Islamic State surges in North Iraq, near Kurdistan border

2014/08/07 20:34:34

ARBIL Iraq (Reuters) - Islamist militants surged across northern Iraq towards the capital of the Kur...

German government approval rating at record high: poll

2014/08/07 20:27:00

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germans' satisfaction with their government has reached an all-time high, a surve...

Exclusive: Brazil's Neves to allow currency to float freely if elected

2014/08/07 20:21:55

BRASILIA (Reuters) - If Aecio Neves wins the presidency this October, he would allow Brazil's curren...

Scottish nationalist leader faces opposition criticism over sterling

2014/08/07 20:13:49

EDINBURGH (Reuters) - An independent Scotland cannot be stopped from using sterling even if London r...

Kerry in Kabul to try to break deadlock over Afghan presidency

2014/08/07 20:11:39

KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Afghanistan on Thursday for his seco...

Kurds use well-oiled lobbying to plead for help in Washington

2014/08/07 20:07:29

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When radical Islamic forces threatening to dismember Iraq unexpectedly captur...

Colombia's president to start new term, faces fierce opposition

2014/08/07 19:33:04

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos will be sworn in for his second term on T...

Militants pull out of Lebanese border town with captives

2014/08/07 17:57:25

OUTSKIRTS OF ARSAL Lebanon (Reuters) - Militant Islamists withdrew from a Lebanese border town they ...

Military threat key to push FDLR rebels in Congo to disarm: U.N.

2014/08/07 20:31:17

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Rwandan rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo believe an extended deadli...

U.S.'s Burns to stay involved in Iran talks after he retires

2014/08/07 20:25:11

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns and White House aide Jake Sullivan ...

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

2014/08/07 20:16:16

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

Libya militia clashes spread beyond Tripoli towards Zawiya oil port

2014/08/07 20:12:24

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Clashes in Libya spread from Tripoli to the western town of Zawiya near Tunisia'...

Cockpit voice recorder in crashed Air Algerie jet unintelligible

2014/08/07 20:10:25

PARIS (Reuters) - Cockpit voice recordings from an Air Algerie jet that crashed last month in northe...

Palestinian shift brings wa r crimes case closer to Israel

2014/08/07 20:05:08

THE HAGUE/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The possibility of a war crimes investigation into the conduct of Is...

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

2014/08/07 18:50:44

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