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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...)

Special Report: How Myanmar punished two reporters for uncovering an atrocity

By John Chalmers

YANGON (Reuters) – Time and again, Myanmar’s government appeared at risk of blowing its prosecution of two (More…)

Teen from New Mexico compound says he was trained for jihad: FBI

By Andrew Hay

TAOS, N.M. (Reuters) – A 13-year-old boy who was part of group taken into custody at a (More…)

Tropical Storm Gordon hits southern Florida, spins toward U.S. Gulf Coast

By Jon Herskovitz and Rich McKay

(Reuters) – A tropical storm whipped the southern tip of Florida with high winds (More…)

Germany urges Russia to help prevent humanitarian crisis in Syria

BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel expects the Kremlin to use its influence with the Syrian government to prevent (More…)

Exclusive: Chief U.S. spy catcher says China using LinkedIn to recruit Americans

By Warren Strobel and Jonathan Landay

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States’ top spy catcher said Chinese espionage agencies are (More…)

Predicting Trump: Chinese turn to fortune tellers to divine trade war

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – As analysts crunch trade data and political commentators dissect official statements for signs of how the Sino-American (More…)

Abortion looms over Senate fight on Supreme Court nominee

By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – When a U.S. appeals court last week rejected an Alabama (More…)

Exclusive: Iran moves missiles to Iraq in warning to enemies

By John Irish and Ahmed Rasheed

PARIS/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iran has given ballistic missiles to Shi’ite proxies in Iraq and (More…)

Conservative media move to front line of battle to undermine Pope Francis

By Philip Pullella

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Last March, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano dined on the outskirts of Rome at (More…)

Judge rejects bid to block end of aid to Hurricane Maria evacuees

BOSTON (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday rejected a request to block the U.S. government from cutting off aid (More…)