Israel warns against Russian arms supply to Syria18/05 20:47 CET, By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said on Saturday that advanced weapons supplied by Russia to war-torn Syria could end up in…
- At least four suspected militants killed in Yemen drone strike
18/05 20:34 CET, ADEN (Reuters) – At least four people were killed and a number of others wounded in a drone strike on a vehicle carrying suspected al Qaeda…
- Nigeria says 10 rebels killed in northeast, 65 arrested
18/05 20:12 CET, By Tim Cocks LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s military said on Saturday it had killed 10 insurgents and arrested 65 more as part of an…
Investigators seek cause of New York commuter train crash18/05 20:07 CET, By Karen Brooks (Reuters) – Federal investigators on Saturday searched for the cause of a rush-hour train crash in Connecticut that…
- Ivory Coast arrests militia chief accused over massacre
18/05 20:01 CET, By Joe Bavier ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Authorities in Ivory Coast on Saturday arrested a militia leader accused of participating in one of the…
- US Airways plane makes unusual belly landing at Newark airport
18/05 19:15 CET, By David Jones NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) – A US Airways flight made an emergency landing on its belly at Newark Liberty International…
North Korea fires three short-range missiles18/05 19:12 CET, SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired three short-range missiles from its east coast on Saturday, South Korea’s Defence Ministry said…
Germany's Merkel visits Pope, urges tougher market controls18/05 18:54 CET, By James Mackenzie VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Pope Francis on Saturday and, apparently responding to his…
U.S. Powerball jackpot could go higher than $600 million18/05 18:24 CET, By Karen Brooks AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The Powerball jackpot being drawn on Saturday night could be even higher than the record $600…
Rome protest turns up heat on new Prime Minister18/05 18:16 CET, ROME (Reuters) – Thousands of people protested in Rome on Saturday against austerity policies and high unemployment, urging new Prime…
- Egypt's opposition attacks Brotherhood-backed NGO draft law
18/05 17:14 CET, CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s main opposition bloc said on Saturday that a Muslim Brotherhood-backed bill to regulate human rights groups and…
Supporters and opponents of Ukraine president clash in Kiev18/05 16:25 CET, KIEV (Reuters) – Supporters and opponents of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich scuffled as both sides held large rallies in the capital…
- Armed Tuareg and Arab groups clash in northern Mali
18/05 15:36 CET, By David Lewis BAMAKO (Reuters) – Fighting has broken out in northern Mali between Tuareg separatists and local Arab-led gunmen, only days…
Afghan parliament fails to pass divisive women's law18/05 13:52 CET, By Miriam Arghandiwal and Ibrahimi Aziz KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s parliament failed to pass a law on Saturday banning violence…
- Enraged by kidnapping, Egyptian police block Gaza border
18/05 13:07 CET, CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip…
- France's Hollande signs gay marriage law
18/05 11:34 CET, PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande has signed into law a bill allowing same-sex marriage, making France the 14th country…
Polish conservative opposition leads opinion poll18/05 11:00 CET, WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party has overtaken the ruling Civic Platform in an opinion poll released on…
- Suspected Islamist gunmen assassinate Yemeni colonel
18/05 10:38 CET, ADEN (Reuters) – Gunmen shot dead a senior Yemeni military intelligence officer who had been targeted for assassination by al Qaeda-linked…
- Bulgarian truck drivers end blockade of traffic to Turkey
18/05 09:39 CET, SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgarian truck drivers lifted their traffic blockades at two major border checkpoints with Turkey late on Friday, saying…
Hopes fade for those still trapped in Freeport Indonesia mine18/05 09:10 CET, JAKARTA (Reuters) – Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc said on Saturday that rockfalls were hampering rescue efforts after a tunnel…
- Northeast Japan jolted by magnitude 5.9 quake, no tsunami warning
18/05 09:02 CET, TOKYO (Reuters) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 jolted northeastern Japan on Saturday, but no tsunami warning was…
Venezuela frees opposition activist jailed over post-vote violence18/05 03:34 CET, CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela on Friday released an opposition activist who had been jailed on accusations of inciting violence in the wake…
- One dead, dozens wounded in sectarian clashes in Egypt
18/05 02:33 CET, ALEXANDRIA (Reuters) – One person died and dozens were wounded during clashes between Muslims and Christians late Friday night outside a…
All missing residents accounted for after Texas tornadoes18/05 01:13 CET, By Jana J. Pruet GRANBURY, Texas (Reuters) – All seven people listed as missing after a monster Texas tornado that tore homes from their…
Liberia's Johnson-Sirleaf defends governance record18/05 01:08 CET, By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf on Friday defended her government’s record on good…
- Police clash with youth in Cairo after anti-Mursi protest
18/05 00:42 CET, CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian security forces clashed with young men in central Cairo after a protest by several thousand opponents of…
U.S. chides Russia over missiles as peace plans suffer18/05 00:11 CET, By Erika Solomon BEIRUT (Reuters) – The United States chided Russia for sending missiles to the Syrian government as plans for a peace…
Toronto mayor denies smoking crack cocaine18/05 00:03 CET, By Julie Gordon and Cameron French TORONTO (Reuters) – Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, a target of criticism for his often unconventional conduct…
- Death toll from new bird flu in China rises to 36 - WHO
17/05 23:01 CET, LONDON (Reuters) – Four more people in China have died from a new strain of bird flu, bringing the death toll from the H7N9 virus to 36…
- Nigeria bombs Islamists, U.S. sounds alarm
17/05 22:59 CET, By Lanre Ola MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian warplanes struck militant camps in the northeast on Friday in a major push against an…
After tough week, Obama tries to change the subject to jobs17/05 22:15 CET, By Roberta Rampton and Mark Felsenthal BALTIMORE (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Friday sought to turn the spotlight from…
- Tunisia, hardline Islamists in standoff over Sunday gathering
17/05 22:11 CET, By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s government on Friday barred the radical Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia from staging a weekend…
UK inquest into ex-Russian spy's death may be scrapped17/05 21:54 CET, By Peter Griffiths LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s long-delayed inquest into the death by radioactive poisoning of Russian spy Alexander…
Two blasts at Iraqi Sunni mosque kill 4317/05 21:31 CET, BAQUBA, Iraq (Reuters) – Two bombs exploded outside a Sunni Muslim mosque in the Iraqi city of Baquba as worshippers left Friday prayers…
Crowds break up gay rights rallies in Georgia, Russia17/05 21:23 CET, By Margarita Antidze and Liza Dobkina TBILISI/ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – Large crowds of anti-gay protesters broke up homosexual…
- Roadside bomb kills 19 in west Baghdad - police, medics
17/05 20:57 CET, BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Nineteen people were killed on Friday when a roadside bomb exploded near a commercial complex in the Amiriya district…
- Irish teachers back strike call if government cuts pay
17/05 20:25 CET, DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish primary school teachers overwhelmingly backed a call to strike if the government unilaterally cuts their pay, but…
Photos show Iraq president for first time since suffering stroke17/05 20:03 CET, ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – The first photographs of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani since he suffered a stroke last year were released on…
Italy PM Letta seeks to smooth property tax standoff17/05 19:06 CET, By Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta promised a wide reform of property taxes on Friday, addressing one…
Colombian president hints he will run for re-election in 201417/05 18:34 CET, By Helen Murphy BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos hinted on Friday that he would seek re-election next year to…
Upgrade crowns Turkey's peaceful rise but pitfalls loom17/05 18:32 CET, By Paul Taylor PARIS (Reuters) – Turkey’s achievement of investment-grade status crowns a decade of rapid growth, financial stability and…
- Canada to target U.S. products in meat labels dispute
17/05 18:08 CET, By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – Canada will put forward a list of U.S. products that it will target in retaliation over a…
Former Argentine dictator Videla dies in prison at age 8717/05 17:51 CET, By Hugh Bronstein BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Jorge Rafael Videla, an austere former army commander who led Argentina during the bloodiest…
- Chad seeks arrest of exiled president's allies
17/05 17:00 CET, N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Chad had issued arrest warrants for four senior allies of the country’s exiled former president and charged them with…
- Greek parliament evicts far-right lawmaker for volley of insults
17/05 16:22 CET, ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s parliament evicted a far-right lawmaker for insulting rivals in a tumultuous debate on Friday that prompted…
Clash between Russian oil chiefs could undercut Putin ally17/05 16:12 CET, By Olesya Astakhova and Douglas Busvine MOSCOW (Reuters) – A rare public clash between two leading figures in Russia’s state-dominated oil…
Insight - Syria's Nusra Front eclipsed by Iraq-based al Qaeda17/05 15:50 CET, By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT (Reuters) – The most feared and effective rebel group battling President Bashar al-Assad, the Islamist Nusra…
- Bahrain forces raid top cleric's house - opposition
17/05 15:37 CET, LONDON (Reuters) – Bahraini security forces raided the house of top Shi’ite cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim on Friday, the opposition…
- At least 20 killed when mine collapses in eastern Congo
17/05 15:31 CET, KINSHASA (Reuters) – At least 20 people were killed when a mine collapsed in mineral-rich but conflict-plagued eastern Democratic Republic…
Brussels, Berlin lukewarm on Hollande's euro zone vision17/05 15:26 CET, By Luke Baker BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European officials gave a lukewarm response to French President Francois Hollande’s sweeping proposals…
- Mine union threatens to bring South Africa to 'standstill'
17/05 14:32 CET, By Xola Potelwa RUSTENBURG, South Africa (Reuters) – The leader of South Africa’s biggest platinum mining union threatened on Friday to…
- Crowds break up gay rights rally in Georgia
17/05 14:25 CET, By Margarita Antidze TBILISI (Reuters) – Priests and thousands of other Georgians broke through police barricades and forced gay rights…
- Madagascar's Rajoelina not eligible to run in election - AU
17/05 13:46 CET, By Alain Iloniaina ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – The African Union (AU) has said it will not recognise Andry Rajoelina as Madagascar’s…
Change looms for Ethiopia's ancient salt trade17/05 13:20 CET, By Siegfried Modola HAMAD-ILE, Ethiopia (Reuters) – Abdu Ibrahim Mohammed was 15 years old when he began trekking with caravans of camels…
- Myanmar frees political prisoners before president goes to U.S.
17/05 12:39 CET, YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s government has freed 23 political prisoners, a senior interior ministry official said on Friday, the day…
Japan PM sets targets in latest growth strategy tranche17/05 12:30 CET, By Kaori Kaneko TOKYO (Reuters) – The latest tranche of Japan’s growth strategy will aim to triple infrastructure exports and double farm…
U.N. chief Ban says must not lose momentum on Syria conference17/05 11:19 CET, SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday a proposed international conference on Syria should be held as…
- Pakistan approves 100,000 tonnes of wheat for Iran to pay for power
17/05 11:18 CET, By Syed Raza Hassan ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Islamabad has authorised the export of 100,000 tonnes of wheat to Iran in trade not jeopardised…
Fearing Afghanistan instability, Russia mulls border troops17/05 10:11 CET, By Amie Ferris-Rotman KABUL (Reuters) – Russia, predicting instability once NATO-led troops withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of next…
Canadian senator quits Conservative caucus over expenses scandal17/05 03:47 CET, OTTAWA (Reuters) – A Canadian senator stepped down from the Conservative caucus on Thursday after a scandal surrounding his expenses and…
Obama: U.S. preserves diplomatic, military options on Syria17/05 02:41 CET, By Nick Tattersall and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Thursday he reserved the right to resort to…
- Uzbek citizen arrested in Idaho, accused of supporting militants
17/05 02:30 CET, (Reuters) – U.S. officials charged an Uzbek citizen in Idaho with providing bomb-making knowledge and other support to an Islamist militant…
China president takes charge of sweeping economic reform plans - sources17/05 02:01 CET, By Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping has taken charge of drawing up ambitious reform plans to revitalise the…
- Mexican general sent to quell drug violence in new strategy
17/05 01:59 CET, By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A Mexican general took over all police and military operations in a chaotic western state on…
Turkey's Erdogan says sees opportunity for Cyprus deal17/05 00:52 CET, WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday he saw a good opportunity for progress towards ending the…
Beyond the reach of banks, Indians targeted by outlaw fund scams16/05 23:22 CET, By Swati Pandey and Sujoy Dhar MUMBAI/KOLKATA (Reuters) – Dalia Ghosh, a 28-year-old nurse in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, invested…
Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest in Jerusalem, vow to defy draft16/05 23:16 CET, By Ori Lewis JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews protested in Jerusalem on Thursday against plans to enlist men from…
Russian FSB says U.S. sought to recruit spies despite warning16/05 22:27 CET, By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia warned the United States in 2011 to stop trying to recruit its security agents as spies and…
U.S. slams Japanese mayor's sex-slave comments as 'offensive'16/05 22:23 CET, WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States condemned as “outrageous and offensive” comments by the mayor of the Japanese city of Osaka who…
Syrian rebels launch offensive in south to reverse losses16/05 22:16 CET, By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian rebels said they attacked an important military base in the south and checkpoints in the…
Israel to authorise four West Bank settler outposts16/05 22:02 CET, By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel plans to declare legal four unauthorised West Bank settler outposts, a court document showed…
Bombers target markets, mosque in Iraq, 25 dead16/05 21:01 CET, BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Bombs tore through markets in Baghdad and a suicide attacker blew himself up in a mosque in northern Iraq in violence…
- U.N. says there is hope for Yemen if funds are forthcoming
16/05 20:19 CET, By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – Yemen, home to what Washington considers al Qaeda’s most dangerous wing, has the chance of a bright…
Topless protest disrupts opening of Barbie house in Berlin16/05 20:07 CET, BERLIN (Reuters) – Women’s rights protesters disrupted the opening of a giant pink doll’s house in Berlin on Thursday, saying the Barbie…
Soldier who killed fellow U.S. troops in Iraq gets life sentence16/05 19:56 CET, By Eric M. Johnson TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) – A U.S. Army sergeant was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Thursday for…
Obama says "no apologies" over U.S. security leak probe16/05 19:54 CET, By Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Thursday he makes “no apologies” for his concern…
Erdogan says will go ahead with Gaza visit16/05 19:18 CET, WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said at the White House on Thursday that he intends to go ahead with a planned…
- Over 20 South African boys die in circumcision rituals - police
16/05 18:47 CET, JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – More than 20 South African boys have died over the past week during coming of age rituals, police said on…
Egyptians gloomier as country struggles after revolt -poll16/05 18:14 CET, CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptians are getting gloomier about their country’s future more than two years after an uprising toppled Hosni Mubarak…
Berlin, Paris not 'bosom' buddies but get on fine, Merkel says16/05 18:06 CET, By Stephen Brown BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel may not have a “bosom friendship” with her French counterpart, she…
The cost of no sweatshops: South Africa struggles not to be Bangladesh16/05 18:02 CET, By Jon Herskovitz NEWCASTLE, South Africa (Reuters) – It’s not luxurious, but Goldfinch Garments, the Chinese-owned South African factory…
- Greek teachers back down and call off 24-hour strike
16/05 17:34 CET, ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek high-school teachers called off a planned 24-hour walkout for Friday, yielding to government threats of arrest and…
- Niger villagers take mass public vow to end female genital mutilation
16/05 17:11 CET, By Abdoulaye Massalatchi MAKALONDI, Niger (Reuters) – About 14,000 villagers from 20 communities in Niger took a public vow to end female…
Turkey's Gul says global response to Syria just talk16/05 16:40 CET, By Jonathon Burch REYHANLI, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul criticised the world’s response to the Syria conflict on…
Boston bombing suspect wrote message in boat - CBS News report16/05 16:05 CET, WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was found hiding in a boat days after the blasts, left a…
- Austrian hostage says feared execution in Yemen
16/05 16:00 CET, VIENNA/HELSINKI (Reuters) – An Austrian man held hostage for five months in Yemen said he was kept in permanent darkness in a room too…
Bomber in Afghanistan kills 15, including six Americans16/05 14:48 CET, By Miriam Arghandiwal KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide bomber in a car attacked a convoy of foreign troops in Kabul on Thursday, killing at…
Pope rails against "dictatorship of the economy", urges reform16/05 14:39 CET, By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis issued a strong call for world financial reform on Thursday, condemning a…
- U.S. instructors to train African troops for Mali in Niger
16/05 12:58 CET, NIAMEY (Reuters) – U.S. military instructors in Niger will train African forces participating in a U.N.-backed offensive against al…
- Suicide bomber kills two NATO troops in Afghan capital
16/05 12:41 CET, KABUL (Reuters) – - Two members of Afghanistan’s NATO-led force were killed on Thursday when a suicide car bomber attacked their two-car…
- Islamist gunmen kidnap 7 Egypt security personnel in Sinai
16/05 12:36 CET, By Yousri Mohamed ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) – Islamist gunmen abducted seven members of the Egyptian security forces in the Sinai…
Iran says ready for nuclear talks with world powers16/05 12:18 CET, By Parisa Hafezi ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Iran is prepared to pursue nuclear diplomacy with world powers before or after next month’s…
- Bangladesh factories shut by worker protests to reopen Friday
16/05 11:59 CET, DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh will reopen more than 300 garment factories on Friday, ending a three-day forced closure due to worker…
Roof collapse at Cambodian shoe plant kills three - minister16/05 11:11 CET, By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Three people were killed when the ceiling of a warehouse fell in at a shoe factory in Cambodia, a…
- Australia military looks at long-range Triton patrol drone
16/05 04:26 CET, CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia is set to buy up to $3 billion worth of long-range maritime patrol drones and said on Thursday it had asked…
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