Afghan election campaigns in full swing as poll nears

2009/08/16 08:42:31

TALOQAN, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Supporters of Afghanistan's main presidential candidates came out i...

Webb meets junta, leaves Myanmar with American

2009/08/16 06:59:48

YANGON (Reuters) - U.S. senator Jim Webb said on Sunday he had asked Myanmar to free opposition lead...

Obama defends healthcare plans, criticizes insurers

2009/08/15 20:50:14

GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama reignited his criticism of health i...

U.S. senator meets Suu Kyi, Myanmar junta leader

2009/08/15 14:26:23

YANGON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Jim Webb met Myanmar top military leader Than Shwe and opposition le...

CitiGroup says two exempt from pay review: report

2009/08/15 13:17:47

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc says two of its traders are exempt from a government review of the...

Ransom demand: lost ship has shades of le Carre

2009/08/15 10:05:35

HELSINKI (Reuters) - A ransom demand has been made for the lost merchant ship Arctic Sea, Finnish me...

South Korea's Lee seeks arms cut deal with North

2009/08/15 09:10:16

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's president on Saturday called on North Korea to reach a deal to cut c...

Controller's role in NY air collision studied

2009/08/14 21:53:04

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scrutiny of an air traffic controller's actions, including whether a phone ca...

North Korea in nuclear threat, Kim meets Hyundai boss

2009/08/16 08:34:30

SEOUL (Reuters) - Communist North Korea denounced impending joint military exercises by South Korea ...

Single exit compounded deaths in Kuwait wedding fire

2009/08/16 06:50:27

KUWAIT (Reuters) - A Kuwaiti wedding tent, where 41 women and children died in a fire Saturday, had ...

Obama keeps heat on insurance firms

2009/08/15 14:39:01

BIG SKY, Montana (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Saturday U.S. healthcare worked better f...

Hamas hits Qaeda allies in Gaza, over 20 dead

2009/08/15 13:55:08

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Palestinian Islamists Hamas struck back at an al-Qaeda challenge to th...

Taliban claim blast at NATO base in Kabul

2009/08/15 11:01:01

KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb that killed seven people...

Taiwan seeks foreign aid after typhoon catastrophe

2009/08/15 09:11:32

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan leaders, already under fire over the response to a typhoon that likely kil...

Iran's leader appoints new judiciary chief: report

2009/08/15 08:12:47

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader appointed Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani as the new head of the c...