Australia faces prospect of minority government

2010/08/20 01:16:27

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia could have its first minority government in 70 years and a worst-case s...

U.S. assures Israel nuclear Iran not imminent: report

2010/08/20 00:48:26

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration has assured Israel that Iran's process of converting...

World powers aim to open Mideast talks next month

2010/08/19 22:15:45

VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass./JERUSALEM (Reuters) - World powers facing a fateful deadline in the Middle Eas...

Wyclef Jean not on Haiti candidates list: source

2010/08/19 20:12:18

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti hip-hop star Wyclef Jean is not on the list of approved candidates ...

U.S. on track to end Iraq combat mission

2010/08/19 04:18:29

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military is holding steady in its aim to reduce troop numbers in Iraq t...

Attack kills 7 in China's restive Xinjiang

2010/08/19 03:54:37

URUMQI, China (Reuters) - A member of China's restive Uighur minority killed seven people on Thursda...

Pakistan flood homeless toll put at over 4 million

2010/08/19 03:38:58

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - More than four million Pakistanis have been made homeless by nearly three week...

Body of kidnapped mayor dumped in northern Mexico

2010/08/18 21:55:33

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Security forces found the body of a slain mayor on Wednesday near Mexi...

Thai court rules to extradite Russian arms dealer

2010/08/20 00:53:51

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai appeals court ruled on Friday that alleged Russian arms smuggler Viktor B...

North Korea says consensus with China on nuclear talks

2010/08/19 22:33:30

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said it has reached a consensus with China concerning the resumption o...

Mexicans mourn mayor, government vows crackdown

2010/08/19 20:48:24

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexicans carrying candles and flowers paid tribute on Thursday to a ma...

A year on, Lockerbie bomber casts a long shadow

2010/08/19 10:24:51

LONDON (Reuters) - A terminally ill Libyan convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has enjoyed a yea...

China rescuers seek dozens missing after landslide

2010/08/19 03:55:28

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese rescuers scoured a remote valley in the nation's southwest for survivors...

Developing nations to bear cancer brunt

2010/08/19 03:53:26

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Developing countries will bear 60 percent of the world's cancer burden by 2020...

North Korea confirms Chinese among detained fishermen

2010/08/18 23:32:05

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea confirmed on Thursday it was holding the seven-man crew of a South Kor...