Photos show 3 dead men at bin Laden raid house

2011-05-05 07:57:56

Photographs acquired by Reuters and taken about an hour after the US assault on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan show three dead men lying in pools of blood, but no weapons.

Forces seek to weaken Libya govt

2011-05-05 07:54:15

International forces are seeking to weaken but not to kill Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi by bombarding his strategic sites.

Bin Laden thought going for a weapon

2011-05-05 07:45:59

US officials said that the Navy SEALs who stormed Osama bin Laden's compound shot and killed him after they saw him appear to lunge for a weapon.

Obama says he won't release bin Laden photos

2011-05-05 04:22:17

President Barack Obama said Wednesday he has decided not to release death photos of terrorist Osama bin Laden because their graphic nature could incite violence and create national security risks for the United States.

Palestinians rejoice at reconciliation deal

2011-05-04 21:25:42

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank rejoiced as leaders of rival Fatah and Hamas movement met in Cairo to sign the reconciliation agreement on Wednesday.

CIA: Gadhafi survived NATO hit on house

2011-05-04 18:47:10

The CIA director said he believes Moammar Gaddafi survived a NATO airstrike that reduced much of the Libyan leader's family compound to rubble.

'US not oppose reconciliation deal'

2011-05-04 18:46:16

The US has not notified the Palestinian leadership of any objection to a national agreement that rival Palestinian groups will sign Wednesday in Cairo, a Palestinian official said.

Hamas executes Gazan collaborating with Israel

2011-05-04 17:13:15

Hamas authorities executed a Palestinian convicted of collaboration with Israel in the Gaza Strip, the Hamas Interior Ministry said Wednesday.

Pakistan, US officials to visit Laden's compound

2011-05-04 16:52:22

Pakistan army chief General Ashfaque Pervez Kayani is scheduled to pay a visit on Wednesday to the compound of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad together with intelligence officials and high US officials

Cuba serves as 3rd largest Caribbean tourist destination

2011-05-04 14:17:02

Cuba has become the third largest tourist destination in the Caribbean, Cuban Tourism Minister Manuel Marrero said here Tuesday at the opening ceremony of the International Tourism Fair (FIT) Cuba 2011.

Yemen women rally in support of President Saleh

2011-05-04 14:07:52

Hundreds of Yemeni women rallied in southern provinces of Shabwa and Ibb in support of the constitutional legitimacy of President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Tuesday, state Saba news agency reported.

3 dead, 11 trapped in Mexican coal mine explosion

2011-05-04 13:44:07

Mexican officials who had hoped to call in Chilean experts to help rescue 14 miners trapped in a coal mine instead have had to break the tragic news to relatives that three bodies had already been found and there was little hope the 11 others had survived.