Afghanistan says no plan to put U.S. ex-envoy in charge

2009/05/19 01:27:23

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan president Hamid Karzai has no plan to install former U.S. ambassador Zalmay...

Egyptian President's Grandson Dies After 'Health Crisis'

2009/05/19 01:10:44

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's grandson died abruptly, the president's office said Tuesday, decl...

North Korea executes ex-point man on South: report

2009/05/18 20:10:51

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Unification Ministry could not confirm on Tuesday a report that Nort...

Trial Begins for Burmese Opposition Leader Suu Kyi

2009/05/18 12:56:47

Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi went on trial Monday, as hundreds of riot police ringed Burma'...

German Man Attacks Woman Over High-Priced Asparagus

2009/05/18 11:02:17

Police in Germany are searching for a motorist who attacked a 24-year-old woman because he was outra...

Date for Iraq's General Election Set for Jan. 30

2009/05/18 10:40:43

Iraq's next general election will be held on Jan. 30, the deputy parliament speaker said Monday....

Landslide Kills 16 in Southern Philippines

2009/05/18 09:27:59

A southern Philippine governor says a mudslide triggered by heavy rains has buried 30 houses, killin...

Police Find Severed Heads of Men on Mexico Highway

2009/05/18 07:15:20

Police have found the severed heads of three men in a cooler left on the side of a highway in southe...

Trial of Suu Kyi begins in Myanmar

2009/05/19 01:17:15

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi went on trial on Monday charged with...

Biden seeks to bolster still divided Bosnia

2009/05/18 22:19:21

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Bosnia on Tuesday hoping to bolster a ...

U.N. says 1.4 million people displaced in Pakistan valley

2009/05/18 19:01:22

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The number of people displaced by fighting in Pakistan's northwestern Swa...

Sudanese Rebel Surrenders to War Crimes Court

2009/05/18 12:23:02

A Sudanese rebel leader surrendered to the International Criminal Court to face war crimes charges s...

EU Demands Sri Lanka War Crimes Investigation

2009/05/18 10:53:40

European Union nations have called for an independent war crimes probe into the killing of civilians...

Islamist Fighters Capture Somali Town

2009/05/18 10:19:43

Hard-line Somali Islamist fighters captured another town in the war-torn country....

EU May Expand Anti-Piracy Mission

2009/05/18 09:26:45

The European Union may step up its naval anti-piracy operations to cover more of the waters off the ...