Explosions rock Nigeria's Kano, at least six killed

16 days 21 hrs 23 mins ago

KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least six people were killed in a string of bomb blasts on Friday in Ni...

Cuban document details charges versus jailed American

16 days 23 hrs 22 mins ago

HAVANA (Reuters) - An American convicted of subversive acts in Cuba last year tried to keep his work...

Violence keeps Syria on edge, Arab mission may extend

17 days 2 hrs 54 mins ago

AMMAN (Reuters) - At least six people were killed in Syria on Friday and the bodies of six others we...

Analysis: Italy disaster shows Titanic lifeboat issues linger

17 days 4 hrs 12 mins ago

LONDON/BOSTON (Reuters) - The capsizing of the Costa Concordia will pressure the cruise industry to ...

Cowardice at sea is no crime -- at least in the U.S.

17 days 6 hrs 6 mins ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Captain Francesco Schettino hopped a life boat after the Costa Concordia h...

Search resumes for missing on capsized Italy liner

18 days 5 hrs 55 mins ago

GIGLIO, Italy (Reuters) - Search crews blasted holes into the wrecked Italian liner on Thursday to a...

Iran warns region against "dangerous" stance on Hormuz

18 days 6 hrs 10 mins ago

ANKARA (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister warned Arab neighbors on Thursday not to put themselves i...

Protesters try to disrupt showpiece Bahrain Air show

18 days 6 hrs 21 mins ago

MANAMA (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters tried to disrupt the Bahrain airshow on Thursday, burn...

Major powers open to serious talks with Iran

16 days 22 hrs 28 mins ago

WASHINGTON/TEHRAN (Reuters) - Major powers signaled on Friday their willingness to reopen talks abou...

France threatens Afghan pullout after troops killed

17 days 49 mins ago

PARIS/CHARIKAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - France threatened on Friday to pull out early from the NATO-...

Libyan Islamists rally to demand sharia-based law

17 days 2 hrs 55 mins ago

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Hundreds of Libyan Islamists rallied on Friday to demand that Muslim sharia law ...

Gunmen kidnap American in Nigeria's delta region

17 days 5 hrs 49 mins ago

PORT HARCOURT (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped an American working for Marubeni Corp in Nigeria's oil-ri...

Crews face test on Italian ship as weather worsens

17 days 6 hrs 35 mins ago

GIGLIO, Italy (Reuters) - The vast wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia shifted on its undersea ...

Exclusive: Pakistan-U.S. ties on hold for "re-evaluation"

18 days 6 hrs 9 mins ago

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's ties with the United States remain on hold following a NATO cross-b...

Salvage firms jostle for wrecked Italian liner

18 days 6 hrs 13 mins ago

ROME (Reuters) - Though the search for survivors or, more likely, bodies on the Costa Concordia goes...