Possible civilian casualties in Mosul air strike: Pentagon

2016/12/29 20:00:27

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An air strike by the U.S.-led coalition near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul...

Ukraine hit by 6,500 hack attacks, sees Russian 'cyberwar'

2016/12/29 19:13:39

KIEV (Reuters) - Hackers have targeted Ukrainian state institutions about 6,500 times in the past tw...

Polish president sends freedom of assembly bill to constitutional court

2016/12/29 17:18:32

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's President Andrzej Duda has declined to sign the governme nt's freedom of...

Philippine leader says once threw man from helicopter, would do it again

2016/12/29 08:07:17

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened corrupt government officials ...

South Korea prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for pension fund chief

2016/12/29 07:51:10

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean prosecutors investigating an influence-peddling scandal that has engu...

Japan's defence minister visits Yasukuni shrine after Pearl Harbor trip

2016/12/29 05:46:16

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's defence minister visited a controversial shrine to Japan's war dead on Thu...

U.S. set to announce response to Russian election hacking: sources

2016/12/29 04:33:18

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration plans to announce on Thursday a series of retaliato...

Turkey and Russia have ceasefire plan for Syria, says Ankara

2016/12/29 02:34:21

ANKARA/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkey and Russia have prepared an agreement for a ceasefire in Syria, Tur...

Gang-ravaged Mexico stuck in weed ban as U.S. opens up

2016/12/29 19:40:59

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican advocates for drug reform are voicing alarm about the country's wide...

Photographs of homeless 'grave dwellers' shock Iranians

2016/12/29 18:40:01

DUBAI (Reuters) - Widely distributed images of dozens of homeless Iranians, many of them drug addict...

Exclusive: Bangladesh police detail suspicions of inside help in central bank heist

2016/12/29 15:49:50

DHAKA (Reuters) - A top investigator into the electronic theft of $81 million from the Bangladesh ce...

In parting shot at Israel, Kerry warns Middle East peace in jeopardy

2016/12/29 07:51:54

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday said Israel's building of set...

Iraqi forces launch fresh advance against Islamic State inside Mosul

2016/12/29 06:39:08

ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces launched a fresh advance on Thursday against Islamic S...

Taiwan's Tsai to transit in U.S. in move bound to anger China

2016/12/29 05:42:26

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will pass through the United States when she visits...

China says party control over religion in Tibet will only increase

2016/12/29 04:16:40

BEIJING (Reuters) - The Communist Party's control o ver religion in Tibet can only increase, the reg...