Mexico plan to hike border states' sales tax could face test in Senate

2013/10/22 03:16:19

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A key part of Mexico's planned tax overhaul could come under pressure as it ...

China crackdown to come under scrutiny at U.N. rights review

2013/10/22 02:43:08

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's human rights record under President Xi Jinping will come under formal in...

Afghanistan says differences remain on U.S. security pact

2013/10/22 01:33:53

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan and the United States have not yet agreed on several issues in a bilat...

Region's leaders seek to push foreign fighters from Central African Republic

2013/10/22 00:24:44

N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Regional leaders on Monday authorized African troops deployed to Central Afric...

Egyptian Christians fear chaos after wedding bloodshed

2013/10/22 00:05:55

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian Coptic Christians joyfully waited outside the Virgin Church in Cairo for ...

Assad sees no date for Syria talks, mulls re-election

2013/10/22 00:05:00

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Monday no date had been set for an inter...

Malaysia's Najib seen levying consumption tax to curb budget deficit

2013/10/21 23:05:30

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak will trim the government's hefty subsi...

Mozambique faces uncertainty as Renamo ends 1992 peace pact

2013/10/21 22:01:29

MAPUTO (Reuters) - Mozambique's Renamo opposition movement said on Monday it was abandoning its 1992...

Venezuela recovers likely remains of Italian fashion boss killed in plane crash

2013/10/22 03:15:50

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela said on Monday it has recovered what it believes are the remains of It...

Bulgarian fugitive convicted in suffocation deaths of 18 stowaways arrested in U.S.

2013/10/22 02:24:29

OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - A Bulgarian fugitive convicted in the suffocation deaths of 18 Sri L...

France summons U.S. ambassador over spying report

2013/10/22 00:32:21

LUXEMBOURG/PARIS (Reuters) - France summoned the U.S. ambassador on Monday after Le Monde newspaper ...

Qatar to ease Palestinian debt, peace talks intensify: Kerry

2013/10/22 00:16:14

PARIS (Reuters) - Qatar has agreed to provide $150 million in debt relief to the Palestinian Authori...

Female suicide bomber attacks Russian bus, kills six

2013/10/22 00:05:27

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A female suicide bomber attacked a bus in southern Russia on Monday, authorities ...

Obama speaks to France's Hollande about spying reports

2013/10/21 23:39:16

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama spoke to French President Francois Hollande on Mo...

Bolshoi ballet dancer to stand trial over acid attack

2013/10/21 22:12:32

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko, who made his name on stage at Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre...