China general tells troops Party trumps state

2009/04/01 04:43:50

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's military must be loyal first and foremost to the ruling Communist Party ...

World wants Palestinian state, Peres tells Netanyahu

2009/04/01 04:22:32

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli President Shimon Peres told new Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wedn...

Monthly U.S. death toll in Iraq lowest since beginning of war

2009/04/01 03:41:33

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The number of U.S. troops killed by hostile action in Iraq fell in March to the ...

Sudan's Bashir defies ICC warrant with Saudi trip

2009/04/01 03:32:10

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir flew to Saudi Arabia on a brief pilgri...

Riot Police Charge G20 Protests After Bank Stormed

2009/04/01 02:35:58

Police in central London are on alert for possible further unrest after a day of violent protests by...

Libya: Death Toll Tops 200 in Migrant Boat Accident

2009/04/01 01:40:25

Libya has called off efforts to retrieve bodies of over 200 illegal migrants who drowned when their ...

China detains man compiling list of quake victims

2009/04/01 01:21:53

BEIJING (Reuters) - Police in southwestern China have detained a writer who was trying to compile a ...

Raul Alfonsin, hero of Argentine democracy, dies

2009/03/31 20:59:58

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Raul Alfonsin, who guided Argentina's return to democracy in the 1980s afte...

Iran pledges Afghan help in new gesture to U.S.

2009/04/01 04:39:48

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Iran offered help in combating the Afghan drugs trade on Tuesday, in a gesture...

U.S. expands Pakistani drone-strike zone

2009/04/01 03:56:25

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A pilotless U.S. drone aircraft fired a missile at a Taliban compound in Pakis...

Police: 31 Militants Killed in Afghan Fight

2009/04/01 03:37:58

Afghan police and coalition forces killed 31 militants in a Taliban controlled region of the country...

N. Korea 'Will Mercilessly Shoot Down' U.S. Spy Planes

2009/04/01 03:09:30

North Korea accused the United States of spying on the site of an impending rocket launch and threat...

8 Bodies Recovered From North Sea Chopper Crash

2009/04/01 02:06:00

A helicopter returning from a North Sea oil platform went down off the northeast coast of Scotland o...

North Korea launch will violate U.N. resolutions: officials

2009/04/01 01:26:16

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea and Japan warned North Korea on Wednesday it would still violate U.N. ...

British Author: Pope's Condom Comments 'Stupid'

2009/04/01 01:03:45

A British author and known atheist is fighting back against the Pope for saying that condom distribu...