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The United States will join only a handful of countries that allow women to serve in direct combat positions.

France is facing a new domestic security threat as jihadists in Mali threaten a terrorist retaliation.

The "State of Palestine" isn't really a state, but that's what the plaque read at the Security Council. What ensued? A fight with Israel.

Panetta is lifting the controversial ban after four female U.S. service members filed a lawsuit challenging the policy.

China isn't new to the No. 1 spot as the biggest source of cyberattacks, but it had never originated such an overwhelming majority of them.

The House voted Wednesday to suspend the debt limit, and the Senate is expected to follow suit, despite some Democrats' misgivings.

Activists now want more laws to reduce the sexual violence perpetrated on Moroccan women.

Experts say House Speaker Boehner no longer fears his party's fading tea party faction and may now get more party unity on deals.

Coffee shops have been a mainstay in Tehran for almost a century.

The center-left's success in Tuesday's vote forces Prime Minister Netanyahu to look at social issues he'd been ignoring.

532 inmates are currently languishing in Vietnamese jails waiting to be executed.

NRA CEO LaPierre said Obama trampled on the Second Amendment by insulting gun rights supporters during his second Inaugural address.

Several of China's cities continue to register hazardous toxic air pollutant levels. But what is it like to live in these conditions?

The 27th Amendment is the most recent amendment to be added to the Constitution -- and it may pose a challenge to Congress' latest budget proposal.

The Kenyan government hopes Konza will have created more than 200,000 IT-related jobs.

As House Republicans prepare to vote on a proposal to extend the debt ceiling, the tea party-affiliated FreedomWorks wants them to say "no."

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's introductory testimony for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

In one of her last duties as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton is appearing before the House and Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

The Justice JS Verma committee, set up to propose amendments to existing Indian laws relating to crime against women.

Officials in India-administered region of Kashmir have issued an advisory to residents to be prepared for a potential nuclear, biological or chemical war by building bomb-proof basements or bunkers and stocking up of essential supplies for two weeks.

The British prime minister said he would hold a referendum on leaving the EU if his party wins in 2015.

Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by the conflict in Mali, and it's only getting worse.

North Korea has reacted sharply to Tuesday’s U.N. Security Council resolution that condemned Pyongyang’s December rocket launch and expanded existing U.N. sanctions.

A Taliban spokesman accused Prince Harry of having "mental problems" after he compared war to playing Xbox.

The Israel elections revealed a few surprises, but kept Netanyahu and the right wing in power by a slim margin.

FARC has launched a series of attacks against government and energy infrastructure targets.

Logistical support from the U.S., UK and other Western powers is beefing up French capabilities in Mali.

A government shutdown following unsuccessful debt-ceiling talks would be a disaster -- or would it?

British national Lindsay Sandiford received the death penalty after being convicted of drug trafficking by an Indonesian court.