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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

Two police officers among four fatally shot in Canada: authorities

By Anna Mehler Paperny

FREDERICTON, New Brunswick (Reuters) – Four people, including two police officers, were killed in a shooting (More…)

Russia tells Washington curbs on its banks would be act of economic war

By Andrew Osborn and Andrey Ostroukh

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia warned the United States on Friday it would regard any (More…)

Death toll from Indonesia quake climbs over 320

By Angie Teo

PEMANANG, Indonesia (Reuters) – The death toll from a huge 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Indonesia’s Lombok island (More…)

Anniversary of fatal Charlottesville rally puts city, D.C. on edge

By Joseph Ax and Makini Brice

(Reuters) – Joan Fenton knows she will not make much money at her Charlottesville (More…)

Dozens killed, including children on a bus, in Yemen air strikes

ADEN (Reuters) – Saudi-led coalition air strikes on Thursday killed dozens of people, including children traveling on a bus, in (More…)

Russia reels, denounces new U.S. sanctions as illegal, unfriendly

By Andrew Osborn

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia condemned a new round of U.S. sanctions as illegal on Thursday after news (More…)

Hamas fires rockets, Israel bombs Gaza amid talk of truce

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Eli Berlzon

GAZA/SDEROT, Israel (Reuters) – A Palestinian official said on Thursday armed factions in Gaza (More…)

Aftershock jolts Indonesia’s Lombok as death toll jumps to 259

By Kanupriya Kapoor

PEMENANG, Indonesia (Reuters) – A magnitude 6.2 aftershock rocked Indonesia’s Lombok on Thursday, sparking fresh panic on (More…)

Congo starts vaccinating health workers against Ebola

By Fiston Mahamba

MANGINA, Congo (Reuters) – Congolese officials and the World Health Organization began vaccinating health workers against the (More…)

Hamas says indirect Gaza truce talks with Israel ‘advanced’

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.N.- and Egyptian-mediated talks on a deal to tamp down tensions (More…)