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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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Russia uses Iran as base to bomb Syrian militants for first time

A still image, taken from video footage and released by Russia's Defence Ministry on August 16, 2016, shows a Russian Tupolev Tu-22M3 long-range bomber based in Iran dropping off bombs at an unknown location in Syria. Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation/

By Andrew Osborn

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia used Iran as a base from which to launch air strikes against Syrian (More…)

Gunmen abduct suspected members of the Sinaloa drug cartel

A general view shows a restaurant where unknown assailants kidnapped a group of people in the Pacific tourist resort of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico,

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Eight armed men abducted “six or seven” suspected members of the Sinaloa drug cartel from a (More…)

Turkish police raid 44 firms in coup probe, to detain executives

The business and financial district of Levent, comprised of leading Turkish companies' headquarters and popular shopping malls, is seen from the Sapphire Tower in Istanbul, Turkey,

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police launched simultaneous raids on 44 companies in Istanbul on Tuesday and had warrants to detain (More…)

Boko Haram video claims to show missing Nigerian school girls

A still image from a video posted by Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram on social media,

By Ardo Hazzad

BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian militant group Boko Haram has published a video apparently showing recent footage (More…)

Thailand avoids linking bloody insurgency to tourist site blasts

Police Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) official inspects the site of a bomb blast in Hua Hin, south of Bangkok, Thailand,

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Andrew R.C. Marshall

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Within hours of last week’s deadly bomb and arson (More…)

Russia says close to starting joint military action with USA in Aleppo

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu chairs a meeting on Syria at the Defence Ministry in Moscow

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia and the United States are close to starting joint military action against militants in the Syrian (More…)

Magnitude 5.3 quake in southern Peru kills at least four

LIMA (Reuters) – A 5.3 magnitude earthquake in southern Peru killed at least four people and injured more than two (More…)

South Koreans shave heads to protest U.S. missile defense system

Seongju residents get their heads shaved during a protest against the government's decision to place a U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) anti-missile

By Minwoo Park

SEONGJU, South Korea (Reuters) – About 900 South Koreans shaved their heads on Monday to protest against (More…)

Give us EU visa freedom in October or abandon migrant deal, Turkey says

urkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speaks during a news conference with the Adviser to Pakistan's Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs,

By Michelle Martin and Humeyra Pamuk

BERLIN/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey could walk away from its promise to stem the flow (More…)

Russia deploys advanced S-400 air missile system to Crimea

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a news conference with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (not seen) following their meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia,

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has deployed its advanced S-400 air defense missile system to annexed Crimea, Russian news agencies reported (More…)