Israel, Palestinians to meet Tuesday; prospects hazy

2012/01/01 17:04:43

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian negotiators will meet this week after more than a year...

Libya's al-Sedr oil port resumes operations: official

2012/01/01 16:16:49

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's al-Sedr oil port has resumed operations and will see the first oil shipm...

Iran reports nuclear progress as sanctions loom

2012/01/01 13:27:40

TEHRAN (Reuters) - - Iran announced a nuclear fuel breakthrough and test-fired a new radar-evading m...

Troops, tanks patrol in northeast Nigeria

2012/01/01 10:02:15

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Heavily armed troops and tanks patrolled the streets of Maiduguri in ...

Quake rattles New Zealand's Christchurch: USGS

2011/12/30 19:15:34

(Reuters) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 struck close to the New Zealand city of Christchur...

Former Mexico soldier sentenced for aiding cartels

2011/12/30 18:31:34

MEXICO CITY, Dec 30 (Reuters) - A former soldier in the Mexican army was sentenced to 25 years in pr...

Seventeen dead as Syrians stage mass protests

2011/12/30 17:55:43

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian security forces, undaunted by the presence of Arab League observers, have ...

Pro-Saleh protests in Yemen, seven militants killed

2011/12/30 17:38:31

DUBAI (Reuters) - Supporters of outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh took to the streets of Yemen's...

Egypt's army hastens end of parliamentary election

2012/01/01 16:23:54

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's army rulers issued a decree on Sunday to hasten the conclusion of parliame...

Boat capsizes off Lamu in Kenya, at least 7 dead

2012/01/01 15:49:35

NAIROBI (Reuters) - At least seven people died and many more were feared missing after a boat carryi...

Funeral of Bahrain youth turns into street protest

2012/01/01 13:14:05

DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahraini police fired tear gas and sound grenades after hundreds of Shi'ite youths...

North Korea calls for "human shields" to protect new leader

2012/01/01 08:34:30

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea called on its people to rally behind new leader Kim Jong-un and protec...

Quake rattles New Zealand's Christchurch: USGS

2011/12/30 19:15:34

(Reuters) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 struck close to the New Zealand city of Christchur...

Former Mexico soldier sentenced for aiding cartels

2011/12/30 18:31:34

MEXICO CITY, Dec 30 (Reuters) - A former soldier in the Mexican army was sentenced to 25 years in pr...

Seventeen dead as Syrians stage mass protests

2011/12/30 17:55:43

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian security forces, undaunted by the presence of Arab League observers, have ...