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House panel plans action on gun background check bill next week

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee will take up legislation next week that (More...)

Situation at ‘boiling point’ at refugee center on Greek island: U.N.

GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations refugee agency urged Greece on Friday to speed up transfers of eligible asylum-seekers from (More…)

EU says clock is running out on summer-winter time change

BERLIN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union said on Friday it would propose a legal change that would end the ritual (More…)

Germany urges Russia to help prevent humanitarian crisis in Syria

BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel expects the Kremlin to use its influence with the Syrian government to prevent (More…)

Exclusive: Chief U.S. spy catcher says China using LinkedIn to recruit Americans

By Warren Strobel and Jonathan Landay

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States’ top spy catcher said Chinese espionage agencies are (More…)

Predicting Trump: Chinese turn to fortune tellers to divine trade war

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – As analysts crunch trade data and political commentators dissect official statements for signs of how the Sino-American (More…)

Abortion looms over Senate fight on Supreme Court nominee

By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – When a U.S. appeals court last week rejected an Alabama (More…)

Exclusive: Iran moves missiles to Iraq in warning to enemies

By John Irish and Ahmed Rasheed

PARIS/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iran has given ballistic missiles to Shi’ite proxies in Iraq and (More…)

Conservative media move to front line of battle to undermine Pope Francis

By Philip Pullella

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Last March, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano dined on the outskirts of Rome at (More…)

Myanmar dam breach floods 85 villages, thousands driven from homes

By Shoon Naing and Antoni Slodkowski

SWAR CREEK DAM, Myanmar (Reuters) – As many as 85 villages were flooded in (More…)

Venezuelan immigrants survive on the streets in Brazil

By Nacho Doce

BOA VISTA, Brazil (Reuters) – Many Venezuelans thought they were leaving a collapsing economy for a land (More…)