Webb meets junta, leaves Myanmar with American

2009/08/16 06:59:48

YANGON (Reuters) - U.S. senator Jim Webb said on Sunday he had asked Myanmar to free opposition lead...

Powerful Earthquake Rocks Western Indonesia

2009/08/16 06:34:09

A powerful underwater earthquake struck western Indonesia on Sunday, injuring four people as they tr...

U.S. senator meets Suu Kyi, Myanmar junta leader

2009/08/15 14:26:23

YANGON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Jim Webb met Myanmar top military leader Than Shwe and opposition le...

Hamas hits Qaeda allies in Gaza, over 20 dead

2009/08/15 13:55:08

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Palestinian Islamists Hamas struck back at an al-Qaeda challenge to th...

Iran Accused of Torturing Political Detainees

2009/08/15 11:45:35

Mehdi Karoubi, one of the defeated presidential candidates, kept up the public pressure this week by...

Author of 'Lord of the Flies' Admits He Tried to Rape Girl

2009/08/15 11:22:32

The attack, on a 15-year-old named Dora, is among the revelations about the Nobel prize-winning nove...

Taliban claim blast at NATO base in Kabul

2009/08/15 11:01:01

KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb that killed seven people...

Ransom demand: lost ship has shades of le Carre

2009/08/15 10:05:35

HELSINKI (Reuters) - A ransom demand has been made for the lost merchant ship Arctic Sea, Finnish me...

Single exit compounded deaths in Kuwait wedding fire

2009/08/16 06:50:27

KUWAIT (Reuters) - A Kuwaiti wedding tent, where 41 women and children died in a fire Saturday, had ...

Somali pirates find 7 bodies, blame Egyptians

2009/08/15 14:57:25

BOSSASO, Somalia (Reuters) - Somali pirates found seven dead colleagues floating in the ocean on Sat...

Berlusconi pledges final blow to organized crime

2009/08/15 14:16:52

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced a new strategy on Saturday desig...

Chinese Villagers Say Earth Poisoned From Nearby Factory

2009/08/15 11:48:23

Tragedies like this — the legacy of China’s rush to get rich — are all too common. Yesterday more...

Skydiver Falls 2,000 Feet Onto Aircraft Hangar Roof

2009/08/15 11:41:51

Skydive cameraman fell 2,000 feet with the canopy partially open before landing on the steel roof of...

Missing Ship Mystery Deepens After Report of Ransom

2009/08/15 11:16:18

The mystery of a missing ship deepened Saturday, as investigators in Finland said a ransom demand wa...

Chavez visits Fidel Castro for 83rd birthday

2009/08/15 10:58:31

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez flew to Cuba this week to celebrate Fidel Castr...