Algeria president to launch major political reforms

2011/04/15 15:53:08

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika said on Friday he will launch legislativ...

U.N. says Ivory Coast's Gbagbo has been well treated

2011/04/15 15:27:24

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's ousted strongman Laurent Gbagbo has been treated well, unli...

Ivory Coast youth leader's whereabouts unknown

2011/04/15 14:07:41

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The government of Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara retracted a statement ...

Syrian forces seal off Banias, tension mounts

2011/04/11 05:10:56

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian security forces sealed off the coastal city of Banias overnight following p...

Gulf states push for Yemen's Saleh to leave

2011/04/11 05:01:00

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh appeared set on Monday to reject a Gulf Arab ...

Egypt protesters defy call to leave Cairo square

2011/04/11 04:49:45

CAIRO (Reuters) - A few hundred protesters defied an army demand to quit Cairo's Tahrir Square on Mo...

Up to six killed in bomb blasts in Iraq's Falluja

2011/04/11 04:03:51

FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - Two bombs exploded in a crowded central area of the Iraqi city of Falluja ...

France starts ban on full-face veil

2011/04/11 03:15:37

PARIS (Reuters) - France's ban on full face veils, a first in Europe, went into force on Monday, and...

Qaeda sympathizers kill abducted Italian activist

2011/04/15 15:41:56

GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas found the body Friday of a pro-Palestinian Italian activist who was killed by...

Yemen's Saleh calls for talks as protests escalate

2011/04/15 14:33:23

SANAA (Reuters) - Opponents of Yemen's president stepped up a campaign on Friday to force him out, b...

Mubarak to be moved to Egypt army hospital in days

2011/04/15 12:37:53

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak will be moved to a militar...

Japan expands nuclear evacuation zone as new quake hits

2011/04/11 05:07:53

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan on Monday expanded the evacuation zone around its crippled nuclear plant bec...

U.N. and French helicopters attack Gbagbo forces

2011/04/11 04:52:11

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - U.N. and French helicopters attacked forces loyal to Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagb...

Leftist Humala leads Peru vote, faces run-off

2011/04/11 04:48:06

LIMA (Reuters) - Left-wing nationalist Ollanta Humala led the first round of Peru's presidential ele...

Gaddafi accepts peace plan but rebels say he must go

2011/04/11 03:27:42

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi has accepted a roadmap for ending the conflict in Libya includin...