Turkey’s defense minister said on Friday his country had no plans to review its military base in Qatar and that any demand for its closure would represent interference in Ankara’s relations with the Gulf state. More »
A North Korean flag is pictured at its embassy in Beijing January 6, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon North Korea has carried out another test of a rocket engine that the United States believes could be part of its program to develop an intercontinental ballistic ... More »
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Buildings are seen on a coast line in Doha, Qatar, June 15, 2017. REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoon Turkish exports to Qatar have tripled from their normal levels to $32.5 million since four Arab countries began boycotting the Gulf state on June 5, Turkey’s Customs and T... More »
Members of the Security Council of United Nations await for the arrival of Haitian president, Jovenel Moise, and his cabinet, in the National Palace of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, June 22, 2017. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) – The Unite... More »
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) speaks in Ypilanti Township, Michigan March 15, 2017 and FBI Director James Comey testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., May 3, 2017 in a combination of file photos. REUTERS/Jonath... More »
An ice sculpture of the Olympic rings is illuminated during the Pyeongchang Winter Festival, near the venue for the opening and closing ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, February 10, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji U.... More »
Protesters rally outside the federal court just before a hearing to consider a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of Iraqi nationals facing deportation, in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook A U.S. judge on Thursday temporarily bloc... More »
A man holds a Cuban flag and a picture of the Russian Orthodox church as he waits for Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church to lead a mass, in Havana, Cuba February 14, 2016. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini The Russian Foreign Ministry said on ... More »
FILE PHOTO: Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr. departs after a meeting with U.S. President elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower New York, U.S., November 28, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, an African-American w... More »
FILE PHOTO: Military police officers at the scene of a deadly shooting in Vihti, Finland June 18, 2016. Lehtikuva/Roni Rekomaa/via REUTERS/File Photo The Finnish Security Intelligence Service (SUPO) raised its threat level on Wednesday, saying it had become aw... More »
FILE PHOTO” Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters stand amid smoke in Raqqa’s western neighbourhood of Jazra, Syria June 11, 2017. REUTERS/Rodi Said United Nations war crimes investigators said on Wednesday that intensified coalition air strikes supporting a... More »
Damaged buildings and houses are seen at Moncado Colony village after intense fighting between government troops against insurgents from the Maute group, who have taken over large parts of Marawi city, Philippines, June 13, 2017. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco U.S. troo... More »
Turkish authorities issued detention warrants for 189 lawyers as part of an investigation into followers of a Muslim cleric accused of orchestrating last July’s attempted coup, state-run Anadolu news agency said on Wednesday. More »
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 13, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday denounced as a “detestable lie” the idea he collud... More »
FILE PHOTO – FBI Director Robert Mueller pauses after making an opening statement at the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S. on June 19, 2013. REUTERS/Larry Downing/File Photo President Donald Trump has the right to ... More »
U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 13, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein U.S. President Donald Trump has given Defense Secretary Jim Mattis the authority to se... More »
A man sits in his apartment across from the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba June 13, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday a policy of engagement with Cuba has financially benefited the island’s government in violation of U.... More »
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 13, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein The United States is weighing imposing sanctions on countries that do business wi... More »
The North Korea flag flutters next to concertina wire at the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 9, 2017. REUTERS/Edgar Su The U.S. government on Tuesday issued a rare alert squarely blaming the North Korean government for a raft of cyber atta... More »
Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein testifies about the Justice Department’s budget before a subcommittee hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. June 13, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst The No. 2 official at the... More »
U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, U.S., October 3, 2016. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration more time to file papers responding to an appeals court ruling that upheld a block on a proposed ... More »
FILE PHOTO: The London Eye, run by Merlin Entertainments, is seen at dawn in central London, Britain October 21, 2013. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo Merlin Entertainments, operator of Madame Tussauds waxworks and other attractions, has seen a fall in demand... More »
FILE PHOTO – Australian police stand at the site of a siege at the Buckingham Serviced Apartments in Melbourne, Australia, June 6, 2017. AAP/Julian Smith/via REUTERS Australian police said on Monday a 25-year-old man had been arrested and charged with allegedl... More »
A Saudi soldier was killed and two members of the security forces wounded when an explosive device went off during a patrol in the Kingdom’s eastern Qatif province, the Interior Ministry said on Monday. More »
Bomb blasts rocked Marawi City in the southern Philippines on Monday as the national flag was raised to mark independence day, almost three weeks after hundreds of Islamist militants overran the town and hunkered down with civilians as human shields. More »
A man identified by Philippines Intelligence officers as Abdullah Maute is seen in this still image taken from video released by the Armed Forces of the Philippines on June 7, 2017. Armed Forces of the Philippines/Handout via REUTERS TV On his Facebook profile... More »
Smoke rises after shelling on a rebel-held area of Deraa, Syria, June 4, 2017. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Faqir Khalidi More »
FILE PHOTO – Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) questions National Security Agency Director Admiral Michael Rogers, commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, as he testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill Washington, D.C., U.S., May 9, 2017. REUTE... More »
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions addresses the National Law Enforcement Conference on Human Exploitation in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., June 6, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Aluka Berry U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a letter on Saturday that he ... More »
Germany should consider imposing a “quiet period” immediately before the federal election in September, similar to a media policy in place in France, election director Dieter Sarreither said, amid concerns about possible meddling by Russia. More »
FILE PHOTO: European Union Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova holds news conference at the EC headquarters in Brussels, Belgium January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Yves Herman The European Union wants to make it easier for law enforcement authorities to get electronic ev... More »
People watch a TV broadcast of a news report on North Korea firing what appeared to be several land-to-ship missiles off its east coast, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, June 8, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji min Park and Soyoung Kim More »
A still image taken from video released on June 7, 2017 shows the photograph of a Y-8-200 F military aircraft. FACEBOOK: CINCDS MYANMAR/Handout/via Reuters TV Bodies and aircraft debris were found in the sea off the southern coast of Myanmar on Thursday by a n... More »
FILE PHOTO – FBI Director James Comey waits to testify to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on ‘Russia’s intelligence activities’ on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo Former FBI Director Jame... More »
Toshihiro Nikai, Secretary General of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party, prepares to put on his ear piece before a session on connectivity of development policies and strategies held as part of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China, May 14, 2017. REUTE... More »
FILE PHOTO: FBI Director James Comey testifies before the House Intelligence Committee hearing into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo Former FBI Director J... More »
Open-carry gun activists hold a rally in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. on September 21, 2014. Picture taken on September 21, 2014. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook Legislation to allow Michigan gun owners to carry a concealed handgun without a permit was approved in the state H... More »
FILE PHOTO: Singer Ariana Grande performs on ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ show in Central Park in New York City, U.S. May 20, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo French fans of Ariana Grande flooded to a Paris concert hall on Wednesday as the U.S. pop st... More »
Christopher Wray is seen in an undated photo released by King and Spalding, New York, U.S., on June 7, 2017. King and Spalding/Handout via REUTERS President Donald Trump on Wednesday ended a fraught month-long search for an FBI chief after firing James Comey... More »
Christopher Wray is seen in an undated photo released by King and Spalding, New York, U.S., on June 7, 2017. King and Spalding/Handout via REUTERS President Donald Trump’s pick for FBI chief, corporate lawyer Christopher Wray, would likely face conflicts of in... More »
FILE PHOTO — Filmmaker Michael Moore poses as he arrives for the 20th Annual Webby Awards in Manhattan, New York, U.S., on May 16, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo Documentary filmmaker and liberal activist Michael Moore launched a website called “TrumpiLea... More »
China is making “preliminary” preparations to send a man to the moon, state media cited a senior space official as saying, the latest goal in China’s ambitious lunar exploration program. More »
FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Airforce’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle mission 4 after landing at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., May 7, 2017. U.S. Air Force/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Elon Musk’s Space Exploratio... More »
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of parliament from his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Turkey, May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Umit Bektas Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has spoken by phone with the leader... More »
An official of China’s Giant Panda Protection and Research Center introduces Dujiangyan Panda Base to David Rank (C), the charge d’affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, in Sichuan province, China March 24, 2017. Picture taken March 24, 2017. REUTERS/Stringe... More »
A bomb squad member walks outside the site of a shooting at Buckingham Serviced Apartments in Brighton, Melbourne, Australia, June 6, 2017. AAP/Julian Smith/via REUTERS Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Tuesday police were treating a deadly si... More »
A bomb squad member walks outside the site of a shooting at Buckingham Serviced Apartments in Brighton, Melbourne, Australia, June 6, 2017. AAP/Julian Smith/via REUTERS Australian police on Monday shot dead a gunman in the city of Melbourne who had been holdin... More »
Passengers jumped from a plane at a rural Australian airport on Tuesday when a threatening note, which turned out to be a hoax, was found in the bathroom, police and media said, a day after a siege in Melbourne which police are treating as terrorism. More »
Oscar Munoz, chief executive of United Airlines, attends a meeting of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in Cancun, Mexico June 5, 2017. REUTERS/Victor Ruiz Garcia U.S. officials are concerned that explosives disguised as laptops could be direc... More »
Two of the men shot dead by police following the attack on London Bridge and Borough Market on Saturday are seen in this undated combination image of two photographs, received in London via the Metropolitan Police in London on June 5, 2017. On left is Khuram S... More »
A combination photo shows U.S. President Donald Trump (L) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, U.S. on May 31, 2017 and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan at the scene of the attack on London Bridge and Borough Market in central London, Britain, Ju... More »
White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway attends a healthcare listening session at the White House in Washington, DC, U.S. June 5, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts The husband of White House adviser Kellyanne Conway criticized President Donald Trump’s tweets about t... More »
FILE PHOTO: A combination photo shows U.S. President Donald Trump (L) in the House of Representatives in Washington, U.S., on February 28, 2017 and FBI Director James Comey in Washington U.S. on July 7, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool, Gary Cameron/File Photo... More »
File photo: Luis Alberto Moreno, president of the Inter-American Bank, speaks during a news conference in Managua, Nicaragua April 21, 2016. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed spending cuts for Central America are “not a good sign” fo... More »
Personnel assigned to the U.S. Mission in Egypt are prohibited from visiting religious sites outside greater Cairo until further notice, the U.S. embassy said on Monday in a security message posted on its website. More »
Ariana Grande performs during the One Love Manchester benefit concert for the victims of the Manchester Arena terror attack at Emirates Old Trafford. Danny Lawson/One Love Manchester/via REUTERS U.S. pop singer Ariana Grande headlined a star-studded benefit co... More »
Roddy MacLeod father of Manchester bomb victim Eilidh MacLeod leads the funeral procession to the Church of Our Lady, Star of the Sea, ahead of the funeral of Manchester bomb victim Eilidh MacLeod, in Castlebay on the island of Barra, in Scotland June 5, 2017.... More »
A visitor shakes hands with an operational robot policeman at the opening of the 4th Gulf Information Security Expo and Conference (GISEC) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, May 22, 2017. Picture taken May 22, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer A robotic policeman which can ... More »
Armed police officers stand on duty in central Manchester, Britain, May 28, 2017. REUTERS/Phil Noble British police said on Monday they had arrested a 16th person in connection with the Manchester suicide bombing last week. More »
Warplanes carried out three air strikes on the Libyan city of Derna on Monday, a witness said, days after Egypt launched strikes on militant camps there against those it said were responsible for killing Egyptian Christians. More »
FILE PHOTO: A woman uses a computer in an internet cafe at the centre of Shanghai, China January 13, 2010. REUTERS/Nir Elias/File Photo China, battling increased threats from cyber-terrorism and hacking, will adopt from Thursday a controversial law that mandat... More »
A Philippine Air Force attack helicopter fires a rocket as they continue to assault the Maute group in Marawi City in southern Philippines May 29, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro The Philippine city of Iligan was overflowing with evacuees and on lockdown on Monda... More »
FILE PHOTO – U.S. President Donald Trump and his senior advisor Jared Kushner arrive for a meeting with manufacturing CEOs at the White House in Washington, DC, U.S. February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque U.S. President Donald Trump attacked the news media ... More »
South Korean authorities were questioning on Monday six North Koreans rescued on the weekend as they drifted in the sea off the east coast and will send them home if they want to go, the South’s Unification Ministry said. More »
People watch a television broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing what appeared to be a short-range ballistic missile, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, May 29, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji min Park More »
70th Cannes Film Festival – Photocall for the film ‘Lerd’ (A Man of Integrity) in competition for the category ‘Un Certain Regard’ – Cannes, France. 19/05/2017. Director Mohammad Rasoulof poses. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe A movie by an Iranian who was arrested for ... More »
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Donald Trump before talks at the G7 summit in Taormina, Sicily, Italy, May 26, 2017. Guido Bergmann/Courtesy of Bundesregierung/Handout via REUTERS Europe can no longer completely rely on its allies, German Ch... More »
A knife-fielding man suspected of mental illness killed two people and injured 18 in China, the official Xinhua news agency reported. More »
FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the defence detachment on Jangjae Islet and the Hero Defence Detachment on Mu Islet located in the southernmost part of the waters off the southwest front, in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Kor... More »
FILE PHOTO – A TSA worker loads suitcases at the checked luggage security screening station at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, U.S. on September 7, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn/File Photo The United States might ban laptops from ... More »
Britain is looking at range of options to put pressure on internet companies to do more to take down extremist material, Security Minister Ben Wallace said on Sunday. More »
FILE PHOTO – White House National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster (C) sits between Senior Advisor Jared Kushner (C) and Chief of Staff Reince Priebus (R) during a joint news conference held by U.S. President Donald Trump and Colombian President Juan Manuel Sant... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks to U.S. troops at the Naval Air Station Sigonella before returning to Washington D.C. at Sigonella Air Force Base in Sigonella, Sicily, Italy, May 27, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst With trouble facing him back home, ... More »
FILE PHOTO – Former U.S. National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski arrives to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 1, 2007. REUTERS/Jim Young/File Photo Zbigniew Brzezinski, who served as U.S. Presid... More »
A picture of the travel advisory page of Qatar Airways advising passengers bound for the United States from seven newly banned majority Muslim countries that they need to have either a U.S. green card or diplomatic visa, January 28, 2017 in London, Britain. Pi... More »
White House national security advisor H.R. McMaster speaks to reporters in the White House briefing room in Washington, U.S., May 16, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts U.S. National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster said on Saturday that “of course” President Donald T... More »
A boy carries a candle during a vigil for the victims of an attack on concert goers at Manchester Arena, in Royton, near Manchester, Britain May 26, 2017. REUTERS/Phil Noble U.S. pop star Ariana Grande said on Friday that she will hold a benefit concert in Man... More »
A Canadian suspected of involvement in a massive 2014 breach of Yahoo email accounts linked to Russia is appealing a decision to hold him in custody pending an extradition hearing, the man’s lawyer said on Friday. More »
An armoured personnel carrier belonging to government troops drives along a main highway of Pantar town, Lanao Del Norte, as it travels to reinforce Marawi city, southern Philippines May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco The Philippines deployed attack helicopter... More »
Britain’s Prime Minister, Theresa May, arrives at number 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain May 25, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday she would tell U.S. President Donald Trump that intelligence shared between their... More »
British security services have thwarted 18 militant plots in the UK since 2013, including five following an attack in central London in March, a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. More »
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth speaks to Millie Robson, 15, from Co Durham, and her mother, Marie, during a visit to the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital in Manchester, Britain May 25, 2017. REUTERS/Peter Byrne/Pool Queen Elizabeth met some of the young victims... More »
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey transits the South China Sea. Kryzentia Weiermann/Courtesy U.S. Navy/via REUTERS China said on Thursday that Chinese warships warned a U.S. Navy warship to leave after it sailed within 12 nautical miles of... More »
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey prepares for a replenishment-at-sea in the South China Sea May 19, 2017. Picture taken May 19, 2017. Kryzentia Weiermann/Courtesy U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS A U.S. Navy warship sailed within 12 naut... More »
Indian police arrested around 150 people protesting against a breakdown in law and order in the eastern city of Kolkata on Thursday, after street battles broke out during a march to police headquarters and police cars were set ablaze. More »
An undated photo from the Facebook account of Olivia Campbell, identified in media reports as one of the victims of the blast at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester May 22, 2017. Olivia Campbell via Facebook/Handout via REUTERS The following are short prof... More »
Messages and floral tributes left for the victims of the attack on Manchester Arena lie around the statue in St Ann’s Square in central Manchester, May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Jon Super Police scrambled to close down a network around the Manchester suicide bomber wi... More »
File Photo: Retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, then-incoming White House national security adviser, speaks at the U.S. Institute of Peace ”2017 Passing the Baton” conference in Washington, U.S., January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo Senior Russian... More »
FILE PHOTO – Ariana Grande performs at Z100’s Jingle Ball in Manhattan, New York, U.S., December 9, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/Files Roy More »
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin discusses the Trump administration’s budget plan during the Peterson Foundation’s 2017 Fiscal Summit in Washington, U.S., May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Jim Bourg The U.S. Treasury is reviewing licenses for Boeing Co and Airbus to... More »
A man photographs a sign in Manchester. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth A Polish couple died in the suicide attack in the English city of Manchester, Poland’s Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski said on Wednesday. More »
A man looks at flowers for the victims of the Manchester Arena attack in central Manchester, Britain May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth North America’s major sports leagues have strict safety procedures at their arenas but have urged fans attending games to ... More »
An aerial view of uninhabited island of Spratlys in the disputed South China Sea, April 21, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro China and Vietnam will manage and properly control their maritime disputes, avoiding actions to complicate or widen them, so as to maintain... More »
A hooded man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration Asian governments and businesses reported some disruptions from the WannaCry ransomware worm on Monday... More »
A hooded man holds a laptop computer as blue screen with an exclamation mark is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration Officials across the globe scrambled over the weekend to catch the culprits ... More »
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 24, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Sunday that North Korea’s latest ballistic... More »
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the defence detachment on Jangjae Islet and the Hero Defence Detachment on Mu Islet located in the southernmost part of the waters off the southwest front, in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central ... More »
South Korea’s presidential Blue House office said on Monday there have been nine cases of ransomware found in the country so far, but did not provide details on where the cyber attacks were discovered. More »
South Korea said on Monday it will send special envoys to the United States, China, Japan, Russia and Germany to establish firmer ties as tensions mount on the Korean Peninsula in the wake of a missile launch by North Korea over the weekend. More »
