Iran embargo gathers support in Asia, Europe

25 days 8 hrs 51 mins ago

TEHRAN (Reuters) - U.S. allies in Asia and Europe voiced support on Thursday for Washington's drive ...

Haiti marks two years after catastrophic quake

25 days 9 hrs 4 mins ago

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitians marked the second anniversary on Thursday of a devastating earth...

Four dead as Yemen Islamists, Shi'ite rebels clash

25 days 10 hrs 12 mins ago

SANAA (Reuters) - At least four fighters from a Sunni Salafi Islamist group were killed in heavy cla...

Suicide attackers storm office in Afghan east, 7 killed

27 days 12 hrs 23 mins ago

KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Three suicide attackers stormed a government building in Afghanistan'...

Syria's Assad vows "iron fist," mocks Arab League

27 days 12 hrs 58 mins ago

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad vowed on Tuesday to strike "terrorists" with an ...

North Korea diplomacy picks up in China

27 days 13 hrs 30 mins ago

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has held secret talks with Japan in what is believed to be their first...

Bombing kills 29 in Pakistan's Khyber region

27 days 14 hrs 46 mins ago

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb killed at least 29 people and wounded 37 on Tuesday when it ex...

Islamists ahead as Egypt vote enters final leg

27 days 17 hrs 33 mins ago

CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamists aimed to cement control over Egypt's lower house of parliament as a fina...

Somalia Islamists force ICRC food aid suspension

25 days 9 hrs ago

GENEVA (Reuters) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Thursday it had suspe...

ICC set to OK Saif trial in Libya, Tripoli says

25 days 9 hrs 7 mins ago

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya expects the International Criminal Court to agree that Saif al-Islam Gadda...

EU, Japan prepare for Iran oil embargo

27 days 12 hrs 11 mins ago

TEHRAN/VIENNA (Reuters) - Europe and Japan moved ahead on Tuesday in planning for punitive cuts in o...

U.S. defends immunity law for Yemen's Saleh

27 days 12 hrs 56 mins ago

(Reuters) - The United States has defended a Yemeni draft law that would grant outgoing President Al...

Afghan police to control prisons, rights group concerned

27 days 13 hrs 16 mins ago

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan handed control of all its prisons on Tuesday to the interior ministry,...

Indian Muslims demand author Rushdie be denied entry

27 days 14 hrs 17 mins ago

LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - Muslim leaders have demanded India ban Salman Rushdie from entering the c...

China faces tough balancing act over Iran

27 days 15 hrs 57 mins ago

BEIJING (Reuters) - China faces more challenges than ever in its Iran policy this year as Washington...