U.N. to inspect Libya's uranium stocks amid worsening security

2013/12/09 20:54:41

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. nuclear team will visit Libya this month to assess the safety of t...

Japan PM Abe's ratings slide after state secrets act

2013/12/09 09:12:15

TOKYO (Reuters) - Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe slid in opinion polls after his rul...

French nuclear power here to stay, says industry minister

2013/12/09 08:48:46

PARIS (Reuters) - Nuclear power will always provide at least half of France's electricity, the count...

Venezuela's Maduro to raise pressure on business after local vote

2013/12/09 08:06:04

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pledged to deepen his "economic offensive" t...

Analysis: 'Brussels consensus' widens gulf with EU electorates

2013/12/09 07:58:12

PARIS (Reut ers) - Call it the Brussels Consensus. A system of beliefs rooted in European Union trea...

Yemen LNG evacuates some staff after minor explosion

2013/12/09 07:17:57

ABU DHABI/PARIS (Reuters) - Yemen LNG has evacuated some foreign staff after an explosion last week ...

Venezuela ruling party leads local polls - officials

2013/12/09 04:09:57

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's ruling Socialist Party won a majority of votes in Sunday's local ele...

U.N. inspectors visit Iranian site linked to nuclear program

2013/12/09 00:42:39

DUBAI (Reuters) - U.N. inspectors visited an Iranian plant on Sunday linked to a planned heavy-water...

Canada to lay claim to North Pole amid Arctic resources rush

2013/12/09 20:54:08

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada intends to lay claim to the North Pole as part o f a bid to assert control...

North Korea says Kim's powerful uncle dismissed for 'criminal acts'

2013/12/09 08:59:55

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Monday excoriated Jang Song Thaek, the uncle of leader Kim Jong Un,...

Protesters fell Lenin statue, tell Ukraine's president 'you're next'

2013/12/09 08:07:49

KIEV (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters toppled a statue of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin ...

Thai PM calls snap election, protesters press on

2013/12/09 08:01:25

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra dissolved parliament on Monday and calle...

Kurdish militants free four abducted Turkish soldiers

2013/12/09 07:32:17

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Four Turkish soldiers abducted by Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) milit...

South Africans remember Mandela with praise and prayers

2013/12/09 06:53:12

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - With hymns and eulogies, South Africans of all colors and creeds remembered...

Singapore hit by rare outbreak of rioting, 27 arrested

2013/12/09 03:51:58

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A crowd of around 400 people set fire to vehicles and clashed with police in t...