KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Friday he was heartened by "unprecedented support" he had received during a visit to the United States and denounced Russia for rejecting proposals to resolve the crisis over Crimea.

SEPANG: With no new details, the search for MH370 has now been pushed further east into South China Sea and into the Indian Ocean, said acting transport minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein. "The priority remains finding the plane," he told ...

BEIJING: China's civil aviation chief said on Thursday that there was no proof that floating objects in the South China Sea seen by satellite images were connected to a missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370. “Chinese satellites have found smoke and ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's parliament on Wednesday approved a contentious law that abolishes blanket military exemptions for ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary students, ending a tradition upheld since the state's foundation. Finalised after months of ...

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Rival gangs opened fire and lobbed grenades in a notoriously violent district of Pakistan's financial hub, Karachi, on Wednesday, killing 14 people, including eight women and three children, police said. Karachi, a city and port of more ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin watches a skiing event at the Paralympic Winter Games at Rosa Khutor near Sochi March 9, 2014. REUTERS/Alexei Nikolskiy. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin told German Chancellor Angela Merkel ...

Family support: Anwar, accompanied by his wife Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and daughters Nurul Nuha and Nurul Izzah, leaving the courtroom after the verdict. PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's hopes of becoming Selangor Mentri Besar ...

Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius sits in the dock on the third day of his trial for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, March 5, 2014. REUTERS/Alon Skuy/Pool. PRETORIA (Reuters) ...

BEIJING: China sent its strongest signal yet that its days of chasing breakneck economic growth were over, promising to wage a "war" on pollution and reduce the pace of investment to a decade-low as it pursues more sustainable expansion. In a State of the ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Ukraine's foreign minister said on Wednesday he wanted to press for a peaceful solution to the conflict with Russia. On arrival in Paris for international talks on the conflict, Andrii Deshchytsia said: "We want to say a few things to the Russians ...

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier holds a news conference after a European Union emergency foreign ministers meeting on the situation in Ukraine, in Brussels March 3, 2014. REUTERS/Yves Herman. GENEVA (Reuters) - Germany's ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama assured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday that Washington remains committed to preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons and also called on Israel and the Palestinians to ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Islamist insurgents have killed at least 31 people in attacks on a village in northeast Nigeria, a state lawmaker said on Monday, a day after 85 were killed in a wave of attacks by suspected militants nearby. Gunmen stormed ...

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron warned President Vladimir Putin on Sunday that Russia would pay significant costs unless the Kremlin changed course on Ukraine. Cameron said he had agreed with U.S. President Barack Obama ...

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at Organizing for Action's "National Organizing Summit" in Washington February 25, 2014. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts. (Reuters) - Days after his ally Viktor Yanukovich was ousted as Ukraine's leader, Russian ...

Manchester United's Wayne Rooney celebrates scoring a goal against Cardiff City during their English Premier League soccer match at Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, November 24, 2013. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden. LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester ...

SHOCKER: Facebook Inc has announced that it will purchase smartphone-messaging app company WhatsApp Inc for US$19bil in cash and stock. — AFP. Facebook has announced that it will acquire messaging service, WhatsApp for approximately US$19bil ...

The North Korean-flagged cargo ship Chong Chon Gang is pictured in Fort Sherman Bay, a former U.S. base, on the outskirts of Colon city February 12, 2014. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso. PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - A North Korean ship detained near the Panama ...

KUALA LUMPUR: UMW Toyota Motor has launched a campaign to rectify a software in the Prius 1.8 variant which were manufactured from 2009 to 2013 and sold in Malaysia. It said on Wednesday the campaign covered 6,160 units of the Prius 1.8 variant ...

BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - At least 50 people in Burundi have died due to torrential rains and landslides, officials in the central African country said on Monday, and they warned the death toll is likely to rise. The rains, which started on Sunday night and caused ...