http://www.boston.com/news/world Get the latest world and international news from the Boston Globe, including coverage of international business & politics from Europe, Asia, Middle East & beyond. en-us 2012-11-21T14:44:39Z http://www.boston.com/ http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/File-Based_Image_Resource/bcom_logo_140w.gif http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2010/05/27/car_bomb_explodes_outside_small_nato_base_in_afghanistan?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+Boston+Globe+--+World+News KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A car bomb exploded yesterday outside a small NATO military base in southern Afghanistan’s largest city, wounding two Afghans and destroying several cars, police said. Mirwais Khan, Associated Press 2010-05-27T03:58:17Z world http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2010/05/27/iran_warns_it_will_shun_outreach_if_us_rejects_nuclear_swap?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+Boston+Globe+--+World+News KERMAN, Iran — Iran’s president warned the United States yesterday that it will miss a historic opportunity for cooperation if it turns down a nuclear fuel swap deal that Washington has dismissed as being a ploy. Ali Akbar Dareini, Associated Press 2010-05-27T03:57:29Z world http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2010/05/27/thousands_pray_for_peace_as_a_tenuous_calm_settles_on_bangkok?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+Boston+Globe+--+World+News BANGKOK — Thousands of residents gathered at dawn yesterday to pray for peace at sites across the city where people were killed and high-rise buildings torched in two months of the worst political violence in the country’s modern history. Denis D. Gray, Associated Press 2010-05-27T03:56:18Z world http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2010/05/27/uk_offers_accounting_of_its_nuclear_arsenal?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+Boston+Globe+--+World+News LONDON — Britain offered its first public accounting of its nuclear arsenal yesterday, disclosing that it has a stockpile of 225 warheads in a move that offers transparency to non-nuclear states in hope of winning stricter global controls on the spread of atomic weapons. Danica Kirka and Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press 2010-05-27T03:55:56Z world http://www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/articles/2010/05/27/target_of_raid_may_have_left_jamaica?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+Boston+Globe+--+World+News KINGSTON, Jamaica — After a slum raid that left nearly 50 people dead in four days of gun battles, the reputed drug kingpin who was the target may have fled the country, the government said yesterday. David McFadden, Associated Press 2010-05-27T03:55:28Z world http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2010/05/27/germany_norway_to_give_15b_to_fight_deforestation?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+Boston+Globe+--+World+News OSLO — Germany and Norway will pledge $1.5 billion to fight deforestation, blamed for releasing some of the carbon dioxide contributing to global warming, Norway’s prime minister said yesterday on the eve of a conference in Oslo. Ian MacDougall, Associated Press 2010-05-27T03:54:36Z world http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2010/05/27/us_vows_to_back_south_korea_at_un?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+Boston+Globe+--+World+News SEOUL — With political and military tension increasing daily on the Korean Peninsula, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said yesterday that Washington would stand beside Seoul as it seeks redress at the UN Security Council over North Korea’s apparent sinking of a South Korean warship. Choe Sang-Hun and Mark Landler, New York Times 2010-05-27T03:53:19Z world http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2010/05/27/scottish_protesters_fighting_trump_resort?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+Boston+Globe+--+World+News EDINBURGH — Protesters opposed to Donald Trump’s planned $1.5 billion Scottish golf resort say they have pulled a trick shot out of their bag. Associated Press 2010-05-27T03:51:55Z world http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2010/05/27/red_cross_defends_taliban_first_aid_courses?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+Boston+Globe+--+World+News GENEVA — The international Red Cross said yesterday that it would continue giving first-aid training and kits to Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, despite drawing angry e-mails from around the world and criticism from an Afghan official after the practice was publicized. Associated Press 2010-05-27T03:51:06Z world http://www.boston.com/news/world/australia/articles/2010/05/27/australian_baby_lives_after_train_hits_stroller?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+Boston+Globe+--+World+News MELBOURNE — A 15-month-old boy escaped with just a few cuts and bruises yesterday after a train struck his stroller, which rolled onto the tracks when his grandmother looked away for just a moment. Associated Press 2010-05-27T03:50:23Z world http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2010/05/27/amnesty_group_raps_us_other_g_20_nations?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+Boston+Globe+--+World+News LONDON — Amnesty International accused the United States, Russia, and China today of ignoring human rights violations by allies and failing to open their own records to scrutiny in an annual survey meant to pressure governments to act more compassionately. Associated Press 2010-05-27T03:49:54Z world