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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

Trump asks U.S. Congress to prohibit late-term abortion

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump called for curbs on late-term abortion in his State of the Union address (More...)

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Ex-Nusra vows to fight on in Syria, denounces de-escalation deal

Smoke rises from an emergency service point after an airstrike at the rebel-held village of Maar Zita in Idlib province, Syria April 27, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah

BEIRUT (Reuters) – The former al Qaeda branch in Syria has pledged to keep fighting government forces and their Russian (More…)

Bangladesh warns Myanmar over border amid refugee crisis

A Rohingya refugee woman looks on in a newly built makeshift camp, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

By Ruma Paul

DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh has accused Myanmar of repeatedly violating its air space and warned that any (More…)

California lawmakers take anti-Trump stance as session ends

U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he arrives at Morristown municipal airport for a weekend at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster ahead of next week's United Nations General Assembly, New Jersey, U.S., September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

By Sharon Bernstein

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – California lawmakers voted to become a sanctuary state, tussled over hot-button environmental issues (More…)

Latin American nations seek Venezuela crisis mediation

President of Venezuela's National Constituent Assembly Delcy Rodriguez (3-L) talks to the media next to members of the Parlasur, the parliament of the Mercosur trade bloc, after their meeting in Caracas, Venezuela September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Marco Bello

By Jorge Pineda and Andrew Cawthorne

SANTO DOMINGO/CARACAS (Reuters) – Various Latin American nations will join an attempt to mediate (More…)

Philippines orders retraining, reassignment of 1,200 police after alleged abuses

Policemen from Caloocan Police District patrol a dimly lit alley at a residential district in Caloocan City Metro Manila Philippines, September 14, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine capital’s police chief ordered that the entire 1,200-member police force in one of Manila’s biggest (More…)

British police arrest man in hunt for London bombers

British police arrest man in hunt for London bombers

By Kate Holton

LONDON (Reuters) – British police arrested an 18-year-old man in the southern port of Dover on Saturday (More…)

North Korea says seeking military ‘equilibrium’ with U.S.

North Korea says seeking military 'equilibrium' with U.S.

By Christine Kim and Michelle Nichols

SEOUL/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – North Korea said on Saturday it aims to reach an (More…)

U.N. Security Council to meet after North Korea fires another missile over Japan

People watch a television broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing a missile that flew over Japan's northern Hokkaido far out into the Pacific Ocean, in Seoul, South Korea, September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

By Jack Kim and Kaori Kaneko

SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) – North Korea fired a missile over Japan and far out into the Pacific Ocean (More…)

Germany’s Merkel sees case for European fund to aid reform

PARIS (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel underlined her support for a European Monetary Fund in an interview with European (More…)

Olympics: Ovechkin concedes that his Pyeongchang dream is over

By Frank Pingue

(Reuters) – Alex Ovechkin has given up on his dream of playing for the Russian ice hockey (More…)