Palestinian crisis looms over U.N. meeting

2011/09/22 20:47:02

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Diplomats scrambled on Thursday to head off a clash over Palestinian plan...

Sparks fly as U.S., Pakistan spar over Afghan bloodshed

2011/09/22 19:02:36

WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The top U.S. military officer accused Pakistani intelligence on Thu...

U.S. special forces chiefs seek balanced Afghan drawdown

2011/09/22 18:33:27

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Military chiefs planning the U.S. troop drawdown in Afghanistan must be caref...

Yemen capital gripped by fighting, shelling

2011/09/22 18:24:29

SANAA (Reuters) - Fighting between pro- and anti-government forces spread through Yemen's capital on...

U.S. says won't ignore Iran-backed attacks in Iraq

2011/09/22 17:09:02

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will not "sit idly by" while its forces are harmed by Irani...

Iran frees two U.S. hikers after bail paid

2011/09/21 12:00:11

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran freed on Wednesday two U.S. men it jailed for over two years on espionage ch...

Supporters of pope's German visit blast boycott

2011/09/21 11:52:24

BERLIN (Reuters) - Supporters of Pope Benedict's tour of Germany this week criticized on Wednesday p...

Snipers, shelling raise death toll in Yemen capital

2011/09/21 10:59:55

SANAA (Reuters) - Snipers, shelling, and gunfire killed at least five people in the Yemeni capital o...

Thousands riot in south China over land grab: report

2011/09/22 19:33:49

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Thousands of people have attacked government buildings in southern China in pr...

Iran's Ahmadinejad attacks West, prompts walk-out

2011/09/22 18:40:40

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flayed the West on Thursday for a c...

Libya NTC faces credibility test at Gaddafi strongholds

2011/09/22 18:29:43

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's new government said it had tightened its grip on oasis towns which sided...

Sectarian tensions rise in Syria's Homs, 2 killed

2011/09/22 17:34:21

AMMAN (Reuters) - Snipers killed two people in the Syrian city of Homs on Thursday, where tensions h...

Obama to meet Palestinian leader amid U.N. crisis

2011/09/21 12:26:10

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on W...

Libya rulers claim capture of Gaddafi bastion

2011/09/21 11:57:00

TRIPOLI/NORTH OF BANI WALID, Libya (Reuters) - Libya's interim rulers said on Wednesday they had cap...

U.S. says Pakistani spies using group for "proxy war"

2011/09/21 11:48:04

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has accused Pakistan's intelligence agency of using the Haq...