http://www.wvec.com/news/world RSS Feed for WVEC - News - World en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:34:33 GMT 2013-06-18T20:34:33Z en-us http://www.wvec.com/news/world/212030751.html DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Many exchange shops closed in Damascus on Tuesday, fearing more chaos a day after the Syrian currency plunged to a new record low, reflecting growing fears in the capital following a U.S. decision to arm rebel groups fighting to topple President Bashar Assad's regime. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:34:28 GMT http://www.wvec.com/news/world/212030751.html 2013-06-18T20:34:28Z http://www.wvec.com/news/world/212025161.html MONTREAL (AP) — Montreal's interim mayor resigns, a day after his arrest on fraud charges. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:00:49 GMT http://www.wvec.com/news/world/212025161.html 2013-06-18T20:00:49Z http://www.wvec.com/news/world/211940131.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian warplanes struck rebel positions near a besieged military air base and other rebel-held areas in the country's north Tuesday as regime forces stepped up attacks against opposition fighters in the key province of Aleppo, activists said. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:34:33 GMT http://www.wvec.com/news/world/211940131.html 2013-06-18T20:34:33Z http://www.wvec.com/news/world/212014641.html BERLIN (AP) — President Barack Obama is opening a 24-hour visit to Germany, the culmination of which will be a speech Wednesday at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:05:12 GMT http://www.wvec.com/news/world/212014641.html 2013-06-18T19:05:12Z http://www.wvec.com/news/world/211946371.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Two suicide bombers targeted a Shiite mosque in Baghdad on Tuesday, one blowing himself up at a nearby checkpoint while the other slipped inside during prayers. The blasts killed 34 people, Iraqi officials said. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:05:15 GMT http://www.wvec.com/news/world/211946371.html 2013-06-18T19:05:15Z http://www.wvec.com/news/world/212010291.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's prime minister says the international community must not ease pressure on Iran because of the election of a reformist president. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:06:45 GMT http://www.wvec.com/news/world/212010291.html 2013-06-18T18:06:45Z http://www.wvec.com/news/world/212000101.html SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The widow of a banking executive slain in Puerto Rico has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the bank's CEO and other high-ranking officials. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:34:29 GMT http://www.wvec.com/news/world/212000101.html 2013-06-18T17:34:29Z http://www.wvec.com/news/world/211970291.html GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — A lawyer for the International Committee of the Red Cross urged a military judge Tuesday to refuse a request for private reports that the organization compiled on conditions of confinement for the five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attacks. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:36:18 GMT http://www.wvec.com/news/world/211970291.html 2013-06-18T19:36:18Z http://www.wvec.com/news/world/211975661.html ROME (AP) — Italy's high court on Tuesday faulted the appeals court that acquitted American student Amanda Knox of murdering her roommate, saying its ruling was full of "deficiencies, contradictions and illogical" conclusions and ordering the new appeals court to look at all the evidence to determine whether Knox helped kill the teen. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:36:47 GMT http://www.wvec.com/news/world/211975661.html 2013-06-18T16:36:47Z http://www.wvec.com/news/world/211988341.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The Brazilian visitors gawk in wonder as they stroll past shop windows along touristy Florida street in the Argentine capital. The jackets, the shoes — they're all so cheap when your purse is stuffed with black-market money. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:05:34 GMT http://www.wvec.com/news/world/211988341.html 2013-06-18T20:05:34Z