Fidel Castro in good health, Brazilian visitor says

2015/01/29 00:44:22

HAVANA (Reuters) - Retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro is in good health, appearing skinny but lucid, ...

Israel says Turkish criticism inappropriate at Holocaust memorial service

2015/01/29 00:01:24

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Israel on Wednesday accused a senior Turkish official of "misusing" a Holocaust...

Venezuela's Cabello: defector after money, can't prove drug claims

2015/01/28 23:25:54

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan Socialist Party heavyweight Diosdado Cabello on Wednesday said a defe...

Thailand accuses U.S. of meddling in its politics

2015/01/28 21:22:55

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand accused the United States on Wednesday of meddling in its political aff...

Libyan carrier halts flights after crew killed in Tripoli hotel attack

2015/01/28 18:30:07

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan carrier Buraq Airlines said on Wednesday it had suspended all flights for...

Suicide blast kills at least five people in north Mali: sources

2015/01/28 11:31:10

BAMAKO (Reuters) - A suicide attack in the disputed north Malian town of Tabankort killed at least f...

Anti-tank missile fired at Israeli military vehicle on Lebanon frontier: army

2015/01/28 11:16:19

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An anti-tank missile was fired at an Israeli military vehicle near the Lebanon...

Thai red shirt leader gets two-year jail term for insulting former PM

2015/01/28 11:10:17

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai court on Wednesday handed a two-year jail term to a leader of the "red sh...

Syria says approves U.N. $2.9 billion humanitarian aid plan for 2015

2015/01/29 00:02:06

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria said on Wednesday it has approved a United Nations plan to deliver ...

Russia says Kiev's actions will escalate Ukraine fighting

2015/01/28 23:32:48

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday military action by the Ukrainian government would prompt...

Raul Castro warns U.S. against meddling in Cuba's affairs

2015/01/28 22:32:57

SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Cuba will not accept any interference from the United States, President Raul Ca...

Survivors say Iraqi forces watched as Shi'ite militias executed 72 Sunnis

2015/01/28 20:34:41

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Survivors tell the same story: they were taken from their homes by men in unifor...

Egyptian poet goes on trial accused of contempt of Islam

2015/01/28 18:10:32

CAIRO (Reuters) - A prominent Egyptian poet could face up to three years in jail over a Facebook pos...

Kazakhstan bans rallies, fearing Ukraine-style turmoil: U.N. report

2015/01/28 11:28:55

ALMATY (Reuters) - Kazakhstan says it has clamped down on peaceful rallies out of fear of a repeat o...

Putin eyes benefits as rebels gain in Ukraine

2015/01/28 11:14:24

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Boxed into a corner by a financial crisis and the West's refusal to drop sanction...