Libya's new parliament opens, militia factions battle on

2014/08/04 13:38:15

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's newly elected parliament held its first formal session on Monday as riva...

Russia staging military exercises near Ukraine: Interfax

2014/08/04 12:57:21

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia announced new military exercises involving bombers and fighter jets on Mon...

Bomb kills religious leader and guards in northwest Pakistan

2014/08/04 11:40:29

DERA ISMAIL KHAN Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb killed a Pakistani religious leader and two of his guar...

Bangladesh ferry capsizes with 200 passengers aboard

2014/08/04 09:50:50

DHAKA (Reuters) - A ferry with about 200 passengers aboard capsized on Monday in the river Padma sou...

Safety violations at China auto factory led to dust blast: Xinhua

2014/08/04 06:35:01

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese officials have blamed the chairman of a car parts factory in eastern C...

Fire at Petrochina's Lanzhou refinery after leak

2014/08/04 05:42:18

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Firemen are fighting a blaze at PetroChina's subsidiary refinery and petrochemi...

U.S. reconnaissance plane crosses into Sweden to avoid Russians - NY Times

2014/08/04 03:49:18

(Reuters) - A U.S. reconnaissance plane crossed into Swedish airspace last month as it sought to avo...

Son of prominent Mexican politician charged in drug cartel case

2014/08/04 01:48:04

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The son of a prominent ruling party politician in Mexico was charged on Sund...

Lebanese army advances in border area, finds 50 bodies: official

2014/08/04 13:24:00

OUTSKIRTS OF ARSAL Lebanon (Reuters) - The Lebanese army advanced on Monday into a border town attac...

Indonesian president-elect unveils high-powered transition team

2014/08/04 12:51:17

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's president-elect Joko Widodo on Monday announced a high-powered advis...

Special Report : The doubt at the heart of Iraq's Sunni 'revolution'

2014/08/04 11:17:59

ARBIL Iraq (Reuters) - Sheikh Ali Hatem Suleiman, one of the leaders of the Sunni revolt against the...

Erdogan dominates Turkey's uneven presidential race

2014/08/04 08:32:48

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Cheers erupted from the packed stands when Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoga...

Jobs, education, security top list for Africans, ONE poll shows

2014/08/04 06:09:17

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Africans see jobs, education and security as their biggest areas of concern, ...

Refugee conventions a tool for 'death voyages': Australian minister

2014/08/04 05:02:53

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The U.N. refugee conventions have become a tool to facilitate people-smuggling "d...

Japan, China seek to hold summit at APEC in November: media

2014/08/04 03:28:15

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan and China are trying to arrange two-way talks between their leaders at a sum...