Embattled Pakistan president lobbies for support

24 days 16 hrs 31 mins ago

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - President Asif Ali Zardari's ruling party, facing intense pressure from Pakist...

Chinese Christian dissident seeks U.S. exile

24 days 17 hrs 15 mins ago

BEIJING (Reuters) - One of China's most prominent Christian dissidents, Yu Jie, said on Friday he ha...

Myanmar starts freeing more political prisoners

24 days 20 hrs 17 mins ago

YANGON (Reuters) - Political prisoners began to walk free from jails around Myanmar on Friday in an ...

Arab League head warns of possible civil war in Syria

24 days 23 hrs 10 mins ago

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Arab League head Nabil Elaraby said on Friday he feared a possible civil war in S...

Haiti marks two years after catastrophic quake

25 days 2 hrs 6 mins ago

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitians marked the second anniversary on Thursday of a devastating earth...

Nigerian union orders oil shutdown from Sunday

25 days 7 hrs 25 mins ago

LAGOS/ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's main oil union said on Thursday it would shut down output from Afr...

Some Arab monitors quit Syria over persisting violence

25 days 7 hrs 51 mins ago

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Several Arab League monitors have left Syria or may do so soon because the missio...

Pakistan president to return from Dubai: foreign ministry

25 days 8 hrs 1 min ago

ISLAMABAD/DUBAI (Reuters) - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari flew to Dubai on Thursday on a perso...

U.S. warns of possible "terrorist" attack on Bangkok

24 days 17 hrs 10 mins ago

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The U.S. embassy in Thailand warned on Friday that "foreign terrorists" could be...

Iran embargo gathers support in Asia, Europe

24 days 18 hrs 54 mins ago

TEHRAN (Reuters) - U.S. allies in Asia and Europe voiced support for Washington's drive to cut Iran'...

Canada says marriages of foreign gays invalid

24 days 23 hrs 8 mins ago

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The government is abruptly arguing that the same-sex marriages of many foreigners...

Taliban say Marine tape won't hurt Afghanistan talks

24 days 23 hrs 39 mins ago

KABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A video showing what appears to be American forces urinating on dead Ta...

Japan vows "concrete" steps to cut Iran oil reliance

25 days 4 hrs 4 mins ago

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan pledged on Thursday to take concrete action to cut Iranian oil imports in re...

Calls for Putin to resign flood campaign website

25 days 7 hrs 27 mins ago

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Calls for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to resign and drop his presidenti...

Taliban say Marine abuse tape won't hurt Afghanistan talks

25 days 7 hrs 57 mins ago

KABUL (Reuters) - A video showing what appear to be American forces urinating on dead Taliban fighte...