- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Reuters: World NewsMALE (Reuters) - Supporters of jailed former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed held an underwater protest on Saturday to push for the release of the tropical archipelago's first democratically elected leader, after he was sentenced to 1...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Reuters: World NewsADEN (Reuters) - Local militiamen in the Yemeni city of Aden said they captured two Iranian military officers advising Houthi rebels during fighting on Friday evening.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from News RSSOnly three of some 150 electra dolphins are believed to have been saved, after being washed ashore in the Ibaraki Prefecture. Scientists are trying to explain the incident, while some see it as an ominous sign to a similar case before th...
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from BBC News - WorldPassions are high over Malta bird-hunting vote
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Uploads by AFPInflux of refugees to Rwanda from neighbouring Burundi Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe Over two thousand refugees from northern Burundi have sought safety in a camp in neighbouring Rwanda...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from BBC News - WorldRussia cancels the opening of an exhibition of World War Two images by US and British photographers, sparking claims of political interference.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Reuters: World NewsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.-led forces have targeted Islamic State militants with eight air strikes in Syria and nine in Iraq since early on Friday, the U.S. military said on Saturday.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from BBC News - WorldNigerians are going to the polls in a vote for state governors, some of the country's most powerful politicians, in the final round of elections.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comOfficials put death toll at 20 after extremists target site of new dam in south-west of country as part of insurgency demanding autonomy from Islamabad Continue reading...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from TASS: WorldMOSCOW, April 11. /TASS/. The authorities of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) plan to reconstruct 14 coal mines throughout the current year, Yevgeny Lavrenov, the head of the DPR strategic industrial development depart...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from BBC News - WorldTurkey's main opposition party accuses state television of banning its election campaign advert because it directly targets the government.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Reuters: World NewsBANGKOK (Reuters) - A truck bomb in an underground carpark wounded seven people on the Thai holiday island of Koh Samui on Friday night, in an incident which was likely to raise fears that Muslim rebels in the deep south could extend the...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comSeven-year-old asked his mother to let him ski down last part of the piste alone Continue reading...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from France 24 - Live newsA delegation of Libyan lawmakers recognized by the international community will head to Washington next week as part of UN efforts to create a stable unity government in the war-torn country, the US State Department said Friday. "We look...
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky NewsMonths after the leaders announced an ending of hostilities, it's time to show Cuba has come in from the cold, says Lisa Holland.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from BBC News - WorldA man who ran 100 marathons in 100 days was greeted by large crowds as he ended his ended his epic challenge in New York's Times Square.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comConviction of Tholath Ibrahim on charges of detaining senior judge follows sentencing of ex-president to 13 years in widely criticised prosecution Continue reading...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Reuters: World NewsROME (Reuters) - Italian and merchant ships have rescued almost 1,000 migrants from three overcrowded skiffs near the coast of Libya and found one dead body, Italy's coast guard said.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from BBC News - WorldSeven people are injured following a vehicle explosion in Koh Samui, Thailand.
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Predictions of a sharp slowdown in Latin America’s economic growth this year make it even more necessary for the region’s leaders to make commitments to boost prosperity with equality during the Seventh Summit of the Americas, currently ... - Saturday, April 11, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comWhite House’s call for ‘reparative’ therapy ban for minors a welcome change as activists work to stop practice – but industry won’t go down without a fight Continue reading...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from BBC News - WorldMany Clouds wins the 2015 Grand National to give Leighton Aspell his second consecutive victory, as AP McCoy finishes fifth.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comAward-winning author and gay-rights activist Larry Kramer’s new book aims to counter the exclusion of homosexuality from history Continue reading...
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from BBC News - WorldThe theme park where all the staff have dwarfism
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from Uploads by ReutersObama: Days of U.S. 'meddling with impunity' in hemisphere are over Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/reuterssubscribe U.S. President Barack Obama at the Summit of the Americas said the days of U.S. meddling in Latin America long gon...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Reuters: World NewsBEIRUT (Reuters) - Insurgents bombarded a government-held part of Syria's second city Aleppo overnight, killing at least five people, a group monitoring the war said.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from BBC News - WorldCould North Korea ever give up its nuclear capability?
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comMexican journalist, author and campaigner Lydia Cacho is in London this week to rally support for those who risk their lives to expose corruption Continue reading...
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from Daily Express :: World FeedNEW video footage was released yesterday showing an unarmed man fleeing from a car moments before he was shot dead by a US policeman.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comMohammed Badie and 13 other senior members of outlawed group receive sentence for inciting chaos and violence Continue reading...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from BBC News - WorldAn attack on a suspect by a number of Californian policemen is caught on film by a news helicopter crew.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Reuters: World NewsKOLKATA, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The father, uncle and brother of a 16-year-old girl in eastern India have been arrested accused of raping her repeatedly over a period of two years, police said on Saturday.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from BBC News - WorldTexan Joel Aldridge describes seeing fellow drivers scooping up free money on Interstate 20.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Uploads by AFPVienna hosts Europe's biggest robot contest Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe The Austrian capital hosts Europe's biggest robot fighting competition. 640 machines from 40 countries ...
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from mirror - World newsCarlo Leone was arrested after leaving a bar on Spain's Costa del Sol - six years after he fled Italy while facing several criminal charges
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Reuters: World NewsRIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's security services have detained a Saudi Arabian man on suspicion of shooting dead two policemen and wounding two others in separate attacks in Riyadh on Wednesday and in March, state media reported on Sa...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comPhotographs from the Eyewitness series Continue reading...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from BBC News - WorldAt least 20 workers accused of working on an army-backed dam construction site in the Pakistani province of Balochistan are killed by gunmen.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Reuters: World NewsBEIRUT (Reuters) - At least two dozen Islamic State fighters have been killed in northeastern Syria in a battle with Kurdish forces supported by U.S.-led air strikes, a Kurdish official and a group monitoring the war said on Saturday.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from BBC News - WorldLewis Hamilton becomes one of only four men to score five or more poles at one track with top spot at the Chinese Grand Prix.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comDutch study finds mathematics results suffer most from dope consumption – findings sure to fuel debate over steps towards legalisation Continue reading...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Reuters: World NewsBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State militants attacked the capital of Iraq's vast Anbar province on multiple fronts on Friday, seizing two areas on the city outskirts in a setback for a government campaign to retake the desert terrain.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Reuters: World NewsKABUL (Reuters) - Authorities in western Afghanistan are investigating whether 100 schoolboys who were hospitalized on Saturday were poisoned, police said, a day after five aid workers kidnapped by the Taliban were found dead.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comIn its 22 years, the festival has cancelled only a single concert. As its founder says: ‘Every year there’s some crisis and we say: “My God, are we going to carry on?” and we always do’ Continue reading...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Reuters: World NewsLAGOS, (Reuters) - The final stage of Nigeria's election began on Saturday with voting for powerful state governors, two weeks after a presidential poll saw an incumbent leader unseated at the ballot box for the first time.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Reuters: World NewsQUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked a Pakistani construction site and killed 20 laborers as they slept on Saturday, a government official said, in what appeared to be further violence by rebels seeking to control resources in ga...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comA second International Committee of the Red Cross planeload of urgent medical supplies arrives in Yemen on Saturday to be distributed to hospitals around the country to treat the wounded following recent heavy fighting. The latest flight...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from BBC News - WorldAn Egyptian court confirms the death sentence on Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie and 13 others for subversion.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Reuters: World NewsNAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya has given the United Nations three months to remove a camp housing more than half a million Somali refugees, as part of a get-tough response to the killing of 148 people by Somali gunmen at a Kenyan university.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from France 24 - Live newsNorway said Friday it would bar its state pension fund, the world's biggest sovereign wealth fund, from investing in the worst climate-polluting companies. In its annual white book on managing the fund, the right-wing government proposed...
