Obama authorizes limited air strikes in Iraq if needed

2014/08/08 05:16:59

WASHINGTON/ARBIL Iraq (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he had authorized limited ...

Islamic State surges in North Iraq, near Kurdistan border

2014/08/08 04:11:28

ARBIL Iraq (Reuters) - Islamist militants surged across northern Iraq toward the capital of the Kurd...

Colombia president starts new term, warns FARC to halt attacks

2014/08/08 02:39:22

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos was sworn in to a second term on Thursday...

Moscow bans Western food imports; Russian quits as Ukraine rebel chief

2014/08/08 02:04:38

MOSCOW/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Moscow banned imports of most food from the West on Thursday in r...

Wealthy foreigners to sue Canada over end of visa plan

2014/08/08 00:09:29

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Wealthy foreigners hoping to fast-track immigration to Canada are preparing to...

Exclusive: Liberia health system collapsing as Ebola spreads

2014/08/07 23:00:34

WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The health care system in Liberia is collapsing, hospitals...

U.S., Iran had 'constructive discussion' on nuclear issue: State Dept

2014/08/07 20:55:56

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and Iranian officials had a "constructive discussion" about Iran's nucle...

Battered Venezuelan opposition will reorganize: wife of jailed leader

2014/08/07 20:46:09

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's beleaguered opposition coalition, rocked by in-fighting and a high-p...

Obama authorizes air strikes in Iraq

2014/08/08 04:39:38

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday he has authorized air strikes ag...

Kenya downplays security risks as it courts U.S. investment

2014/08/08 03:53:12

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, in Washington this week to court Western inv...

Brazil's Neves narrows Rousseff lead for Oct vote: IBOPE poll

2014/08/08 02:38:22

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff would win re-election in a likely second-rou...

Exclusive: China police investigate U.S. citizen near border with North Korea - source

2014/08/08 00:17:06

SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) - A Korean-American who runs a Christian NGO in a Chinese city on the border...

U.N.-backed tribunal in Cambodia jails Khmer Rouge duo for life

2014/08/07 23:51:06

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A U.N.-backed tribunal in Cambodia sentenced the top two surviving cadres of ...

U.S. takes control of $480 million stolen by Nigerian dictator Abacha

2014/08/07 21:53:02

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has taken control of more than $480 million looted by forme...

Mediators race against clock to extend Gaza truce

2014/08/07 20:48:06

GAZA/CAIRO (Reuters) - Mediators worked against the clock on Thursday to extend a truce between Isra...