U.S. envoy Power urges Myanmar action to stop Rakhine violence

2014/04/18 00:07:30

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power on Thursday urged th...

More funds sought for Bangladesh factory collapse victims

2014/04/10 02:14:33

BERLIN (Reuters) - Campaigners launched a new effort on Thursday to push Western brands to pay into ...

Move to oust Thai PM more than just a walk in the park for protesters

2014/04/09 23:54:36

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Two months ago, Piyavadee Boonmak was living comfortably at home. But she quit h...

Netanyahu orders cutback in contacts with Palestinian Authority

2014/04/09 22:58:45

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel announced on Wednesday a partial freeze in high-level contacts with the...

Venezuela reaches out to Vatican No. 2 to mediate crisis

2014/04/09 22:32:11

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's government formally invited Vatican No. 2 Cardinal Pietro Parolin on...

Frontrunner in Afghan vote rules out coalition government

2014/04/09 21:32:39

KABUL (Reuters) - A frontrunner to succeed Hamid Karzai as Afghanistan's president voiced the possib...

Twin car bombs in Syria's Homs kill at least 21 people

2014/04/09 19:46:53

BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 21 people including women and children were killed by twin car bombs in ...

Kenya deports Somalis, arrests hundreds in crackdown after attacks

2014/04/09 19:26:52

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya said on Wednesday it had deported 82 Somalis and rounded up hundreds of ot...

Pistorius forced to look at 'exploded' head of girlfriend

2014/04/10 02:36:23

PRETORIA (Reuters) - A South African prosecutor forced Oscar Pistorius on Wednesday to look at a for...

Iran, six powers seek to narrow 'significant gaps' in nuclear talks

2014/04/10 00:32:45

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran will never slow down its nuclear research program, its supreme leader said o...

Two French soldiers wounded in Central African Republic before U.N. vote

2014/04/09 23:47:33

BANGUI (Reuters) - Two French soldiers were wounded in the Central African Republic capital, an army...

Election board rejects Turkish opposition call for Ankara re-run

2014/04/09 22:50:45

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's opposition failed on Thursday to have the results of a local election in...

Kuwait hopes for remedy to Gulf row over Qatar soon

2014/04/09 22:23:21

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait expects to see "positive steps" taken in a dispute between Qatar and three...

Pistorius forced to look at 'exploded' head of girlfriend

2014/04/09 21:24:53

PRETORIA (Reuters) - A South African prosecutor forced Oscar Pistorius on Wednesday to look at a for...

Cuba says U.S. hunger striker's treatment in prison 'dignified'

2014/04/09 19:37:16

HAVANA (Reuters) - A U.S. contractor who has launched a hunger strike while serving a long prison te...