Japan storm death toll rises to 25, more missing

2011/09/05 01:45:29

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's death toll from tropical depression Talas, earlier downgraded from a tropi...

Rebels say not ready to resume peace with Philippines

2011/09/04 23:54:27

CAMP DARAPANAN, Philippines (Reuters) - The Philippines' largest Muslim rebel group is not ready to ...

Exclusive: abandoned Libyan missile: a gift to militants?

2011/09/04 09:47:17

TAJOURA, Libya (Reuters) - When Muammar Gaddafi's soldiers fled this corner of a field outside Tripo...

Authorities arrest 36 in Colombian cocaine gang

2011/09/02 14:14:03

BOGOTA (Reuters) - A criminal gang capable of smuggling 10 tonnes of cocaine a month for Mexico's bl...

EU agrees oil embargo as Syrians march against Assad

2011/09/02 14:09:12

AMMAN (Reuters) - The European Union decided to impose sanctions on Syrian oil exports on Friday, sa...

Mexico's Calderon defends war on drug cartels

2011/09/02 13:33:25

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Friday mounted a forceful defense of hi...

Clashes erupt in flashpoint Sudan border state

2011/09/02 11:45:48

KHARTOUM/JUBA (Reuters) - The Sudanese army and forces aligned to South Sudan clashed on Friday in a...

Turkey expels Israeli diplomats after U.N. report

2011/09/02 11:30:37

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey expelled Israel's ambassador and suspended military cooperation with the J...

Kurdish rebels kill two at Turkish police soccer game

2011/09/05 00:59:25

TUNCELI, Turkey (Reuters) - Kurdish guerrillas opened fired on a group of Turkish policemen playing ...

Syrian forces kill 8: activists

2011/09/04 13:08:14

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian security forces killed at least eight civilians on Sunday in raids on resti...

Historic rally buoys Israeli social protest movement

2011/09/04 06:39:47

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Organisers of Israel's biggest rally for economic reform said on Sunday they w...

Libyans pledge democracy as they win Gaddafi billions

2011/09/02 14:09:43

TRIPOLI, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Libya's new leadership reaffirmed its commitment to democracy and good g...

Concern rising about Iran military nuclear work

2011/09/02 13:39:33

VIENNA (Reuters) - The watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency is "increasingly concerned" about...

NATO races to secure violent, porous Afghanistan-Pakistan border

2011/09/02 11:56:48

SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Alim Mohammad surveys the stretch of land he has guarded for th...

Japan's PM picks cabinet and vows pragmatic reforms

2011/09/02 11:33:00

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda unveiled on Friday a government that wil...