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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

Venezuela jails opposition leaders in new crackdown on opponents

By Corina Pons and Alexandra Ulmer

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela jailed two leading critics of President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday (More…)

Turkey opens trial of nearly 500 defendants over failed coup

ANKARA (Reuters) – Nearly 500 suspects including army generals and pilots went on trial in Turkey on Tuesday, many of (More…)

VP Pence says Russia’s stance must change before ties improve

By Margarita Antidze

TBILISI (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Tuesday that relations with Russia would not (More…)

U.S. embassy in Moscow says locked out of diplomatic property

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The U.S. embassy in Moscow accused Russian authorities on Monday of barring diplomatic staff from a property (More…)

Iran accuses United States of breaching nuclear deal

By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin

LONDON (Reuters) – Iran believes new sanctions that the United States has imposed on it breach the (More…)

SDF advances against Islamic State in southern Raqqa

By Sarah Dadouch

BEIRUT (Reuters) – The U.S-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are on the verge of seizing full control (More…)

China hits back at Trump criticism over North Korea

By Ben Blanchard and Elias Glenn

BEIJING (Reuters) – China hit back on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted (More…)

Ukraine finally battens down its leaky cyber hatches after attacks

By Matthias Williams

KIEV (Reuters) – When the chief of Microsoft Ukraine switched jobs to work for President Petro Poroshenko, (More…)

Iraqi general sees easy victory over exhausted IS fighters in Tal Afar

By Isabel Coles

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – A senior Iraqi general predicted a relatively easy victory for his forces in (More…)

Philippine police watching Muslim hitmen ahead of international gathering

MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine security forces are monitoring a group of former Maoist assassins who joined Islamist militants as a (More…)