U.S., China disagree sharply over handling of Snowden case

2013/07/12 01:13:57

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior U.S. and Chinese officials sharply disagreed on Thursday over China's ...

More residents return to devastated Canadian town, more bodies found

2013/07/12 00:51:52

LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (Reuters) - Provincial and municipal leaders lashed out on Thursday at the comp...

UK parliament wins veto over any decision to arm Syrian rebels

2013/07/11 23:56:24

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's parliament backed a motion on Thursday requiring Prime Minister David C...

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

2013/07/11 23:18:16

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

Raped 11-year-old Chilean should be allowed to abort: Amnesty

2013/07/11 22:56:43

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A pregnant 11-year-old Chilean girl who was allegedly raped by her stepfather s...

Eighteen hurt as car bomb hits Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut

2013/07/09 12:10:30

BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 18 people were wounded by a car bomb blast in Beirut's southern suburbs ...

Five police wounded in Somali bombing by Islamists

2013/07/09 12:06:24

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Five policemen were wounded when their vehicle was blown up in the Somali capi...

China vows to step up fight against Dalai Lama as shootings reported

2013/07/09 11:55:50

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top official in charge of religious groups and ethnic minorities vowed o...

Syria war imperils education of 2.5 million children: aid agency

2013/07/12 01:03:34

LONDON (Reuters) - More than a fifth of Syria's schools have been destroyed or made unusable in more...

Syrian bid for U.N. rights body criticized, Iran withdrew

2013/07/12 00:11:17

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syrian plans to run for a spot on the U.N. Human Rights Council met with ...

Russia slams West's 'propaganda storm' on Syria chemical arms

2013/07/11 23:43:43

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia's U.N. envoy on Thursday sharply criticized what he described as W...

U.N. urges peacekeepers to redeploy to focus on South Sudan hot spots

2013/07/11 23:16:38

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council urged peacekeepers in South Sudan to quickly mo...

Al Qaeda kills Free Syrian Army commander: FSA spokesman

2013/07/11 22:52:06

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Militants linked to al Qaeda in Syria killed a senior figure in the Western- and ...

Egypt seeks end to crisis with quick elections

2013/07/09 12:08:57

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's interim rulers issued a faster than expected timetable for elections to dr...

Portugal junior coalition leader says stability to return

2013/07/09 12:00:54

LISBON (Reuters) - The conditions for Portugal to return to political stability and meet the require...