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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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St. Jude warns of heart device battery issue linked to two deaths

The ticker and trading information for St. Jude Medical is displayed where the stock is traded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S

By Jim Finkle

(Reuters) – St. Jude Medical Inc warned on Tuesday that some of its implanted heart devices were (More…)

Carnage and corruption: upstart Mexican cartel’s path to top

Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman (C) is escorted by soldiers during a presentation at the Navy's airstrip in Mexico City February 22, 2014.

By Dave Graham

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – In barely four years, a little-known criminal gang has grown to challenge the (More…)

Escalation in Syria means EU less likely to soften stance on Russia

Russia's President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during the 23rd World Energy Congress in Istanbul, Turkey,

By Gabriela Baczynska and John Irish

BRUSSELS/ PARIS (Reuters) – Outraged by Russia’s intensified air strikes on rebels in Syria, (More…)

After failed coup, what sort of Turkey does Erdogan want?

A supporter holds a flag depicting Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan during a pro-government demonstration in Ankara, Turkey,

By Luke Baker

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Looking across Istanbul’s skyline, it is impossible not to be struck by the array (More…)

Hundreds stranded in North Carolina floods after Hurricane Matthew

An aerial view shows flood waters after Hurricane Matthew in Lumberton, North Carolina

By Jonathan Drake

LUMBERTON, N.C. (Reuters) – Hundreds of people were rescued by boat and helicopter as floodwaters inundated North (More…)

Britain to take in unaccompanied migrant children from camps

A young migrant pulls a trolley in a muddy field at a camp of makeshift shelters for migrants and asylum-seekers from Iraq, Kurdistan, Iran and Syria, called the Grande Synthe jungle, near Calais, France,

LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) – Britain will honor a commitment to take in migrant children from the “Jungle” camp in the French (More…)

Ethiopia blames foreigners for stoking violent unrest over land rights

People walk near a torched truck in the compound of a textile factory damaged by protests in the town of Sebeta, Oromia region, Ethiopia,

By Aaron Maasho

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia accused “elements” in Eritrea, Egypt and elsewhere on Monday of being behind (More…)

France to seek International Criminal Courts options for war crimes in Aleppo

Girls who survived what activists said was a ground-to-ground missile attack by forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, hold hands at Aleppo's Bab al-Hadeed

By John Irish

PARIS (Reuters) – France is working to find a way for the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor to (More…)

Russia vetoes U.N. demand for end to bombing of Syria’s Aleppo

Smoke rises from Bustan al-Basha neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria,

By Michelle Nichols

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Russia vetoed a French-drafted U.N. Security Council resolution on Saturday that would have (More…)

Like a nuclear bomb; cholera and destruction after hurricane in Haiti

Relatives and patients treated for cholera after Hurricane Matthew in the Hospital of Port-a-Piment, Haiti,

By Gabriel Stargardter

PORT-A-PIMENT, Haiti (Reuters) – Patients arrived every 10 or 15 minutes, brought on motorcycles by relatives with (More…)