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Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) believes that it would be 'suicidal' for Republicans to embrace gay marriage.

Kim Jong Un reportedly sent autographed letters of support to North Korean citizens amid ongoing tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

Thatcher knew Gandhi well from the time she was the opposition leader through her first term as British prime minister.

More than 2 million people have signed an online petition to boycott the Maldives over alleged human rights abuses.

Even if N. Korea doesn’t act on its threats, an expert suggested that it’s China’s responsibility to discuss confiscating nuclear weapons.

The cuts, triggered by the sequester, would occur over the next five years and require the approval of the U.S. Congress.

The Texas senator says Republicans supporting gun control don't know what's in the Senate bill.

Kaziranga is home to an estimated 2,300 one-horned rhinos, or about two-thirds of the world’s population of the beast.

Israel has been covertly aiding Syrian rebels with medical resources for months, and some wounded fighters are taken to Israel for treatment.

A series of announcements this week confirms the link between al-Qaeda and jihadist rebels in Syria, leaving secular FSA fighters in a bind.

Obama is backing a new CPI that would lower statistically-reported inflation, increase income taxes and slow Social Security spending growth.

But the NRA bashes the gun control compromise, saying expanding background checks won't prevent another Newtown.

The service's board said a congressional spending bill "left it with no choice" but to axe the plan to end Saturday delivery.

The background check in the Senate Democrats’ gun control bill reportedly may exclude transactions between family members.

A seven-volume encyclopedia is expected to completely change the way we look at and think about the Holocaust.

It's unclear how they met, but Army Staff Sgt. Adam Arndt and Michelle Miller were romantically linked.

The U.S. Treasury Department said Beyoncé and Jay-Z trip to Cuba was "educational."

Thatcher was a very polarizing figure in life and appears to be more so in death.

Social Security and Medicare have been getting a lot of spotlight but uncertainty lingers over defense spending and the sequester.

For the first time in his presidency, Barack Obama has proposed to slow the rate of Social Security benefit increases.

Malaysia will hold general elections on May 5, the election commission announced on Wednesday.

South Korea said on Wednesday that North Korea is prepared to launch a mid-range ballistic missile from its east coast.

In an annual report published on Wednesday, Amnesty International noted the global trend towards ending the death penalty continued.

Anthony Weiner could be running for mayor of New York in 2013 after all if recent speculations are true.

Chinese tour groups in the border city of Dandong have canceled trips to North Korea. Western tour groups, however, report "business as usual."

The Senate Republican leader says the “political left” bugged his office after a recording was made public on Tuesday.

Senators said they were near a deal on background checks, while Reid is planning a showdown vote for Thursday.

Margaret Thatcher survived the Brighton Bomb in 1984, cementing her reputation as the Iron Lady at the height of the Irish conflict.

A new CNN poll shows Obama with high approval rating, but on guns and the budget deficit -- not so much.