Islamist militant leader in Egypt's Sinai killed: security sources

2014/05/23 20:11:44

CAIRO (Reuters) - A militant Islamist leader in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula was shot dead on Friday by u...

Italy struggles to turn page on corruption

2014/05/23 19:34:31

MILAN, Italy (Reuters) - They usually met in Milan although on Wednesdays they lunched in Rome. But ...

Bolivian anti-graft cop sent to prison in U.S. extortion case

2014/05/23 19:07:41

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (Reuters) - A former senior Bolivian anti-corrupt ion official convicted of...

Indian consulate in west Afghanistan under attack, officials say

2014/05/23 06:50:14

HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Four heavily armed insurgents attacked the Indian consulate in wester...

Chinese state media says 5 suicide bombers carried out Xinjiang attack

2014/05/23 06:38:52

URUMQI, China (Reuters) - Five suicide bombers carried out the attack which killed 31 people in the ...

Thai generals summon ousted PM for talks a day after coup

2014/05/23 05:49:52

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's military leaders summoned ousted Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra t...

Businessman linked to China's ex-security tsar sentenced to death

2014/05/23 04:20:28

BEIJING (Reuters) - A former mining magnate with suspected ties to the family of China's retired sec...

Anti-World Cup protest puts Sao Paulo business district on edge

2014/05/23 01:46:58

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Several thousand demonstrators marched through an expensive business district ...

Putin signals he will work with Ukraine leader, but blasts U.S.

2014/05/23 19:50:16

ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin appeared to hold out an olive branch on F...

Kerry agrees to testify to U.S. House committee on Benghazi: letter

2014/05/23 19:30:29

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry has agreed to testify before the House Oversigh...

Iran cuts nuclear stockpile, engages with bomb probe: IAEA

2014/05/23 19:07:04

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has sharply cut its most sensitive nuclear stockpile under an interim pact w...

Special report: The power struggle behind China's corruption crackdown

2014/05/23 06:46:37

BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Liu Han seemed to thrive in the company of officials.

Russia, China veto UN bid to refer Syria to international court

2014/05/23 05:53:47

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia and China vetoed on Thursday a resolution to refer the situation i...

Indonesian election presents U.S. with Modi-style visa headache

2014/05/23 04:27:19

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The emergence of Prabowo Subianto as a serious contender in Indonesia's elect...

Germany's Merkel calls on Russia to accept OSCE verdict on Ukraine vote

2014/05/23 03:04:40

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in a newspaper interview published on Friday, ca...