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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

U.S., Russia discuss de-escalation zone for southwest Syria: diplomats

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi

AMMAN (Reuters) – The United States and Russia are quietly holding talks on creating a “de-escalation zone” (More…)

South Korea does not aim to change U.S. missile defense deal: security adviser

By Christine Kim and David Brunnstrom

SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – South Korea does not aim to change its agreement on the (More…)

Polio outbreak in Syria poses vaccination dilemma for WHO

GENEVA (Reuters) – Vaccinating too few children in Syria against polio because the six-year-old war there makes it difficult to (More…)

U.S. joins battle as Philippines takes losses in besieged city

By Neil Jerome Morales and Simon Lewis

MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – U.S. special forces have joined the battle to (More…)

Venezuela inflation so far this year at 128 percent: congress

CARACAS (Reuters) – Inflation in Venezuela’s crisis-hit economy was 127.8 percent in the first five months of 2017, the opposition-led (More…)

China says it is vigilant as two U.S. bombers fly over South China Sea

BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Friday it was monitoring U.S. military activities in the South China Sea, after two (More…)

Venezuela assembly plan threatens Chavez legacy: prosecutor

By Eyanir Chinea

CARACAS (Reuters) – President Nicolas Maduro’s plan for a new popular congress to rewrite Venezuela’s constitution threatens (More…)

Boko Haram make biggest raid on Nigeria’s Maiduguri in 18 months

By Lanre Ola

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Boko Haram insurgents launched their biggest attack on the northeast Nigerian city of (More…)

Russia may seize U.S. property if its own compounds not returned: Kommersant

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia may seize U.S. diplomatic property in Moscow and complicate life for an Anglo-American school unless Washington (More…)

Fighters move cautiously into Islamic State-held Raqqa

By Rodi Said

RAQQA, Syria (Reuters) – At Raqqa’s eastern edge, a handful of Syrian fighters cross a river by (More…)