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 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:23:59 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://news.bbcimg.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gif http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world/ 120 60 15 European finance ministers call for much tighter oversight of Greece's finances, while also commending its work on austerity measures. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-17054220 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17054220 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:18:18 GMT The ex-chairman of Japanese camera manufacturer and two other former executives are arrested as part of the probe against the firm. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-17054089 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17054089 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:14:17 GMT Armed militias are threatening the security of large parts of Libya, Amnesty International warns, saying at least 12 detainees were tortured to death. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-17053836 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17053836 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:28:15 GMT Honduras President Porfirio Lobo suspends prison officials and vows a full inquiry after a fire sweeps through a jail, killing more than 350 inmates. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-latin-america-17050795 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17050795 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:33:49 GMT North Korea marks the 70th birthday of late leader Kim Jong-il, also dubbed the "day of the shining star", with tributes and gatherings. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-17053986 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17053986 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:04:12 GMT Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping calls for deeper "strategic trust" in a speech to business leaders in Washington, on the second full day of his US visit. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-17047047 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17047047 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:50:17 GMT Twitter admits copying entire address books from smartphones and storing the data on its servers, often without customers' knowledge. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-17051910 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17051910 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:25:48 GMT Argentina condemns a planned visit to the Falkland Islands by British MPs as another sign of the UK's "militarisation" of the dispute. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-latin-america-17053609 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17053609 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:22:38 GMT India's Supreme Court asks groups challenging a 2009 landmark judgement decriminalising gay sex how "unnatural sex" should be defined. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-india-17054187 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-17054187 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:23:57 GMT Crime chiefs from nations where tigers are still found in the wild agree to improve co-operation in an effort to stop the illegal trade in tiger parts. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-17041183 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17041183 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:36:14 GMT Lu Jun, the man who was once China's top football referee, is sentenced to five-and-a-half years in jail for taking bribes to fix matches. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-china-17054150 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-17054150 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:56:49 GMT Two missiles fired by an unmanned US drone aircraft in north-west Pakistan kills at least five suspected militants, Pakistani security officials say. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-17053995 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17053995 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:21:34 GMT The war crimes tribunal delays the start of the trial of ex-commander of Bosnian Serb forces Gen Ratko Mladic to give his lawyers more time to prepare. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-17052637 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17052637 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:43:30 GMT Mobile devices will outnumber humans this year, according to network firm Cisco's latest analysis. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-17047406 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17047406 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:17:48 GMT A mayor in eastern Russia bans a humorous demonstration in which toys would replace human activists demanding a clean presidential election. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-17049745 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17049745 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:22:30 GMT A joint House-Senate panel comes to a tentative agreement to pass a year-long extension of the payroll tax cut, ending weeks of uncertainty. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-17036611 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17036611 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:08:15 GMT Kellogg to expand in the snacks business by agreeing to buy Pringles from Procter & Gamble for $2.7bn. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-17046698 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17046698 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:34:35 GMT Cuba says it will attend the Summit of the Americas in Colombia if it is invited despite US objections, but will not rejoin the Organisation of American States. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-latin-america-17053827 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17053827 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:47:42 GMT Venezuela's opposition says it has destroyed voting records from Sunday's primary elections despite a Supreme Court order that they be preserved. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-latin-america-17036716 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17036716 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:16:46 GMT Half a billion children could grow up physically or mentally stunted in the next 15 years due to insufficient food, a children's charity says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-17034134 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-17034134 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:27:32 GMT Thousands of internally displaced people in Somalia are forced to flee again to avoid heavy fighting in an area just south of the capital, Mogadishu. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-17048223 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17048223 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:00:36 GMT Qantas says it will close some international routes and cut jobs after its profits were hit by strikes and rising fuel costs. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-17053703 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17053703 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:27:46 GMT Police in Indonesia arrest a man accused of killing at least four men with rat poison after having sex with them. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-17054239 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17054239 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:26:32 GMT Nicolas Sarkozy formally declares he will stand for re-election as French president on 22 April, with Francois Hollande his main rival. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-17050819 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17050819 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:27:05 GMT A Finnish comedy about Nazi forces invading Earth from a base on the moon has become the surprise hit of the Berlin Film Festival. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-17046477 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17046477 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:00:27 GMT Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has decreed that a referendum on the new draft constitution will be held on 26 February, state media report. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-17040392 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17040392 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:17:08 GMT Iran says it has for the first time used domestically-made nuclear fuel rods in one of its reactors, and unveils more efficient enrichment centrifuges. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-17041135 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17041135 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:06:38 GMT The prime minister is to use a speech in Edinburgh to launch what he calls a positive vision for the union between Scotland and the rest of the UK. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-17052800 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-17052800 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:41:23 GMT Plans to impose penalties on students who pay off university loans early are to be abandoned, the government is expected to announce next week. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/education-17053581 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-17053581 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:21:06 GMT World Bank president Robert Zoellick is to step down from his role at the institution when his five-year term comes to an end on 30 June. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-17049788 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17049788 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:26:23 GMT Italy and the Netherlands fall into recession and Germany contracts, but France shows surprise fourth quarter growth. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-17037747 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17037747 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:02:32 GMT Indonesia's Lion Air places an order for 27 ATR aircraft, a day after confirming a deal to buy 230 Boeing airplanes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-17054230 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17054230 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:39:49 GMT Arsenal's Champions League quarter-final hopes appear over after they are comprehensively beaten by AC Milan in the first leg of the last 16. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16940618 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16940618 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:40:22 GMT A second successive Alastair Cook century helps England to a 20-run win over Pakistan and a 2-0 lead in the one-day international series. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/17041624 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/17041624 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:24:10 GMT Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini dismisses claims by Carlos Tevez that he treated the striker "like a dog". http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17052334 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17052334 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:34:45 GMT Record label Sony apologises for increasing the price of two Whitney Houston albums, hours after her death on Saturday. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-17039076 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17039076 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:15:46 GMT Chart-topping singer Adele acts to quieten speculation she is to take a five-year break from the music business. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-17039684 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17039684 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:47:07 GMT Dory Previn, the US singer and composer who collaborated with former husband Andre on two Oscar-nominated songs, has died in Massachusetts at the age of 86. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-17041329 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17041329 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:00:59 GMT The Mayan civilisation may have died out centuries ago, but people descended from them still live in Central America and southern Mexico. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-latin-america-17051131 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17051131 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:40:21 GMT An electrical fault is suspected of starting the fire which killed hundreds of people in a Honduras prison on Tuesday night. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-latin-america-17054330 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17054330 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:05:59 GMT North Korea is marking the 70th birthday of late leader Kim Jong-il, also dubbed the "day of the shining star". http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-17054654 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17054654 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:55:37 GMT The Ugandan Parliament is considering a bill that proposes harsh penalties for gay people. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-17054414 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17054414 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:09:07 GMT Angelina Jolie has been speaking about that challenges she faced when making her directorial debut In the Land of Blood and Honey - a controversial film based around a love story during the Bosnian War. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-17052020 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17052020 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:13:28 GMT More Indonesian internet users sign up to Twitter compared to users in any other countries in the world. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-17054274 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17054274 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:49:30 GMT In Darkness is in the running for a best foreign language Oscar at the Academy Awards next week. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-17048116 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17048116 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:41:40 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 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:40:26 GMT Ancestral home given new pride by NBA's newest star http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-17052383 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17052383 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:20:00 GMT How to do business in a run-down, secretive 'communist monarchy' http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/magazine-17046941 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17046941 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:18:01 GMT How France and Britain won WWI arms race http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/magazine-17011607 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17011607 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:08:35 GMT A doomed explorer's North Pole expedition by hot-air balloon http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/magazine-17052511 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17052511 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:07:49 GMT Obama and Xi aim for tough but friendly diplomacy http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-17053359 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17053359 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:21:06 GMT Is hope a fiction for India's poor? http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-india-17038326 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-17038326 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:50:05 GMT Angelina Jolie takes her Bosnian War film to Sarajevo http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-17050363 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-17050363 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:27:48 GMT