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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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Soaring prison population prompts Thailand to re-think ‘lost’ drug war

Inmates sit on the floor during an inspection visit in the long term sentence zone inside Klong Prem high-security prison in Bangkok,

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Somsak Sreesomsong was 18 when he was jailed for selling illegal drugs. Now, (More…)

Shi’ite Cleric al-Sadr orders followers to target U.S. troops

Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is seen during a protest against corruption at Tahrir Square in Baghdad

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Powerful Shi’ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr instructed his followers on Sunday to target U.S. troops deploying to (More…)

Erdogan’s plane in rebels sights yet no attempt to fire

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waves to the crowd following a funeral service for a victim of the thwarted coup in Istanbul

By Humeyra Pamuk and Orhan Coskun

ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – At the height of the attempt to overthrow Turkish President Tayyip (More…)

Iran receives the missile part of S-300 defense system from Russia

Russian military vehicles move along a central street during a rehearsal for a military parade in Moscow

DUBAI (Reuters) – Russia has delivered the missile part of S-300 surface-to-air defense system to Iran, Tasnim news agency reported (More…)

Indonesia begins re-vaccinating victims of fake drug ring

A child who received fake medication from a drug-making ring is revaccinated by government health care workers at a clinic in East Jakarta, Indonesia

By Randy Fabi and Agustinus Beo Da Costa

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia on Monday began re-vaccinating nearly 200 children who (More…)

Spanish police issue safety tips for Pokemon Go Gamers

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police issued guidelines on Monday on how to safely use augmented-reality video games after the release of the application Pokemon Go. The police advice included reminders that users are they are in "the real world" and must aware of real-world obstacles such as traffic lights and cars. Players of the game from Japan's Nintendo Co Ltd <7974.T> walk around real-life neighborhoods to hunt down virtual cartoon characters on their smartphone screens. The police issued their guidelines after two Japanese tourists were rescued from a motorway tunnel in Barcelona on Saturday, where they had wandered in search of Pokemon characters, according to Spanish media. The mobile game has become an instant hit just one week after launch. Police warned players that the use of GPS technology for the game means users’ location is visible to others, potentially making them vulnerable to muggings or theft, as well as signaling when they are not at home. Across the United States, players have been drawn down dark alleys and into dangerous neighborhoods in search of the imaginary creatures, only to be targeted by criminals. The police manual warns players not be distracted by the excitement of catching rare Pokémon characters and to remember their safety is paramount. Pokemon Go became available in Spain on July 15, following its release in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom the previous week. The game has been a runaway success, boosting Nintendo’s market share by $17 billion in just over a week. (Reporting by Catherine Bennett; Edited by Amanda Cooper)

MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish police issued guidelines on Monday on how to safely use augmented-reality video games after the release (More…)

‘No excuse’ for Turkey to abandon rule of law: Mogherini states

U.S. Secretary of State Kerry poses with EU foreign policy chief Mogherini during an EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels

By Alastair Macdonald and Robert-Jan Bartunek

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini warned the Turkish government on (More…)

Faith in Government drops, politicians jeered as France mourns

A woman takes a picture of a heart shape makeshift memorial before the minute of silence on the third day of national mourning to pay tribute to victims of the truck attack along the Promenade des Anglais on Bastille Day in Nice, France,

By Brian Love and Matthias Galante

PARIS/NICE, France (Reuters) – Confidence in the capacity of Francois Hollande’s government to combat (More…)

Turkey widens post-coup purge, demands Washington hand over cleric

Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan hold an effigy of U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen during a pro-government demonstration in Ankara ,Turkey

By Orhan Coskun and Ercan Gurses

ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey purged its police on Monday after rounding up thousands of (More…)

Erdogan rounds up more than 6000 on crackdown of coup supporters

Two of the eight Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece in a helicopter and requested political asylum after a failed military coup against the government, are brought to prosecutor by two policemen in the northern Greek city of Alexandroupolis, Greece

y Nick Tattersall and Humeyra Pamuk

ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey widened a crackdown on suspected supporters of a failed military (More…)