Panama presses Spain and Italy to resolve canal cost row

2014/01/03 04:36:44

PANAMA CITY/MADRID (Reuters) - The president of Panama said on Thursday he would go to Spain and Ita...

Car bomb kills at least five in Hezbollah district of Beirut

2014/01/02 23:32:43

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A car bomb killed at least five people in Hezbollah's stronghold in southern Beir...

Israel arrests Islamic Jihad suspects over bus attack

2014/01/02 22:55:00

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli authorities said on Thursday they had arrested four suspected members ...

China to open high speed rail link to North Korean border in 2015

2014/01/02 06:55:08

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will open a high-speed rail line to the North Korean border next year, sta...

China sacks former aide to retired domestic security chief

2014/01/02 05:31:29

BEIJING (Reuters) - A former aide to China's retired security tsar Zhou Yongkang has been sacked for...

Syrian Electronic Army says hacked into Skype's social media accounts

2014/01/02 03:51:31

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Syrian Electronic Army, an amorphous hacker collective that supports Syr...

Mogadishu hotel targeted by bombs, at least 11 killed

2014/01/02 02:12:16

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Three bombs exploded within an ho ur outside a hotel frequented by government ...

Sunni militants storm Iraq police stations to free prisoners

2014/01/02 02:11:11

FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - Islamist militants stormed police stations in several cities of Iraq's wes...

U.S. ship to depart soon on chemical weapons mission to Mediterranean

2014/01/03 00:11:21

PORTSMOUTH, Virginia (Reuters) - The U.S.-owned cargo ship with the capability to destroy the nastie...

Briton, New Zealander killed in western Libya: security source

2014/01/02 22:58:35

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A Briton and a New Zealander, both with gunshot wounds, were found dead in weste...

Shooting heard at airport in Congo's capital

2014/01/02 22:52:39

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Heavy gunfire rang out from an airport in the capital of the Democratic Republi...

Chinese balloonist lands in midst of isle dispute with Japan

2014/01/02 06:51:30

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Chinese man landed himself, literally, in the midst of a territorial dispute bet...

Anta rctic helicopter rescue of trapped ship passengers delayed due to sea ice

2014/01/02 04:59:51

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A planned helicopter rescue of 52 passengers on a Russian ship stranded in Antarc...

China's first aircraft carrier completes South China Sea drills

2014/01/02 03:18:28

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's first aircraft carrier has successfully finished a series of tests durin...

Ex-Israeli Prime Minister Sharon's condition worsens: reports

2014/01/02 02:11:26

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, comatose since a 2006 stroke, has ...