Uganda election war of words stokes violence fears

2011/02/04 10:45:58

KAMPALA (Reuters) - A war of words between Uganda's main presidential candidates escalated on Friday...

Confusion over EU travel ban on Iranian minister

2011/02/04 10:07:14

MUNICH (Reuters) - EU member states failed to relax a travel ban on Iran's foreign minister in time ...

Russian defense chief visits isles claimed by Japan

2011/02/04 09:26:25

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's foreign minister Friday denounced a visit by Russia's defense chief to isl...

Egypt leaders struggle to end tumult as toll rises

2011/02/03 12:33:12

CAIRO (Reuters) - A bitter and, by turns, bloody confrontation gripped central Cairo on Thursday as ...

Libya frees 12 more political prisoners

2011/02/03 12:03:40

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan authorities freed 12 political prisoners on Thursday after mediation by a...

French government backs minister in Tunisian faux-pas

2011/02/03 11:16:21

PARIS (Reuters) - France's embattled foreign minister received top-level government support Thursday...

U.S. backs trials of Kenyan poll clash suspects

2011/02/03 10:45:28

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The United States strongly backs the International Criminal Court's investigatio...

Yemen "Day of Rage" draws tens of thousands

2011/02/03 10:12:17

SANAA (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Yemenis squared off in peaceful protests for and against the ...

Belarus leader fires diplomatic, oil officials

2011/02/04 10:29:17

MINSK (Reuters) - Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko fired his industry minister, the head o...

Police beat Sudanese at short-lived protest: witnesses

2011/02/04 09:37:29

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Police beat and tear gassed students protesting in Sudan's Sennar state, the la...

Pans and condoms star in anti-Berlusconi protests

2011/02/04 08:04:55

ROME (Reuters) - From plans to shower Silvio Berlusconi's villa with condoms to parodies set to the ...

Algeria promises more freedoms to avert protests

2011/02/03 12:09:04

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria promised to end a 19-year-old state of emergency and provide more politi...

Israeli official sees cyber alternative to "ugly" war

2011/02/03 12:00:47

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Cyberwarfare of the kind waged against Iran last year offers advanced nations ...

Food costs at record high as U.N. warns of volatile era

2011/02/03 10:53:09

MANILA/MILAN (Reuters) - World food prices hit a record in January, the U.N. said, while its hunger ...

Relief as Australia mops up from giant cyclone

2011/02/03 10:28:57

INNISFAIL, Australia (Reuters) - Australians voiced relief and surprise after one of the world's mos...