Defiant Greek leftist refuses to back austerity

2012/05/17 13:14:59

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's surging leftist leader predicted on Thursday his party would sweep next ...

Violence engulfs another Venezuelan prison

2012/05/17 12:16:43

CARACAS (Reuters) - Shots rang out and smoke rose over a Caracas jail on Thursday in the latest outb...

Syria's Assad: Nations that sow chaos will suffer

2012/05/17 11:46:48

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday that countries trying to "sow c...

Exclusive: Brazil targets Argentina with trade licenses

2012/05/15 00:45:23

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil escalated a growing trade fight with Argentina on Monday by increasing t...

China military paper warns officers to toe party line

2012/05/14 22:55:30

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top military newspaper warned officers on Tuesday to remain the ruling C...

Rebels kill 23 Syrian soldiers, opposition snubs Arab talks

2012/05/14 19:51:46

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels killed 23 government soldiers on Monday, activists said, and efforts...

Greek leftists reject proposal for technocrat government

2012/05/14 17:04:34

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's president will ask politicians on Tuesday to stand aside and let a gover...

Palestinian inmates agree to end hunger strike

2012/05/14 13:19:11

GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails agreed on Monday to an Egyptian-brokered dea...

Spain beset by bank crisis, recession, bond pressure

2012/05/17 13:07:02

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's borrowing costs shot up at a bond auction on Thursday, after economic dat...

U.S. eyes funding boost for Israel's "Iron Dome" shield

2012/05/17 12:12:49

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon will seek to provide Israel with an additional $70 million in th...

Iran attack decision nears, Israeli elite locks down

2012/05/17 11:39:05

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A private door opens from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office i...

U.S. unimpressed with India's efforts to cut Iran oil buys: envoy

2012/05/15 00:32:15

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The United States is not impressed with India's efforts to cut its oil imports...

U.S. mulling sending Afghanistan general to head Europe troops

2012/05/14 21:23:37

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is considering sending its top general in Afghanista...

Hollande to be sworn in as new French president

2012/05/14 17:27:43

PARIS (Reuters) - Francois Hollande will be sworn in as France's first Socialist president in 17 yea...

Ex-Murdoch confidante to learn phone-hacking fate

2012/05/14 14:40:25

LONDON (Reuters) - Rebekah Brooks, a former top lieutenant in Rupert Murdoch's media empire, will le...