Swiss say would have arrested Polanski earlier

2009/10/04 07:00:41

ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland would have arrested film director Roman Polanski on earlier visits to...

Mubarak urges Israel to start final status talks

2009/10/03 18:07:20

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has urged Israel to open talks with the Palestini...

Chance of more survivors from Indonesia quake dims

2009/10/03 17:59:32

PADANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - Rescue teams in the Indonesian city of Padang combed rubble through th...

G7 presses for stronger yuan

2009/10/03 13:43:31

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Group of Seven rich nations urged China on Saturday to strengthen the yuan,...

Honduras' leaders edge closer to crisis talks

2009/10/03 12:50:37

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras' de facto leader Roberto Micheletti and ousted President Manuel Zel...

Myanmar minister holds talks with Suu Kyi

2009/10/03 09:52:59

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi held a rare meeting with a minister ...

"Super typhoon" bears down on flood-ravaged Philippines

2009/10/02 01:38:49

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines declared a nationwide state of calamity on Friday as a "super typ...

Frantic search as Indonesia quake toll tops 1,000

2009/10/02 01:22:44

PADANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - Rescuers dug feverishly on Friday through the rubble of a school and o...

Iraqi forces seize 140 insurgent suspects in Mosul

2009/10/03 18:08:15

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi troops have arrested 140 suspected al Qaeda members and other Sunni Arab m...

Report says Iran has data to make atom bomb: report

2009/10/03 18:04:50

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A confidential analysis by staff of the U.N. nuclear watchdog has concluded t...

Only 10 days left for climate deal, U.N.'s Ban says

2009/10/03 13:51:19

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday negotiators had just 10 d...

Four killed as typhoon slams into northern Philippines

2009/10/03 13:25:37

MANILA (Reuters) - A powerful typhoon slammed into the northeastern Philippines on Saturday, killing...

Afghan soldier shoots dead two American troops

2009/10/03 10:25:50

KABUL (Reuters) - An Afghan soldier on guard at a joint base with U.S. troops shot dead two American...

U.S. Senate panel set to advance healthcare overhaul

2009/10/02 01:57:49

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Friday wrapped up debate on a massive ov...

Obama arrives at IOC to promote Chicago bid

2009/10/02 01:31:27

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama arrived on Friday at a meeting of the Internation...