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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

Turkey will take its own security measures after Russia defense deal: Erdogan

ANKARA (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan dismissed on Wednesday Western concern over Turkey’s deal to procure an S-400 air defense (More…)

Israel endorses independent Kurdish state

By Jeffrey Heller

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel supports the establishment of a Kurdish state, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on (More…)

China beefs up cyber defenses with centralized threat database

BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Wednesday it will create a national data repository for information on cyber attacks and (More…)

North Korea defiant over U.N. sanctions as Trump says tougher steps needed

By Jack Kim and Roberta Rampton

SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea showed trademark defiance on Wednesday over new U.N. sanctions (More…)

Quake pitches past into present in scarred Mexico City district

By Julia Love

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The powerful earthquake that rocked Mexico City last week had terrifying echoes of (More…)

North Korea sanctions ‘nothing compared to what will have to happen’: Trump

By Roberta Rampton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the latest U.N. sanctions on North Korea (More…)

Caribbean residents fend off looters after Irma; Branson urges ‘Marshall Plan’

By Alvin Baez

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – Food shortages and looting on Caribbean islands hammered by Hurricane Irma (More…)

Myanmar faces mounting pressure over Rohingya refugee exodus

By Krishna N. Das

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Pressure mounted on Myanmar on Tuesday to end violence that has (More…)

Exclusive: Trump to weigh more aggressive U.S. strategy on Iran – sources

By Jonathan Landay, Arshad Mohammed and Steve Holland

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is weighing a strategy that could (More…)

Afghanistan will never again be militant sanctuary: U.S. ambassador

By Josh Smith

KABUL (Reuters) – The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan said on Monday Washington would never allow militants to (More…)