Cypriot-flagged freighter runs aground off a Greek Aegean island

2015/02/11 09:01:54

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek authorities have rescued 11 crew members of a Cypriot-flagged freighter whi...

Britain withdraws embassy staff from Yemen over security concerns

2015/02/11 08:23:45

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has withdrawn staff from its embassy in Yemen and temporarily suspended o...

Al Qaeda supporters in Yemen pledge allegiance to Islamic State: group

2015/02/11 08:01:23

DUBAI (Reuters) - A group of Islamist fighters in Yemen renounced their loyalty to al Qaeda's leader...

Brother of China's premier steps down as deputy head of tobacco monopoly

2015/02/11 07:29:48

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's brother stepped down on Wednesday as deputy head of...

How the Houthis drove Yemen into a political vacuum

2015/02/11 07:03:37

SANAA (Reuters) - When Yemen's Houthi fighters scaled the rooftops surrounding former president Abd-...

Euro zone, Greece face off as markets take fright

2015/02/10 02:06:28

ATHENS/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Greece and its euro zone partners engaged in brinkmanship on Monday, wit...

Ex-IMF head Strauss-Kahn testifies in French sex ring trial

2015/02/10 00:04:30

LILLE, France (Reuters) - Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief who was tipped to become Fren...

Obama says still weighing decision on arming Ukraine forces

2015/02/09 22:59:02

WASHINGTON/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama signaled on Monday he will wait ...

Shell hits bus station in Donetsk, at least one killed

2015/02/11 08:27:09

DONETSK (Reuters) - At least one person was killed on Wednesday when a shell hit a bus station in th...

'Contact Group' on Ukraine to hold talks in Minsk on Wednesday: Belarus

2015/02/11 08:19:07

MINSK (Reuters) - A meeting of the so-called Contact Group on Ukraine will resume talks on the confl...

Critics of former Thai PM try to discredit her with escape rumors: lawyer

2015/02/11 07:57:45

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Opponents of former Thai leader Yingluck Shinawatra were trying to discredit her...

Australian anti-terror police say imminent IS-linked attack thwarted

2015/02/11 07:22:25

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian counter-terrorism police said on Wednesday they had thwarted an immine...

Mexico detains brother of ex-governor over alleged embezzlement

2015/02/11 05:37:12

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican authorities said on Tuesday they had detained the brother of a forme...

Obama says extending deadline for Iran nuclear deal not useful

2015/02/10 00:31:31

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday extending the March deadline for a...

Boko Haram launches twin attacks in Niger and Cameroon

2015/02/09 23:11:40

NIAMEY/YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Islamist Boko Haram insurgents from Nigeria bombed a Niger border town, k...