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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...)

UK says it will respond robustly to nerve agent attack on Russian ex-spy

By Estelle Shirbon

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will methodically work out who carried out a nerve agent attack on a (More…)

Snow storm pounds U.S. Northeast, closing schools, snarling commutes

By Jonathan Allen

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The second winter storm in a week will continue to dump wet, heavy (More…)

NASA’s Juno spacecraft strips Jupiter down to its underwear

By Will Dunham

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The interior of Jupiter is just as intriguing as the planet’s dazzling surface, with (More…)

Saudi prince says Turkey part of ‘triangle of evil’: Egyptian media

CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has described Turkey as part of a “triangle of (More…)

Damascus intensifies Ghouta assault in bid to cut rebel enclave in half

By Tom Perry and Angus McDowall

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government forces bombarded eastern Ghouta anew on Wednesday in an (More…)

Shakes and superstition: Exxon faces backlash in Papua New Guinea

By Jonathan Barrett and Henning Gloystein

SYDNEY/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A deadly earthquake that struck ExxonMobil’s $19 billion gas project in (More…)

Sessions blasts California after filing U.S. immigration suit

By Sharon Bernstein

SACRAMENTO (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, escalating the Trump administration’s rhetoric against the most populous (More…)

Britain knows more about mystery substance behind illness of Russian double agent

By Toby Melville

SALISBURY, England (Reuters) – Britain said on Wednesday that investigators now knew more about a mystery substance (More…)

As talks with North near, South Korea sees familiar hurdles ahead

By Hyonhee Shin

SEOUL (Reuters) – With the specter of two past summits that failed to blunt North Korea’s nuclear (More…)

Travel snarled, power outages as storm bears down on U.S. Northeast

By Jonathan Allen

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The second winter storm within a week crept into New York and surrounding (More…)