U.N. chief demands urgent action on inadequate Syria aid access

2014/05/23 01:27:11

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon on Thursday demanded that the Security Council tak...

Airlines exiting Venezuela because of World Cup, Maduro says

2014/05/23 01:09:59

CARACAS (Reuters) - Airlines are halting flights to Venezuela not because of the country's economic ...

Far right suffers Dutch surprise as EU vote begins

2014/05/22 23:38:34

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's marathon parliamentary election kicked off on Thursday whe...

Nigeria's Boko Haram kills 29 in village attack: sources

2014/05/22 23:24:30

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Suspected militants from Islamist group Boko Haram shot dead 29 farm ...

Turkish bystander dies after being shot in head during protest

2014/05/22 22:43:23

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A bystander who was shot in the head on Thursday during clashes between Turkish...

Tuareg separatists seize several towns in northern Mali

2014/05/22 22:24:59

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Tuareg separatists said on Thursday they had seized several towns in northern Mal...

Guinea-Bissau presidential candidate Nabiam concedes run-off defeat

2014/05/22 21:52:05

BISSAU (Reuters) - The losing candidate in a run-off election for Guinea-Bissau's presidency, Nuno G...

China police say Xinjiang blast a "violent terrorist incident"

2014/05/22 06:29:27

BEIJING (Reuters) - A deadly blast that hit the capital of China's western region of Xinjiang on Thu...

U.S. criticizes Cuba over blocking of dissident website

2014/05/23 01:16:22

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States criticized Cuban censorship on Thursday after Cubans were b...

Ex-Guatemala leader who admitted bribe gets nearly six years jail

2014/05/23 00:14:35

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was sentenced to five years, 10 mo...

U.N. Security Council committee blacklists Nigeria's Boko Haram

2014/05/22 23:32:42

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council committee on al Qaeda sanctions blacklisted Nig...

Turkish man dies after shooting during protest

2014/05/22 23:22:12

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A man was shot and killed on Thursday as Turkish police clashed with protesters...

Grenade attack on police vehicle wounds two in Kenya's Mombasa

2014/05/22 22:35:41

MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - An attacker threw a grenade at a police vehicle in Kenya's port city of M...

Russian court demands U.S. Library of Congress hand over Jewish texts

2014/05/22 22:23:34

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court demanded on Thursday that the U.S. Library of Congress hand back ...

U.N. Security Council committee blacklists Nigeria's Boko Haram

2014/05/22 21:51:30

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council committee on al Qaeda sanctions blacklisted Nig...