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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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North Korea says missile test simulated attack on South’s airfields

Kim Jong Un watching missile test

By Jack Kim

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said on Wednesday it had conducted a ballistic missile test that simulated (More…)

Turkey set for emergency measures to quell post-coup turmoil

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan

By Humeyra Pamuk and Nick Tattersall

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey will announce emergency measures on Wednesday to try to shore (More…)

Erdogan targets more than 50,000 in purge after failed Turkish coup

Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan shout slogans and wave Turkish national flags during a pro-government demonstration in Sarachane park in Istanbul

By Humeyra Pamuk and Ercan Gurses

ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey vowed to root out allies of the U.S.-based cleric it (More…)

UnitedHealth sees further losses for Obamacare insurance

The logo of Down Jones Industrial Average stock market index listed company UnitedHealthcare is shown in Cypress, California

By Caroline Humer

(Reuters) – UnitedHealth Group Inc is still losing money on the individual insurance business created under U.S. (More…)

Suspected U.S. Coalition strikes kill 56 civilians in IS held city

Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) ride vehicles along a road near Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria,

BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least 56 civilians were killed on Tuesday in air strikes north of the besieged Islamic State-held (More…)

North Korea fires three ballistic missiles in new show of force

KCNA file picture shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watching the ballistic rocket launch dri

By Jack Kim and James Pearson

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired three ballistic missiles on Tuesday which flew between (More…)

France’s lawmakers urged to unite on emergency rule

A Portuguese citizen places a candle during a candle vigil held at the French Embassy in Manama to condemn and mourn the attack in Nice, France, where a driver of a heavy truck ran into a crowd on Bastille Day killing at least 84 people

By Brian Love

PARIS (Reuters) – France’s government, smarting from accusations that it did not do enough to prevent last (More…)

Britain will not start EU divorce this year

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May (centre, left) holds her first Cabinet Meeting at Downing Street, in London July 19, 2016

By Michael Holden

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will not begin its formal divorce from the European Union this year, a (More…)

Islamic State flag found in room of German train attacker

German emergency services workers work in the area where a man with an axe attacked passengers on a train near Wuerzburg

By Jens Hack

MUNICH (Reuters) – Police found a hand-painted Islamic State flag and a text written partly in Pashto (More…)

Turkey vows to remove Gulen movement ‘by its roots’ after failed coup

Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan stand on the statue of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror, during a pro-government demonstration in Sarachane park in Istanbul

By Ercan Gurses and Ayla Jean Yackley

ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey vowed to root out allies of the U.S.-based cleric (More…)