Congo rebel pullout from Goma runs into hitches

2012/12/01 00:09:50

GOMA, De mocratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - A planned battlefield withdrawal by rebels in easter...

U.S. disturbed by sentencing of blind Chinese dissident's nephew

2012/11/30 21:47:51

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is deeply disturbed that the nephew of blind Chinese activi...

Russian inmate's beating puts spotlight on police brutality

2012/11/29 14:24:47

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Three prison guards have been detained for beating up an inmate in a case that hi...

German right won't snub Merkel in Greek vote: ally

2012/11/29 13:59:48

BERLIN (Reuters) - Angela Merkel will not need votes from opponents on the left to get a bailout for...

Analysis: At peak of powers, Merkel sets sights on third term

2012/11/29 13:42:13

BERLIN (Reuters) - In Germany, election campaigns are supposed to be all about parties, policies and...

Kosovo ex-premier Haradinaj cleared of war crimes again

2012/11/29 12:50:19

AMSTERDAM/PRISTINA (Reuters) - Ramush Haradinaj, a former guerrilla fighter in Kosovo who served bri...

Insight: Cash crisis, Arab ferment threaten Jordan's stability

2012/11/29 10:03:21

AMMAN (Reuters) - Violent protests that shocke d Jordan this month have mostly subsided, but unprece...

Greece, markets satisfied by EU-IMF Greek debt deal

2012/11/28 07:24:45

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Greek government and financial markets were cheered on Tuesday by an agreem...

Gushing UK papers laud PM Cameron's stance on press law

2012/11/30 22:54:22

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron woke on Friday to find usually hostile newsp...

Russian court bans "extremist" Pussy Riot video

2012/11/29 14:51:20

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court ruled on Thursday that video footage of the Pussy Riot punk group...

Mursi to speak as Egypt's Islamists seek way out of crisis

2012/11/29 14:18:10

CAIRO (Reuters) - The body writing Egypt's new constitution began a session to vote on a final draft...

Bombs kill 30 in Iraq Shi'ite cities

2012/11/29 13:57:57

HILLA, Iraq (Reuters) - Bombs in two majority Shi'ite Muslim cities in southern Iraq killed 28 peopl...

Roadside bomb kills 10 civilians in Afghanistan

2012/11/29 13:34:34

KABUL (Reuters) - A roadside bomb exploded under a passenger van in southern Afghanistan on Thursday...

U.N. set for implicit recognition of Palestinian state, despite U.S., Israel threats

2012/11/29 11:54:41

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly is set to implicitly recognize a sovereign stat...

China considers easing family planning rules

2012/11/28 07:34:21

BEIJING (Reuters) - China is mulling changes to its one-child policy, a former family planning offic...