Air raids, car bomb hit Damascus on last day of "truce"

2012/10/29 12:34:24

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian jets bombed suburbs of Damascus and a car bomb killed 10 people in the capi...

Thai cabinet reshuffle sees return of Thaksin loyalists

2012/10/29 12:19:54

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A cabinet reshuffle in Thailand has brought loyal allies of self-exiled former P...

Major Greek daily reprints Swiss accounts list

2012/10/29 11:56:18

ATHENS (Reuters) - A major Greek newspaper reprinted the names of more than 2,000 wealthy Greeks wit...

Sicilian vote, Berlusconi threat add to Italy uncertainty

2012/10/29 11:23:15

ROME (Reuters) - Sicilian local election results will provide clues on Monday to the political impac...

Tens of thousands protest against austerity in Rome

2012/10/27 20:50:20

ROME (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people marched through Rome in a "No Monti Day" on Saturday, s...

Greece to vote on labor reform despite coalition split

2012/10/27 20:30:32

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's government plans to put labor reforms demanded by foreign lenders to a p...

Cyprus "very close" to deal with troika: finmin in paper

2012/10/27 20:15:55

(Reuters) - Cyprus is close to an agreement on financial aid from international creditors, with only...

Syria bombards major cities, weakening truce

2012/10/27 19:14:13

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad renewed their bombardment of maj...

Mexican city battered by drug gangs feels lure of truce

2012/10/29 12:24:04

TORREON, Mexico (Reuters) - In a five-year struggle with Mexico's most notorious drug cartel, the ci...

Ukraine president's party set for election win

2012/10/29 12:10:28

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovich's party is on course to secure a parliamentar...

Lithuania at risk of political stalemate after election

2012/10/29 11:44:29

VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania's president vetoed plans on Monday by three opposition parties to form...

Japan PM signals election can wait, defies opposition

2012/10/29 08:54:36

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda made clear on Monday he was in no rush to go...

Bombs kill 23 in Baghdad Shi'ite neighborhood: police

2012/10/27 20:36:48

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two car bombs hit a Shi'ite neighborhood in Baghdad on Saturday, killing at leas...

Berlusconi threatens to bring down Monti government

2012/10/27 20:20:17

ROME (Reuters) - Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Saturday his centre-right bloc may ...

U.S. officials pull Pakistani politician off plane

2012/10/27 19:32:21

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pakistani politician Imran Kahn, a vocal critic of U.S. drone strikes, was brie...