Romania rescues children as Europe's freeze deepens

3 days 2 hrs 21 mins ago

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Nine Romanian children were taken into care after a baby died in an unheated h...

South Sudan shoot-out kills 37, wounds U.N. policeman

3 days 2 hrs 31 mins ago

JUBA (Reuters) - A shoot-out among South Sudanese security forces using truck-mounted machineguns ki...

Cost drives NATO bid for smaller Afghan army

3 days 3 hrs 29 mins ago

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Afghanistan could end up fighting Taliban insurgents with a national army and p...

IAEA says had "good" trip to Iran, more work needed

5 days 16 hrs 51 mins ago

VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday it had held "good" talks in Iran abou...

South Korea, Japan want U.S. to detail Iran sanctions

5 days 17 hrs 34 mins ago

TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea and Japan will soon meet U.S. officials in Washington to ask how...

Analysis: Malaysia's opposition plots unlikely path to power

5 days 18 hrs 17 mins ago

DENGKIL, Malaysia (Reuters) - Anwar Ibrahim is free and he knows how to work a crowd.

U.N. Council urged to act fast on Syria, Assad forces push back

5 days 18 hrs 26 mins ago

UNITED NATIONS/AMMAN (Reuters) - Arab and Western states urged the U.N. Security Council to act swif...

Assange to appeal extradition to UK's top court

6 days 1 hr 31 mins ago

LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will appeal to Britain's Supreme Court Wednesday...

Greece yet to resolve major issues in talks with lenders

3 days 2 hrs 27 mins ago

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece is still struggling to overcome "crucial" issues before it can secure a 13...

Bosnia passes laws key to EU bid, Muslims agree to census

3 days 3 hrs 6 mins ago

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia passed laws on Friday seen as crucial to reviving its European Union acc...

Afghan Taliban say will not agree to peace talks ceasefire

5 days 16 hrs 49 mins ago

KUNAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The Taliban in Afghanistan said on Wednesday they would not agree to ...

IMF's Thomsen says must be limit to Greek fiscal pain

5 days 17 hrs 14 mins ago

ATHENS (Reuters) - Debt-laden Greece and its international lenders must focus less on deficit reduct...

Heavy fighting in Pakistan tribal areas kills dozens

5 days 18 hrs 16 mins ago

PARACHINAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani fighter jets bombed militant hideouts in tribal areas nea...

Insight: At Suu Kyi's rallies, signs of a new Myanmar

5 days 18 hrs 20 mins ago

DAWEI, Myanmar (Reuters) - Shortly after her aging aircraft rattled its way off the runway and into ...

Taliban "poised to retake Afghanistan" after NATO pullout

5 days 18 hrs 28 mins ago

KABUL (Reuters) - A secret U.S. military report says that the Taliban, backed by Pakistan, are set t...