Exclusive: Major nations hold talks on ending U.N. sanctions on Iran - officials

2015/03/12 23:28:38

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Major world powers have begun talks about a United Nations Security Counc...

PM Renzi presents reform to boost Italy's sub-standard schools

2015/03/12 22:39:27

ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Matteo Renzi unveiled long-delayed education reforms on Thursday tha...

Iceland confirms will not enter EU membership talks

2015/03/12 22:14:47

REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Iceland will not start negotiations with the European Union about joining the ...

U.N. official calls China's crackdown on Uighurs 'disturbing'

2015/03/12 09:21:45

GENEVA (Reuters) - A U.N. human rights investigator criticized on Wednesday China's crackdown on Mus...

Indonesia signals unlikely to carry out executions for at least 16 days

2015/03/12 09:18:11

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia signaled on Thursday that it was not likely to execute foreigners on d...

India's Sonia Gandhi marches to support ex-PM Singh in court summons

2015/03/12 09:11:11

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The top leadership of India's Congress party including its enigmatic president...

Putin delays Kazakh visit, no health problems says Kremlin

2015/03/12 08:22:46

(Corrects second paragraph to show meeting scheduled for this week)

Islamic State says Australian teenager carries out suicide attack in Iraq

2015/03/12 06:46:18

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia is seeking to confirm Islamic State's claim that an Australian teenage ...

Syria war criminals will face justice, U.N. rights boss vows

2015/03/12 23:07:01

GENEVA (Reuters) - Suspected war criminals in Syria will face justice for gross violations against c...

Iraqi forces slowed by snipers and bombs in Tikrit

2015/03/12 22:29:14

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces and mainly Shi'ite militia fought Islamic State fighters i...

U.S. students losing interest in China as dream jobs prove elusive

2015/03/12 22:02:58

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - American students are getting cold feet about studying Chinese in China, with m...

Blast at police station in Libyan capital causes damage

2015/03/12 09:19:32

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A blast went off in front of a police station in the center of Libya's capital, ...

Some 25 people may be under shopping center rubble after fire in Russia's Kazan: Ifax

2015/03/12 09:16:14

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Some 25 people may still be trapped under the rubble of a shopping center in the ...

Poland to hold countrywide defense drills: president's adviser

2015/03/12 08:41:25

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland will stress-test its defense capabilities with a series of countrywide dri...

After crackdown on students, Myanmar's will to reform questioned

2015/03/12 07:23:50

YANGON (Reuters) - A student march through central Myanmar in protest against a new education law be...