USGS says Magnitude 6.6 quake off Solomon Islands, no tsunami

28 days 21 hrs 54 mins ago

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A 6.6 magnitude earthquake was recorded 220 miles east of Kira Kira in the Sol...

Mideast governments fail to see scale of change: Amnesty

28 days 22 hrs 8 mins ago

LONDON (Reuters) - Most Middle Eastern governments are failing to recognize the significance of the ...

China media flags trade talks launch with South Korea's Lee

28 days 22 hrs 23 mins ago

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will offer visiting South Korean President Lee Myung-bak the prospect of l...

Venezuela's Chavez welcomes ally Ahmadinejad

29 days 2 hrs 4 mins ago

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dismissed a U.S. warning to avoid close ties wi...

Arab League raps Syria again; no call for U.N. for now

29 days 2 hrs 36 mins ago

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Arab League has urged the Syrian government to end its violence against protes...

Hot air balloon crash kills 11 in New Zealand

30 days 10 hrs 28 mins ago

CARTERTON, New Zealand (Reuters) - A hot air balloon burst into flames and crashed in New Zealand on...

Britain warns of militant attacks in Kenya

30 days 10 hrs 48 mins ago

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Britain believes militants are completing plans to attack Kenyan institutions as...

Rift threatens Yemen power transfer plan

30 days 12 hrs 14 mins ago

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen's acting leader has threatened to leave office unless outgoing President Ali...

Malaysian court clears Anwar of sodomy charges

28 days 21 hrs 59 mins ago

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Malaysian court acquitted opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim of sodomy charg...

Musharraf to return to Pakistan, lead party in polls

28 days 22 hrs 14 mins ago

KARACHI (Reuters) - Exiled former president Pervez Musharraf said on Sunday he would return to Pakis...

Hyundai Motor plant suspended after employee sets himself ablaze

28 days 23 hrs 22 mins ago

SEOUL (Reuters) - Workers at a Hyundai Motor engine factory have suspended production there after an...

Debris from wrecked cargo ship washes onto New Zealand beaches

29 days 2 hrs 19 mins ago

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Shipping containers, sacks of milk powder and other debris washed onto popula...

Iran to launch nuclear work in bunker in "near future"

29 days 9 hrs 12 mins ago

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will in the "near future" start enriching uranium deep inside a mountain, a ...

Syria buries victims of contested bombing

30 days 10 hrs 38 mins ago

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Crowds waving Syrian flags and pictures of President Bashar al-Assad gathered on ...

Argentina's Fernandez sent home, never had cancer

30 days 11 hrs 18 mins ago

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez never had cancer despite having been...