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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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Air strikes kill 73 in rebel-held Idlib province: war monitor

excavator removing rubble after air strikes

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Air strikes killed at least 73 people in rebel-held Idlib province, including 38 in the city of (More…)

U.S. reshaping budget to account for Russian military threat

Military officials gathered in Montana Air Base

By Andrea Shalal

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (Reuters) – Russia’s increasing military activities around the world have unsettled top U.S. military (More…)

Netanyahu to discuss ‘bad’ Iran deal with Trump, Kerry stresses settlements

Benjamin Netanyahu

By Jeffrey Heller and Arshad Mohammed

JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he would discuss (More…)

Mosul residents fear cold and hunger of winter siege

Iraqi people collect water in Mosul, Iraq,

By Ahmed Rasheed

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – No food or fuel has reached Mosul in nearly a week and the onset (More…)

Russia says foreign spies plan cyber attack on banking system

A hand is silhouetted in front of a computer screen in this picture illustration taken in Berlin

By Christian Lowe and Natalia Zinets

MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Russia said on Friday it had uncovered a plot by foreign (More…)

Hackers stole over 2 billion roubles from accounts in central bank Russia

A lock icon, signifying an encrypted Internet connection, is seen on an Internet Explorer browser in a photo illustration

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Hackers have stolen more than 2 billion roubles ($31.3 million) from banks’ correspondent accounts in Russian central (More…)

San Bernardino marks one-year anniversary of shooting that killed 14

Neighbours comfort Jose Gonzales (centre), who was prevented from returning to his wife and his home at the scene of the investigation around the area of the SUV vehicle where two suspects were shot by police following a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California December 3, 2015.

By Alex Dobuzinskis

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Police and fire officials in Southern California who dealt with the carnage of (More…)

Iraqis desperate to return to homes rigged with bombs by Islamic State

A member of a demining team searches for landmines in Khazer, Iraq

By John Davison

BASHIQA, Iraq (Reuters) – Khedr Selim trod gingerly through the rubble of his old home, desperate to (More…)

Europol warns of IS attacks, says dozens of militants may be in Europe

An Islamic State flag is seen in this picture

THE HAGUE, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Islamic State is likely to launch more attacks in Europe, the EU police agency (More…)

Obama, trying to protect legacy, unlikely to act on Mideast peace

President Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu

By Arshad Mohammed and Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama, keen to preserve his legacy on domestic (More…)