http://www.mail.com/news/world/ World - News: Find breaking news, world news and pictures on World en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/news/world/ http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097226-china-asks-nkorea-to-release-fishing-boat-crew.html BEIJING (AP) — China is urging North Korea to release a Chinese fishing boat whose owner says it was seized by gun-toting North Koreans earlier this month and held for ransom, in the latest irritant in relations between the neighboring allies. The seizure of the Liaoning-based boat adds to China's frustration with North Korea over its recent tests of nucl... Mon, 20 May 2013 04:28:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097226-china-asks-nkorea-to-release-fishing-boat-crew.html 2013-05-20T04:28:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097016-10-things-to-monday.html Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday: 1. OBAMA OFFERS STARK VIEW, AND ENCOURAGING WORDS, FOR BLACK GRADS As an African-American man, he tells Morehouse's Class of '13, 'I might have been in prison. I might have been unemployed. I might not have been able to support a fa... Mon, 20 May 2013 03:27:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097016-10-things-to-monday.html 2013-05-20T03:27:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095912-skorea-analyzing-nkoreas-4-projectile-launches.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is analyzing whether projectiles North Korea fired into its eastern waters over the weekend are short-range missiles or a new type of artillery the country may be developing, officials said Monday. North Korea fired what Seoul officials called a short-range projectile Sunday, a day after conducting three similar launc... Mon, 20 May 2013 03:18:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095912-skorea-analyzing-nkoreas-4-projectile-launches.html 2013-05-20T03:18:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096630-top-libyan-official-benghazi-explosion-accident.html TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya's deputy prime minister says an investigation has indicated that a deadly explosion in Benghazi last week was an accident and not an attack. Awd el-Buraasi told reporters in Tripoli Sunday that military officials do not believe that the blast in a busy area of Benghazi was planned. Three people were killed in the incident. Beng... Sun, 19 May 2013 20:48:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096630-top-libyan-official-benghazi-explosion-accident.html 2013-05-19T20:48:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096316-ap-ceo-calls-records-seizure-unconstitutional.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press on Sunday called the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records "unconstitutional" and said the news cooperative had not ruled out legal action against the Justice Department. Gary Pruitt, in his first television interviews since it was revealed ... Sun, 19 May 2013 20:47:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096316-ap-ceo-calls-records-seizure-unconstitutional.html 2013-05-19T20:47:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096296-video-kidnapped-egyptian-security-officers.html CAIRO (AP) — Seven men purported to be the members of Egypt's security forces kidnapped by suspected militants last week appeared in a video posted online Sunday and urged the government to secure their release by meeting their captors' demands. The video, posted on YouTube, is the first sign of the six policemen and one border guard since they were abduc... Sun, 19 May 2013 20:39:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096296-video-kidnapped-egyptian-security-officers.html 2013-05-19T20:39:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095906-syrian-troops-push-strategic-rebel-held-town.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border on Sunday, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the air as President Bashar Assad tried to strengthen his grip on a strategic strip of land running from the capital to the Mediterranean coast. With the regime scoring gains on the battlefield, the U.S. and Russia could f... Sun, 19 May 2013 19:08:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095906-syrian-troops-push-strategic-rebel-held-town.html 2013-05-19T19:08:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096514-tunisia-security-blocks-salafi-conference-1-dead.html KAIROUAN, Tunisia (AP) — Around 11,000 police officers and soldiers blocked an annual conference Sunday at Tunisia's main religious center by a radical Islamist movement that has been implicated in attacks across the country, prompting clashes with angry youths that resulted in one death. Security checkpoints were in place and patrols conducted throughout... Sun, 19 May 2013 18:44:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096514-tunisia-security-blocks-salafi-conference-1-dead.html 2013-05-19T18:44:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096508-nigeria-military-17-killed-offensive.html ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military says its offensive against insurgents in the country's restive northeast has killed at least 14 suspected Islamic extremists and three soldiers. Brig. Gen. Chris Olukolade, a military spokesman, said in a statement that one soldier also was missing as "forces have been engaging a large number of heavily armed terro... Sun, 19 May 2013 18:33:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096508-nigeria-military-17-killed-offensive.html 2013-05-19T18:33:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096504-israeli-seeks-interim-deal-with-palestinians.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's senior coalition partner says that reaching a final peace agreement with the Palestinians is unrealistic at the current time and the sides should instead pursue an interim arrangement. Finance Minister Yair Lapid's assessment, delivered in a published interview Sunday just days before the arrival of U.S... Sun, 19 May 2013 18:32:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096504-israeli-seeks-interim-deal-with-palestinians.html 2013-05-19T18:32:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095896-chinese-premier-visits-india-to-boost-ties.html NEW DELHI (AP) — Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier visited India on Sunday on his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost economic ties. Premier Li Keqiang met with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the two leaders emphasized that efforts sh... Sun, 19 May 2013 17:49:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095896-chinese-premier-visits-india-to-boost-ties.html 2013-05-19T17:49:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096380-algerian-editor-accuses-government-censorship.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — An editor has accused Algeria's government of censorship after it blocked the publication of his two newspapers. Hicham Aboud, editor of the My Journal and Djaridati newspapers, said that happened after he rejected an order from the Communication Ministry on Saturday night to remove an article from the papers that claimed hospitali... Sun, 19 May 2013 17:24:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096380-algerian-editor-accuses-government-censorship.html 2013-05-19T17:24:57Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096276-zimbabwe-pm-we-will-police-military-abuse.html HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Sunday his party will end years of bias and abuse by the police, military and intelligence services and will make sure the services uphold the country's new constitution which demands impartiality in their duties. Tsvangirai said if his party comes to power it will manage the police an... Sun, 19 May 2013 16:53:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096276-zimbabwe-pm-we-will-police-military-abuse.html 2013-05-19T16:53:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096282-pope-church-open-up-follow-teaching.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is calling for renewal in the Catholic church as he wrapped up two days of mass gatherings in St. Peter's Square aimed at energizing the faithful. About 200,000 people turned out Sunday for Mass celebrated by Francis, about the same size crowd that came to a pep rally for Catholics that the pope led the night before in the... Sun, 19 May 2013 16:15:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096282-pope-church-open-up-follow-teaching.html 2013-05-19T16:15:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096216-obama-to-speak-legality-drone-program.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will discuss the legality of his administration's secret drone program and other counterterrorism practices during a speech Thursday, a White House official said. Obama's speech will be an attempt to fulfill his State of the Union pledge to be more "transparent" with the public about the controversial drone program... Sun, 19 May 2013 16:11:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096216-obama-to-speak-legality-drone-program.html 2013-05-19T16:11:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096200-mice-return-month-space.html MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian capsule carrying mice, lizards and other small animals returned to Earth on Sunday after spending a month in space for what scientists said was the longest experiment of its kind. Fewer than half of the 53 mice and other rodents who blasted off on April 19 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome survived the flight, Russian news agencies repo... Sun, 19 May 2013 16:04:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096200-mice-return-month-space.html 2013-05-19T16:04:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095976-karzai-seeks-indian-military-aid-amid-pakistan-row.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai will seek increased military aid from India during a three-day visit starting Monday and will discuss recent cross-border clashes with Pakistan, India's archrival, an aide said. The comments follow a weekend report by the Times of India that said Afghanistan's ambassador to India had said the country... Sun, 19 May 2013 14:39:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095976-karzai-seeks-indian-military-aid-amid-pakistan-row.html 2013-05-19T14:39:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096022-kenya-police-kill-terror-couple.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police shot dead a couple suspected to be terrorists after they threw four grenades, wounding five officers in an overnight stand-off, a police official said Sunday. Following a tip, investigators raided the apartment where the couple was staying in the Githurai Kimbo area on the outskirts of Nairobi Saturday evening and ordered them... Sun, 19 May 2013 12:20:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096022-kenya-police-kill-terror-couple.html 2013-05-19T12:20:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096016-saudi-vegetable-seller-dies-self-immolation.html RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A Saudi newspaper says a vegetable seller who set himself on fire in Riyadh after police confiscated his goods for standing in an unauthorized area has died. The website for newspaper Sada reported that the man, identified only by the family name of Sureihi, died in hospital late on Friday. The self-immolation emulated that of ... Sun, 19 May 2013 11:52:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096016-saudi-vegetable-seller-dies-self-immolation.html 2013-05-19T11:52:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095900-irans-guard-warns-post-election-turmoil.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A senior commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guard has warned that his forces will be on watch for possible unrest after next month's presidential election, calling the outcome "unpredictable" and sending the strongest message yet against any attempts to revive street protests, media reported Sunday. The comments by Col. Rasool Sanaeirad... Sun, 19 May 2013 11:01:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095900-irans-guard-warns-post-election-turmoil.html 2013-05-19T11:01:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095982-un-chief-hopes-syria-conference-early-june.html MOSCOW (AP) — U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is holding out hope that an international conference to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the Syrian civil war will be held in early June. The U.S. and Russia have agreed to try to bring the Syrian regime and opposition to the negotiating table, but no date has been set. Neither Syrian President Bashar Ass... Sun, 19 May 2013 10:32:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095982-un-chief-hopes-syria-conference-early-june.html 2013-05-19T10:32:35Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095920-pakistan-repeats-vote-karachi-despite-killing.html KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan held a repeat election on Sunday in an upscale area of the southern city of Karachi that was plagued with allegations of vote-rigging, despite the shooting death of a senior member of former cricket star Imran Khan's party. Khan blamed Zahra Shahid's killing late Saturday night in Karachi on the Muttahida Quami Movement, ... Sun, 19 May 2013 10:19:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095920-pakistan-repeats-vote-karachi-despite-killing.html 2013-05-19T10:19:22Z http://www.mail.com/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/news/world/2094904-pope-leads-pep-rally-vatican-meets-with-merkel.html 2013-05-18T23:26:21Z http://www.mail.com/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/news/world/2094834-assad-syria-transition-talks-internal-matter.html 2013-05-18T20:55:44Z http://www.mail.com/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/news/world/2095380-suspected-us-drone-yemen-kills-4-militants.html 2013-05-18T20:21:02Z http://www.mail.com/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/news/world/2094780-skorea-nkorea-fires-3-short-range-missiles.html 2013-05-18T18:38:30Z http://www.mail.com/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/news/world/2095270-blasts-rock-libyas-capital-eastern-city.html 2013-05-18T18:28:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095194-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 17:38:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095194-plane-catches-fire-landing-moscow-injuries.html 2013-05-18T17:38:32Z http://www.mail.com/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/news/world/2095136-ivory-coast-army-arrests-militia-leader.html 2013-05-18T17:34:38Z