Mali army launches offensive against separatist northern town

2014/05/21 16:36:27

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali has launched a military offensive on Wednesday to retake control of a northe...

Gunmen kill three policemen at Cairo's Al-Azhar University

2014/05/20 00:42:24

(Reuters) - Gunmen killed three policemen on Monday night at Cairo's Al-Azhar University, security s...

No budget, no elevators: political crisis gums up Thai government

2014/05/19 23:36:41

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Bangkok's Government House, the seat of power in the heart of the Thai capital, ...

Suspected al Shabaab militants kill at least 12 in northern Kenya ambush

2014/05/19 22:46:54

ISIOLO, Kenya (Reuters) - Suspected Somali al Shabaab militants killed at least 12 people in an ambu...

Mali separatists release around 30 civil servants: U.N. mission

2014/05/19 21:21:56

ACCRA (Reuters) - Separatists in northern Mali have released around 30 civil servants held since Sat...

London imam Abu Hamza convicted of U.S. terrorism charges

2014/05/19 20:57:42

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The London imam Abu Hamza al-Masri was convicted of terrorism charges in New Yo...

Britain summons Sudan diplomat over death penalty for Christian convert

2014/05/19 20:44:02

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain summoned the Sudanese charge d'affaires on Monday to protest against sent...

U.S. warns of risk of renewed conflict after Mali clashes

2014/05/19 20:05:07

BAMAKO (Reuters) - The United States warned on Monday that northern Mali risked sliding back into wa...

Two killed in clashes with police in Tajikistan's east

2014/05/21 16:23:28

DUSHANBE (Reuters) - Two people in Tajikistan's eastern city of Khorog were killed on Wednesday when...

Seven bodies dumped in truck in northern Mexico

2014/05/19 23:37:38

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Seven bodies were dumped in a light truck in the northern Mexican state of T...

South Korea offers little in way of legal recourse for sunken ferry crew

2014/05/19 23:21:10

MOKPO, South Korea (Reuters) - South Korea's legal system appears to be failing 15 surviving crew of...

Hundreds evacuated in El Salvador as volcanic activity picks up

2014/05/19 22:26:15

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - More than 1,000 people in El Salvador were evacuated from the area around th...

Election officials at sharp end in separatist Ukraine city

2014/05/19 20:59:55

DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - From a cramped office in residential Donetsk, election officials were f...

Libyan special forces commander says his forces join renegade general

2014/05/19 20:46:11

BENGHAZI/TRIPOLI, Libya (Reuters) - The commander of Libyan army special forces said on Monday he ha...

Focus on Russia-China gas deal as Putin visits Shanghai

2014/05/19 20:06:47

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin hopes to sign a multi-billion dollar gas agree...