Italy's president hints at possible retirement date

2014/12/16 20:17:09

ROME (Reuters) - Giorgio Napolitano, Italy's 89-year-old president who helped to guarantee the count...

Obama to sign new Russia sanctions bill by end of week

2014/12/16 19:56:47

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will sign legislation authorizing new sanctions o...

Pakistani official: 84 children dead in Taliban school attack

2014/12/16 10:57:04

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - At least 84 children have been killed in a Taliban attack on a school in the n...

India bans Islamic State, hunts for sympathizers

2014/12/16 09:58:57

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India on Tuesday declared a ban on Islamic State, days after having detained a...

British embassy in Cairo re-opens after nine-day hiatus

2014/12/16 09:03:44

CAIRO (Reuters) - The British Embassy in Cairo re-opened on Tuesday after suspending public services...

Women feel no safer in Delhi, two years after notorious gang rape

2014/12/16 08:50:03

NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - On a cold, rainy Sunday night, two policemen in khaki unifo...

Russia carried out snap military drills in Kaliningrad region

2014/12/16 08:12:57

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin ordered snap military drills in Russia's westernmost Kal...

Journalist murders in Syria a shocking new trend: press freedom report

2014/12/16 06:08:42

PARIS (Reuters) - The beheading of journalists by Islamist militants in Syria this year showed that ...

Egyptian court overturns some Muslim Brotherhood asset seizures

2014/12/16 20:03:31

CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court on Tuesday overturned decisions by a special committee to seize ...

U.S. torture report puts Romania's role under scrutiny

2014/12/16 19:42:06

BUCHAREST/WARSAW (Reuters) - The lawyer for a man tortured b y the CIA said Romania's authorities sh...

Around 180 Syrian soldiers, jihadists killed in battle for base

2014/12/16 10:39:48

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Around 100 Syrian soldiers and 80 Islamist fighters were killed during a two-day ...

China jails businesswoman in railway graft case for 20 years

2014/12/16 09:22:53

BEIJING (Reuters) - A court in China sentenced a well-known businesswoman to 20 years in jail for co...

Zurich airport re-opens after being partly shut by unspecified threat

2014/12/16 09:01:17

ZURICH (Reuters) - Zurich airport has re-opened after it was partly closed for several hours on Mond...

Police storm Sydney cafe to end hostage siege, three dead

2014/12/16 08:46:32

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Heavily armed Australian police stormed a Sydney cafe early on Tuesday morning an...

Israeli troops kill Palestinian during West Bank clash

2014/12/16 07:22:30

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers on Tuesday shot and killed a Palestinian during an ...