Shi'ite man shot dead in Saudi Arabia

2013/06/22 20:51:00

RIYADH (Reuters) - A Shi'ite man was shot dead late on Friday in the fractious Qatif district of Sau...

Kerry presses Taliban to revive Afghan peace bid

2013/06/22 20:28:05

DOHA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry put the onus on the Taliban to revive stalled ef...

German minister seeks answers from UK over spying 'catastrophe'

2013/06/22 17:54:14

BERLIN (Reuters) - Britain's European partners will seek urgent clarification from London about whet...

U.S. right to arm Syrian rebels, says Israeli president

2013/06/18 05:10:39

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli President Shimon Peres has thrown his weight behind U.S. plans to arm ...

Biggest protests in 20 years sweep Brazil

2013/06/18 04:48:24

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - As many as 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil's bigge...

U.S. says it will buy Russian helicopters for Afghan military

2013/06/18 01:59:27

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Monday it will spend $572 million to buy 30 Russian-buil...

Protests build in Brazil as discontent spreads

2013/06/18 00:49:02

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil's big...

Power crisis fears unnerve industry in booming Philippines

2013/06/18 00:12:44

MANILA (Reuters) - An electricity outage that blacked out large swathes of the Philippines' main isl...

Al Qaeda says hostages in North Africa alive, open to talks

2013/06/22 20:29:10

DAKAR (Reuters) - Eight European hostages, including five from France, being held by al Qaeda in the...

India monsoon floods kill at least 560; thousands missing

2013/06/22 19:08:21

RUDRAPRAYAG, India (Reuters) - Flash floods and landslides unleashed by early monsoon rains have kil...

European hostages in North Africa still alive: al Qaeda

2013/06/22 17:11:10

DAKAR (Reuters) - Eight European hostages, including five from France, being held by al Qaeda in the...

Obama sees Iran's election of moderate as hopeful sign

2013/06/18 05:05:49

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday that Iran's election of a moderate as i...

Putin faces isolation over Syria as G8 ratchets up pressure

2013/06/18 02:12:11

ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin faced further isolation o...

Peru protesters push to stop $5 billion Newmont mine

2013/06/18 01:26:07

PEROL LAKE, Peru (Reuters) - Thousands of opponents of a $5 billion gold project of Newmont Mining c...

Italy's 5-Star seeks expulsion of rebel who criticized founder

2013/06/18 00:38:47

ROME (Reuters) - Lawmakers from Italy's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement agreed on Monday to hold ...