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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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North Korea missile launches ‘extremely concerning’: France

A North Korean flag flies on a mast at the Permanent Mission of North Korea in Geneva

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Ballistic missile tests carried out by North Korea on Monday are “extremely concerning” and France favors (More…)

Dollar falls after weak U.S. economic data cuts Fed rate hike bets

Australian dollar denominations shown in a photo illustration at a currency exchange in Sydney, Australia

By Dion Rabouin

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar tumbled on Tuesday after economic data showed the U.S. service sector (More…)

Bomb kills father and daughter at school in Thailand’s troubled south

A school bag lies on a street next to the site of a bomb attack at Tak Bai district in the troubled southern province of Narathiwat

BANGKOK (Reuters) – A motorcycle bomb killed a father and daughter in front of a Thai elementary school as parents (More…)

With Syria ‘safe zone’ plan, Turkey faces diplomatic balancing act

A general view shows a damaged street with sandbags used as barriers in Aleppo's Saif al-Dawla district, Syria

By Orhan Coskun and Ercan Gurses

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey will have to strike a balance between the conflicting goals (More…)

Paris to open first migrant camp by October

Migrants tents are seen at a makeshift camp on a street, northern Paris, France,

PARIS (Reuters) – Paris will house close to 1,000 migrants in two camps to tackle the growing number of men, (More…)

Cuba government filtering mobile text messages, dissidents say

A Cuban flag flies at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana, Cuba

By Marc Frank

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba’s Communist government is filtering mobile phone text messages for key words such as (More…)

Netanyahu says Netherlands, Israel to improve water, gas supply to Gaza

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch government will assist Israel in improving water and gas supplies to energy-strapped Gaza, Prime Minister (More…)

U.S. Russia work on Syria truce as Islamic State blasts kill dozens

Syrian army soldiers and civilians inspect the site of two explosions that hit the Arzouna bridge area at the entrance to Tartous

By Lisa Barrington and Roberta Rampton

BEIRUT/HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – The United States and Russia will work in the next (More…)

North Korea fires three ballistic missiles as G20 leaders meet in China

A passenger watches a TV screen broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing three ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea,

By Ju-min Park

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired three ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast on (More…)

Biggest jump in a month for global stocks as oil price rises

Brokers work on the trading floor at IG Index in London, Britain

By Marc Jones

LONDON (Reuters) – World shares had their biggest jump in over a month on Monday as a (More…)