Freed Gitmo Detainees Bolster Al Qaeda in Yemen

2009/12/31 03:04:47

Pentagon figures indicate they are a small if dramatic minority among the released detainees...

Iran opposition: troops, vehicles moved to Tehran

2009/12/31 02:57:23

TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iranian opposition website said on Thursday the government was moving troops a...

French Journalists, Guides Missing in Afghanistan

2009/12/31 02:05:41

Two French journalists and their local guides have desappeared in Afghanistan in what one Afghan off...

China arrests 4 foreigners over heroin haul: report

2009/12/30 21:12:00

BEIJING (Reuters) - Four foreigners may face execution in China over a big seizure of heroin, a Hong...

Canada to suspend Parliament until after Olympics

2009/12/30 14:51:49

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government will suspend Parliament until early March, a spokesman sa...

Somali Pirates Attack Kuwaiti Oil Tanker

2009/12/30 11:18:13

The spokesman for the European Union's anti-piracy force says Somali pirates have attacked a Kuwaiti...

Yemeni Forces Storm Al Qaeda Hide-Out, Set Off Clashes

2009/12/30 10:20:59

A Yemeni security official says forces have stormed an Al Qaeda hide-out in the country's west, sett...

British Hostage Held More Than 2 Years in Iraq Is Freed

2009/12/30 09:36:28

A British computer expert held hostage in Iraq for more than two-and-a-half years has been freed....

Afghan attacks kill 8 CIA employees, 5 Canadians

2009/12/31 03:01:42

KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber penetrated a foreign army base in Afghanistan and killed eight CI...

Petraeus Reportedly 'Certain' UK Hostage Held in Iran

2009/12/31 02:25:08

Petraeus’s claim is likely to intensify the bitter diplomatic relationship between London and Tehra...

Indonesia buries popular former president Wahid

2009/12/31 01:21:13

JOMBANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - Thousands lined narrow streets on Thursday for the funeral of ex-pres...

Hugo Chavez mocks Venezuela coup, Fidel Castro death forecast

2009/12/30 16:45:59

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez scoffed on Wednesday at U.S. magazine Newsweek...

British hostage freed in Iraq

2009/12/30 12:23:30

BAGHDAD/LONDON (Reuters) - British computer programer Peter Moore was released on Wednesday, two and...

Afghan Probe Claims NATO Violence Killed Children

2009/12/30 11:13:52

The head of a presidential delegation investigating the deaths of 10 people in eastern Afghanistan c...

Bombs Kill 23 in Iraq's Western Anbar Province

2009/12/30 09:55:29

Staggered explosions Wednesday killed 23 people -- 13 of them policemen -- and wounded an Iraqi prov...