Japan holds off on decision to restart reactors

2012/04/03 01:55:15

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan needs more time to decide whether to restart two offline nuclear reactors, t...

Colombian rebels free captives held for over a decade

2012/04/03 01:37:59

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's FARC rebels freed 10 members of the armed forces held hostage in jungl...

Insight: Lifting the veil on Afghanistan's female addicts

2012/03/31 22:00:27

KABUL (Reuters) - Anita lifted the sky-blue burqa from her face, revealing glazed eyes and cracked l...

Japan to support U.S. nominee to head World Bank

2012/03/31 21:39:29

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will support Jim Yong Kim, the U.S. nominee for the next World Bank head, Ja...

Fighting continues in Syria as West, opposition to meet

2012/03/31 19:38:02

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Syrians trying to topple President Bashar al-Assad meet their Western backers o...

Haitian president urged to control ex-soldiers

2012/03/31 18:28:19

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - A Haitian government panel has urged the president to appoint an interim ...

Hungarians rally as pressure rises on president to quit

2012/03/31 14:57:27

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hundreds of Hungarian protesters called on President Pal Schmitt to resign on S...

Japan to lift entry ban on some Fukushima cities

2012/03/30 07:53:26

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan said on Friday it would lift entry bans on some cities in Fukushima prefectu...

Netanyahu delays eviction of West Bank settler house

2012/04/03 01:40:26

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu overruled the planned eviction on Tu...

Annan says Syria agrees to April 10 peace deadline

2012/04/02 19:05:22

UNITED NATIONS/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria has pledged to withdraw all military units from towns by Apr...

Myanmar votes in historic election; spotlight on Suu Kyi

2012/03/31 21:53:08

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar votes on Sunday in its third election in half a century, a crucial test o...

Mali army abandons northern town after rebel attack

2012/03/31 20:26:20

GAO/BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's army abandoned its military bases around the key northern garrison tow...

Clinton promises U.S. will back Gulf security

2012/03/31 18:36:33

RIYADH (Reuters) - The United States will work with Gulf Arab nations to strengthen their shared def...

In U-turn, Egypt's Brotherhood names presidential candidate

2012/03/31 18:26:38

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, in a policy U-turn, said on Saturday it would back its...

Former Iran negotiator says nuclear deal possible

2012/03/31 14:03:23

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - An end to a nearly decade-long nuclear standoff between Iran and major wo...