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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

Number of migrant criminal suspects in Germany surged in 2016

BERLIN (Reuters) – The number of migrant criminal suspects in Germany soared by more than 50 percent in 2016, data (More…)

U.N. finds torture widespread in Afghanistan

By Josh Smith

KABUL (Reuters) – Torture and mistreatment of detainees by Afghan security forces is as widespread as ever, (More…)

North Korea says it is ready to strike U.S. aircraft carrier

By James Pearson and Steve Holland

SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea said on Sunday it was ready to sink a (More…)

Trump greets Egyptian-American freed from Egyptian detention

By Steve Holland

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Friday welcomed back to the United States Aya Hijazi, an (More…)

Hundreds more join Mosul exodus as Iraqi forces retake two more western districts

By Maher Chmaytelli

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Pushing carts loaded with bags, babies and the elderly, hundreds of people fled (More…)

Taliban attackers kill at least 140 soldiers at Afghan base: officials

By Abdul Matin and Hamid Shalizi

MAZAR-I-SHARIF/KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) – At least 140 Afghan soldiers were killed by Taliban attackers (More…)

Peaceful outcome for Korean peninsula still possible: Pence

By Roberta Rampton and Colin Packham

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula can still be achieved peacefully because (More…)

Russia complains to U.S. over exclusion from Syria chemical probe

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has told the United States it regrets Washington’s opposition to letting its inspectors take part in (More…)

North Korea’s show of force

(Reuters) – North Korea’s latest display of its military hardware at a parade last week focused more on new missiles (More…)

Exclusive: U.S. offers to fund Mexico heroin fight as 2016 output jumps – U.S. official

By Gabriel Stargardter

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The United States has offered to help fund Mexico’s efforts to eradicate opium (More…)