U.N. brigade will need to 'neutralise' Congo rebels: chief

2014/12/15 21:01:09

DAKAR (Reuters) - Only a few of Rwanda's FDLR rebels operating in eastern Congo have laid down their...

German court to try former Auschwitz guard for murder

2014/12/15 20:23:39

BERLIN (Reuters) - A 93-year old man suspected of being a former guard at the Nazi death camp Auschw...

Kuwaiti ship, Egyptian fishing boat, collide in Red Sea, killing 13

2014/12/15 20:17:54

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has ordered an investigation into an accident in which a Kuwaiti container s...

North Korea wants U.N. Security Council to discuss CIA torture

2014/12/15 19:27:57

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - North Korea on Monday asked the United Nations Security Council to add th...

Palestinian U.N. statehood bid at heart of Kerry-Netanyahu talks

2014/12/15 18:53:58

ROME (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said before talks on Monday with U.S. Sec...

More air strikes near eastern Libyan oil port and border to Tunisia

2014/12/15 18:44:00

RAS JDIR/BENGHAZI (Reuters) - Libya's recognized government conducted air strikes against rival gove...

France urges African nations to take charge of their security

2014/12/15 18:15:17

DAKAR (Reuters) - France urged African nations on Monday to step up cross-border cooperation to tack...

Egypt denies entry to U.S. analyst, with no reason given

2014/12/14 00:36:43

CAIRO (Reuters) - A U.S. think tank analyst and former diplomat who has written articles critical of...

Sudan to witness more violence after ICC shelves Darfur probe: opposition

2014/12/15 20:50:39

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court's decision to shelve an inquiry into war crime...

Sudan government forces accused of gang rape in Blue Nile state: TRFN

2014/12/15 20:22:00

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sudanese government forces are gang raping teenage girls and w...

Australian police say three dead, four hurt in Sydney siege

2014/12/15 19:55:22

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Three people are dead after a hostage drama in a Sydney cafe ended in heavy gunfi...

A million displaced Nigerians unable to vote unless law changed: INEC

2014/12/15 19:04:14

ABUJA (Reuters) - More than a million Nigerians displaced by an Islamist insurgency in the northeast...

Belgian police storm apartment to end Ghent siege

2014/12/15 18:49:09

GHENT, Belgium (Reuters) - Belgian armed police stormed an apartment in the western city of Ghent on...

Turkey's Erdogan says media raids a response to 'dirty' plot

2014/12/15 18:27:52

IZMIT, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday defended weekend raids on media...

U.S. asks Vatican for help with Guantanamo inmates

2014/12/15 18:11:31

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The United States, which is seeking ways to close Guantanamo Bay prison cam...