Relatives of captured Iraqi soldiers storm parliament: witnesses

2014/09/02 18:03:24

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - More than 100 relatives of Iraqi soldiers captured by Islamic State fighters bro...

Israel raises alarm over Islamist militants on its frontiers

2014/09/02 17:17:32

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's frontier with Syria, where militants have kidnapped 45 U.N. peacekeep...

U.S. forces carry out operation against al-Shabaab in Somalia

2014/09/02 06:46:58

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. military forces carried out an operation on Monday against al Shabaab mi...

Fiji says Syrian rebels want compensation, removal from terror list

2014/09/02 05:37:12

EIN ZIVAN Golan Heights/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Islamist fighters who seized dozens of Fijian soldiers se...

China replaces Communist Party leader in coal-rich province amid 'corruption problem'

2014/09/02 05:23:28

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has replaced the Communist Party leader of the coal-rich northern provinc...

Tunisian deputy survives assassination attempt

2014/09/02 04:50:21

TUNIS (Reuters) - A deputy in Tunisia's transitional parliament survived an assassination attempt in...

Lesotho PM calls for regional peace force after 'coup': aide

2014/09/02 03:28:08

MASERU (Reuters) - Lesotho's prime minister has asked southern African states to send peacekeepers i...

Afghanistan expected to send defense minister to NATO summit

2014/09/01 23:59:57

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Afghanistan is expected to send its defense minister to a NATO summit in Wales ...

Attack on Egypt security convoy kills 11 in Sinai: security sources

2014/09/02 17:39:12

CAIRO (Reuters) - An attack on a convoy killed 11 members of the Egyptian security forces in the Sin...

British parliament rejects Chinese call to halt Hong Kong democracy probe

2014/09/02 16:13:31

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's parliament has rejected Chin ese calls to scrap an inquiry into Hong Ko...

Hong Kong police arrest 19 in pro-democracy scuffles

2014/09/02 06:19:19

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police said on Tuesday they arrested 19 people during scuffles with ...

Rights group slams Thai detention of child migrants and refugees

2014/09/02 05:34:08

BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - An 8-year-old Sri Lankan refugee girl spent two years crammed...

Ukraine accuses Russia of 'undisguised aggression' as rebels advance

2014/09/02 04:51:14

KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko accused Russia on Monday of "direct and...

Iranians play role in breaking IS siege of Iraqi town

2014/09/02 04:09:05

AMERLI Iraq (Reuters) - Kurdish peshmerga fighters and Shi'ite militiamen paraded through Amerli on ...

Guantanamo detainee transfer to Uruguay unlikely before vote: official

2014/09/02 01:52:22

MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - The transfer of six prisoners from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay...