Heavy fighting erupts in Libya's Benghazi, killing five

2014/08/20 23:56:27

BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) - Clashes between irregular forces of a renegade general and Islamists erup...

Hundreds rally in Ireland after rape victim says denied abortion

2014/08/20 23:13:39

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Hundreds of people rallied in Dublin to call for a change to Ireland's abortion l...

Exclusive: Brazil's Silva would get opposition's support in election runoff

2014/08/20 22:13:33

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's biggest opposition party would support Marina Silva for president if ...

Dozens die in Ukraine in street battles, Donetsk shelling

2014/08/20 21:27:42

KIEV/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Heavy shelling hit residential neighborhoods in Ukraine's rebel str...

Erdogan allies likely to dominate Turkey's new cabinet

2014/08/20 19:36:38

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish president-elect Tayyip E rdogan looks set to maintain his influence on da...

Islamic State video purports to show beheading of U.S. journalist

2014/08/20 04:24:41

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State insurgents posted a video on Tuesday purportedly showing the behea...

Liberia fights Ebola in capital, West Africa toll tops 1,200

2014/08/20 03:23:43

MONROVIA/GENEVA (Reuters) - Liberia battled on Tuesday to halt the spread of the Ebola disease in it...

Gaza war resumes with deadly strikes, rocket fire

2014/08/20 02:57:09

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip fired rockets at Israel for a second da...

Mexico's ruling party proposes cutting seats from Congress

2014/08/20 23:48:19

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's ruling party on Wednesday proposed holding a referendum next year t...

Afghanistan gives NYT reporter 24 hours to leave country

2014/08/20 22:18:13

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan has given a New York Times reporter 24 hours to leave the country, acc...

Kuwait detains Muslim cleric suspected of funding militants: security source

2014/08/20 21:39:40

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait detained a prominent Sunni Muslim cleric at the Gulf state's airport on We...

Iran moving to meet terms of extended nuclear deal: IAEA

2014/08/20 20:35:31

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has started taking action to comply with the terms of an extended agreement ...

Iranian parliament sacks minister, in setback for Rouhani

2014/08/20 19:28:41

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's parliament sacked the science, research and technology minister on Wednesda...

Pakistani protesters reach parliament as police look on

2014/08/20 03:33:12

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters marched to the Pakistani parliament on Tuesday as part...

Libyan militia fire rockets into affluent Tripoli residential district

2014/08/20 03:09:31

TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) - Libyan militiamen fired rockets into an affluent district of Trip...