Iraqi army repels attack on base hosting U.S. Marines: officials

2015/02/13 16:52:53

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces on Friday repelled an attack by Islamic State insurgents a...

South Africa questions its democracy after parliament brawl

2015/02/13 16:37:09

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - "State of Chaos", was how one South African newspaper described the images ...

Germany condemns Greek cartoon depicting Schaeuble as Nazi

2015/02/13 15:49:53

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany condemned on Friday a cartoon published in a Greek leftist newspaper clos...

U.S. says 15 more airstrikes launched against Islamic State

2015/02/13 15:30:32

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its coalition partners conducted eight air strikes agai...

Italy closes embassy in Yemen as security deteriorates

2015/02/13 15:21:33

ROME (Reuters) - Italy has closed its embassy in the Yemeni capital Sanaa due to a breakdown in secu...

Uprooted South Sudanese fear the call to return home

2015/02/13 15:11:53

JUBA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In South Sudan's capital, Mary Nyapini Malual watches her childr...

Croatia charges Zagreb mayor with misusing funds

2015/02/13 14:16:36

ZAGREB (Reuters) - The mayor of Croatia's capital city was charged on Friday with misusing public fu...

Israeli court rejects appeal over U.S. activist's death

2015/02/13 13:43:11

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The family of Rachel Corrie, an American activist killed by an Israeli army bu...

China detains another senior army officer in graft probe

2015/02/13 16:38:21

BEIJING (Reuters) - Another senior Chinese military officer has been detained on suspicion of corrup...

At least 19 killed in attack on Shi'ite mosque in Pakistan

2015/02/13 16:11:44

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - At least 19 people were killed on Friday in the Pakistani city of Pes...

Greece, Troika start talks on common reform ground

2015/02/13 15:47:04

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Greece and its international creditors started talks on Friday on reforms neede...

Saudi Arabia, West evacuate embassy staff from Yemen on security fears

2015/02/13 15:25:26

SANAA (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has joined Western states in evacuating staff from Yemen after a powe...

Turkish police use water cannon on protesters decrying religion in schools

2015/02/13 15:20:25

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish police used water cannon in the western coastal city of Izmir on Friday t...

Egyptian police captain dies in Cairo bomb blast

2015/02/13 15:04:43

CAIRO (Reuters) - A roadside bomb in Cairo killed a police captain and wounded eight other people on...

Migrant boats reported in difficulty off Libya

2015/02/13 13:46:38

ROME (Reuters) - A Maltese cargo ship was heading to assist a migrant boat with around 100 people on...