Proposed Dominican Republic immigration law gets mixed reaction

2014/05/16 23:43:09

SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - Proposed legislation offering a path to citizenship for tens of thousands ...

Algeria unveils Bouteflika constitutional reform package

2014/05/16 22:45:13

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria's government on Friday released details of President Abdelaziz Bouteflik...

Twelve killed as Libyan militia clashes with Islamists in Benghazi

2014/05/16 22:12:39

BENGHAZI (Reuters) - Libyan irregular forces backed by helicopters clashed with Islamist militias in...

U.N. study finds peacekeepers avoid using force to protect civilians

2014/05/16 21:30:38

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations peacekeeping missions routinely avoid using force to prote...

Abductions seen as just one factor in coming Nigeria election

2014/05/16 20:41:56

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan's last-minute decision to cancel his first vi...

Violence abates in Vietnam as U.S. warns China for 'provocation'

2014/05/16 19:46:09

HANOI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Anti-China violence subsided in Vietnam on Friday after the prime minis...

Dominican Republic's 'empty bottles' diplomats under scrutiny

2014/05/16 19:17:16

SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - Diplomatic postings make for some of the cushiest jobs in many poor countr...

Mass funerals, mounting anger as Turkey mourns mine workers

2014/05/16 00:53:41

SOMA, Turkey (Reuters) - Loudspeakers broadcast the names of the dead as rows of graves were filled ...

Chile probing reports that priest stole babies for adoption

2014/05/16 22:59:09

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's child welfare service is investigating reports that a Catholic priest w...

Turkish police fire tear gas in town mourning dead miners

2014/05/16 22:43:46

SOMA, Turkey (Reuters) - Riot police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse several thousand pr...

U.N. monitors warn on human rights in east Ukraine, Crimea

2014/05/16 21:51:06

GENEVA (Reuters) - Human rights violations have escalated in eastern Ukraine and serious problems ar...

U.S. warns 'time is short' as Iran nuclear talks make little progress

2014/05/16 20:51:38

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran and six world powers made little progress this week in talks on ending their...

Ivory Coast army retakes border town after attack kills 13

2014/05/16 20:10:00

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's army took back control of a village on its southwestern border wit...

Colombia government, FARC rebels reach accord on illegal drug trade: source

2014/05/16 19:24:21

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian government negotiators reached agreement with Marxist FARC rebels on th...

Algeria evacuates diplomats from Libya after threats

2014/05/16 19:07:25

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria sent a team of special forces to evacuate its ambassador and embassy sta...