Sri Lanka's political outlook shaky, whoever wins knife-edge election

2015/01/07 03:09:16

COLOMBO (Reuters) - In a measure of how far Thursday's presidential election in Sri Lanka has become...

Mexico's Pena Nieto plans no mea culpa in house scandal: spokesman

2015/01/07 02:33:47

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto, embroiled along with his wife and fin...

Syria tells U.N. that McCain and former diplomats visited illegally

2015/01/06 00:27:41

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria has complained to the United Nations that U.S. Senator John McCain,...

U.N. wants fewer but better performing troops in Congo

2015/01/05 23:37:46

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recommends in a report reducing the nu...

Smaller NATO mission has big job to train Afghan army in time

2015/01/05 23:12:48

TACTICAL BASE GAMBERI, Afghanistan (Reuters) - U.S. Army Major Eric Lightfoot, serving at a remote o...

Kremlin critic cuts monitor tag, won't comply with house arrest

2015/01/05 21:41:19

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Monday he would no longer comply with the t...

Turkish soldier held in Syria is brought home: PM

2015/01/05 20:09:50

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish intelligence has brought home a soldier who had been held in neighboring ...

Indonesia naval captain says may have l ocated missing plane's tail section

2015/01/05 19:05:28

PANGKALAN BUN/JAKARTA, Indonesia (Reuters) - An Indonesian naval patrol vessel has found what could ...

North Korea boosted 'cyber forces' to 6,000 troops, South says

2015/01/07 02:39:28

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean military's "cyber army" has boosted its numbers to 6,000 troops, the ...

Genocide retrial of Guatemala ex-dictator Rios Montt suspended

2015/01/06 01:25:44

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala's Supreme Court on Monday began a retrial of former dictator Ef...

Colombia's Santos calls on ELN rebels to declare ceasefire

2015/01/06 00:20:18

BOGOTA (Reuters) - President Juan Manuel Santos called on Monday for the smaller of Colombia's two l...

German anti-Muslim protesters rally despite Merkel plea

2015/01/05 23:16:39

DRESDEN, Germany (Reuters) - Protesters marched in several German cities on Monday against higher le...

Abbas rolls statehood dice with International Criminal Court move

2015/01/05 22:15:09

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - For someone nearing 80, President Mahmoud Abbas still knows how to shake thing...

U.S. troops training Iraqi military at bases in Anbar, Taji

2015/01/05 21:25:53

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. troops have started training Iraqi military forces at two bases in Iraq ...

Libyan warplane bombs Greek-operated oil tanker at port, two dead

2015/01/05 19:45:45

BENGHAZI, Libya/ATHENS (Reuters) - A Libyan warplane from forces loyal to the internationally recogn...