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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

Turkish court arrests two Uighurs in relation to Istanbul nightclub attack

ANKARA (Reuters) – Two Chinese nationals of Uighur origin were arrested on Friday for suspected links to the mass shooting (More…)

Exclusive: Assad linked to Syrian chemical attacks for first time

By Anthony Deutsch

(Reuters) – International investigators have said for the first time that they suspect President Bashar al-Assad and (More…)

U.N. alarmed at migrants dying of cold, ‘dire’ situation in Greece

By Stephanie Nebehay

GENEVA (Reuters) – Refugees and migrants are dying in Europe’s cold snap and governments must do more (More…)

Spain arrests two accused of connections to Islamist militants

MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish police have arrested two people in Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta accused of connections with (More…)

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards position for power

By Babak Dehghanpisheh

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards look set to entrench their power and shift the country to (More…)

Iraqi forces reach second Mosul bridge, enter university complex: military

By Isabel Coles and John Davison

MOSUL, Iraq/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi special forces stormed the Mosul University complex in the (More…)

Yemeni farmers urgently need support to help ease hunger crisis: U.N

By Alex Whiting

ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – In the midst of one of the world’s worst hunger crises, Yemen’s (More…)

U.S. sanctions Syrian officials for chemical weapons attacks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday blacklisted 18 senior Syrian officials it said were connected to the country’s (More…)

China rejects U.S. trade claims, says outlook challenging, complicated

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s commerce ministry said on Thursday it will “try all methods” to stabilize trade in what it (More…)

As drug supplies run short, Egyptians turn to herbal remedies

By Mohamed Zaki and Mohamed Abd El-Ghany

In the Cairo working class neighborhood of Basateen, dozens can be seen lining (More…)