Dutchman praised for MH17 crash handling in race for top EU job

2014/09/02 21:39:07

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Frans Timmermans, the Netherlands' nominee to join the European Commission, is...

Japan's Abe to co-opt rival, draft more women in cabinet reshuffle

2014/09/02 21:22:25

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to co-opt a rival and draft more wo...

Three killed, nine injured when Libyan war plane crashes in eastern city: medics

2014/09/02 21:00:18

BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) - Three people were killed and nine injured when a Libyan war plane crashed...

African leaders seek fund to fight militant groups

2014/09/02 19:58:33

NAIROBI (Reuters) - African leaders proposed on Tuesday creating a special fund to combat Islamist m...

Pakistan parliament backs embattled prime minister as crisis deepens

2014/09/02 19:10:46

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's parliament threw its weight behind embattled Prime Minister Nawaz S...

EU proposes tough sanctions on Moscow as Ukraine rebels advance

2014/09/02 18:52:18

BRUSSELS/KIEV (Reuters) - European officials proposed sweeping new sanctions on Tuesday to starve Ru...

EU's new leadership trio may surprise on upside

2014/09/02 18:31:52

PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - At first sight, the European Union's new leadership team looks like a mis...

Syrian forces escalate assault on rebel-held Damascus district

2014/09/02 18:15:53

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian forces carried out their fiercest assault on the rebel stronghold of Jobar...

Judge orders immediate release from Spanish jail of ill British boy's parents

2014/09/02 21:26:18

MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish judge has ordered the immediate release from custody of two British par...

Yemen's Houthis reject government move to quell protests

2014/09/02 21:08:28

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen's president dismissed his government on Tuesday, proposed a national unity a...

Brazil squanders oil bonanza e ven as Rousseff declares victory

2014/09/02 20:40:57

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has put her government's oil policies ...

End of Gaza war doesn't translate into peace

2014/09/02 19:35:25

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A week after the guns fell silent in the Gaza war, Israel and the Palestinians...

Saudi Arabia says it arrests 88 for preparing 'terrorist' raids

2014/09/02 18:58:56

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has detained 88 people, more than half of them Saudis, on suspicion ...

Landmine kills four U.N. soldiers, wounds 15 in northern Mali

2014/09/02 18:41:31

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Four United Nations soldiers were killed on Tuesday and a further 15 were wounded...

Scores killed as Boko Haram insurgents overrun Nigerian town: sources

2014/09/02 18:27:28

MAIDUGURI Nigeria (Reuters) - Islamist Boko Haram insurgents overran most of a northeastern Nigerian...