Insight: Fears of Syria militancy expand influence of Saudi prince

2014/02/21 12:23:50

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Interior Minister Mohammed bin Nayef, perhaps the most powerful younger pri...

Lebanon detains top suspect in car bomb campaign

2014/02/21 12:03:56

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese security forces have detained a Sunni militant suspected of recruiting s...

Beauty queen the latest victim in Venezuela unrest

2014/02/20 03:57:08

CARACAS (Reuters) - A local beauty queen died of a gunshot wound on Wednesday, the fifth fatality fr...

China military to tighten building controls in anti-graft drive

2014/02/20 03:35:51

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's military said on Thursday it would tighten controls over the constructio...

Once-defiant Venezuelan TV goes quiet amid opposition protests

2014/02/20 01:33:36

CARACAS (Reuters) - Twelve years after they played a key role in a coup, Venezuelan television netwo...

Less than a third of Scots plan to vote for independence: poll

2014/02/20 01:19:48

LONDON (Reuters) - Just under one-third (29 percent) of Scots plan to vote for independence in this ...

Venezuela unrest kills fifth person, Lopez faces court

2014/02/20 00:17:22

CARACAS (Reuters) - A local beauty queen died of a bullet wound on Wednesday in the fifth fatality f...

U.N. may extend eased Somalia arms embargo despite concerns: diplomats

2014/02/19 23:01:25

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council is unlikely to fully restore a decades-old arms...

Nigeria's central bank governor to challenge suspension in court

2014/02/21 12:09:07

LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's graft-fighting Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi said on Friday he wou...

Philippines to buy 12 South Korean fighters for $422 million

2014/02/21 11:57:53

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines is to acquire a squadron of FA-50 fighters from South Korea in a ...

Ukraine president agrees truce with opponents as U.S. imposes visa bans

2014/02/20 03:54:57

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich said he reached agreement with opposition lea...

U.S., Mexico, Canada eye ways to curb trade frictions: Obama

2014/02/20 02:15:24

TOLUCA, Mexico (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and his Canadian and Mexican counterparts on ...

New fighting in Central African Republic blocks U.N. visit

2014/02/20 01:23:54

BANGUI (Reuters) - Heavy fighting erupted near the airport in Central African Republic's capital Ban...

Exclusive: Moldovan, Georgian leaders to visit U.S. - congressional aides

2014/02/20 00:40:08

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leaders of Georgia and Moldova are due to visit Washington in the next tw...

Islamists kill 47 in attack in northeast Nigeria: police

2014/02/19 23:31:05

MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Gunmen from Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamist group attacked the northeastern town...