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The focus next week will be on the U.S. nonfarm payrolls report, the ECB and BoJ interest-rate decisions, Japan’s Tankan survey and sales-tax hike, and China’s PMI data.

With five satellites in orbit, Nigeria is becoming a force through its growing space program.

Friday’s phone call was the first time that American and Iranian leaders spoke since the Islamic revolution.

No passports, visas or gun permits will be issued starting Oct. 1 if lawmakers can’t agree on a government spending bill.

Journalists reporting from Syria face an increasing risk of being kidnapped or killed -- a threat that comes from all sides.

Whatever Republicans in Congress do in an attempt to kill Obamacare is not going to work, the president said.

Meet the 2013 Miss World contestants who will compete Saturday, Sept. 28 for the crown.

The KKK has been granted a permit by the National Park Service to hold a rally at the site of the Battle of Gettysburg.

These four campaign donors gave 55 percent of all car dealer-associated political contributions in Texas, where Tesla can't open dealerships.

While tests and official statements from Samsung have clarified the region lock issue on the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, some have discovered that not all the region locks are created equal.

The Chamber of Commerce wrote all the members of Congress, urging them to pass a budget and raise the debt limit before they hurt the economy.

Sen. Reid successfully removed defund language from the continuing resolution and will now move to pass a bill to prevent a government shutdown.

Work toward a budget: possible. Negotiating on the debt ceiling: no way. That's how the House minority leader summed up the Dem's position.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the first part of its fifth assessment of global warming science Friday.

WNBA players Diana Taurasi and Seimone Augustus were each issued personal fouls after Taurasi kissed Augustus during a playoff game scuffle.

The Miss World 2013 pageant, to be held Saturday, had to be moved from Jakarta to Bali due to concerns about protests and attacks by Islamic extremists.

Turks, now numbering at least 3 million (the largest ‘foreign’ community in the country by far), have lived in Germany for 50 years.

Wake up and smell the coffee this Sunday at participating locations of these six major chains giving freebies for the national caffeinated holiday.

A new Pew poll shows 65% of Americans favor building the controversial pipeline, and TransCanada may not take no for an answer, says Canada's PM.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety released its first 2013/14 ratings for crash avoidance. Here are the winners.

Nigeria’s space ambitions are expensive but necessary (according to the government) despite the country's unimaginable poverty.