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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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Storm Earl lashes Belize with wind, rain, heads for Mexico

A fallen palm tree is seen along the street after Hurricane Earl hits,

By Henry Romero and Manuel Carrillo

BELIZE CITY (Reuters) – Tropical storm Earl whipped Belize with wind and heavy rain (More…)

As vote looms, Thailand’s powerful army aims to preserve role

Thai soldiers attend a morning training at military barracks in Prachin Buri outside Bangkok, Thailand

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Andrew R.C. Marshall

BANGKOK, Thailand (Reuters) – Thailand votes on Sunday for a new constitution (More…)

Obama administration denies Iran cash payment was ransom for prisoners

U.S. President Barack Obama answers a question as he and Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong hold a joint news conference at the White House in Washington, U.S.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration said on Wednesday that $400 million in cash paid to Iran soon after the (More…)

Italy would ‘positively consider’ U.S. request to use airbases for Libya strikes

A Danish F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off from the tarmac of the Sigonella NATO Airbase on the southern Italian island of Sicily, Italy

ROME (Reuters) – Italy signaled it would most likely allow the use of its airbases and airspace for strikes against (More…)

FBI took months to warn Democrats of suspected Russian role in hack

A lock icon, signifying an encrypted Internet connection, is seen on an Internet Explorer browser in a photo illustration in Paris April

By Mark Hosenball, John Walcott and Joseph Menn

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The FBI did not tell the Democratic National (More…)

Venezuelan women seek sterilizations as crisis sours child-rearing

Lisibeht Martinez (L), 30, who was sterilized one year ago, sits next to her children while they play in a bathtub in the backyard of their house

By Alexandra Ulmer

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s food shortages, inflation and crumbling medical sector have become such a source of (More…)

Latest North Korea missile launch lands near Japan waters, alarms Tokyo

FILE PHOTO - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends the 3rd Meeting of Activists in Fisheries under the Korean People's Army

By Ju-min Park and James Pearson

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea launched a ballistic missile on Wednesday that landed in (More…)

Thousands of Yazidis missing, captive, two years after start of ‘genocide’

Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing violence from forces loyal to the Islamic State in Sinjar town, walk towards the Syrian border, on the outskirts of Sinjar mountain, near the Syrian border town of Elierbeh of Al-Hasakah Governorate

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Thousands of Yazidis are being held captive by Islamic State in Syria where many are used for (More…)

Private company wins U.S. clearance to fly to the moon

The Apollo 11 Lunar Module ascent stage, with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. aboard, is photographed from the Command and Service Modules in lunar orbit in this July, 1969 file photo. Photo courtesy of NASA/Handout via

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida-based company won U.S. government permission on Wednesday to send a (More…)

Turkish police raid science council as crackdown widens

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan addresses the audience during a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey,

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police have raided the offices of the national science research council, an official said on Wednesday, (More…)