at the Vatican about the economic crisis with Germany's leader. Some 200,000 people, f... Sat, 18 May 2013 23:26:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2094904-pope-leads-pep-rally-vatican-meets-with-merkel.html 2013-05-18T23:26:21Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2095486-member-pakistani-cricket-stars-party-killed.html KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Police say gunmen on a motorcycle have shot and killed a senior member of a leading Pakistani political party. Police officer Sarfaraz Nawaz says Zohra Shahid was gunned down outside her home in the city of Karachi in southern Sindh province. Shahid was the vice president of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehr... Sat, 18 May 2013 20:58:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2095486-member-pakistani-cricket-stars-party-killed.html 2013-05-18T20:58:34Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2094834-assad-syria-transition-talks-internal-matter.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down before elections and that the United States has no right to interfere in his country's politics, raising new doubts about a U.S-Russian effort to get Assad and his opponents to negotiate an end to the country's civil war. In the capital Damascus, a car bo... Sat, 18 May 2013 20:55:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2094834-assad-syria-transition-talks-internal-matter.html 2013-05-18T20:55:44Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2095380-suspected-us-drone-yemen-kills-4-militants.html SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A suspected U.S. drone strike killed four al-Qaida militants Saturday in a southern Yemeni province once overrun by the group, according to security officials. The officials said the attack took place around dawn in an area called Deyqa in Abyan province. Officials spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to brief the media. ... Sat, 18 May 2013 20:21:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2095380-suspected-us-drone-yemen-kills-4-militants.html 2013-05-18T20:21:02Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2094780-skorea-nkorea-fires-3-short-range-missiles.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions. The North fired two missiles Saturday morning and another in the afternoon, South Ko... Sat, 18 May 2013 18:38:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2094780-skorea-nkorea-fires-3-short-range-missiles.html 2013-05-18T18:38:30Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2095270-blasts-rock-libyas-capital-eastern-city.html TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libyan officials say explosions went off in the capital Tripoli and the restive eastern city of Benghazi, but no casualties were reported. A security official says one bombing targeted an abandoned church in Benghazi that had been previously damaged by fire. The explosion damaged only a car parked outside. The official says two other... Sat, 18 May 2013 18:28:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2095270-blasts-rock-libyas-capital-eastern-city.html 2013-05-18T18:28:22Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2095192-plane-catches-fire-landing-moscow-injuries.html MOSCOW (AP) — Part of an airliner carrying more than 130 people caught fire as it was landing in Moscow, and passengers evacuated the plane by jumping off one of its wings and shooting down an evacuation slide. The Emergencies Ministry says none of the passengers and crew members were injured by the fire on the landing gear of the Boeing 737 at Vnukovo Ai... Sat, 18 May 2013 17:45:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2095192-plane-catches-fire-landing-moscow-injuries.html 2013-05-18T17:45:25Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2095136-ivory-coast-army-arrests-militia-leader.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — A militia leader accused of grave crimes during Ivory Coast's 2010-11 postelection violence was taken into custody Saturday not far from the national park where his forces had been illegally occupying in the country's volatile western region, officials said. Amade Oueremi, a native of Burkina Faso, fought alongside forces backi... Sat, 18 May 2013 17:34:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2095136-ivory-coast-army-arrests-militia-leader.html 2013-05-18T17:34:38Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2094804-attacks-kill-16-iraq-8-police-kidnapped.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A string of attacks killed at least 16 people in Iraq on Saturday, while gunmen abducted eight policemen guarding a post on the country's main highway to Jordan and Syria, the latest in a wave of violence to grip the country. The shootings and bombings follow three days of attacks that killed 130 people in both Shiite and Sunni areas in sce... Sat, 18 May 2013 17:19:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2094804-attacks-kill-16-iraq-8-police-kidnapped.html 2013-05-18T17:19:06Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2095130-journalist-dead-eastern-congo.html GOMA, Congo (AP) — The body of a Congolese journalist was found on the bank of the Ngezi River near the provincial capital of Bunia in eastern Congo, the city's mayor said Saturday. "We found his body yesterday in an advanced state of decay. It showed signed of strangulation according to the doctor who examined him on the scene. We couldn't move him furth... Sat, 18 May 2013 16:50:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2095130-journalist-dead-eastern-congo.html 2013-05-18T16:50:16Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2095022-nigeria-military-declares-24-hour-curfew-city.html MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military declared a 24-hour curfew Saturday on neighborhoods in a northeastern city that's the spiritual home of an Islamic extremist network as soldiers continued the government's emergency campaign in the region, with authorities saying they killed 10 suspected insurgents. A statement Saturday on behalf of Lt. Col. Sa... Sat, 18 May 2013 16:35:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2095022-nigeria-military-declares-24-hour-curfew-city.html 2013-05-18T16:35:24Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2094832-afghan-lawmakers-block-law-womens-rights.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women's freedoms, arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles and encourage disobedience. The fierce opposition highlights how tenuous women's rights remain a dozen years after the ouster of the hard-line ... Sat, 18 May 2013 15:25:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2094832-afghan-lawmakers-block-law-womens-rights.html 2013-05-18T15:25:10Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2094142-spin-meter-gop-raps-dems-irs-union-cash.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking maximum political gain from the string of controversies swirling around the White House, Republicans are on the attack against Democratic lawmakers who accepted donations from the union that represents Internal Revenue Service employees. But here's the rub: About a dozen current and former Republican lawmakers took the same cash.... Sat, 18 May 2013 14:37:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2094142-spin-meter-gop-raps-dems-irs-union-cash.html 2013-05-18T14:37:32Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2094998-will-boy-scouts-accept-gay-youth-vote-imminent.html With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units. The proposal to be put before the roughly 1,400 voting members of the BSA's National Council on Thursday, at a meeting ... Sat, 18 May 2013 14:26:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2094998-will-boy-scouts-accept-gay-youth-vote-imminent.html 2013-05-18T14:26:03Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2094702-egyptians-targeted-with-blasphemy-charges.html CAIRO (AP) — The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders. A team of Islamist lawyers with long beards sang in unison, "All except the Prophet Muhammad." The case against Dimyana Abdel-Nour in southern Egypt's ancient city of Luxor began when parents of th... Sat, 18 May 2013 13:34:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2094702-egyptians-targeted-with-blasphemy-charges.html 2013-05-18T13:34:37Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2094948-egypt-muslim-christian-clashes-leave-1-dead.html CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security officials say clashes between Muslims and Christians in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria left one man dead of a heart attack. Officials say the clashes in the city's el-Dekheila suburb erupted when a Coptic man allegedly sexually harassed a Muslim woman. Residents of the area fired birdshot and threw Molotov cocktai... Sat, 18 May 2013 13:11:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2094948-egypt-muslim-christian-clashes-leave-1-dead.html 2013-05-18T13:11:11Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2094718-afghan-police-chief-shot-dead.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Motorcycle-riding gunmen assassinated a police chief in front of his house after he led an anti-Taliban campaign in western Afghanistan, an official said Saturday. Police Chief Abdul Ghani was leaving his driveway in his car outside his home in Farah province when the two raced up and opened fire. Provincial spokesman Abdul Rahma... Sat, 18 May 2013 07:50:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2094718-afghan-police-chief-shot-dead.html 2013-05-18T07:50:12Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2093984-ap-photos-cubas-lgbt-community-celebrates.html HAVANA (AP) — A week of drag shows, colorful marches and social and cultural events in Havana culminates Friday with celebrations of the International Day Against Homophobia. Hundreds of activists have taken part in the activities organized by a sex education center headed by first daughter Mariela Castro. "Join (us) to educate families about their great ... Fri, 17 May 2013 22:50:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2093984-ap-photos-cubas-lgbt-community-celebrates.html 2013-05-17T22:50:28Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2093438-bombs-kill-9-inside-elite-afghan-housing-complex.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two bombs hidden in a motorcycle and a car exploded inside an elite gated community linked to the family of Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday evening, killing at least nine people and wounding more than 70 near the southern city of Kandahar, an official said. The blasts happened inside Aino Mina, a housing complex on the no... Fri, 17 May 2013 21:37:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2093438-bombs-kill-9-inside-elite-afghan-housing-complex.html 2013-05-17T21:37:57Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2094034-egypt-security-forces-clash-with-cairo-protesters.html CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security forces have fired tear gas at protesters hurling firebombs at them in central Cairo, hours after hundreds of opponents of Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi rallied peacefully in the streets denouncing his rule and demanding early presidential elections. The Friday protests witnessed low turnout but come on the heels of a camp... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:46:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2094034-egypt-security-forces-clash-with-cairo-protesters.html 2013-05-17T20:46:20Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2093012-argentine-dictator-videla-dies-prison-age-87.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who took power over Argentina in a 1976 coup and led a military junta that killed thousands of his fellow citizens in a dirty war to eliminate so-called "subversives," died quietly in his sleep Friday while serving life in prison for crimes against humanity. He was 87. Federal Prison Serv... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:40:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2093012-argentine-dictator-videla-dies-prison-age-87.html 2013-05-17T20:40:44Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2092682-bombs-targeting-sunnis-kill-76-iraq.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombs ripped through Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas Friday, killing at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months. The major spike in sectarian bloodshed heightened fears the country could again be veering toward civil war. The attacks followed two days of bombings targeting Shiites, including bus s... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:36:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2092682-bombs-targeting-sunnis-kill-76-iraq.html 2013-05-17T20:36:42Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2093906-us-slams-russian-anti-ship-missiles-going-to-syria.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration denounced Russia on Friday for providing Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime with anti-ship missiles, saying the weapons would only worsen a war that Washington and Moscow have been promising to work together on stopping. Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, criticized what he called an ... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:31:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2093906-us-slams-russian-anti-ship-missiles-going-to-syria.html 2013-05-17T20:31:53Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2092740-official-nigeria-military-attacks-camps-kills-21.html MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Soldiers in Nigeria launched their first raid against suspected Islamic extremists in a campaign to take back control of the nation's northeast, killing at least 21 people, a security official said Friday. The fighting happened Thursday in the Sambisa Forest Reserve, just south of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, which sold... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:26:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2092740-official-nigeria-military-attacks-camps-kills-21.html 2013-05-17T20:26:56Z