Ireland faces "horrendous" bank bill, Spain downgraded

2010/09/30 06:25:51

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland disclosed a "horrendous" worst case price tag of over 50 billion euros ($...

Contador suspended for "adverse" test result

2010/09/30 05:43:40

GEELONG, Australia (Reuters) - Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has been provisionally suspe...

Suicide attack on NATO convoy kills 3 civilians

2010/09/30 02:56:28

KANDAHAR (Reuters) - A suicide bomber in a Toyota Corolla blew himself up beside a convoy of NATO tr...

Coordinated militant attack plot disrupted: sources

2010/09/30 01:57:22

BERLIN/LONDON (Reuters) - A militant plot to stage coordinated attacks in Europe has been disrupted ...

Could women play a bigger role in Islamic finance?

2010/09/29 20:02:16

DUBAI (Reuters) - It's not unusual to hear people ask why Islamic finance does not embrace women.

U.S. judge grants bond to man in Afghan murder case

2010/09/29 15:06:32

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge agreed on Wednesday to release on bond one of two former contrac...

Final results give Chavez slim Venezuela vote win

2010/09/29 13:59:27

CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez's party just beat a newly united opposition bloc for the p...

U.S. targets eight Iranian officials over abuses

2010/09/29 13:44:52

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday named eight senior Iranian officials -- includ...

Pakistan halts NATO supplies after border attack

2010/09/30 06:15:32

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani authorities blocked a vital supply route for NATO troops fighting in...

North Korea's leader-in-waiting goes on show

2010/09/30 05:03:21

SEOUL (Reuters) - A photograph of a plump, poker-faced young man seated near North Korea's ailing ru...

China releases 3 Japanese but isle dispute lingers

2010/09/30 02:54:01

BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) - China released three Japanese citizens on Thursday whose detention had add...

Special report: How Dubai got serious

2010/09/30 00:28:22

DUBAI (Reuters) - Once filled with the cacophony of cranes and construction laborers, Dubai today hu...

U.S. envoy sees Netanyahu in bid to save talks

2010/09/29 15:10:31

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States is "determined more than ever" to achieve Middle East peace,...

Italy's Berlusconi wins confidence vote

2010/09/29 15:00:52

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi won a confidence vote in parliament on Wed...

Indonesia lifts tsunami warning after 7.2 quake

2010/09/29 13:55:08

JAKARTA (Reuters) - A local tsunami alert was issued and later lifted after a magnitude 7.2 quake st...