Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe arrives for the 28th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and the Government of the African Union in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, January 30, 2017. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court dis... More »
Pope Francis leads his Wednesday general audience at the Paul VI audience hall in Vatican City February 8, 2017. REUTERS/Tony Gentile Pope Francis issued a stinging criticism of atrocities against Myanmar’s Rohingya minority on Wednesday, saying they had been ... More »
FILE PHOTO – Then Deputy Health Minister Huang Jiefu speaks during a group session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing March 10, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo Beijing’s top official on transplants said on Tuesday Be... More »
Kailash Satyarthi, 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, takes part in a panel during the Clinton Global Initiative’s annual meeting in New York, September 27, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Thieves broke into the New Delhi home of India’s 2014 Nobel Peace laureate Ka... More »
Iranian citizen and U.S green card holder Cyrus Khosravi (C) greets his brother, Hamidreza Khosravi (L), and niece, Dena Khosravi (R), 2, after they were detained for additional screening following their arrival to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to visit... More »
File Photo: Demonstrators in support of the immigration rules implemented by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, rally at Los Angeles international airport in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 4, 2017. REUTERS/Ringo Chiu/File Photo California l... More »
People hold protest signs during Friday prayers to show solidarity with the Muslim community at the Islamic Center of Southern California in Los Angeles, California, U.S. February 3, 2017. REUTERS/Kevork Djansezian More than 100 companies, including most of hi... More »
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) President Cheryl Boone Isaacs arrives at the 89th Oscars Nominee Luncheon in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., February 6, 2017. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni Roy More »
12-year old Eman Ali of Yemen, is reunited with her sister Salma (R) at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California, February 5, 2017. REUTERS/Kate Munsch President Donald Trump’s temporary immigration ban faced on Monday the first of seve... More »
REFILE – CLARIFYING CAPTION A man rides his tricycle with placards as he takes part in a rally to show support for Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, Nigeria Febuary 6, 2017. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde Hundreds of Nigerians called for a change of gove... More »
The Facebook logo is pictured in the Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California January 29, 2013. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith Several technology companies plan to send a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday urging his administration to follow thro... More »
Demonstrators in support of the immigration rules implemented by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, rally at Los Angeles international airport in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 4, 2017. REUTERS/Ringo Chiu President Donald Trump on Sunday ra... More »
U.S. Judge James Robart emerged from relative obscurity on Saturday as the first jurist to come under fire from the president since he took office after his temporary order to lift Donald Trump’s immigration ban. More »
U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order rolling back regulations from the 2010 Dodd-Frank law on Wall Street reform at the White House in Washington February 3, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Highlights of the day for U.S. President Donald Trump’s a... More »
Many of President Donald Trump’s core political supporters had a simple message on Sunday for the fiercest opponents of his immigration ban: Calm down. More »
U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by his senior advisor and son-in-law Jared Kushner (R), speaks by phone with the Saudi Arabia’s King Salman in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. January 29, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Saudi Arabia’s Ki... More »
Starbucks Corp Chief Executive Howard Schultz, pictured with images from the company’s new ”Race Together” project behind him, speaks during the company’s annual shareholder’s meeting in Seattle, Washington March 18, 2015. REUTERS/David Ryder Starbucks Corp Ch... More »
A policeman stands guard at the forensic department of a hospital where the body of Ko Ni is kept, a prominent member of Myanmar’s Muslim minority and legal adviser for Myanmar’s ruling National League for Democracy, in Yangon, Myanmar, January 29, 2017. REUTE... More »
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump sits with PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel, Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook, Oracle CEO Safra Catz and Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk during a meeting with technology leaders at Trump Tower in New York U.S., Dec... More »
Japan Airlines Co (9201.T) said on Monday it has begun screening passengers from the seven Muslim-majority countries affected by the President Donald Trump’s travel ban before their departure for the United States. More »
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Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk in Hong Kong, China January 26, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip Silicon Valley took the lead over the weekend in corporate resistance to President Donald Trump’s clampdown on immigration, financing legal opposition, criticizing the plan... More »
2016 Rio Olympics – Athletics – Victory Ceremony – Men’s 5000m Victory Ceremony – Olympic Stadium – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 20/08/2016. Gold medalist Mo Farah (GBR) of Britain on the podium. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov British Olympic champion Mo Farah said he was r... More »
The Netherlands has committed $10 million for an initiative to replace funding for abortion services in developing countries that will be lost due to U.S. President Donald Trump’s ban on financing foreign groups that provide abortions. More »
A car is parked in front of Rixos President Hotel, the venue that hosts Syria peace talks, in Astana, Kazakhstan, January 23, 2017. REUTERS/Mukhtar Kholdorbekov Khalidi More »
U.S. entertainer Bruce Springsteen speaks during a media conference ahead of his first Australian show in Perth, Australia, January 22, 2017. Picture taken January 22, 2017. AAP/Angie Raphael/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD P... More »
Madonna performs at the Women’s March in Washington U.S., January 21, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Pop singer Madonna, who said in a profanity-laced speech at Saturday’s Women’s March in Washington, D.C., that she had thought about “blowing up the White Hou... More »
A combination of photos taken at the National Mall shows the crowds attending the inauguration ceremonies to swear in U.S. President Donald Trump at 12:01pm (L) on January 20, 2017 and President Barack Obama on January 20, 2009, in Washington, DC, U.S. REUTERS... More »
A protester marches through the streets as he demonstrates against what they say is police brutality after the Ferguson shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, by a white police officer, in St. Louis, Missouri, March 14, 2015. REUTERS/Jim Young/F... More »
Britain’s police watchdog is to hold an investigation after officers were filmed firing a stun-gun at their own local black race relations adviser who they apparently mistook for a wanted suspect, the force involved said on Friday. More »
Oman announced on Monday that it had taken in 10 prisoners released by the United States from its Guantanamo Bay military prison, part of a push by outgoing President Barack Obama to shrink the inmate population before leaving office. More »
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump greets Vice President-elect Mike Pence during a news conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., January 11, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Donald Trump’s vice president and top aides on Sunday joine... More »
Former Attorney General Eric Holder takes the stage during the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 26, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron A California Republican state lawmaker is challenging the legality of a move by Democrats in t... More »
Actress Meryl Streep accepts the Cecil B. DeMille Award during the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards show in Beverly Hills, California. Paul Drinkwater/Courtesy of NBC/Handout via REUTERS Donald Trump called Meryl Streep an “overrated actress” on Monday after th... More »
Actress Meryl Streep accepts the Cecil B. DeMille Award. Paul Drinkwater/Courtesy of NBC/Handout via REUTERS Roy More »
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick speaks at a news conference on the introduction of a bill that would limit access to bathrooms and other facilities for transgender people at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas, U.S., January 5, 2017. REUTERS/Jon Herskovit... More »
Rapper Common presents the best song award at the 22nd Annual Critics’ Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California, U.S., December 11, 2016. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni American rapper Common said it was “very special” to team up again with director Ava DuVernay on he... More »
Smoke and flames rise after air strikes on rebel-controlled besieged area of Aleppo, as seen from a government-held side, in Syria December 11, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki The Syrian army and its allies made sweeping advances in Aleppo overnight, subjecting re... More »
Smoke rises from a damaged building after a strike on the rebel-held besieged al-Shaar neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria November 26, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail Another key district of eastern Aleppo has effectively fallen to advancing Syrian government forc... More »
By Liz MerminLONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Shoppers lured by a bargain-priced T-shirt but concerned about whether the item is free of slave l More »
A man poses with a magnifier in front of a Facebook logo on display in this illustration taken in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, December 16, 2015. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic Facebook Inc (FB.O) is working on automatically flagging offensive material in live video ... More »
Pro-democracy group ”Bersih” (Clean) chairwoman Maria Chin Abdullah (C) rallies supporters as they prepare to march towards Dataran Merdeka in Malaysia’s capital city of Kuala Lumpur August 29, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su The leader of Malaysian pro-democracy group... More »
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble takes questions from reporters during a press conference with Chinese Finance Minister Lou Jiwei (not pictured) at the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank Group in Washington October 7, 2016. REUTERS/James Lawle... More »
An employee of a state-owned candy store looks outside, near a painting depicting Cuba’s former President Fidel Castro, following the announcement of Castro’s death, in Havana, Cuba, November 27, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer Cuba’s most prominent dissident group cal... More »
U.S. President elect Donald Trump walks up a staircase to depart the lobby of the New York Times building after a meeting in New York, U.S., November 22, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday that his administration wou... More »
Morning commuters pass by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on a rainy morning in New York City, U.S., October 21, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid counsel, not lead plaintiff’s attorney) More »
Tins of Heinz Baked Beans rest on a palette in the company’s factory in Wigan, Britain, May 21, 2009. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo A Heinz television advert showing people drumming a rhythm on its baked bean cans has been banned by British regulators on safet... More »
A woman walks past a photograph of former President Fidel Castro after the announcement of his death, in Havana, Cuba, November 27, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer From the Bay of Pigs invasion to a historic visit by President Barack Obama to Havana, Cubans have known ... More »
Protesters shout slogans after they are blocked by riot policemen in a road nearby the presidential Blue House during their march calling South Korean President Park Geun-hye to step down in Seoul, South Korea, November 19, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon South K... More »
New York state Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks on the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 28, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Sunday launched an initiative to combat hate... More »
People pose for pictures during the third annual World Internet Conference in Wuzhen town of Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, China November 16, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo China’s ambitions to tighten up regulation of the Internet have found a second wind in... More »
A boy holds a sign during a protest against U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 13, 2016. REUTERS/Bria Webb Demonstrators in major U.S. cities took to the streets on Sunday for a fifth straight day to protest President-elec... More »
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Chairman of the Republican National Committee Reince Priebus address supporters during his election night rally in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 9, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday pick... More »
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump holds arms with Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus (R) while speaking at his election night rally in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 9, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid President-elect Donald Trump was wei... More »
FILE PHOTO — Visitors enter the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S. October 5, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron/File Photo Democrats fell short in three U.S. states on Monday in their legal battle to impose tighter restrictions on supporters of Republican preside... More »
Former FIFA referee Hamdi Al Kadri conducts a German 9th division soccer match between TSV Pyrbaum and FC Altdorf in Pyrbaum, southern Germany, November 6, 2016. Picture taken November 6, 2016. Syrian migrant Al-Kadri was member of the referee team at high lev... More »
“KKK” is shown spray painted on a telephone pole in Kokomo, Indiana, U.S. November 1, 2016. REUTERS/Peter Eisler The lettering is crude, scrawled in black spray paint on the sidewalk in front of Karen Peters’ neatly kept home in the quiet, working class neighb... More »
A navy personnel looks for survivors during a search and rescue operation after a boat carrying Indonesian migrant workers capsized off Batam on Wednesday, near Nongsa, Batam, Indonesia November 3, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su Indonesian police on Thursday detained ... More »
A member of the III% Security Force militia conducts shooting practice during a field training exercise in Jackson, Georgia, U.S. October 29, 2016. REUTERS/Justin Mitchell Down a Georgia country road, camouflaged members of the Three Percent Security Force hav... More »
Migrants with their belongs gather on a street and protect themselves from the cold as they prepare to spend the night after the dismantlement of the ”Jungle” camp in Calais, France, October 27, 2016. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol Champtercier, a tiny hillside vill... More »
By Beh Lih YiJAKARTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Cyril Goliava cut an elegant figure in her yellow evening gown as she won a beauty pageant in Hon More »
Human rights activists on Monday called on Thailand’s junta to drop sedition charges against a rights lawyer in the first such case against an attorney since the military took power in a 2014 coup. More »
A British artist is suing U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, saying the campaign illegally used his photograph of a bowl of brightly colored Skittles candies to illustrate its position against bringing Syrian refugees to the United States. More »
Sep 17, 2016- Montreal, Quebec, CAN- Montreal Impact forward Didier Drogba (11) dribbles the ball during the second half against the New England Revolution at Stade Saputo. Mandatory Credit: Eric Bolte-USA TODAY Sports Didier Drogba was absent again when the M... More »
A view shows an office that was used by Islamic State militants in Turkman Bareh village, after rebel fighters advanced in the area, in northern Aleppo Governorate, Syria, October 7, 2016. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi Syrian rebels said they captured the village of D... More »
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at the National Palace in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa October 11, 2016. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri German Chancellor Angela Merkel, on a trip to Ethiopia, said she wanted the African Union to get involved in trying to solve... More »
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Ethiopia on Tuesday to open up its politics and ensure police do not use heavy-handed tactics against protesters, after more than a year of unrest that rights groups say has led to about 500 deaths. More »
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn attends the opening ceremony of the 26th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) at the AU headquarters in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, January 30, 2016. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri Ethiopian Prime ... More »
Vietnamese police have detained a prominent blogger for posting anti-state reports, including one about civilians dying in police custody, which they said undermined trust in the ruling Communist Party. More »
Scientists in Britain have managed to teach bumblebees to pull strings to get to food and then pass on what they have learned to others in their colony – showing a high level of intelligence despite their tiny brains. More »
By Beh Lih YiJAKARTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Growing anti-gay sentiment in Indonesia could hamper efforts to combat fast-rising HIV infections More »
A woman carrying her daughter casts her vote in a referendum on a peace deal between the government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels in Medellin, Colombia, October 2, 2016. REUTERS/Fredy Builes Colombians narrowly rejected a peace deal ... More »
Members of Khon Kaen Slum Network community group hold a banner during a rally outside the United Nations building in Bangkok, Thailand, October 3, 2016. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of the Thai capital on Monday calling... More »
Supporters of ‘No’ vote celebrate after the nation voted ‘No’ in a referendum on a peace deal between the government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels,in Bogota, Colombia, October 2, 2016. REUTERS/John Vizcaino Colombia’s government and ... More »
A court in Oman on Monday ordered the permanent closure of a newspaper which had reported on alleged corruption within the judiciary, and jailed three of its journalists on charges that included undermining the prestige of the state. More »
Demonstrators take part in a protest to urge the Irish Government to repeal the 8th amendment to the constitution, which enforces strict limitations to a woman’s right to an abortion, in Dublin, Ireland September 24, 2016. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne Thousands of... More »
A Baltimore commission has urged the removal of two city-owned Confederate monuments, including one to a Supreme Court justice notorious for a 19th century ruling against black Americans, the mayor said on Wednesday. More »
A woman, who underwent sterilization surgery at a government mass sterilisation ”camp”, walks to sit in a hospital bed at a district hospital in Bilaspur, in the eastern Indian state of Chhattisgarh, November 13, 2014. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee By Suchitra Mo... More »
A cyclist passes presidential election campaign posters of Norbert Hofer (L) of the FPOe and Alexander Van der Bellen, who is supported by the Greens, in Vienna, Austria September 6, 2016. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader A re-run of Austria’s presidential election s... More »
A riot police officer stands guard in front of Sur municipality office, following the removal of the local mayor from office after he was deemed to support Kurdish militants, in Diyarbakir, Turkey, September 11, 2016. REUTERS/Sertac Kayar Turkey appointed new ... More »
Flooding from heavy rain in North Korea has killed 133 people in its northeast while 395 are missing, with many homes and critical infrastructure destroyed, a U.N. agency said on Monday. More »
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a LBGT for Hillary Gala at Cipriani in New York, New York, United States September 9, 2016. REUTERS/Brian Snyder Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Saturday said she regretted s... More »
A New Zealand library that went beyond stern looks from librarians to ensure peace and quiet has turned off a “mosquito” device after drawing criticism for targeting young people with an annoying, high-pitched buzz. More »
Director Andrei Konchalovsky (R) poses with his son Pyotr as they attend the red carpet for the movie ‘Paradise’ at the 73rd Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy September 8, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi Andrei Konchalovsky uses the Holocaust-theme in his... More »
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a news conference after a meeting on Syria in Geneva, Switzerland, August 26, 2016. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister S... More »
Student leader Nathan Law (C) celebrates on the podium after his win in the Legislative Council election in Hong Kong, China September 5, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip Several pro-independence candidates won seats in Hong Kong’s legislative election which saw a reco... More »
Walter, a Golden Retriever, lies in a MRI scanner at a neurology clinic in Budapest, Hungary, February 9, 2014. Picture taken February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo “Super, well done,” her trainer says, and Maya, a Hungarian golden retriever, happily holds ... More »
Dr. Ben Carson (L) and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump (C) and Pierry Benjamin (R) attend a round table with the Republican Leadership Initiative at Trump Tower in the Manhattan borough of New York,, U.S., August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri De... More »
BERLIN The European Union should grant Turks visa-free travel in October or the migrant deal that involves Turkey stemming the flow of illegal migrants to the bloc should be put aside, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a German newspaper. Asked whether hu... More »
WILMINGTON, N.C. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday that gun rights activists could act to stop Democratic rival Hillary Clinton from nominating liberal U.S. Supreme Court justices, igniting yet another fire storm of criticism ju... More »
BERLIN A series of controversial remarks by U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump show that the world should be concerned if he is elected president, a spokeswoman for German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Wednesday. Trump, a bill... More »
ROME The outspoken leader of Italy’s anti-immigrant Northern League party drew a chorus of criticism on Monday for comparing the woman speaker of the lower house of parliament to an inflatable sex doll. While Matteo Salvini addressed the crowd at a rally near ... More »
CUENCA, Spain Artist Ai Weiwei has reproduced scenes of his incarceration for a new art installation, a series of almost life-size dioramas – encased in steel boxes – showing his life in jail. Visitors to the exhibition, in a cathedral in central Spain, have t... More »
HONG KONG About one in six people in Hong Kong want the special administrative region of China to become independent of the mainland, a university poll has shown, although few think it will ever happen. According to the poll, released on Sunday, 17.4 percent s... More »
BANGKOK Two 8-year-old girls in Thailand have been charged for violating campaigning rules ahead of a contentious referendum next month after tearing voter lists off a wall because they liked the pink paper they were printed on, police said on Sunday. The mili... More »
VIENNA It would be unacceptable for Turkey to reintroduce the death penalty in response to Friday’s attempted coup, Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said in an interview published on Monday ahead of a meeting of his European Union counterparts. Turkish... More »
BRUSSELS European foreign ministers will urge Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday to respect the law and human rights in dealing with defeated coup plotters but have limited leverage over their strategic neighbor. Diplomats said an EU line on Turkey wou... More »
HONG KONG When activists began setting fire to trash bins and hurling bricks at police during a February riot in Hong Kong, Chris Lee became more convinced his decision to leave his siblings and mother behind and move to Taiwan was the right one. Hong Kong, lo... More »
CLEVELAND The head of the Cleveland police union on Sunday urged Ohio’s governor to declare a state of emergency and to suspend laws allowing the open carrying of firearms during the Republican National Convention, after the shooting of six police officers in ... More »
WASHINGTON Federal election observers can only be sent to five states in this year’s U.S. presidential election, among the smallest deployments since the Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965 to end racial discrimination at the ballot box. The plan, confirmed i... More »
