Russia activists detained after opposition council meets

2012/10/27 19:12:32

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Three prominent opponents of Russian President Vladimir Putin were briefly detain...

Double Baghdad blasts kill 13 over Eid holiday

2012/10/27 17:45:13

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two blasts hit a Baghdad Shi'ite neighborhood and a bus full of Iranian pilgrims...

Belgian prosecutors study murder of Exxon executive

2012/10/26 13:31:36

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian prosecutors are investigating the murder of a British oil executive w h...

Shot Pakistani girl "will rise again": father

2012/10/26 13:11:32

BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) - The father of a Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by the Tali...

Fighting ruptures ragged Syrian ceasefire

2012/10/26 13:04:51

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Fighting erupted in a Damascus suburb and around an army base in northern Syria o...

Analysis: Hamas brinkmanship masks quiet confidence

2012/10/26 12:13:56

GAZA STRIP (Reuters) - One of 70-odd rockets fired from Gaza into Israel this week hit a chicken coo...

Now military corruption scandal clouds China succession

2012/10/26 08:35:50

BEIJING (Reuters) - A high-flying Chinese general's chances of promotion during a leadership change ...

Karzai warns against foreign "interference" in Afghan election

2012/10/18 07:29:13

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai suggested on Thursday that foreign members be remove...

French Alps murder victims shot after car got stuck: paper

2012/10/27 18:44:08

PARIS (Reuters) - A British father killed in the French Alps last month made a desperate bid to driv...

Netanyahu's hard-right alliance could backfire in ballot

2012/10/26 13:33:50

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's tie-up with far-right coalition partner Fo...

Capture of Libyan town smacks of revenge, not reconciliation

2012/10/26 13:21:16

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Hours after taking control of Bani Walid, a former stronghold of Muammar Gaddafi...

Budget cuts push Spain jobless to 25 percent

2012/10/26 13:10:17

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's unemployment rate hit a record high in the third quarter, with one in fou...

Myanmar violence toll surges as troops fire to stop clashes

2012/10/26 12:24:16

KYAUKTAW, Myanmar (Reuters) - The number of people killed in six days of unrest in western Myanmar r...

Suicide bomber kills 40 at Afghan mosque during Eid

2012/10/26 11:58:27

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed at least 40 people in a mosque in Af...

China angry as Japan ministers visit shrine for war dead

2012/10/18 07:30:21

BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) - China condemned a visit by two Japanese ministers to a controversial shrin...