Four arrested as Bangladesh building toll rises to 341

2013/04/27 14:33:42

DHAKA (Reuters) - Two factory bosses and two engineers were arrested in Bangladesh on Saturday, thre...

Iranian scientist freed by U.S. returns home: local media

2013/04/27 13:54:53

DUBAI (Reuters) - An Iranian scientist held for more than a year in California on charges of violati...

North Korea says detained American tourist to face trial

2013/04/27 10:54:17

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Saturday a Korean-American tourist, jailed by the reclusive st...

Obama talks tough, shows no rush to act on Syria chemical arms evidence

2013/04/27 00:59:26

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama warned Syria on Friday that its use of chemical weapon...

Italian government could be settled on Saturday: sources

2013/04/26 22:32:32

ROME (Reuters) - Italian prime minister-designate Enrico Letta could announce a new government on Sa...

Top British publicist charged with 11 sex assaults

2013/04/26 21:10:13

LONDON (Reuters) - Celebrity publicist Max Clifford on Friday became the first high profile figure t...

Islamist says Egypt should press on with judge reforms

2013/04/26 20:44:43

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Islamist-dominated parliament must move quickly to adopt judicial reforms ...

"Evidence" of Syrian chemical weapon use not up to U.N. standard

2013/04/26 20:33:06

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Assertions of chemical weapon use in Syria by Western and Israeli officials ci...

Bomb damages police station in Libya's Benghazi, no injuries

2013/04/27 14:30:09

BENGHAZI (Reuters) - A bomb exploded outside a police station in the restive eastern Libyan city of ...

Taliban vow suicide and "insider" attacks in new spring offensive

2013/04/27 11:26:43

KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban in Afghanistan vowed on Saturday to start a new campaign of mass suici...

Obama talks tough, shows no rush to act on Syria chemical arms evidence

2013/04/27 06:54:11

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama warned Syria on Friday that its use of chemical weapon...

Iceland government heads for defeat as center right revives

2013/04/27 00:13:52

REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Icelan ders fed up with austerity are set to oust the ruling Social Democrats ...

Turkey becomes partner of China, Russia-led security bloc

2013/04/26 21:31:17

ALMATY (Reuters) - NATO member Turkey signed up on Friday to became a "dialogue partner" of a securi...

Top British publicist charged with 11 sex assaults

2013/04/26 21:10:07

LONDON (Reuters) - Celebrity publicist Max Clifford on Friday became the first high profile figure t...

Russian court denies punk band convict Tolokonnikova parole

2013/04/26 20:42:00

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court refused to release from prison one of two jailed members of the P...