Japan, North Korea to meet next week on abductees

2014/09/25 08:33:45

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese and North Korean officials will meet next week for an update on the North...

Turkey may do more against Islamic State, but how much uncertain

2014/09/25 07:24:11

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Turkey appears to be inching towards a greater role in the U.S.-led coali...

Obama at U.N. pledges steps to more open government

2014/09/25 02:59:18

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pledged on Wednesday that the United States would ...

Nigeria's president says still working to free abducted girls

2014/09/25 02:33:16

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan told the United Nations General Asse...

Colombia rebels, government publish accords agreed so far at talks

2014/09/25 01:49:10

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's government and leftist FARC rebels on Wednesday released copies of pre...

Vietnam welcomes efforts by U.S. to end its weapons embargo

2014/09/25 01:44:11

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Vietnam would welcome an end to the arms embargo clamped on it by the United St...

Venezuela court gives long sentences to beauty queen's killers

2014/09/24 02:26:16

CARACAS (Reuters) - Three men convicted of murdering a former Miss Venezuela and her ex-husband this...

Rousseff gains in Brazil presidential race as Silva slips

2014/09/24 02:20:37

BRASILIA (Reuters) - President Dilma Rousseff has regained the edge in Brazil's presidential race af...

World must tackle corruption to end poverty: UK leader

2014/09/25 07:56:40

NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - British Prime Minister David Cameron urged world leaders to ...

Australia to reintroduce temporary visas for refugees

2014/09/25 05:12:29

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will reintroduce a controversial temporary visa system to deal with a h...

Sri Lanka president uses U.N. speech to assail war crimes probe

2014/09/25 02:56:55

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa assailed the United Nations Human ...

Obama at U.N. pledges steps to more open government

2014/09/25 02:15:43

NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pledged on Wednesday that the United States would provid...

Islamist fighters advance in Syria despite U.S. strikes

2014/09/25 01:48:27

DAMASCUS/MURSITPINAR Turkey (Reuters) - U.S. planes pounded Islamic State positions in Syria for a s...

Qatar, a partner in U.S. airstrikes, says Syrian regime main problem

2014/09/25 00:58:41

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Qatar, which provided support for U.S.-led airstrikes in Syria this week,...

Exclusive: With Suu Kyi blocked, her Myanmar party eyes ex-general for president

2014/09/24 02:24:51

YANGON (Reuters) - Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) will go into next year's p...