13 Sudanese Women Arrested for Wearing Pants in Public

2009/07/13 04:31:42

The 13 women were at a cafe in the capital, Khartoum, when they were detained Friday by officers fro...

Crooked Afghan Cops Challenging U.S. Marines

2009/07/13 02:33:12

What many Afghan villagers see as authorities are a ragtag, pot-smoking, thieving force that makes t...

China claims embassy protests show Xinjiang riots organized

2009/07/12 23:25:09

BEIJING (Reuters) - Demonstrations against Chinese consulates in Europe and the United States show t...

North Korea leader Kim has pancreatic cancer: report

2009/07/12 21:18:24

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, 67, has life-threatening pancreatic cancer, South...

French row over burqa ban unveils contradictions

2009/07/12 20:20:48

PARIS (Reuters) - Fashion week in Paris, and after a display of pink and purple mini-dresses in an e...

Two U.S. soldiers killed, Afghan war heats up

2009/07/12 16:50:18

KABUL (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed two U.S. Marines in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military...

American Citizen Arrested in Iran, Family Says

2009/07/12 12:57:42

Security forces arrested Iranian-American scholar Kian Tajbakhsh late Thursday, family member says. ...

Al Qaeda-Linked Filipino Militants Free Italian Hostage

2009/07/12 12:11:33

Al Qaeda-linked militants released one of three Red Cross hostages, a Filipino woman, on Thursday af...

Ex-Liberian President to Claim He Was Working for Peace

2009/07/13 04:08:28

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor will take the stand to assert that he was trying to bring p...

Japan PM to call election for Aug 30: party official

2009/07/12 23:59:05

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's embattled Prime Minister Taro Aso is expected to call a general election f...

China's Hu endorsed Rio arrests, report says

2009/07/12 23:01:53

CANBERRA/BEIJING (Reuters) - China's President Hu Jintao personally endorsed an investigation into g...

Honduras leader may allow Zelaya amnesty, curfew off

2009/07/12 20:35:58

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras' interim president held out the possibility of an amnesty for ouste...

Liberia's Taylor to take stand in war crimes case

2009/07/12 17:32:15

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The defense for Liberia's former President Charles Taylor, on trial for war cr...

Palestinians reject any Israel-U.S. settlement deal

2009/07/12 14:38:08

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinians reject any deal between Israel and the United States th...

Pakistan: Usama Bin Laden Isn't Here

2009/07/12 12:21:33

Usama bin Laden and the top Al Qaeda leadership are not in Pakistan, making U.S. missile attacks aga...