Reporter in Iraq Jailed for Story on Homosexuality

2008/12/03 08:03:26

International media watchdog groups called Wednesday for the release of a freelance journalist jaile...

Somali Pirates Release Cargo Ship Without Ransom

2008/12/03 07:27:06

A Somali minister in the semiautonomous northern region of Puntland says pirates have freed a Yemeni...

NATO Confirms Support for U.S. Missile Shield

2008/12/03 06:03:35

NATO foreign ministers on Wednesday confirmed their support for U.S. plans to install anti-missile d...

Ahmadinejad Acknowledges Economy in Danger

2008/12/03 05:43:54

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is acknowledging publicly for the first time that tumbling oil...

Thai protesters lift airport siege, flights due in

2008/12/03 00:26:43

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's main international airport should be back to normal in two days, its ...

Cruise Passengers Detail Shocking Hijack Attempt

2008/12/03 00:22:57

Passengers on a luxury cruise liner attacked by pirates in the dangerous waters between Yemen and So...

Rice arrives in India to ease tension with Pakistan

2008/12/02 23:19:06

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday as part ...

Amnesty says torture routine in Mauritania

2008/12/02 18:02:42

DAKAR (Reuters) - Mauritanian security forces routinely torture detainees, using electric shocks, bu...

Brother of Former Cubs Catcher Shot and Killed

2008/12/03 07:36:27

The brother of former Chicago Cubs catcher Henry Blanco has been killed in Venezuela....

German Soldiers Deemed 'Too Fat to Fight'

2008/12/03 06:55:59

Germany’s battered military reputation has received another humiliating blow, with official reports...

U.S. Gives $400M Aid Package to Mexico to Fight Drug Cartels

2008/12/03 05:56:35

The U.S. government finally released the first part of a $400 million aid package Wednesday to suppo...

U.K. Trash Collector Can Keep Shredded Cash

2008/12/03 04:47:47

British police say a trash collector can hold on to the mound of mutilated cash he found stuffed int...

Pirates free Yemeni cargo ship, no ransom paid

2008/12/03 00:23:31

GAROWE, Somalia (Reuters) - Somali pirates have freed a Yemeni cargo ship they seized last week afte...

Thai Airports Reopen After PM Ousted by Court

2008/12/03 00:12:03

Flights in and out of Bangkok resumed Wednesday after anti-government protests that paralyzed the ca...

North Korean teen defectors get capitalist education

2008/12/02 21:07:55

ANSEONG, South Korea (Reuters) - North Korean teenager Han Jee-hee's journey to school in South Kore...