China investigates former NDRC finance chief in bribe probe

2014/08/22 07:49:01

BEIJING (Reuters) - A former director at China's economic planning agency who oversaw corporate bond...

Amid U.S. air strikes, Iraq struggles to build own air force

2014/08/22 07:15:37

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told a recent interviewer he did not want the U.S. mil...

Australia defends detention of child asylum seekers

2014/08/22 06:05:44

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's immigration minister defended his country's tough policies on asylum ...

Turkish foreign minister set to be Erdogan's new PM

2014/08/22 04:40:30

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish president-elect Tayyip Erdogan named Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu as ...

Ukraine's Poroshenko talks tough ahead of meetings with Merkel, Putin

2014/08/22 03:57:25

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poros henko said on Thursday he would call on Russian Pre...

Ukraine's Poroshenko talks tough ahead of meetings with Merkel, Putin

2014/08/21 23:43:13

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on T hursday he would call on Russian Pre...

Ukraine border guards begin checks on Russian aid trucks

2014/08/21 22:42:09

BORDER CROSSING POINT DONETSK Russia (Reuters) - Ukrainian border guards began on Thursday to inspec...

Kuwait releases detained cleric suspected of financing militants

2014/08/21 20:28:23

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwaiti authorities on Thursday released a prominent Sunni Muslim cleric they had...

Amid outward calm, climate of fear cements Thai military rule

2014/08/22 07:45:11

Thai opposition activist Kritsuda Khunasen said she was blindfolded and struggling to regain conscio...

At least 33 dead in bus crash in Egypt's Sinai

2014/08/22 06:38:41

CAIRO (Reuters) - At least 33 people died and dozens were injured when two buses collided before daw...

Israeli air strike kills three Hamas commanders in Gaza

2014/08/22 05:15:23

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel killed three senior Hamas commanders in the Gaza Strip in an air s...

British Muslims blame jihadi subculture after beheading video

2014/08/22 04:28:32

LONDON/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A British Muslim leader called for action on Thursday to tackle a jihadi ...

U.S. watchdog finds Pentagon broke law in Bergdahl transfer

2014/08/22 01:49:29

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Defense Department violated U.S. law by failing to alert Congress before ...

Thailand's junta upbeat on economy, but not out of woods yet

2014/08/21 23:02:13

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's junta wants to sell a positive story about its coup saving a troubled...

U.N. rights chief rebukes Security Council for failures to act

2014/08/21 21:14:57

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Outgoing U.N. rights chief Navi Pillay rebuked the U.N. Security Council ...