Egypt braces for more protests, prays for calm

2013/07/12 11:18:50

CAIRO (Reuters) - Supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi called for protests on Friday and Egy...

Fugitive Snowden says U.S. officials preventing his asylum

2013/07/12 10:02:37

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former intelligence agency contractor Edward Snowden said U.S. officials have bee...

South American bloc to send tough message to U.S. on spying, Snowden

2013/07/12 09:13:21

MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - South American leaders planned to send a tough message to Washington on Frida...

China, Taiwan brace for typhoon as flood toll exceeds 200

2013/07/12 08:04:30

BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) - China and Taiwan braced on Friday for the impact of Typhoon Soulik as the...

About 200 prisoners break out of overcrowded Indonesia jail: police

2013/07/12 05:07:37

JAKARTA (Reuters) - About 200 prisoners escaped from a maximum security prison in Indonesia's fourth...

Ireland votes to allow limited abortion rights for first time

2013/07/12 02:53:20

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's parliament voted on Friday to allow abortion under certain conditions f...

Brazil unions try to seize protest momentum with strikes

2013/07/12 01:48:10

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of union demonstrators blocked roads and snarled traffic in ...

Portugal president throws politics into disarray

2013/07/12 01:27:14

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's president threw the bailed-out euro zone country into disarray on Thur...

New front opens in Syria as rebels say al Qaeda attack means war

2013/07/12 10:42:05

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The assassination of a top Free Syrian Army commander by militants linked to al Q...

Quebec town takes small steps toward normalcy after train disaster

2013/07/12 09:18:27

LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec, July 12 - Shell-shocked residents of Lac-Megantic in Quebec took a small step ...

Venezuela says Snowden has still not formally responded to asylum offer

2013/07/12 08:40:20

MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Venezuela has still not received a formal response to its offer of asylum to ...

U.S. lawmakers could ease 'coup' ban on aid to Egypt

2013/07/12 06:05:23

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers will begin to vote as soon as next week on legislation that co...

Egyptian policeman killed in militant attack in Sinai

2013/07/12 04:16:42

CAIRO (Reuters) - One Egyptian policeman was killed and another was badly wounded on Friday by milit...

Anti-Assad rebels say U.S. arms needed, vow to control distribution

2013/07/12 02:12:35

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Syria's opposition said on Thursday that it was concerned U.S. lawmakers had ...

Ireland parliament votes to allow limited abortion

2013/07/12 01:30:42

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's parliament voted on Friday to allow abortion under certain conditions f...