U.N. council authorizes up to 300 Syria truce monitors

2012/04/22 05:31:25

UNITED NATIONS/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a Russia-European dr...

Dutch PM's party leads in opinion poll, elections loom

2012/04/22 04:26:37

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - As the Netherlands heads for early elections, Prime Minister Mark Rutte's Libe...

Australian parliament speaker stands aside amid lawsuit row

2012/04/22 03:06:34

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's parliament speaker said on Sunday he was temporarily stepping down ov...

Syria, U.N. agree on terms of monitoring mission

2012/04/20 02:24:14

BEIRUT/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria and the United Nations signed an agreement on Thursday on te...

BRICS demand bigger IMF role before giving it cash

2012/04/20 00:48:58

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund's bid to win a big boost in funding to handle...

U.S. helicopter crashes in Afghanistan, four feared dead

2012/04/19 22:34:45

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. military helicopter went down in poor weather in Afghanistan on Thursd...

Bashir says Sudan to teach South "final lesson by force"

2012/04/19 16:22:46

KHARTOUM/JUBA (Reuters) - Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir all but declared war against his n...

Ukraine's Tymoshenko on trial again, West warns of isolation

2012/04/19 09:22:08

KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine's former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko went on trial on Thurs...

Chinese firm suspected in missile-linked sale to North Korea: U.S. official

2012/04/22 05:28:08

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States believes a Chinese firm sold North Korea components for a m...

Iran military says copying U.S. drone

2012/04/22 04:01:13

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's military has started to build a copy of a U.S. surveillance drone captured ...

Protests rage as Bahrain Grand Prix practice begins

2012/04/20 02:31:58

MANAMA (Reuters) - Formula One cars took to the track in Bahrain on Friday, with the government hopi...

Former ruling party treasurer guilty of graft in Indonesia

2012/04/20 01:36:51

JAKARTA (Reuters) - The former treasurer of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's ruling D...

Mexico leftist moves into second place in presidential poll

2012/04/19 22:58:14

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has moved ahead of the ruling party cand...

Japan opposition censures ministers, piles pressure on PM

2012/04/19 21:25:40

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's opposition-controlled upper house of parliament voted to censure two minis...

Lawmakers press UK government over China murder scandal

2012/04/19 16:15:29

LONDON (Reuters) - Lawmakers asked the British government on Thursday about rumors that a businessma...