Gaza rocket on Israeli city draws reprisal threats

2009/02/03 07:50:11

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A rocket launched from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip struck the Israeli port city...

Iran says first Iranian-made satellite sent to space

2009/02/03 07:23:59

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said it had launched a domestically made satellite into orbit for the first ...

Suspected guerrillas attack Greek police station

2009/02/03 06:33:58

ATHENS (Reuters) - Suspected left-wing guerrillas fired shots and threw a hand grenade at a police s...

Sri Lankan hospital shelled again, 3 killed: ICRC

2009/02/03 05:19:29

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan civilians fled a packed hospital in the war zone after artillery shel...

Dismay After al-Qaddafi Chosen to Head African Union

2009/02/03 04:44:34

Some African leaders offered tepid praise after Muammar al-Qaddafi of Libya was elected as leader of...

Pakistan Militant Attack Halts U.S., NATO Supplies

2009/02/03 02:28:03

Militants blew up a bridge in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, cutting the major supply line for U.S.-...

Iraqi Military Puts Anbar Province Under Curfew

2009/02/03 00:52:05

Iraq's military clamped a vehicle ban Monday on the Sunni-dominated province of Anbar after tribal s...

Swiss Ban Germans From Nude Hiking in Alpine Town

2009/02/02 11:40:57

Officials in the town of Appenzell introduced a fixed fine for people found hiking in just a pair of...

West shifts policy on Zimbabwe

2009/02/03 07:45:30

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Britain expressed skepticism on Tuesday about Zimbabwe's new coalition gover...

'Mother' of Iraqi Female Suicide Bomber Ring Arrested

2009/02/03 06:34:29

A woman accused of helping recruit dozens of female suicide bombers looked into the camera and descr...

Top cardinal says Vatican botched Holocaust affair

2009/02/03 06:18:29

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The cardinal in charge of relations with Jews has acknowledged that the Vat...

Somalis say Ethiopian troops enter, Addis denies

2009/02/03 05:11:00

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Ethiopian troops who left Somalia last month after a more than two-year interv...

Extremists Declare War on Love

2009/02/03 03:21:16

Hindu extremists are threatening to attack Indian couples celebrating Valentine's Day, saying it enc...

N.Korea preparing for ballistic missile launch-media

2009/02/03 01:41:44

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea appears to be preparing to test-launch its longest range ballistic mis...

Volcano Erupts Near Tokyo, Raining Ash On City

2009/02/02 11:50:33

A snowcapped volcano northwest of Tokyo erupted early Monday, sending up a huge plume of smoke and g...