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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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Accused bomber to be arraigned on New Jersey charges Thursday

A policeman takes a photo of a man they identified as Ahmad Khan Rahami, who is wanted for questioning in connection with an explosion in New York City, as he is placed into an ambulance in Linden, New Jersey, in this still image taken from video

Oct 11 (Reuters) – A man accused of bombings in New York and New Jersey last month that injured dozens is (More…)

Air strikes hit eastern Aleppo, including market, kill 25

People inspect the damage at a market hit by airstrikes in Aleppo's rebel held al-Fardous district, Syria

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Heavy air strikes on rebel-held areas in the Syrian city of Aleppo killed 25 people on Wednesday, (More…)

Philippines to open giant drug rehab center soon, funded by China tycoon

People wait to be processed at a police station, after they were detained in a police "One Time Bigtime" operation against illegal drugs in metro Manila,

By Karen Lema

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines on Wednesday announced plans to open in November what it called a (More…)

Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly mosque attack in Afghan capital

Afghan Shi'ite Muslims carry the coffin of one of the victims of Tuesday's attack for burial at the Sakhi Shrine in Kabul, Afghanistan

KABUL (Reuters) – Islamic State on Wednesday claimed responsibility for an attack that killed at least 18 worshippers at a (More…)

Feds can be ‘gentle’ in hiking rates, New York FED President says

William Dudley, President of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, speaks at Brooklyn College in the Brooklyn borough of New York,

By Jonathan Spicer

ALBANY, N.Y. (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve can be “gentle” in removing monetary stimulus since U.S. inflation (More…)

Turkish army says Islamic State putting up ‘stiff resistance’ in Syria

A Turkey military vehicle near an ISIS stronghold

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Islamic State militants in northern Syria are putting up “stiff resistance” to attacks by Turkish-backed rebel fighters, (More…)

Baby traffickers thriving in Nigeria as recession bites

baby grasps hand

By Anamesere Igboeroteonwu and Tom Esslemont

ENUGU, Nigeria/LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As 16-year-old Maria strained under the anguish of (More…)

Obama vows to send people to Mars by 2030

Dark, narrow, 100 meter-long streaks on Mars inferred to have been formed by contemporary flowing water are seen in a NASA handout image

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to help send people to Mars within the next 15 (More…)

Oil prices fall back from one year highs hit by OPEC deal concerns

A worker checks the valve of an oil pipe at an oil field owned by Russian state-owned oil producer Bashneft near the village of Nikolo-Berezovka, northwest of Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia

By Amanda Cooper

LONDON (Reuters) – Oil fell back from one-year highs on Tuesday, knocked by concerns that a production (More…)

Cholera outbreak spreading in Yemen

Boy lies on a bed at a hospital where he is receiving treatment for cholera amid confirmation by the UNICEF and the World Health Organization of an outbreak of the epidemic in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen

SANAA (Reuters) – More cases of cholera have been registered in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, a World Health Organization (WHO) (More…)