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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

Blasts kill dozens in Syria as U.S.-Russia truce talks make little progress

By Lisa Barrington and Roberta Rampton

BEIRUT/HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – Explosions in government-controlled areas of Syria and a province held (More…)

Netanyahu considering offer of talks with Palestinian president in Moscow

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering an offer by Russian President Vladimir Putin to host talks in (More…)

Turkey removes more than 10,000 security personnel

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish authorities have suspended about 8,000 security personnel and more than 2,000 academics, adding to a purge (More…)

In Brazil a woman is killed every two hours from domestic violence

By Jo Griffin

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Brazil must do more to ensure its landmark law on domestic violence (More…)

Putin says he doesn’t know who hacked U.S. Democratic Party

By Jack Stubbs

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said he did not know who was behind the hacking (More…)

Mother Teresa’s mission lives on in Kolkata, grows worldwide

By Subrata Nagchoudhury and Sunil Kataria

KOLKATA, India (Reuters) – On the eve of her canonization as a Roman Catholic (More…)

Singapore says Zika infections spread to nearly 190 cases

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore said on Friday it had found 38 more people who had contracted Zika, raising to 189 (More…)

UK government condemns ‘irresponsible’ English five day doctor strike

The government says the new arrangements are part of its plan to bring in a safer and fuller seven-day health (More…)

Yemen’s Houthi leader says U.S. provides political cover for Saudi strikes

SANAA (Reuters) – The leader of Yemen’s Iran-allied Houthi faction accused the United States of providing logistical support and political (More…)

EU ministers seek to ease tensions with Turkey

By Gabriela Baczynska

BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – The European Union must mend ties with Turkey, Slovakia’s Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak said (More…)