Protesters return to Tahrir Square in Cairo
2011-04-09 19:38:44
Two people were killed and dozen others wounded on Saturday when Egyptian military forces tried to disperse protesters in Tahrir Square in central Cairo, eyewitnesses said.
Anti-US cleric threatens to resume attacks
2011-04-09 17:21:22
Anti-US Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr threatened Saturday to resume activities of Mahdi Army militia against the American troops if they stay in the country after the end of 2011.
Political efforts intensify over Libya crisis
2011-04-09 17:10:38
International efforts are gaining momentum to seek a political solution to the ongoing crisis in violence-torn Libya.
China, Russia to seek more joint projects
2011-04-09 09:19:01
Russia and China are planning for more joint projects - including those in energy - over the next few decades, said the Russian ambassador to China.
US sanctions 5 senior Libyan govt officials
2011-04-09 08:16:59
The US tightened financial pressure on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Friday, adding five senior Libyan government officials and two entities controlled by Gaddafi's children to its sanctions blacklist.
EU cuts allowable radioactivity in Japanese food
2011-04-08 21:59:07
The European Union is lowering the maximum acceptable levels of certain radioactive elements in food and animal feed imported from some areas of Japan to conform with temporary levels imposed in that country.
Man held after shooting onboard UK submarine
2011-04-08 21:33:21
Police arrested a man after a shooting onboard the British nuclear-powered submarine HMS Astute which is believed to have injured two people, police said on Friday.
NATO confirms attacks on Libyan rebels' tanks
2011-04-08 19:34:23
A NATO military commander confirmed on Friday that the alliance's aircraft bombed a rebel tank column near the oil town of Brega on Thursday.
Nazarbayev sworn in as president of Kazakhstan
2011-04-08 17:26:26
Nursultan Nazarbayev on Friday was sworn in as Kazakh president for the fourth time, serving another five-year term in the Central Asia's largest country.
Blast kills religious leader in Indian Kashmir
2011-04-08 16:57:01
A blast outside a mosque in the India-controlled Kashmir on Friday killed a prominent Muslim religious leader, police said.
Picture of Jackson's body, affairs be off-limits
2011-04-08 16:56:18
Attorneys on behalf of Conrad Murray, who is charged with involuntary manslaughter in pop icon Michael Jackson's June 2009 death, have asked that autopsy photographs of the singer's body, as well as affairs and out-of-wedlock child of the physician, should be kept off from the jurors, said court papers released Thursday.
Snapshot: The World in 24 hours, April 7
2011-04-08 16:51:28
Collections of photos by Reuters showing the world events on April 7,2011.