Refloating Italy ship wreck costs more than EUR 100 million: Boskalis

2012/03/15 02:25:07

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch dredging and maritime services company Boskalis has made a bid to refloa...

Condition of Bahrain hunger striker seen worsening

2012/03/14 19:13:15

DUBAI (Reuters) - The condition of a jailed Bahraini activist who has been on hunger strike for over...

Analysis: India cancer ruling opens door for cheaper drugs

2012/03/13 06:45:50

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's move to strip German drugmaker Bayer of its exclusive rights to a cancer ...

Suicide bomber kills four Yemeni soldiers

2012/03/13 06:24:33

SANAA (Reuters) - Four Yemeni soldiers were killed on Tuesday when a suicide bomber detonated a vehi...

Afghan Taliban threaten to behead U.S. soldiers

2012/03/13 05:56:48

KABUL (Reuters) - Suspected insurgents fired on an Afghan government delegation on Tuesday investiga...

Sarkozy takes first poll lead after EU-bashing

2012/03/13 04:28:50

PARIS (Reuters) - President Nicolas Sarkozy overtook Socialist challenger Francois Hollande for the ...

Pakistani U.N. peacekeepers sentenced in Haiti rape case

2012/03/12 22:40:34

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Two U.N. peacekeepers from Pakistan have been sentenced to a year in pris...

U.S., allies clash with Russia on ending Syria violence

2012/03/12 16:22:27

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States and its European allies clashed with Russia at the U.N....

Cyclone Lua strengthens, approaches NW Australia

2012/03/15 02:05:58

PERTH (Reuters) - Tropical Cyclone Lua hurtled toward Australia's northwest coast on Thursday, stren...

Greece presses charges over alleged '08 plot against PM

2012/03/14 16:55:35

ATHENS (Reuters) - A Greek prosecutor pressed charges of treason and trying to destabilize the count...

Israel-Gaza truce taking hold

2012/03/13 06:39:27

GAZA (Reuters) - An Egyptian-brokered truce between Israel and militant groups in the Gaza Strip beg...

Syrian soldiers reported killed in ambush

2012/03/13 06:19:50

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian army defectors killed at least 10 soldiers in an ambush in the northern to...

Manila's anti-graft court orders arrest of Arroyo, 3 others

2012/03/13 04:42:45

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' anti-graft court on Tuesday ordered the arrest of former leader ...

Insight: How German history helps modern spies

2012/03/13 03:25:35

BERLIN (Reuters) - Every time he goes into a meeting or discusses anything sensitive with colleagues...

Majority of Japanese oppose nuclear plant restarts: poll

2012/03/12 20:08:24

TOKYO (Reuters) - A majority of Japanese oppose a restart of nuclear power plants currently shut for...