Two men linked to al Qaeda in Mali arrested in Spain

2013/04/23 14:55:29

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain has arrested two North Africans suspected of links to the North African bra...

Iraq to hold elections in two Sunni provinces in July: cabinet

2013/04/23 14:44:21

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's cabinet on Tuesday agreed to hold provincial elections in the Sunni major...

Turkish PM rejects U.S. request to delay Gaza visit in May

2013/04/23 14:33:49

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan will not reschedule his trip to the Palesti...

UK links Scotland independence push to euro problems

2013/04/23 14:13:45

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government raised the prospect of euro-style financial problems if Scot...

Plea deal sought by U.S. soldier accused in Iraq killings: lawyer

2013/04/17 00:12:39

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier charged with killing five fellow servicemen in 2009 at a military...

Albanian leaders fan flames of nationalism, unnerving West

2013/04/16 23:46:55

TIRANA (Reuters) - The walls of Kreshnik Spahiu's office in the Albanian capital bear the names of t...

Syrian guns fall silent to allow Aleppo's dead to be collected

2013/04/16 22:10:41

AMMAN (Reuters) - Guns fell silent in one of the main battle zones of Syria's biggest city, Aleppo, ...

Ex-French minister says "lied to self" over Swiss bank account

2013/04/16 21:23:58

PARIS (Reuters) - A former French minister who quit after admitting he had a secret foreign bank acc...

Myanmar frees 56 political prisoners day after sanctions dropped

2013/04/23 14:46:03

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's president announced an amnesty on Tuesday for about 100 prisoners, a se...

Nigeria gun battle was joint assault with Chad, Niger: officials

2013/04/23 14:42:20

ABUJA (Reuters) - A gun battle in a Nigerian border town that looked likely to have killed dozens la...

Chemical blast injures two workers in Moscow

2013/04/23 14:29:54

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A container holding chemicals exploded at a construction site in central Moscow o...

Israel says Syria used chemical arms, probably nerve gas

2013/04/23 14:12:59

JE RUSALEM (Reuters) - Syrian government forces have used chemical weapons - probably nerve gas - in...

Gaza farmers burn tonnes of basil, mint after Israel border shut

2013/04/16 23:57:36

GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian farmers in Gaza began destroying three tonnes of herbs on Saturday, say...

Ivory Coast wants surveillance drones to replace U.N. troops

2013/04/16 22:52:54

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council should consider deploying surveillance drones i...

Pipeline looms large as Canada's British Columbia votes

2013/04/16 21:29:05

VICTORIA, British Columbia (Reuters) - The left-leaning New Democratic Party is leading the election...