Bahrain upholds life sentences for protest leaders

2011/09/28 13:04:07

MANAMA (Reuters) - A Bahrain military court upheld life sentences on Wednesday against Shi'ite oppos...

Libya ready to probe possible other Lockerbie suspects

2011/09/28 12:33:13

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's interim justice minister Mohammed al-Alagi said on Wednesday he was read...

Council takes first step on Palestinian U.N. bid

2011/09/28 11:54:18

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday took its first step on the Palesti...

Analysis: Pakistan's double-game: treachery or strategy?

2011/09/28 08:47:34

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Washington has just about had it with Pakistan.

Analysis: U.S., Palestinians race for votes at U.N. council

2011/09/26 16:37:48

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Palestinians' initiative to seek U.N. recognition as a state, which g...

Iraq signs deal to buy 18 F-16 warplanes

2011/09/26 16:04:02

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq has signed a contract to buy 18 Lockheed Martin F-16 warplanes to bolster i...

Ex-president's killing plotted abroad - Afghan agency

2011/09/26 15:25:39

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's intelligence agency said on Monday it had arrested a key figure in l...

Greeks feel drip-drip torture of austerity

2011/09/26 14:33:36

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greeks expressed their misery on Monday at the erosion of their daily lives by au...

Libya's NTC thinks Gaddafi hiding near Algeria

2011/09/28 12:59:11

SIRTE (Reuters) - Libya's new rulers said on Wednesday they believed fugitive ex-leader Muammar Gadd...

Syrian tanks pound anti-Assad fighters for 2nd day

2011/09/28 12:14:56

AMMAN (Reuters) - Tanks pounded a Syrian town that has become a refuge for army deserters for a seco...

China authorities under fire after Shanghai subway

2011/09/28 09:45:13

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese authorities came under fire on Wednesday after the worst subway train a...

Russian finance chief ousted in power struggle

2011/09/26 16:39:48

DIMITROVGRAD, Russia (Reuters) - Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin was ousted on Monday in a bi...

Libyan forces close on Gaddafi loyalists in Sirte

2011/09/26 16:17:13

SIRTE (Reuters) - Libyan provisional government forces backed by NATO warplanes raced through the ea...

Afghan employee kills U.S. citizen at Kabul CIA base

2011/09/26 15:49:16

KABUL (Reuters) - An Afghan security guard employed by the U.S. Embassy opened fire inside a CIA off...

Libya's NTC says Lockerbie case closed

2011/09/26 15:13:09

LONDON (Reuters) - The investigation into the 1988 bombing of a U.S.-bound airliner over Lockerbie i...