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United States Defense Secretary Leon Panetta does not think attacking Iran would be a good idea, even if Iran is building nuclear weapons.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney laid down a foreign policy marker on Wednesday, saying that if elected he would not allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons.

Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav was sentenced to seven years in prison for rape and sexual harassment. The decision was made by Israel's Supreme Court, upholding a prior lower-court conviction.

Russia and China voiced their opposition to new round of sanctions against Iran in a meeting in Moscow. Russia and China have expressed “the mutual conviction that the application of new, additional sanctions against Iran will not lead to the desired result,” Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Former President Moshe Katsav has been ordered to spend seven years in prison by the Supreme Court of Israel while rejecting his appeal of a rape conviction and other sex crimes.

A private investigator in Atlanta claims that expensive voice software can prove that Herman Cain was telling the truth when he denied all sexual harassment allegations at a press conference on Tuesday, and that accuser Sharon Bialek was lying in her own press conference on Monday.

As expected, Tehran is annoyed with the International Atomic Energy Agency's Tuesday report stating serious concerns about Iran's clandestine program aimed at developing nuclear warheads.

Anonymous, the famed hacktivist organization, is apparently planning a major operation on Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood. The group released a video on YouTube explaining their intentions.

A 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit near Van, Turkey on Wednesday, causing at least 18 buildings to collapse, including a six-story hotel where rescuers are now working to free 35 trapped people.

Russia attacked Tuesday's International Atomic Energy Agency report on Iran's nuclear program, saying that it would not allow the United Nations to impose any punitive measures on the Islamic republic.

Now that Groupon has finally gone public, raising $700 million through its Nov. 4 IPO, how about some others in the pipeline as well as the king of them all, Facebook?

Israel will be closely watching its most powerful ally's presidential race with great concentration, trying to figure out which American candidate will have its best interests in mind.

French President Sarkozy was overheard telling President Obama that Prime Minister Netanyahu is a liar after a G20 summit press conference.

Moments after the International Atomic Energy Agency issued its report on Iran's nuclear weapons program, Iran went on the defensive, calling the finding a hoax devised by the United States.

In addition to proclaiming that Massachusetts U.S. Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren is a socialist, Paul also said public schooling is a socialist thing.

Iran has conclusively worked on nuclear weapons, as well as tested weapons' parts, in the past and could still be doing it, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a report.

As the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency prepares to unveil its report on Iran's nuclear program, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that the Islamic republican did not need a nuclear mob to confront the United States.

In a private conversation with U.S. President Barak Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has termed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a liar and said, I can't stand him (Netanyahu).

A study out Monday adds to evidence that a newer type of birth control pill may carry a higher risk of blood clots than older versions.

President Obama and French President Sarkozy spoke ill of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in private. Unknown to the leaders, their comments were heard by a team of journalists. Whoops.

Joseph William Frazier, the heavyweight boxing champion whose string of wins culminated in the Fight of the Century with Muhammad Ali in 1971, died late Monday. He was 67.