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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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Brazil arrests groups plotting ‘acts of terrorism’ before Olympics

A soldier of the Brazilian Armed Forces patrols outside the 2016 Rio Olympics Village in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 21, 2016.

By Lisandra Paraguassu and Anthony Boadle

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil arrested 10 people on Thursday on suspicion of belonging to (More…)

Oil prices slipped with rise in U.S. gasoline inventories

Oil and gas tankers are anchored off the Marseille harbour, southeastern France,

LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices slipped on Thursday after a rise in U.S. gasoline inventories helped push U.S. oil stocks (More…)

South Korean President Park calls for unity over THAAD

South Korean President Park Geun-hye arrives for the 11th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit of Heads of State and Government (ASEM11) in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, 15 July 2016.

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Park Geun-hye said on Thursday the move to deploy a THAAD missile defense system (More…)

Australian police arrest man over apparent bid to attack police station

A bomb disposal expert wearing protective gear walks past emergency services personnel outside a police station in the western Sydney suburb of Merrylands, Australia

YDNEY (Reuters) – Australian police on Thursday arrested a man for an apparent attack on a Sydney police station, after (More…)

Hungary’s PM says ‘obvious connection’ between terrorism and migration

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives on the second day of the EU Summit in Brussels, Belgium,

WARSAW (Reuters) – Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Thursday there was a clear link between illegal immigration to (More…)

Turkey says no return to past repression

Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan shout slogans over a burning effigy of U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen during a pro-government demonstration at Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey

By Humeyra Pamuk and Seda Sezer

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey tried to assure its citizens and the outside world on (More…)

U.S. says its forces will keep operating in South China Sea

USS Boxer in East Sea

BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. military forces will continue to operate in the South China Sea in accordance with international law, (More…)

EU eyes Israeli technologies for spotting militants online

By Dan Williams

TEL AVIV (Reuters) – European powers are trying to develop better means for pre-emptively spotting “lone-wolf” militants (More…)

Heavy rain disrupts trains, flights in Chinese capital

Heavy rainfall in China

BEIJING (Reuters) – Persistent heavy rain on Wednesday caused widespread disruption in the Chinese capital, Beijing, forcing the delay and (More…)

Brazil probes Olympics threats after group backs Islamic State

Brazilian Air Force soldiers patrolling

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s intelligence agency said on Tuesday it was investigating all threats to next month’s Rio Olympics after (More…)