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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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Turkey suspends 95 police as post coup crackdown rolls on

One of the eight Turkish soldiers, who fled to Greece in a helicopter and requested political asylum after a failed military coup against the government, is seen in a police car with his face covered.

ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish authorities suspended 95 Istanbul police officers, including police chiefs, on Monday, broadcaster CNN Turk reported, the (More…)

U.S. voices concern over extra-judicial killings in Philippines

Relatives of slain people attend a Senate hearing investigating drug-related killings at the Senate headquarters in Manila

By Karen Lema

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines has recorded about 1,800 drug-related killings since President Rodrigo Duterte took office (More…)

Iraqi police remove suicide belt from 11-year-old

Iraqi security forces detain a boy after removing a suicide vest from him in Kirkuk

Iraqi police detained an 11-year-old boy near a Shi’ite mosque in Kirkuk city on Sunday (August 21) after removing a (More…)

U.S., South Korea begin joint drills amid tension after defection

U.S. army soldiers take part in a military exercise near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, South Korea

By Ju-min Park

SEOUL (Reuters) – The United States and South Korea kicked off annual military exercises on Monday, prompting (More…)

Gaza militant rocket hits Israel, Israel responds with air strikes

A water tower is seen after local residents said it was damaged by an Israeli shell at Beit Hanoun in Gaza, following a rocket that landed in the Israeli town of Sderot

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip launched a rocket that landed in the Israeli border town of (More…)

Syria rebels guardedly welcome truce idea in ‘nightmarish’ Aleppo

A civilian removes the rubble in front of a damaged shop after an airstrike in the rebel held al-Saleheen neighborhood of Aleppo,

BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) – The main umbrella group for the Syrian opposition on Friday cautiously welcomed a proposal for a weekly (More…)

U.S. says payment to Iran used as leverage for prisoners’ release

Jason Rezaian, Washington Post reporter and one of the U.S. citizens recently released from detention in Iran, poses to media outside the Emergency Room of the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC) in the southwestern town of Landstuhl, Germany

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Thursday it released $400 million in cash to Iran under a (More…)

Economic downturn, Islamist attacks cause hunger to spread in Nigeria

By Stephanie Nebehay

GENEVA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s economic slowdown, compounded by Boko Haram attacks, could mean 5.5 million people needing (More…)

German conservatives call for partial ban on face veil

A carnival float with papier-mache figures representing women dressed with Burkas, is pictured during the traditional Rose Monday carnival parade in the western German city of Duesseldorf

By Caroline Copley and Michelle Martin

BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives have agreed that women should be (More…)

Study in mice shows Zika virus also attacks adult brain cells

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are seen inside Oxitec laboratory in Campinas, Brazil,

By Julie Steenhuysen

CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. researchers have found that Zika can attack special populations of brain cells in (More…)