Chinese girl dies in hit and run that sparked outrage

2011/10/21 00:07:39

BEIJING (Reuters) - A two-year-old Chinese girl run over by two different vehicles and ignored by pa...

U.N. council to vote on Yemen resolution on Friday

2011/10/20 21:11:14

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council will vote on a British-drafted resolution on Ye...

U.S. grand jury indicts two men in Saudi envoy plot

2011/10/20 17:44:13

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. grand jury on Thursday formally indicted two men suspected of being part...

White House repeats Syria's Assad has lost legitimacy

2011/10/20 14:35:14

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House repeated on Thursday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ha...

Gaddafi killed as Libya's revolt takes hometown

2011/10/20 11:25:37

SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi is dead, Libya's new leaders said, killed by fighters who o...

Analysis: Libya's next tests: Big expectations, power

2011/10/20 10:46:02

LONDON (Reuters) - Jockeying for power among Libya's well-armed and fractious new leadership may int...

Pakistan forces kill 34 militants in northwest

2011/10/20 09:13:23

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani paramilitary forces killed 34 Taliban militants in clashes in the re...

China says to get tough after Tibetan burnings

2011/10/20 03:49:33

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Foreign Ministry said Thursday the government of a restive, heavily Tibe...

Central Taiwan seen as election key as China frets

2011/10/20 23:11:04

TAICHUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) - Taiwan's semi-rural central plains, dotted with rice paddies and bright...

Basque separatists ETA say end armed struggle

2011/10/20 20:44:26

MADRID (Reuters) - The Basque separatist group ETA said on Thursday it was ending four decades of ar...

Tunisia vows no poll rigging, calls on people to vote

2011/10/20 17:18:11

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisians should vote without fear of rigging or any violence in the first free el...

Protest against Greek austerity vote turns violent

2011/10/20 11:44:36

ATHENS (Reuters) - Clashes between rival groups of protesters broke out in front of the Greek parlia...

Venezuela's Chavez declares himself free of cancer

2011/10/20 11:24:49

LA FRIA, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez declared himself cancer-free on Thursda...

Kenyan, Somali troops advance on rebels

2011/10/20 10:30:58

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Kenyan and Somali troops advanced on an Islamist-held town in southern Somalia...

Japan to spend at least $13 billion for decontamination

2011/10/20 08:42:51

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said the government will spend at least 1 t...