Top Story

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...)

World

China launches longest manned space mission

Shenzhou-11 manned spacecraft carrying astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong blasts off from the launchpad in Jiuquan, China,

 

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China launched its longest manned space mission on Monday, sending two astronauts into orbit to spend (More…)

Japan may accelerate missile defense upgrades in wake of North Korean tests

Lockheed Martin's THAAD missile model is displayed during Japan Aerospace 2016 air show in Tokyo, Japan, October 12, 2016.

By Nobuhiro Kubo and Tim Kelly

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan may accelerate around $1 billion of planned spending to upgrade (More…)

Britain, France seek EU condemnation of Russia over Syria

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference following the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summit in the western state of Goa, India,

By Robin Emmott

LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – Britain and France sought to persuade the European Union on Monday to condemn Russia’s (More…)

London insists on English requirements for private hire drivers

A taxi travels along Oxford Street during a bus strike in London January 13, 2015. Members of the Unite union are staging a 24-hour bus strike over pay and conditions, local media reported.

LONDON (Reuters) – London’s transport bosses said on Monday that all drivers of private hire vehicles must speak, listen to, (More…)

Slumscapes – How the world’s five biggest slums are shaping their future

Windows of various shanties in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums, are seen in Mumbai

By Paola Totaro

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As the United Nations prepares a 20-year plan to cope with the (More…)

Saudi Arabia says prepared for ceasefire in Yemen if Houthis agree

A hole is seen during a visit by human rights activists to a community hall that was struck by an airstrike during a funeral on October 8, in Sanaa, Yemen,

By William James

LONDON (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia is prepared to agree to a ceasefire in Yemen if the Iran-allied (More…)

Russia says to halt Aleppo strikes for eight hours on Thursday

Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Lieutenant General Sergei Rudskoy speaks during a news briefing in Moscow, Russia,

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian and Syrian armed forces will pause attacks on the Syrian city of Aleppo for eight hours (More…)

First unaccompanied children from Calais ‘Jungle’ reach Britain

UK Border Force staff escort the first group of unaccompanied minors from the Jungle migrant camp in Calais to be brought to Britain as they arrive at an immigration centre in Croydon, south London,

LONDON (Reuters) – A first busload of children arrived in Britain on Monday from the “Jungle” camp near the French (More…)

Refugees being driven to suicide on Nauru says Amnesty International

Anna Neistat, Senior Director for Research with Amnesty International, talks to journalists as she holds a copy of a report she co-authored titled 'Island of Despair - Australia's "Processing" of Refugees on Nauru' in Sydney, Australia

By Colin Packham

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Many of the 410 asylum seekers held on a tiny Pacific Island are being (More…)

Syrian rebels seize ‘doomsday’ village where Islamic State promised final battle

A view shows an office that was used by Islamic State militants in Turkman Bareh village, after rebel fighters advanced in the area, in northern Aleppo

By Angus McDowall and Tom Perry

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian rebels said they captured the village of Dabiq from Islamic (More…)