Islamic State seeking bases inside Lebanon: Lebanon security chief

2015/01/03 18:41:38

KAWTHARIET ASSIYAD, Lebanon (Reuters) - Islamic State militants holed up in the Qalamoun mountains o...

Mexico Supreme Court elects career judge as president

2015/01/03 02:05:14

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Supreme Court on Friday elected a new president with justices narro...

Artist Bruguera freed in Cuba after colleagues write in support

2015/01/03 00:18:54

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban performance artist Tania Bruguera was freed on Friday after three back-to-b...

Congo threatens to attack Rwandan Hutu rebels as ultimatum expires

2015/01/02 23:07:28

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's government said on Friday it was ready to launch...

Security on agenda as embattled Mexican president visits Obama

2015/01/02 21:26:50

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's embattled President Enrique Pena Nieto will discuss security and ju...

Egyptian troops kill Palestinian youth infiltrating from Gaza: sources

2015/01/02 20:56:29

GAZA (Reuters) - Egyptian border troops shot dead a Palestinian youth as he tried to cross illegally...

Gambia arrests suspects after attempted coup: rights groups

2015/01/02 20:05:43

BANJUL (Reuters) - Security forces in Gambia have begun arresting people suspected of having links t...

Burnt-out ferry towed to Italy after deadly blaze

2015/01/02 19:20:45

BRINDISI, Italy (Reuters) - Tug boats hauled the burnt-out hulk of a ferry that caught fire off the ...

Indonesia widens search area in hunt for AirAsia jet

2015/01/03 03:18:43

PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia (Reuters) - Aircraft combed the sea and shoreline off Borneo on Saturday fo...

Mexican prisons are worsening and inmate control is growing: study

2015/01/03 00:54:29

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Conditions have worsened in Mexico's dangerous and overcrowded prisons, with...

France wants action on Libya, stops short of African calls for intervention

2015/01/03 00:07:39

NIAMEY (Reuters) - French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Friday world powers must tackl...

Hungarian protesters keep up pressure on government

2015/01/02 22:16:19

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Thousands of Hungarians staged an anti-government protest on Friday, maintainin...

Suspected Islamists abduct 40 people in northeast Nigeria

2015/01/02 21:25:10

MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Gunmen abducted 40 boys and young men from a remote village in northeast Niger...

Obama authorizes more sanctions against North Korea in Sony hack

2015/01/02 20:20:40

HONOLULU (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama authorized additional sanctions against North Korea...

U.N. extends mandate of tribunal trying Hariri bomb suspects

2015/01/02 19:23:39

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday extended for three years the...