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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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Two U.S. service members, many civilians dead in Afghanistan

Dust from rocket strike in Afghanistan

By Sardar Razmal

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Two American service members were killed fighting the Taliban near the northern city (More…)

Turkey issues detention warrants for 137 more academics over failed coup

A Turkish special forces police officer guards the entrance of the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey,

NKARA (Reuters) – Turkish authorities issued arrest warrants for 137 academics on Wednesday over suspected links to the cleric who (More…)

Ukraine rebuilds navy, with U.S. help, to counter Russian build-up in Crimea

Vice Admiral Ihor Voronchenko, commander of the Ukrainian Navy, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Kiev, Ukraine,

By Margaryta Chornokondratenko

KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine is refitting and expanding its naval fleet, including repairing its flagship, the frigate (More…)

MH370 report says plane in ‘increasing rate of descent’ when it vanished

Family members of passengers onboard the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 comfort a crying woman as they gather to pray at Yonghegong Lama Temple in Beijing September 8, 2014, on the six-month anniversary of the disappearance of the plane.

SYDNEY, Nov 2 (Reuters) – A new report into missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 says that additional analysis of satellite communications (More…)

Moscow office of Amnesty International sealed off

The office door of rights group Amnesty International is sealed off in Moscow, Russia,

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Moscow office of rights group Amnesty International has been sealed off by municipal officials without warning (More…)

U.S. mortgage application activity falls to five-month low

For Sale signs stand in front of houses in a neighborhood where many British people have purchased homes in Davenport, Florida, U.S.,

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A measure of U.S. mortgage application activity decreased for a second week to a five-month low (More…)

Iraqi forces advance on town where Islamic State accused of executions

Iraqi special forces take part in an operation against Islamic State militants in Kokjali, west of Mosul, Iraq

By Maher Chmaytelli and Stephen Kalin

BAGHDAD/BARTELLA, Iraq (Reuters) – U.S.-backed Iraqi forces moved closer on Wednesday to a town (More…)

Documents show Islamic State obsessions: beards and concubines

An Iraqi soldier shows a pamphlet which reads "Wearing beards is compulsory, shaving is prohibited" along a street of the town of al-Shura, which was recaptured from Islamic State (IS) on Saturday, south of Mosul

By Babak Dehghanpisheh and Michael Georgy

ZARQA/SHURA, Iraq (Reuters) – After Islamic State conquered villages in northern Iraq, it spelled (More…)

Russia says resumption of Syria peace talks delayed indefinitely

A rebel fighter in Dahiyet al-Assad fires a shell towards regime-held Hamdaniyah neighbourhood, west Aleppo city, Syria

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday a Western failure to rein in violent Islamists in (More…)

Refugees languish in Greek limbo as alarm grows in Brussels

Anis, 4, from Syria (C) is bathed by his mother, as others wash their clothes and shoes, at the Souda municipality-run camp for refugees and migrants on the island of Chios, Greece

By Karolina Tagaris

ATHENS (Reuters) – Seven months after the European Union and Turkey struck an agreement to turn back (More…)