Militants shoot down Iraqi helicopter and occupy northern town

2014/02/22 22:47:52

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Militants shot down a helicopter on Saturday and briefly occupied a town, in an ...

Algeria's Bouteflika to seek fourth term in April

2014/02/22 21:54:37

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the aging independence veteran who suff...

Suicide bomber kills three in Lebanon: security sources

2014/02/22 21:42:33

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed two Lebanese soldiers and a civilian with a car bomb at a...

Gunmen kidnap Czech woman doctor in Yemen

2014/02/22 21:24:17

ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - A Czech doctor was kidnapped by gunmen in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Saturday,...

Italy's Renzi sworn in as prime minister

2014/02/22 20:21:07

ROME (Reuters) - Italian center-left leader Matteo Renzi took office on Saturday as his country's yo...

Thai anti-government protesters lambasted for targeting business

2014/02/22 07:45:28

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Supporters of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, the target of weeks of so...

Beijing security head detained in China graft probe: NYT

2014/02/22 06:31:31

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has detained the head of Beijing's state security bureau as part of a wid...

Obama meets with Dalai Lama, upsetting China

2014/02/22 04:00:49

WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - President Barack Obama held low-key talks with the Dalai Lama on Frid...

Nigeria court rules central bank governor can't be arrested pending plea

2014/02/22 22:31:13

ABUJA (Reuters) - A Nigerian court has issued an order on the security agencies, barring them from a...

Police attacked with grenade at Tunisian consulate in Libya

2014/02/22 21:44:24

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Gunmen fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a police car parked in front ...

Egypt's ousted Mursi says jail-break trial is 'void'

2014/02/22 21:32:40

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's deposed President Mohamed Mursi on Saturday rejected the right of a court ...

U.N. Security Council unanimously approves Syria aid access resolution

2014/02/22 20:35:09

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council achieved rare unity to act on Syria's civil war...

Protest against new airport for west of France turns violent

2014/02/22 20:08:50

NANTES (Reuters) - Violence erupted when about 20,000 people demonstrated against an airport project...

From jail, Venezuela protest leader urges resistance

2014/02/22 07:13:27

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's jailed protest leader urged supporters on Friday to keep demonstrati...

U.S. plays do wn tension with China, upbeat on military exchanges

2014/02/22 06:05:54

BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States is optimistic about military exchanges with China and wants de...