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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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Canadian diplomats visit pastor imprisoned in North Korea

South Korean-Canadian Pastor Imprisoned by North Korea

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Diplomats from Canada this week paid a rare visit to North Korea and were able to see (More…)

Buses evacuate thousands of exhausted Aleppo residents in ceasefire deal

Syrians walking in rubble, trying to leave Aleppo warzone

By Laila Bassam, Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Tom Perry

ALEPPO, Syria/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Thousands of people were evacuated on Thursday from (More…)

Facebook to roll out new tools to tackle fake news

A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen in front of a displayed stock graph in this illustration

Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Thursday it will roll out a number of new tools to prevent fake news (More…)

U.S. may target weapons seized by Islamic State in Palmyra

Islamic State fighters search weapon boxes in a Russian base in what is said to be Palmyra,

By Phil Stewart and David Alexander

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of U.S. forces fighting Islamic State said on Wednesday (More…)

Gulf states rebuke Assad over violence in Aleppo

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad speaks during an interview with a Portuguese television channel

CAIRO (Reuters) – Gulf Arab countries condemned the Syrian government’s handling of a ceasefire and evacuation in Aleppo and called (More…)

China takes action on thousands of websites for ‘harmful’, obscene content

Customers use computers at an internet cafe in Hefei, Anhui province

BEIJING (Reuters) – China has shut down or “dealt with” thousands of websites for sharing “harmful” erotic or obscene content (More…)

‘Tiger’ Israel has wary eye on Iran after Syrian rebels lose Aleppo

Israeli soldiers stand atop tanks in the Golan Heights near Israel's border with Syria

By Luke Baker

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The fall of Aleppo to Syrian government forces backed by Russia and Iran has (More…)

Aleppo rebel evacuation under way after ceasefire deal

A still image from video taken December 15, 2016 over eastern Aleppo shows an operation to evacuate thousands of civilians and fighters in buses from Aleppo, Syria

By Laila Bassam, Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Tom Perry

ALEPPO, Syria/BEIRUT (Reuters) – An operation to evacuate thousands of civilians and (More…)

Some poor Venezuelan parents give away children amid deep crisis

Emmanuel Cuauro, 4, plays with a ball next to his parents Zulay Pulgar (R), 43, and Maikel Cuauro, 30, in their house in Punto Fijo, Venezuela

By Girish Gupta and Mircely Guanipa

PUNTO FIJO, Venezuela (Reuters) – Struggling to feed herself and her seven children, Venezuelan (More…)

U.S. short-term bond yields, dollar gain on Fed rate hike

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) as a television screen displays coverage of U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen shortly after the announcement that the U.S. Federal Reserve will hike interest rates, in New York, U.S.,

By Caroline Valetkevitch

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Yields on shorter-dated Treasuries hit their highest in more than five years on (More…)