Protester shot dead as snipers stay in Taiz, tanks quit

2011/12/05 13:54:11

TAIZ, Yemen (Reuters) - Forces loyal to outgoing Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh shot dead a wom...

Debt and doubt loom large over Durban climate talks

2011/12/05 12:28:25

DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) - Economic crisis and the top three polluters China, the United State...

U.S. official says Iran becoming a pariah state

2011/12/05 11:38:40

SEOUL (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official on Monday said the situation over Iran's nuclear program wa...

West's Afghan resolve tested by turmoil, crises

2011/12/04 22:00:17

BONN (Reuters) - The West wants to use an Afghanistan meeting Monday to signal enduring support for ...

Indonesia's Gamalama volcano erupts, thousands flee

2011/12/04 21:41:15

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Mount Gamalama erupted to spew lava and ash on Ternate in eastern Indonesia, pro...

Slovenia asks mayor to form recession-busting coalition

2011/12/04 17:51:34

LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Slovenia tasked the mayor of its capital city Monday with forging a government...

U.S. official says no sign Iran shot down drone

2011/12/04 13:29:24

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian media reported on Sunday that their country's military had shot down a U....

U.N. climate chief sees air clearing on cut pledges

2011/12/03 10:17:25

DURBAN (Reuters) - The U.N.'s climate chief said on Saturday she believes countries can snap the dea...

U.S. forces begin leaving Pakistan drone base

2011/12/05 13:36:32

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. personnel have taken steps to evacuate a remote airfield in Pakistan tha...

Ivory Coast's Gbagbo appears before ICC

2011/12/05 11:54:21

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo appeared at the International Crim...

Russia's Putin and party suffer election blow

2011/12/04 22:22:40

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian voters have dealt Vladimir Putin's ruling party a heavy blow by cutting i...

Peru declares emergency to stop protest over mine

2011/12/04 21:53:30

LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian President Ollanta Humala declared a state of emergency late on Sunday to q...

Islamists seek to extend gains in Egypt run-off vote

2011/12/04 18:43:33

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Muslim Brotherhood's party will seek to extend a lead over hardline Islamists ...

Syrian authorities arrest woman blogger

2011/12/04 14:52:45

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian authorities arrested a blogger on Sunday who was traveling to Jordan to att...

Libyan who sparked revolution sworn in as minister

2011/12/04 12:13:02

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The man whose arrest in February sparked Libya's revolution was sworn in as a mi...