Syria forces retake Damascus suburbs; showdown at U.N.

6 days 9 hrs 46 mins ago

AMMAN/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syrian government forces reasserted control of Damascus suburbs on ...

Strike kills 12 Yemen militants, minister escapes attack

6 days 10 hrs 18 mins ago

ADEN/SANAA (Reuters) - Gunmen riddled the car of Yemen's information minister with bullets as he lef...

Saudi Arabia cautious on possible Afghan talks

6 days 10 hrs 51 mins ago

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is reluctant to host talks between the Afghan government and the Tal...

Global food prices easing, volatility still high: World Bank

6 days 12 hrs 9 mins ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Global food prices are set to decline further in 2012 as a weaker world econo...

Libyan militia leader sues former UK spy chief

6 days 13 hrs 13 mins ago

LONDON (Reuters) - A Libyan militia leader has begun legal action against a former senior British in...

Punjab, bread basket of India, hungers for change

8 days 19 hrs 37 mins ago

LUDHIANA, India (Reuters) - Punjab made Sunil Jain's family rich, but now he wishes he could afford ...

Papua New Guinea mutiny leader charged

8 days 20 hrs 22 mins ago

SYDNEY (Reuters) - An army officer who led a military revolt aimed at reinstating Papua New Guinea's...

Salvage crews suspend work on capsized cruise ship

8 days 22 hrs 14 mins ago

GIGLIO, Italy (Reuters) - Salvage crews preparing to pump thousands of tonnes of diesel fuel and oil...

Iran keeping option open on nuclear weapon: U.S. spy chief

6 days 9 hrs 54 mins ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran is keeping the option open to develop a nuclear weapon but U.S. intellig...

Italian authorities end search for cruise ship bodies

6 days 10 hrs 33 mins ago

ROME (Reuters) - Italian authorities have ended the search for bodies in the submerged sections of t...

Greece must pledge tough reforms for debt swap deal

6 days 11 hrs 11 mins ago

ATHENS (Reuters) - Near-bankrupt Greece struggled on with its foreign lenders on Tuesday to show the...

Analysis: For Putin, tax reform could be harder than winning

6 days 12 hrs 48 mins ago

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Winning Russia's March presidential election could be the easy part for Prime Min...

Global "great power politics" returns to Mideast

6 days 13 hrs 45 mins ago

LONDON (Reuters) - With Russia sending warships to discourage foreign intervention in Syria, and Chi...

Arab League suspends Syria mission as violence rages

8 days 19 hrs 45 mins ago

CAIRO/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Arab League suspended its monitoring mission in Syria because of worsen...

Myanmar's Suu Kyi calls for changes to constitution

8 days 20 hrs 27 mins ago

DAWEI, Myanmar (Reuters) - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi called on Sunday for changes t...