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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...)

Trump, Duterte meet for first time at APEC summit

DANANG, Vietnam (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump met Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte for the first time at the Asia (More…)

Dollar weakened by worries over delay to hoped-for cut in U.S. company taxes

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar slipped against a basket of currencies on Friday and was (More…)

Russia to amend law to classify U.S. media ‘foreign agents’

By Polina Nikolskaya and Andrew Osborn

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s parliament warned on Friday some U.S. and other foreign media (More…)

Hezbollah says Saudi declares war on Lebanon, detains Hariri

By Tom Perry and Ellen Francis

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Hezbollah’s leader said on Friday that Saudi Arabia had declared war (More…)

Trump and Putin shake hands at APEC summit dinner

DANANG, Vietnam (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin shook hands at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) (More…)

Pastor may demolish Texas church where massacre took place

By Jon Herskovitz

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The pastor of a rural Texas church sprayed with gunfire in a shooting (More…)

A house divided: How Saudi Crown Prince purged royal family rivals

By Samia Nakhoul, Angus McDowall and Stephen Kalin

BEIRUT/RIYADH (Reuters) – The first hint that something was amiss came in (More…)

Opioid abuse crisis takes heavy toll on U.S. veterans

By Barbara Goldberg

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Opioid drug abuse has killed more Americans than the Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam (More…)

Yemen set to run out of fuel and vaccine in a month: UNICEF

GENEVA (Reuters) – Yemen’s stocks of fuel and vaccines will run out in a month unless a Saudi-led military coalition (More…)

Middle East tensions loom over Dubai aerospace pageant

By Alexander Cornwell and Tim Hepher

DUBAI (Reuters) – Rising Middle East tensions and a corruption crackdown in Saudi Arabia (More…)