China's top judge reproaches courts for miscarriages of justice

2015/03/12 05:45:39

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top judge on Thursday issued a mea culpa for miscarriages of justice tha...

Cambodia and big brands fail to tackle garment worker abuse: researchers

2015/03/12 04:38:45

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Cambodian garment workers making clothing for international re...

Top diplomats set to meet to discuss China, South Korea, Japan summit

2015/03/12 03:12:02

SEOUL (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of South Korea, Japan and China are preparing to meet this m...

Islamic State ransacks Assyrian capital as Iraq appeals for help

2015/03/12 02:37:29

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State militants have desecrated another ancient Iraqi capital, the gover...

IMF seeks 'immediate' stabilization in latest Ukraine bailout

2015/03/12 01:25:35

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund has agreed to pump $10 billion into Ukraine's...

Aid groups say U.N. Security Council failed Syria, 2014 worst year yet

2015/03/12 01:06:33

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Aid agencies said on Thursday that 2014 was the worst year of the Syrian conflict...

Seventy insurgents defect to Syrian army in Damascus suburb

2015/03/11 18:37:13

AMMAN (Reuters) - Around seventy Syrian rebels have fled from an opposition held suburb south of the...

IMF approves $17.5 billion loan program for Ukraine

2015/03/11 18:28:05

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund's board signed off on a $17.5 billion four-ye...

China to 'refresh' policy on visitors to Hong Kong

2015/03/12 05:02:24

BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese government will "refresh" its policy on granting entry permits to it...

U.S. may be unable to defend its Syria recruits against Assad

2015/03/12 03:51:33

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States does not appear to have clear-cut legal authority to protec...

Canadian PM's comments on Muslim veil set off Twitter flurry

2015/03/12 03:00:54

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Twitter users turned to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper for tongue-in-c...

Mafia thrives on Italy's legalized gambling addiction

2015/03/12 01:26:27

ROME (Reuters) - Legalizing gambling in Italy was supposed to help curb the mafia. Unfortunately, pr...

China defends Sri Lankan project in test of its push to invest abroad

2015/03/12 01:20:33

COLOMBO/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's suspension of a project to build a glittering skyline on l...

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

2015/03/11 18:43:27

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

France to increase West Africa troops to support Boko Haram fight

2015/03/11 18:36:06

PARIS (Reuters) - France is increasing its West African counter-insurgency force to support regional...