http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world/ The latest stories from the World section of the BBC News web site. en-gb Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:52:40 GMT Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse. http://www.bbc.co.uk/syndication/ 15 President Obama makes a plea for religious tolerance, as a church threatening to burn the Koran demands contact with a New York imam. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-11265335 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11265335 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:59:27 GMT Harrowing details of alleged sex abuse by Roman Catholic clergy in Belgium are released by an official Church investigator. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-11260290 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11260290 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:09:55 GMT More than 230,000 elderly people in Japan who are listed as being aged 100 or over are unaccounted for, officials said following a nationwide inquiry. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-pacific-11258071 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11258071 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:53:58 GMT At least four people have been killed in an explosion which tore through a town near San Francisco, officials say. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-11263439 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11263439 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:55:55 GMT US President Barack Obama has said that progress in pulling the American economy out of recession has been "painfully slow". http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-11265619 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11265619 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:55:48 GMT A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip explodes in Israel, hours after Israeli air raids against Hamas targets in the Palestinian territory. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-11264320 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11264320 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:58:51 GMT Iran rejects claims by dissident groups that it has almost completed a secret uranium-enrichment facility near Tehran. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-11263827 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11263827 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:39:02 GMT An ally of Germany's Chancellor Merkel will quit a top party post after suggesting Poland may carry as much blame as Hitler for triggering World War II. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-11261985 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11261985 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:47:54 GMT New Zealand delays plans to lift no-go zones in quake-hit Christchurch after major aftershocks rock the city. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-pacific-11257500 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11257500 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:01:41 GMT The head of Guinea's election commission and another senior official are sentenced to a year in prison for fraud during June's first round presidential vote. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-11258839 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11258839 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:43:26 GMT Hours after China demands the release of a Chinese boat captain detained in Japan, a Japanese court rules he can be held for a further 10 days. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-pacific-11256788 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11256788 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:27:04 GMT A nine-year-old Indian boy who mistakenly ended up on a cross-country train adventure is reunited with his family - four months later. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-south-asia-11263004 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11263004 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:43:38 GMT The Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne has banned pop songs and football anthems from funerals. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-pacific-11256843 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11256843 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:42:08 GMT The US Department of Defense is trying to stop the distribution of a book by a former intelligence officer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-11263903 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11263903 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:26:57 GMT A federal judge rules that a ban on homosexuals serving openly in the US military is unconstitutional, in the latest challenge to the law. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-11256359 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11256359 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:20:39 GMT Fidel Castro says he was misinterpreted when he was quoted by a US reporter as saying that the Cuban economic model no longer worked. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-latin-america-11265911 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11265911 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:47:41 GMT US President Barack Obama contradicts claims made by his secretary of state that Mexico is dealing with a "drugs insurgency". http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-11256477 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11256477 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:54:51 GMT Air Zimbabwe has warned striking pilots that they could lose their jobs unless they return to work, according to state media. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11264479 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11264479 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:57:53 GMT Swaziland unions condemn the prime minister's suggestion that dissidents should be whipped on their feet with spikes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-11260679 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11260679 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:29:05 GMT More than a third of freshwater turtle species are now threatened with extinction, Conservation International says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-11254358 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11254358 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:51:36 GMT China reported a surprise surge in imports during August, leading to a fall in its trade surplus to $20bn. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11256738 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11256738 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 06:21:39 GMT Danish police hold a man injured by a small blast at a Copenhagen hotel amid reports he was a would-be suicide bomber. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-11265576 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11265576 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:07:48 GMT Players in Serie A plan to strike in a fortnight's time in a protest over their rights. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport1/hi/football/europe/8987971.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8987971.stm Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:06:29 GMT Four prisoners with ties to al-Qaeda have escaped from the US-controlled section of Baghdad's Karkh prison, US officials say. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-11255088 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11255088 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:54:51 GMT The popular Islam Today website, run by the Saudi cleric Salman al-Awdah, has closed its section offering thousands of Islamic religious rulings. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-11250013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11250013 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:26:27 GMT The three Pakistan cricketers questioned by police over alleged spot fixing are to fly home. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/pakistan/8987125.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/pakistan/8987125.stm Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:28:18 GMT A court in India's Manipur state issues warrants for the arrest of nine policemen charged with killing an unarmed man. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-south-asia-11256564 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11256564 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:30:33 GMT As many as 40,000 front-line police jobs may be at risk across England and Wales if funding cuts of 25% go ahead, the Police Federation says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-11261739 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11261739 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:32:39 GMT Wayne Rooney and his wife Coleen ask the media to respect their privacy while they discuss newspaper allegations about the footballer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-11266651 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11266651 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:39:40 GMT Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia appoints Microsoft business manager Stephen Elop as its new head after a profits slump. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11257069 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11257069 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:42:43 GMT Shares in Germany's Deutsche Bank fall sharply after reports that it is planning to raise 9bn euros to shore up its finances. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11258128 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11258128 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:54:16 GMT The US Department of Agriculture cuts its forecast for global wheat production in 2010-11, but by less than expected. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11262510 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11262510 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:30:06 GMT Caroline Wozniacki meets Vera Zvonareva before Venus Williams faces Kim Clijsters on women's semi-finals day at the US Open. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport1/hi/tennis/8989245.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/8989245.stm Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:29:36 GMT Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel steals Ferrari's thunder to set the pace in practice at the Italian Grand Prix. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8987596.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8987596.stm Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:41:27 GMT England compound Pakistan's off-field problems with a deserved 24-run win to take a 1-0 lead in the five-game one-day series. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport1/hi/cricket/england/8985816.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/8985816.stm Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:38:32 GMT Former air steward Brian Dowling is the bookies' favourite to win Ultimate Big Brother as the Channel 4 reality show comes to an end. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-11259639 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11259639 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:29:03 GMT The British Museum settles a dispute with Iran's national museum over the loan of ancient Persian treasure the Cyrus Cylinder. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-11264102 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11264102 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:00:26 GMT Will Smith's daughter, Willow, nine, signs a record deal with rapper Jay-Z's label Roc Nation and releases debut single Whip My Hair. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-11257618 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11257618 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:43:16 GMT Activists protesting against Greece's austerity measures are trying a new form of civil disobedience. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-11256557 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11256557 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:56:10 GMT A child's toy sparked a bomb scare in Orlando after it was left unattended in a cul-de-sac. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-11257140 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11257140 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:48:03 GMT In Italy the town of Antrani on the Amalfi coast has been hit by flash flooding and mudslides. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-11267527 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11267527 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:43:14 GMT An Australian man who cycled round Europe for three months looking for his missing son is to be reunited with him after two-and-a-half years. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-11259965 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11259965 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:19:32 GMT As Muslims around the world begin the Eid festival, marking the end of Ramadan, US citizens reflect on the standing of their religion in their country. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-11256004 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11256004 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:42:50 GMT Dozens of homes have been set ablaze near San Francisco International Airport, after a reported explosion. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-11256330 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11256330 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:44:01 GMT US Marines have boarded and seized a vessel hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, navy officials say. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-11257711 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11257711 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:15:18 GMT An exhibition by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami at the Palace of Versailles is surprising visitors. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-11256288 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11256288 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:57:17 GMT Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News. International news updated 24 hours a day. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/10462520 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10462520 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 07:56:06 GMT Stunning images captured by earthbound astronomers http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-11213528 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11213528 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:13:08 GMT Muslims around the world celebrate the festival of Eid al-Fitr http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-11263469 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11263469 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:57:06 GMT The tennis players with a message in US Open final http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/11258676 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/11258676 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:31:19 GMT De-mining on the volatile Israeli-Lebanese border http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-11250434 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11250434 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 06:42:33 GMT The most striking images from around the world http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-11261662 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11261662 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:37:21 GMT Should riot-hit Mozambique switch to cassava bread? http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-11253369 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11253369 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:49:24 GMT US Muslims advised to keep celebrations low-key http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-11254255 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11254255 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:04:39 GMT Russia's returning spies will find it difficult to adjust http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/10581574 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10581574 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:07:42 GMT