French government on defensive over Sarkozy phone-taps

2014/03/12 21:30:35

PARIS (Reuters) - France's justice minister on Wednesday defied calls for her to quit after it emerg...

Israel's parliament toughens referendum-on-peace law

2014/03/12 21:08:29

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's parliament on Wednesday toughened a law requiring a public referendum...

Assad visits displaced Syrians outside Damascus: TV

2014/03/12 20:53:16

BEIRUT (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad visited displaced Syrians in the town of Adra on Wednes...

UAE summons Iraq ambassador over Saudi 'terrorism' charge

2014/03/12 19:28:44

DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates summoned Iraq's ambassador on Wednesday to protest agains...

Rocket barrage from Gaza hits Israel, no one hurt: police

2014/03/12 18:37:16

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired more than 30 rockets into Israel...

Collapse of coup trial unnerves Turks as Erdogan switches tack

2014/03/12 18:25:24

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan welcomed the jailing of army officers, academics ...

Tanker coming from Libyan rebel port entered Egyptian waters: minister

2014/03/12 18:05:42

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's navy has lost contact with an oil tanker that loaded oil in a rebel-held...

Mexico arrests vigilante leader who helped to battle drug cartel

2014/03/12 09:21:06

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A leader of armed vigilantes who are helping federal security forces combat ...

Algerian premier to quit to run Bouteflika election campaign: source

2014/03/12 21:15:50

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal will resign on Thursday to become camp...

Libyan PM flees country after tanker escapes rebel-held port

2014/03/12 20:56:19

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Former Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan sought refuge in Europe on Wednesday aft...

Somalia, peacekeepers launch offensive against militants: U.N.

2014/03/12 20:28:09

NAIROBI (Reuters) - African Union peacekeepers and the Somali army have begun a major offensive agai...

U.N. appeals to Russia, U.S. to salvage Syria peace talks

2014/03/12 18:40:00

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed to Russia and the United Stat...

Manila air-drops supplies to troops on disputed reef

2014/03/12 18:28:17

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines air-dropped food and water to soldiers posted on a grounded trans...

Russia can't thwart Afghan war drawdown, U.S. commander says

2014/03/12 18:14:16

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia, locked in a standoff with the West over Ukraine, would be unable to t...

Confusion as search for Malaysian jet spreads across SE Asia

2014/03/12 09:23:22

KUALA LUMPUR/PHU QUOC, Vietnam (Reuters) - The search for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner expan...