Egypt's Islamic authority asserts role, clashes with Brotherhood

2013/03/28 19:28:37

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's leading Islamic authority Al-Azhar said on Thursday its clerics must be co...

Irish PM's party set for by-election win, junior partner suffers

2013/03/28 19:07:59

ASHBOURNE, Ireland (Reuters) - Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny's Fine Gael party was on course to re...

Nations close to deal on U.N. arms trade treaty: envoys

2013/03/28 10:01:10

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations members on Wednesday were close to a deal on the first int...

Eight people killed in attack on Kenyan casino

2013/03/28 08:59:59

MOMBASA (Reuters) - Eight people were killed when dozens of machete-wielding raiders struck a casino...

South Africa's Mandela back in hospital with lung infection

2013/03/28 08:14:53

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been admitted to hospital...

North Korea to cut all channels with South

2013/03/28 04:14:28

SEOUL (Reuters) - Reclusive North Korea is to cut the last channel of communications with the South ...

Britain opens inquest into Berezovsky's unexplained death

2013/03/28 00:55:24

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain opens a judicial inquiry into the death of Russian oligarch Boris Berezov...

Brazilian doctor charged with 7 murders, may have killed 300: investigator

2013/03/28 00:39:24

BRASILIA (Reuters) - A Brazilian doctor who was charged with killing seven patients to free up beds ...

Central African Republic army chiefs pledge allegiance to coup leader

2013/03/28 19:15:29

BANGUI (Reuters) - Central African Republic's army chiefs pledged allegiance to the country's self-p...

Berezovsky found with ligature around neck, inquest told

2013/03/28 10:53:24

LONDON (Reuters) - Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky was found lying on his bathroom floor with a li...

Despite threats, North Korea keeps border factories open

2013/03/28 09:15:20

PAJU, South Korea (Reuters) - A heavily armed border crossing between North and South Korea that all...

Red-tape Belgium falls behind euro zone peers

2013/03/28 08:18:38

CHARLEROI, Belgium (Reuters) - Just a day after giving birth, Belgian entrepreneur Esmeralda Desart ...

Democratic hopes dashed for Hong Kong 2017 election

2013/03/28 07:11:29

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hopes that Hong Kong's 2017 election will be genuinely democratic have been da...

Former Chilean leader Bachelet seeking presidential comeback

2013/03/28 02:01:24

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet ended months of speculation late on ...

Nations close to deal on U.N. arms trade treaty: envoys

2013/03/28 00:40:41

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations members on Wednesday were close to a deal on the first int...