Pakistan cracks down on eve of "long march"

2009/03/11 03:58:14

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Authorities in two Pakistani provinces banned protests and police began roundi...

Russia, China call for restraint on Korea peninsula

2009/03/11 02:59:02

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and China said on Wednesday they were concerned about tensions on the Kore...

Iraq media booming, yet still in sectarian grip

2009/03/10 19:51:03

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A boom in local media since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 has given Iraqis a cho...

Roadside Bomb Kills 4 in Afghanistan

2009/03/10 11:39:03

The bomb exploded in Nad Ali district of Helmand province on a road also used by government drug-era...

Security Council Accuses Iran of Violating UN Sanctions

2009/03/10 10:53:09

A key Security Council committee reported Tuesday that Iran violated U.N. sanctions by trying to sen...

Antigua Honeymoon Murder Suspects Appear in Court

2009/03/10 10:25:27

Two men charged with the murders of British honeymooners Ben and Catherine Mullany in Antigua appear...

Sri Lanka Bomber Kills 14 at Religious Celebration

2009/03/10 09:17:30

A rebel homicide bomber attacked a procession of Muslims celebrating a religious holiday Tuesday in ...

Police Turn Volatile Afghan District Into Success Story

2009/03/10 07:27:40

In Kapisa Province's Tagab district, just 30 miles from Kabul, NATO forces are trying to use a hard-...

China navy officers harangue U.S. over sea spat

2009/03/11 03:25:17

BEIJING (Reuters) - Senior Chinese navy officers poured scorn on the United States in the wake of a ...

Scotland Yard team in Bangladesh for mutiny probe

2009/03/11 01:20:19

DHAKA (Reuters) - A four-member team from Britain's Scotland Yard arrived in Dhaka on Wednesday to h...

U.S. Commander: Iraq Not Likely to Ask Troops to Stay

2009/03/10 11:55:22

The Iraqi government isn't likely to ask American troops to remain in the country beyond a 2011 with...

N. Ireland Leaders Pledge Unity After Third IRA Killing

2009/03/10 11:25:38

The Catholic and Protestant leaders of Northern Ireland's coalition government jointly pledged to cr...

Military Destroys Venezuelan Cocaine Labs

2009/03/10 10:26:24

Venezuela's National Guard destroyed an elaborate network of clandestine cocaine-processing laborato...

Dalai Lama: China Has Created 'Hell on Earth' in Tibet

2009/03/10 09:58:14

China has overseen a 'brutal crackdown' in Tibet since protests shook the Himalayan region last year...

Germany Hands Over 9 Pirate Suspects to Kenya

2009/03/10 08:54:12

The German navy has handed nine suspected Somali pirates captured in the Gulf of Aden to Kenya for p...