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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...)

Top court weighs baker’s refusal to make cake for gay couple

By Lawrence Hurley

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing arguments in a major case on (More…)

South Korea, U.S. kick off large-scale air exercise amid North Korean warnings

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea and the United States launched large-scale joint aerial drills on Monday, officials said, a week (More…)

Yemen’s ex-president Saleh shot dead after switching sides in civil war

By Noah Browning and Sami Aboudi

SANAA/DUBAI (Reuters) – Veteran former president Ali Abdullah Saleh was killed in a roadside (More…)

Trump still weighing whether to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has not yet made a decision on whether to formally recognize Jerusalem as (More…)

Fidelity clients suffer second website glitch in week

BOSTON (Reuters) – For the second time in a week, some clients at Fidelity Investments could not access their online (More…)

The Battle against the fanatical Islamic State

(Reuters) – It was an awkward coalition riven by political and sectarian differences, facing an elusive, fanatical enemy dug into (More…)

Philippines orders probe into Sanofi dengue vaccine for 730,000 children

By Manolo Serapio Jr and Neil Jerome Morales

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines ordered an investigation on Monday into the (More…)

Syrian, Russian jets bomb residential areas in eastern Ghouta: witnesses, monitor

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi

AMMAN (Reuters) – Jets believed to be Syrian and Russian struck heavily crowded residential areas in a (More…)

Syrian walkout from talks ‘an embarrassment to Russia’: opposition

By Tom Miles

GENEVA (Reuters) – The Syrian government’s decision to quit peace talks last week was an embarrassment to (More…)

Fed interest rate hike expected next week, three hikes expected in 2018/poll

By Shrutee Sarkar

BENGALURU (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve is almost certain to raise interest rates later this month, (More…)