Israel-Gaza violence rages into fourth day

2012/03/12 15:51:56

GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli war planes struck at the Gaza Strip and Palestinians fired more rockets aga...

Iran executed 670 in 2011, says U.N. investigator

2012/03/12 14:20:29

GENEVA (Reuters) - Iran executed some 670 people last year, most of them for drug crimes that do not...

Turkey court releases journalists in conspiracy case

2012/03/12 13:38:48

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court released four journalists on Monday pending trial on accusation...

Fear as death squads hunt Iraq's gays and "emos"

2012/03/12 11:31:50

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The man holds up two pictures of his friend, which tell the story of what it now...

Venezuela's Chavez home in a week facing more cancer therapy

2012/03/11 23:52:41

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday he will be home from Cuba in a w...

Annan meets Assad again, says tough to reach deal

2012/03/11 09:21:35

BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan said it would be hard to reach a deal to halt b...

Japan mourns tsunami dead; grapples with aftermath

2012/03/11 08:22:53

OFUNATO, Japan (Reuters) - With a moment of silence, prayers and anti-nuclear rallies, Japan marked ...

Israeli strikes kill 3 Palestinians in Gaza

2012/03/11 07:51:44

GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli aircraft on Sunday killed three Palestinians, including a 12-year-old boy, ...

Afghans, angry over killings, urge U.S. exit; uncertainty over transition talks

2012/03/12 15:51:43

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The massacre of 16 villagers by a U.S. soldier triggered angry cal...

Putin critics say U.S. should open trade with Russia

2012/03/12 13:44:12

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Several leaders of Russia's fragmented opposition urged the United States on Mond...

In spotlight, Uganda says Congo slows hunt for Kony

2012/03/12 12:56:22

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Responding to an Internet campaign backed by celebrities who want Uganda to capt...

Gunmen kill nine in Baghdad goldsmith shop heist

2012/03/12 09:47:12

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen with rifles and hand grenades blasted their way into a row of Baghdad gol...

Down but not out, sick Chavez seeks re-election in Venezuela

2012/03/11 09:56:31

CARACAS (Reuters) - Cranes tower over new apartment blocks in Venezuela's capital where President Hu...

French Sarkozy wants Europe trade, border protection

2012/03/11 09:19:25

PARIS (Reuters) - France's Nicolas Sarkozy called for better protection of Europe's companies and bo...

Bomb blast hits church in Nigeria's Jos, 3 dead

2012/03/11 08:14:24

JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) - A suspected suicide attack hit a Catholic church in the central Nigerian ci...