Two killed in blaze at Brazil Antarctica base

2012/02/25 18:03:54

BRASILIA (Reuters) - A fire broke out at Brazil's research station in Antarctica on Saturday, killin...

U.S. democracy activists to go on trial in Egypt

2012/02/25 17:15:58

CAIRO (Reuters) - Dozens of democracy activists including 16 Americans go on trial in Egypt Sunday i...

Pakistan begins demolishing bin Laden house: police

2012/02/25 14:10:15

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani security forces on Saturday began demolishing the house whe...

Mandela in hospital, expected to go home soon

2012/02/25 12:57:07

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former South African president Nelson Mandela was comfortable in hospital o...

Prisoner of Zintan: Gaddafi son in Libyan limbo

2012/02/24 09:13:25

ZINTAN, Libya (Reuters) - In a secret location, somewhere among the sandstone and concrete buildings...

Dutch prince may not come out of coma: doctor

2012/02/24 07:21:27

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch Prince Johan Friso, who was buried in an avalanche a week ago while skii...

Iran wants more U.N. nuclear talks after Tehran stalemate

2012/02/24 07:00:20

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran wants more talks with the U.N. nuclear watchdog, its ambassador to the body ...

Pakistan urges Afghan Taliban to enter peace talks

2012/02/24 05:44:36

(Reuters) - Pakistan on Friday urged leaders of the Afghan Taliban movement to enter direct peace ne...

Senegalese to vote in test of nation's stability

2012/02/25 17:58:03

DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade faces re-election on Sunday, having defied oppo...

Al Qaeda kill 26 as new Yemeni leader is sworn in

2012/02/25 15:56:04

SANAA/ADEN (Reuters) - A suicide bombing claimed by al Qaeda killed at least 26 people outside a pre...

Taliban militants say they shot down U.S. drone

2012/02/25 13:49:30

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone crashed on Saturday in North Waziristan, not far from th...

Libya urges neighbors to hand over Gaddafi supporters

2012/02/25 12:38:27

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya urged its neighbors to hand over supporters of toppled leader Muammar Gadd...

Nervously, world powers eye greater Somalia action

2012/02/24 09:09:35

LONDON (Reuters) - Somalia might still be described as the "world's worst failed state," but interna...

Facing hostility, Putin to win the Kremlin: poll

2012/02/24 07:15:48

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin will reclaim the Kremlin's top job by winning two thirds of the vo...

Southeast Libya clashes resume despite army intervention

2012/02/24 06:44:33

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Clashes between rival tribes in the far southeast of Libya have flared up again,...