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• North Korea threatens war with South over U.N. sanctions
• Syrian troops and militia push to take Sunni Homs areas
• French-backed Mali forces push towards rebel-held Gao
• U.N. chief to recommend intervention troops for Congo: official
• Court overturns another Guantanamo conviction
• U.S. quits bilateral civil society group in rebuke to Russia
• Petrol bombs fly again as Northern Irish flag protests continue
• Soccer stadium hearing threatens Egypt with more unrest
• Russian parliament backs ban on "gay propaganda"
• Five die in Egypt violence on anniversary of uprising
• Angry protests leave 7 dead on Egypt anniversary
• New Israeli political star sets lofty expectations
• Islamists destroy bridge near Niger border in Mali
• Assange: WikiLeaks film script leaked to WikiLeaks
• Opera about Nazi atrocity shown in Austria
• AP Debate: Training needed to redesign job market
• India: 35-year term not enough for Mumbai plotter
• What's the threat? North Korean rhetoric, reality
• A look at countries where women are in combat
• Religion comes to Davos forum
• What the Dalai Lama said about the India rape case at the Jaipur Literature Festival
• Time to build, not protest? On revolution anniversary, Egyptians disagree
• For French troops nearing rebel ground, Mali fight is no ordinary mission
• North Korea lashes out at the US and South. How big a threat?
• As Mexico's traffickers ship drugs north, they leave addicts in their wake
• Russia's Vladimir Putin says West is fomenting jihadi 'blowback'
• After threatening the US, North Korea turns its ire on South Korea
• On North Africa's western flank, long-simmering conflict causes unease
• Rachel Goble helps stop sex trafficking of impoverished children

North Korea threatens war with South over U.N. sanctions Posted: 25 Jan 2013 11:27 AM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea threatened to attack rival South Korea if Seoul joined a new round of tightened U.N. sanctions, as Washington unveiled more of its own economic restrictions following Pyongyang's rocket launch last month. In a third straight day of fiery rhetoric, the North directed its verbal onslaught at its neighbor on Friday, saying: "'Sanctions' mean a war and a declaration of war against us." The reclusive North this week declared a boycott of all dialogue aimed at ending its nuclear program and vowed to conduct more rocket and nuclear tests after the U.N. ...

Syrian troops and militia push to take Sunni Homs areas Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:10 PM PST AMMAN (Reuters) - The Syrian army has stepped up an offensive on opposition Sunni Muslim strongholds in the central city of Homs, bringing in ground forces and loyalist militia to try to secure a major road junction, opposition sources said on Friday. Around 15,000 Sunni civilians are trapped on the southern and western edge of the city near the intersection of Syria's main north-south and east-west arteries, crucial to let the army travel between Damascus and the Mediterranean coast, opposition campaigners in Homs said. ...

French-backed Mali forces push towards rebel-held Gao Posted: 25 Jan 2013 02:44 PM PST SEGOU/BAMAKO, Mali (Reuters) - French-backed government forces advanced into northern Mali towards the Islamist rebel stronghold of Gao on Friday, recapturing the town of Hombori and forcing al Qaeda-allied fighters to pull back under relentless French air strikes. France sent troops and aircraft to its former colony two weeks ago to block a southward offensive by Islamists occupying Mali's north. French and Malian troops have been pushing forward on either side of the Niger River, securing several farming towns recaptured over the last week. ...

U.N. chief to recommend intervention troops for Congo: official Posted: 25 Jan 2013 02:39 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will recommend to the U.N. Security Council that a peace enforcement unit be deployed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to take on the M23 rebels and other armed groups, a senior U.N. official said on Friday. The intervention unit of a few thousand troops would aim to prevent armed groups from expanding territory in the resource-rich region by overpowering and disarming them. The unit would be contained within the existing U.N. force, known as MONUSCO. "It is not simply peacekeeping, this is peace enforcement. ...

Court overturns another Guantanamo conviction Posted: 25 Jan 2013 03:07 PM PST MIAMI (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday overturned the Guantanamo war crimes conviction of an al Qaeda videographer, a ruling likely to lead to dismissal of conspiracy charges in the pending trial of five men accused of plotting the September 11 attacks. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia threw out the conviction of Yemeni prisoner Ali Hamza al Bahlul, ruling that the charges of which he was convicted - conspiracy, providing material support for terrorism and soliciting murder - were not internationally recognized as war crimes when the acts were committed. ...

U.S. quits bilateral civil society group in rebuke to Russia Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:27 PM PST MOSCOW (Reuters) - The United States has quit a U.S.-Russian forum intended to promote civil society to protest Moscow's clampdown on civil rights and public activism, the State Department said on Friday. The Civil Society Working Group was set up during a thaw in ties after Barack Obama became president, and the U.S. pullout reflects how strains have grown since Vladimir Putin started campaigning in 2011 to return to the Kremlin. ...

Petrol bombs fly again as Northern Irish flag protests continue Posted: 25 Jan 2013 04:09 PM PST BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Irish police were pelted by petrol bombs for the first time in almost two weeks on Friday after more protests at the removal of the British flag from Belfast City Hall. Masked youths clashed with police on the streets of east Belfast on an almost nightly basis for six weeks after local councilors voted to end a century-old tradition of flying the flag, enraging some pro-British loyalists. The worst violence had calmed in recent days and most demonstrations on Friday passed off without major incident. ...

Soccer stadium hearing threatens Egypt with more unrest Posted: 25 Jan 2013 03:20 PM PST CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian soccer fans have threatened violence on Saturday if a court does not deliver the justice they seek for 74 people killed in a stadium disaster. The hearing over the Port Said disaster in February follows unrest on Friday that killed five people and injured more than 330 during anti-government protests on the second anniversary of the uprising against Hosni Mubarak. The court had been due to rule on Saturday in the cases brought against 73 people, 61 of whom are charged with murder in what was Egypt's worst stadium disaster. ...

Russian parliament backs ban on "gay propaganda" Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:51 PM PST MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's parliament backed a draft law on Friday banning "homosexual propaganda" in what critics see as an attempt to shore up support for President Vladimir Putin in the country's largely conservative society. Only one deputy in the State Duma lower house voted against the bill, but passions spilled over outside the chamber, where 20 people were detained after scuffles between Russian Orthodox Christians and gay activists who staged a "kiss-in" protest. ...

Five die in Egypt violence on anniversary of uprising Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:59 PM PST CAIRO/ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Five people were shot dead in the Egyptian city of Suez during nationwide protests against President Mohamed Mursi on Friday, the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak. One of the dead was a member of the security forces, medics said. Another 280 civilians and 55 security personnel were injured, officials said, in demonstrations fuelled by anger at the president and his Islamist allies in the Muslim Brotherhood. ...

Angry protests leave 7 dead on Egypt anniversary Posted: 25 Jan 2013 04:45 PM PST CAIRO (AP) — Violence erupted across Egypt on Friday as tens of thousands took to the streets to deliver an angry backlash against President Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood, demanding regime change on the second anniversary of the revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak. At least seven people were killed.

New Israeli political star sets lofty expectations Posted: 25 Jan 2013 02:08 PM PST JERUSALEM (AP) — Political newcomer Yair Lapid electrified Israel with his surprising success in this week's election and an Obama-like message of hope and change, and expectations are high.

Islamists destroy bridge near Niger border in Mali Posted: 25 Jan 2013 11:13 AM PST SEVARE, Mali (AP) — Islamic extremists based in the Malian town of Ansongo have destroyed a bridge near the Niger border, officials said on Friday, marking the first use of explosives by the insurgents since the start of a French-led military intervention two weeks ago.

Assange: WikiLeaks film script leaked to WikiLeaks Posted: 25 Jan 2013 03:05 PM PST LONDON (AP) — If you're making a movie about WikiLeaks, this is the kind of thing you probably see coming.

Opera about Nazi atrocity shown in Austria Posted: 25 Jan 2013 02:44 PM PST VIENNA (AP) — Thousands of children were murdered by the Nazis because they fell short of the Aryan ideal. On Friday, a hushed audience gathered in Austria's Parliament to watch the world premiere of an opera depicting how the Nazis methodically killed mentally or physically deficient children at a Vienna hospital during World War II.

AP Debate: Training needed to redesign job market Posted: 25 Jan 2013 01:21 PM PST DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Training the youth for the challenges of a fast-changing world has to be central to any strategy to rebuild the job market following a financial crisis that's wiped out millions of middle-class jobs over the past five years.

India: 35-year term not enough for Mumbai plotter Posted: 25 Jan 2013 02:29 PM PST NEW DELHI (AP) — India expressed disappointment Friday with the 35-year sentence given to an American who admitted his role in the 2008 Mumbai attack, saying he deserved more prison time for the terrorism that killed 166 people in the country's financial capital.

What's the threat? North Korean rhetoric, reality Posted: 25 Jan 2013 10:48 AM PST TOKYO (AP) — According to its official statements, North Korea is ready to go to the brink. But how serious are Pyongyang's threats?

A look at countries where women are in combat Posted: 25 Jan 2013 09:43 AM PST From France's Joan of Arc to female resistance fighters in World War II and the black-clad women warriors of the Viet Cong, history is filled with stories of women fighting alongside men.

Religion comes to Davos forum Posted: 25 Jan 2013 01:02 PM PST DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Who created Davos, and why does it exist?

What the Dalai Lama said about the India rape case at the Jaipur Literature Festival Posted: 25 Jan 2013 01:05 PM PST Crowds lined his path and leaned off arched terraces to catch a glimpse of the Dalai Lama at his first ever appearance at the Jaipur Literature Festival. The annual gathering, Asia's largest, of literati in this city of desert palaces has begun to attract global celebrities in recent years, with even Oprah Winfrey holding court here last year.

Time to build, not protest? On revolution anniversary, Egyptians disagree Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:59 PM PST For a video of an Egyptian activist describing his own experience of the revolution and the two years since, please scroll to bottom of the story.

For French troops nearing rebel ground, Mali fight is no ordinary mission Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:27 PM PST French Army columns, scores of vehicles, and hundreds of soldiers rumbled north into central Mali today, down dirt roads and among the grass and acacia trees, heading toward the rebel's main stronghold.

North Korea lashes out at the US and South. How big a threat? Posted: 25 Jan 2013 09:58 AM PST An outpouring of North Korean rhetoric against both the US and South Korea this week raises the inevitable questions: How serious are the North Korean threats and how far will the North Koreans go in carrying them out?

As Mexico's traffickers ship drugs north, they leave addicts in their wake Posted: 25 Jan 2013 11:39 AM PST Exponential growth in the trafficking of drugs through Mexico – destined for the large consumer market to the north – is leaving a growing number of addicts in its wake.

Russia's Vladimir Putin says West is fomenting jihadi 'blowback' Posted: 25 Jan 2013 09:38 AM PST Both Vladimir Putin and his foreign minister have lashed out at the West in recent days for pursuing what they regard as naive and incoherent Middle East policies.

After threatening the US, North Korea turns its ire on South Korea Posted: 25 Jan 2013 06:09 AM PST • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

On North Africa's western flank, long-simmering conflict causes unease Posted: 25 Jan 2013 06:23 AM PST If this small, dusty town surrounded by sparse desert feels forgotten, that's because it mostly is. For the past two decades, mediation efforts to end the longest-running conflict in Africa have foundered, and the world has largely turned its attention elsewhere.

Rachel Goble helps stop sex trafficking of impoverished children Posted: 25 Jan 2013 05:00 AM PST A few years after graduating from college, Rachel Goble made a radical decision. Rather than continue toward a career in marketing and business, she decided to return to the world of her youth: serving the poor. She felt drawn to working for social justice, which had been at the cornerstone of her upbringing.

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