Chinese VP in Cuba to meet on economic ties

2011/06/04 20:57:52

HAVANA (Reuters) - Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping arrived in Cuba on Saturday for a three-day vis...

Flamboyant ex-mayor arrested with arsenal in Mexico

2011/06/04 20:02:32

TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican gambling tycoon Jorge Hank Rhon, an eccentric former mayor of Ti...

Portuguese go to polls as country grapples with bailout

2011/06/04 18:32:01

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal will elect a new government on Sunday which will lead the country throug...

Key al Qaeda man said killed in Pakistan drone strike

2011/06/04 16:42:53

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike killed a senior al Qaeda figure in northwest Pakistan afte...

Mladic wary then defiant in dramatic Hague debut

2011/06/03 20:12:16

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic faced the U.N. war crimes trib...

Yemen's Saleh injured in shelling, seven killed

2011/06/03 19:26:13

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh blamed an 'outlaw gang' among his tribal enemi...

Protests simmer as Bahrain wins back Formula One

2011/06/03 14:21:08

MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain scored a public relations coup on Friday by winning back its Formula One ...

Germany steps up hunt for deadly E.coli source

2011/06/03 12:57:35

BERLIN/LONDON (Reuters) - Racing to curb the spread of a killer food bug, Germany set up a task forc...

Chile volcano erupts, spews towering ash column

2011/06/04 20:17:06

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A volcano dormant for decades erupted in south-central Chile on Saturday, belch...

U.N.'s Ban to announce candidacy for 2nd term: envoys

2011/06/04 18:55:41

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Ban Ki-moon is planning to formally announce his candidacy for a second f...

Peru's Humala noses ahead on eve of run-off: polls

2011/06/04 18:14:30

LIMA (Reuters) - Ollanta Humala has edged into the lead on the eve of Peru's presidential election, ...

More than 60 killed in Syria protests: rights group

2011/06/03 20:53:32

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian forces killed at least 63 civilians in attacks to crush pro-democracy demo...

Peru's Humala edges ahead in polls; markets nervous

2011/06/03 19:54:37

LIMA (Reuters) - Ollanta Humala appeared within striking distance of victory on Friday in Peru's pre...

China meets Libya rebels in latest blow to Gaddafi

2011/06/03 19:00:13

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - China made its first confirmed contact with Libyan rebels in the latest diplomat...

Qatar deports Libyan woman who said she was raped

2011/06/03 14:08:59

DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar deported a Libyan woman who claimed that she had been gang raped by pro-gover...