Suicide bomb and cafe blast rock Russia's Caucasus

21 days 20 hrs 18 mins ago

PYATIGORSK, Russia (Reuters) - A blast rocked a cafe in Russia's North Caucasus and a suicide bomber...

U.N. battles donor fatigue for funds for Pakistan

21 days 22 hrs 13 mins ago

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Only a small fraction of the six million Pakistanis desperate for food and cle...

Pakistan gets respite from rains but aid flow is slow

23 days 8 hrs 8 mins ago

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan authorities forecast on Monday a brief respite in rains that sparked ...

Hamas and secular groups, oppose direct talks with Israel

23 days 16 hrs 1 min ago

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Two secular Palestinian organizations joined Hamas on Sunday in calling on Pres...

Former Nigerian VP Abubakar announces election bid

23 days 20 hrs 19 mins ago

ABUJA (Reuters) - Former Nigerian vice president Atiku Abubakar on Sunday formally declared his inte...

U.N. chief urges faster foreign aid for Pakistan

23 days 22 hrs 31 mins ago

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged foreign donors on Sunday to speed up ...

Argentine leader more popular than husband: poll

23 days 23 hrs 34 mins ago

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez' popularity has risen in recent week...

South Africa's opposition parties merge to challenge ANC

23 days 23 hrs 56 mins ago

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's largest opposition party said Sunday it would merge with a s...

Afghanistan orders ban on private security firms

21 days 20 hrs 33 mins ago

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai issued a decree on Tuesday setting a deadline of fou...

Gaza's once vibrant tunnel trade caves in

22 days 59 mins ago

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Jamal al-Shatli scours Gaza's scruffy border area looking for a job wh...

Australia PM Gillard pins election hopes on economy

23 days 8 hrs 16 mins ago

BRISBANE, Australia (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard staked her party's re-electi...

Prominent critic of Syria's Assad turns 80 in jail

23 days 19 hrs 1 min ago

LONDON (Reuters) - Human Rights Watch has called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to release one ...

Ship crews robbed in Gulf off Iraqi oil hub Basra

23 days 22 hrs 29 mins ago

BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Gunmen robbed the crews of four ships anchored off Iraq's southern oil hub B...

Qaeda No. 2 urges Turkish break with Israel: website

23 days 23 hrs 31 mins ago

DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's No. 2 urged the Turkish people in an Internet message posted on Sunday ...

Israel's Barak approves U.S. F-35 fighters purchase

23 days 23 hrs 38 mins ago

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak approved in principle on Sunday the purcha...