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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...)

Twitter bans ads from two Russian media outlets, cites election meddling

By David Ingram

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Twitter Inc on Thursday accused Russian media outlets Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik (More…)

No role for Assad in Syria’s future: Tillerson

By Jonathan Landay

GENEVA (Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad and his family have no role in the future of Syria, (More…)

Trump says Russia hurting U.S. efforts on North Korea nuclear issue

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Russia was hurting U.S. efforts to rid North Korea of (More…)

Iraqi leader visits Iran as Tehran seeks to drive wedge with Washington

ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, told Iraq’s U.S.-backed prime minister on Thursday that he should not (More…)

Rhode Island doctor pleads guilty to opioid kickback scheme related to Insys

By Nate Raymond

BOSTON (Reuters) – A Rhode Island doctor pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges he participated in a (More…)

In abandoned Philippine city, first hints of a return to normalcy

MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – After five months of crippling conflict, there are slow signs of life returning in the (More…)

Catalan leader Puigdemont set to call regional election

By Sam Edwards and Julien Toyer

BARCELONA/MADRID (Reuters) – Catalan president Carles Puigdemont is set to call a snap regional (More…)

Final trove of documents to offer new details on JFK assassination

By Scott Malone

BOSTON (Reuters) – More than half a century after U.S. President John F. Kennedy was struck down (More…)

Desperate for news, Rohingya refugees tune in to ‘WhatsApp radio’

By Simon Lewis, Zeba Siddiqui and Tommy Wilkes

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Sat in his hillside grocery shop in (More…)

Puerto Rico oversight panel seeks outside manager for power utility PREPA

By Nick Brown

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The federal board overseeing Puerto Rico’s finances said on Wednesday it intends to (More…)