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Trump asks U.S. Congress to prohibit late-term abortion

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Iraqi troops battle Islamic State inside Mosul

Tribal fighters walk as fire and smoke rises from oil wells, set ablaze by Islamic State militants before IS militants fled the oil-producing region of Qayyara, Iraq,

By Stephen Kalin and Dominic Evans

EAST OF MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi forces battled Islamic State fighters on the (More…)

Exclusive: U.S. stopped Philippines rifle sale that senator opposed

A member of the Philippine National Police (PNP) stands guard while residents look on near the scene where two suspected drug pushers were killed during a police operation, in metro Manila, Philippines

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department halted the planned sale of some 26,000 assault rifles to (More…)

Syrian army says rebel bombardment of Aleppo killed 84 in three days

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s army said on Monday the Nusra Front and what the army called other terrorist groups had (More…)

Iraqi in wheelchair makes risky escape from Islamic State

Wheelchair-bound man, Abbas Ali, 42, cries with relief after escaping with his wife and four children from the Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa,

By Michael Georgy

BASHIQA, Iraq (Reuters) – Abbas Ali wept as his wife slowly pushed him in his wheelchair out (More…)

Exclusive: Abortion by prescription now rivals surgery for U.S. women

By Jilian Mincer

NEW YORK (Reuters) – American women are ending pregnancies with medication almost as often as with surgery, (More…)

Is Haiti forgotten? Where is the media? They need our help!

Residents ask for food at the end of a food distribution after Hurricane Matthew in Saint Jean du Sud, Haiti,

By Kami Klein

A Picture. Hopefully for Haiti, it takes only one in this world of media, where the fight (More…)

Turkey detains editor, top staff at opposition newspaper

Supporters of Cumhuriyet newspaper, an opposition secularist daily, hold today's copies during a protest in front of its headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey,

By Humeyra Pamuk and Daren Butler

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police detained the editor and senior staff of a leading (More…)

Zika causes infertility, lasting harm to testes in mice: U.S. study

n aedes aegypti mosquito is pictured on a leaf in San Jose, Costa Rica

By Julie Steenhuysen

CHICAGO (Reuters) – A study of mice infected with Zika showed the virus caused lasting damage to (More…)

Christian widow survives Islamic State for two years of fear

Zarifa Badoos Daddo (C), 77, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Erbil, Iraq. Zarifa was reunited with her family on Sunday after Iraqi forces drove Islamic State from the town of Qaraqosh, southeast of Mosul.

By Stephen Kalin

ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – An elderly Christian widow who survived two years of Islamic State rule over (More…)

New earthquake rocks Italy, buildings collapse but no deaths reported

Coffins are seen in the collapsed cemetery of the village of Campi near Norcia, following an earthquake in central Italy,

By Isla Binnie

NORCIA, Italy (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake struck Italy on Sunday in the same central regions that (More…)