Firefighters battle intense wildfires in Southern California
By Ben Gruber and Mike Blake
FARIA BEACH/LILAC, Calif. (Reuters) – Firefighters battled several intense wind-driven wildfires early on Friday (More…)
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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...)
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U.N. warns against any hasty returns of Rohingya to Myanmar
By Stephanie Nebehay
GENEVA (Reuters) – Peace and stability must be restored in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state before any Rohingyas (More…)
Exclusive: U.N. watchdogs call for probe of Taser assaults in U.S. jails
By Stephanie Nebehay and Jason Szep
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. special rapporteur on torture urged U.S. authorities to investigate (More…)
Defector says thousands of Islamic State fighters left Raqqa in secret deal
By Dominic Evans and Orhan Coskun
ANKARA (Reuters) – A high-level defector from Kurdish-led forces that captured the Syrian city (More…)
Be ‘ready to GO!’ Southern California warns residents as fires rage
By Ben Gruber and Mike Blake
FARIA BEACH/LILAC, Calif. (Reuters) – Fanned by gusting winds, wildfires raged in densely populated (More…)
Palestinians, Muslims worldwide hold ‘Day of Rage’ over Jerusalem
By Ali Sawafta
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Thousands of Palestinians protested in a “day of rage” on Friday in the occupied (More…)
Venezuela’s chronic shortages give rise to ‘medical flea markets’
By Anggy Polanco and Isaac Urrutia
SAN CRISTOBAL/MARACAIBO, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuela’s critical medicine shortage has spurred “medical flea markets,” (More…)
Japan to acquire air-launched missiles able to strike North Korea
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is to acquire medium-range, air-launched cruise missiles, capable of striking North Korea, a controversial purchase of (More…)
Gunman, two students dead after New Mexico high school shooting
(Reuters) – A suspected shooter opened fire at a high school in New Mexico on Thursday, killing two students before (More…)
Bill letting people bring concealed guns across state lines passes U.S. House
By Lisa Lambert
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – People would be able to bring legal, concealed guns into any U.S. state under (More…)
