In recent months, Pakistan government's has attempted to launch peace talks with the Taliban, who denied responsibility for the attack.
Kenya laid out reasons why travel warnings would only make a bad situation worse, but that didn’t stop the U.S. from issuing one.
At least 50 students were killed in their sleep by suspected Boko Haram militants on Sunday.
Senator Rand Paul, R-Ky., appeared on CBS News' "Face the Nation" to discuss the fight in Congress over Federal government funding and finding common ground over Obamacare. Watch what he had to say here.
Syria's president says his government will abide by the U.N. resolution calling for its chemical weapons stockpile to be destroyed.
The Republican U.S. senator from Texas cast the government funding showdown as an attack on the military by Democrats.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, blasts Senate Democrats for waiting until Monday to vote.
Chuck Hagel criticizes Congress’ inaction as “really dangerously shortsighted.”
The latest governing crisis in Italy could lead to snap parliamentary elections.
Fareed Zakaria talks about al Qaeda’s perception of U.S. weakness as the government shutdown looms.
Will the U.S. Senate accept the House Republicans’ bill to delay Obamacare?
The House GOP met on a Saturday to discuss their plan to hash out terms for a bill to avoid a government shutdown.
The presence of women in Pakistani politics is guaranteed in the constitution by a quota system.
The government shutdowns in late 1995 and early 1996 inflicted considerable economic costs, as federal workers were hit with delays in pay.
Peter Willcox, who was the captain of the Greenpeace ship that was bombed by French forces in 1985, is among activists detained in Russia.
Chinese police rescue 92 children and detains more than 300 suspects in a crackdown on a massive child trafficking gang.
The resolution marked an end to more than two years of deadlock in the Council over action against Syria.
Rasha Elass writes a first-person account of what it’s like to be a woman covering the Syrian civil war.
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.
The KKK has been granted a permit by the National Park Service to hold a rally at the site of the Battle of Gettysburg.
The "Monsanto Protection Act" is set to expire at the end of this month after an amendment was approved to remove it from a Senate spending bill.
These four campaign donors gave 55 percent of all car dealer-associated political contributions in Texas, where Tesla can't open dealerships.
Platinum miners in South Africa face layoffs as one of the largest mining companies looks to cut its payroll.
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.
The Democratic-led Senate voted 54-44 to approve a continuing resolution that prevents a government shutdown and funds Obamacare.
A list of journalists who have been kidnapped or are imprisoned in Syria.
Sen. Reid successfully removed defund language from the continuing resolution and will now move to pass a bill to prevent a government shutdown.