Japanese cabinet ministers visit shrine to war dead on anniversary of World War Two defeat

2014/08/15 01:54:58

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese cabinet ministers paid their respects on Friday at a Tokyo shrine to war ...

North Korea fires three short-range rockets as pope visits South Korea

2014/08/14 10:31:45

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired three short-range rockets off its east coast on Thursday, South ...

Senior ICRC offi cial to hold aid convoy talks in Kiev, Moscow

2014/08/14 10:24:24

GENEVA (Reuters) - A senior official of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will tra...

East Ukrainian rebels say shelling heavy around Donetsk stronghold

2014/08/14 09:14:54

DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Pro-Russian separatists said on Thursday heavy shelling hit several neig...

Renewed Gaza truce holds after rocky start

2014/08/14 08:39:59

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A renewed truce between Israel and Hamas appeared to be holding on Thursd...

Aged Japan veterans voice concerns about military policy shift

2014/08/14 08:19:52

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokuro Inokuma, a former Imperial Japanese Army soldier, got his first taste of th...

Ukraine accuses Russia of cynicism over convoy; death toll rises sharply

2014/08/14 08:11:17

KIEV/VORONEZH Russia (Reuters) - Ukraine described Russia's dispatch of an aid convoy advancing now ...

Kerry says constructive relations with China needed for regional stability

2014/08/14 03:27:49

HONOLULU (Reuters) - A constructive relationship between Washington and Beijing is necessary to main...

Korean Air suspends flights to Kenya over Ebola worries

2014/08/14 10:34:27

SEOUL (Reuters) - Korean Air Lines Co Ltd said on Thursday it will suspend flights to and from Nairo...

Singapore isolates Nigerian woman with suspected Ebola: Straits Times

2014/08/14 10:26:28

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Authorities in Singapore sent a woman from Nigeria into a hospital isolation u...

U.S. rights group says prominent lawyer tortured in jail in China

2014/08/14 10:20:45

BEIJING (Reuters) - One of China's most prominent human rights lawyers, who was released last week a...

Pakistan government splits protests, some march on capital, some blocked

2014/08/14 08:46:12

LAHORE Pakistan (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters preparing to march on the Pakistani capital gath...

Rights group says Chinese police open fire on Tibetan protesters

2014/08/14 08:28:35

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police have opened fire on Tibetan demonstrators in southwestern China, ...

U.S. says rescue mission for Iraq's Yazidis less likely after visit

2014/08/14 08:18:53

WASHINGTON/EDGARTOWN Mass. (Reuters) - A U.S. mission to evacuate Iraqi civilians trapped on a mount...

Putin's Ukraine gamble hastens exodus of Russian money and talent

2014/08/14 07:51:21

LONDON (Reuters) - The Kremlin's worst clash with the West since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Uni...