Sri Lanka rebels say suicide air raids successful

2009/02/21 08:34:00

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Tamil Tiger rebels called a defiant suicide air raid on the Sri Lankan capital a...

Economic woes trump rights as Clinton visits China

2009/02/21 05:36:27

BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Saturday the United States and C...

North Korea accuses U.S. of war-mongering

2009/02/21 03:13:08

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea kept up its tough rhetoric against the United States and South Korea o...

Pakistan Taliban Agree to Cease-Fire in Swat Valley

2009/02/21 01:17:33

Critics warn that Pakistan effectively is ceding the region to the Islamist group...

Cancan dancers, Lord of Misrule open Rio Carnival

2009/02/20 15:12:33

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Rio de Janeiro began four days of revelry on Friday as the mayor handed t...

Latvian government falls, president seeks new PM

2009/02/20 14:28:53

RIGA (Reuters) - Latvia's four-party ruling coalition collapsed on Friday and the president called f...

Netanyahu asked to form Israel's next government

2009/02/20 13:43:29

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Right-wing leader Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday accepted a mandate to form Isra...

Mexico tests remains for U.S. anti-kidnap expert

2009/02/20 12:41:42

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican police are running DNA tests on charred human bodies found in ...

5 Injured in Mexican Resort Town Grenade Attack

2009/02/21 07:53:41

Assailants in an SUV hurled two grenades at a police station in the Pacific resort town of Zihuatane...

Lebanon Fires 2 Rockets Towards Israel

2009/02/21 05:22:57

Two rockets were fired from south Lebanon at Israel early Saturday, with one slamming into a mostly ...

N. Korea May Be Ready to Test-Fire Missile 'Within Days'

2009/02/21 02:31:30

North Korea could be ready to test-fire a missile within days as satellite imagery has shown increas...

Tamil Tiger aircraft attack Sri Lanka capital

2009/02/20 15:29:01

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Two Tamil Tiger planes launched a defiant air raid on Sri Lanka's capital Colomb...

Rwandan army to start Congo withdrawal: spokesman

2009/02/20 15:09:21

GOMA, Congo (Reuters) - Rwandan troops will start withdrawing from eastern Congo on Saturday and the...

Iran understates uranium stocks to IAEA: diplomats

2009/02/20 14:20:49

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran recently understated by a third how much uranium it had enriched and U.N. nu...

U.S. secures Afghan supply route

2009/02/20 13:31:07

DUSHANBE (Reuters) - Tajikistan and Uzbekistan will allow the transit by land of non-military NATO c...