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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

Despite EU caution, France pursues tough line on Iran missile program

By John Irish

PARIS (Reuters) – France said on Wednesday it wanted an “uncompromising” dialogue with Iran about its ballistic (More…)

Flash floods kill at least 10 in downpour near Athens

By Vassilis Triandafyllou and Alkis Konstantinidis

MANDRA, Greece (Reuters) – At least 10 people died in flash floods in Greece (More…)

Zimbabwe’s army seizes power, targets ‘criminals’ around Mugabe

By MacDonald Dzirutwe

HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s military seized power early on Wednesday saying it was targeting “criminals” around President (More…)

North Korea defector ‘stabilized’ after second surgery: South Korean surgeon

By Christine Kim and Joyce Lee

SEOUL (Reuters) – A North Korean soldier who suffered critical gunshot wounds during a (More…)

Collapsed state housing in Iranian quake shows corruption: Rouhani

BEIRUT (Reuters) – The ease with which some state-built homes collapsed in Sunday’s earthquake in western Iran showed corrupt practices (More…)

South China Sea code of conduct talks to be ‘stabilizer’ for region: China premier

MANILA (Reuters) – China’s agreement to begin discussions with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on the fine print (More…)

Venezuela offers chocolates but little else to creditors

By Deisy Buitrago and Brian Ellsworth

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s socialist government gifted chocolates to creditors on Monday, but offered (More…)

U.S. to fight Islamic State in Syria ‘as long as they want to fight’: Mattis

By Phil Stewart

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military will fight Islamic State in Syria “as long as they want (More…)

Tillerson to press Myanmar army chief to halt violence so Rohingya can return

By Simon Cameron-Moore and Yimou Lee

YANGON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will stress the need to (More…)

Russia, China, others boycott U.S. meeting at U.N. on Venezuela

By Michelle Nichols

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Russia, China, Egypt and Bolivia boycotted an informal public United Nations Security Council (More…)