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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

Europeans turn to weapons in growing numbers after attacks

By John Miller and Caroline Copley

ZURICH/BERLIN (Reuters) – Europeans in a number of countries are seeking to arm themselves (More…)

In Iraq, Nigeria and now Turkey, child bombers strike

By Patrick Markey

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The boy looked scared and younger than 16 when Iraqi police grabbed him on (More…)

World’s largest cemetery grows bigger as Shi’ite militias bury their dead

By Alaa al-Marjani and Saif Hameed

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The world’s largest cemetery, in Iraq’s Shi’ite holy city of Najaf, (More…)

As Kerry lands in Nigeria, air force says top Boko Haram fighters killed

By Lesley Wroughton

SOKOTO, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria’s air force said it had killed a number of senior Boko Haram (More…)

North Korea lays new landmines near border truce village: report

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea has laid landmines in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between the two Koreas, the South’s Yonhap (More…)

Water shortages hit West Bank Palestinians, provoking war of words

By Sabreen Taha

HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) – At the peak of a searing summer, Palestinians living in parts of (More…)

Hungarian MEP: Pigs’ heads would deter migrants from border fence

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – A Hungarian member of the European Parliament has sparred with a human rights campaigner and caused an (More…)

North Korea appeared to resume plutonium production this year

VIENNA (Reuters) – North Korea appeared to resume activities this year aimed at producing plutonium, which can be used in (More…)

Germany to tell people to stockpile food and water in case of attacks

BERLIN (Reuters) – For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the German government plans to tell (More…)

Iran says Russian use of air base for Syria strikes over ‘for now’

By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin

DUBAI (Reuters) – Russia has stopped using an Iranian air base for strikes in Syria, Iran’s foreign (More…)