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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

Rescuers say toxic gas dropped on Syrian town where Russian helicopter shot down

By Lisa Barrington

BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Syrian rescue service operating in rebel-held territory said on Tuesday a helicopter dropped (More…)

China’s ‘mosquito factory’ aims to wipe out Zika, other diseases

GUANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – Every week, scientists in southern China release 3 million bacteria-infected mosquitoes on a 3 km (two-mile) (More…)

Venezuela denies zoo animals starving, says one happy family

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government denied on Monday that zoo animals were dying of starvation amid a national food shortage, (More…)

Obama, Singapore leader push Pacific trade deal in state visit

By Timothy Gardner and Ayesha Rascoe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama welcomed Singapore’s prime minister for a state visit (More…)

France buries priest murdered by Islamist militants

By Antony Paone

ROUEN, France (Reuters) – Mourners crammed into Rouen Cathedral on Tuesday for the funeral of the Roman (More…)

Erdogan says Turkey’s coup script was ‘written abroad’

By Ece Toksabay and Nick Tattersall

ANKARA/ISTANBUL, Turkey (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan accused the West of supporting terrorism and (More…)

Exclusive: Hackers accessed Telegram messaging accounts in Iran – researchers

By Joseph Menn and Yeganeh Torbati

SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iranian hackers have compromised more than a dozen accounts on (More…)

U.S. warplanes launch bombing campaign on Islamic State in Libya

By Goran Tomasevic and Yeganeh Torbati

SIRTE, Libya/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. planes bombed Islamic State targets in Libya on Monday, (More…)

Typhoon Nida shuts Hong Kong, more than 150 flights canceled

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Typhoon Nida swept through Hong Kong on Tuesday, shutting down most of the financial hub and (More…)

U.S. weighs dangers, benefits of naming Russia in cyber hack

By Warren Strobel and John Walcott

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Wary of a global confrontation with Russia, U.S. President Barack Obama (More…)