Heavy fighting in Pakistan tribal areas kills dozens

2012/02/01 01:58:27

PARACHINAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani fighter jets bombed militant hideouts in tribal areas nea...

Insight: At Suu Kyi's rallies, signs of a new Myanmar

2012/02/01 01:54:28

DAWEI, Myanmar (Reuters) - Shortly after her aging aircraft rattled its way off the runway and into ...

Taliban "poised to retake Afghanistan" after NATO pullout

2012/02/01 01:46:29

KABUL (Reuters) - A secret U.S. military report says that the Taliban, backed by Pakistan, are set t...

Syria forces retake Damascus suburbs; showdown at U.N.

2012/01/31 10:27:22

AMMAN/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syrian government forces reasserted control of Damascus suburbs on ...

Strike kills 12 Yemen militants, minister escapes attack

2012/01/31 09:55:40

ADEN/SANAA (Reuters) - Gunmen riddled the car of Yemen's information minister with bullets as he lef...

Saudi Arabia cautious on possible Afghan talks

2012/01/31 09:22:19

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is reluctant to host talks between the Afghan government and the Tal...

Global food prices easing, volatility still high: World Bank

2012/01/31 08:04:10

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Global food prices are set to decline further in 2012 as a weaker world econo...

Libyan militia leader sues former UK spy chief

2012/01/31 07:00:09

LONDON (Reuters) - A Libyan militia leader has begun legal action against a former senior British in...

Analysis: Malaysia's opposition plots unlikely path to power

2012/02/01 01:57:03

DENGKIL, Malaysia (Reuters) - Anwar Ibrahim is free and he knows how to work a crowd.

U.N. Council urged to act fast on Syria, Assad forces push back

2012/02/01 01:48:36

UNITED NATIONS/AMMAN (Reuters) - Arab and Western states urged the U.N. Security Council to act swif...

Assange to appeal extradition to UK's top court

2012/01/31 18:43:49

LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will appeal to Britain's Supreme Court Wednesday...

Iran keeping option open on nuclear weapon: U.S. spy chief

2012/01/31 10:19:14

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran is keeping the option open to develop a nuclear weapon but U.S. intellig...

Italian authorities end search for cruise ship bodies

2012/01/31 09:40:11

ROME (Reuters) - Italian authorities have ended the search for bodies in the submerged sections of t...

Greece must pledge tough reforms for debt swap deal

2012/01/31 09:02:00

ATHENS (Reuters) - Near-bankrupt Greece struggled on with its foreign lenders on Tuesday to show the...

Analysis: For Putin, tax reform could be harder than winning

2012/01/31 07:25:51

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Winning Russia's March presidential election could be the easy part for Prime Min...