BANGKOK, Mar. 17, 2010 (Reuters) — Red-shirted protesters emptied bottles of their blood outside the home of Thailand's prime minister on Wednesday in a symbolic sacrifice after the government rejected calls for elections. ... > full story
JERUSALEM, Mar. 14, 2010 (Reuters) — Israeli forces arrested a senior Hamas figure on Sunday after a raid in the town of Ramallah, the seat of the West Bank-based Palestinian government, the Israeli military said. ... > full story
SAARISELKA, Finland, Mar. 14, 2010 (Reuters) — A U.N. resolution on new sanctions against Iran may not be ready until June and if a vote on it fails, European states could take unilateral measures instead, French and Finnish ministers said on Sunday. ... > full story
BEIJING, Mar. 14, 2010 (Reuters) — The United States is to blame for strains between Beijing and Washington and should take steps to repair ties, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Sunday, indicating the two powers have not overcome a recent rough patch. ... > full story
MUMBAI, Mar. 14, 2010 (Reuters) — Police in Mumbai said on Sunday they have arrested two men they say were preparing to attack several targets in the Indian financial hub, including the offices of energy firm Oil and Natural Gas Corp. ... > full story
DENVER, Mar. 13, 2010 (Reuters) — A Colorado woman who converted to Islam last year and was lured to Europe by online extremists was among seven people arrested in Ireland in connection with a suspected plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist, her parents said on Saturday. ... > full story
CARACAS, Mar. 13, 2010 (Reuters) — Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, who is criticized by media freedom groups, called on Saturday for regulation of the Internet and singled out a website that he said falsely reported the murder of one of his ministers. ... > full story
KABUL, Mar. 13, 2010 (Reuters) — Afghanistan rowed back on Saturday from a total ban on media broadcasts of "disturbing" images from insurgent attacks or live pictures of security operations. ... > full story
SAARISELKA, Finland, Mar. 13, 2010 (Reuters) — The foreign ministers of Turkey and Sweden condemned on Saturday a vote in the Swedish parliament that defined the early 20th-century killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide. ... > full story
CARACAS, Mar. 13, 2010 (Reuters) — Venezuela on Saturday tested six training and light attack jets bought from China for defense and anti-drugs flights in a deal that dodges an embargo banning sales of U.S. weapons parts to oil exporter Venezuela. ... > full story
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