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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

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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After Macron win, EU lawmakers eye swap plan to close Strasbourg seat

By Francesco Guarascio

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Plans to move the European Union’s London-based medicines regulator to Strasbourg and push through (More…)

No change to U.S. Navy freedom of navigation patrols: commander

FILE PHOTO: Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet Admiral Scott Swift sits in front of a large poster of an Australian Navy frigate as he speaks during a media conference at the 2015 Pacific International Maratime Exposition in Sydney, Australia, October 6, 2015. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo

By Himani Sarkar

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – There has been no policy change with regard to U.S. Navy freedom of navigation (More…)

Brazil readies $18.5 billion public spending plan: newspaper

FILE PHOTO: General view of a construction site of the railroad Transnordestina in the city of Salgueiro, Pernambuco state, northeast of Brazil, October 26, 2016. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil plans to invest 59 billion reais ($18.50 billion) in public funds by the end of (More…)

Uganda seeks $2 billion for South Sudan refugees at planned summit

South Sudanese refugee families displaced by fighting gather at Imvepi settlement in Arua district, northern Uganda, April 4, 2017. REUTERS/James Akena

By Elias Biryabarema

KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda hopes to raise $2 billion in donations at a U.N. refugee summit next (More…)

U.S. decision to arm Syrian Kurds threatens Turkey: foreign minister

FILE PHOTO: Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG) head a convoy of U.S military vehicles in the town of Darbasiya next to the Turkish border, Syria April 28, 2017. REUTERS/Rodi Said/File Photo

By Tulay Karadeniz and Tuvan Gumrukcu

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey urged the United States on Wednesday to reverse a decision (More…)

Venezuelans prepare fecal cocktails to throw at security forces

A woman holds a plastic pot filled with feces, called "Poopootovs", which is a play on Molotov cocktails, before they are thrown at security forces during protests, in addition to the usual rocks and petrol bombs, in Caracas, Venezuela May 9, 2017. The text reads, "For our children". REUTERS/Christian Veron

By Girish Gupta and Christian Veron

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition protests on Wednesday may be the messiest in a (More…)

U.S. criticizes Russian build-up near Baltic states

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis addresses a news conference during a NATO defence ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, in this file photo dated February 16, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo

By Phil Stewart and Andrius Sytas

PABRADE TRAINING AREA, Lithuania (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Wednesday (More…)

Palestinian hunger strike heightens tension with Israel

Palestinians take part in a protest in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, in Gaza City May 9, 2017. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

By Luke Baker and Nidal al-Mughrabi

JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) – A hunger strike by more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners over their (More…)

U.S. suspends aid to Kenyan health ministry over corruption concerns

FILE PHOTO: A riot policeman stands guard as doctors chant slogans after their case to demand fulfilment of a 2013 agreement between their union and the government that would raise their pay and improve working conditions, was heard at the employment and labour relations courts in Nairobi, Kenya, February 13, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo

By Katharine Houreld

NAIROBI (Reuters) – The U.S. government has suspended $21 million in direct aid to Kenya’s Ministry of (More…)

Infant mortality and malaria soar in Venezuela, according to government data

Pregnant women lay on beds without sheets during their labour at a maternity hospital in Maracaibo, Venezuela June 19, 2015. REUTERS/Isaac Urrutia

By Alexandra Ulmer

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s infant mortality rose 30 percent last year, maternal mortality shot up 65 percent (More…)