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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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Russian ambassador shot dead in Ankara gallery

Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov lies on the ground after he was shot by unidentified man at an art gallery in Ankara.

By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Umit Bektas

ANKARA (Reuters) – The Russian ambassador to Turkey was shot in the back and (More…)

Three people hurt in shooting near Zurich Islamic center

Police stand outside an Islamic center in central Zurich, Switzerland

By Michael Shields and Arnd Wiegmann

ZURICH (Reuters) – Three people were hurt in a shooting near an Islamic center (More…)

7.9 earthquake hits Saturday in Ring of Fire’s, Papua New Guinea

By Jonathan Barrett and Harry Pearl

SYDNEY (Reuters) – People living along Papua New Guinea’s coastline fled to higher ground (More…)

Earthquake along Ecuador’s coast kills one, destroys hotels

Map of location in Ecuador, center of earthquake

QUITO (Reuters) – A 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook Ecuador’s Pacific coast early on Monday, killing one person, injuring a dozen (More…)

Russian ambassador shot dead in Ankara

Turkish police secure the area near an art gallery where the Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov was shot, in Ankara.

ANKARA (Reuters) – The Russian ambassador to Ankara was shot dead in an attack at an art gallery in the (More…)

Rebel Aleppo’s final agony

FILE PHOTO - Rebel fighters and civilians gather as they wait to be evacuated from a rebel-held sector of eastern Aleppo, Syria December

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Ellen Francis

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) – As the bombardment of Aleppo intensified in the days before the (More…)

Hundreds arrested in Venezuela cash chaos, vigilantes protect shops

People clash with Venezuelan National Guards as they try to cross the border to Colombia over the Francisco de Paula Santander international bridge in Urena, Venezuela

By Andrew Cawthorne and Corina Pons

CARACAS (Reuters) – Security forces have arrested more than 300 people during protests and (More…)

China says discussing return of undersea drone with U.S. military

The oceanographic survey ship, USNS Bowditch, is shown September 20, 2002, which deployed an underwater drone seized by a Chinese Navy warship in international waters in South China Sea,

By Ben Blanchard

BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese and U.S. militaries are having “unimpeded” talks about the return of U.S. (More…)

Girl, 7, who tweeted from Aleppo is evacuated from Syrian city

A still image taken on December 19, 2016 from a handout video posted by IHH, shows a still photograph of Syrian girl who tweeted from Aleppo, Bana Alabed, posing with IHH aid worker Burak Karacaoglu in al-Rashideen, Syria.

(Reuters) – A seven-year-old Syrian girl who captured global attention with her Twitter updates from besieged Aleppo has been evacuated (More…)

Only the hardiest remain at Dakota protest camp

A couple of the remaining activists, hold up signs as they grapple with plunging temperatures that make conditions more difficult at the protest camp in Cannon Ball, North Dakota,

By Valerie Volcovici

CANNON BALL, N.D. (Reuters) – Two weeks after a victory in their fight against the Dakota Access (More…)