Obama to send 3,000 troops to tackle Ebola

2014/09/16 13:59:08

WASHINGTON/GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States announced on Tuesday that it would send 3,000 troops...

Russia needs government investment to avoid recession, former finance minister

2014/09/16 13:53:42

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia risks slipping into recession because the government is not investing enou...

Ahead of independence vote, Britain pledges state funding to Scotland

2014/09/16 13:49:09

EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Britain promised to guarantee Scotland high levels of state funding, granting ...

Indonesia anti-terror police question four foreigners

2014/09/16 13:23:36

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian anti-terror police are questioning four foreign nationals in a sign o...

Lesotho brings forward vote to ease political crisis

2014/09/16 12:34:20

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Lesotho will hold elections earlier than scheduled in 2017, in an effort to...

Yemen clashes between Shi'ite rebels and tribesmen kill 22: sources

2014/09/16 12:26:12

SANAA (Reuters) - Twenty-two people were killed in fighting between Shi'ite Muslim rebels and govern...

China scholar shackled, refused warm clothes ahead of trial: lawyer

2014/09/16 11:41:19

BEIJING (Reuters) - An ethnic Uighur academic in China is being kept in shackles and has been refuse...

Nigeria sentences 12 soldiers to death for mutiny in northeast

2014/09/16 10:59:20

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's military authorities have sentenced 12 soldiers to death by firing squad...

Islamic State supporter warns of attacks against U.S.: SITE

2014/09/16 13:54:06

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A supporter of Islamic State militants has warned of attacks on the United States...

Afghan rivals said close to ending feud on how to share power

2014/09/16 13:50:10

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's rival presidential candidates may reach a deal on how to share power...

Poland drops probe into central bank chief's leaked conversation

2014/09/16 13:32:02

WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish prosecutors said on Tuesday they had dropped an investigation into whether...

Suicide car bomber kills three foreign troops in Afghan capital

2014/09/16 13:06:10

KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber killed three foreign troops and wounded 13 Afghan civilians i...

Islamic State shoots down Syrian war plane: monitor group

2014/09/16 12:27:33

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State fighters shot down a Syrian war plane using anti-aircraft guns on T...

Police boss at center of British child sex scandal quits

2014/09/16 12:03:29

LONDON (Reuters) - The elected official in charge of policing in the northern English town of Rother...

India says to defend China border after standoff ahead of Xi visit

2014/09/16 11:00:52

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India said on Tuesday it would firmly defend its 3,500-km- (2,200-mile-) long ...