Pakistan government offers last-minute deal but fails to avert protest

2014/08/12 21:28:35

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's civilian government failed on Tuesday to persuade opposition leader...

Ukraine says may block Russian aid convoy

2014/08/12 20:57:39

KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian convoy of trucks carrying tonnes of humanitarian aid left on Tuesd...

Iraqi Shi'ite coalition close to nominating prime minister

2014/08/11 05:29:36

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A bloc comprising Iraq's biggest Shi'ite parties is close to nominating a prime ...

Erdogan's presidential win starts race for new Turkish government

2014/08/11 01:30:24

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's ruling party began deliberations on the shape of the next government on ...

Saudi Arabia jails four for seeking to fight in Syria

2014/08/10 18:32:48

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Specialised Criminal Court has sentenced four men to prison for tr...

Turkey's Erdogan takes early lead in presidential race: TV

2014/08/10 17:33:52

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan took an early lead in the country's first d...

At least 39 killed in Iranian plane crash

2014/08/10 16:30:00

DUBAI (Reuters) - At least 39 people were killed on Sunday when an Iran-140 Sepahan Air passenger pl...

China rebuffs U.S. efforts on South China Sea tensions

2014/08/10 15:59:31

NAYPYITAW (Reuters) - China appeared to rebuff pressure from the United States to rein in its assert...

Obama congratulates Turkey's Erdogan on presidential win

2014/08/12 21:19:23

EDGARTOWN Mass. (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama congratulated Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip ...

Nigeria races to halt Ebola spread in overcrowded Lagos

2014/08/12 19:32:26

LAGOS (Reuters) - When Liberian-American Patrick Sawyer collapsed at Lagos airport, he brought Ebola...

Israel, Palestinians launch new three-day truce

2014/08/11 01:57:58

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel and the Palestinians held their fire early on Monday at the start ...

Dissident Pakistani cleric to join opposition demonstration

2014/08/10 21:43:19

LAHORE/MULTAN Pakistan (Reuters) - Dissident cleric Tahir ul-Qadri who aims to topple Pakistan's gov...

Heavy shelling resumes in Libyan capital Tripol i

2014/08/10 18:21:49

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Heavy shelling resumed in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Sunday after three days ...

Ukrainian forces encircle rebel-held city, talk of truce collapses

2014/08/10 17:20:51

KIEV/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Artillery shells slammed into the outskirts of the Ukrainian city o...

Suicide bomber targets foreign troops in Kabul, four civilians killed

2014/08/10 16:26:10

KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber targeted a convoy of foreign forces in the capital Kabul on S...