Iraq PM slams law pardoning mainly Sunni prisoners

2009/05/23 09:56:02

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Shi'ite leader vowed on Saturday to amend a law meant to foster sectarian...

Syria's Assad: Israel Is 'Obstacle' to Peace

2009/05/23 07:49:27

Syria's leader said Saturday that Israel poses the "greatest obstacle" to Mideast peace and warned t...

Morocco Police Seize 23 Tons of Hashish

2009/05/23 06:43:00

Moroccan police have seized 23 tons of hashish hidden in machinery that was to be shipped to France....

Two Americans Killed in Attacks in Baghdad's Green Zone

2009/05/23 04:39:48

Two Americans have been killed in separate incidents inside Baghdad's highly fortified Green Zone, U...

Fighting rages on in Mogadishu for second day

2009/05/23 02:58:00

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Government forces fought hardline Islamist insurgents on Saturday in Somalia's...

Ex-South Korea leader Roh dead, aide says suicide

2009/05/23 02:33:51

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's former President Roh Moo-hyun, hounded for weeks over his links whil...

French Priest Says Holocaust Toll Likely to Rise After Probe

2009/05/23 01:42:03

After a five-year investigation he had received a shocking insight into the mechanics of genocide —...

U.N.'s Ban visits Sri Lankan displaced persons camp

2009/05/23 01:20:43

MANIK FARM, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon toured Sri Lanka's largest war ...

Spanish Cops Nab High-Speed Gang Robbing Moving Trucks

2009/05/23 08:23:05

On Friday Spanish police made a series of arrests in and around Madrid detaining 23 members of a gan...

International, Afghan Forces Seize 102 Tons of Drugs

2009/05/23 07:33:07

It was one of the biggest drug seizures by foreign troops in Afghanistan since their arrival in 2001...

U.S. Deports Top Gambino Mafia Boss to Italy

2009/05/23 05:01:43

In 1984, Rosario Gambino was convicted in a multi-million-dollar conspiracy to sell heroin in southe...

Iran President Ahmadinejad Faces Campaign Hurdles

2009/05/23 03:50:23

The election comes amid high-stakes challenges in Iran's relations with the West and its own region....

Thousands evacuate Australian floods, one dead

2009/05/23 02:52:27

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Thousands more people in Australia's flood-hit east were told to leave their home...

Passer-By Pushes Man Contemplating Suicide Off Bridge

2009/05/23 02:23:23

Chen Fuchao, a man heavily in debt, had been contemplating suicide on a bridge in southern China for...

Two killed in Nepal blast as PM vote nears

2009/05/23 01:37:40

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Two people were killed and at least a dozen wounded when an explosion ripped t...