Egyptian court sentences 185 to death for attack on police

2014/12/02 21:28:15

CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian judge sentenced 185 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to death on Tuesday ...

U.S. couple stuck in Qatar in child death case can leave

2014/12/02 21:04:00

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Qatar will soon lift a travel ban that has kept a U.S. couple from leaving t...

Hong Kong Occupy founders tell students to retreat amid fears of violence

2014/12/02 20:20:11

HONG KONG (Reuters) - The founders of Hong Kong's Occupy Central civil disobedience movement on Tues...

NATO backs U.S.-led training force for Afghanistan

2014/12/02 19:27:12

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO foreign ministers agreed on Tuesday to launch a new training mission for A...

New Syrian opposition grouping fails to entice major rebel factions

2014/12/02 19:03:22

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The latest effort to unify the fractured Syrian military opposition has done li...

Greece says it cannot help protesting Syrian refugees

2014/12/02 18:34:01

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's government said on Tuesday it could do little to help about 300 Syrian r...

Former mayor of Rome investigated in mafia probe

2014/12/02 18:13:49

ROME (Reuters) - Italian prosecutors searched the house of the former mayor of Rome Gianni Alemanno ...

French parliament to call for recognition of Palestinian state

2014/12/02 00:03:57

PARIS (Reuters) - French lawmakers are set to vote on Tuesday to call on the government to recognize...

Gunmen kill six Lebanese soldiers on border with Syria: security source

2014/12/02 21:06:14

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Gunmen killed at least six Lebanese soldiers when they attacked an army patrol ne...

Netanyahu seeks early election, fires top ministers

2014/12/02 20:32:38

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sacked his finance and justice ministers on ...

Lebanon detains wife of Islamic State leader

2014/12/02 20:17:48

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Lebanese army detained a wife and daughter of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr a...

Mother of South African baby swapped at birth says hospital mocked her

2014/12/02 19:12:37

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African mother whose baby was accidentally swapped at birth said on...

Kenyan president changes security officials after al Shabaab kill 36

2014/12/02 19:01:33

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somali al Shabaab Islamist militants killed 36 non-Muslim workers at a quarry in...

Egypt tourist numbers jump 70 percent in third quarter despite Sinai insurgency

2014/12/02 18:22:32

CAIRO (Reuters) - A total of 2.77 million tourists visited Egypt in the third quarter of 2013, offic...

Rights group puts Venezuela jail deaths at 41, doubts official cause

2014/12/02 00:11:37

CARACAS (Reuters) - A Venezuelan rights group says at least 41 inmates died in suspicious conditions...