Insight: Japan's nuclear crisis goes much further than Fukushima

2012/02/23 22:48:00

TOKYO (Reuters) - On a hillside in northern Japan, wind turbines slice through the cold air, mocking...

Armed men attack Egypt's Islamist presidential hopeful

2012/02/23 19:07:10

CAIRO (Reuters) - A leading Islamist candidate for the Egyptian presidency was attacked by armed men...

Analysis: Can United States defuse Koran burning uproar?

2012/02/23 18:40:09

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After a third day of bloody protests over the burning of the Koran, there is ...

New Libya army flexes muscles to halt tribal fight

2012/02/23 17:37:32

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan troops intervened to end fighting between rival tribes in the eastern des...

Hamas sets new terms for reconciliation with Fatah

2012/02/23 15:52:35

GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas has set new terms for implementing a reconciliation deal with Palestinian Pre...

Clinton threatens sanctions on Somali peace spoilers

2012/02/23 15:02:55

LONDON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday threatened sanctions on anyone blo...

Longest Palestinian hunger strike ends in deal

2012/02/21 10:45:06

RAMALLAH (Reuters) - A Palestinian held without trial by Israel agreed Tuesday to end his 66-day hun...

Bombardment of Syria's Homs kills 21: activists

2012/02/21 09:36:43

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government forces killed 21 people and wounded some 340 on Tuesday w...

"Friends of Syria" to demand ceasefire

2012/02/23 20:19:04

TUNIS (Reuters) - Western and Arab nations meeting on Friday will demand that Syria implement an imm...

Iraq attacks kill 60, raise sectarian fears

2012/02/23 19:05:14

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Simultaneous early morning attacks on mostly Shi'ite targets across Iraq killed ...

U.S. cites progress in shadowy Africa military mission

2012/02/23 18:23:33

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday it was making progress with its African al...

Afghan laborer recalls rage as he tried to save charred Korans

2012/02/23 17:31:09

Afghan laborer recalls rage as he tried to save charred Korans

Chavez going to Cuba on Friday for cancer surgery

2012/02/23 15:04:39

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's ailing socialist president, Hugo Chavez, will fly to Cuba on Friday ...

Yemen election ensures Saleh's exit after 33 years

2012/02/21 10:49:39

SANAA/ADEN (Reuters) - Yemen pushed Ali Abdullah Saleh from power after 33 years on Tuesday, voting ...

Photos make slow way home in tsunami-hit Japan

2012/02/21 10:21:31

OFUNATO, Japan (Reuters) - In a large, bright room not far from the ocean that raged through this co...