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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...)

Syrian army captures Islamic State position, eyes final stronghold

BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army and its allies seized an oil pumping station in eastern Syria from Islamic State, (More…)

Trump to issue emergency declaration next week on opioids

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would declare next week a national emergency on opioid (More…)

Israel willing to resort to military action to stop Iran acquiring nuclear weapons: minister

By Tim Kelly and Nobuhiro Kubo

TOKYO (Reuters) – Israel is willing to resort to military action to ensure Iran (More…)

North Korea diplomat says take atmospheric nuclear test threat ‘literally’

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The recent warning from North Korea’s foreign minister of a possible atmospheric nuclear test over the Pacific (More…)

Shooting, tear gas, bonfires mar Kenya election re-run

By Maggie Fick

KISUMU, Kenya (Reuters) – Kenyan opposition supporters clashed with police and threw up burning barricades on Thursday, (More…)

India defends ties with North Korea in talks with Tillerson

By Jonathan Landay and Aditya Kalra

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s foreign minister defended the country’s ties with North Korea (More…)

Stricter Missouri abortion rules take effect after legal fight

By Chris Kenning

(Reuters) – New abortion regulations took effect on Tuesday in Missouri that critics argue will make it (More…)

Troops and strays, the only signs of life in ruined Marawi

By Martin Petty

MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – With vehicles crushed and overturned and buildings reduced to skeletons of mangled (More…)

Kaspersky says it obtained suspected NSA hacking code from U.S. computer

By Joseph Menn

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab on Wednesday acknowledged that its security software had taken source (More…)

Special Report: In the market for human bodies, almost anyone can sell the dead

By Brian Grow and John Shiffman

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – The company stacked brochures in funeral parlors around Sin City. (More…)