International

By Barbara Liston SANFORD, Florida | Tue Jul 9, 2013 (Reuters) - A forensic expert backed George Zimmerman's account of his fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin on Tuesday, testifying in the neighborhood…

By Mike Collett-White CAIRO | Tue Jul 9, 2013 (Reuters) - Egypt's interim authorities, boosted by $8 billion in Gulf aid, start work on forming a cabinet on Wednesday, a week after the elected…

(Reuters) - A heavy rainstorm in Toronto caused power outages and transit chaos across Canada's largest city on Monday, with flooding shutting down parts of its subway and major roads. Toronto Hydro,…

By Sarah McBride and Hyunjoo Jin SAN FRANCISCO/SEOUL | Mon Jul 8, 2013 (Reuters) - The pilot of the crashed Asiana plane at San Francisco airport was still "in training" for the Boeing 777 when he…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An Asiana Airlines flight from Seoul, South Korea, crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, forcing passengers to jump down the emergency…

By Daniel Wallis and Deisy Buitrago CARACAS | Fri Jul 5, 2013 (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro offered asylum to former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden on Friday in defiance…

By Alastair Macdonald and Alexander Dziadosz CAIRO | Thu Jul 4, 2013 (Reuters) - Islamist supporters of Egypt's ousted president, Mohamed Mursi, will rally on Friday to express their outrage at his…

By Alastair Macdonald and Alexander Dziadosz CAIRO | Thu Jul 4, 2013 (Reuters) - Egypt will swear in an interim leader on Thursday after a tumultuous 24 hours during which the army ousted President…

By Yasmine Saleh and Alastair Macdonald CAIRO | Wed Jul 3, 2013 (Reuters) - Egypt's army commander and Islamist President Mohamed Mursi each pledged his life to defy the other as a deadline approached…

STRASBOURG, France | Tue Jul 2, 2013 7:59am EDT (Reuters) - The leader of France's far-right National Front lost her right to legal immunity as a European Parliament deputy on Tuesday, exposing her to…

By Shaimaa Fayed and Paul Taylor CAIRO | Tue Jul 2, 2013 (Reuters) - President Mohamed Mursi rebuffed an army ultimatum to force a resolution to Egypt's political crisis, saying on Tuesday that he had…

By Peter Griffiths LONDON | Mon Jul 1, 2013 (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron clashed with his coalition partners over the European Union on Monday after they accused him of endangering an…

(Reuters) - The German government said on Monday if media reports of large-scale U.S. spying on the European Union were confirmed, it would be unacceptable Cold War-style behavior between partners who…

By Jeff Mason PRETORIA | Sat Jun 29, 2013 12:25pm EDT (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday urged the House of Representatives to follow the lead of the Senate and pass a bill by August to…

US President Barack Obama has praised Nelson Mandela as "an inspiration to the world", during his visit to South Africa. He was speaking in the executive capital, Pretoria, after talks with President…