Russia forges huge economic bloc with Kazakhstan and Belarus

2014/05/29 12:31:42

ASTANA (Reuters) - The presidents of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus signed a treaty on Thursday crea...

North Korea agrees to reopen probe on Japan abductees: PM Abe

2014/05/29 12:08:31

TOKYO (Reuters) - North Korea has agreed to reopen an investigation into the fate of Japanese citize...

EU sends soldiers to help in relief operations after Bosnia floods

2014/05/29 11:40:37

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Around 400 soldiers from Austria, Slovenia and the United Kingdom will join the...

Pakistan police stood by as pregnant woman beaten to death, husband says

2014/05/29 11:12:41

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has demanded to know why police apparent...

Australia says missing Malaysia plane not where 'pings' heard

2014/05/29 09:45:47

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The search for a missing Malaysia Airlines MASM.KL jetliner suffered a further se...

East Ukraine city largely calm after battle, rebels seek Russian help

2014/05/29 09:30:16

DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Relative calm returned to the streets of Donetsk on Wednesday after the ...

Doubt raised over whether 'pings' came from missing Malaysia jet

2014/05/29 07:06:14

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy described as "speculative and premature" a media report on Thursday...

In first, Mexico's Catholic Church accuses priest of child sex crime

2014/05/29 03:12:48

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Roman Catholic Church in Mexico has for the first time filed a criminal ...

Egypt's Sisi wins presidential election with more than 90 percent of vote

2014/05/29 12:22:56

CAIRO (Reuters) - Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the general who toppled Egypt's first freely elected leader,...

As Asia frets over China, warmer welcome likely for Japan PM's push

2014/05/29 11:46:18

SINGAPORE/TOKYO (Reuters) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's message of a bigger global security role for...

Political horse trading grips Afghanistan before election run-off

2014/05/29 11:22:39

KABUL (Reuters) - Old-style power-broking dominated the first week of campaigning for the run-off ro...

Hungary's deputy PM hints he may be nominated EU commissioner

2014/05/29 10:59:32

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's deputy prime minister, Tibor Navracsics, has hinted he could be nomin...

India's Modi to unveil top 10 policy priorities: aide

2014/05/29 09:40:27

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to unveil his top 10 policy pr...

Election rout could weaken Hollande's reform drive, tilt growth debate

2014/05/29 09:10:16

PARIS (Reuters) - Sunday's European election rout will make it even harder for Francois Hollande to ...

Snowden: 'no relationship' with Russian government

2014/05/29 06:22:03

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden told a U.S. te...