U.S. to press South China Sea freeze despite China rejection

2014/08/05 00:40:29

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, at a meeting with Southeast Asian nations...

Kurds ask U.S. court to scrap seizure order, allow crude delivery

2014/08/04 19:07:39

HOUSTON (Reuters) - The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of Iraq asked a U.S. court on Monday to ...

Armenia sees no threat of war with Azerbaijan yet over Karabakh

2014/08/04 17:49:12

YEREVAN/BAKU (Reuters) - Azerbaijan and Armenia accused each other on Monday of stoking tensions ove...

South Africa detains one of Britain's "most wanted fugitives"

2014/08/04 16:42:49

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African court on Monday remanded convicted British drug trafficker ...

Turks abroad show little interest in presidential election

2014/08/04 16:14:19

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turnout among Turkish expatriates voting abroad for the first time fell short of ...

Palestinians, Israelis trade charges of breaking Gaza truce

2014/08/04 14:04:08

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinians and Israel accused each other of breaking a seven-hour cease...

China quake death toll climbs to 398 as rescuers seek survivors

2014/08/04 13:50:41

BEIJING (Reuters) - The death toll from a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that hit southwestern China on Su...

Kiev says it recaptures rail hub in east Ukraine, five soldiers killed

2014/08/04 13:46:57

KIEV (Reuters) - Five government soldiers were killed and 15 wounded over the last 24 hours in fight...

UK summons Ethiopian diplomat over opposition official's arrest

2014/08/04 19:56:56

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain summoned Ethiopia's chargé d'affaires on Monday to raise its concerns ab...

Karzai rejects claim deputy was involved in vote fraud

2014/08/04 18:05:00

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday rejected allegations ‮‮‮‮‮‮‮...

Spanish police arrest two young women suspected of heading for jihad

2014/08/04 17:11:16

MADRID (Reuters) - Two young Spanish women, one of them under 18, have been arrested in the Spanish ...

Tunneling through triangle of death, Islamic State aims at Baghdad from south

2014/08/04 16:41:07

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Using secret tunnels built by Saddam Hussein and rough terrain to outfox Iraqi t...

Senegal police fire teargas on supporters of ex-president's son

2014/08/04 15:36:16

DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegalese police used teargas to disperse hundreds of supporters of Karim Wade, t...

China says can build what it wants on South China Sea isles

2014/08/04 13:56:55

BEIJING (Reuters) - China can build whatever it wants on its islands in the South China Sea, a senio...

Kurds to launch counter-offensive against Islamic State: Kurdish officials

2014/08/04 13:48:16

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Kurdish peshmerga forces are planning a counter-offensive against Islamic State ...