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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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Truck attacker kills 84 celebrating France’s Bastille Day

A woman places a bouquet of flowers as people pay tribute near the scene where a truck ran into a crowd at high speed killing scores and injuring more who were celebrating the Bastille Day national holiday in Nice

By Sophie Sassard and Michel Bernouin

NICE, France (Reuters) – An attacker at the wheel of a heavy truck plowed (More…)

Truck attacker kills over 70 in Nice Bastille Day crowd

French police forces and forensic officers stand next to a truck July 15, 2016 that ran into a crowd celebrating the Bastille Day national holiday on the Promenade des Anglais killing at least 60 people in Nice, France, July 14. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

By Michel Bernouin

NICE, France (Reuters) – An attacker killed at least 73 people and injured scores when he drove (More…)

Truck attacker kills dozens in Nice, driver shot dead

An injured individual is seen on the ground after at least 30 people were killed in Nice, France, when a truck ran into a crowd celebrating the Bastille Day national holiday July 14, 2016.

By Michel Rose

PARIS (Reuters) – At least 30 people were killed and 100 injured in the French Riviera city (More…)

FBI director says four arrested in last month for ISIS plots

FBI Director Comey testifies before House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in Washington

ASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI has arrested four people within the last month in order to disrupt Islamic State-inspired plots, (More…)

Weather forecasters see likelihood of La Nina August – Sept.

graphics showing the differences in temperature of an El Nino and El Nina

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Following a damaging El Nino weather period, a U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday said the (More…)

Turkey imposes curfews on 16 villages, sacks mayors

A Turkish flag hangs on the historical city walls at one of the entrance of Sur district in Diyarbakir

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkey imposed round-the-clock curfews on 16 villages in its mainly Kurdish southeast on Thursday as security (More…)

Zimbabweans suffer ‘savage’ police abuse and torture

Zimbabwean Pastor Mawarire addresses followers after his release at Harare Magistrates court

By Ed Cropley

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A 10-year-old girl knocked out by tear gas from a grenade thrown into her (More…)

ISIS fighters bring down Syrian Jet

A still image taken on July 14, 2016 from a video posted on social media said to be shot today, July 14, 2016, shows the wreckage of a Syrian jet that was brought down by Islamic State fighters near the

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State fighters brought down a Syrian jet near the eastern city of Deir al-Zor on Thursday, (More…)

U.S. launches quiet diplomacy to ease South China Sea tensions

A ship of Chinese Coast Guard is seen near a ship of Vietnam Marine Guard in the South China Sea

By Lesley Wroughton and John Walcott

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is using quiet diplomacy to persuade the Philippines, (More…)

Science group warns of shortcomings in U.S. missile defense

Intercept flight test of a land-based Aegis Ballistic Missile in Kauai, Hawaii

By David Alexander

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. missile defense system to counter attacks from rogue states like North Korea (More…)