Senate panel approves Russia trade, rights bill

2012/07/18 15:54:57

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill to ensu...

Senate panel votes to renew Myanmar sanctions

2012/07/18 11:01:51

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday voted to keep pressure on Myan...

Bomb kills Syrian ministers at heart of Assad rule

2012/07/18 10:56:15

BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria's defense minister and President Bashar al-Assad's brother-in-law wer...

Britain to set further Afghan troop drawdown at end 2012

2012/07/18 10:40:29

CAMP BASTION, Afghanistan (Reuters) - - Britain will decide at the end of this year how many of its ...

Panetta hails F-35 jet as key for UK, U.S.

2012/07/18 10:20:02

(Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday that Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 Join...

North Korean leader cements control over army

2012/07/18 09:24:11

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was named marshal of the army, the country's top m...

Syrian rebels converge on capital, Russia pressed

2012/07/17 12:13:41

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels said they shot down an army helicopter on Tuesday as they battled g...

Court brawls put spotlight on Egypt political chaos

2012/07/17 11:56:58

CAIRO (Reuters) - Supporters of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood brawled with their opponents in court on ...

U.S. can defeat any Iranian effort to block oil shipping: Panetta

2012/07/18 12:55:10

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has the military capacity to defeat any Iranian attempt to ...

Three killed in bus blast at Bulgarian airport: police

2012/07/18 10:59:30

SOFIA (Reuters) - Three people were killed and several were injured by an explosion on a bus outside...

Hungary detains man, 97, accused of torturing Jews in war

2012/07/18 10:46:10

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian prosecutors on Wednesday detained a 97-year-old man accused of whippi...

Mali asks Hague court to investigate rebel crimes

2012/07/18 10:20:24

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Mali has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate atrocitie...

Russia clamps down on foreign-funded rights groups

2012/07/18 09:57:32

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's parliament on Wednesday passed a law tightening controls on civil rights...

Frenchman goes to China as witness in Bo case: Cambodia

2012/07/18 09:21:30

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A Frenchman who was being held in Cambodia because of his alleged links to Ch...

Two dead in shooting at Toronto street party, 21 injured

2012/07/17 12:04:58

TORONTO (Reuters) - Two people were killed and 21 others injured in what may have been a gang-relate...