Diplomatic efforts intensify on corralling Syrian chemical arms

2013/09/11 22:57:21

GENEVA/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Diplomatic efforts toward placing Syria's chemical weapons under i...

Bomb damages Libyan foreign ministry building in Benghazi

2013/09/11 22:34:28

BENGH AZI/TRIPOLI, Libya (Reuters) - A car bomb damaged a Libyan foreign ministry building in Bengha...

Algeria's Bouteflika names new ministers months after stroke

2013/09/11 22:03:34

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika named new ministers for foreign affairs...

Bombings at Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad kill at least 33

2013/09/11 20:48:51

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A co-ordinated car and suicide bomb attack on a Shi'ite mosque in the Iraqi capi...

EU's Barroso attacks UK Conservatives for 'copying' UKIP

2013/09/11 20:45:00

STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - The president of the European Commission hit out at the leader of the...

Sierra Leone minister arrested after accused of raping student

2013/09/11 20:16:22

FREETOWN (Reuters) - A deputy minister in Sierra Leone has been sacked and arrested after he was acc...

British minister calls for greater BBC scrutiny after funding row

2013/09/11 20:13:50

CAMBRIDGE, England (Reuters) - The British government believes the BBC needs to come under greater s...

Libya PM: arrest warrants issued for oil strike leaders

2013/09/11 20:03:26

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's attorney general has issued arrest warrants for the leaders of oil strik...

Catalans form human chain to press for independence from Spain

2013/09/11 22:41:04

BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Catalans held hands in a 400-km (250-mile) hum...

Mali army, rebels clash for first time since peace deal

2013/09/11 22:06:12

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Three Malian soldiers were wounded in clashes with separatist Tuareg rebels on We...

U.S. sees 'troubling' Iran nuclear moves, seeks steps by Tehran

2013/09/11 21:01:17

VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday it saw "troubling developments" in Iran's nuc...

Italy PM Letta says borrowing costs at risk as instability continues

2013/09/11 20:47:32

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta warned on Wednesday that political turmoil was ...

Putin foe Navalny to challenge Moscow election defeat in court

2013/09/11 20:21:46

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin's most prominent opponent, Alexei Navalny, said ...

Diplomatic success may strengthen Assad

2013/09/11 20:15:11

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Washington and Moscow are taking applause for a possible diplomatic bargain to ha...

German court rules Muslim girls must join swimming classes

2013/09/11 20:08:20

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German court ruled on Wednesday that Muslim girls must take part in school swim...