Pakistan: Fighter Jets Attack Taliban in New Offensive

2009/04/28 09:08:02

Pakistan deployed troops and bombed Taliban positions in a district near the capital Tuesday, the mi...

Pope hears victims' "silent cry" in quake zone

2009/04/28 08:55:09

L'AQUILA, Italy (Reuters) - Pope Benedict comforted survivors of Italy's earthquake Tuesday and aske...

Somali gunmen free two European aid workers

2009/04/28 08:16:52

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali gunmen freed two European aid workers Tuesday without receiving a ranso...

Egypt puts the bite on Gaza tunnel smugglers

2009/04/28 07:40:46

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Once a profitable business, Abu Abdallah's tunnel under the border bet...

Court clears 3 men of plotting London 7/7 bombings

2009/04/28 06:47:10

LONDON (Reuters) - Three Britons were cleared on Tuesday of helping to plot the deadly London suicid...

Across Asia, mood calm but wary in face of swine flu threat

2009/04/28 03:05:26

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Across Asia, people are closely following the global spread of swine flu from ...

Yemeni Government Ambivalent to Protecting Minorities

2009/04/27 12:11:38

The government's own political rhetoric marginalizes the Jews, and civil society is too weak to prot...

Afghan President Pledges Change to Marital Rape Law

2009/04/27 11:04:22

The law, which sparked an international outcry after it was signed last month, says a husband can de...

U.N. tells Sri Lanka president of casualty concerns

2009/04/28 08:59:03

COLOMBO (Reuters) - The U.N.'s aid chief told Sri Lanka's president on Tuesday of the world body's c...

11-Year-Olds in U.K. to Learn About Sex Ed, Gay Unions

2009/04/28 08:46:57

Compulsory sex and relationship lessons for 11-year-old children in Britain are to include classroom...

Russia to Test Fire at Least 5 New Ballistic Missiles

2009/04/28 08:11:47

Russia will conduct at least five test launches of a new-generation intercontinental ballistic missi...

Pope Visits Quake-Hit Region in Central Italy

2009/04/28 07:16:52

Pope Benedict XVI is visiting the central Italian region ravaged by an earthquake early this month....

Presidential hopeful says Ahmadinejad isolated Iran

2009/04/28 05:38:18

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has damaged the country's relations...

'Intimate' Carla Bruni Images Stolen in Paris Burglary

2009/04/28 02:33:11

Hundreds of "highly intimate" images of French First Lady Carla Bruni and an ex-lover were stolen du...

Workmen in Poland Find Hidden Auschwitz Letter

2009/04/27 12:05:00

The note, written in pencil then rolled up and inserted in a bottle, contains the names of seven you...