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FILE PHOTO: A prospective buyer examines an AR-15 at the "Ready Gunner" gun store In Provo, Utah, U.S. in Provo, Utah, U.S., June 21, 2016. REUTERS/George Frey/File Photo

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...)

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Exclusive: Islamic State leader Baghdadi almost certainly alive – Kurdish security official

A top Kurdish counter-terrorism official Lahur Talabany speaks during an interview with Reuters in Sulaimania, Iraq

Sulaimania, IRAQ (Reuters) – A top Kurdish counter-terrorism official said on Monday he was 99 percent sure that Islamic State (More…)

U.S. ending laptop ban on Middle Eastern airlines

By David Shepardson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Security Administration said on Monday it had lifted a ban on (More…)

Senate delays healthcare vote as McCain recovers from surgery

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) speaks with reporters about the Senate health care bill on Capitol Hill

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate will delay its consideration of healthcare legislation while Arizona Republican Senator (More…)

Turkish government extends state of emergency rule for another 3 months

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan chairs a National Security Council meeting in Ankara, Turkey, July 17, 2017

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey on Monday extended emergency rule for another three months, almost a year after it was imposed (More…)

Minnesota probing Australian woman’s fatal shooting by police

Justine Damond, also known as Justine Ruszczyk, from Sydney, is seen in this 2015 photo released by Stephen Govel

By Todd Melby

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Minnesota officials were investigating on Monday how an Australian woman who called police for (More…)

Not so fast: U.S. restaurant workers seek ban on surprise scheduling

McDonald's employee Ashley Bruce poses in front of the restaurant where she works in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

By Peter Szekely

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The text message came as Flavia Cabral walked to a McDonald’s restaurant in (More…)

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warn U.S. against terrorist designation, new sanctions

Members of the Iranian revolutionary guard march during a parade to commemorate the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88), in Tehran

BEIRUT (Reuters) – A senior commander in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned the United States on Monday that if it designated (More…)

Central California wildfire nearly 50 percent contained as hot, dry conditions persist

A USFS bulldozer cuts a line through vegetation to create a safety line below West Camino Cielo while fighting the Whittier Fire near Santa Barbara, California, U.S. July 15, 2017.

(Reuters) – A damaging wildfire burning on California’s scenic central coast was expected to continue burning into Monday, after fire (More…)

South Korea’s new government proposes military talks with North Korea

A South Korean security guard stands guard on an empty road which leads to the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) at the South's CIQ (Customs, Immigration and Quarantine), just south of the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, South Korea, February 11, 2016. The Korean characters on the gateway reads "Inter-Korean Transit Office".

By Christine Kim

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea on Monday proposed military talks with North Korea, the first formal overture (More…)

One more Republican defection would doom Senate healthcare bill

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks with reporters about the Senate health care bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 13, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein

By Susan Cornwell and David Alexander

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump turned up the heat on Friday on fellow (More…)