Islamabad, March 23, (RHC), -- At least five people were killed and nine wounded in a bomb explosion outside a mosque in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal belt near the Afghan border.

Geneva, March 23, (RHC) -- The UN and Arab League Special Envoy Kofi Annan is expected to travel this weekend to Moscow and Beijing to discuss the crisis in Syria, Annan's spokesperson informed Friday.

Cairo, March 22 (PL-RHC) Some politicians and diplomats condemned the contradictory discourse of the Arab Parliament about Syria, which claims to reject any foreign interference while also calling for the resignation of President Bashar Al-Assad. Western analysts criticize the resolution of the regional legislative organization, adopted at the first session of 2012 in Cairo.

Toulouse, March 22 (Xinhua-RHC) French Interior Minister Claude Gueant confirmed on Thursday that the suspect of an al-Qaeda-linked killing spree in southern France is dead after exchanging fire with the police. Gueant said two police officers were injured.

Bamako, March 22 (Xinhua-RHC) -- Malian mutineers declared the takeover of power from President Amadou Toumani Toure on Thursday morning. The takeover was announced on state radio by Lieutenant Amadou Konare, spokesman for a National Committee for Redressment of Democracy and Restoration of the State (CNRDR), which seized the state television and the presidential palace in the capital Bamako on Wednesday.

Havana, March 22 (RHC) The Director General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, warned about the lack of drinking and the serious situation of millions of people suffering from hunger and poverty.

Geneva, March 22(Prensa Latina-RHC) For the first time in history, the United Nations commemorated World Down's Syndrome Day on March 21st, which was established in 2011 by the General Assembly to reaffirm the dignity, worth and contributions of people with disabilities, and to promote welfare and diversity of their communities and the importance of their autonomy and independence.

New York, March 22 (BBC-RHC) The parents of an unarmed black teenager shot and killed in a Florida suburb have addressed a mass rally in New York to call for justice. Trayvon Martin, 17, was killed by George Zimmerman, 28, a neighborhood watch volunteer, in February.

Damascus, March 22, (RHC-PRESSTV), -- Two children have been killed in an attack carried out by unknown gunmen on a bus in the western Syrian city of Homs, the country’s SANA news agency reports.

Toulouse, France, March 22, (RHC), -- Mohamed Merah the 23-year-old gunman responsible for killing seven people, including three children, was killed after he sustained a fatal gunshot to the head during the police raid of his Toulouse home, according to French Prosecutor Francois Molins.

Manama, March 21 (RHC) -- Once again street riots took place today in villages and small towns around this capital when Bahrain's police forces attacked Shiite opposition who were participating in the funeral of a recent victim of repression.

Damascus, March 21 (Xinhua-RHC) -- A suicide bomber riding a car bomb blew himself up late Tuesday in Syria's southern Daraa province, killing an unidentified number of civilians and law-enforcement members. National media denounced that this latest attack, which is said to be the tenth act of terrorism since last December, resulted in more than 300 deaths, 657 wounded, and significant material damage. This was the latest of a series of attacks over the last several days.

Moscow, March 21(RHC) -- The president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, reported that proven oil reserves in the country amounted to 300 billion barrels, representing nearly 25 percent of the global amount of hydrocarbon.

Santiago de Chile, March 21(RHC) -- The Confederation of Students of Chile called for a demonstration today in solidarity with the people of the region of Aysén and against police violence in the area.

Beijing, March 21st (RHC) China and Egypt called for a political solution to the crisis in Syria, by urging both parties of the conflict to put an immediate end to violence and start a dialogue.