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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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U.N. Security Council to vote Wednesday on North Korea sanctions

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives guidance during his visit to various fields of Samjiyon County in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang

By Michelle Nichols

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on Wednesday morning on (More…)

Islamic State gone, Mosul district residents adjust to new life

A woman waves a white flag in Mosul, Iraq

By Isabel Coles

GOGJALI, Iraq (Reuters) – Until three weeks ago, many of Abu Osama’s customers were Islamic State militants (More…)

Turkey targets foster families in post-coup crackdown

A damaged window is pictured at the police headquarters in Ankara, Turkey,

* Authorities investigating foster families over coup

* May remove children from families who backed coup

* Rights groups, EU (More…)

Iraqi forces say 1,000 Islamic State fighters killed in Mosul

Men sit on the ground as an Iraqi Special forces intelligence team check their ID cards as they search for Islamic State fighters in Mosul, Iraq

By Patrick Markey and Ulf Laessing

BARTELLA, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi special forces battling to clear Islamic State from eastern (More…)

Cubans throng Revolution Square in mourning for Fidel Castro

People stand in line to pay tribute to Cuba's late President Fidel Castro in Revolution Square in Havana, Cuba,

By Nelson Acosta and Ana Isabel Martinez

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cubans will begin massing on Havana’s Revolution Square from Monday (More…)

As asylum-seekers clog Italy’s courts, Europe is no help

Migrants disembark from a vessel of ONG Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) in the Sicilian harbour of Augusta, Italy, June 24

By Steve Scherer

ROME (Reuters) – Angelo Trovato is in charge of Italy’s asylum-request system, and it shows.

In Trovato’s (More…)

Erdogan, Putin discuss Syria as Turkish-backed rebels push to al-Bab

Rebel fighters gather during their advance towards the Islamic State-held city of al-Bab, northern Syria

By Humeyra Pamuk and Orhan Coskun

ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan discussed an attack on Turkish troops in (More…)

Storm Otto moves out to sea after slamming Nicaragua, Costa Rica

A boat is seen near the Bluefields Port after Hurricane Otto hit southern Nicaragua at Bluefields, Nicaragu

By Ivan Castro

BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua (Reuters) – Tropical storm Otto moved out to sea on Friday after battering Nicaragua and (More…)

Suicide truck bomb kills about 100 in Iraq, mostly Iranian pilgrims

Iraqi security forces gather at the site of a suicide truck bomb attack, at a petrol station in the city of Hilla south of Baghdad, Iraq, November 24,

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide truck bomb killed about 100 people, most of them Iranian Shi’ite pilgrims, at a petrol (More…)

S&P 500, Dow hit record highs on Black Friday

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

(Reuters) – The S&P 500 and the Dow opened at record intraday highs on Friday, helped by gains in healthcare (More…)