Oil rig arrives for Cuba offshore exploration work

18 days 7 hrs 19 mins ago

HAVANA, Jan 19 (Reuters) - A Chinese-built drilling rig to be used in the first major exploration fo...

Earthquake hits northeast Iran, 100 injured

18 days 7 hrs 41 mins ago

TEHRAN (Reuters) - About 100 people were injured when an earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter sca...

Syria killings persist as Arab monitors' mandate expires

18 days 8 hrs 26 mins ago

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian forces have retreated from a rebel-held town under a local ceasefire, resi...

Explosions used in hunt for 29 missing on Italian liner

20 days 14 hrs 35 mins ago

GIGLIO, Italy (Reuters) - Rescue squads used controlled explosions on Tuesday to enter a stricken It...

Al Qaeda holding kidnapped Algerian governor: sources

20 days 14 hrs 42 mins ago

ALGIERS (Reuters) - An Algerian regional governor kidnapped near the border with Libya is being held...

Yemen unrest may force election delay: minister

20 days 18 hrs 43 mins ago

DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen's foreign minister said a planned February 21 presidential election may have...

Explosions damage Italy tax agency: Naples police

21 days 33 mins ago

NAPLES (Reuters) - Three explosive devices blew up outside the Naples offices of Equitalia, a state ...

Islamist set to be Egypt's new parliament speaker

21 days 7 hrs 12 mins ago

CAIRO (Reuters) - Leading Egyptian political parties will back a senior figure in the Muslim Brother...

Yemen amends immunity law, Saleh still protected

18 days 7 hrs 34 mins ago

SANAA (Reuters) - A Yemeni draft law granting immunity to the outgoing president, Ali Abdullah Saleh...

Radioactive material said stolen from Egyptian plant

18 days 8 hrs 3 mins ago

CAIRO (Reuters) - Radioactive material has been stolen from a nuclear power station on Egypt's Medit...

Greeks strike against austerity as EU, IMF visit

20 days 14 hrs 21 mins ago

ATHENS (Reuters) - Thousands of angry Greek workers marched to parliament on Tuesday to protest agai...

Syrian rebel chief asks world to stop bloodshed

20 days 14 hrs 37 mins ago

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Syrian rebel army chief urged the world on Tuesday to protect civilians in Syri...

Chinese dissident to stand trial for poem

20 days 16 hrs 4 mins ago

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have indicted veteran dissident Zhu Yufu on subversion charg...

Ethiopia forcing thousands off land: U.S. rights group

20 days 20 hrs 56 mins ago

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia is forcing tens of thousands of people off their land so it can lea...

Nigeria unions suspend strike after fuel price cut

21 days 5 hrs 40 mins ago

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian trade unions called off strikes and protests on Monday, ending a major co...