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FILE PHOTO: A prospective buyer examines an AR-15 at the "Ready Gunner" gun store In Provo, Utah, U.S. in Provo, Utah, U.S., June 21, 2016. REUTERS/George Frey/File Photo

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...)

Russia opposes U.S. draft U.N. resolution on Syria chemical probe extension: RIA

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia opposes a draft U.N. resolution to extend the mandate of an international inquiry into chemical weapons (More…)

Puerto Rico board asks Congress for backing in fight with governor

By Richard Cowan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The federally appointed oversight board that manages Puerto Rico’s finances asked Congress for support (More…)

World stocks index dips after breaking record, oil near 2-1/2-year high

By David Randall

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A global rally in stocks paused on Tuesday, halting a nine-day advance that (More…)

Canadian groups seek to overturn Quebec ban on Muslim veil

By Anna Mehler Paperny

TORONTO (Reuters) – Two Canadian groups on Tuesday asked a court to overturn a new Quebec (More…)

Saudi mass arrests jolt markets, play to ire over corruption

By Katie Paul and Stephen Kalin

RIYADH (Reuters) – Most major Gulf stock markets slid early on Tuesday on jitters (More…)

Lapse in background check database allowed Texan church gunman to buy weapons: Pentagon

By Jon Herskovitz and Lisa Maria Garza

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (Reuters) – The man who committed the deadliest mass shooting (More…)

U.N. calls for Saudi-led coalition to re-open aid lifeline to Yemen

By Stephanie Nebehay

GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations urged the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen to re-open an aid (More…)

Kentucky accuses Endo of contributing to opioid epidemic

By Nate Raymond

(Reuters) – Kentucky accused units of Endo International Plc on Monday of contributing to drug overdoses and (More…)

Vietnam’s neighbors, ASEAN, targeted by hackers: report

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A hacking group previously linked to the Vietnamese government or working on its behalf has broken into (More…)

Colorado man charged with murder in suburban Denver Walmart shooting

By Keith Coffman

BRIGHTON, Colo. (Reuters) – A Colorado man who prosecutors say walked into a Walmart store in a (More…)