Russian jets step up raids on rebel-held Idlib and rural Aleppo

2016/12/24 23:33:12

AMMAN (Reuters) - Russian jets stepped up strikes on several towns in Syria's rebel-held Idlib provi...

Israel to re-assess U.N. ties after settlement resolution, says Netanyahu

2016/12/24 20:46:09

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel will re-assess its ties with the United Nations following the adoption ...

Iraqis celebrate first Christmas near Mosul after Islamic State pushed out

2016/12/24 20:11:21

BARTELLA, Iraq (Reuters) - Several hundred Iraqi Christians flocked on Saturday to a northern town r...

Europe on Christmas high alert after truck attack in Berlin

2016/12/24 17:18:52

ROME (Reuters) - Security was heightened for the Christmas weekend in Italy and at the Vatican on Sa...

South Koreans protest for ninth straight weekend for Park to step down

2016/12/24 12:52:02

SEOUL (Reuters) - A large crowd of South Koreans took to the streets of central Seoul on Saturday fo...

Breakthrough in Japan, Russia islands row eludes PM Abe, Putin

2016/12/16 15:36:48

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin wrapped up...

Tibetan leader urges Trump to confront China on rights

2016/12/16 14:53:51

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The head of the Tibetan government-in-exile said on Friday he was encouraged b...

Romania's top court upholds leftist-backed scrapping of 102 taxes

2016/12/16 14:28:34

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's top court ruled on Friday that legislation passed in October to scra...

Pope says Christmas 'hostage' to materialism, God in shadows

2016/12/24 23:25:57

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Saturday that Christmas had been "taken hostage" by da...

Tunisian security forces arrest three for links to Berlin market attack suspect

2016/12/24 20:11:40

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian security forces have arrested three suspected militants after uncovering ...

Sixteen hurt in Christmas eve blast at Catholic church in Philippines

2016/12/24 18:03:39

MANILA (Reuters) - Sixteen people were wounded in a grenade explosion outside a Catholic church duri...

Campaign raises $170,000 for family of 'heroic' Polish truck driver

2016/12/24 17:13:01

WARSAW (Reuters) - A crowdfunding campaign has raised over $170,000 for the family of Polish truck d...

Aleppo evacuation suspended amid dispute over villages

2016/12/16 15:38:10

ALEPPO, Syria/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The evacuation of the last opposition-held areas of the Syrian city...

U.S.-led strikes destroy tanks, air defenses near Syria's Palmyra

2016/12/16 15:24:32

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S.-led coalition battling Islamic State said on Friday it destroyed 14 ...

Colombia's president and opposition rival meet Pope Francis

2016/12/16 14:36:49

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and opposition leader Alvaro Uribe m...