U.N. General Assembly to vote on Syria resolution; Russia opposed

2013/05/15 12:39:32

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly is set to vote on Wednesday on a draft resoluti...

Russian media delight in U.S. spy case as leaders try to limit fallout

2013/05/15 12:14:31

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian state-run media revelled on Wednesday in embarrassing the United States o...

Freeport Indonesia suspends mine operations after tunnel collapse: source

2013/05/15 12:06:06

JAKARTA (Reuters) - The Indonesian unit of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc suspended operations a...

Analysis: Golden boy Lapid loses luster in Israel budget squeeze

2013/05/15 10:34:52

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Just months after a dazzling political debut, Israel's new finance minister Ya...

Afghan scrap yards eye unwanted U.S. gear for steel industry

2013/05/15 08:44:32

KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. forces in Afghanistan are hoping that a small steel industry can be born from...

China missile hit highest suborbital level since 1976: scientist

2013/05/15 07:33:45

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China lau nched a large missile on Monday that reached 6,200 miles above the ...

Exclusive: Sanctions delay North Korea's atom bomb work, U.N. says

2013/05/15 05:37:41

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Increasingly tough financial sanctions, an arms embargo and other interna...

Walmart checks Bangladesh factories; retailer accord elusive

2013/05/15 05:01:35

(Reu ters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc stepped up Bangladesh factory inspections while U.S. and European r...

Lion Air pilots criticized over Bali crash: report

2013/05/15 12:22:37

(Reuters) - Indonesia's largest low-cost carrier Lion Air has been criticized after a preliminary in...

Two killed in Myanmar clash near China pipeline

2013/05/15 12:11:01

YANGON (Reuters) - Ethnic minority guerrillas in Myanmar attacked an energy company's compound killi...

U.N. watchdog, EU's Ashton to press Iran in nuclear dispute

2013/05/15 10:42:43

VIENNA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Iran faces international pressure over its nuclear program in two separa...

Myanmar authorities work to evacuate camps as cyclone nears

2013/05/15 09:34:58

SITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) - Authorities in Myanmar struggled on Wednesday to evacuate tens of thousa...

Kuwaiti ministers offer to resign: state news agency

2013/05/15 08:39:34

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Some members of Kuwait's cabinet have offered to resign, state news agency KUNA r...

Taiwan to sanction Philippines, send naval ships in fishing spat

2013/05/15 06:50:54

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan on Wednesday recalled its envoy to the Philippines, froze applications for...

Four men in Minnesota sentenced to prison for aiding Somali rebel group

2013/05/15 05:25:41

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A federal judge sentenced four men to prison on Tuesday for helping recruit ...