China bans fishing in waters off North Korea's eastern coast

2013/07/09 04:30:38

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has banned its trawlers from fishing in waters off the eastern coast of No...

Insight: How a train ran away and devastated a Canadian town

2013/07/09 04:06:10

CHICAGO/LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (Reuters) - The short length of track, nestled in a dark pine and birch...

U.S. mulls speeding up troop withdrawal from Afghanistan: report

2013/07/09 03:29:12

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is considering speeding up its planned withdrawal of Americ...

Israel jails Arab citizen who briefly joined Syria's rebels

2013/07/08 13:27:05

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel sentenced an Arab citizen to 30 months' imprisonment on Monday for enda...

Muslim Brotherhood says army chief wants Syria's fate for Egypt

2013/07/08 12:58:59

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Muslim Brotherhood said on Monday that the chief of the armed forces wanted to...

Polish PM Tusk loses bellwether regional election

2013/07/08 12:25:31

WARSAW (Reuters) - The party of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk lost an election for mayor of a pr...

Egypt left leader urges immediate government formation

2013/07/08 11:57:52

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's main left-wing political leader called on Monday for the immediate formati...

At least 15 dead after shooting in Cairo: sources

2013/07/08 11:51:47

CAIRO (Reuters) - At least 15 people were killed on Monday in Cairo, medical sources said, when the ...

U.N. chief Ban appeals for Ramadan truce across Syria

2013/07/09 04:09:07

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed on Monday for forces loyal to...

Snowden affair blunts U.S. push for China to curb cyber theft

2013/07/09 03:53:35

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Revelations by former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden will make it ...

Pope Francis commemorates migrant dead at Lampedusa

2013/07/08 13:46:45

LAMPEDUSA, Italy (Reuters) - Pope Francis celebrated mass on the tiny Sicilian island of Lampedusa o...

At least 42 killed in Egypt, Islamists call for uprising

2013/07/08 13:19:31

CAIRO (Reuters) - At least 42 people were killed on Monday when Islamist demonstrators enraged by th...

Czech prosecutors seek parliament's approval to charge former PM

2013/07/08 12:38:46

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech prosecutors have asked the lower house of parliament to lift the immunity o...

U.N. nuclear agency and Iran may meet in August: diplomats

2013/07/08 12:21:16

VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. atomic agency and Iran may hold a new round of nuclear talks in August, ...

Former PM Fischer to be new Czech finance minister

2013/07/08 11:55:16

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech Prime Minister Jiri Rusnok has chosen economist Jan Fischer to be the new f...