The tax, originally championed by Germany and France, has been largely defanged after banks and trading groups lobbied against it.
Kyle Dube, a 20-year-old from Maine, was indicted for the kidnapping and murder of Nichole Cable. He allegedly staged the crime so that he could 'play the hero.'
The first shipment of the S-300 anti-ship cruise missiles have arrived in Syria, President Bashar al-Assad told Lebanese television.
Guess which economy grew the most in the first quarter of 2013? If you said China, you’re wrong.
The 60-year-old war hero and former head of U.S. intelligence is going from "doing good" to "doing well."
Here's an app that reorganizes millions of lines of government data to show how Washington's spending trickles down to neighborhoods.
Japan is set to enter India's defense market, as both countries pledge to boost cooperation, amid growing concerns over China's assertiveness in the region.
Militants stormed a building used by the Red Cross in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, killing a security guard, in the second attack in five days on an international aid agency.
The EU moved away from austerity in a marked shift in policy on Wednesday allowing more time for nations to meet deficit reduction targets.
The fall of the Pakistani Taliban’s second-in-command Wali ur-Rehman in a drone strike could trigger a rift in the militant group.
Chinese tourists now have an official set of guidelines from the government for “civilized” behavior abroad.
White House Homeland Security adviser Lisa Monaco had also been considered for the position.
The impending battle over three nominees to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals could impact the president's second-term agenda.
The ricin-laced letters were sent a month after similar missives were sent to President Obama and Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker.
The Southern Baptist Convention plans to cut off ties with the Boy Scouts of America after its decision to allow gay Scouts in the organization.
Rep. Michele Bachmann has offered many controversial remarks throughout her political career. Here are some of the craziest quotes through the years.
Weibo users are seeking justice after an allegedly corrupt official handcuffed a young girl for spilling water on a government vehicle.
The new compensation, which will be shelled out in stages between 2014 and 2017, will benefit almost 56,000 people around the world -- about one-third of them currently resident in Israel.
Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee is not the first politician to switch parties. Here are some other high-profile switches.
Christian Barnes, 22, was described as an outdoor vending cast member at Disneyland; the blast did not injure theme park visitors.
Completing his political evolution, the governor of Rhode Island becomes a Democrat ahead of his 2014 re-election campaign.
China's central government has been rolling out new measures to ensure the nation's young learn the values of the Communist Party.
Seven Taliban militants disguised as policemen attacked a government building, raising concerns of spreading Taliban influence.
Coke has a 60 percent market share in India and about a 30 percent share in Pakistan.
U.S. Rep. Bachmann's exit takes the movement's poster child out of Congress, but there are still other names to carry the tea party torch.
The first drone strike by the U.S. since Pakistan’s May 11 general elections killed seven people and injured four.
The phone conversation between Zubeidat Tsarnaeva and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev lasted six minutes. He said he's "absolutely fine."
Sir Edmund Hillary Hillary was appalled by the subsequent commercialization of his beloved Nepal through mountaineering and tourism.
Twitter and message boards will be analyzed, along with old-fashioned surveillance video.
Parents Abbey Carlson and Thomas Fishinger face felony charges after they allegedly put their 10-year-old daughter into a cage on the back of a pickup truck.
