Ukraine ex-PM on hunger strike after "beating": lawyer
3:35
KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has gone on hunger strike in prison after guards dragged her off her bed and punched her in the stomach, her lawyer said on Tuesday.
Israel legalizes West Bank settler outposts
3:02
Israel legalized three unsanctioned West Bank settler outposts and was trying to save another on Tuesday, infuriating the Palestinians as the chief American Mideast envoy was in the region laboring to revive peace...
Venezuela's Chavez sends video postcard from Cuba
2:54
CARACAS (Reuters) - The Venezuelan government on Tuesday broadcast a video of President Hugo Chavez playing the European bowling game of bocce in Cuba in a new effort to quash rumors that he was dying of cancer whi
Mubarak's PM out of Egypt vote as field shrinks
2:48
By Shaimaa Fayed and Tom Perry CAIRO (Reuters) - Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister was thrown out of Egypt's presidential election on Tuesday because of ties to the former administration, a disqualificatio
Hollande hears 'anxiety' in French electorate
2:37
Francois Hollande reached out Tuesday to millions of supporters of a far-right candidate who have become pivotal in France's presidential race, insisting he hears their "anxiety" and "anger" over high joblessness amid...
Mali gunmen release kidnapped Swiss woman
2:23
TIMBUKTU, Mali (Reuters) - Islamist fighters in rebel-held northern Mali on Tuesday released a Swiss woman abducted this month in the desert town of Timbuktu, witnesses and the Swiss government said. Beatric
Israel legalizes three West Bank outposts
2:11
By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Tuesday it had granted legal status to three settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, a move that could shore up the governing coalition but which
Boredom, discontent set in among Kony hunters
2:07
An Internet campaign that's gone viral aims to capture notorious rebel leader Joseph Kony, but Ugandan foot soldiers who have spent years searching for the man are starting to ask a question their top commanders prefer...
Pope stakes out church's course entering 8th year
1:53
Pope Benedict XVI began his eighth year as pope on Tuesday after spending the waning days of his seventh driving home his view of the Catholic Church, with a divisive crackdown on dissenters and an equally divisive...
Canada suspends most sanctions against Myanmar
1:49
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will suspend most of its sanctions against Myanmar in recognition of recent democratic reforms in the isolated South Asian nation, Foreign Minister John Baird said on Tuesday. Since
Bavaria to support student edition of Mein Kampf
1:47
The German state of Bavaria said Tuesday that it is preparing for the expiration in 2015 of the copyright on Adolf Hitler's infamous memoir "Mein Kampf" by supporting the preparation of new editions with critical...
Russia's Medvedev vows to continue modernization
1:32
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev vowed Tuesday to keep combating corruption, pursing political reforms and modernizing the economy even as he shifts into the prime minister's job. Medvedev had agreed to step down...
Egyptians protest lawyer's arrest in Saudi
1:27
Hundreds of Egyptians protested outside the Saudi Embassy on Tuesday demanding the release of an Egyptian human rights lawyer detained in Saudi Arabia for allegedly insulting the kingdom's monarch. The incident...
Death of UK runner touches hearts, pocketbooks
1:16
The death of a runner in the London marathon has inspired a flood of donations to the charity she supported. Claire Squires, who ran to raise money for the Samaritans, which works to prevent suicide, collapsed Sunday...
UN slams Hungary for abuse of asylum seekers
1:11
They say they came to Hungary to escape brutality, war or the threat of being put to death in their home countries. Instead, they are serving untold months behind bars without ever being convicted of a crime. Migrants...
Israelis remember war dead on Memorial Day
1:04
Israelis stood to attention as sirens around the country sounded at the beginning of the annual Memorial Day for Israel's fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism. The day is one of the most somber dates on the Israeli...
Israeli opposition chief fears binational state
12:55
Israel's new parliamentary opposition leader said Tuesday that the Jewish state faces the danger of being replaced by a binational Jewish-Arab entity if it fails to separate itself from the Palestinians. Former...
FBI chief in Yemen, drone kills AQAP leader
12:34
SANAA (Reuters) - FBI director Robert Mueller visited Yemen on Tuesday, pledging to help quell an Islamist insurgency there, as security and government sources said a U.S. drone had killed a prominent al Qaeda lead
Balkan states raise $395 million for refugees
12:24
Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia and Montenegro raised Tuesday some (EURO)300 million ($395 million) at an international donors conference to help house 74,000 people who have been living as refugees for over two decades. The...
Detective: DNA suggests 3rd party in UK spy death
11:59
A senior British detective said Tuesday that specks of another person's DNA were found on the zipper and lock of a sports bag that contained the body of a U.K. codebreaker, casting doubt on theories the young spy...
Berlusconi paid Mafia for protection-top Italy court
11:59
ROME (Reuters) - Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi paid large sums of money to the Sicilian Mafia to protect himself and his family from kidnapping in the mid-1970s, Italy's highest appeals court said
Pakistan bombing kills at least two in eastern city Lahore
11:53
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb killed at least two people and injured at least 27 others when it exploded at the main railway station in the eastern city of Lahore in Pakistan's Punjab province on Tuesday, pol
Ukraine's jailed ex-PM goes on hunger strike
11:46
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko alleged on Tuesday that guards at the prison where she is being held severely beat her and said she has begun a hunger strike. Prosecutors denied the charge, saying that...
Bahraini police battle protesters backing prisoner
11:45
Witnesses say police in Bahrain have used tear gas and water cannon to disperse hundreds of protesters calling for the release of a jailed hunger striker. The protesters clashed with police Tuesday as they attempted to...
Rights group slams NATO, others for deaths at sea
11:37
A top European rights watchdog has blamed NATO, Libyan authorities and smugglers for the deaths at sea of 63 people fleeing the Libyan war in March 2011 _ a charge the military alliance is disputing. The Parliamentary...
Norway bomb blast diverted police, court hears
11:30
By Walter Gibbs OSLO (Reuters) - When a large car bomb exploded at Oslo's central government building last summer, killing eight and injuring more than 200, police first thought they were dealing with two bo
South Sudan says Sudan air strikes amount to war
11:25
By Yara Bayoumy and Michael Martina JUBA/BEIJING (Reuters) - South Sudan accused Sudan on Tuesday of mounting bombing raids on the newly independent country's oil-producing border region and President Salva
Mubarak's ex-premier barred from presidential race
10:54
By Shaimaa Fayed and Tom Perry CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's ruling military has approved a law banning Hosni Mubarak's top former officials from running for president, ruling out his last prime minister and pos
Pakistan's top court to deliver verdict in PM case
10:43
Pakistan's Supreme Court is expected to deliver a verdict later this week in a contempt case against the prime minister that could see him losing his job at a time when his U.S.-backed government is fighting terrorism...
Militants say Swiss woman freed in north Mali
10:30
A spokesman for a militant Islamic group in north Mali says a Swiss woman taken hostage just over a week ago has been freed. Senda Ould Boumama said Tuesday that the woman who had been working as a missionary in...
Senegalese religious leader arrested after 2 dead
10:29
Authorities say they have arrested a powerful religious leader in Senegal and 11 of his followers after two people were beaten to death. Cheikh Bethio Thioune's arrest late Monday comes amid criticism after he married...
Greek families forage abroad to stay afloat in crisis
10:24
By Li-mei Hoang and Renee Maltezou LONDON/ATHENS (Reuters) - The wistfulness in the voice of George Kapetanios is heart-warming and an increasingly familiar tone for Greek families at home and in cities all
Philippine court orders breakup of Aquino hacienda
10:15
The Philippine Supreme Court ruled Tuesday to break up the sugar estate owned by the president's relatives and distribute it to thousands of farmers following decades of unrest and unfinished land reform. The landmark...
US general in Tunisia warns of stability threats
10:06
The head of the U.S. Africa command has warned against the threats to stability in Africa from militant groups and proliferating weapons. The state news agency reported Tuesday that Gen. Carter Ham said these elements...
Dutch PM asks opposition for help on budget cuts
9:59
By Gilbert Kreijger and Thomas Escritt THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The Dutch prime minister said his country faced a crisis and asked parliament to push through budget cuts after his government lost the support of
9:56
Offical says FBI director Robert Mueller has held talks in Yemen on fighting al-Qaida. ...
UAE official pledges ship for disputed island
9:43
The ruler of one of the United Arab Emirates has promised he would order a ship that could travel to and from a disputed island claimed by his country but controlled by Iran. Tuesday's remark by Sharjah ruler Sheik...
More grief for Greece as recession seen deeper
9:31
By George Georgiopoulos ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's economy will contract a deeper than expected 5 percent this year, the country's central bank chief said on Tuesday, piling more pressure on to a citizenry
China's mums key to Nestle baby milk deal
9:30
By David Jones and Sabrina Mao LONDON/BEIJING (Reuters) - The rise of the middle-class Chinese working mother helps explain why Nestle paid nearly $12 billion for Pfizer's baby food business and could leave
US general in Tunisia warns of stability threats
9:21
The head of the U.S. Africa command has warned against the threats to stability in Africa from militant groups and proliferating weapons. The state news agency reported Tuesday that Gen. Carter Ham said these elements...
Amnesty: Europe must fight anti-Muslim prejudice
9:19
European laws on what girls and women wear on their heads are encouraging discrimination against Muslims and against a religion that has been part of Europe's fabric for centuries, Amnesty International says in a new...
Brazil inflation gains steam in mid-April
8:32
By Silvio Cascione SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Inflation in Brazil rose slightly more than expected in the month to mid-April, breaking with an easing trend that allowed the central bank to focus on stimulating gr
Jordanian authorities arrest online journalist
8:28
Jordanian prosecutors say authorities have detained a journalist for publishing online statements alleging misconduct by royal officials. The State Security court's chief prosecutor ordered the detention of Jamal...
Spain arrests people-smugglers targeting Iranians
8:21
Spanish police have arrested 22 people and broken up a ring that allegedly smuggled people from Iran to Britain, often via Spain's Canary Islands. Police also said Tuesday that the traffickers also used an overland...
Hague court may probe Mali rapes, killing
8:01
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court on Tuesday warned Mali it is considering investigating reports of killings, rapes and other war crimes it fears may have been committed since January when figh
Start of Mladic trial delayed by 2 days
7:59
Survivors of Bosnia's war who have waited 17 years to see former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic face justice will have to wait a little longer. The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal on Tuesday pushed back the...
South Sudan's leader says Sudan has declared war
7:40
The president of newly independent South Sudan, in Beijing lobbying for economic and diplomatic support, told China's president on Tuesday that attacks by rival Sudan amount to a declaration of war on his country. ...
China's Hu calls for Sudans to exercise restraint
7:40
By Michael Martina and Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao called for restraint from the two Sudans on Tuesday after South Sudan President Salva Kiir told Hu that his country's larg
More grief for Greece as recession seen deeper
7:39
By George Georgiopoulos ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's economy will contract a deeper than expected 5 percent this year, the country's central bank chief said on Tuesday, piling more pressure on to a citizenry
German terrorism convict granted early release
7:06
A lawyer for the wife of a convicted German terrorist says she has been released from prison after a court commuted her own jail sentence for supporting terror groups to probation. German news agency dapd reported that...