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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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Moscow vows to press Syria offensive; U.S. weighs tough response

Rebel fighters of 'Al-Sultan Murad' brigade gather on the outskirts of the northern Syrian town of Shawa, which is controlled by Islamic State militants, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria,

By Jonathan Landay and Tom Perry

WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Kremlin vowed on Thursday to press on with its assault (More…)

Rescuers pull 15 out from China landslide, 32 missing

A rescue worker is seen next to an overturned car at the site of a landslide caused by heavy rains brought by Typhoon Megi, in Sucun Village, Lishui

BEIJING, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Rescuers have pulled 15 people alive from a landslide that slammed into a village in China’s eastern (More…)

U.N. calls Aleppo a slaughterhouse as Russia, Syria forces bomb hospitals

Medics inspect the damage outside a field hospital after an airstrike in the rebel-held al-Maadi neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria,

By Ellen Francis and Tom Perry

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Russian or Syrian warplanes knocked two hospitals out of service in (More…)

Thousands of Israelis file past coffin of former president Peres

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton stands with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein next to the flag-draped coffin of former Israeli President Shimon Peres, as he lies in state at the Knesset plaza,

By Jeffrey Heller

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Thousands of Israelis filed past the flag-draped coffin of Shimon Peres outside parliament on (More…)

China armed forces warn Japan against South China sea patrols

Chinese and Japanese warships

BEIJING, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Japan is “playing with fire” with plans to step up activity in the contested South (More…)

In escalation, India says launches strikes on militants in Pakistan

An Indian soldier on patrol

By Sanjeev Miglani and Asad Hashim

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – India said on Thursday it had conducted “surgical strikes” on (More…)

Israel’s elder statesman, Shimon Peres, dies at 93

A photograph of former Israeli President Shimon Peres is displayed before the start of a special cabinet meeting to mourn the death of Peres, in Jerusalem

By Ori Lewis

JERUSALEM, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Former Israeli president and elder statesman Shimon Peres, a joint winner of the (More…)

Hunger ‘deadlier than violence’ in Boko Haram-hit northeast Nigeria

Writings describing Boko Haram are seen on the wall along a street in Bama, in Borno, Nigeria

By Kieran Guilbert

DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Living conditions for people uprooted by Boko Haram violence and seeking refuge (More…)

Senate rejects Obama veto of Saudi Sept 11 bill

A man lays a flower on a monument engraved with names of victims of the September 11th attacks, during a memorial event marking the 15th anniversary

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly rejected on Wednesday President Barack Obama’s veto of legislation allowing relatives of the (More…)

Turkey may need to build more courts to try thousand over coup

Turkish riot police stand guard in front of the Justice Palace in Istanbul, Turkey,

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey may have to build new courthouses to cope with thousands of prosecutions over July’s failed coup, (More…)