'Time is on our side', says EU in showdown over Ukraine

2014/02/05 12:38:55

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - If there is a consistent message the European Union has tried to send since Ukr...

Blast at Libya school wounds six children: hospital, security sources

2014/02/05 12:25:11

BENGHAZI (Libya) (Reuters) - At least six children were wounded when unknown assailants tossed a han...

Kenyatta trial doomed unless Kenya helps: ICC prosecutors

2014/02/05 12:13:20

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The Internation al Criminal Court has no realistic chance of successfully pros...

Bahrain toughens penalties for insulting king

2014/02/05 11:55:03

MANAMA (Reuters) - The king of Bahrain has approved a law imposing a jail sentence of up to seven ye...

Explosion on Britain's east coast destroys two houses, injures seven

2014/02/05 11:36:20

LONDON (Reuters) - An explosion at a house in Clacton on England's east coast on Wednesday destroyed...

Stormy start to Indian parliament's last session before election

2014/02/05 10:43:21

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's parliament opened its last session before a general election on Wednes...

Former Greek bank chief arrested in bad loan inquiry

2014/02/05 10:17:01

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek authorities arrested the former chairman of defunct state lender Hellenic P...

North and South Korea to hold reunions in shadow of war drills

2014/02/05 07:25:50

SEOUL (Reuters) - North and South Korea agreed on Wednesday to allow some families separated by the ...

Four bombs hit central Baghdad, killing 13

2014/02/05 12:34:12

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Four bombs struck near Baghdad's heavily-fortified "Green Zone" and a busy squar...

Stormy start to Indian parliament's last session before election

2014/02/05 12:17:59

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Congress party hopes of pushing through new laws to tackle corruption stalled ...

U.S. bugged Schroeder when he was German chancellor: paper

2014/02/05 11:55:48

BERLIN (Reuters) - The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) bugged the phone of former German Chancel...

Syria misses deadline to hand over all critical chemicals

2014/02/05 11:47:51

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Syria on Wednesday missed a deadline to hand over all the toxic materials it d...

Eight trapped South African gold miners freed, nine still missing

2014/02/05 11:23:14

DOORNKOP, South Africa (Reuters) - South African emergency workers rescued eight miners trapped a mi...

Business trip to Iran "not helpful", Kerry tells France

2014/02/05 10:29:56

DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has told his French counterpart a trip to Iran ...

Israeli pilots punished for storing sensitive data on smartphones

2014/02/05 08:58:23

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Two Israeli combat pilots were jailed for five days and 12 others were discipl...