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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

Stocks skid, safe-haven assets jump as U.S. missiles strike Syria

By Wayne Cole

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Safe-haven bonds and the yen jumped in Asia on Friday, while stocks fell after (More…)

Oil prices jump 2 percent after U.S. launches missile strike in Syria

By Henning Gloystein

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices surged more than 2 percent on Friday after the United States launched (More…)

Trump orders military strikes against Assad airbase in Syria

By Phil Stewart and Steve Holland

WASHINGTON/PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – U.S President Donald Trump said on Thursday he ordered (More…)

Turkish prosecutors accuse newspaper of ‘asymmetric war’ on Erdogan

By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Humeyra Pamuk

ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish prosecutors are seeking up to 43 years in jail for (More…)

Russian authorities hunt metro bomber accomplices; several detained

By Polina Nikolskaya

ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) – Russian authorities detained several people in St Petersburg on Thursday after finding an (More…)

Dozens of Eritrean and Nigerian former Islamic State captives freed in Libya

MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) – Libyan authorities released on Wednesday 28 Eritreans and seven Nigerians who were captured and enslaved by (More…)

Israeli soldier killed in Palestinian car ramming in West Bank: army

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Israeli military said a car driven by a Palestinian deliberately rammed two Israeli soldiers, killing one (More…)

Little progress reining in North Korea, U.S. commander says before Trump-Xi summit

By Tim Kelly and Ju-min Park

TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) – Diplomatic and economic measures taken to rein in North Korea’s missile (More…)

Assad tells paper he sees no ‘option except victory’ in Syria

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said there is no “option except victory” in the country’s civil war in (More…)

After grueling journey, Mosul’s displaced find refuge in camp

By Ulf Laessing and Suhaib Salem

HAMMAM AL-ALIL CAMP, Iraq (Reuters) – The husband of Orouba Abdelhamid was killed in (More…)