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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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Fed looks unlikely to hikes next week after Brainard warning

Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard delivers remarks on "Coming of Age in the Great Recession"

By Jason Lange and Karen Pierog

CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve should avoid removing support for the U.S. economy (More…)

McCain vows to block proposed separation of NSA, cyber command

U.S. Senator John McCain speaks at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany,

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator John McCain said on Tuesday he would use his power to block (More…)

Syria truce largely hold, aid preperations underway

Boys walk near a damaged building on the first day of Eid al-Adha celebrations in the rebel held Douma neighbourhood of Damascus

By Lisa Barrington

BEIRUT (Reuters) – A nationwide ceasefire brokered by the United States and Russia was mostly holding across (More…)

Turkey formally requests U.S. arrest of cleric Gulen over coup plot

U.S. based cleric Fethullah Gulen at his home in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 29, 2016.

ISTANBUL, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Turkey has made a formal request to the United States for the arrest of U.S.-based Turkish cleric (More…)

U.S. Bombers fly over South Korea in show of force after nuclear test

A U.S. Air Force B-1B bomber flies over Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek

By James Pearson and Ju-min Park

SEOUL (Reuters) – Two U.S. B-1 bombers flew over South Korea on Tuesday in (More…)

Syria ceasefire approaches with Assad emboldened, opposition wary

A girl fills a container with water on the first day of Eid al-Adha celebrations in the rebel held Douma neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria September

By Tom Perry

BEIRUT (Reuters) – An emboldened President Bashar al-Assad vowed on Monday to take back all of Syria, (More…)

For one Zika patient, lingering symptoms and few answers

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are seen at the Laboratory of Entomology and Ecology of the Dengue Branch of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in San Juan

By Nick Brown

SAN JUAN (Reuters) – It began with what felt like a punch in the throat.

I assumed (More…)

Bullets trump rehab as Asia quickens failing war on drugs

Men inject heroin into their arms along a street in Man Sam, northern Shan state, Myanmar

By Andrew R.C. Marshall and Antoni Slodkowski

BANGKOK/YANGON (Reuters) – The Philippines has launched a bloody “war on drugs” that (More…)

Turkey removes two dozen elected mayors in Kurdish militant crackdown

Turkey protest

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkey appointed new administrators in two dozen Kurdish-run municipalities on Sunday after removing their elected mayors (More…)

North Korea ready for another nuclear test any time: South Korea

Kim Jon Un of North Korea

By Ju-min Park and Jack Kim

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea is ready to conduct an additional nuclear test at (More…)