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Hina Rabbani Khar, the Pakistani foreign minister, gave at talk in New York on everything from India to Malala.

Dennis Kucinich, former congressman and Democratic presidential candidate, has taken a job as an analyst with the cable news network Fox News. Kucinich’s first appearance with the network will be on Thursday night’s episode of “The O’Reilly Factor.”

An Oregon sheriff has sent a letter to Vice President Joe Biden explaining that his office will refuse to enforce any new federal gun laws that he considers unconstitutional.

Former Braves pitcher John Rocker writes that the Holocaust wouldn't have happened if Jews had guns.

The libertarian standard-bearer wants to end aid to Israel, but it's because he wants it to be stronger and more independent.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced he’d retire in two months to return to private life in Colorado.

Sen. Rand Paul's teenage son William was charged with assaulting a flight attendant last week.

The sixth annual World Future Energy Summit kicked off in Abu Dhabi. Featured speakers include French president Francois Hollande.

Islamist militants in Algeria have taken some 20 foreign nationals hostage and killed at least two after seizing a gas field Wednesday in the town of In Amenas near the border with Libya.

Leoluchina Savona made the announcement on the 20th anniversary of the arrest of Salvatore ‘Totò’ Riina, the mob's top boss

The territorial dispute between China and Japan over the Diaoyu/ Senkaku islands may not end soon. Especially now that a new official map shows them as Chones.

The White House event, at which 23 executive orders were signed, included relatives of those killed last month at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

French troops are gearing up for on-the-ground combat in Mali, where an Islamist insurgency threatens global security.

Such killings are frequently disguised as “accidents” or even ”suicides,” rendering it impossible to accurately gauge the number of such incidents.

In a new ad, the NRA is arguing that President Barack Obama cares about his own children more than the safety of the American people.

The U.S., which condemned anti-Semitic remarks Egyptian President Morsi allegedly made in 2010, counts on Morsi to back peace with Israel.

Slavery still exists in Mali, and the current insurgency crisis has put the problem on hold.

Women have long played a leading role for the PKK, a designated terrorist organization in Turkey.

As the gun control debate rages on in the U.S., violence continues in Mexico, perpetuated by drug cartels armed with American weapons.

Two people were killed Wednesday as a helicopter hit a crane in central London and exploded.

French ground troops in Mali were advancing toward militant strongholds, Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Wednesday.

Russia suspended the operations at its consulate in Aleppo after twin blasts on a university campus killed 80 people.

Tensions between India and Pakistan along the de facto Kashmir border continued to simmer Wednesday.

A young woman stole a passenger train, drove it at a high speed and rammed it into an apartment building near Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday.

The House finally passed a Sandy aid package worth $50.7 billion Tuesday, 11 weeks after the storm battered the New York and New Jersey region.

Chuck Hagel's chances of becoming U.S. defense secretary got a critical boost Tuesday when two leading Senate Democrats came out in favor of confirming him following assurances on Israel and the treatment of gay and lesbian servicemen.

On Tuesday evening, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the nation's first gun control law since the Dec. 14 shooting spree that left 20 children, six adults and shooter Adam Lanza dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. The move came about an hour after the New York state Assembly approved it, and a day after the state Senate did the same.

The U.S. is pushing ahead with the sale of 20 F-16 fighter jets to Egypt, despite concerns over the state of the Egyptian government.

Child soldiers can be bought for as little as £375 (about $600) in Islamist-controlled northern Mali.