Reuters - World News

  • warning: Undefined property: stdClass::$ftitle in /home3/votekans/public_html/reform/f/modules/aggregator.module on line 1361.
  • warning: Undefined property: stdClass::$ftitle in /home3/votekans/public_html/reform/f/modules/aggregator.module on line 1361.
  • warning: Undefined property: stdClass::$ftitle in /home3/votekans/public_html/reform/f/modules/aggregator.module on line 1361.
  • warning: Undefined property: stdClass::$ftitle in /home3/votekans/public_html/reform/f/modules/aggregator.module on line 1361.
  • warning: Undefined property: stdClass::$ftitle in /home3/votekans/public_html/reform/f/modules/aggregator.module on line 1361.
  • warning: Undefined property: stdClass::$ftitle in /home3/votekans/public_html/reform/f/modules/aggregator.module on line 1361.
  • warning: Undefined property: stdClass::$ftitle in /home3/votekans/public_html/reform/f/modules/aggregator.module on line 1361.
  • warning: Undefined property: stdClass::$ftitle in /home3/votekans/public_html/reform/f/modules/aggregator.module on line 1361.
  • warning: Undefined property: stdClass::$ftitle in /home3/votekans/public_html/reform/f/modules/aggregator.module on line 1361.
  • warning: Undefined property: stdClass::$ftitle in /home3/votekans/public_html/reform/f/modules/aggregator.module on line 1361.
  • warning: Undefined property: stdClass::$ftitle in /home3/votekans/public_html/reform/f/modules/aggregator.module on line 1361.
  • warning: Undefined property: stdClass::$ftitle in /home3/votekans/public_html/reform/f/modules/aggregator.module on line 1361.
  • warning: Undefined property: stdClass::$ftitle in /home3/votekans/public_html/reform/f/modules/aggregator.module on line 1361.
  • warning: Undefined property: stdClass::$ftitle in /home3/votekans/public_html/reform/f/modules/aggregator.module on line 1361.
  • warning: Undefined property: stdClass::$ftitle in /home3/votekans/public_html/reform/f/modules/aggregator.module on line 1361.
  • warning: Undefined property: stdClass::$ftitle in /home3/votekans/public_html/reform/f/modules/aggregator.module on line 1361.
  • warning: Undefined property: stdClass::$ftitle in /home3/votekans/public_html/reform/f/modules/aggregator.module on line 1361.
  • warning: Undefined property: stdClass::$ftitle in /home3/votekans/public_html/reform/f/modules/aggregator.module on line 1361.
  • warning: Undefined property: stdClass::$ftitle in /home3/votekans/public_html/reform/f/modules/aggregator.module on line 1361.
  • warning: Undefined property: stdClass::$ftitle in /home3/votekans/public_html/reform/f/modules/aggregator.module on line 1361.
Syndicate content Reuters News
Reuters.com is your source for breaking news, business, financial and investing news, including personal finance and stocks. Reuters is the leading global provider of news, financial information and technology solutions to the world's media, financial institutions, businesses and individuals.
Updated: 12 years 25 weeks ago

Lebanon talks in Qatar progress, major hurdles remain

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:35
DOHA (Reuters) - Rival Lebanese leaders made progress towards ending their political crisis on Sunday but disagreements over Hezbollah's weapons remained a major hurdle to a Qatari-mediated deal.

Tokyo evacuates 16,000 to defuse wartime bomb

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:35
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo ordered about 16,000 residents to evacuate on Sunday while a bomb squad disposed of an unexploded bomb believed to have fallen during World War II in western Tokyo, Kyodo News said.

India to resume Pakistan peace talks

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:35
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - India's foreign minister travels to Pakistan this week for his first meeting with leaders of a new civilian government and to review a peace process that has been in the doldrums for more than a year.

U.N. chief going to Myanmar to try to speed aid

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:35
YANGON (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon will travel to Myanmar this week to try to speed up troubled cyclone relief, his spokeswoman said on Sunday, as signs mounted of a breakthrough in getting aid to survivors.

China mourns earthquake victims

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:35
BEICHUAN, China (Reuters) - China began three days of national mourning on Monday for more than 30,000 victims of an earthquake that struck a week ago.

Mexico transgender couple ties the knot, pushes law

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:35
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A couple who both changed their sex married on Saturday in Mexico's first transgender wedding, as the traditionally conservative country loses some of its inhibitions.

Venezuela protests Colombian troop "incursion"

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:35
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela accused 60 Colombian troops on Saturday of entering just inside its territory in what it said was a provocation by a warmongering government seeking to destabilize the region.

Election propels Dominican president to third term

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:35
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - President Leonel Fernandez swept to a third term in the Dominican Republic, propelled back into office by what many see as his success in pulling the Caribbean country out of a deep economic slump.

Sri Lankan troops capture rebel position, 16 killed

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:35
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan troops have killed 16 Tamil Tiger rebels and captured a rebel-held position in the island's north, officials said on Saturday.

Lawyers up pressure on Pakistan coalition over judges

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:35
LAHORE (Reuters) - Leaders of a Pakistani lawyers' movement served notice to the new coalition government it would hold a major protest on June 10 to champion the restoration of judges dismissed by President Pervez Musharraf last November.

Thousands flee on flooding fears after China quake

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:35
BEICHUAN, China (Reuters) - Thousands of Chinese fled their homes on Saturday amid fears a lake could burst its banks, hampering rescue efforts after the deadliest earthquake in more than three decades killed about 29,000 people.

Iraqi forces detain 1,000 in al Qaeda push

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:35
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi forces have detained more than 1,000 suspects in an offensive aimed at crushing al Qaeda in northern Iraq, the military commander of the operation said on Saturday.

Iran says mosque bombers planned oil pipeline attack

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:35
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's Intelligence Ministry said on Saturday U.S. agents had armed and trained those behind a deadly blast in a mosque last month and that pipelines in the country's oil-rich south were also among the planned targets.

Lebanese leaders tackle core issues at Qatar talks

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:35
DOHA (Reuters) - Rival leaders tackled divisive issues at the heart of Lebanon's political crisis on Saturday at Qatari-mediated talks aimed at pulling their country back from the brink of civil war.

Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai delays return over "plot"

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:35
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai postponed his return home on Saturday to contest an election run-off after his party said it had discovered an assassination plot against him.

Taliban release Pakistan envoy after fighters freed

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:35
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Taliban militants freed a kidnapped Pakistani ambassador on Saturday after the release of more than 40 Taliban fighters in recent days, a senior security official said.

Kuwaiti polls close, economy tops agenda

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:35
KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwaitis voted in a parliamentary election on Saturday that they hoped would bring in fresh faces able to bury political feuds and push through economic reforms.

NATO helicopter carrying Afghan governor hit

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:35
MUSA QALA, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Suspected Taliban insurgents fired at a NATO helicopter carrying a provincial governor in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, forcing it to make an emergency landing, a Reuters witness said.

Australia's "Fat Tony" flies home to 12 years jail

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:35
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Like an episode from the hit mafia TV series the Sopranos, Australian mobster "Fat Tony" has finally been extradited from Greece to serve his 12 year jail sentence for cocaine trafficking in Melbourne.

Election propels Dominican president to third term

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:35
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - President Leonel Fernandez swept to a third term in the Dominican Republic, propelled back into office by what many see as his success in pulling the Caribbean country out of a deep economic slump.