Showing posts with label World News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World News. Show all posts

Defiant Assad summons Syrians for "war to defend nation"

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A defiant President Bashar al-Assad called on Sunday for national mobilization in a "war to defend the nation"...

Double suicide attack kills four in Afghan south

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers targeted a community meeting at a major border town in southern Afghanistan, killing ...

India army kills Pakistan soldier in Kashmir: Pakistan army

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani soldier was killed and another injured in a gunfight between Indian and Pakistani troops in Kashmir on Su...

Italy's center-left leads in three-way race ahead of February vote

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's center-left coalition, led by Pier Luigi Bersani, has a comfortable lead less than two months before the elect...

Egypt committed to IMF talks: new finance minister

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt is committed to completing negotiations with the International Monetary Fund to secure a $4.8 billion loan, its inc...

Gunmen kill 10 in remote northwest Nigeria: police

KADUNA, Nigeria, Jan 6 - Gunmen shot or hacked to death about 10 people during a raid on two neighboring villages in Nigeria's remote n...

Drone attack in Pakistan kills at least 10: intelligence sources

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike killed at least 10 people suspected to be Taliban fighters in Pakistan's nor...

Two Chinese women die from H1N1 flu in Beijing: state media

BEIJING (Reuters) - Two Chinese women have died from the H1N1 flu strain in Beijing in the past 10 days, Chinese state media said on Sunday...

Indian rape victim's father says he wants her named

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The father of an Indian student whose brutal rape provoked a global outcry said he wanted her name made public so she...

Tasmania fires rage on as police search burned homes

PERTH, Australia (Reuters) - Australian police and defense forces searched burned-out vehicles and homes in the towns worst hit by wildfire...

Egypt's Mursi to meet IMF aide on $4.8 billion loan request: newspaper

CAIRO (Reuters) - A senior official in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will meet Egyptian President and other top officials on Monday...

Chavez swearing-in can be delayed: Venezuelan VP

CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez's formal swearing-in for a new six-year term scheduled for January 10 can be postponed if he ...

Fugitive Saddam deputy lends support to Iraq Sunni protesters

ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - The most senior member of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's entourage still at large has encouraged Sunni ...

China chills hit 28-year low, trapping ships in ice

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Temperatures in China have plunged to their lowest in almost three decades, cold enough to freeze coastal waters and t...

Youth unemployment hurts me, says Spain's king as he turns 75

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's King Juan Carlos I said he was worried about high youth unemployment and urged Spaniards to stick together t...

EU says no date for Iran talks, hopes for next round soon

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union says no date has been fixed for further talks on Iran's nuclear program, while hoping they will...

Japan likely to increase defense spending due to isles row: media

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government is likely to increase defense spending for the first time in 11 years, Japanese media reported on ...

U.N. Security Council voices worry about Central African Republic rebels

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council voiced alarm on Friday at an advance by rebels in Central African Republic that has br...

"Nobody helped us for an hour": Indian rape witness

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Passers-by left a gang-raped Indian student lying unclothed and bleeding in the street for almost an hour, a male fri...

UAE refuses to free detained Egyptians: reports

DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has rejected a request by Egypt to free 11 of its citizens held on suspicion of training Islamis...
 

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