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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

Arab League, Egypt say Palestinian-Israeli conflict needs 2-state solution

CAIRO (Reuters) – The Palestinian-Israeli conflict requires a two-state solution, the Arab League and Egypt reaffirmed on Thursday, distancing themselves (More…)

Turkey says U.S. not insisting on Kurdish role in Raqqa operation

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s defense minister said on Thursday the new U.S. administration has a more flexible approach to Syria (More…)

Trump’s defense chief sees no military collaboration with Russia

By Phil Stewart and Robin Emmott

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s defense secretary on Thursday said he did (More…)

Third suspect arrested in Malaysia over murder of North Korean

By Joseph Sipalan and Liz Lee

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian police made a third arrest on Thursday in their (More…)

New U.N. team aims to bring Syria war crimes to court

By Stephanie Nebehay

GENEVA (Reuters) – A new body is being set up at the United Nations in Geneva to (More…)

Nearly 15,000 lost children seek parents in chaos of South Sudan’s war

By Siegfried Modola

BENTIU (Reuters) – In the chaos of South Sudan’s civil war, it took three years for Nyagonga (More…)

Netanyahu’s far-right allies hail U.S. shift on ‘two states’

By Jeffrey Heller

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right political allies hailed on Thursday a shift in U.S. (More…)

Malaysia detains woman, seeking others in connection with North Korean murder

By Ju-min Park and A. Ananthalakshmi

SEOUL/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian police on Wednesday detained a woman holding Vietnam travel (More…)

U.N. warns of catastrophic dam failure in Syria battle

By Tom Miles

GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations is warning of catastrophic flooding in Syria from the Tabqa dam, (More…)

Russia tells White House it will not return Crimea to Ukraine

By Andrew Osborn

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Wednesday it would not hand back Crimea to Ukraine or discuss (More…)