Putin says Russia is not 'going after' gays

2014/01/17 16:34:36

SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Russia is not "going after" gays, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday,...

Fire erupts at Nippon Steel plant in central Japan, no injuries reported

2014/01/17 05:37:22

TOKYO (Reuters) - A fire erupted at Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp's steel plant in central Japa...

China rules out promotion for officials with family overseas

2014/01/17 03:31:38

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese officials whose spouses and children have emigrated will not be consider...

In lair of Mexico drug boss, vigilantes hold sway

2014/01/17 02:20:56

NUEVA ITALIA, Mexico (Reuters) - His AK-47 tossed onto a pristine leather sofa in the plush lair of ...

NSA collects millions of text messages globally: Guardian

2014/01/17 02:09:19

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Security Agency has been gathering nearly 200 million text ...

China detains prominent Uighur scholar for 'breaking law'

2014/01/17 01:27:34

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police have detained the country's most high-profile Uighur academic, an...

Ukrainian parliament pushes through sweeping anti-protest law

2014/01/17 00:25:11

KIEV (Reuters) - Supporters of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich hustled a sweeping law through ...

U.S. urges Syria rebels to attend peace talks, slams government

2014/01/16 23:49:45

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States urged Syria's opposition on Thursday to attend January 22 p...

Australia apologizes for breaching Indonesian waters

2014/01/17 06:27:21

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia apologized to Indonesia on Friday for naval breaches of Indonesian terr...

South Korea rejects North's call to halt drills with U.S

2014/01/17 05:03:09

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea on Friday rejected a call from the reclusive North to halt "provocativ...

Bodies of 14 kidnapped Sunni tribesmen found in Iraq

2014/01/17 02:29:43

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The bodies of 14 Sunni Muslim tribesmen were found in date palm groves north of ...

Mexican official pledges swift return to order in troubled state

2014/01/17 02:17:18

APATZINGAN, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico will deliver "immediate change" to a troubled state in the wes...

'Seeds of genocide' in Central African Republic, U.N. warns

2014/01/17 01:57:36

BANGUI/GENEVA (Reuters) - A senior U.N. official warned of the risk of genocide in Central African R...

White House releases summary of six-month Iran nuclear plan

2014/01/17 01:23:53

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday released a summary of the deal reached between si...

Australia says breached Indonesian territory while blocking refugee boats

2014/01/17 00:24:22

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's government on Friday acknowledged its navy breached Indonesian territ...