Human Rights Watch says Militants in the Gaza Strip specifically targeted Israeli civilians during November's week-long conflict.
China continued its steady march toward superpower status in 2012 amid a leadership shift, a major scandal and economic uncertainty.
The most compelling and important person was a girl from rural Pakistan who simply wanted to go to school.
An Afghan policewoman shot and killed on Monday a civilian contractor for the coalition forces in Afghanistan, news agencies reported citing Afghan police and NATO officials.
Moscow and New Delhi signed new arms deals worth billions of dollars Monday, during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s first trip to India since he began a new six-year term in May.
The U.S. military officials have launched an investigation into the apparent suicide of a Navy SEAL commander in Afghanistan, the Defense Department said Sunday.
A U.N. helicopter that crashed -- killing all four crew members aboard -- in South Sudan on Friday was shot down by the country's armed forces.
Tagg Romney told the Boston Globe in a recent interview that his father Mitt Romney did not really want to be U.S. president.
A protest over a gang-rape turned violent in New Delhi Sunday as thousands clashed with police outside Parliament.
The secular opposition is charging irregularities but admits the Muslim Brotherhood's constitution was approved.
The U.N. put out a series of new resolutions condemned violence against women, including the practice of female genital mutilation.
The NRA leader kept on firing on "Meet the Press," saying "call me crazy" if it's nuts to put armed guards in schools.
The White House is promising Democrats it will do all it can to hold the Massachusetts seat against a Scott Brown comeback.
Dozens of people were killed and many more wounded Sunday in an airstrike that hit a Syrian bakery in a rebel-held town where people were lining up for bread, activists said.
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said Sunday he is not running with any party in February’s elections, but is available to lead a future government if asked.
Police in India's capital resorted to water cannons and batons for the second day Sunday to break up demonstrations by hundreds protesting the gang-rape and brutal assault of a 23-year-old student on a bus Dec. 16.
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi announced names of 90 new members appointed to the upper house of parliament, most of them non-Islamists, even as a constitution drafted by an Islamist-dominated assembly reportedly won approval in a public referendum.
Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano dissolved the country's parliament Saturday in the wake of caretaker Prime Minister Mario Monti's resignation Friday.
Political factions both for and against Egypt's draft constitution agreed Sunday that it has likely been approved by those participating in the two-part referendum conducted Saturday and Dec. 15.
Here's a primer on the gun-ownership debate prompted by the recent mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
The FISA Amendments Act -- allowing the U.S. government to engage in warrantless wiretapping -- will likely be reauthorized before New Year's Day.
Public opinion is turning against the National Rife Association after its president, Wayne LaPierre, said there should be an armed police officer in every U.S. school.
Christmas in Bethlehem and Jerusalem is a high point for Christian pilgrims. This year, an old conflict and a new civil war are marring the joyful atmosphere and making Jerusalem feel like a ghost town.
Some experts question John Boehner's ability to deliver on deals and suspect he may resign as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
President Barack Obama on Friday nominated John Kerry to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, calling him the "perfect choice" as he began reshaping his national security team for his second term.
Iran's military and shipping sectors had a new round of sanctions imposed this week, pinching an already weak economy.
The Demand A Plan initiative, with many celebrity supporters, calls on Americans to vocalize the need to end gun violence following the Sandy Hook shooting.
Homeless people are battling a harsh winter in Ukraine, where a cold snap has already killed at least 83.
NATO Secretary General Rasmussen confirmed that Syria was using Scud missiles against the rebels, and its own people.
North Korea is holding an American man in custody after he confessed to crimes which have not been identified.
