(Reuters) - Striker Eddie Johnson, whose goals helped the United States to qualify for the World Cup, was surprisingly left out of coach Juergen Klinsmann's 30-man provisional squad, announced on Monday. Johnson scored against Panama and Mexico in ...

VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran ended a three-hour meeting on Monday without announcing any new action to help allay concern about Tehran's atomic activities, leaving it unclear whether headway was achieved. Contrary to usual ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa deployed its armed forces overnight to quell post-election unrest in a Johannesburg slum and police arrested 59 people as the ANC government clamped down on disorder following its victory at the polls. While the ...

ABUJA/GENEVA May 9 (Reuters) - British experts arrived in Nigeria on Friday to advise the government on how to find and rescue 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist insurgents last month in an attack that, along with the authorities' slow response, has ...

ABUJA/GENEVA May 9 (Reuters) - British experts arrived in Nigeria on Friday to advise the government on how to find and rescue 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist insurgents last month in an attack that, along with the authorities' slow response, has ...

ABUJA/GENEVA May 9 (Reuters) - British experts arrived in Nigeria on Friday to advise the government on how to find and rescue 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist insurgents last month in an attack that, along with the authorities' slow response, has ...

ABUJA/GENEVA May 9 (Reuters) - British experts arrived in Nigeria on Friday to advise the government on how to find and rescue 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist insurgents last month in an attack that, along with the authorities' slow response, has ...

ABUJA/GENEVA May 9 (Reuters) - British experts arrived in Nigeria on Friday to advise the government on how to find and rescue 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist insurgents last month in an attack that, along with the authorities' slow response, has ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have detained an outspoken journalist and political activist accused of providing state secrets to foreign contacts, the official Xinhua News Agency said on Thursday, and state television aired images of her making a ...

LONDON (Reuters) - British actor Bob Hoskins, whose roles ranged from London gangsters to FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover and who starred opposite a cast of cartoon characters in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", has died after a bout of pneumonia, his publicist ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Long Island high school student who pulled off the enviable feat of being accepted by all eight Ivy League colleges will be taking his academic talents to Yale University, he announced on Wednesday. Kwasi Enin, 17, told a news ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Three people were killed and 79 wounded in a bomb and knife attack at a train station in the far western region of China on Wednesday, state media said, as President Xi Jinping was wrapping up a vist to the area. Xi promised "decisive ...

LONDON (Reuters) - British actor Bob Hoskins, whose roles ranged from London gangsters to FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover and who starred opposite a cast of cartoon characters in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", has died after a bout of pneumonia, his publicist ...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian envoys on Tuesday took advantage of a U.N. Security Council meeting on the Middle East to publicly blame each other for the latest breakdown in the fragile peace negotiations as the deadline for a deal ...

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finnish telecoms equipment maker Nokia (NOK1V.HE) has won several contracts in Europe which have not been announced yet and will be booked later this year, its incoming chief executive said on Tuesday. "Europe and Latin ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated on Sunday that his government would not take part in Middle East peace talks with a Palestinian government backed by Islamist group Hamas. In an interview with CNN, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russian aircraft have repeatedly breached Ukraine's airspace in the past 24 hours, a Pentagon spokesman said on Friday, and he called on Moscow to "take immediate steps to de-escalate the situation." "I can confirm that on ...

SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Armed pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slaviansk were holding a group of international observers on Friday, saying they had found a Ukrainian spy travelling with them. "They are with us in Slaviansk," ...

SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Armed pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slaviansk were holding a group of international observers on Friday, saying they had found a Ukrainian spy travelling with them. "They are with us in Slaviansk," ...

PITTSBURGH, April 24 (Reuters) - Previously unknown digital work made by pop artist Andy Warhol was resurrected from aging floppy disks by forensic computer experts from Carnegie Mellon University, the school announced on Thursday. A dozen newly ...