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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

As death toll on Indonesia’s Lombok tops 100, thousands wait for aid

By Kanupriya Kapoor

KAYANGAN, Indonesia (Reuters) – The death toll from a powerful earthquake that hit Indonesia’s tourist island of (More…)

Massive wildfire rages after becoming largest in California’s history

By Dan Whitcomb

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California’s biggest wildfire on record raged on Tuesday as hot and windy conditions (More…)

U.S. revives sanctions to further damage Iran’s economy

By Lesley Wroughton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration expects economic sanctions that it is re-imposing on Iran this week (More…)

Iraq jails French and German citizens for life for joining Islamic State

By Raya Jalabi

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – An Iraqi court sentenced a French man and a German woman to life in (More…)

South Korea’s diehard Trump supporters hail ‘guardian of liberty’

By Jeongmin Kim and Minwoo Park

SEOUL (Reuters) – Every time an image of U.S. President Donald Trump appears on (More…)

Wildfire burns in Portugal for fourth day, 1,150 firefighters mobilize

By Catarina Demony

LISBON (Reuters) – More than 1,150 firefighters struggled to put out a fire in Portugal’s southern Algarve (More…)

Fireball near Bologna airport after road crash explosion

ROME (Reuters) – Two trucks collided on a motorway near Bologna airport in northern Italy on Monday, sending a huge (More…)

Facebook, Apple remove most of U.S. conspiracy theorist’s content

By Rich McKay

ATLANTA (Reuters) – Facebook Inc announced on Monday that it had removed four pages belonging to U.S. (More…)

Venezuela arrests six over drone explosions during Maduro speech

By Brian Ellsworth and Vivian Sequera

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan authorities said on Sunday they have detained six people over (More…)

Tourists flee Indonesia’s Lombok island after earthquake kills 98

By Kanupriya Kapoor

PEMENANG, Indonesia (Reuters) – Scenes of destruction greeted rescue workers across Indonesia’s resort island of Lombok on (More…)