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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

Mexico presses Trump to uphold NAFTA for good of both nations

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico made a pitch to U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday to uphold the NAFTA trade (More…)

South Korea urges ‘parallel’ talks and sanctions to rein in North Korea

By Ju-min Park and Christine Kim

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s new president launched international efforts to defuse tension over (More…)

U.S.-backed Syria militias say Tabqa, dam captured from Islamic State

By Ellen Francis

BEIRUT (Reuters) – U.S.-backed Syrian militias said they fully seized the town of Tabqa and Syria’s largest (More…)

U.N. has ‘a million questions’ on Syria after Astana deal

GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations still has a million questions about a Syria deal struck last week by Russia, (More…)

German cyber agency chides Yahoo for not helping hacking probe

By Andrea Shalal

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s federal cyber agency said on Thursday that Yahoo Inc <YHOO.O> had not cooperated (More…)

A Bible and a cell: a new life for Jakarta’s high-flying Christian governor

By Ed Davies

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Jakarta’s once hugely popular governor is being held in a simple room at a (More…)

North Korea demands handover of suspects in assassination plot: Xinhua

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea demanded on Thursday the handover of “terror suspects” who plotted to kill leader Kim Jong (More…)

Leading Hamas official says no softened stance toward Israel

By Nidal al-Mughrabi

GAZA (Reuters) – One of Hamas’s most senior officials said on Wednesday a document published by the (More…)

Brazil on edge as ex-president Lula squares off with judge Moro

By Brad Haynes

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – When Brazil’s former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Judge Sergio Moro (More…)

Iran’s Supreme Leader warns against disrupting presidential vote

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned on Wednesday that any attempts to disrupt the presidential election (More…)