Libyan militias threaten parliament, deploy forces in Tripoli

2014/02/18 23:37:46

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Two heavily armed Libyan militias demanded on Tuesday the country's parliament h...

Germany's Merkel convenes allies to restore confidence after scandal

2014/02/18 23:11:40

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel aimed to restore public confidence in her governing coal...

Protesters battle police in Kiev after Russia renews aid

2014/02/18 14:55:34

KIEV (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters clashed violently with police in central Kiev on Tuesday...

Bomb attacks in Baghdad and southern Iraq city kill 49

2014/02/18 14:41:46

HILLA, Iraq (Reuters) - Bombs exploded in predominantly Shi'ite Muslim districts of the Iraqi capita...

Merkel urges patience with Swiss after immigration vote

2014/02/18 14:25:15

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Tuesday against rushing to retaliate ag...

German court finds Rwanda mayor guilty of assisting genocide

2014/02/18 14:20:18

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A German court on Tuesday sentenced a Rwandan Hutu to 14 years in jail for his...

U.S. opposes supply of shoulder-fired missiles to Syria rebels

2014/02/18 14:11:40

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is opposed to the supply of shoulder-fired missiles, capabl...

Chad says U.N. force needed to stabilize Central African Republic

2014/02/18 13:50:49

N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chad's President Idriss Deby has called for the creation of a U.N. peacekeepin...

Mali's northern rebels agree to confine their fighters

2014/02/18 23:23:40

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Malian rebels agreed on Tuesday to confine members of their armed groups to barra...

Crisis in tiny Nauru puts spotlight on Australia's asylum seeker policy

2014/02/18 22:25:38

SYDNEY (Reuters) - It was mid-morning when the knock came at Rod Henshaw's door. He had 30 minutes t...

Armed guards force six-hour airport closure in Libya's Benghazi

2014/02/18 14:52:50

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Security guards forced Benghazi airport in eastern Libya to close for si...

Fourth person dies in Venezuelan political unrest

2014/02/18 14:35:00

CARACAS (Reuters) - A student protester died in east Venezuela after being hit by a vehicle, the fou...

Nine dead, 14 troops seized after south Yemen clash

2014/02/18 14:21:31

ADEN (Reuters) - Nine people were killed and 14 soldiers kidnapped on Tuesday after a clash between ...

Pussy Riot members detained by police in Sochi

2014/02/18 14:14:22

SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Pussy Riot protest band members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova...

Egypt charges two 'Israeli agents', two Egyptians with spying

2014/02/18 13:55:45

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's public prosecutor charged on Tuesday two men it said were Israeli intellig...