Mideast Quartet envoys to meet in New York on Sunday

2011/09/17 06:20:51

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Envoys from the quartet of Middle East negotiators will meet on Sunday in a las...

Ill Chavez upbeat as Venezuela campaign opens

2011/09/14 14:43:30

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's 2012 presidential election campaign was unofficially underway on Wed...

Ex-Guatemala president fights extradition to U.S

2011/09/14 14:34:38

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers for former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo pleaded with a U.S. ju...

Iran judiciary denies U.S. men's release is imminent

2011/09/14 13:42:33

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's judiciary said on Wednesday the release on bail of two U.S. citizens convi...

Alarmed West dismisses Iran nuclear "charm offensive"

2011/09/14 13:14:46

VIENNA (Reuters) - Western powers said on Wednesday an Iranian "charm offensive" had failed to dispe...

Suspected N.Irish nationalists attack police homes

2011/09/14 12:34:56

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Suspected Irish nationalists carried out bomb attacks on the homes of a Catholic ...

Retired general leads Guatemala vote, faces run-off

2011/09/12 13:35:18

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A right-wing retired general promising a crackdown on rampant crime led G...

Sri Lanka under growing pressure on war atrocities

2011/09/12 12:34:04

GENEVA (Reuters) - Sri Lanka came under mounting pressure from the United Nations and Western powers...

Wife of Stockholm suicide bomber arrested in UK

2011/09/14 15:38:10

LONDON (Reuters) - The wife of a failed suicide bomber who police believe attempted to kill Christma...

Armored Syrian forces storm towns near Turkey border

2011/09/14 14:40:44

AMMAN (Reuters) - Dozens of tanks and hundreds of soldiers stormed towns and villages near Syria's n...

Palestinian state-building drive threatened: U.N., IMF

2011/09/14 14:24:53

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A shortfall in donor aid, tough Israeli trade restrictions and diplomatic para...

Fear in Kabul after 20-hour Taliban siege

2011/09/14 13:39:03

KABUL (Reuters) - A marathon siege in Kabul's diplomatic enclave ended on Wednesday with the killing...

U.S. shows flag in Tripoli, pledges support

2011/09/14 13:09:29

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The United States gave Libya's new rulers a very visible show of support on Wedn...

Niger says Saadi Gaddafi under surveillance, not detained

2011/09/12 14:42:02

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger said on Monday it is keeping the son of Muammar Gaddafi, Saadi, under surve...

Blast at French nuclear site kills one, no leaks

2011/09/12 12:50:28

MARCOULE, France (Reuters) - A worker was killed in an explosion at a French nuclear waste site on M...