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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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Attempt at U.S.-Russia cooperation in Syria suffers major setbacks

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By Tom Miles and John Walcott

GENEVA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s attempt to elicit Russian military (More…)

Australia prison abuse on aboriginal children investigated

Barbed wire fences surround the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre located near Darwin in the Northern Territory, Australia,

By Matt Siegel

SYDNEY (Reuters) – The use of hoods, restraints and teargas on Australian aboriginal children in youth detention (More…)

Florida identifies two more Zika cases not related to travel

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are seen at the Laboratory of Entomology and Ecology of the Dengue Branch of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in San Juan

By Julie Steenhuysen

CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Florida health department said on Wednesday it was investigating another two cases of (More…)

Turkey dismisses military, shuts media outlets, crackdown deepens

A supporter holds a flag depicting Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan during a pro-government demonstration in Ankara, Turkey

By Tulay Karadeniz, Gulsen Solaker and Can Sezer

ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey on Wednesday deepened a crackdown on suspected followers (More…)

Merkel cuts short holiday to face refugee policy storm

German Chancellor Merkel addresses a news conference in Berlin

By Paul Carrel

BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel interrupted her vacation on Thursday to face down accusations at home (More…)

North Korean seeks refuge in South Korean consulate

A security officer blocks the entrance to the South Korean consulate inside an office building in Hong Kong

By Donny Kwok and Sharon Shi

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Security was tightened at the South Korean consulate in Hong (More…)

Turkey says Cleric Gulen could flee U.S.

File still image taken from video of U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, whose followers Turkey blames for a failed coup, speaks to journalists at his home in

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey is receiving intelligence that the Muslim cleric it blames for orchestrating a coup attempt this month (More…)

Flash floods kill scores in Nepal, India

rmy personnel assist flood victims in Kapilvastu, Nepal July 26, 2016.

By Gopal Sharma and Biswajyoti Das

KATHMANDU/GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) – Flash floods and landslides have killed at least 68 people in (More…)

Second French church attacker was known to police: sources

French police guard stand in front of church

By Chine Labbé and Michel Rose

PARIS/SAINT-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY, France (Reuters) – The second teenager involved in the killing of a priest (More…)

U.S. theory on Democratic Party breach: Hackers meant to leave Russia’s mark

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By John Walcott, Joseph Menn and Mark Hosenball

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some U.S. intelligence officials suspect that Russian hackers who (More…)