U.N. investigator wants more freed in Myanmar

2011/10/12 14:05:12

GENEVA (Reuters) - Myanmar's release of political prisoners on Wednesday is a sign of change, but th...

Egypt's army defends action in protest crackdown

2011/10/12 13:35:43

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian generals defended on Wednesday the army's actions in cracking down on a C...

Questions abound over Iran "plot" to kill Saudi envoy

2011/10/12 13:31:04

LONDON (Reuters) - You couldn't make it up -- or could you?

U.S. finishes probe of Afghanistan helicopter crash

2011/10/12 12:49:36

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military has completed its investigation of an August helicopter cra...

Ex-PM Tymoshenko exceeded her powers-Ukraine court

2011/10/11 04:09:33

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko exceeded her powers by ordering st...

Liberians queue in the rain to choose president

2011/10/11 03:41:49

MONROVIA (Reuters) - Liberians queued in the rain on Tuesday for the West African state's second pre...

Clashes kill 31 in Syria, EU hails opposition body

2011/10/11 02:29:15

BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 31 people were killed across Syria in the latest wave of violence, notab...

Libya forces corner Gaddafi loyalists in Sirte

2011/10/10 19:01:43

SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan transitional government forces said they had cornered Muammar Gaddaf...

Serbia wins qualified EU invite, Turkey criticized

2011/10/12 13:48:01

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission recommended on Wednesday that Serbia become a candidate...

Israel-Hamas prisoner swap stirs mixed emotions

2011/10/12 13:31:54

JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) - The parents of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit folded their protest tent Wed...

Swiss say trying to release dictators' stashed loot

2011/10/12 13:28:27

GENEVA (Reuters) - Switzerland is trying to help the new authorities of Tunisia, Egypt and Libya rec...

Myanmar likely to free "prisoners of conscience"

2011/10/11 04:28:27

YANGON (Reuters) - Reclusive Myanmar is expected to release a number of political detainees on Wedne...

Genocide detainee Mladic in hospital: lawyer

2011/10/11 03:56:36

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic, awaiting trial in The Hague, has ...

Pakistan's governor escapes missile attack

2011/10/11 03:14:21

KALAYA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Militants fired two missiles at a rally led by the governor of Pakistan...

Netanyahu tells Ashton happy to meet Abbas

2011/10/10 19:27:41

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the European Union's foreign po...