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Former US congressman Anthony Weiner, who was forced to resign two years ago over a series of racy tweets, has said he is running for New York City mayor. More »

By Cris Chinaka HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe signed a new constitution into law on Wednesday, replacing a 33-year-old document forged in the More »

Rodney Heltcel planned to see out his days at his house in Moore. He and his wife Dana would have paid off the mortgage in four years. More »

PARIS (Reuters) - France will invest about 20 million euros to increase security for diplomats and embassies in the Middle East and Africa after its mission in More »

By Yeganeh Torbati and Marcus George DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's clerical rulers may have sought to remove any challenge to their grip by barring two vivid contenders More »

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A member of the band Pussy Riot who was jailed over a protest against President Vladimir Putin in a Russian cathedral said on Wednesday she was More »

By Tom Perry and Yousri Mohamed CAIRO/ISMAILIA (Reuters) - Seven members of the Egyptian security forces kidnapped by Islamist militants in Sinai last week were More »

By Chine Labbé PARIS (Reuters) - IMF chief Christine Lagarde will be questioned by a French magistrate on Thursday over her role in a 285-million-euro (242 million More »

Teachers have been credited with saving the lives of their pupils during the devastating tornado in Oklahoma which killed 24 people and left over 230 others hurt. More »

By Ian Simpson and Alice Mannette MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) - Rescue workers with sniffer dogs and searchlights picked through the wreckage of a massive tornado to More »

ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Wednesday urged Catholics in China to remain loyal to the Vatican, whose authority is challenged by China's Communist rulers. More »

A jailed member of the Pussy Riot radical rock group on Wednesday announced she was going on hunger strike in protest over the authorities' failure to allow her to More »

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov ordered a dozen local reporters to be barred from covering government meetings after they staged a silent More »

The father of the first of the schoolchildren who lost their lives in the Oklahoma tornado to be named has said he was just too late to save her. More »

Fiat Industrial has confirmed it is planning to move its tax base to the UK from Italy to save it money. More »

Concert giant AEG did not conduct any background checks or supervise the doctor who was later convicted of killing Michael Jackson, a corporate attorney has More »

AMMAN (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Wednesday Iran and its militant Shi'ite Lebanese ally Hezbollah were "propping up" Syrian More »

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday he will ask supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to reverse what he branded the unjust disqualification of a More »

Backers of the Syrian uprising were to meet in Amman with the opposition Wednesday to discuss a US-Russian proposal for peace talks, as the two-year conflict More »

By Ross Colvin NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Wednesday he had given a "wish list" of military equipment to India during a visit this More »

A top North Korean general and confidant of leader Kim Jong-Un met a senior Chinese official in Beijing Wednesday, with relations between the allies strained ahead More »

Kidnappers on Wednesday freed Egyptian police and soldiers seized in Sinai, as President Mohamed Morsi vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice and appealed to More »

As rescue efforts in Oklahoma wound down on Wednesday, residents turned to the daunting task of rebuilding a US heartland community shattered by a vast tornado that More »

By Johan Sennero and Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Hundreds of youths have set fire to cars and attacked police and rescue services in poor immigrant suburbs More »

The death of the eight-month-old son of a faith-healing couple has been ruled a homicide by a medical examiner. More »

LILONGWE (Reuters) - Malawi's luxury presidential jet, bought by late leader Bingu wa Mutharika, has been sold for $15 million to raise cash for the impoverished More »

Iran's President has said he will raise the decision to ban a close aide from standing in forthcoming elections with the country's Supreme Leader. More »

By Orhan Coskun ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey is looking to sign commercial contracts this year with Russian and U.S. companies operating in northern Iraq for joint oil More »