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U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 5, 2019. REUTERS/Jim Young

Wildfires kill at least 74 near Athens, families embrace as flames close in

By Vassilis Triandafyllou and Alkis Konstantinidis

MATI, Greece (Reuters) – Wildfires sweeping through a Greek resort town killed at least (More…)

Hundreds missing after Laos dam under construction collapses: media

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Hundreds of people are missing and several are feared dead after a hydropower (More…)

Toronto police seek motive after gunman kills two, injures 13

By Anna Mehler Paperny and Danya Hajjaji

TORONTO (Reuters) – Toronto police on Monday sought a motive after two young (More…)

Britain would not block death penalty for IS suspects: Daily Telegraph

By Michael Holden

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s interior minister has indicated London would not object to Washington seeking the death (More…)

Boulder falls from Jerusalem’s Western Wall, barely missing worshipper

By Jeffrey Heller

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An elderly worshipper had a close call on Monday when a 100-kg (220 lb) (More…)

Alphabet to deploy balloon Internet in Kenya with Telkom in 2019

By Duncan Miriri

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Loon said on Thursday it would deploy its system of balloons to (More…)

Trump tells Iran ‘never, ever threaten’ U.S. or suffer consequences

By Warren Strobel and Parisa Hafezi

WASHINGTON/ANKARA (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump told Iran it risked dire consequences “the (More…)

Police name murder suspect in Los Angeles store hostage standoff

(Reuters) – Los Angeles police named a 28-year-old man on Sunday as the suspect who took hostages and barricaded himself (More…)

Gunman dead after shooting 14, killing one, in Toronto: Canadian police

TORONTO (Reuters) – Fourteen people, including a young girl, were shot near downtown Toronto, police in Canada’s biggest city said (More…)

Suspect confessed to killing Olympic medalist Ten: report

Two suspects have been detained and one has confessed in the stabbing death of Denis Ten, a 25-year-old Olympic bronze (More…)