Greece to name Sachinidis as interim FinMin: sources

2012/03/21 03:54:38

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Deputy Finance Minister Filippos Sachinidis will be the country's new finan...

Afghanistan's new chefs: girl scouts bend social norms with food

2012/03/21 03:42:08

KABUL (Reuters) - In a quiet corner of the Afghan capital, dining tables are covered with traditiona...

Bomb explodes near Indonesia's Paris embassy: Indonesian minister

2012/03/21 02:30:26

PARIS/JAKARTA (Reuters) - A bomb exploded outside the Indonesian embassy in Paris on Wednesday, brea...

Big earthquake rattles Mexico, no major damage

2012/03/21 00:15:35

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A major earthquake struck Mexico on Tuesday, unleashing panic as it damaged ...

Syrian capital sees heaviest fighting of uprising

2012/03/19 10:22:05

AMMAN (Reuters) - Rebels fought government forces in Damascus on Monday, in the most violent gun bat...

Four shot dead at French Jewish school

2012/03/19 09:30:56

TOULOUSE, France (Reuters) - A gunman on a motorbike shot dead at least four people, including three...

NATO failed to investigate Libya civilian deaths: Amnesty

2012/03/19 08:22:54

LONDON (Reuters) - NATO has failed to properly investigate or provide compensation for civilian deat...

Greece's Venizelos quits as finance minister to lead party to polls

2012/03/19 06:42:53

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's Evangelos Venizelos said on Monday he was stepping down as finance minis...

Car bomb explodes in Somali capital, wounds two

2012/03/21 03:49:13

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded in the heart of the Somalian capital Mogadishu on Wednesda...

U.N. chief warns of "massive repercussions" from Syria crisis

2012/03/21 02:34:27

AMMAN (Reuters) - U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday that Syria's crisis was extremely dangero...

U.S. lacks "proof" on Afghan shooting: suspect's lawyer

2012/03/21 01:54:42

LANSING, Kansas (Reuters) - U.S. authorities lack proof of what occurred the night a U.S. soldier is...

Protests loom as Hong Kong braces for new leader

2012/03/20 23:20:55

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Thousands of protestors could take to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday to de...

Exclusive: India seals deals to export 60,000 tons sugar to Iran

2012/03/19 09:36:59

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian traders have struck deals to export 60,000 tons of raw sugar to Iran fo...

Freed British journalists leave Libya for home

2012/03/19 09:16:25

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Two British journalists detained by a Libyan militia a month ago and accused of ...

Iraq's Sadr stages Shi'ite show of force before summit

2012/03/19 08:21:35

BASRA (Reuters) - Up to a million followers of Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr took to the streets on M...