Long-term food aid risk to Haiti economy: Preval

2 days 23 hrs 38 mins ago

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitian President Rene Preval plans to tell U.S. President Barack Obama o...

Greek PM urges G20 effort to rein in speculators

2 days 23 hrs 48 mins ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Monday urged the Group of 20 nation...

Security tight after hundreds die in central Nigeria

3 days 16 mins ago

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

U.N. chief told Myanmar supremo of worries about vote

3 days 1 hr 2 mins ago

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday he sent a letter to Mya...

Earthquake in eastern Turkey kills at least 51

3 days 1 hr 35 mins ago

KOVANCILAR, Turkey (Reuters) - A strong earthquake killed at least 51 villagers in a remote part of ...

Blast Hits Pakistani Police Building, 13 Dead

3 days 3 hrs 1 min ago

A homocide car bomber Monday struck a building where police interrogate high-value suspects in Pakis...

N. Korea Says It Is Ready to 'Blow Up' U.S., S. Korea

3 days 4 hrs 13 mins ago

North Korea's army said Monday it is ready to "blow up" South Korea and the U.S., hours after the al...

American-Born Al Qaeda Suspect Nabbed in Pakistan

3 days 5 hrs 51 mins ago

An American member of Al Qaeda was picked up in a raid in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi, Pakis...

Israel weighing construction of nuclear power plant

2 days 23 hrs 41 mins ago

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

U.S. says happy to work with Iran on tackling drugs

3 days 6 mins ago

VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States and Iran, whose relations are fraught over Tehran's nuclear pro...

Turnout for Iraq election solid at 62 percent

3 days 30 mins ago

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

Iran parliament approves Ahmadinejad budget

3 days 1 hr 25 mins ago

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's parliament approved President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's 2010/11 budget on Mond...

Sweden jails Uighur Chinese man for spying

3 days 1 hr 37 mins ago

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden has sentenced a Uighur man to a year and four months in prison for spyi...

Israel Approves New Settlement Work as Biden Arrives

3 days 3 hrs 32 mins ago

Israel authorized the construction of new apartments in the West Bank despite a pledge to slow down ...

Sex Offender Murders Teen After Courting Her on Facebook

3 days 4 hrs 29 mins ago

A serial sex-offender today admitted kidnapping, raping and murdering a teenager whom he lured to me...