Pakistan naval base siege close to an end

2011/05/23 02:38:00

KARACHI (Reuters) - Troops battled Taliban gunmen holed up in Pakistan's naval air force headquarter...

Libya oil chief may have quit Gaddafi government: Tunisia

2011/05/23 01:25:17

TOKYO/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libya's top oil official is in neighboring Tunisia and believed to...

Yemen's Saleh refuses to sign deal to step down

2011/05/22 23:15:21

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh refused to sign an agreement on Sunday to step...

Ahmadinejad remains caretaker oil minister: aide

2011/05/22 11:51:55

TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad remains Iran's caretaker oil minister, despite a ru...

North Sudan seizes disputed Abyei, thousands flee

2011/05/22 11:39:56

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's northern army seized control of the disputed, oil-producing Abyei regio...

Egypt sentences policeman to die for protest deaths

2011/05/22 11:23:38

CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian criminal court sentenced a police officer to death in absentia Sunday ...

Georgia opposition calls for Day of Rage protest

2011/05/22 10:57:11

TBILISI (Reuters) - A Georgian opposition party called for a "Day of Rage" Wednesday to try to force...

Baghdad hit by series of bombs, 15 killed

2011/05/22 07:24:00

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Explosions killed at least 15 people and wounded 74 in the Baghdad area on Sunda...

Europe on alert for Icelandic volcano ash cloud

2011/05/23 01:45:06

REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - An eruption by Iceland's most active volcano was set to keep the island's main...

Chinese forces detain 300 Tibetan monks for a month: sources

2011/05/23 01:05:45

BEIJING (Reuters) - Security forces have detained about 300 Tibetan monks from a monastery in southw...

Many wounded as Moroccan police beat protestors

2011/05/22 18:40:01

RABAT/CASABLANCA (Reuters) - Moroccan police beat protesters who defied a ban on demonstrations acro...

EU foreign policy chief visits Libya rebel zone

2011/05/22 11:41:59

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton pledged support for...

Europe air routes open so far after Iceland eruption

2011/05/22 11:31:49

REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Ash from a massive plume of smoke from an eruption of Iceland's most active vo...

Diplomats say Yemen transition deal falls through

2011/05/22 11:07:42

SANAA (Reuters) - Western and Gulf diplomats failed on Sunday to persuade Yemeni President Ali Abdul...

Spaniards vote in local elections marked by protests

2011/05/22 10:56:57

MADRID (Reuters) - Spaniards began voting on Sunday in local and regional polls expected to deal hea...