Seeking Kremlin return, Putin pledges spending

2012/02/13 08:19:52

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin set out plans to increase spending on healt...

"Monsignors' mutiny" revealed by Vatican leaks

2012/02/13 08:10:28

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Call it Conspiracy City. Call it Scandal City. Call it Leak City. These day...

NATO says found Afghan children dead after air strike

2012/02/13 06:44:02

KABUL (Reuters) - NATO-led forces in Afghanistan said on Monday they found the bodies of dead childr...

Venezuela opposition picks candidate to face Chavez

2012/02/12 09:20:09

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelans voted on Sunday in an opposition primary expected to name a young st...

Islamist militants execute three men in south Yemen

2012/02/12 09:03:01

ADEN (Reuters) - Islamist militants in southern Yemen said they had executed three men on Sunday for...

Rockets hit Homs opposition as Arab ministers meet

2012/02/12 08:57:53

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Sporadic rocket and gunfire broke a respite in Syrian government attacks on...

Greece set to agree on bailout as Germany demands action

2012/02/12 08:38:38

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek lawmakers looked set to endorse a new and deeply unpopular austerity deal o...

Charges against president "politically motivated": Pakistan PM

2012/02/12 07:09:42

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, in an interview broadcast on Saturday, said ...

Xi says frictions shouldn't define U.S.-China ties: report

2012/02/13 08:12:24

(Reuters) - The United States should not let friction over economic and trade policies undermine the...

A year on, only brief home visits for Japan nuclear evacuees

2012/02/13 06:44:37

OKUMA, Japan (Reuters) - Back home for just three hours, a tearful Miyoko Takeda sorted through her ...

New Fukushima scare blamed on faulty thermometer

2012/02/13 01:02:28

TOKYO (Reuters) - A scare over temperatures rising near danger level in a reactor at Fukushima Daiic...

Chinese envoy visits Tehran for nuclear talks

2012/02/12 09:15:44

TEHRAN (Reuters) - A senior Chinese diplomat arrived in Tehran on Sunday to discuss Iran's nuclear p...

Kabila aide dies, minister hurt in DRC plane crash

2012/02/12 08:59:53

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila's chief adviser was killed...

Saif Gaddafi to be moved to Tripoli, then tried

2012/02/12 08:43:23

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son and one-time heir apparent of toppled Libyan leader M...

Maldives' new president expands cabinet amid crisis

2012/02/12 07:55:17

MALE (Reuters) - The Maldives' new president on Sunday expanded his cabinet amid a political stalema...