Biden in Israel after pledging U.S. support on Iran

2 days 2 hrs 12 mins ago

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden began a visit to Israel and the West Bank on Monday, ...

Security tight after hundreds die in central Nigeria

2 days 2 hrs 53 mins ago

JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) - Soldiers patrolled the central Nigerian city of Jos on Monday and aid worke...

Portugal follows Greece down austerity path

2 days 4 hrs 11 mins ago

LISBON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Portugal became the latest euro zone country to announce austerity measu...

Bomb attack on Pakistani police kills 13

2 days 5 hrs 27 mins ago

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb attack...

Suspect arrested in Pakistan not Gadahn: officials

2 days 13 hrs 37 mins ago

KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistani security agents denied on Monday that an American al Qaeda spokesman w...

Insurgents kill 24 in Iraq election day attacks

3 days 13 hrs 25 mins ago

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Explosions killed 24 people as Iraqis voted on Sunday in an election that Sunni ...

China says Iran sanctions no cure

3 days 14 hrs 59 mins ago

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Foreign Minister said on Sunday new sanctions on Iran will not solve the...

Firms get U.S. money despite Iran work: report

3 days 16 hrs 53 mins ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government, while pushing for tougher sanctions against Tehran, has ...

Israel weighing construction of nuclear power plant

2 days 2 hrs 18 mins ago

JERUSALEM/PARIS (Reuters) - Israel will this week unveil plans to produce nuclear-generated electric...

Turnout for Iraq election solid at 62 percent

2 days 3 hrs 7 mins ago

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Turnout in Iraq's parliamentary election was 62 percent, higher than in last yea...

Gates in Kabul: dark days ahead but grounds for hope

2 days 5 hrs 13 mins ago

KABUL (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates, on a visit to Afghanistan on Monday, cautioned aga...

Bigelow makes Oscar history as war drama triumphs

2 days 8 hrs 22 mins ago

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood finally entrusted a female director with an Oscar on Sunday. div c...

Gunfire at Yemen hospital, clashes in south

2 days 22 hrs 35 mins ago

SANAA (Reuters) - An al Qaeda suspect tried to shoot his way out of hospital in Yemen's capital on S...

Sadr urges Iraqis to vote to help end U.S. "occupation"

3 days 14 hrs 52 mins ago

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, speaking at a rare news conference ...

Biden to try to boost Middle East peace prospects

3 days 16 hrs 19 mins ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama dispatches his vice president to the Middle East ...