http://www.kgw.com/news/world RSS Feed for KGW - News - World en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 11:36:44 GMT 2013-05-22T11:36:44Z en-us http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208099831.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's wave of bloodshed sharply escalated Monday with more than a dozen car bombings across the country, part of attacks that killed at least 95 people and brought echoes of past sectarian carnage and fears of a dangerous spillover from Syria's civil war next door. Tue, 21 May 2013 19:31:08 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208099831.html 2013-05-21T19:31:08Z http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208266681.html BERLIN (AP) — Justin Bieber's pet monkey is no longer his. Tue, 21 May 2013 16:31:45 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208266681.html 2013-05-21T16:31:45Z http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208302141.html RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A Moroccan court has convicted two men of homosexuality and public indecency, and sentenced each to four months in prison, in the latest case against gays in this North African nation. Tue, 21 May 2013 19:04:33 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208302141.html 2013-05-21T19:04:33Z http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208297881.html CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian troops and police mistakenly fired on a Bedouin funeral in the Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday, security officials said, in the opening salvo of a sweep searching for security personnel kidnapped by suspected militants. Wed, 22 May 2013 01:03:53 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208297881.html 2013-05-22T01:03:53Z http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208326781.html BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian police say they are investigating an incident in which an elderly man may have been mauled to death by two donkeys. Tue, 21 May 2013 15:37:12 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208326781.html 2013-05-21T15:37:12Z http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208460571.html GOMA, Congo (AP) — A spokesman for the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Congo says that a mortar landed in a neighborhood of Goma, a major city in eastern Congo, which last year was briefly overrun by a rebel group. The explosion comes as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Congo's distant capital for a two-day visit that is expected to take him to Goma. Wed, 22 May 2013 11:36:44 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208460571.html 2013-05-22T11:36:44Z http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208458801.html LONDON (AP) — Britain is proposing to let Afghan interpreters who worked alongside its troops the right to settle in the U.K. in recognition of the risks to their personal safety. Wed, 22 May 2013 11:06:36 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208458801.html 2013-05-22T11:06:36Z http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208458371.html BEIJING (AP) — The death toll from a massive blast at an explosives plant in eastern China has risen to 23 with 10 people still missing. Wed, 22 May 2013 11:06:41 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208458371.html 2013-05-22T11:06:41Z http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208451331.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — China's premier began a two-day visit to Pakistan on Wednesday by praising the relationship between the two Asian powers in glowing terms. Wed, 22 May 2013 10:36:29 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208451331.html 2013-05-22T10:36:29Z http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208360071.html BANGKOK (AP) — The price of oil fell Wednesday as investors waited for a report on U.S. crude stocks and the Federal Reserve's latest views on the U.S. economy. Wed, 22 May 2013 10:06:56 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208360071.html 2013-05-22T10:06:56Z