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China mine explosion traps 139 underground (21 November 08:41) |
| BEIJING (Reuters) - A gas explosion in a coal mine in China's northeast has trapped 139 miners underground, the latest accident to hit the world's deadliest mining industry, the official Xin... |
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Albania opposition protests to demand vote recount (21 November 04:54) |
| TIRANA (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Albanian opposition Socialist Party supporters launched their latest protest Friday to demand the government either recount the vote in a controversia... |
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Afghan govt would fall if NATO withdraws UK minister (21 November 04:12) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - The Afghan government would quickly be overthrown if NATO troops pulled out of the country now, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Friday.
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UN panel condemns Iran for post-election crackdown (21 November 01:18) |
| UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee condemned Iran on Friday for a violent crackdown on protesters after presidential elections this year that the I... |
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UN committee slams Iran for post-election crackdown (21 November 12:54) |
| UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee condemned Iran on Friday for a violent crackdown on protesters after presidential elections this year that the I... |
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New EU president raises fears in aspirant Turkey (21 November 12:01) |
| ANKARA (Reuters) - Herman Van Rompuy's appointment as the first European Union president provoked fears in Turkey that he might hinder Ankara's hopes of joining the bloc, with some media dec... |
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Powers urge Iran to reconsider nuclear offer (20 November 10:00) |
| BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) - Senior officials from six world powers said on Friday they were disappointed Iran had not accepted proposals intended to delay its potential to make nuclear bombs... |
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Colombia says will not be provoked by Venezuela (20 November 09:08) |
| BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia will not be provoked into armed conflict with Venezuela despite the neighboring country's aggressive rhetoric and its dynamiting of two cross-border pedestrian br... |
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More than 20 killed in separate Afghan blasts (20 November 08:49) |
| HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber in southwestern Afghanistan killed 17 people Friday, and an Afghan lawmaker escaped a separate blast on the outskirts of Kabul but five of his... |
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ElBaradei urges Iran to agree fuel deal by year end (20 November 06:22) |
| BERLIN (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief urged Iran on Friday to accept an offer to process its enriched uranium abroad by the end of 2009, and advised Western powers not to impose... |
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Belgians proud but concerned over Van Rompuy exit (20 November 06:15) |
| BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgians on Friday mixed pride with trepidation over Herman Van Rompuy's appointment as the first president of the European Union because of the risk of instability afte... |
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Suicide bomber kills 17 in Afghanistan (20 November 06:09) |
| HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber on a motorcycle detonated his explosives in a crowded area in southwest Afghanistan on Friday, killing 17 people, including a senior police of... |
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US missile strike kills 8 in Pakistan (20 November 05:32) |
| PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Eight Islamist militants were killed in a U.S. missile strike in northwest Pakistan on Friday, officials said, after three policemen were killed in a bomb blas... |
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Britain hit by floods after record rainfall (20 November 05:06) |
| COCKERMOUTH, England (Reuters) - Lifeboats and military helicopters rescued hundreds of people overnight in northern England as torrential rain flooded homes and washed away bridges.
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Transsexual in Italian political scandal murdered (20 November 05:02) |
| ROME (Reuters) - A Brazilian transsexual caught up in a scandal which prompted the resignation of a senior Italian politician -- the center-left governor of Lazio region, which includes Rome... |
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US soldier admits may have driven car in Japan crash (20 November 04:20) |
| TOKYO (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier has admitted he may have run over a Japanese man found dead two weeks ago on the southern island of Okinawa, his lawyer said on Friday, in a case that may fu... |
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Transsexual in Italian political scandal found dead (20 November 04:04) |
| ROME (Reuters) - A Brazilian transsexual caught up in a scandal which prompted the resignation of a senior Italian politician -- the center-left governor of Lazio region, which includes Rome... |
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ElBaradei hopes for Iran fuel deal by end of year (20 November 03:56) |
| BERLIN (Reuters) - The chief of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog said on Friday he hoped for an agreement with Iran on an offer to send enriched uranium abroad for further processing bef... |
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Abbas confirms Palestinian vote to be postponed (20 November 03:03) |
| RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said presidential and legislative elections scheduled for January will be postponed, confirming that he has accepted a... |
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US seeks release of geologist in China secrets case (20 November 02:40) |
| BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States is seeking the release of an American citizen detained in Beijing for two years, in a case similar to the detentions of Rio Tinto staff which launched a... |
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Suicide bomber kills seven in Afghanistan (20 November 01:25) |
| HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber on a motorcycle attacked a senior police official in a crowded area in southwest Afghanistan Friday, killing the official and six others, a pr... |
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China vows to punish H1N1 death cover-ups (20 November 12:49) |
| BEIJING (Reuters) - China has promised severe punishment for officials caught concealing deaths from H1N1 swine flu after a medical expert said suspect cases may have been held back by local... |
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Eight dead in suspected US missile strike in Pakistan (20 November 12:45) |
| MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suspected U.S. drone aircraft fired two missiles at a northwestern Pakistani militant stronghold on Friday, killing eight people, the second such attack thi... |
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Death toll from Afghan suicide blast rises to 13 (20 November 12:36) |
| KABUL (Reuters) - The death toll from an attack by a suicide bomber on a motorcycle in southwestern Afghanistan on Friday almost doubled to 13, including three police officials, a provincial... |
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China activists say detained after seeking to meet Obama (20 November 11:24) |
| BEIJING (Reuters) - Two Chinese rights activists who sought a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama hours before he left Beijing said on Friday they were briefly detained by police, and o... |
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Three killed in latest bomb blast in Pakistan city (20 November 09:23) |
| PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Three policemen were killed and six wounded when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Pakistan's volatile city of Peshawar early Friday, police said.
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Hondurass de facto leader may step aside for a week (20 November 08:27) |
| TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras's de facto leader said he may give up his presidential duties for a week so voters can focus on an election that Washington hopes will help end a five-month-... |
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Venezuela blows up two foot bridges to Colombia (20 November 07:13) |
| SAN ANTONIO, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan soldiers on Thursday blew up two makeshift foot bridges that stretched across the border to Colombia in the latest incident to stoke a diplomati... |
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Zimbabwe farmers a boon for Nigerian agriculture (20 November 05:42) |
| SHONGA, Nigeria (Reuters) - When white Zimbabwean farmer Irvin Reid arrived in Nigeria almost five years ago, he was given a set of grid references in the remote bush and told to find water ... |
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UN committee condemns NKorea Myanmar over rights (20 November 05:40) |
| UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A special committee of the U.N. General Assembly condemned North Korea and Myanmar on Thursday for what it said were widespread human rights violations in the two ... |
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EU names Belgian PM Van Rompuy as first president (20 November 05:14) |
| BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders named Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, who is little known outside his own country, as the bloc's first president on Thursday to lead eff... |
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Kosovo coalition government collapses deputy PM (20 November 05:09) |
| PRISTINA (Reuters) - The biggest party in Kosovo's government has decided to end its coalition with the smaller Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Deputy Prime Minister Rame Manaj said on Fr... |
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Venezuela blows up two border bridges to Colombia (20 November 05:06) |
| SAN ANTONIO, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan soldiers on Thursday blew up two makeshift foot bridges that stretched across the border to Colombia in the latest incident to stoke a diplomati... |
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Peru accuses gang of killing to sell human fat (20 November 04:43) |
| LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang that allegedly killed dozens of people and sold their fat to buyers who used it to make cosmetics.
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Anglican head challenges Vatican over women clergy (20 November 04:40) |
| ROME (Reuters) - Roman Catholics should look beyond the divisive issue of ordaining women to see how much they share with the world's Anglicans and work toward greater Christian unity, the h... |
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Belgian Van Rompuy UKs Ashton win top EU jobs (20 November 02:30) |
| BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders named Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as the bloc's first president on Thursday and appointed Briton Catherine Ashton as its foreign affa... |
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Afghanistan is worlds worst place to be born UN (20 November 01:00) |
| GENEVA (Reuters) - Eight years after a U.S.-led invasion ousted the Taliban from power in Afghanistan, the war-ravaged state is the most dangerous place in the world for a child to be born, ... |
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Belgian Briton on course for EU top jobs (20 November 12:47) |
| BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy was on course on Thursday to become the European Union's president and Briton Catherine Ashton to become its foreign affairs chi... |
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Germany to reassess Afghan troop levels next year (20 November 12:19) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Germany, the third largest contributor to the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan, on Thursday held out the possibility of sending more troops to the stalled, eight-year-o... |
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British PM backs Ashton for EU foreign affairs job (19 November 11:22) |
| BRUSSELS (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown backed compatriot Catherine Ashton on Thursday to become the European Union's foreign affairs chief, his spokesman said.
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Tsvangirai to discuss Zimbabwe crisis with Gaddafi (19 November 10:31) |
| HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai left Thursday for North Africa, where analysts said he would meet Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to maintain political pressure ... |
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Somali pirates free UAE-owned cargo ship trader (19 November 10:25) |
| MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates have freed a United Arab Emirates-owned cargo ship after negotiations with businessmen in the anarchic country's capital, one businessman said on Thursda... |
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Prominent Iraqi Sunni fighter sentenced to death (19 November 10:22) |
| BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.S.-backed Sunni militia leader whose arrest provoked violence between Sunni fighters and forces of Iraq's Shi'ite-led government has been sentenced to death for murde... |
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Northern Irish police says bomb targets officers (19 November 08:58) |
| BELFAST (Reuters) - Army experts in Northern Ireland have defused a bomb which targeted police officers, police said on Thursday.
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US makes debut attendance at Hague war crimes court (19 November 08:54) |
| THE HAGUE (Reuters) - U.S. ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues Stephen Rapp made a debut appearance for the United States at the world's war crimes court Thursday and said the U.S. rem... |
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Iraq election impasse continues veto contested (19 November 08:30) |
| BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi lawmakers, failing to resolve differences over an election law, said they would meet on Saturday and send the law for approval as it stands, keeping on track plans ... |
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Israel Egypt squeeze Gaza tunnel business (19 November 08:11) |
| RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Fearing loss of life and money, Palestinians are abandoning tunnels that supply the blockaded Gaza Strip with everything from food to fridges to weapons.
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China tries dissident from US after Obama leaves (19 November 07:47) |
| BEIJING (Reuters) - A student leader of China's 1989 pro-democracy movement who has long lived in the United States went on trial in China on Thursday, a day after U.S. President Barack Obam... |
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South Afghanistan suicide blast kills 10 (19 November 07:13) |
| KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber detonated a vest packed with explosives in a crowded market in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing 10 civilians and wounding 13, a pr... |
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Karzai sworn in as Afghan leader vows to fight graft (19 November 04:54) |
| KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan forces should be ready to take over security in Afghanistan in five years, President Hamid Karzai said at his inauguration Thursday, and pledged to tackle graft whic... |
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