One dead as powerful typhoon hits Japan's Okinawa

2014/07/08 15:20:12

TOKYO (Reuters) - One man died, more than 500,000 people were urged to evacuate and hundreds of flig...

U.S. ship begins neutralizing Syrian chemical weapons

2014/07/07 20:57:26

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. container ship Cape Ray began neutralizing chemical materials on Monday ...

Rescue workers end search for eight trapped Honduran gold miners

2014/07/07 20:45:40

SAN JUAN ARRIBA Honduras (Reuters) - Rescue workers on Monday gave up their search for eight missing...

Exclusive: CIA had role in Germany spy affair

2014/07/07 20:37:27

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Central Intelligence Agency was involved in a spying operation against Ge...

Europe should accept more Syrian refugees, official says

2014/07/07 20:29:45

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A top European Union official appealed to the EU's 28 member states on Monday t...

Egypt's Sisi: extremists destroying the region, threaten the world

2014/07/07 20:11:22

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned world powers on Monday that Islamist...

Hamas says air strikes kill six of its men; Israel denies

2014/07/07 19:10:47

GAZA (Reuters) - Israel called up reserve troops on Monday for a possible escalation of hostilities ...

Two 'abandoned' cylinders seized in Syria contained sarin - U.N.

2014/07/07 19:04:27

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Two cylinders reportedly seized by Syrian government troops in an area co...

Iraq parliament delayed for five weeks, general killed near Baghdad

2014/07/07 21:02:51

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's new parliament postponed its next session for five weeks on Monday, exten...

Afghanistan's Ghani wins presidential election: preliminary results

2014/07/07 20:47:57

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan declared former World Bank official Ashraf Ghani the winner of last mo...

Kenyan families flee coastal areas after gunmen attacks

2014/07/07 20:41:47

MOMBASA Kenya (Reuters) - About 500 families in the northern coastal region of Kenya have fled to ne...

Pushed from Slaviansk, Ukraine rebels barricade Donetsk

2014/07/07 20:32:45

DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Pro-Russian rebels erected new barricades on the streets of Donetsk on M...

Quake rocks Guatemala, Mexico, newborn child among four dead

2014/07/07 20:26:33

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A strong earthquake shook the border between Guatemala and Mexico on Mond...

Italy's Renzi cancels meeting with 5-Star over reforms

2014/07/07 20:03:27

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's ruling Democratic Party (PD) on Monday canceled a meeting with the anti-est...

Ex-Soviet minister and Georgia leader Shevardnadze dies

2014/07/07 19:07:40

TBILISI (Reuters) - Eduard Shevardn adze, a former president of Georgia and Soviet foreign minister,...