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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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China says to hold drills with Russia in South China Sea

Chinese and Russian naval vessels

BEIJING (Reuters) – China and Russia will hold “routine” naval exercises in the South China Sea in September, China’s Defence (More…)

Fighters battling Islamic State gather trove of documents

Smoke and flame rise after what fighters of the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) said were U.S.-led air strikes on the mills of Manbij where Islamic State militants are positioned, in Aleppo Governorate

By Idrees Ali and Yeganeh Torbati

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S.-backed forces fighting to drive Islamic State out of northern Syria (More…)

Pope says attacks show ‘world is at war’

ope Francis shakes hands with Polish President Andrzej Duda at a welcoming ceremony at Wawel Royal Castle in Krakow

ABOARD PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) – Pope Francis said on Wednesday that a string of recent attacks, including the murder of (More…)

Germany bomber influenced in chat by unknown person

Police secure the area after an explosion in Ansbach, Germany,

BERLIN (Reuters) – A Syrian asylum seeker who blew himself up in the southern German town of Ansbach on Sunday (More…)

France’s Hollande meets religious leaders amid row over attacks security

A young girl prays near flowers and candles at the city hall in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray to pay tribute to Father Jacques Hamel, who was killed in an attack on a church

y Andrew Callus and Chine Labbé

PARIS/SAINT-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY, France (Reuters) – President Francois Hollande demonstrated interfaith unity with France’s religious leaders (More…)

Turkey detains more journalists in clampdown on cleric’s followers

Turkish journalist Nazli Ilicak is escorted by a police officer and her relatives after being detained and brought to a hospital for a medical check in Bodrum

By Daren Butler and Orhan Coskun

ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey ordered another 47 journalists detained on Wednesday, part of a (More…)

Kremlin say allegations it hacked U.S. Democratic Party ‘made up horror stories’

Delegates cheer at the annoucement that Hillary Clinton is named the Democratic Party nominee for president at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Wednesday dismissed allegations Russia had hacked Democratic Party emails as “horror stories” dreamt up (More…)

Bavarian bomber called in video for more attacks: SITE

German officials after bombing

BERLIN (Reuters) – A Syrian man who injured 15 people when he blew himself up in southern Germany – an (More…)

North Korea says decision on nuclear test depends on U.S.: Yonhap

North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s foreign minister said on Tuesday that whether it conducted another nuclear test depended on the (More…)

Bangladesh police kill nine militants plotting major attack

Security block a road where police are taking down militants

By Ruma Paul

DHAKA (Reuters) – Police in Bangladesh killed nine militants on Tuesday who were believed to have been (More…)