Captured Greek guerrilla was preparing to attack prison: police

2015/01/04 19:32:21

ATHENS (Reuters) - Fugitive Marxist guerrilla Christodoulos Xiros was preparing an armed assault on ...

Boko Haram seizes army base in northeast Nigeria

2015/01/04 18:21:38

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Islamist militants have overrun an army base in the remote northeast ...

China investigates Nanjing city chief for graft

2015/01/04 15:37:09

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China is investigating the Communist Party chief of the major eastern city of N...

U.S., allies conduct air strikes in Syria, Iraq against Islamic State

2015/01/04 15:04:21

(Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted seven air strikes on Islamic State targets in...

Six U.N. peacekeepers wounded by roadside bomb in north Mali

2015/01/04 14:55:48

BAMAKO (Reuters) - At least six United Nations peacekeepers were wounded when their vehicle hit a ro...

Rouhani urges end to Iran's isolation

2015/01/04 14:29:48

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called for curbs on the state's involvement in bu...

U.S. slaps more sanctions on North Korea after Sony hack

2015/01/04 11:22:45

HONOLULU/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea was hit with more sanctions on Friday designed to impede...

Drone strike kills six suspected militants northwest Pakistan

2015/01/04 10:12:55

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike killed at least six suspected militants i...

One Cuban migrant dead in capsizing off Cayman Islands

2015/01/04 19:22:58

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (Reuters) - A Cuban migrant drowned after a makeshift vessel with four p...

Turmoil in Eurosceptic AfD party could help Merkel

2015/01/04 16:51:00

BERLIN (Reuters) - A battle for control of the German Eurosceptic upstart Alternative for Germany (A...

UK's Cameron will move EU referendum forward if possible

2015/01/04 15:19:24

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron said on Sunday he would like to bring forward a plan...

Israel says arrests Islamic State-linked Palestinians in West Bank

2015/01/04 14:57:35

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli forces have detained three Islamic State-inspired militants in the occ...

Libyan war planes attack country's biggest steel plant in Misrata

2015/01/04 14:52:46

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Forces loyal to Libya's internationally recognized government on Sunday launched...

At least six die in South Sudan fighting: rebels

2015/01/04 14:11:05

JUBA (Reuters) - At least six civilians have died in fighting in South Sudan in the past two days, r...

Weather frustrates divers as more AirAsia wreckage found

2015/01/04 10:52:36

PANGKALAN BUN/SURABAYA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Divers tried to reach sunken wreckage from a crashed A...