From loyal aides and 'inner voice', Putin hears no Crimea dissent

2014/03/12 09:19:03

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Surrounded by faithful aides, President Vladimir Putin hears no opposition to his...

Ukraine appeals to the West as Crimea turns to Russia

2014/03/12 09:13:31

SEVASTOPOL/KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's government appealed for Western help on Tuesday to stop Moscow...

Libya's ousted PM stops in Malta on way to 'another European country' :Maltese PM

2014/03/12 08:08:42

VALLETTA (Reuters) - Former Libyan prime minister Ali Zeidan was in Malta for two hours late on Tues...

Once-genteel Caracas plaza is ground zero for protests

2014/03/12 06:03:32

CARACAS (Reuters) - An elegant 1940s square in an affluent area of the Venezuelan capi tal has becom...

Special Report: How China's official bank card is used to smuggle money

2014/03/12 03:58:09

MACAU (Reuters) - Growing numbers of Chinese are using the country's state-backed bankcards to illeg...

British EU vote unlikely before 2020 if Labour wins power, Miliband says

2014/03/12 02:59:01

LONDON (Reuters) - A future Labour government would only hold a referendum on Britain's membership o...

Bomb explodes near Israeli embassy in Cairo, no one hurt

2014/03/12 02:02:09

CAIRO (Reuters) - A home-made bomb exploded in front of the Israeli embassy in Cairo on Tuesday, but...

Bachelet takes power in Chile , vows to fight inequality

2014/03/12 00:14:27

VALPARAISO/SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Michelle Bachelet took over the presidency of Chile in a ceremony lo...

El Salvador presidential runner-up wants vote annulled

2014/03/12 09:14:36

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - The runner-up in El Salvador's presidential election asked the electoral tr...

Manila air drops supplies to troops on disputed shoal

2014/03/12 09:06:49

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

U.N. refugee chief warns world powers not to forget Syria conflict

2014/03/12 06:36:04

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the United Nation's refugee agency said on Tuesday it must be rea...

Japan's Abe seeks trilateral summit with Korea, U.S.

2014/03/12 05:56:06

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is trying to arrange a trilateral summit with South Korea and the United Sta...

China steps up hunt for corrupt officials overseas: state media

2014/03/12 03:32:17

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will step up its hunt for corrupt officials who have fled abroad, confisca...

Front companies, embassies mask North Korean weapons trade: U.N.

2014/03/12 02:55:48

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has developed sophisticated ways to circumvent United Nations sanction...

Ukraine appeals to West as Crimea turns to Russia

2014/03/12 00:42:05

SEVASTOPOL/KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's government appealed for Western help on Tuesday to stop Moscow...