Canada vows tougher laws as citizens worry in face of attacks

2014/10/24 18:20:41

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada vowed on Friday to toughen laws against terrorism as an opinion poll showe...

Tunisian forces kill six after standoff with militants outside Tunis

2014/10/24 17:44:35

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian security forces on Friday killed six people, including five women, after ...

Majority of Swiss oppose proposal for strict immigration limits: poll

2014/10/24 17:05:55

ZURICH (Reuters) - A majority of Swiss voters are against proposals to place strict limits on immigr...

Protesters in Hong Kong to vote on government proposals

2014/10/24 16:52:55

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong protesters plan to hold a straw poll on government proposals they re...

Sweden's far-right tells mainstream to negotiate or risk new election

2014/10/24 16:01:37

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats, who hold the balance of power in...

Islamic State keeps up Syrian oil flow despite U.S-led strikes

2014/10/24 15:21:36

AMMAN (Reuters) - Islamic State is still extracting and selling oil in Syria and has adapted its tra...

Brazil poll shows Neves leading election, at odds with major surveys

2014/10/24 14:55:05

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Opposition candidate Aecio Neves has a shrinking lead over President Dilma Rou...

Japan's Suga: Will send Japanese officials to North Korea next week

2014/10/22 04:51:06

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will send officials to North Korea to hold meetings Oct. 28-29 for an update...

Political Islam tries to adapt to Tunisia election landscape

2014/10/24 17:48:24

SFAX Tunisia (Reuters) - From behind a niqab veil masking all but her eyes, Tunisian activist Fedia ...

Frelimo's Nyusi wins Mozambique elections: provisional results

2014/10/24 17:42:24

MAPUTO (Reuters) - Mozambique's ruling Frelimo party and its candidate Filipe Nyusi won this month's...

South African police fire rubber bullets at Diamondcorp strikers

2014/10/24 16:57:27

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African police fired rubber bullets on Friday to disperse workers at ...

Russia still has troops in Ukraine, NATO says

2014/10/24 16:51:26

MONS Belgium (Reuters) - Russia still has troops in eastern Ukraine and retains a very capable force...

Vietnamese tycoon held on suspicion of fraud: sources

2014/10/24 15:54:21

HANOI (Reuters) - Police in Vietnam have detained one of the country's biggest tycoons, the founder ...

Italy strikes against Renzi labor reforms, cuts

2014/10/24 15:05:13

ROME (Reuters) - Striking workers took to the streets in cities across Italy on Friday to protest ag...

Masked men burn two Saudi Arabia consulate cars in Egypt: sources

2014/10/24 14:07:15

CAIRO/ISMAILIA (Reuters) - Masked men set fire to two cars belonging to the consulate of Saudi Arabi...