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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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Venezuela opposition marches against Maduro ‘dictatorship’

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a pro-government rally at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela

By Alexandra Ulmer and Andrew Cawthorne

CARACAS (Reuters) – Opposition supporters headed to rallies around Venezuela on Wednesday against unpopular (More…)

Russia beefs up Baltic Fleet amid NATO tensions

(L-R) Russian navy corvette Steregushchy, destroyer Nastoichivy and frigate Admiral Gorshkov are anchored in a bay of the Russian fleet base in Baltiysk in Kaliningrad region, Russia

By Andrew Osborn and Simon Johnson

MOSCOW/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Russia is sharply upgrading the firepower of its Baltic Fleet in (More…)

China to carry out more military drills in South China Sea

China's military on patrol

BEIJING (Reuters) – China will carry out military drills in the South China Sea all day on Thursday, the country’s (More…)

Israel says ancient papyrus supports its claim to Jerusalem

Archaeologist working in Jerusalem, Israel

By Jeffrey Heller and Rinat Harash

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli archaeologists have made public a fragment of an ancient text (More…)

A picture and its story: Severe malnutrition in Yemen

Malnourished woman with her relative at Yemeni hospital

By Abduljabbar Zeyad

HODAIDA, Yemen (Reuters) – The emaciated frame of 18-year-old Saida Ahmad Baghili lies on a hospital bed (More…)

Turkey detains co-mayors of mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir

Turkey official

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish authorities on Tuesday detained the co-mayors of the mainly Kurdish southeast’s biggest city on charges they (More…)

Philippines police plans new phase in drug wars

A policeman secures the entrance to the alley where a man was killed during a police drugs buy-bust operation in Manila, Philippines

By Tom Allard and Clare Baldwin

MANILA (Reuters) – Signaling a shift in strategy in its blood-soaked war against drugs, (More…)

Russia says to extend moratorium on Aleppo air strikes

Smoke rises after strikes on Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) controlled Tell Rifaat town, northern Aleppo province, Syria

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian Defence Ministry said on Tuesday it would extend a moratorium on air strikes on the (More…)

U.S. locks in duties on certain Indian steel pipes US-USA-STEEL-INDIA

Workers push a cart laden with steel pipes in Mumbai

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. International Trade Commission on Tuesday voted to lock in duties on imports of welded stainless (More…)

U.N. aborts plan to evacuate patients from Aleppo – Blames ALL parties

A Civil Defence member stands as a front loader removes debris after an air strike Sunday in the rebel-held besieged al-Qaterji neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – The United Nations has abandoned plans to evacuate patients from besieged rebel-held east Aleppo which it had (More…)