http://www.rte.ie/news/world/ Latest Irish and international news supplied by RTE.ie en-ie Copyright © RTÉ Publishing, see http://www.rte.ie/extra/rss.html for terms and conditions of reuse News Thu, 23 May 2013 09:53:59 +0100 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:53:59 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/images/logo_rss_goog.gif http://www.rte.ie/news/world// http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0523/452038-london-woolwich/ The British government's emergency response committee, Cobra, will reconvene today to discuss security measures after a soldier was stabbed to death with a machete on the streets of London. Thu, 23 May 2013 09:53:59 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0523/452038-london-woolwich/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0523/452064-twitter-login-security/ Twitter has ehanced security for its users, following a spate of attacks on accounts of prominent media outlets including the Associated Press and the Financial Times. Thu, 23 May 2013 08:39:14 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0523/452064-twitter-login-security/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0523/452062-britain-eu/ Former British foreign secretary David Miliband has said he could not envisage Britain pulling out of the European Union. Thu, 23 May 2013 09:53:11 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0523/452062-britain-eu/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0523/452042-amnesty-international/ Amnesty International says that tough economic conditions and austerity in the EU are stoking hostility towards immigrants fleeing wars and poverty Thu, 23 May 2013 09:43:59 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0523/452042-amnesty-international/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451768-oklahoma-tornado/ Oklahoma City officials say they are almost certain that no more bodies or survivors will be found in the debris following the huge tornado that devastated the suburb of Moore. Wed, 22 May 2013 22:09:06 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451768-oklahoma-tornado/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451771-us-immigration/ A US Senate panel has approved legislation to give millions of illegal immigrants a path to citizenship. Wed, 22 May 2013 21:29:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451771-us-immigration/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451961-woolwich-london/ British Prime Minister David Cameron has said there are "strong indications" that a violent killing in Woolwich, southeast London is terror related. Thu, 23 May 2013 06:49:01 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451961-woolwich-london/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451939-boston-marathon-explosion/ An FBI agent shot and killed a man of Chechen origin who turned violent while being questioned today about his connection to Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Wed, 22 May 2013 22:36:19 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451939-boston-marathon-explosion/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451849-zimbabwes-constitution/ Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has signed the nation's new constitution into law. Wed, 22 May 2013 21:23:16 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451849-zimbabwes-constitution/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451907-sweden-stockholm-rioting/ Groups of youths have smashed shop windows, set cars ablaze and burnt down a cultural centre in a third night of rioting in the Swedish capital, Stockholm. Wed, 22 May 2013 21:33:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451907-sweden-stockholm-rioting/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/452030-syria/ The Friends of Syria alliance called on Iran and its Lebanese Hezbollah ally tonight to withdraw fighters immediately from Syrian territory. Wed, 22 May 2013 23:26:22 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/452030-syria/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0521/451680-pistorius-brother/ Oscar Pistorius' older brother cried tears of relief as a magistrate acquitted him of culpable homicide in the death of a woman in a car accident. Tue, 21 May 2013 23:40:21 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0521/451680-pistorius-brother/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0520/451363-at-least-16-dead-after-iraq-bombings/ More than 70 people were killed in a series of car bombings and suicide attacks targeting Shia Muslims across Iraq today. Mon, 20 May 2013 22:10:54 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0520/451363-at-least-16-dead-after-iraq-bombings/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0521/451559-monster-tornado-tears-through-oklahoma-city/ Emergency workers are searching for survivors in an Oklahoma City suburb devastated by a massive tornado, with 24 deaths confirmed and over 230 people reported injured. Wed, 22 May 2013 06:42:30 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0521/451559-monster-tornado-tears-through-oklahoma-city/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0520/451347-assad-troops-push-into-rebel-held-qusair/ Syrian government troops have pushed into the rebel-held town of Qusair near the Lebanese border. Mon, 20 May 2013 14:27:52 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0520/451347-assad-troops-push-into-rebel-held-qusair/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0519/451205-assad-syria/ Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said in a newspaper interview that he will not step down before elections and that the US has no right to interfere in his country's politics. Sun, 19 May 2013 22:07:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0519/451205-assad-syria/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0520/451351-tornado/ Several children have been pulled out of the rubble alive at a school in an Oklahoma City suburb hit by a tornado. Tue, 21 May 2013 07:03:20 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0520/451351-tornado/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0519/451183-hussain-pakistan/ Gunmen on a motorcycle have shot and killed a senior member of a leading Pakistani political party. Sun, 19 May 2013 22:05:25 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0519/451183-hussain-pakistan/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0519/451199-un-korea-missile/ UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has voiced concern over North Korea's launch of short-range missiles. Sun, 19 May 2013 22:08:43 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0519/451199-un-korea-missile/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0519/451261-britain-france-deaths/ A British man is being questioned in France on suspicion of slitting the throats of his two children, local police said. Sun, 19 May 2013 22:03:44 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0519/451261-britain-france-deaths/