Havel, leader of "Velvet Revolution," dies

2011/12/18 18:06:25

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Vaclav Havel, an anti-Communist playwright who became Czech president and a world...

Analysis: Iraq resumes political strife in vacuum left by U.S.

2011/12/18 15:00:39

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The dust had barely settled from the last column of departing U.S. armoured vehi...

Syria death toll hits 5,000 as insurgency spreads

2011/12/13 11:01:12

AMMAN (Reuters) - Security forces shot dead 17 people in Syria on Tuesday and rebels killed seven po...

Iran says Obama should apologize for downed drone

2011/12/13 10:53:11

TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama should apologize for sending an unmanned spy plane into Ir...

Syria's wounded make dangerous trek to refuge in Lebanon

2011/12/13 10:07:47

BEKAA VALLEY, Lebanon (Reuters) - The elderly Lebanese doctor gets a text message: "Your bag of eggp...

Russian editor fired after Putin cursed in photo

2011/12/13 09:59:56

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The editor of a prominent Russian news magazine said he had been fired after the ...

Jailed Afghan rape victim still in prison, despite pardon

2011/12/13 09:23:06

KABUL (Reuters) - An Afghan woman who was jailed for "forced adultery" after a relative raped her, a...

Syria votes amid violence, activists say polls a sham

2011/12/12 15:41:52

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Prime Minister Adel Safar urged Syrians to vote in local elections on Monday to s...

Iran state TV airs "confession" of detained CIA spy

2011/12/18 16:27:27

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian state television on Sunday aired what it described as the confession of a...

Syria nearer to sign Arab plan, crackdown continues

2011/12/18 13:51:23

AMMAN (Reuters) - Gulf officials expressed hope Sunday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would f...

Gunman kills three, then himself, in Belgium attack

2011/12/13 10:53:52

LIEGE, Belgium (Reuters) - A gunman shot dead three people at a busy central square during a Christm...

Analysis: Merkel's post-summit glow fades in Germany

2011/12/13 10:38:27

BERLIN (Reuters) - Praise for Angela Merkel's tough negotiating skills in forcing through a deal on ...

Israel denounces settlers' attack on army base

2011/12/13 10:05:06

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli minister denounced a group of hardline Jewish settlers as "terroris...

Sudan border fighting displaces over 400,000 people: U.N.

2011/12/13 09:53:49

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - About 417,000 people have been displaced in Sudan's border states of South Kord...

Chinese premier Wen to visit Myanmar, sources say

2011/12/13 07:32:43

(Reuters) - China's premier will visit Myanmar next week for a summit of Mekong River countries, sou...