Obama hits closest Putin allies with sanctions over Crimea

2014/03/21 00:38:46

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama raised the stakes in an East-West confront...

U.S. eyes military supplies for Ukraine, seeks to avoid escalation

2014/03/21 00:01:01

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Thursday it was focusing for now on Ukrainian requests f...

Ahead of referendum, UK's Labour promises Scots greater powers

2014/03/20 23:03:06

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party will give the Scottish parliament greater tax p...

Sarkozy denounces "Stasi" phone-tapping

2014/03/20 21:46:21

PARIS (Reuters) - Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has attacked the phone-tapping conducted b...

Gunmen attack hotel in Afghan capital; police kill 4 attackers

2014/03/20 20:41:59

KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban gunmen attacked a luxury hotel on Thursday in the centre of the Afghan cap...

Lebanon's new government gets go-ahead from parliament

2014/03/20 20:05:32

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's parliament gave a newly-formed cabinet a vote of confidence on Thursday...

First U.N. aid trucks cross from Turkey into Syria

2014/03/20 19:19:15

NUSAYBIN, Turkey (Reuters) - U.N. aid trucks crossed from Turkey into Syria for the first time on Th...

U.N. official says 'terrifying' level of hatred in Central African Republic

2014/03/20 18:26:57

BANGUI (Reuters) - Hatred between Christians and Muslims in Central African Republic has reached a "...

Brazil's president holds wide lead ahead of re-election bid -poll

2014/03/21 00:29:46

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is holding on to her wide lead over potentia...

At least 14 Iraq SWAT forces killed in explosives-rigged house

2014/03/20 23:32:38

RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - At least 14 Iraqi SWAT forces were killed on Thursday when they entered a h...

Egypt sentences 17 people to long jail terms for protests

2014/03/20 22:45:25

CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court on Thursday sentenced 17 p eople to 14 years in jail each on cha...

Ivory Coast to send Ble Goude to The Hague court

2014/03/20 20:52:31

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast will send Charles Ble Goude, a close ally of ex-President Laurent Gb...

Colombia's Santos slips in poll but still election favorite

2014/03/20 20:14:21

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Support for Colombia's center-right President Juan Manuel Santos has slipped in a...

Dutch rightist politician quits over anti-Moroccan chants

2014/03/20 19:39:34

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A parliamentarian for the Dutch hard-right Freedom Party resigned from the par...

Turkey's Erdogan threatens Twitter ban as vote looms

2014/03/20 18:59:43

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan threatened to shut down Twitter and other s...