Out with the old, in with the new at Ireland's Sinn Fein - but not yet

2014/05/06 18:55:10

DUBLIN (Reuters) - The four-day detention of Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has given a reality check ...

Kenya detains two Somalis in Mombasa attack investigation

2014/05/06 18:48:40

MOMBASA (Reuters) - A Kenyan court on Tuesday ordered two Somali men held in custody for 10 days bas...

Israel transfers Palestinian funds as threat of sanctions wanes

2014/05/06 17:28:41

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian public sector workers received their salaries on Tuesday...

South Sudan rebel leader 'will do best' to attend peace talks: U.N. chief

2014/05/06 16:52:59

JUBA (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday South Sudan's rebel leader Riek ...

Algerian troops kill 10 militants in south: state media

2014/05/06 16:08:20

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian government forces have killed 10 Islamist militants in an operation in ...

Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams urges calm after release

2014/05/05 01:41:29

BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Ireland police released Gerry Adams from custody on Sunday and the Sinn...

Maiteeq installed as Libya's new PM but dismissed by speaker

2014/05/04 23:55:46

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Businessman Ahmed Maiteeq was sworn in as Libya's new prime minister on Sunday a...

Afghan boy relives terror of 'bomb-like' landslide

2014/05/04 22:37:46

AAB BAREEK, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Six-year-old Abdul Maqsood stood outside his neighbor's simple m...

Syrian rebels say a would-be election candidate is captured

2014/05/06 18:53:08

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels have captured an army colonel who tried unsuccessfully to stand in ...

Syria struggling to fill food import needs

2014/05/06 17:36:08

LONDON (Reuters) - War-torn Syria is struggling to buy food commodities in the quantities it needs, ...

Azerbaijan sentences eight opposition youth activists to jail

2014/05/06 17:07:47

BAKU (Reuters) - Azerbaijan sentenced eight opposition youth activists on Tuesday to between six and...

Yemen says army captures key militant stronghold

2014/05/06 16:21:29

ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - Yemeni government forces captured al Qaeda's main stronghold in the southern...

Toronto Mayor Ford withdrew application to enter U.S.: report

2014/05/06 16:07:43

TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford decided not to try to enter the United States shortly aft...

Panama president's deputy-turned-rival takes early election lead

2014/05/05 01:37:24

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama's vice-president, running as an opposition candidate, took an early l...

Earthquake jolts Tokyo, no tsunami warning

2014/05/04 22:58:59

TOKYO (Reuters) - An earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 6.2 jolted Tokyo and vicinity early Mo...