Merkel, SPD agree in coalition talks to push for transaction tax

2013/10/30 15:01:27

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) ag...

France denies paying ransom as Sahel hostages return

2013/10/30 14:39:52

NIAMEY/PARIS (Reuters) - Four Frenchmen held hostage in the Sahara desert by al Qaeda-linked gunmen ...

Kenya election officials charged over faulty vote count equipment

2013/10/30 14:35:41

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The c hief executive of Kenya's electoral commission was charged on Wednesday ov...

Israel frees Palestinian prisoners, pushes settlement plan

2013/10/30 13:55:19

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) - Israel freed 26 Palestinian prisoners on Wednesday as part of U.S.-...

Syria's Assad says peace talks tied to ending aid to 'terrorists'

2013/10/30 13:13:22

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who met with United Nations envoy Lakhdar Brahi...

China begins first trial of anti-graft activists

2013/10/28 05:43:49

BEIJING (Reuters) - Three Chinese anti-graft activists who agitated for officials to disclose their ...

Fernandez's allies thumped in Argentina mid-term vote

2013/10/28 02:34:23

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez's allies took a beating in mid-term ...

Fernandez coalition loses clout but keeps majority in midterm

2013/10/28 00:27:44

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine leader Cristina Fernandez's allies took a beating in Sunday's mid...

China says five detained in connection with Tiananmen attack

2013/10/30 14:47:52

BEIJING/TURPAN, China (Reuters) - China said on Wednesday it had caught five suspected Islamist mili...

Italy Senate to hold open vote on expelling Berlusconi

2013/10/30 14:37:54

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Senate will hold an open vote next month on whether to expel Silvio Berlusc...

Congo's army says closing in on last rebel positions

2013/10/30 14:00:42

RUTSHURU, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Congo's U.N.-backed army closed in on some of the...

Assad tells U.N. envoy peace talks can succeed only if aid to rebels stops

2013/10/30 13:47:25

BEIRUT (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad told U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi on Wednesday that talks...

Mexico Senate broadly approves tax plan, hits snag on details

2013/10/30 12:40:00

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Senate gave general approval to the government's plan to boost tax ...

German paper says Obama aware of spying on Merkel since 2010

2013/10/28 04:41:19

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German newspaper said on Sunday that U.S. President Barack Obama knew his intel...

Congo army says it captured rebel stronghold; peacekeeper killed

2013/10/28 00:53:56

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Government forces said they captured the rebel stronghold of Rutshuru on Sunday...