Pass the salt, not the politics: Catalan families split over independence

2014/11/09 13:45:14

SANT CUGAT DEL VALLES Spain (Reuters) - The nine-member Vecino family are in many ways a close-knit ...

Iran, U.S., EU hold nuclear talks in Oman, two weeks to deadline

2014/11/09 13:09:51

MUSCAT (Reuters) - With only two weeks to a deadline for a breakthrough deal, senior envoys of Iran,...

Iraqi forces advance to try to break insurgent siege of Baiji refinery

2014/11/09 11:56:35

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi military forces reached the center of the northern city of Baiji on Sunday...

Security framework eyed as way out of Ukraine crisis

2014/11/09 10:11:59

PARIS (Reuters) - Even as tension in Ukraine mounts anew, veteran diplomats are starting to think qu...

Taliban suicide attack kills one at police HQ

2014/11/09 08:52:16

KABUL (Reuters) - An Islamist Taliban suicide bomber attacked police headquarters in the Afghan capi...

Mysterious killings in east Congo prompt anger at U.N. and army

2014/11/09 08:07:16

BENI Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Rebecca Masika lives within a kilomet re of two army b...

Yemen kidnappers free U.N. water engineer, says world body

2014/11/09 06:29:24

DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Nations said a Sierra Leonean water engineer working in Yemen on a sani...

India's defense minister says needs 440 helicopters for armed forces

2014/11/09 06:05:55

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India needs a total of 440 new helicopters for its armed forces, Defense Minis...

Ex-French PM cries foul after report he wanted to speed up Sarkozy legal case

2014/11/09 13:28:55

PARIS (Reuters) - Former French prime minister Francois Fillon said on Sunday he was a victim of a p...

Canada PM says raised case of detained couple with China's Xi

2014/11/09 13:07:42

BEIJING (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Sunday he had raised concerns abo...

Heavy shelling in east Ukraine adds to concern over ceasefire

2014/11/09 10:38:25

DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Heavy shelling around the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk increased st...

Lebanon's Druze community fearful as Syria's war moves closer

2014/11/09 09:06:33

RASHAYA Lebanon (Reuters) - On mountains close to the Syrian border, members of Lebanon's minority D...

Hong Kong's post-handover leader says China won't change mind on democracy: paper

2014/11/09 08:12:49

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's first leader after its return to Chinese rule says Communist Party...

'I've had enough', says Mexico Attorney General in massacre gaffe

2014/11/09 07:42:48

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - After weeks fielding questions about the abduction and apparent massacre of ...

Japan PM Abe considers sales tax hike delay, snap election: media

2014/11/09 06:20:50

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering dissolving the lower house of par...