Daughter of South Korean leader's friend arrested in Denmark amid graft probe

2017/01/02 18:18:31

SEOUL (Reuters) - The daughter of one of the central figures in a South Korean influence-peddling sc...

Islamic State claims Istanbul attack, gunman remains at large

2017/01/02 17:40:27

CAIRO/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Islamic State claimed responsibility on Monday for a New Year's Day mass ...

Around 60 killed in Brazil prison riot: state official

2017/01/02 15:54:53

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Around 60 people have been killed in a bloody prison riot sparked by a war betw...

U.S. general sees Islamic State's capability waning in east Mosul

2017/01/02 15:03:20

ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - The declining effectiveness of Islamic State attacks against Iraqi forces in...

Manhunt underway after 39 killed in Istanbul nightclub gun attack

2017/01/01 07:27:43

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Police in Istanbul launched a manhunt on Sunday for a gunman who killed at leas...

North Korea's Kim says close to test launch of ICBM

2017/01/01 05:42:14

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Sunday that the isolated nuclear-capable c...

Senator McCain says U.S. stands with Ukraine against Russia

2017/01/01 02:32:40

KIEV (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator John McCain promised on Saturday continued support for Kiev...

U.N. Security Council welcomes Syria truce, rebels warn they could abandon it

2017/01/01 01:41:26

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council on Saturday welcomed a ceasefire in the Syria...

Cuba puts on show of strength as Trump inauguration nears

2017/01/02 17:48:15

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba on Monday paraded troops and hundreds of thousands of citizens through its e...

Islamic State kills 24 in Baghdad blast, cuts road to Mosul

2017/01/02 16:21:34

BAGHDAD/TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - An Islamic State car bomb killed 24 people in a busy square in Bagh...

In Istanbul nightclub, gunman picked off the wounded

2017/01/02 15:51:28

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Shot in the arm and slumped behind a table, Francois al-Asmar played dead as th...

North Korea's claim on ICBM test plausible: experts

2017/01/02 14:47:54

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has been working through 2016 on developing components for an intercon...

Five dead, around 100 rescued after fire on Indonesia tourist boat

2017/01/01 07:18:27

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Five people were killed and around 100 people rescued on Sunday after a fire rip...

China's Xi says won't let anyone make 'fuss' about its territory

2017/01/01 02:44:17

B EIJING (Reuters) - China will never allow anyone to "make a great fuss" about its territorial sove...

Two suicide attackers kill at least two in Syria's Tartous: state TV, monitors

2017/01/01 01:42:51

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers detonated their explosives, killing at least two security off...