The sentencing comes after U.S. President Barack Obama’s controversial trip to Ethiopia, during which he called on the government to improve its record on human rights.
In the oil sector alone, $150 billion was believed to have been taken from the African nation's coffers, a report said.
Men and women online took aim at Isis Wenger for her "sexy smirk." The engineer shot back with a viral movement on Twitter.
The papal visit, scheduled for Sept. 19-22, is considered a landmark event.
President Obama pledged to "hold Wall Street accountable" after the financial crisis, but government records show corporate crime prosecutions have plummeted.
According to a new study, unless emissions are cut drastically, even artificial removal of atmospheric carbon dioxide would not prevent the end of "ocean life as we know it."
Obama celebrated by playing golf this past weekend.
A member of a new Syrian force trained by the U.S. military was believed to have been killed in clashes last week with al Qaeda's Syria wing, in what would be the fledgling force's first battlefield casualty, U.S. officials said.
President Obama released the final version of his plan to enforce stronger limitations to state carbon dioxide emissions, mandating a 32 percent cut from 2005 levels by 2030.
After talks in Hawaii failed to provide a deal, the window to pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership is closing fast for the Obama administration.
“It’s a little inexcusable that Facebook, a company with a market cap of $260 BILLION, launched their video platform with no system to protect independent rights holders,” Green wrote.
The move has raised concerns that the U.S. military may come into direct conflict with government forces in Syria, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Egypt, which is dealing with a growing insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula, is accused by rights groups of stifling dissent.
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz's comments came a day ahead of President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan announcement.
Kerry also said he was "absolutely convinced" all countries in the Middle East would be safer as a result of a nuclear deal between world powers and Iran agreed last month.
The revised Clean Power Plan will seek to slash carbon emissions from the power sector 32 percent from 2005 levels in 2030, a 9 percent increase over a previous proposal.
Failure to seal the agreement is a setback for U.S. President Barack Obama, given the trade pact's stance as the economic arm of the administration's pivot to Asia and an opportunity to balance out China's influence in the region.
An analysis of contributions to Bush's super PAC shows deep pockets opposed to Obama's Iran and Cuba policies.
"A man should go to jail for the crimes he’s committed,” says Janice Dickinson, one of dozens of women who say Bill Cosby committed rape.
The president has agreed to discuss the Iran nuclear deal with the editor-in-chief of a news site aimed at millennials.
The Obama administration’s new pilot program to expand federal Pell grants to prisoners makes them vulnerable to the for-profit college industry.
"Unjust barriers to opportunity and upward mobility" are among the topics the former Florida governor is expected to talk about at the National Urban League conference Friday.