Merkel allies stage 11th-hour revival beh ind young leader

2013/08/26 16:42:55

BERLIN (Reuters) - Philipp Roesler, the young leader of Germany's Free Democrats (FDP), looked like ...

Four mortar bombs hit Damascus Old City

2013/08/26 16:26:32

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Four mortar shells hit the historic Old City of Syria's capital Damascus on Monda...

U.N. team returns to Damascus hotel after visiting site of alleged gas attack

2013/08/26 16:23:08

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - A team of United Nations chemical weapons inspectors returned to their hotel in...

Syria chemical evidence fades as U.N. team under fire

2013/08/26 15:59:30

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - As U.N. weapons inspectors came under fire in Syria on Monday, the evidence of...

Karzai stresses need for Pakistani help in Taliban peace process

2013/08/26 15:37:36

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday stressed the need for Pakistan's help ...

India extends monsoon session of parliament by a week to pass bills

2013/08/26 15:19:43

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has extended the monsoon session of parliament by seven days until Septe...

Sri Lankans protest against U.N. rights chief's visit

2013/08/26 15:11:38

COL OMBO (Reuters) - About 100 Sri Lankan demonstrators led by Buddhist monks protested on Monday ag...

Macedonia overcomes political impasse, averts election

2013/08/26 14:20:51

SKOPJE (Reuters) - Macedonia's government and opposition on Monday resolved a row over responsibilit...

South African construction, airport workers widen wave of strikes

2013/08/26 16:35:50

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African construction and airport workers went on strike for higher wa...

Iran's Khamenei blames outsiders for Middle East's woes

2013/08/26 16:25:59

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed countries outside the Middle ...

Russia warns against military intervention in Syria

2013/08/26 16:20:39

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia warned Western powers on Monday against any military intervention in Syria...

Italy PM meets with centre right to defuse growing row

2013/08/26 15:54:43

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta met with a top official from Silvio Berlusconi'...

Syrian Kurds trek to Iraq over parched hills

2013/08/26 15:33:09

SUHILLA, Iraq (Reuters) - Mariam Bozan Khalil spent days avoiding Syrian rebel militiamen on the roa...

Ex-Maoist fighters join army in Nepal but challenges remain

2013/08/26 15:15:59

KHARIPATI, Nepal (Reuters) - Nepal commissioned a group of former Maoist rebel fighters as officers ...

Syria rebels seize strategic town, execute Alawite cleric: activists

2013/08/26 14:29:34

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rebel forces took control of a strategic town in northern Syria on Monday, cuttin...