Suicide attack kills 17 Pakistani security forces

Suicide attack kills 17 Pakistani security forces

Suicide attack kills 17 Pakistani security forces

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 11:02 PM PDT

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - The death toll from a suicide bombing on a military checkpost in Pakistan's North Waziristan region has reached 17, the military said on Sunday.

VIDEO: Has Obama changed America's image abroad?

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 09:05 PM PDT

President Obama has left Jordan at the end of a four-day trip that also took him on his first official visit to Israel and to meet Palestinian leaders in the occupied West Bank.

VIDEO: Peng Liyuan: China's stylish first lady

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 09:04 PM PDT

China's new first lady has become a media and internet sensation in her homeland as she accompanies her husband, President Xi Jinping, on a visit to Russia.

VIDEO: CAR rebels 'enter capital Bangui'

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 09:02 PM PDT

Hundreds of rebels have entered the Central African Republic (CAR) capital Bangui, according to witnesses.

VIDEO: Deadly tornado strikes Bangladesh

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 09:01 PM PDT

At least 21 people have been killed and 200 hundred injured after a powerful tornado tore through eastern Bangladesh on Friday, disaster officials say.

Cyprus seeks 11th-hour deal to avert financial collapse

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 07:11 PM PDT

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades flies to Brussels on Sunday to seek an 11th-hour reprieve from financial meltdown, with a bailout from the European Union and the island's place in Europe's single currency bloc hanging in the balance.

Jury declines to impose death penalty in Puerto Rico murders

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 06:50 PM PDT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - A man convicted of killing eight people in a crowded bar in Puerto Rico was spared the death penalty and sentenced to life in prison on Saturday in only the fifth case in which prosecutors have sought capital punishment on the island.

Police confirm second Canadian linked to Algeria gas plant attack

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 06:31 PM PDT

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian police said on Saturday that they had identified a second Canadian among the dead suspects in a January attack and hostage-taking at an Algerian gas plant.

Three police among five shot dead in south-western Mexico

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 06:15 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Five people, including three off-duty federal police officers, were shot dead on Friday night in the city of Altamirano, in Mexico's south-western Guerrero state.

Kerry has "useful" talks with Palestinian, Israeli leaders

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 05:12 PM PDT

AMMAN (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had "useful" separate talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday, a senior U.S. State Department official said.

Malian army repels Islamist attack on northern town of Gao

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 04:57 PM PDT

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's army repulsed an attack by a group of Islamist rebels who had slipped past army checkpoints to enter the northern Malian town of Gao, a military official said on Saturday.

The Rasputin of post-Soviet Russia: Boris Berezovsky

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 03:41 PM PDT

MOSCOW, March 23 - From car salesman to Kremlin king-maker to billionaire political exile, Boris Berezovsky seemed to play a role in nearly every crucial scene in the roller coaster drama of post-Soviet Russia.

Mexican police officers gunned down in Guerrero state

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 02:33 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Several off-duty federal police officers were shot dead early on Saturday in the city of Altamirano, in Mexico's western Guerrero state.

Clashes in Lebanon as PM Mikati's resignation accepted

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 02:17 PM PDT

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Fighting intensified in northern Lebanon on Saturday as outgoing Prime Minister Najib Mikati called for a "salvation" caretaker government to take over, a day after he resigned due to a political standoff with the Hezbollah movement.

Central African Republic rebels in capital, France sends troops

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 05:19 PM PDT

BANGUI (Reuters) - Central African Republic rebels clashed with government forces inside the capital on Saturday as they sought to topple President Francois Bozize, prompting France to send in more troops to secure the international airport.

Egypt balloon flights to resume after deadly crash

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 02:03 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will allow again hot air balloon flights which were halted in February when 19 people were killed in a crash near the ancient town of Luxor, state media said on Saturday.

Italy's Berlusconi says primed for snap vote if no deal clinched

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 01:32 PM PDT

ROME (Reuters) - Silvio Berlusconi, the 76-year-old leader of Italy's centre-right bloc, told thousands of supporters gathered in central Rome he was ready for a snap vote as his rival began talks to try to form a government.

Hundreds of rebels attack Congo mining hub, 15 killed

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 01:25 PM PDT

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Hundreds of rebels armed with bows and arrows and machetes attacked a military camp and the provincial governor's office in Democratic Republic of Congo's southern mining hub of Lubumbashi on Saturday before being repelled by soldiers, authorities said.

Kerry meets Palestinian, Israeli leaders after Obama visit

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 03:55 PM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Saturday after earlier talking to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Jordan in a bid to revive stalled peace talks.

U.S., Afghanistan reach agreement on prison transfer - Pentagon

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 01:02 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States agreed on Saturday to transfer to Afghan control a prison that houses insurgents and other dangerous inmates adjacent to Bagram airfield, the Pentagon said.

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