Egypt frees Al Jazeera journalist Greste, two others still held

2015/02/02 00:28:15

CAIRO (Reuters) - Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste was released from a Cairo jail on Sunday and le...

At least 10 killed in attacks led by Yemen's Ansar al-Sharia

2015/02/01 23:45:17

SANAA (Reuters) - At least 10 people have been killed in Yemen over the past four days in attacks le...

Libyan PM visits Benghazi to support troops

2015/02/01 22:42:15

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libya's internationally recognized Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni and...

Greece starts drive to sell new debt deal to doubting Europe

2015/02/01 22:17:24

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's leftist government on Sunday began its drive to persuade a sceptical Eur...

Islamic State says it has beheaded second Japanese hostage Goto

2015/02/01 00:51:51

BEIRUT/TOKYO (Reuters) - Islamic State militants said on Saturday they had beheaded a second Japanes...

Suspected U.S. drone strike kills al Qaeda militants in Yemen

2015/01/31 22:37:25

ADEN (Reuters) - A suspected U.S. drone strike on a car in Yemen killed three men believed to be al ...

Chile's Bachelet takes on conservatives with plan to ease abortion ban

2015/01/31 20:57:40

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's president, Michelle Bachelet, unveiled plans on Saturday to ease a comp...

U.S. general says Syrian town of Kobani taken from Islamic State

2015/01/31 20:49:41

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kurdish ground forces, helped by U.S. and allied air support, have retaken th...

South Sudan's warring sides sign another ceasefire deal

2015/02/02 00:24:37

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and rebel commander Riek Machar signed a...

Three women killed in clashe s in Egypt's Sinai: security sources

2015/02/01 22:54:34

ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Two women were killed by a rocket-propelled grenade while another died i...

Kidnapped Libyan oil official released: minister

2015/02/01 22:35:33

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A kidnapped senior Libyan oil official has been released after more than two wee...

Islamic State says it has beheaded second Japanese hostage Goto

2015/02/01 02:31:06

TOKYO (Reuters) - Islamic State militants said they had beheaded a second Japanese hostage, journali...

Chad army says kills 120 Boko Haram militants in Cameroon

2015/02/01 00:10:23

N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chadian forces have killed 120 militants from Boko Haram in a battle in the no...

Exclusive: FBI says it had no prior knowledge of deadly Philippine raid targeting militants

2015/01/31 22:08:53

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI had no prior knowledge of a police raid in the Philippines last Sunda...

Iraq's PM pledges hard line against alleged militia abuses

2015/01/31 20:54:39

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's prime minister blamed "criminals" on Saturday for alleged mass executions...