ISTANBUL – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday that the United States would double its non-lethal aid to opposition forces in Syria to $250 million and that foreign backers had agreed to channel all future assistance through […]
YA’AN, China – China’s worst earthquake in three years on Saturday killed at least 157 people and injured more than 5,700, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said.
The magnitude 6.6 quake hit a remote mountainous area of southwestern China’s Sichuan province […]
ISLAMABAD — Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf criticized allegations against him as “politically motivated” Friday, following his arrest in a case involving his decision to fire senior judges while in power.
Musharraf was arrested a day after he made a […]
ISLAMABAD – Former President Pervez Musharraf fled a courtroom on Thursday after judges ordered his arrest to answer allegations he committed treason in 2007, an ignominious retreat for a man who once dominated Pakistan and had hoped to revive his […]
By Andrew Osborn (Reuters)| Tue Apr 16, 2013 3:08pm EDT
LONDON – A coffin bearing the body of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was placed in a chapel in Britain’s parliament before her funeral on Wednesday as a debate about […]
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(Reuters) Tue Apr 16, 2013 3:52pm EDT By Scott Malone and Svea Herbst-Bayliss
BOSTON – A pressure cooker stuffed with gunpowder and shrapnel caused at least one […]
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has ordered flags at the White House and all government buildings to be flown at half-staff in honor of the Boston Marathon explosion victims.
Obama signed a proclamation making the order Tuesday morning, […]
By NASSER KARIMI 04/16/13 09:27 AM ET EDT AP
TEHRAN, Iran — A major earthquake described as the strongest to hit Iran in more than half a century flattened homes and offices Tuesday on both sides of the Iran-Pakistan border, […]
Agence France Presse | By Posted: 04/14/2013 3:16 pm EDT
Jordanian police said on Sunday they found the burned body of a pregnant woman whose throat had been slit and belly cut open showing her four-month-old foetus, […]
By Arshad Mohammed and Ben Blanchard
BEIJING | Sat Apr 13, 2013 11:37am EDT
(Reuters) – The United States and China agreed on Saturday to make a joint effort to push for the peaceful denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, following weeks of […]
By Arshad Mohammed and Jack Kim (Reuters) | Fri Apr 12, 2013 9:24am EDT
SEOUL – Secretary of State John Kerry warned North Korea on Friday it would be a “huge mistake” to launch a medium-range missile and said the United […]
U.S. Secretary of State is in South Korea. He will also visit Japan and China on this trip.
By Natalie Huet and Arshad Mohammed (Reuters) | Wed Apr 10, 2013 8:16am EDT
LONDON – Britain will call for more help for the Syrian opposition in its civil war against President Bashar al-Assad when G8 foreign ministers meet on […]
By KIM GAMEL 04/09/13 09:26 AM ET EDT
KABUL, Afghanistan — A NATO helicopter crashed in a field in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing two American service members.
The U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force said the cause of the crash is […]
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died Monday morning after suffering a stroke, her spokesman said.
Thatcher, 87, a conservative was the longest-serving prime minister in the 20th century. She led Britain from 1979 to 1990.
By Ju-min Park and Ben Blanchard (Reuters) | Mon Apr 8, 2013 1:48am EDT
SEOUL/BEIJING – Movement around an atomic test site in North Korea indicates the reclusive state may stage another nuclear test, a South Korean minister said on Monday, […]
CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA – Associated Press – Saturday, April 6, 2013
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former President Nelson Mandela was discharged from a hospital on Saturday after an improvement in his health following treatment for pneumonia, the South African presidency said.
The statement […]
By JIM HEINTZ and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV 04/05/13 09:39 PM ET EDT –
MOSCOW — North Korea has warned diplomats in Pyongyang that it can’t guarantee the safety of embassies in the event of a conflict and suggested they may […]
By Ronald Popeski and Choonsik Yoo (Reuters) | Fri Apr 5, 2013 6:42am EDT
SEOUL – North Korea has placed two of its intermediate range missiles on mobile launchers and hidden them on the east coast of the country in a […]
By Noah Browning (Reuters) | Thu Apr 4, 2013 12:52pm EDT
ANABTA, West Bank – Thousands of mourners turned out on Thursday for the funerals of three Palestinians, including two teenagers killed by Israeli army gunfire in some of the worst […]
WASHINGTON – The United States said on Wednesday it will soon send a missile defense system to Guam to defend it from North Korea, as the U.S. military adjusts to what U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel described as a […]
Apr. 2 – South African anti-apartheid hero, Nelson Mandela, spends a sixth day in hospital for a recurrence of pneumonia. Jessica Gray reports
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SEOUL – South Korea’s new president vowed on Monday to strike back quickly if North Korea stages any attack, but the United States said it has seen no worrisome mobilization of armed forces by the North Koreans despite their bellicose […]
WASHINGTON – The United States sent F-22 stealth fighter jets to South Korea on Sunday to join military drills aimed at underscoring the U.S. commitment to defend Seoul in the face of an intensifying campaign of threats from North Korea.
The […]
By SAM KIM 03/30/13 09:43 AM ET EDT –
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea warned Seoul on Saturday that the Korean Peninsula had entered “a state of war” and threatened to shut down a border factory complex that’s the […]
Residents living on an island near the maritime border with North Korea are anxious over the latest rhetoric. Julie Noce reports.
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned Friday that his rocket forces were ready “to settle accounts with the U.S.,” unleashing a new round of bellicose rhetoric after U.S. nuclear-capable B-2 bombers dropped dummy munitions in […]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says that any military activity near North Korea has potential to destabilise the region. Sarah Sheffer reports.
By David Chance and Phil Stewart Thu Mar 28, 2013 7:18pm EDT
SEOUL/WASHINGTON – North Korea put its rocket units on standby on Friday to attack U.S. military bases in South Korea and the Pacific, after the United States flew […]
SEOUL, South Korea — The U.S military says two nuclear-capable B-2 bombers have completed a training mission in South Korea amid threats from North Korea that include nuclear strikes on Washington and Seoul.
The statement Thursday by U.S. Forces Korea is […]
Hundreds of Jewish faithful gather at the sacred Western Wall in Jerusalem for prayers marking the holiday of Passover. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Nelson Mandela suffered a recurrence of his lung infection and was taken to a hospital late Wednesday.
In a statement, the current South African President Jacob Zuma said, “We appeal to the people of South Africa and the world to pray […]
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with officials in France for talks about aid to the Syrian opposition and the situation in Mali. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
LONDON – Britain opens a judicial inquiry into the death of Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky on Thursday to establish how he died in the locked bathroom of his vast mansion near London.
Berezovsky, who survived years of intrigue, power struggles and […]
Taliban suicide bombers killed at least five policemen in eastern Afghanistan in a three-hour attack that coincided with a visit to the country by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. Sarah Toms reports
March 25 – Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades says an EU deal was the best possible the country could achieve and saved it from bankruptcy. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
With a new Bank of Japan governor likely to launch another easing push, expect more angry rhetoric from Asian exporters reluctant to see their currencies strengthen. Tara Joseph reports.
AMMAN, March 25 (Reuters) – Syrian opposition campaigners said on Monday Syrian forces fired what they said were chemical weapons from multiple rocket launchers at rebels surrounding an army base in the town of Adra on the outskirts of Damascus, […]
By HAMZA HENDAWI 03/24/13 02:13 PM ET EDT AP
CAIRO — Egypt’s president delivered a stern warning to his opponents on Sunday, saying he may be close to taking unspecified measures to “protect this nation” two days after supporters of his […]
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