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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

Iraqi forces try to bring civilians out of east Mosul, U.S. pledges more support

By Patrick Markey

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi government forces attempted to evacuate civilians from Mosul’s Islamic State-held Old City on (More…)

Mexico drug war investigators unearth 47 more skulls in mass graves

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Investigators unearthed the skulls of 47 more suspected victims of Mexico’s drug war in Veracruz state, (More…)

Tillerson signaled U.S. policy of patience on North Korea is over

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson “sent a very clear signal that our policy of strategic patience (More…)

Billionaire philanthropist David Rockefeller dies at age 101 in New York

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Billionaire philanthropist David Rockefeller, former head of Chase Manhattan Corp and patriarch of one of the (More…)

Israel to declare air defense shield fully operational

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s multi-tier air defense missile system will be fully operational early next month with the deployment of (More…)

Mass graves in central Congo bear witness to growing violence

TSHIMBULU, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – The increasingly brutal nature of fighting in central Congo between the army and (More…)

Norway unseats Denmark as world’s happiest country

By Patricia Reaney

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Norway displaced Denmark as the world’s happiest country in a new report released (More…)

Almost half of Canadians want illegal border crossers deported

By Rod Nickel and David Ljunggren

WINNIPEG, Manitoba/OTTAWA (Reuters) – Nearly half of Canadians want to deport people who are (More…)

New U.S.-led force to deter Russia in Poland with NATO

By Robin Emmott

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A U.S.-led battalion of more than 1,100 soldiers will be deployed in Poland from (More…)

Man shot dead after seizing soldier’s gun at Paris Orly airport

By Gus Trompiz and Emmanuel Jarry

PARIS (Reuters) – Security forces shot dead a man who seized a soldier’s gun (More…)