Blast in Afghan capital kills one, wounds 15

2012/12/17 08:34:27

KABUL (Reuters) - A bombing in the Afghan capital Kabul killed one person and wounded 15 on Monday, ...

South Africa police foil right-wing plot against ANC meeting

2012/12/17 08:14:02

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) - South African police said on Monday they had foiled a plot by...

Armed with rocket and maybe heir, Kim Jong-un remembers father

2012/12/17 08:02:34

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea may soon witness the birth of the fourth generation of its hereditary ...

U.N. chief alarmed by escalating violence in Syria

2012/12/17 07:35:41

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed alarm on Sunday at the worse...

Militants battle Pakistani police after attacking airport

2012/12/16 09:41:49

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Militants holed up in a half-built house in the northwestern Pakistan...

Far-left candidate quits South Korea poll, boosts opposition

2012/12/16 07:55:48

SEOUL (Reuters) - A pro-North Korea candidate from a far-left party quit South Korea's presidential ...

Japan votes in election seen returning LDP to power

2012/12/16 07:42:26

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese voters streamed into polls across the country on Sunday in an election ex...

Venezuela's Chavez has "full intellectual capacity" after surgery

2012/12/16 01:53:52

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has recovered "full intellectual capacity" afte...

Blast in Pakistani market kills at least 15 people

2012/12/17 08:23:44

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A blast in a market in northwest Pakistan on Monday killed at least 1...

Bombs, blasts kill 11 in Iraq's disputed areas

2012/12/17 08:06:02

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bombs exploded in three towns and villages in Iraq's disputed territories on Mon...

Egypt's Islamists aim to build on constitution vote

2012/12/17 07:49:55

CAIRO (Reuters) - President Mohamed Mursi has won initial backing from Egyptians for a new constitut...

Chavez allies sweep Venezuela vote, but Capriles holds seat

2012/12/17 07:04:12

CARACAS (Reuters) - Allies of cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez swept to victory by taking nearl...

Hungary's Jews face down new extremism

2012/12/16 09:16:42

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - A week after a leader of Hungary's far-right Jobbik party called for lists of p...

Egyptians narrowly back Islamist-shaped constitution, say rival camps

2012/12/16 07:43:31

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptians voted narrowly in favor of a constitution shaped by Islamists and which ...

Absent Chavez dominates Venezuelan state elections

2012/12/16 07:12:40

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelans vote on Sunday in state elections that will define the future of opp...