UNITED STATES

The U.S. stock index futures point to a slightly higher open Monday as investors maintained caution ahead of the outcome of the Italian elections.

With the dreaded budget cuts of sequestration about to kick in, U.S. lawmakers aren't so sure they'll reach a deal in time.

The Afghans demand all U.S. special forces leave Maidan Wardak after reports they are behind civilians being tortured or disappeared.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards hacked and brought down a foreign surveillance drone during a military exercise, according to the official Islamic Republic News Agency.

Rush Limbaugh, the popular right-wing pundit, said Friday that “the left has beaten us” in U.S. politics, a day after he made headlines by claiming he was “ashamed of [his] country.”

After years of planning and at least two delays, the Copyright Alert System, aka the so-called six-strikes policy, will launch Monday, according to TorrentFreak.

Syria’s main political opposition group is fed up with international inaction in the run-up to a conference in Rome next month.

A summit between U.S. President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe could lead to a stronger economic partnership.

A court in Milan has convicted Italian intelligence officials of CIA-instigated torture and rendition during the war on terror. Will American participants pay as well?

Palestinians and Israeli settlers are compelled to live under the same roof. Mayhem ensues. It's not a reality show -- it's everyday life in a suburb of East Jerusalem.

In the dark world of Turkish political intrigue, a Kurdish hero may really be an agent of the hated Ankara government.

Here is our list of the four most shocking Oscar scandals of all time.

China's Five-Year Plan shows a push toward increasing the nation's use of nuclear power, but that's not all China has planned for its rapidly developing nuclear reactors.

Tests of 300 French wines found that 90 percent had traces of one or more pesticides in them.

A statue honoring a World War II fascist war criminal in a small Italian town has drawn the ire of the grandson of Ethiopia's last emperor.

Big food brands such as Smucker, Jif and Folgers are thinking outside the box to keep 2013 sales rising.

A bill permitting online gambling in Nevada was signed into law this week, giving hope to companies seeking to break into the business.

The Indian space agency will conduct a total of 10 space missions by November, at a cost of about $1.3 billion.

Bars across the country are offering happy-hour specials as new recipes stream in from the Internet.

Former first lady Laura Bush has requested to be removed from a recently launched same-sex marriage advocacy campaign that features a clip of her speaking in support of gay marriage.

Under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, anyone convicted of having insulted Islam or the Prophet Muhammad could face execution.