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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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Seeking to secure Sinai, Egypt builds closer ties with Hamas

A Palestinian worker repairs a smuggling tunnel after it was flooded by Egyptian security forces, beneath the border between Egypt and southern Gaza Strip November 2, 2015. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/File Photo

By Lin Noueihed and Nidal al-Mughrabi

CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) – After years of strained relations, Egypt is moving closer to Hamas (More…)

Refugee claimants from U.S. strain Canada’s border resources

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By Allison Lampert

HEMMINGFORD, Quebec (Reuters) – Canadian police said on Monday they had bolstered their presence at the Quebec (More…)

Philippine senator urges Cabinet to stop ‘sociopathic serial killer’ Duterte

Philippine Senator Leila de Lima gestures during a news conference at the Senate headquarters in Pasay city, metro Manila, Philippines September 22, 2016. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

MANILA (Reuters) – A staunch critic of Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday urged the Cabinet to declare the president (More…)

Exclusive: CIA-backed aid for Syrian rebels frozen after Islamist attack – sources

Free Syrian Army fighters carry their weapons as they stand on the outskirts of the Islamic State-controlled northern Syrian town of al-Bab, Syria February 4, 2017. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

By Tom Perry, Suleiman Al-Khalidi and John Walcott

BEIRUT/AMMAN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – CIA-coordinated military aid for rebels in northwest Syria has (More…)

France’s Le Pen cancels meet with Lebanon grand mufti over headscarf

Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) political party leader and candidate for the French 2017 presidential elections, stands in front of the logo of the Christian Lebanese Forces party during her meeting with Samir Geagea, leader of the party, in Maarab, north of Beirut, Lebanon February 21, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

By Simon Carraud

BEIRUT (Reuters) – French far-right National Front presidential candidate Marine Le Pen canceled a meeting on Tuesday (More…)

Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State set to storm airport, clear way to western Mosul

Iraqi forces fire toward Islamic State in Mosul

By Isabel Coles and Maher Chmaytelli

SOUTH OF MOSUL, Iraq, BAGHDAD (Reuters) – U.S.-backed Iraqi forces closing in on the (More…)

Malaysia says still to establish what killed North Korean

Malaysian police officers gather in front of the gate of the morgue at Kuala Lumpur General Hospital where Kim Jong Nam's body is held for autopsy in Malaysia February 21, 2017. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

By Joseph Sipalan and Rozanna Latiff

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian authorities said on Tuesday they had still to establish (More…)

ASEAN unsettled by China weapon systems, tension in South China Sea

ASEAN leaders meeting to discuss China's actions

By Manuel Mogato

BORACAY, Philippines (Reuters) – Southeast Asian countries see China’s installation of weapons systems in the South China (More…)

Iran Supreme Leader calls on Palestinians to pursue intifada against Israel

Iran Supreme Leader speaking for uprising against Israel

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader called on Palestinians on Tuesday to pursue an uprising against Israel, suggesting the Israeli (More…)

Russian envoy to United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, dies in New York

Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin addresses members of the U.N. Security Council during a meeting about the Ukraine situation, at the U.N. headquarters in New York

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, died suddenly at work in New York on Monday, (More…)