Republicans were able to make it easier for veterans deemed mentally incompetent to buy guns – a provision that provoked some Democrats to vote against the measure.
Soccer is played everywhere on the planet - except for this tiny Pacific nation which barely has enough room for a field. Three blokes from England are trying to get the world game up and running.
Roi-Namur in the Marshall Islands,about 4000 kilometres north-east of Australia,is an American space and defence test site.
The charges come against a backdrop of growing geopolitical competition between China and the United States in the strategic Indo-Pacific region.
The Marshall Islands is an unlikely powerhouse at the COP for its role in founding a voting bloc of nations that appeared suddenly and dramatically at the Paris climate talks.
The agreement would attempt to build consensus between wealthier and poorer nations around overseas financial support to stop backing fossil fuel projects.
Five Pacific island nations have announced they are quitting the Pacific’s key regional body in a blow to Australia’s efforts to unite the region.
Lance Richardson explores nations rich in culture,charm and conflict as he hops over a key expanse of the Pacific.