Company Negotiates to Release Crew on Hijacked Ship

2008/05/27 10:04:21

A Dutch shipping company negotiated with Somali pirates Tuesday, seeking the release of nine crew me...

Group Warns of Retaliation Against Crackdown in Mosul

2008/05/27 09:43:11

An Al Qaeda in Iraq front group warned Tuesday that insurgents were waiting for the right moment to ...

CORRECTED: Twenty-five arrested over Naples rubbish

2008/05/27 09:21:26

(Corrects paragraph 3 to show the Naples police chief was investigated, not arrested)

Report: Jimmy Carter Says Israel Has 150 Nuclear Weapons

2008/05/27 09:13:46

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says Israel has a nuclear arsenal of 150 weapons, The Times of Lo...

U.N.: Iran May Be Hiding Nuke Evidence From Investigators

2008/05/27 09:08:08

Iran may be withholding information needed to establish whether it tried to make nuclear arms, the I...

British Truckers Jam Route Into London to Protest Fuel Costs

2008/05/27 08:59:39

Hundreds of trucks rolled into central London on Tuesday to jam a major route into the capital to pr...

Food prices seen causing pain in war zones

2008/05/27 08:27:25

GENEVA (Reuters) - Millions of people caught up in armed conflicts will be pinched hard by the globa...

China works around the clock to drain quake lake

2008/05/27 08:19:49

MIANZHU, China (Reuters) - Chinese soldiers were working non-stop to dig a giant sluice to ease pres...

Businessman in Bribery Probe: Olmert Took Cash

2008/05/27 09:57:57

An American businessman told prosecutors Tuesday that he handed cash-stuffed envelopes to Israeli Pr...

U.N.: Aid Has Reached 1 Million Burma Cyclone Victims

2008/05/27 09:30:24

More than one million victims of the cyclone in Burma, also known as Myanmar, have now received inte...

Thirteen police and 11 civilians killed in Afghanistan

2008/05/27 09:18:43

KABUL (Reuters) - Eleven civilians and 13 policemen were killed in a series of blasts and Taliban at...

Human rights abuses seen up in Gaza and W.Bank

2008/05/27 09:09:31

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Human rights conditions have worsened in both the Gaza Strip and the...

Myanmar junta extends Suu Kyi house arrest

2008/05/27 09:07:38

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's junta extended the house arrest of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi o...

Need to pressure Iran on nuclear issue: Germany

2008/05/27 08:50:44

BERLIN (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog's report on Iran this week showed the international com...

Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai says 50 killed in poll violence

2008/05/27 08:24:20

HARARE (Reuters) - More than 50 people have been killed in political violence since Zimbabwe's dispu...