2011 "Year of the Tyrant," 2012 ominous for Syria, Iraq

2011/12/22 16:38:42

LONDON (Reuters) - It all began with a slap and a slur hurled at a poor vegetable seller by a police...

Gun battle, explosions erupt in northern Nigeria

2011/12/22 16:30:08

KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - A sustained gun battle broke out between Nigerian security forces and susp...

Exclusive: North Korea's military to share power with Kim's heir

2011/12/21 20:49:29

BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea will shift to collective rule from a strongman dictatorship after la...

Almost 70 reporters killed worldwide in 2011: RSF

2011/12/21 20:39:20

PARIS (Reuters) - Sixty-six journalists were killed worldwide in 2011, many of them covering Arab re...

Arab team prepares Syria mission after deadly assault

2011/12/21 18:41:40

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Arab League officials arrive in Syria on Thursday to prepare for monitors oversee...

Israel says European U.N. states' criticism is wrong

2011/12/21 17:23:50

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel Wednesday said four European U.N. Security Council members should suppo...

Iraq PM warns Sunnis could be shut from power

2011/12/21 16:31:27

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Sunni Muslim minority rejected a call for all-party talks on Wednesday, i...

Bahrain frees blogger on bail, to reinstate workers

2011/12/20 15:23:51

DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain, under pressure to improve its right record to secure a purchase of U.S. a...

Shi'ites targeted as Baghdad blasts kill 72

2011/12/22 16:37:24

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A wave of bombings killed at least 72 people in Baghdad Thursday, the first atta...

Cubans wait, hope for end to travel limits

2011/12/22 16:21:38

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba is abuzz with speculation that President Raul Castro will soon announce poli...

China's top paper praises settlement of village dispute

2011/12/21 20:41:49

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top newspaper praised on Thursday the defusing of a 10-day standoff betw...

Cairo calmer as Egyptian election resumes

2011/12/21 19:31:16

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt is holding the latest round of its first democratic parliamentary election o...

Congo forces kill 24 since vote results: HRW

2011/12/21 18:07:51

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo security forces have killed 24 people since Presid...

Italy's Monti faces key final vote on austerity

2011/12/21 17:13:14

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti faces a confidence vote on Thursday that he call...

Norway panel split on killer's mental diagnosis: TV

2011/12/21 16:09:09

OSLO (Reuters) - Several members of a medical review panel believe there are serious flaws in a repo...