Turkish PM says Israel's Netanyahu on par with Paris attackers

2015/01/15 10:16:49

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Thursday compared his Israeli counter...

Corpses of 16 men discovered in northern Iraq

2015/01/15 08:50:06

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A search team has discovered 16 corpses in an area of northern Iraq formerly con...

Philippine Catholic Church struggles with social costs of labour migration

2015/01/15 07:44:12

MANILA (Reuters) - Almost 5,000 Filipinos left their homes every day between 2010 and 2013 to seek w...

Taiwan's Chu to take over ruling party, seen balancing China policy

2015/01/15 05:17:23

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Eric Chu will take over as leader of Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang (KMT) on Saturday...

Obama, Cameron vow to stand firm against Islamist extremists

2015/01/15 05:10:31

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron vowed a ...

Pope leaves post-war Sri Lanka after preaching reconciliation

2015/01/15 05:00:59

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Pope Francis started the second leg of his Asia tour on Thursday, departing from...

Divers search for bodies in fuselage of crashed AirAsia jet

2015/01/15 03:54:37

PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesian navy divers searched for bodies on Thursday in the f...

Exclusive: U.S. lawmakers push ahead on Iran sanctions - senior senator

2015/01/15 01:30:24

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican and Democratic U.S. lawmakers will press ahead with a plan for mor...

China enlists citizens to patrol border with North Korea - state media

2015/01/15 09:29:43

BEIJING (Reuters) - China is sending civilian militias to help secure the border it shares with Nort...

Driver injures policewoman outside Paris presidential residence: police source

2015/01/15 08:30:35

PARIS (Reuters) - Two people were arrested after a motorist injured a policewoman outside French Pre...

China investigates 32 for graft linked to Xinjiang Muslim pilgrims

2015/01/15 06:15:32

BEIJING (Reuters) - China is investigating 32 officials from the western region of Xinjiang for graf...

Millions of followers, and a storm, await Pope Francis in the Philippines

2015/01/15 05:13:43

MANILA (Reuters) - Security fears and a potential storm have Philippine leaders on edge ahead of the...

Five Yemenis transferred from U.S. custody at Guantanamo: Pentagon

2015/01/15 05:06:21

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon transferred five Yemenis held at Guantanamo prison to foreign cu...

Rights groups urge Thailand to end project that sends prisoners to sea

2015/01/15 04:05:15

BANGKOK (Reuters) - More than a dozen rights groups urged Thailand on Thursday to end a project to r...

China investigates Shanghai officials' lavish banquet before stampede: Xinhua

2015/01/15 03:11:49

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Authorities in Shanghai are investigating allegations that officials attended a...