Syrian military assaults intensify on Homs, 16 killed

2011/07/19 21:07:08

AMMAN, July 19 (Reuters) - Syrian troops and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed 16...

Slain kids cast larger shadow on Mexican drug war

2011/07/19 14:30:42

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Once largely spectators to the deaths of hitmen, police and innocent bystand...

West, Arab powers to recognize Libya rebels

2011/07/15 09:14:51

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Western and Arab powers in the Libya contact group are to recognize the rebel l...

Debt crisis taxes cozy Greek Church-state ties

2011/07/15 09:01:29

ATHENS (Reuters) - The Greek Orthodox Church owns more land than anyone except the state, employs th...

U.S. drawdown begins in Afghanistan

2011/07/15 08:30:20

KABUL (Reuters) - The first U.S. troops have left Afghanistan as part of President Barack Obama's pl...

Egyptians extend protest, say army not doing enough

2011/07/15 07:57:05

CAIRO (Reuters) - Thousands of Egyptians packed Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday, keeping up pressure...

India PM vows to bring Mumbai bombers to justice

2011/07/14 21:40:39

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh vowed on Thursday to bring to justice those ...

Twenty Turkish soldiers, Kurdish rebels killed in clash

2011/07/14 19:31:11

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Kurdish fighters killed 13 Turkish soldiers and seven militants died ...

France's Hollande to be questioned over Banon case

2011/07/19 15:38:20

PARIS (Reuters) - French presidential contender Francois Hollande will be questioned by police inves...

World's biggest diamond hub suffers hit in Mumbai blasts

2011/07/15 09:18:26

(Reuters) - One of this week's deadly Mumbai blasts scattered diamonds, possibly worth millions of d...

Syrians mount biggest protests so far, 12 killed

2011/07/15 09:10:51

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian security forces shot dead at least 12 protesters on Friday as hundreds of t...

Mullah Omar, headscarves and bizarre Afghan peace talks

2011/07/15 08:31:03

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's complex and often confusing business of talks with the Taliban took ...

In Ahmadis's desert city, Pakistan closes in

2011/07/15 08:04:38

RABWAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - At the office of what claims to be one of Pakistan's oldest newspapers,...

U.S. turns Saddam's half-brothers over to Iraq

2011/07/15 07:14:32

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military has delivered two of Saddam Hussein's half-brothers and his fo...

In Ahmadis' desert city, Pakistan closes in

2011/07/14 20:34:20

RABWAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - At the office of what claims to be one of Pakistan's oldest newspapers,...