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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

Israel admits bombing suspected Syrian nuclear reactor in 2007, warns Iran

By stephen farrell

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel for the first time admitted that it bombed a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor (More…)

Iran denies Saudi allegations of harboring bin Laden’s son

LONDON (Reuters) – Tehran denied on Tuesday allegations made by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that Iran was harboring (More…)

United Airlines pauses cargo-hold pet transport after missteps

By Alana Wise

NEW YORK (Reuters) – United Airlines is halting the shipment of pets in airplane cargo holds while (More…)

Three buses leave Russian embassy in London as expelled diplomats head to Moscow

ONDON (Reuters) – Three buses with diplomatic number plates left the Russian embassy in London on Tuesday as 23 diplomats (More…)

Soviet-era scientist says he helped create poison in UK spy attack row

By Andrew Osborn

MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Cold War-era scientist acknowledged on Tuesday he had helped create the nerve agent (More…)

Xi warns Taiwan will face ‘punishment of history’ for separatism

By Philip Wen and Ben Blanchard

BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping told self-ruled Taiwan on Tuesday that it (More…)

Serial bomber suspected in deadly Austin explosions: police

By Jon Herskovitz

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A serial bomber is suspected of planting four bombs detonated this month around (More…)

Saudi women should have choice whether to wear abaya robe: crown prince

RIYADH (Reuters) – Women in Saudi Arabia need not wear headcover or the black abaya – the loose-fitting, full-length robes (More…)

Norway’s Christian Democrats meet to decide government’s fate

By Joachim Dagenborg and Terje Solsvik

OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s Christian Democrats, holding the balance of power in parliament, were (More…)

Turkey says its forces won’t stay in Syria’s Afrin region

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish forces will withdraw from the Syrian border region of Afrin, leaving it to its “real owners”, (More…)