Belgian waste company mulls destroying Syrian chemical weapons

2014/01/09 10:35:06

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian waste management group Indaver is considering bidding in a tender to de...

Violence not hitting Iraq oil for now, but raises concern

2014/01/09 09:32:24

LONDON/ARBIL (Reuters) - Iraq's oil industry and its foreign investors see no cause to panic after a...

Severe tropical cyclone bears down on Tonga

2014/01/09 08:20:00

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A category three cyclone bearing down on the South Pacific island nation of Tonga...

U.S. judge denies request for delay in Indian diplomat case

2014/01/09 02:59:39

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge has denied a request by a lawyer for Indian diplomat Devyani Kh...

Russia again blocks U.N. Security Council from condemning Syria attacks

2014/01/09 01:32:10

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia blocked a U.N. Security Council statement on Wednesday that would ...

Iraqi prime minister says victory certain as Falluja assault looms

2014/01/09 00:24:23

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki vowed to eradicate al Qaeda in Iraq and pred...

Venezuela president and opposition leader in rare handshake

2014/01/08 23:41:06

CARACAS (Reuters) - After months of insults, Venezuela's president and opposition leader on Wednesda...

Biden calls Iraq's al-Maliki about insurgent attacks

2014/01/07 04:03:11

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden spoke with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ...

Manila seeks clarification on Chinese fishing rules in South China Sea

2014/01/09 10:06:21

MANILA/BEIJING (Reuters) - The Philippines said it was seeking clarification of rules from China's H...

Security alert in southern Russia after five bodies found

2014/01/09 08:38:35

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

Nauru hikes journalist visa costs amid Australian secrecy on asylum policy

2014/01/09 05:05:28

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Nauru, the tiny Pacific island that hosts a controversial Australian immigration ...

China takes propaganda war with Japan to United Nations

2014/01/09 02:15:43

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - China took its propaganda war with Japan to the United Nations on Wednesd...

India tells U.S. to close embassy club; dispute exposes flaws in ties

2014/01/09 00:54:05

NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - India ordered the United States on Wednesday to close down an embas...

Tunisia's assembly appoints key electoral council

2014/01/09 00:13:08

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's national assembly appointed an electoral council on Wednesday to oversee...

Iran, big power nuclear talks hit snag on centrifuge research

2014/01/08 23:37:28

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Negotiations between Iran and six world powers on implementing a landmark...