Pakistani forces fire in air at Islamabad protests

2013/01/15 05:00:54

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani security forces fired in the air and used tear gas in the capital Is...

Exclusive: Brazil wants Venezuela election if Chavez dies - sources

2013/01/15 03:09:36

SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil is urging Venezuela's government to hold elections as quickly ...

Northern Irish youths pelt Catholic church in latest "flag riots"

2013/01/15 02:07:51

BELFAST (Reuters) - Protestant youths in Northern Ireland threw petrol bombs at hom es and a church ...

Syria war envelops region in "staggering" crisis: aid agency

2013/01/14 21:25:22

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's civil war is unleashing a "staggering humanitarian crisis" on the Middle ...

Senate Republican leader wants 10,000 troops in Afghanistan

2013/01/14 19:35:22

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday he thinks that 10,000...

Libya plans diplomatic security force after attacks

2013/01/13 20:56:36

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya plans to create a special force to protect diplomats, government sources s...

U.S. envoy says Iran working to destabilize Yemen: report

2013/01/13 20:36:44

SANAA (Reuters) - Iran is working with southern secessionists in Yemen to expand its influence and d...

France bombs Islamist stronghold in north Mali

2013/01/13 20:28:42

BAMAKO/PARIS (Reuters) - French fighter jets pounded an Islamist rebel stronghold deep in northern M...

Cuban dissidents cleared for travel under new law

2013/01/15 03:16:09

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's new, freer travel policy took effect on Monday and for some notable Cuban ...

West African army chiefs to approve Mali troops plan

2013/01/15 02:25:14

BAMAKO (Reuters) - West African defense chiefs will on Tuesday approve plans to speed up the deploym...

Obama meets new Saudi in terior minister at White House

2013/01/14 22:16:16

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama met Saudi Arabia's new interior minister, Prince Moham...

Netanyahu conundrum faces Iranian riddle

2013/01/14 20:20:49

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a simple message as he seeks a third ter...

Canada pledges better water for aboriginals amid blockade threat

2013/01/13 21:09:50

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada will spend C$330.8 million over the next two years to improve water syste...

Protests grow across Pakistan after killing of Shi'ites

2013/01/13 20:40:01

QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Protests against attacks on Shi'ites spread across Pakistan on Sunday a...

Syrian forces kill 36 in bombardment east of capital: opposition

2013/01/13 20:31:12

AMMAN (Reuters) - Government forces killed at least 36 people, 14 of them children, in a bombardment...