More

• UPDATE 4-Oil prices rise above $106, focus turns to Middle East Friday, 14 Jun 2013 | 10:09 AM ET

  LONDON, June 14- Brent oil futures rebounded above $106 a barrel on concern over the war in Syria and expectations U.S. monetary stimulus would continue after a report showed underlying inflationary pressures were muted.

• UPDATE 3-Oil prices rise above $105, focus turns to Middle East Friday, 14 Jun 2013 | 6:50 AM ET

  LONDON, June 14- Brent oil futures rebounded above $105 a barrel on concern over the war in Syria and continuing weakness for the dollar. Though Syria is not key to global oil supply, investors are worried that escalation in the civil war could drag in other countries and plunge the whole oil-producing region into conflict.

• NYMEX-Oil eases towards $96.50 after hitting 3-week high Thursday, 13 Jun 2013 | 8:34 PM ET

  TOKYO, June 14- U.S. oil prices slipped on Friday after two sessions of gains, recoiling from a three-week high hit a day earlier, on caution over demand and with stockpiles remaining high. *NYMEX crude futures for July delivery were down 6 cents at $96.63 a barrel by 0001 GMT.

• Iran oilfields could spring back from Western sanctions Thursday, 13 Jun 2013 | 8:54 AM ET

  Once ranked No. 2 in OPEC behind Saudi Arabia, Iran's production has plunged by 1 million barrels per day to 2.6 million bpd as harsh measures imposed early last year by the United States and Europe make it ever harder for Tehran to sell crude and fund its vital oil sector.

• Khamenei wants no one to jolt his power in Iran vote Monday, 10 Jun 2013 | 5:41 AM ET

  *Hardline leader sees Iran beset by foreign conspiracies. DUBAI, June 10- Five days from Iran's presidential election, these are nervy times for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who as only the second Supreme Leader in the Islamic Republic's 34- year history answers to God and not voters.

• Reuters World News Highlights at 1020 GMT, May 22 Wednesday, 22 May 2013 | 6:19 AM ET

  SEOUL/ BEIJING- North Korea sent one of its top military officials as a "special envoy" from its leader Kim Jong- un to Beijing on Wednesday, accompanied by a high-powered delegation in what appeared to be a bid to mend frayed relations with its most important ally.

• Sanctions help to stoke Iran property boom but bubble feared Wednesday, 8 May 2013 | 10:05 AM ET

  *Tehran skyline transformed by construction boom. May 8- The Iranian property developer leant back in his chair, drew hard on a shisha pipe and looked down at photographs of a Tehran apartment block on his tablet computer.

• ANALYSIS-Khamenei mobilises loyalists to swing Iran's election Tuesday, 19 Mar 2013 | 8:42 AM ET

  *Close advisers to Iran's leader contest sensitive election. DUBAI, March 19- Iran's supreme leader may have helped Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to win two presidential elections, but he is now bent on stopping his turbulent protege from levering his own man into the job.

• Iran's March crude exports to fall to lowest since sanctions kicked in-sources Monday, 11 Mar 2013 | 4:59 PM ET

  *India, South Korea to cut Iran imports by 60 pct. TOKYO/ SINGAPORE, March 12- Iran's crude oil exports in March may plunge by a quarter from a month earlier to the lowest since tight Western sanctions came into effect in 2012, industry sources said, squeezing income for Tehran as sanctions cast doubt over its future revenues.

• UPDATE 2-Pakistan starts work on Iranian gas line opposed by U.S. Monday, 11 Mar 2013 | 3:00 PM ET

  DUBAI, March 11- The presidents of Iran and Pakistan marked the start of Pakistani construction on a much-delayed gas pipeline on Monday, Iranian media reported, despite U.S. pressure on Islamabad to back out of the project.

• ANALYSIS-After Chavez, Latin America's ideological battle may ease Monday, 11 Mar 2013 | 2:37 PM ET

  CARACAS, March 11- Hugo Chavez's exit from the world stage may take the sting out of an ideological battle that has enveloped Latin America since a new batch of leftists started taking power about 15 years ago to challenge U.S. "

• Reuters World News Highlights at 0610 GMT, Mar 11 Monday, 11 Mar 2013 | 2:10 AM ET

  BEIJING- China unveiled a government restructuring plan on Sunday, cutting cabinet-level entities by two and dissolving its powerful Railways Ministry, as the country's new leaders look to boost efficiency and combat corruption.

• UPDATE 6-As Venezuelans mourn Chavez, election set for mid-April Saturday, 9 Mar 2013 | 5:26 PM ET

  *Electoral commission says election on April 14. CARACAS, March 9- Venezuela will hold a presidential election on April 14, officials said on Saturday, as acting President Nicolas Maduro tries to benefit from an emotional outpouring for his late mentor, Hugo Chavez, and win his own term in office.

• UPDATE 4-As Venezuelans mourn Chavez, election to be held in April Saturday, 9 Mar 2013 | 4:42 PM ET

  CARACAS, March 9- Venezuela will hold a presidential election on April 14, officials said on Saturday, as acting President Nicolas Maduro tries to benefit from an emotional outpouring for his late mentor, Hugo Chavez, and win his own term in office. It's been 14 years, "said Yesenia Herrera, 33, a cook at a Chinese restaurant in an affluent quarter of Caracas.

• UPDATE 3-As Venezuelans mourn Chavez, election expected in April Saturday, 9 Mar 2013 | 11:07 AM ET

  CARACAS, March 9- Venezuela will likely hold a presidential election in mid-April, sources said on Saturday, as acting President Nicolas Maduro tries to benefit from an emotional outpouring for his late mentor, Hugo Chavez, and step into his shoes.

• UPDATE 1-Chavez protege Maduro seeks snap election as Venezuela mourns Saturday, 9 Mar 2013 | 9:50 AM ET

  *Electoral commission expected to set vote date Report says it could be as late as April 14. CARACAS, March 9- Venezuelans of all stripes called on Saturday for a quick presidential election as acting President Nicolas Maduro tries to benefit from an emotional outpouring for his late mentor, Hugo Chavez, and step into his shoes.

• Chavez protege Maduro seeks snap election as Venezuela mourns Saturday, 9 Mar 2013 | 2:00 AM ET

  CARACAS, March 9- Venezuela's new acting President Nicolas Maduro is pushing for a quick election, hoping to benefit from an emotional outpouring at the death of his charismatic mentor, Hugo Chavez, and step into his shoes. He was sworn in as acting president in Congress on Friday and handed the red, yellow and blue presidential sash. "

• UPDATE 6-Global leaders, celebrities honor Chavez at funeral Friday, 8 Mar 2013 | 2:22 PM ET

  *Presidents from Cuba to Iran pay homage. CARACAS, March 8- Mourners from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to U.S. Oscar-winner Sean Penn paid an emotional farewell to Hugo Chavez at Friday's funeral for the charismatic but divisive Venezuelan leader who changed the face of politics in South America.

• UPDATE 4-Leaders from Cuba to Iran honor Chavez at funeral Friday, 8 Mar 2013 | 1:22 PM ET

  * "He was invincible," Raul Castro says. CARACAS, March 8- Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad amd Cuba's Raul Castro joined about 30 other heads of state at Friday's funeral for Hugo Chavez in an emotional farewell to the charismatic but divisive Venezuelan leader who changed the face of politics in South America.

• REFILE-UPDATE 1-Leaders from Cuba to Iran attending Chavez's funeral Friday, 8 Mar 2013 | 10:20 AM ET

  * "He was invincible," Raul Castro says. CARACAS, March 8- From Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Cuba's Raul Castro, about 30 heads of state joined Friday's funeral of Hugo Chavez in a last goodbye to the charismatic but divisive Venezuelan leader who changed the face of politics in South America.