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The cease-fire between the Syrian Army and opposition forces has failed amid reports of car bombings, artillery fire and airstrikes in Damascus.

For centuries, those in the East have scrambled to accommodate the needs of those in the West, but, in the next decade, things will change.

Four years ago, Indians were fired up about Barack Obama. This time, they don't care as much who wins -- but that's a good thing.

Is the fashion world -- Thom Browne, de la Renta, von Furstenberg, and others -- snubbing the Republican candidate’s wife, Ann Romney?

U.S. companies announced thousands of layoffs last week, including many on Friday, despite economic growth.

Asian stock markets ended on a negative note last week as the disappointing corporate earnings from the major companies in the U.S. and Asia weighed on the sentiment and suggested that the global economic growth momentum continued to falter.

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has called on the Muslims to kidnap westerners as a means to free the imprisoned jihadists and to restart the Egyptian revolution, the SITE Intelligence Group has reported.

Indian companies have created 50,000 jobs in the U.S. while the Indian investment in the country grew 20 fold in 10 years to $27 billion in 2010, making the economic relationship between both the countries “very much a two-way street,” says Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns.

Asian markets fell in the week with investor sentiment turning negative following the disappointing corporate earnings in the U.S. indicating that the global economic growth momentum continues to falter.

The top after-market NYSE gainers Friday were Tenet Healthcare Corp, ResMed, Delphi Automotive, Community Health Systems and Heckmann Corp. The top after-market NYSE losers were Skilled Healthcare Group, Kirby Corp, Marathon Petroleum Corp, HollyFrontier Corp and Pier 1 Imports Inc.

Harlem Desir will be the first black man to lead one of France's major political parties. Is he a Socialist Barack Obama?

After Dr. Mehmet Cengiz Oz proclaimed on his television program “The Dr. Oz Show” Thursday that a dietary supplement, raspberry ketone, is essentially a “miracle” weight-loss pill, it might be nearly impossible to find.

Hurricane Sandy is barreling toward the most populated corridor in the U.S., prompting airlines to set policies to stave off the worst.

A former aide to U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has released an angry tell-all book depicting Biden as cold and dismissive toward his staff.

CBS's "60 Minutes" profiles a recovery team tasked with finding historical artifacts stolen from the National Archives, which has been plagued by theft.

A Congolese gynecologist and human rights activist survived an assassination attempt.

Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang and the other five likely members of China's new top leadership group are a bit of a mystery in the West. Here's who they are, what they've done, and what they might do in power.

U.S. President Barack Obama will be answering questions through a live stream for MTV's viewers.

Beyond silly Halloween horrors, these sites are truly the most terrifying places on earth.

Canada is heavily trade-dependent on the colossus to the south and is keenly observing the race between Obama and Romney.

President Barack Obama intends to use the fiscal cliff to his advantage.