Iran tests short-range missile with new guidance system

2012/08/04 09:08:33

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has test-fired a new, more accurate short-range missile capable of striking l...

Afghan lawmakers vote to dismiss security ministers

2012/08/04 08:11:34

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's parliament voted on Saturday to dismiss the country's two top securi...

Once reviled, Indonesia's Prabowo may become next president

2012/08/01 16:07:15

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Just over 14 years ago, Prabowo Subianto was one of Indonesia's most reviled m...

Ecuador wants to avoid Assange's extradition to Sweden

2012/08/01 15:43:14

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador wants to prevent Julian Assange's extradition to Sweden because it is disa...

Syria's Assad praises troops, keeps out of public eye

2012/08/01 15:09:37

ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad told his troops on Wednesday that their battle a...

NATO should finish job in Afghanistan, Putin says

2012/08/01 14:16:36

ULYANOVSK, Russia (Reuters) - NATO forces should stay in Afghanistan until they have finished their ...

Russian lawyers say women's punk band members mistreated

2012/08/01 11:51:00

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Defense lawyers accused Russian authorities on Wednesday of depriving three membe...

Survivors of crash that killed Cuba's Paya say it was an accident

2012/07/30 21:44:54

HAVANA (Reuters) - Two European politicians who survived a car crash that killed prominent Cuban dis...

British diplomats to attend Chinese murder trial

2012/08/04 08:57:08

LONDON (Reuters) - British diplomats will be allowed to attend the trial of the wife of disgraced Ch...

Analysis: China unveils oil offensive in South China Sea squabble

2012/08/01 16:19:48

SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) - First came the diplomatic offensive, then the flexing of military musc...

House to vote on new Iran sanctions on oil, shipping sectors

2012/08/01 15:52:47

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives was expected to pass a new package of sanctions ...

U.S. targets five leaders of Naples Mafia

2012/08/01 15:16:46

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday took steps to freeze the U.S. assets of five k...

Blast hits Libyan military intel office in Benghazi

2012/08/01 15:00:01

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - A strong explosion rocked the Libyan military intelligence offices in th...

Wife of heir to Tetra Pak fortune lay dead 2 months

2012/08/01 12:09:37

LONDON (Reuters) - The body of the American wife of one of Britain's richest men rotted for over two...

U.S. drive against al Shabaab pressures Somali-American money transfers

2012/07/30 21:46:09

(Reuters) - A Chicago man pleaded guilty on Monday to planning to join an al Qaeda-linked group in S...