South Africa says toll in Nigeria church collapse rises to 115

2014/09/22 14:55:28

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The death toll from the collapse of a church guesthouse in Lagos has risen ...

Kurds say they have halted Islamic State advance on Syrian town

2014/09/22 14:26:52

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian Kurdish fighters have halted an advance by Islamic State fighters to the e...

Thousands of Hong Kong students 'grasp destiny' in demand for democracy

2014/09/22 14:09:15

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Thousands of students braved sweltering heat in Hong Kong on Monday to demand ...

Ukraine's military readies to pull back big guns after fall-off in separatist fire

2014/09/22 13:05:29

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian government forces prepared on Monday to withdraw artillery and heavy armo...

Taliban reject Afghan unity government pact as U.S. 'sham'

2014/09/22 12:33:21

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban militants on Monday decried a pact by rival election candida...

Myanmar gives citizenship to 209 displaced Muslims, including Rohingya

2014/09/22 12:10:18

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar gave citizenship on Monday to 209 Muslims displaced by sectarian violence...

Syrian air strikes in northwest kill more than 40: monitoring group

2014/09/22 10:44:01

BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 42 civilians including women and children have been killed in Syrian gov...

Chinese militants get Islamic State 'terrorist training': media

2014/09/22 10:00:16

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese militants from the western region of Xinjiang have fled from the country...

Minds focused by IS, Saudis and Iranians think about making up

2014/09/22 14:27:01

DUBAI (Reuters) - For decades the opposing poles of Middle East power politics, Saudi Arabia and Ira...

South Africa says death toll in Nigerian building collapse rises to 115

2014/09/22 14:23:00

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The death toll from the collapse of a church guesthouse in Lagos has risen ...

Pakistan appoints ally of army chief to head intelligence agency

2014/09/22 13:19:49

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan appointed a close ally of the army chief to head the country's most p...

India's Modi to observe strict fast during maiden trip to U.S

2014/09/22 12:47:30

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will observe a strict religious fast durin...

Islamic State urges more attacks on Egyptian security forces

2014/09/22 12:25:32

CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State urged insurgents in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Monday to press ahead...

Putin plans to attend G20 summit in Australia: agency cites Kremlin's spokesman

2014/09/22 11:48:33

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to attend a Group of 20 summit in the Aust...

Ghani named Afghan president-elect after deal to end election dispute

2014/09/22 10:36:08

KABUL (Reuters) - Former Afghan finance mi nister Ashraf Ghani was named president-elect on Sunday a...