International

By Megan Ortiz and Wishelle Banks SPARKS, Nevada | Tue Oct 22, 2013 (Reuters) - A student armed with a semi-automatic handgun killed a math teacher and critically wounded two classmates before killing…

The Republic of China (Taiwan) is actively participating in global efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and has encouraged its citizens as well as its international counterparts to contribute to…

By Jeff Mason and Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON | Sun Oct 20, 2013 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will declare the glitches in a new healthcare website "unacceptable" on Monday and outline ways for…

(Reuters) - France summoned the U.S. ambassador on Monday to protest allegations in Le Monde newspaper about large-scale spying on French citizens by the U.S. National Security Agency. The allegations…

By MANNY FERNANDEZ HOUSTON — Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas and the face of the angry right, has been criticized, lambasted and lampooned for putting the nation through a 16-day government…

By Naomi O'Leary ROME | Sat Oct 19, 2013 (Reuters) - Demonstrators clashed with Italian police on Saturday as tens of thousands marched through Rome to protest against unemployment, government cuts…

By Caren Bohan WASHINGTON | Thu Oct 17, 2013 (Reuters) - The debt and budget crisis that gripped Washington was the story of a Republican Party at war with itself. Rebellious conservatives, over the…

By Richard Cowan and David Lawder WASHINGTON | Thu Oct 17, 2013 (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress on Wednesday approved an 11th-hour deal to end a partial government shutdown and pull the world's biggest…

By Thomas Ferraro and David Lawder WASHINGTON | Wed Oct 16, 2013. (Reuters) - Senate leaders struck a bipartisan 11th-hour deal to break the fiscal impasse on Wednesday, and the Republican-led House…

By Richard Cowan and Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON | Tue Oct 15, 2013 (Reuters) - Efforts by lawmakers to stop a U.S. debt default were in disarray on Tuesday with just over a day before the government's…

By Richard Cowan and Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON | Tue Oct 15, 2013 (Reuters) - A month of combat in the U.S. Congress over government spending showed signs on Monday of giving way to a Senate deal to…

By David Lawder and Tim Reid WASHINGTON | Sun Oct 13, 2013 (Reuters) - Senate negotiations to bring a boiling fiscal crisis to an end showed signs of progress on Sunday, but there were no guarantees…

By Sruthi Gottipati and Jatindra Dash GANJAM/BHUBANESWAR, India | Sun Oct 13, 2013 (Reuters) - A mass evacuation saved thousands of people from India's fiercest cyclone in 14 years, but aid workers…

Written by Mary Isokariari 12/10/2013 THE UK Government is rebuffing attempts by several Caribbean countries to force it to pay reparations for slavery. The Foreign & Commonwealth Office told The…

By DAVID ESPO 10/10/13 WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON (AP) — Urgent efforts to prevent an economy-tanking national default rose and then retreated with astonishing swiftness on Thursday, as House…