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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...)

South China Sea code of conduct talks to be ‘stabilizer’ for region: China premier

MANILA (Reuters) – China’s agreement to begin discussions with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on the fine print (More…)

U.S. hate crimes rise for second straight year: FBI

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of hate crimes committed in the United States rose in 2016 for the second consecutive (More…)

Venezuela offers chocolates but little else to creditors

By Deisy Buitrago and Brian Ellsworth

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s socialist government gifted chocolates to creditors on Monday, but offered (More…)

U.S. to fight Islamic State in Syria ‘as long as they want to fight’: Mattis

By Phil Stewart

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military will fight Islamic State in Syria “as long as they want (More…)

Tillerson to press Myanmar army chief to halt violence so Rohingya can return

By Simon Cameron-Moore and Yimou Lee

YANGON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will stress the need to (More…)

Appeals court lets Trump travel ban go partially into effect

By Lawrence Hurley

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court in California on Monday let President Donald Trump’s latest travel (More…)

Russia, China, others boycott U.S. meeting at U.N. on Venezuela

By Michelle Nichols

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Russia, China, Egypt and Bolivia boycotted an informal public United Nations Security Council (More…)

Defecting North Korean soldier critical after escape in hail of bullets

By Christine Kim

SEOUL (Reuters) – A North Korean soldier is expected to survive critical wounds he received when his (More…)

U.S. would welcome new EU sanctions on Iran: official

By Gabriela Baczynska

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Any move by the European Union to impose new sanctions on Iran over its (More…)

New Jersey man sentenced for role in Russian uranium bribe scheme

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A New Jersey man was sentenced on Monday to a year and a day in prison for conspiracy (More…)