Be professional, shun gossip, Pope tells Vatican administrators

2013/12/21 13:53:54

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Saturday told Vatican administrators, who were dogged by in...

India transfers diplomat to U.N. in bid to defuse row with U.S.

2013/12/21 13:00:36

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India said on Saturday that it had transferred the diplomat at the center of a...

Madagascar presidential candidates neck and neck in early count

2013/12/21 12:16:41

ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - The two candidates in Madagascar's presidential run-off election were neck ...

At least 18 Iraqi army officers killed in ambush: sources

2013/12/21 11:45:13

RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - At least 18 Iraqi military officers were killed in an ambush on Saturday in...

Nigerian Islamists attack barracks in volatile northeast: army

2013/12/21 11:03:56

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Fighters from Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamist sect armed with anti-airc...

Wife of U.S. teacher killed in Libya says she forgives gunmen

2013/12/21 08:26:22

(Reuters) - The widow of an American teacher shot dead by gunmen in Libya two weeks ago said on Frid...

Nineteen students sick in China from poisoned yoghurt

2013/12/21 03:49:05

BEIJING (Reuters) - Nineteen primary school children in China have been hospitalized after drinking ...

Putin critic Khodorkovsky in Germany after pardon

2013/12/21 00:04:37

MOSCOW/BERLIN (Reuters) - Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the Russian oil tycoon jailed for a decade after pos...

Thai opposition party to boycott election

2013/12/21 13:38:36

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's main opposition party announced on Saturday it would boycott an elect...

African mediators to meet South Sudan president's rivals

2013/12/21 12:27:36

JUBA (Reuters) - African mediators sought on Saturday to meet rivals to South Sudan's president in a...

Chinese hotelier feared dead in French helicopter crash

2013/12/21 12:00:12

BORDEAUX, France (Reuters) - A Chinese hotel magnate and a French wine entrepreneur were feared dead...

Tanzanian president sacks four ministers over poaching abuses

2013/12/21 11:12:35

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has sacked four government ministers fo...

China aims for target of 6 million public homes in 2014

2013/12/21 09:24:26

BEIJING (Reuters) - China aims to start building at least 6 million units of public housing next yea...

South Korea unlikely to finalize Lockheed F-35 order until summer '14

2013/12/21 04:44:50

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Korea is unlikely to finalize any orders for the Lockheed Martin Corp F...

Video raises worries of Britons fighting with Syria militants

2013/12/21 00:14:26

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Internet video surfaced this week depicting a masked man in Syria with a w...