U.S. presses sides in South Sudan to sign pact to cease hostilities

2014/01/10 03:02:14

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday urged both sides in the deadly conflict in South ...

U.S. officials call for end to South Sudan violence, may cut aid

2014/01/10 01:52:08

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Sudan risks losing hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. aid if its g...

Afghanistan to free most inmates seen by U.S. as threat

2014/01/10 01:22:09

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan has enough evidence to try only 16 of 88 prisoners that the United Sta...

India diplomat indicted, asked to leave U.S.

2014/01/10 00:14:53

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON D.C. (Reuters) - The Indian diplomat whose arrest and strip-searching in New Yor...

As Bangkok 'shutdown' looms, Thailand's 'Teflon' economy put to the test

2014/01/09 23:07:27

BANGKOK (Reuters) - It has been nicknamed "Teflon Thailand" - an economy seemingly impervious to any...

Security alert in southern Russia after at least five bodies found

2014/01/09 22:33:37

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has put security forces on combat alert in the southern Stavropol region a...

Taliban kills 'Pakistan's toughest cop' in Karachi car bomb

2014/01/09 21:53:52

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A top Pakistani policeman renowned for his tough stance on criminals and Islam...

U.S. embassy photo, tweet about civil war anger Sri Lanka military

2014/01/09 21:06:43

COLOMBO (Reuters) - The U.S. embassy in Colombo posted a photograph on Twitter on Thursday which it ...

Norway says F-35 jet on track; keeping eye on costs

2014/01/10 02:07:29

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Norway's defense minister on Thursday said the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 figh...

Iran's Khamenei says nuclear talks show U.S. enmity

2014/01/10 01:44:14

(Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday that nuclear negotiations ...

U.S. officials worry over South Sudan violence, may cut aid

2014/01/10 00:42:28

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Sudan risks losing hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. aid if its g...

Mubarak's last PM interested in running for Egyptian presidency

2014/01/09 23:53:04

CAIRO (Reuters) - Ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister, Ahmed Shafik, said in ...

Egypt arrests American on charges of attacking police stations

2014/01/09 22:33:58

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian airport authorities have arrested an Egyptian-born American who belongs t...

U.S. says China's fishing curbs 'provocative and potentially dangerous'

2014/01/09 22:15:36

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States, already at odds with China over that country's air defense...

Fidel Castro, 87, makes rare public appearance

2014/01/09 21:39:41

HAVANA (Reuters) - Former Cuban President Fidel Castro made a surprise appearance on Wednesday eveni...