Qatar says no sign Arab states willing to negotiate over boycott
DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that his country was willing to negotiate an end to a (More…)
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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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Sore at Macron’s ‘dictatorship’ criticism, Venezuela blasts France
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela accused France on Wednesday of joining an “imperialist” campaign after President Emmanuel Macron portrayed the widely (More…)
Trump says ‘talking not the answer’ on North Korea, Mattis disagrees
By Idrees Ali and Soyoung Kim
WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Wednesday said “talking is not the answer” (More…)
North Korea launch increases focus on risky U.S. shootdown option
By Matt Spetalnick and David Brunnstrom
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea’s firing of a ballistic missile over Japan could increase (More…)
After 100 days, Philippine army says ‘last stand’ near for Marawi fighters
By Neil Jerome Morales
MANILA (Reuters) – One hundred days after militants loyal to Islamic State took over parts of (More…)
U.N. cites systematic use of excessive force in Venezuela crackdown on dissent
By Stephanie Nebehay
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations on Wednesday said Venezuela’s security forces had committed extensive and apparently (More…)
Lebanon finds soldiers’ bodies after retaking Islamic State-held area
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon has identified the bodies of six of its soldiers found along the Syrian border in an (More…)
Exclusive: Japan seeks new U.S. missile radar as North Korea threat grows – sources
By Tim Kelly and Nobuhiro Kubo
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is worried the United States has so far declined to (More…)
‘Gates of Hell’: Iraqi army says fighting near Tal Afar worse than Mosul
By Ahmed Rasheed
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi forces battling to retake the small town of al-‘Ayadiya where militants fleeing Tal (More…)
Finnish police study ‘manifesto’ by knife attack suspect
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finnish police are studying a handwritten note they believe will offer clues to what motivated a 22-year (More…)
