U.N. sees need for more Syria observers, aircraft

2012/04/17 16:14:48

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A United Nations mission to oversee an end to violence in Syria may need to bring...

Stirring Mexican volcano closes schools, raises alert

2012/04/17 15:21:55

SAN PEDRO BENITO JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - A powerful plume of steam and ash rose from the Popocate...

Exclusive: Briton killed after threat to expose Chinese leader's wife: sources

2012/04/16 05:53:21

CHONGQING, China (Reuters) - The British businessman whose murder has sparked political upheaval in ...

Kabul fighting ends with explosions, heavy gunfire

2012/04/16 05:38:10

KABUL (Reuters) - Heavy street fighting between militants and security forces in the centre of the A...

Bombs kill FSB agent's wife, militant in Russia's Caucasus

2012/04/16 05:20:48

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Bomb blasts killed the wife of a local Federal Security Service (FSB) officer and...

Mexico's Pena Nieto extends lead over main rival

2012/04/16 03:19:15

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican presidential front-runner Enrique Pena Nieto has widened his big lea...

Secure despite rocket fiasco, N.Korea's Kim lauds military

2012/04/16 00:20:47

PYONGYANG (Reuters) - North Korea's new leader delivered his first major public speech on Sunday as ...

China's Ai Weiwei sues tax office in "evasion" case

2012/04/13 04:37:30

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei is suing Beijing tax authorities for violatin...

AU suspends Guinea-Bissau for coup, talks under way

2012/04/17 15:35:50

BISSAU, April 17, Reuters - The African Union (AU) suspended Guinea-Bissau on Tuesday over last week...

Sudan says cost no bar to recapture of oil region

2012/04/17 14:24:00

NAIROBI/KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan said on Tuesday the cost of a full-blown conflict with South Suda...

Sudan denies its warplanes bombed disputed oilfield

2012/04/16 05:40:49

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan on Monday denied its warplanes had bombed an oilfield seized by forces fr...

U.S., Philippines start drills amid territorial spat with China

2012/04/16 05:36:33

MANILA (Reuters) - American and Filipino troops launched two weeks of annual naval drills on Monday ...

Smirking Norway killer Breivik refuses to recognize court

2012/04/16 05:11:59

OSLO (Reuters) - The Norwegian militant who massacred 77 people last summer gave a clenched-fist sal...

U.N. peace monitors in Syria set to begin mission

2012/04/16 02:34:48

BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.N. peace monitors are due to start their mission in Syria on Monday to oversee ...

U.S. political rhetoric to stay as China widens yuan band

2012/04/15 21:29:24

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's widening of the yuan's trading band will do little to blunt criticism...