http://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/?track=rss Headlines from latimes.com en ©2013, latimes.com Tue, 21 May 2013 16:25:00 -0700 By Tracy Wilkinson http://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-mexico-military-push-20130521,0,5735016.story?track=rss MEXICO CITY -- The Mexican government poured army troops -- and high-level delegations -- into western Mexico on Tuesday in a bid to take back control of a region long besieged by a deadly drug cartel. Tue, 21 May 2013 16:25:00 PDT By Alexandra Zavis http://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-bangladesh-building-collapse-investigation-20130521,0,4674291.story?track=rss A government inquiry in Bangladesh will recommend life in prison for nine people arrested in connection with the deadly collapse of a garment factory complex just outside the capital, Dhaka, according to a report Tuesday by the Reuters news agency. Tue, 21 May 2013 14:48:00 PDT By Richard Fausset http://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-guatemala-court-rios-montt-20130521,0,1198015.story?track=rss MEXICO CITY— The Guatemalan high court’s decision to overturn the genocide conviction of former military dictator Efrain Rios Montt and restart his trial has revived questions about his responsibility for the slaughter of some 1,700 ethnic Maya people. Tue, 21 May 2013 13:45:00 PDT By Ramin Mostaghim and Patrick J. McDonnell http://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-iran-candidates-off-ballot-20130521,0,948462.story?track=rss TEHRAN — In a much-anticipated decision likely to spark controversy, Iran’s supervisory electoral body on Tuesday disqualified from next month’s presidential race two high-profile candidates who have been assailed as disloyal to the nation’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Tue, 21 May 2013 11:01:00 PDT By Patrick J. McDonnell and Edmund Sanders http://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-syria-israel-border-violence-20130521,0,4061916.story?track=rss BEIRUT -- Syria said Tuesday that its forces had destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed into Syrian territory from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, an account disputed by Israel, which said that shots were fired at a patrol inside Israeli-controlled territory. Tue, 21 May 2013 11:57:00 PDT By Sergei L. Loiko http://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-russia-eurovision-20130521,0,1712159.story?track=rss MOSCOW — As might be expected, Russia's foreign minister spent his day Tuesday grappling with the biggest international crisis facing his country, an "outrageous incident" that has inflamed public passions. Tue, 21 May 2013 11:07:00 PDT By Chris Kraul and Mery Mogollon http://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-venezuela-scandal-20130521,0,1613225.story?track=rss BOGOTA, Colombia -- A popular pro-government Venezuelan talk show host took a leave of absence Monday night hours after the leak of an alleged conversation he had with a Cuban intelligence official about President Nicolas Maduro's battle with political opponents. Tue, 21 May 2013 09:43:00 PDT By Alex Rodriguez http://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-afghan-women-jailed-20130521,0,6104030.story?track=rss ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The number of women and girls jailed by Afghan authorities for “moral crimes” has risen by 50% in the last 18 months, an alarming statistic that reflects the Afghan government’s need to step up efforts to protect women’s rights, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday . Tue, 21 May 2013 09:23:00 PDT By Alexandra Zavis http://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-obama-china-xi-jinping-20130521,0,882962.story?track=rss President Obama is to meet with President Xi Jinping in California next month, their first meeting since the Chinese leader took office in March. Tue, 21 May 2013 11:30:00 PDT By Tom Kington http://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-cashing-in-on-juliet--balcony-italy-20130521,0,5494280.story?track=rss ROME -- The Italian city of Verona is planning to raise some much-needed revenue from one of the world’s most romantic landmarks: the balcony where Shakespeare’s doomed heroine Juliet supposedly cried out, "Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?" Tue, 21 May 2013 07:09:00 PDT