Egypt to lead Arab League amid regional turmoil

2011/05/15 12:48:39

CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab states picked Egypt's foreign minister on Sunday to lead the Arab League duri...

Egyptian church calls on Copts to abandon protest

2011/05/15 12:09:26

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Pope Shenouda, head of the Orthodox Coptic church, called on Christians to...

Kerry to ask Pakistan tough questions at critical time

2011/05/15 09:58:30

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - U.S. Senator John Kerry will press Pakistani leaders for answers on Osama bin ...

Assad broadens Syria crackdown, tanks push south

2011/05/12 13:11:29

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces spread through southern towns Thursday and tightened their grip on t...

NATO hits Gaddafi compound, rebels seek aid

2011/05/12 12:54:42

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - NATO bombed Muammar Gaddafi's compound on Thursday, hours after the Libyan leade...

Greek police clash with demonstrators in Athens

2011/05/12 12:18:11

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek police fired teargas on Thursday at small groups of demonstrators hurling s...

Uganda police open fire as Nigeria leader's car stoned

2011/05/12 12:07:05

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan police shot at a crowd in the capital Kampala after it attacked a car ca...

Yemen forces fire on protests, Gulf to send envoy

2011/05/12 11:15:15

SANAA/TAIZ (Reuters) - Government forces fired machine guns to halt a protest against Yemen's presid...

Yemen deal must not extend Saleh rule: opposition

2011/05/15 12:41:25

SANAA (Reuters) - A Gulf mediator tried to breathe new life into a deal to resolve a transition of p...

Algeria to free jailed militants: Islamist leaders

2011/05/15 12:03:40

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika will soon release several thousand Islam...

Heavy gunfire heard in Syrian protest town

2011/05/15 09:41:11

AMMAN (Reuters) - Heavy gunfire was heard in the Syrian border town of Tel Kelakh on Sunday, residen...

Hundreds queue for food after Spanish earthquake

2011/05/12 13:11:12

LORCA, Spain (Reuters) - Hundreds of people queued for food aid in the Spanish town of Lorca and wan...

ICC urges U.N. action on Bashir visit to Djibouti

2011/05/12 12:38:49

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court called on the U.N. Security Council to take a...

U.S. attacks militants in Pakistan as pressure grows

2011/05/12 12:12:07

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A U.S. drone aircraft fired missiles at militants in Pakistan on Thursday, kil...

German court convicts then frees Nazi guard Demjanjuk

2011/05/12 11:37:46

MUNICH (Reuters) - A German court convicted John Demjanjuk on Thursday for his role in the killing o...