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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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Warplanes bomb east of Damascus after truce declared there -monitor

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Warplanes bombed a rebel-held area east of Damascus on Wednesday where Russia declared a ceasefire less than (More…)

U.S. ship changed course toward Iranians on Saturday: Iran commander

File photo: U.S. sailors in a rigid-hull inflatable boat approach the Military Sealift Command missile range instrumentation ship USNS Invincible (L) to conduct a personnel transfer in Arabian Sea on November 21, 2012. Courtesy Deven B. King/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS

BEIRUT (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy ship changed course toward Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on (More…)

EU tries to contain East-West schism as Brexit bites

European and national flags fly outside the European Parliament while European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker presents a white paper on options for shoring up unity once Britain launches its withdrawal process, in Brussels, Belgium, March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Yves Herman

By Alastair Macdonald

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – As Britain hands the European Union its formal notice to quit this month, Brussels (More…)

As North Korea missile threat grows, Japan lawmakers argue for first strike options

Japan Self-Defense Forces soldiers inject fuels into a unit of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missiles at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

By Tim Kelly and Nobuhiro Kubo

TOKYO (Reuters) – Rattled by North Korean military advances, influential Japanese lawmakers are pushing (More…)

Hungry Somali families face agonizing choice: which child to feed

Internally displaced Somali children eat boiled rice outside their family's makeshift shelter at the Al-cadaala camp in Somalia's capital Mogadishu March 6, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

By Katharine Houreld and Ben Makori

MOGADISHU/BAIDOA, Somalia (Reuters) – Somali mothers are facing an agonizing choice over how to (More…)

North Korea bars Malaysians from leaving, in ‘diplomatic meltdown’

Police cars form a roadblock outside the sealed off North Korea embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

By Rozanna Latiff and Ju-min Park

KUALA LUMPUR/SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea barred Malaysians from leaving the country on Tuesday, (More…)

Turkish PM says must coordinate fully with U.S., Russia in Syria

Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim addresses members of parliament from his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Turkey

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey, the United States and Russia must coordinate fully to clear Syria of terrorist groups and the (More…)

U.S. starts deploying anti-missile system in South Korea after defiant North’s latest test

Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors arrive at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, in this handout picture provided by the United States Forces Korea

By James Pearson and Ju-min Park

SEOUL (Reuters) – The United States started to deploy the first elements of its (More…)

Bird flu found in Tennessee chicken flock on Tyson-contracted farm

The Avian influenza virus is harvested from a chicken egg as part of a diagnostic process in this undated U.S. Department of Agriculture

By Jo Winterbottom

(Reuters) – A strain of bird flu has been detected in a chicken breeder flock on a (More…)

China’s new civil code light on individual rights reforms

China's President Xi Jinping and other delegates listen as China's Premier Li Keqiang (not pictured) delivers a government work report during the opening session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

By Christian Shepherd

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Communist leaders will this week introduce sweeping new laws that codify social responsibilities (More…)