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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

Exclusive: Trump administration weighing broad sanctions on North Korea – U.S. official

By Matt Spetalnick and David Brunnstrom

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration is considering sweeping sanctions aimed at cutting North (More…)

Merkel ally says Turkey’s Erdogan ‘not welcome’ in Germany

By Andrea Shalal

BERLIN (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has crossed a line by comparing Berlin’s government to the (More…)

Exclusive: Tillerson plans to skip NATO meeting, visit Russia in April – sources

By Arshad Mohammed and John Walcott

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to skip a meeting (More…)

Syrian rebels launch second Damascus attack in three days

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian rebels stormed a government-held area in northeastern Damascus on Tuesday for the second time in three (More…)

East Libyan forces say they will investigate Benghazi abuses

By Ayman al-Warfalli and Aidan Lewis

BENGHAZI, Libya/TUNIS (Reuters) – An eastern Libyan force says it will investigate abuses by (More…)

U.S. restricts electronics from 10 airports, mainly in Middle East

By David Shepardson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed restrictions on carry-on electronic devices on planes coming (More…)

EU leaders to meet for special Brexit summit on April 29: EU’s Tusk

By Waverly Colville

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s 27 leaders will meet on April 29 to agree their negotiating (More…)

Russia must limit Iranian power in Syria: Israeli intelligence director

By Luke Baker

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Russia and other world powers must move to limit Iran’s growing military strength in (More…)

Year on from bombings, Brussels remains on alert

By Robert-Jan Bartunek and Alastair Macdonald

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A year after Islamic State suicide bombers killed 32 people in (More…)

Abnormal El Nino in Peru unleashes deadly downpours; more flooding seen

By Mitra Taj

LIMA (Reuters) – A sudden and abnormal warming of Pacific waters off Peru has unleashed the deadliest (More…)