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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...)

Supreme Court dismisses Hawaii’s challenge to Trump travel ban

By Lawrence Hurley

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday formally dropped plans to hear the last remaining (More…)

Kenya crisis deepens as judges’ absence means vote goes ahead

By George Obulutsa and Katharine Houreld

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya plunged deeper into crisis on Wednesday after a no-show by (More…)

Two fatally shot at Louisiana’s Grambling State University

(Reuters) – Two men were shot and killed at Grambling State University in Louisiana, and police searched on Wednesday for (More…)

Crisis over Catalan independence nears crucial few days

By Paul Day and Angus MacSwan

MADRID (Reuters) – Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont is likely to go to Madrid (More…)

Texas father changes story about toddler’s death: police

By Bernie Woodall

(Reuters) – The Texas father who told police his 3-year-old daughter disappeared after he sent her outside (More…)

Former Turkish minister launches party to challenge Erdogan

By Ercan Gurses

ANKARA (Reuters) – A prominent Turkish nationalist politician and former minister announced on Wednesday she was forming (More…)

Exclusive: U.S. widens surveillance to include ‘homegrown violent extremists’ – documents

By Dustin Volz

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government has broadened an interpretation of which citizens can be subject to (More…)

U.S. weighs calling Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis ‘ethnic cleansing’

By Patricia Zengerle and Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The State Department is considering formally declaring the crackdown on Myanmar’s (More…)

Venezuelan opposition disarray heaps pain on protesters

By Andreina Aponte and Anggy Polanco

CARACAS/SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela (Reuters) – With some nursing wounds, others jailed and many heading (More…)

Iran says defense capabilities not negotiable amid U.S. pressure

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iran’s defense capabilities are not negotiable, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday in remarks made previously (More…)