Iraq's Maliki finally steps aside, paving way for new government

2014/08/15 13:20:52

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Nuri al-Maliki finally bowed to pressure within Iraq and beyond on Thursday and ...

Renewed Gaza truce holds after rocky start

2014/08/15 13:02:14

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A new, five-day truce between Israel and Hamas appeared to be holding on ...

Clashes in Pakistan after shots fired at opposition leader Imran Khan

2014/08/15 12:51:35

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Clashes broke out Friday as tens of thousands of Pakistani protesters from two...

Turkey's Erdogan says expects to announce new prime minister next week

2014/08/15 11:19:05

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish president-elect Tayyip Erdogan expects to announce his new prime minister...

Japan PM sends offering to war dead shrine, angers China and South Korea

2014/08/15 09:19:27

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday sent a ritual offering to a Tokyo shr...

North Korea: rocket firing not timed to coincide with papal visit to South

2014/08/15 07:59:00

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Friday its firing of three short-range rockets shortly before ...

Argentina says will use anti-terror law against U.S. printing firm

2014/08/15 05:05:42

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's government will use an anti-terrorism law for the first time to...

Evidence suggests Ebola toll vastly underestimated: WHO

2014/08/15 02:04:13

CONAKRY (Reuters) - Staff with the World Health Organisation battling an Ebola outbreak in West Afri...

Doctors tackle damaged minds amid Gaza's post-war destruction

2014/08/15 13:09:54

GAZA (Reuters) - In a ward at Shifa, Gaza's largest hospital, child therapist Rabeea Hamouda is tryi...

India's Modi vows to fix broken government, but no big bang reforms

2014/08/15 12:58:27

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi voiced dismay on Friday at the government ...

With Islamic State on march, Lebanon's Christians must agree on president

2014/08/15 12:08:26

BEIRUT (Reuters) - With minorities facing death and persecution at the hands of the Islamic State in...

Hong Kong lawyers take stand for independence from Beijing

2014/08/15 10:10:54

HONG KONG August 15 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's Law Society has passed an historic vote of no-confidence...

Ten dead in attacks on air force bases in Pakistan's Quetta

2014/08/15 09:16:29

QUETTA Pakistan (Reuters) - Ten Taliban-linked militants were killed and 13 members of the Pakistani...

South Korea suggests Northeast Asia nuclear safety group

2014/08/15 06:26:31

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Friday urged the creation of a nuclear saf...

Militants threaten to kill U.S. pastor jailed in Iran: wife

2014/08/15 02:26:04

SALMON Idaho (Reuters) - The Idaho wife of an Iranian-American Christian pastor imprisoned in Iran f...