Exclusive: EU considers ban on deals with banks in Crimea

2014/04/24 15:33:35

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union may ban transactions with financial institutions in Crimea a...

Obama reaffirms commitment to Japan on tour of Asia allies

2014/04/24 15:12:21

TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama assured ally Japan on Thursday that Washington was com...

Leader of Mali coup charged with conspiracy to murder after bodies discovered

2014/04/24 14:43:51

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Malian authorities have changed the indictment against former military coup leade...

Ukraine peace deal falters as rebels show no sign of surrender

2014/04/22 12:03:45

KIEV/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - An international agreement to avert wider conflict in Ukraine wa...

In Indian mining town, nexus between politics and crime plays out

2014/04/22 11:45:09

BELLARY, India (Reuters) - Stooping to feed grain to a black cow as a religious offering at his unfi...

French PM under party pressure to tweak deficit plan

2014/04/22 11:29:48

PARIS (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Manuel Valls will discuss tweaking a major deficit-reduction...

Indonesian political sniping offers presidential hopeful Jokowi some help

2014/04/22 11:07:33

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian presidential frontrunner Joko "Jokowi" Widodo looks to be getting som...

Japanese minister, MPs visit Yasukuni Shrine on eve of Obama visit

2014/04/22 10:45:40

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese cabinet minister and about 150 lawmakers on Tuesday visited Yasukuni Sh...

Thousands mob India's Modi as election race starts in sacred city

2014/04/24 15:16:47

VARANASI, India (Reuters) - India's Narendra Modi received a hero's welcome from thousands of orange...

U.S. official says Hamas-PLO government would prompt aid reassessment

2014/04/24 15:10:46

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States would have to reconsider its assistance to the Palestinians...

Embattled South Sudan president replaces army chief

2014/04/24 14:34:10

JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has sacked his army chief, a military spokesman ...

First sign of South Korea ferry disaster was call from a frightened boy

2014/04/22 11:46:12

SEOUL (Reuters) - The first distress call from a sinking South Korean ferry was made by a boy with a...

Islamists kill second Somali lawmaker, threaten more attacks

2014/04/22 11:32:12

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Islamist rebels shot dead a Somali lawmaker on Tuesday, a day after blowing up...

South Africa platinum talks resume in bid to end three-month strike

2014/04/22 11:23:38

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Chief executives of the world's top platinum producers were to again meet t...

Russia PM says can minimize sanctions impact

2014/04/22 11:05:21

LONDON (Reuters) - Russia can minimize the impact of any sanctions imposed as a result of the Ukrain...