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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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‘I’ll humiliate you’: Duterte challenges West to probe Philippines drugs war

President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during a gathering of businessmen in Pasay city, Metro Manila, Philippines,

MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte called U.S. President Barack Obama, the European Union and United Nations “fools” on (More…)

Nice prepares to remember attack victims in special ceremony

A woman stands near a memorial to the victims of the July 14 attack on the Promenade des Anglais, two days before a national tribute in Nice, France, October 12, 2016. REUTERS

NICE, France (Reuters) – Three months after a man plowed his truck into crowds on France’s national day in Nice, (More…)

Category Four hurricane Nicole heading towards Bermuda

Hurricane Nicole is seen in the Atlantic Ocean in an image from NOAA's GOES-East satellite

Oct 12 (Reuters) – Extremely dangerous Category Four hurricane Nicole was heading for Bermuda, the National Hurricane Center said late Wednesday.

Nicole (More…)

Oil down 1 percent; first U.S. crude build in six weeks above expectations

A worker checks the valve of an oil pipe at the Lukoil company owned Imilorskoye oil field outside the West Siberian city of Kogalym, Russia,

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices fell more than 1 percent on Thursday after U.S. government data reported the first (More…)

Exclusive: Obama, aides expected to weigh Syria military options on Friday

U.S. President Barack Obama arrives aboard the Marine One helicopter to depart O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

By Arshad Mohammed and Jonathan Landay

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and his top foreign policy advisers are (More…)

U.S. military strikes Yemen after missile attacks on U.S. Navy ship

FILE PHOTO - The USS Nitze, a Guided Missile Destroyer is pictured in New York Harbor,

By Phil Stewart

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military launched cruise missile strikes on Thursday to knock out three coastal (More…)

Boko Haram frees 21 kidnapped Chibok girls

Members of the #BringBackOurGirls (#BBOG) campaign stand behind a banner with Number 218 during a sit-out in Abuja, Nigeria May 18, 2016, after receiving news that a Nigerian teenager kidnapped by Boko Haram from her school in Chibok more than two years ago has been rescued.

By Alexis Akwagyiram and Felix Onuah

ABUJA (Reuters) – Boko Haram has freed 21 of more than 200 girls kidnapped (More…)

Renewed bombing kills over 150 in rebel-held Aleppo this week

A civil defence member runs at a market hit by air strikes in Aleppo's rebel-held al-Fardous district, Syria

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Renewed bombing of rebel-held eastern Aleppo has killed more than 150 people this week, rescue workers said (More…)

British Prime Minister to human traffickers: “We are coming after you.”

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves Number 10 Downing Street to attend Prime Minister's Questions at parliament in London, Britain

By Temesghen Debesai

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – British Prime Minister Theresa May vowed on Wednesday to put the UK (More…)

Putin says U.S. hacking scandal not in Russia’s interests

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during the annual VTB Capital "Russia Calling!" Investment Forum in Moscow, Russia,

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The scandal that erupted in the United States over allegations Russia hacked Democratic Party emails has not (More…)