Calm on Turkish streets after days of fierce protests

2013/06/02 12:03:12

ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - Shopkeepers and municipal workers began cleaning the streets of Istanbul...

Several fighters killed in Lebanon clash: sources

2013/06/02 12:01:19

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Several fighters were killed in an overnight clash in eastern Lebanon, close to t...

Fighting in Syria's Qusair, U.N. says world watching

2013/06/02 10:56:36

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian troops and Hezbollah guerrillas besieging the border town of Qusair fought...

Magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes Taiwan, some damage

2013/06/02 10:47:25

TAIPEI (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck the island of Taiwan on Sunday and caused some ...

Cuba says Venezuela's spat with Colombia could hurt peace talks

2013/06/02 06:56:51

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba expressed support on Saturday for its ally Venezuela in a row with Colombia,...

China not disputing Japan sovereignty over Okinawa

2013/06/02 05:28:57

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China does not dispute Japanese sovereignty over Okinawa and recent comments i...

As Philippines booms, overseas workers eye return home

2013/06/02 03:40:50

MANILA (Reuters) - Mateo Ragonjan took a leap of faith in August last year.

Insight: Presidency beckons for Jakarta's rags-to-riches governor

2013/06/02 02:17:29

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, the governor of Jakarta, might well be the future of Indon...

Egypt parliament ruled illegal, but to stay on

2013/06/02 12:02:22

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court ruled as illegal the law by which the upper h...

Austerity-weary Spaniards crave political change

2013/06/02 11:46:24

MADRID (Reuters) - Spaniards tired of spending cuts and allegations of high-level corruption want ne...

Iran's Arak reactor looms into Israeli, Western view

2013/06/02 10:51:39

VIENNA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Iran aims to start a reactor next year which the West fears could arm a...

Vietnam police swoop on anti-China protest, 20 detained

2013/06/02 08:12:31

HANOI (Reuters) - Police in Vietnam moved swiftly to break up an anti-China protest on Sunday, makin...

Despite series of scandals, China backs Hong Kong leader

2013/06/02 06:31:02

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying is facing fresh uncertainty over the politica...

Cyber hacking to overshadow summit between Obama and China's Xi

2013/06/02 04:35:23

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A shirt-sleeves summit between the world's two top economic powers is shaping...

Bombs, boredom threaten Pakistan's "Pashto" song-and-dance cinema

2013/06/02 03:38:19

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A projectionist lies asleep in the sweltering Pakistani heat, his fac...