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The president signed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013, despite previously threatening to veto it over controversial provisions.

The Illinois Legislature is soon to vote on a bill redefining car rental companies. While that might not seem newsworthy, a provision buried in the bill would legalize gay marriage in the state.

Kirchner called on the UK to return the Falkland Islands as residents of the British overseas territory prepare independence vote.

A shooting in the Swiss village of Daillon has reminded the world of a similar tragedy in Newtown, Conn.

Rep. John Boehner was voted by his colleagues into another term as House speaker on Thursday despite receiving harsh criticism from some conservatives over his handling of the deal to avoid the fiscal cliff.

Damascus cannot afford to become entangled in any complex military adventure in a foreign country.

Nazir deviated from the Taliban line frequently.

Amidst rampant rumors of a pregnant Ri Sol Ju, Kim Jong Un’s wife is rumored to have given birth over the holiday to a North Korean heir.

France proposes a 75 percent tax rate next year for the super-wealthy, while Russia has a 13 percent income tax.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez remains in Cuba following cancer surgery and may not appear at his own Jan. 10 inauguration.

New regulations are attempting to curb the academic corruption that has been rampant in China's higher-learning institutions.

A heavy-drinking culture is affecting China's armed forces, the world's biggest military.

The military has contradicted the central government of Myanmar, admitting to the use of airstrikes against KIA rebels in Kachin.

Venezuela’s opposition Wednesday asked the government to disclose “the truth” about President Hugo Chavez’s condition, as he recuperates from a cancer surgery in Cuba.

The Egyptian pound slid to a new record low and the country’s sovereign debt insurance costs surged Wednesday as fears of continued political turmoil intensified.

House Speaker John Boehner, under furious attack from fellow Republicans, abruptly reversed course Wednesday afternoon and set a timetable to approve $60 billion in Superstorm Sandy relief.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was discharged from a New York hospital Wednesday after being treated for a blood clot near her brain.

John Boehner experienced a series of embarrassments arising in large part from the intransigence of many in his party's far-right factions.

The trajectory of Jews, who have lived in the Italian peninsula since Roman times, has been rather unique.

A Muslim Brotherhood leader predicts that Israel will be dissolved within a decade, raising concerns about Egypt's own future.

The UN has voted to sanction the rebel organizations M23 and FDLR in the DR Congo, but larger problems have not been addressed.

The one-child policy and economic development are upending China's traditional piety toward elders -- and the government is now stepping in.

Buckley has left Beijing after 12 yrs because his press credentials have not been renewed. Is it payback for the Times?

The Kurdish insurgency, now three decades old, has resulted in the deaths of some 40,000 people, most civilians in southeast Turkey.

Ivory Coast declared a three-day national period of mourning after a New Year’s Eve stampede killed at least 60 people in Abidjan.

Gunmen shot dead seven Pakistani charity workers, six of them women, in an attack in northwest Pakistan Tuesday.

A popular Egyptian satirical show host is facing a probe for allegedly insulting President Mohamed Morsi and his Islamist backers.

It's the first income tax rate increase in 20 years, and it will avert the worst of "the cliff" - but debt ceiling/spending battles loom.

Gridlock in Washington stems partly from electorate changes and party from zealotry, and it will take another election or two to end.