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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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More than 6,000 migrants plucked from sea in a single day, 22 dead

Migrants in a dinghy await rescue around 20 nautical miles off the coast of Libya,

ROME (Reuters) – About 6,055 migrants were rescued and 22 found dead on the perilous sea route to Europe on (More…)

Belgrade refugees make a break for the Hungarian border

Several hundred refugees and migrants walk heading in the direction of the Hungarian border, in Belgrade, Serbia

By Aleksandar Vasovic

BELGRADE (Reuters) – Several hundred refugees set off from central Belgrade on Tuesday morning and headed for (More…)

U.N.’s rights boss warns Russia over Syria air strikes

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein attends the 33rd session of the Human Rights Council at the U.N. European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, September 13, 2016.

By Tom Miles and Stephanie Nebehay

GENEVA (Reuters) – United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein (More…)

Hurricane Matthew slams into western Haiti with deadly waves

A saleswoman shows lamps to a customers while other people flock to the supermarket to take care of last minute shopping as Hurricane Matthew approaches in Kingston, Jamaica

By Makini Brice

LES CAYES, Haiti (Reuters) – The fiercest Caribbean storm in almost a decade ripped into Haiti’s southwestern (More…)

Afghan refugees in Pakistan feel heat of rising regional tensions

Afghan women sit with their children after arriving at a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

By James Mackenzie and Mirwais Harooni

KABUL (Reuters) – For Samihullah, a tailor from a family of Afghan refugees in (More…)

Turkey to extend state of emergency for another three months

ANKARA (Reuters) – The Turkish government has agreed to extend its state of emergency as Turkey fights to wipe out (More…)

Protests hit Ethiopia after stampede deaths

A man mourns during the funeral of Tesfu Tadese Biru, 32, a construction engineer who died during a stampede after police fired warning shots at an anti-government protest in Bishoftu during Irreecha, the thanksgiving festival of the Oromo people, in Denkaka Kebele

By Aaron Maasho

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Protests broke out in some areas of Ethiopia’s Oromiya region on Monday, a (More…)

In a bunker under a mountain, Syrian hospital knocked out by strikes

A damaged hill is pictured near an underground hospital that was hit by an airstrike in the rebel held town of Kafr Zita, Hama countryside, Syria

By Ellen Francis

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Even entombing the hospital under solid rock tunneled beneath a mountain was not enough (More…)

U.S. suspends talks with Russia on Syria ceasefire

A rebel fighter rides past damaged buildings in al-Rai town, northern Aleppo countryside,

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Monday suspended talks with Russia on trying to end the violence in Syria (More…)

Suicide bombers hit Shi’ite gatherings in Baghdad, at least 11 dead: police

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Suicide bombers attacked two Shi’ite Muslim processions in Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 11 people and (More…)