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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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Israeli aircraft attack Hamas after rocket hits Israeli town

Smoke rises following what witnesses said was an Israeli air strike, east of Gaza City

By Nidal al-Mughrabi

GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli aircraft attacked Palestinian militant targets in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, wounding at (More…)

Philippine defense chief says Duterte may be ‘misinformed’ on U.S. alliance

Philippine President Duterte

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine defense minister sought to patch up cracks in a military alliance with the United States (More…)

Hurricane Matthew hammers Haiti and Cuba, bears down on U.S.

Damage from Hurricane Matthew

By Makini Brice and Sarah Marsh

LES CAYES, Haiti/GUANTANAMO, Cuba (Reuters) – Hurricane Matthew, the fiercest Caribbean storm in almost (More…)

Residents flee as Afghan troops battle Taliban in city of Kunduz

Afghan security forces fight Taliban

KABUL (Reuters) – Thousands of residents have fled or face deteriorating conditions as fighting between Afghan forces and Taliban militants (More…)

Hurricane Matthew hits Haiti, heads for Cuba and then U.S.

Hurricane Matthew is seen in the Caribbean Sea in this enhanced infrared image from NOAA's GOES-East satellite

By Makini Brice

LES CAYES, Haiti (Reuters) – The fiercest Caribbean storm in almost a decade slammed Haiti on Tuesday (More…)

WikiLeaks’ Assange signals release of documents before U.S. election

Julian Assange, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of WikiLeaks speaks via video link during a press conference on the occasion of the ten year anniversary celebration of WikiLeaks in Berlin, Germany,

By Andrea Shalal

BERLIN (Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Tuesday the group would publish about one million (More…)

Zika vaccine race spurred by crisis and profit potential

Research scientist Dan Galperin works in the research laboratory at Protein Sciences Inc. where they are working on developing a vaccine for the Zika virus i

By Bill Berkrot

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The race to find protection against the Zika virus is fueled by something (More…)

South Korea’s new wedding crashers are graft-busters

Moon Seoung-ok, president of the Headquarters of Reporting for Public Good, poses for photographs as he demonstrates a glasses shaped spycam during a class in Seoul, South Korea,

By Ju-min Park

SEOUL (Reuters) – A pair of aspiring paparazzi staked out two weddings in Seoul’s high-end Gangnam district (More…)

French tourism companies want special police force amid safety fears

French Army soldiers secure the area of the Notre-Dame de la Garde basilica in Marseille, France,

PARIS (Reuters) – France’s tourism sector on Tuesday urged French authorities to set up a special police force in Paris (More…)

Philippine leader tells Obama he can buy arms from Russia, China

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte clenches fist with members of the Philippine Army during his visit at the army

MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday told U.S. President Barack Obama to “go to hell” and said (More…)