Former aide to retired Chinese security chief probed for graft

2013/12/30 12:55:01

BEIJING (Reuters) - A former aide to retired Chinese security tsar Zhou Yongkang is being investigat...

Tunisian police arrest Islamists threatening New Year celebrations

2013/12/30 12:18:35

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian police arrested seven Salafists, or ultra-conservative Islamists, in the ...

Nigeria Islamists kill eight in bachelor party attack

2013/12/30 11:19:49

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Suspected fi ghters from Islamist group Boko Haram opened fire on a b...

Al Jazeera says 3 journalists held in Egypt after hotel broadcast

2013/12/30 10:39:04

CAIRO (Reuters) - Al Jazeera said Egyptian security forces arrested three of its journalists after t...

China says Japan PM 'shuts door' on talks with war shrine visit

2013/12/30 10:30:04

BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Monday that its leaders will not meet Japanese Prime Minister Shin...

Chinese police kill eight in Xinjiang 'terrorist attack'

2013/12/30 10:09:19

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police shot dead eight people during a "terrorist attack" in the western...

Antarctic blizzard halts icebreaker's bid to rescue stranded ship

2013/12/30 06:27:04

SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Antarctic blizzard has halted an Australian icebreaker's bid to reach a Russia...

Zimbabwe ambassador to Australia seeks asylum: media

2013/12/28 06:32:08

PERTH, Australia (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's ambassador to Australia has asked for political asylum just ...

Thailand's army moves to allay coup fears

2013/12/30 12:41:04

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's powerful but politicized army sought to ease fears on Monday it might...

Egypt likely to call presidential poll first: sources

2013/12/30 11:29:47

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's government will likely call a presidential election ahead of parliamentary...

Iran and world powers resume expert level nuclear talks

2013/12/30 11:09:38

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran resumed technical talks with world powers in Geneva on Monday, a vital step i...

China's Xi to take personal charge of pushing through reforms

2013/12/30 10:38:22

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping will head a group steer economic and social reforms...

Special Report: Japan's homeless recruited for murky Fukushima clean-up

2013/12/30 10:22:33

SENDAI, Japan (Reuters) - Seiji Sasa hits the train station in this northern Japanese city before da...

Second blast in Russia's Volgograd kills 14 on trolleybus

2013/12/30 09:31:07

VOLGOGRAD, Russia (Reuters) - A bomb blast ripped a trolleybus apart in Volgograd on Monday, killing...

Zimbabwe ambassador to Australia seeks asylum: media

2013/12/28 06:32:08

PERTH, Australia (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's ambassador to Australia has asked for political asylum just ...