KUALA LUMPUR, (Reuters) – Gunmen have killed five policemen in Malaysia’s Sabah state where members of an armed faction from the Philippines are staking an ancient claim to the remote corner of Borneo island and have been facing off with security forces.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Just hours after across-the-board spending cuts officially took effect, President Barack Obama pressed Congress yesterday to work with him on a compromise to halt a fiscal crisis he said was starting to “inflict pain” on communities across the United States.
N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Chadian soldiers in Mali have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the al Qaeda commander behind a bloody mass hostage-taking at an Algerian gas plant in January, Chad’s military said yesterday.
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s ailing President Hugo Chavez has been undergoing “tougher” new treatment for cancer including chemotherapy at the military hospital where he has been for the last two weeks, his vice-president said.
SEFFNER, Fla – Florida rescue personnel yesterday searched for a Florida man who disappeared into a sinkhole that swallowed his whole bedroom while he was asleep in his suburban Tampa home.
BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) – At least three people protesting against plans for a $12 billion steel project by South Korea’s POSCO in southeastern India were killed by crude bombs yesterday, police said.
N’DJAMENA, (Reuters) – Chadian soldiers in Mali have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the al Qaeda commander behind a bloody mass hostage-taking at an Algerian gas plant in January, Chad’s military said today.
SEFFNER, Fla., (Reuters) – Florida rescue personnel today searched for a Florida man who disappeared into a sinkhole that swallowed his whole bedroom while he was asleep in his suburban Tampa home.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama formally ordered broad cuts in U.S.
PRETORIA, (Reuters) – South Africa suspended eight police officers yesterday after the death of a man they had bound to a vehicle and dragged through a busy street in a videotaped incident that has further blackened the reputation of the police.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama formally ordered broad cuts in U.S.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil advanced today toward its target of joining the small club of nations that have nuclear-powered submarines with the opening of a naval shipyard installation that will build French-designed submarines.
JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israel’s prime minister accused his Turkish counterpart on Thursday of making a “dark and false” statement by calling Zionism a crime against humanity – a comment likely to hit efforts to repair ties between the two former allies.
VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – With Pope Benedict XVI now officially in retirement, Catholic cardinals from around the world begin today the complex, cryptic and uncertain process of picking the next leader of the world’s largest church.
FORT MEADE, Md., (Reuters) – The U.S. Army private accused of providing secret documents to the WikiLeaks website pleaded guilty yesterday to misusing classified material he felt “should become public,” but denied the top charge of aiding the enemy.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Barely a minute into a U.S. Supreme Court hearing, liberal justices began a strategic barrage of questions that came down to this: Why should a time-honored plank of the 1965 Voting Rights Act be invalidated in a case from Alabama with its history of racial discrimination?
VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – With Pope Benedict XVI now officially in retirement, Catholic cardinals from around the world begin on Friday the complex, cryptic and uncertain process of picking the next leader of the world’s largest church.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier appeared in court today for the first time to face charges he was responsible for corruption and serious human rights violations during his 15-year rule.
ROME, (Reuters) – The United States will send non-lethal aid directly to Syrian rebels for the first time, Secretary of State John Kerry said today, disappointing opponents of President Bashar al-Assad who are clamouring for Western weapons.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Decorated Vietnam veteran Chuck Hagel was sworn in as U.S.
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