Select your Background Color
Delivers breaking news from all over the world in 50 languages
Black Smoke Appeared At Sistine Chapel Chimney
Full Article Huffington Post
12 Mar 2013

With a puff of black smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Tuesday afternoon, the Roman Catholic Church's College of Cardinals signaled that they haven't decided on the new pope. The smoke appeared at 2:42 p.m. U.S. Eastern time. The church's 115 cardinals will meet again Wednesday morning to vote again on the new pope. A cardinal needs at least...
Pin It


http://wn.com/Papal Conclave
http://wn.com/Sistine Chapel
http://wn.com/Vatican
Black smoke pours from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling that cardinals have failed to elect a pope on their first try, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Tuesday, March 12, 2013.
photo: AP / Alessandra Tarantino

updated 09 Mar 2013; published 07 Mar 2013
2:18
Vatican secrecy, nobody does it better
updated 10 Mar 2013; published 11 Feb 2013
2:14
Vatican Process to Choose New Pope
updated 12 Mar 2013; published 23 Feb 2013
22:55
Habemus Papam! ("We Have a Pope!") -Pope Benedict XVI
updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
1:34
Black Smoke Conclave papal Cardinals Enter Sistine Chapel to Elect Pope
updated 12 Mar 2013; published 12 Mar 2013
0:45
Sistine Chimney: Pope vote begins 155 cardinals begin Papal Conclave in Vatican's Sistine Chapel
updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
1:03
FEMEN Protests Pope Selection 12.03.2013
Israel harms Palestinian economy: report
Full Article Al Jazeera
12 Mar 2013

Israeli restrictions and closures coupled with the worsening fiscal situation of the Palestinian Authority is causing "lasting damage" to the competitiveness of the Palestinian economy, the World Bank warns. In a report issued on Tuesday ahead of a meeting of global donors in Brussels on March 19, the World Bank explored the long-term damage...
Pin It


http://wn.com/economy
http://wn.com/israel
http://wn.com/palestine
Palestinian workers inspect one of several trucks carrying supplies after it arrived in Rafah town through the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and the southern Gaza Strip on March 5, 2013. Israel reopened the Kerem Shalom commercial crossing into southern Gaza, six days after closing it after a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave hit the Jewish state.Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb

updated 30 Nov 2012; published 30 Nov 2012
96:29
The Political and Economic Implications of the Palestinian Authority's Fiscal Crisis
updated 18 Feb 2013; published 13 Feb 2013
1:55
Japan Hosts Conference On Palestinian Development
updated 25 Jan 2013; published 11 Sep 2012
1:12
RAGE RIOTS: Palestinian COST of living PROTEST turn VIOLENT in HEBRON [WEST-BANK]
updated 08 May 2008; published 06 May 2008
3:05
Economic situation in Gaza
updated 30 Dec 2012; published 26 Sep 2012
2:12
President Obama Speech to UN Democratic Spirit is Not Restricted to the Arab World
updated 30 Dec 2012; published 30 Dec 2012
1:46
Israeli soldiers & settlers clash during evacuation attempt
North Korea's and U.S.' Dialogue of the Deaf
Full Article WorldNews.com
12 Mar 2013

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. The French have a name for the aggressive discourse now occurring between North Korea and the U.S. over their nuclear weapons ambitions. Known as "un dialogue des sourds," meaning dialogue of the deaf, senders often assume that if they spend much time and effort designing a message calibrated to...
Pin It


http://wn.com/North Korea
http://wn.com/South Korea
http://wn.com/US
The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the 4km wide buffer zone separating North and South Korea is rather ironically, anything but demilitarized.
photo: Creative Commons / Kok Leng Yeo

updated 09 Mar 2013; published 26 Jan 2013
4:08
N.Korea THREATENS NUCLEAR WAR if S.Korea over UN Sanctions following BANNED BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST!
updated 12 Mar 2013; published 25 Jan 2013
4:14
BUILD up to WW3! North Korea promises NUCLEAR MISSILE STRIKE on WASHINGTON in DECEMBER 2013
updated 12 Mar 2013; published 12 Mar 2013
1:16
US imposes new sanctions on North Korea as war of words mounts
updated 11 Mar 2013; published 12 Feb 2013
2:31
Build up to WW3 - China joins U.S. & Japan in condemning North Korea NUCLEAR Test
updated 25 Feb 2013; published 12 Dec 2012
2:46
Nuclear War FEAR About North Korea's Successful Rocket Launch
updated 08 Mar 2013; published 03 Apr 2012
40:29
North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Development: Obama - Lee Myung-bak Press Conference
Cardinals begin the conclave to elect the new pope
Full Article Deutsche Welle
12 Mar 2013

Cardinals convene in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican this Tuesday to begin their conclave to elect the next pope. There's no front-runner or indication how long voting will last. 115 cardinals from 48 countries - all under the age of 80 - are taking part in the elaborate ritual, which continues until one of them receives a two-thirds majority, or...
Pin It


http://wn.com/Catholic Church
http://wn.com/Papal Conclave
http://wn.com/Vatican
A statue dwarfs the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel where cardinals will gather to elect the new pope during the conclave at the Vatican, Monday, March 11, 2013.
photo: AP / Dmitry Lovetsky

updated 12 Mar 2013; published 12 Mar 2013
1:03
Papal conclave: cardinals hold final mass before Sistine Chapel papal conclave
updated 11 Mar 2013; published 10 Mar 2013
1:44
Cardinals Lead Mass Ahead of Papal Conclave
updated 09 Mar 2013; published 07 Mar 2013
2:18
Vatican secrecy, nobody does it better
updated 09 Mar 2013; published 08 Mar 2013
0:52
Conclave to elect new Pope to begin next Tuesday, March 12
updated 11 Mar 2013; published 11 Mar 2013
1:14
Final preparations underway before conclave
updated 12 Mar 2013; published 12 Mar 2013
33:09
Papal Conclave 2013: Cardinals Take Oath of Secrecy - ABC Digital Report
Falkland Islanders vote to keep British rule
Full Article Stuff
12 Mar 2013

Residents of the Falkland Islands voted almost unanimously to stay under British rule in a referendum aimed at winning global sympathy as Argentina intensifies its sovereignty claim, results showed on Monday (Tuesday, NZT). The official count showed 99.8 per cent of islanders voted in favor of remaining a British Overseas Territory in the two-day...
Pin It


http://wn.com/Falkland Islands
http://wn.com/Referendum
http://wn.com/Britain
The Falkland Islands' flag flies on British Prime Minister David Cameron's official residence at 10 Downing street in central London, Thursday, June 14, 2012.
photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis

updated 11 Mar 2013; published 07 Mar 2013
1:30
The Falkland Islands
updated 11 Mar 2013; published 11 Mar 2013
4:09
Falklands Feud: UK colonial spoil for South Atlantic oil
updated 12 Mar 2013; published 12 Mar 2013
1:24
Cameron calls on world to respect Falklands referendum
updated 11 Mar 2013; published 11 Mar 2013
1:27
Falklands votes in sovereignty referendum rejected by Argentina
updated 12 Mar 2013; published 12 Mar 2013
2:08
Falkland Islanders Vote To Remain British
updated 11 Mar 2013; published 10 Mar 2013
3:09
Falkland Islanders To Vote In Referendum
US-South Korea war games begin
Full Article Canberra Times
11 Mar 2013

The guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen arrives to participate in the annual joint military exercises called Key Resolve. Photo: AP SEOUL: South Korea and the US began annual war games as North Korea shut down a border hot line after threatening to launch a preemptive nuclear strike against the two countries. The "Key Resolve" exercise is a...
Pin It


http://wn.com/Korean Peninsula
http://wn.com/Military Drill
http://wn.com/UnitedStates
In this photo taken Saturday, March 9, 2013, the guided-missile destroyers USS Lassen (DDG 82), left, and USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) arrive to participate in the annual joint military exercises
photo: AP / Yonhap

updated 12 Mar 2013; published 08 Mar 2013
2:28
Kim Jong-un inspects Korean border base
updated 11 Mar 2013; published 08 Mar 2013
2:09
North Korea to end armistice with South
updated 11 Mar 2013; published 06 Mar 2013
5:15
This Means War? N.Korea fights back South-US drills with ceasefire scrap
updated 09 Mar 2013; published 23 Dec 2010
1:33
Video of largest-ever South Korea war games as drills nag North
updated 10 Mar 2013; published 12 Feb 2013
8:27
North Korea Nuclear Test Sends Message to Washington One Week After U.S.-South Korean War Games
updated 12 Mar 2013; published 20 Oct 2012
85:06
-Korean War- Documentary Film 1950-1953
Several killed in Afghan 'insider attack'
Full Article Al Jazeera
11 Mar 2013

Several Afghan and US-led coalition service members have been killed in the latest suspected insider attack on the international military force. Afghan officials said the incident on Monday took place in Wardak, a flashpoint province for Taliban violence on the doorstep of Kabul, the capital. "Today one or several individuals wearing an ANSF...
Pin It


http://wn.com/afghanistan
http://wn.com/us
http://wn.com/war
File - A Marine with Weapons Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, sprints down the line of heavy machine guns to deliver a map after a firefight with Taliban insurgents Feb. 9 at the “Five Points” intersection, a key junction of roads linking the northern area of the insurgent stronghold of Marjeh with the rest of Helmand province, Afghanistan.
photo: USMC / Sgt. Brian A. Tuthill

updated 24 Dec 2012; published 24 Dec 2012
0:54
Afghanistan insider attacks: Afghan policewoman kills US police adviser in Kabul
updated 09 Feb 2013; published 24 Dec 2012
2:28
Afghan PoliceWoman Kills American Contractor at Kabul Police HQ
updated 12 Feb 2013; published 24 Dec 2012
2:45
Cop shoots U S advisers in Kabul
updated 26 Dec 2012; published 24 Dec 2012
1:01
Afghan Policewoman Kills U.S. Aide
updated 25 Dec 2012; published 25 Dec 2012
1:57
Afghan official US adviser not killed by insider attack
updated 08 Sep 2012; published 08 Sep 2012
0:22
Causes of coalition deaths in Afghanistan
Venezuela opposition leader will run against interim president
Full Article The Los Angeles Times
11 Mar 2013

CARACAS, Venezuela — Opposition leader Henrique Capriles agreed Sunday to run against interim President Nicolas Maduro in an election to determine Hugo Chavez's successor, but accused the government of "shameful" and unconstitutional maneuvers to undercut his chances. Capriles, 40, ran unsuccessfully against Chavez as the opposition's unity...
Pin It


http://wn.com/Election
http://wn.com/Henrique Capriles
http://wn.com/Venezuela
Opposition leader Henrique Capriles gestures during a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, March 10, 2013.
photo: AP / Rodrigo Abd

updated 06 Mar 2013; published 06 Mar 2013
3:48
Seeking Instructions 'No surprise Venezuela opposition looks at US as Chavez dies'.
updated 06 Mar 2013; published 06 Mar 2013
1:14
RIP Hugo Chavez Tribute to Venezuelan President (1954-2013)
updated 11 Mar 2013; published 06 Mar 2013
13:35
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Died, But LOVES Iran, Syria & Palestinians
updated 09 Mar 2013; published 09 Mar 2013
1:04
Nicolas Maduro Sworn In As Venezuelan President
updated 09 Mar 2013; published 09 Mar 2013
1:29
Nicolas Maduro is sworn in as interim president - Maduro, assumiu a Presidência interina
updated 09 Mar 2013; published 06 Mar 2013
0:42
Iran TV: America Killed President Hugo Chavez, Estados Unidos mató al presidente Hugo Chávez
Hamid Karzai says US and Taliban sowing post-2014 fears
Full Article BBC News
10 Mar 2013

President Hamid Karzai has issued a stinging rebuke to the US and the Taliban, saying they are both guilty of sowing fears for post-2014 Afghanistan. He said Taliban suicide attacks on Saturday were aimed at intimidation that would prolong the presence of international troops in Afghanistan. The troops are scheduled to end combat missions in 2014....
Pin It


http://wn.com/afghanistan
http://wn.com/taliban
http://wn.com/us
File - Maj. Christopher Milstead, attached to Task Force Bayonet, watches as a 500-pound bomb lands on a Taliban position after a small fire fight during Operation Destined Strike in Chowkay Valley, Afghanistan Aug. 22, 2006.
photo: US Army

updated 10 Mar 2013; published 10 Mar 2013
1:53
Karzai rebuke for US and Taliban
updated 10 Mar 2013; published 10 Mar 2013
0:23
Hamid Karzai says US and Taliban sowing post-2014 fears - BBC News - Today's News
updated 11 Mar 2013; published 11 Mar 2013
3:15
Presence of US-led troops in Afghanistan exacerbate instability.
updated 24 Apr 2012; published 12 Jan 2012
5:24
Afghanistan - 'Marines urinating on Taliban' video scandal sparks outrage'
updated 02 Mar 2013; published 12 Mar 2012
2:32
Fears of growing anger over attack on Afghan civilians
updated 22 Feb 2013; published 09 Jul 2012
2:31
Afghan woman's execution sparks outrage - Locals vow revenge
India faces epidemic of missing children
Full Article Al Jazeera
10 Mar 2013

A staple storyline of popular Bollywood films over the years has been about siblings getting lost in a village fair or being forcibly separated by a hideous villain, only to be reunited years later. The happy endings normally spelled success: moviegoers went home happy while the filmmaker went laughing all the way to the bank. But reel life has...
Pin It


http://wn.com/crime
http://wn.com/human rights
http://wn.com/india
File - Street children in a slum area in India.
photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar

updated 04 Feb 2013; published 04 Feb 2013
2:49
Over 60,000 children go missing in India every year
updated 06 Mar 2012; published 06 Mar 2012
2:27
A Happy Ending: Video Activist Reunites Lost Child With Family
updated 10 Dec 2012; published 06 Jul 2012
2:47
Number of missing children on rise in India - NewsX
updated 06 Jul 2012; published 06 Jul 2012
3:15
18 kids go missing every day, claims CRY - NewsX
updated 12 Mar 2013; published 08 Aug 2011
3:11
It's a Girl Documentary Film - Official Trailer
updated 10 Mar 2013; published 19 Jul 2011
8:03
Human Trafficking in India

Open Minds Worldwide
Benedict a stealthy retiree these days
Philadelphia Daily News
Associated Press Posted: Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 3:01 AM VATICAN CITY - As cardinals move to elect a new pope, the Vatican has seemed intent on getting people to forget the last...
Fukushima disaster: Long road to nuclear clean-up
BBC News
It would be reassuring to think that the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl is contained, and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is in stable shut-down....
The great American betrayal
The Hindu
It is well known that of all military operations, retreat is the most difficult and complicated. A victorious march that takes a wrong turn can end in a stalemate, but a retreat...

Top Stories Worldwide
Latin America's Left Sees Void After Chavez
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner addresses the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, Thursday, June 14, 2012 at United Nations headquarters.
Voa News
WASHINGTON — The death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez leaves a void for the left in Latin America that most analysts say is unlikely to be filled soon. His death could also eventually affect communist Cuba, which has benefitted from cheap...
photo: AP / Mary Altaffer
Venezuela   Hugo Chavez   Hugo Chávez   Latin America
21 people, including seven foreign troops, killed in a single day in Afghanistan
21 people, including seven foreign troops, killed in a single day in Afghanistan
The Hindu
At least 21 people, including seven foreign troops, were killed on Monday in one of the deadliest days so far this year in Afghanistan, officials said in Kabul on Tuesday. Five NATO soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash, while a land mine and...
photo: DOD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo
Afghanistan   Nato   Photos   Troops
Cameron hails Falklands Yes vote
British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland
Belfast Telegraph
David Cameron has called on Argentina to respect the wishes of Falkland islanders to remain British. The Prime Minister said the 99.8% vote in favour of remaining a British Overseas Territory in a...
photo: AP / Anja Niedringhaus
Argentina   Britain   Falkland   Photos   Wikipedia: Falkland Islands
Sudan rivals 'to resume pumping oil'
In this Tuesday, April 24, 2012 photo, Sudanese workers inspect burnt out oil pipes at the oil-rich border town of Heglig, Sudan.
BBC News
South Sudan and Sudan have agreed to resume pumping oil after a bitter dispute over fees which saw production shut down more than a year ago. The South, which seceded from the rest of Sudan in 2011, will begin oil production again by 24 March, under...
photo: AP / Abd Raouf
Oil   Photos   South Sudan   Trade   Wikipedia: South Sudan
US imposes new N. Korea sanctions amid growing tensions
In this March 7, 2013 photo released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and distributed March 8, 2013 by the Korea News Service, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, is welcomed by military personnel at a military unit on Jangjae islet, located in the southernmost part of the southwestern sector of North Korea's border with South Korea. Seven years of U.N. sanctions against North Korea have done nothing to derail Pyongyang’s drive for a nuclear weapon capable of hitting the United States. They may have even bolstered the Kim family by giving their propaganda maestros ammunition to whip up anti-U.S. sentiment and direct attention away from government failures.
France24
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un stepped up rhetoric against South Korea on Tuesday, threatening to “wipe out” the border islands of Baengnyeong, as the US imposed new sanctions on Pyongyang amid escalating tensions. By News Wires (text) North...
photo: AP / KCNA via KNS
North Korea   Nuclear   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: 2013 North Korean nuclear test
US expands North Korea sanctions amid tensions
File - North Korean soldiers observe through binoculars on the North Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone.
BBC News
The US has imposed sanctions on North Korea's primary foreign exchange bank and four individuals, amid heightened tensions over its nuclear ambitions. The move followed a UN vote last week to expand sanctions on Pyongyang after its February...
photo: US Army / Edward N. Johnson
N Korea   Nuclear   Photos   US   Wikipedia: North Korea–United States relations
Clashes, blasts mark Bangladesh opposition protest
Bangladeshi opposition activists shout slogans after they burn a street vendor's cart as they clash with police during their protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, March 11, 2013.
The Guardian
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Police in Bangladesh's capital have clashed with opposition protesters enforcing a daylong general strike across the country. Witnesses and news reports say...
photo: AP / A.M. Ahad
Bangladesh   Photos   Police   Protest   Wikipedia: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami