Nigeria puts fortress towns at heart of new Boko Haram strategy
By Paul Carsten and Ola Lanre
BAMA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria’s government has a plan for the northeast, torn apart (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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Supreme Court’s cake case pits gay rights versus Christian faith
By Lawrence Hurley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When conservative Christian baker Jack Phillips in 2012 politely but firmly told Colorado gay (More…)
Quake hits southeast Iran, destroys homes; no fatalities reported
By Parisa Hafezi
ANKARA (Reuters) – A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck southeastern Iran on Friday, injuring at least (More…)
Turkish gold trader implicates Erdogan in Iran money laundering
By Brendan Pierson
(Reuters) – A Turkish-Iranian gold trader on Thursday told jurors in a New York federal court that (More…)
Year of protests and crisis in volatile Venezuela
By Andrew Cawthorne
CARACAS (Reuters) – Even by the volatile and violent standards of recent times in Venezuela, 2017 was (More…)
Hurricane Harvey makes Houston reassess growth-friendly policies
By Andy Sullivan
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Melinda and Joel Loshak raised two children in a stylish ranch house in Houston’s (More…)
Israel to appoint new envoy to Jordan in bid to heal ties – source
By Dan Williams
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel plans to appoint a new ambassador to Jordan in a bid to calm (More…)
Senate tax drama enters complicated end-game gambit
By David Morgan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican drive to push sweeping tax legislation through the U.S. Senate was hurtling (More…)
Tourists fly out of Bali at last as wind blows volcanic ash away
By Sultan Anshori
DENPASAR, Indonesia (Reuters) – Airlines laid on extra flights to the Indonesian holiday island of Bali on (More…)
Scheduling glitch leaves thousands of American Air flights in December pilotless
By Alana Wise
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A system scheduling error has left thousands of American Airlines <AAL.O> flights in (More…)
