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The assembly voted 138-9 in favor of the measure, with 41 countries abstaining.

An analysis of the caucus' expectations for immigration reform shows how complex the immigration issue is.

Will consolidating China's many cabinet-level agencies be a realistic solution to streamlining government processes?

U.S. and Israel strongly condemn the Palestinian proposal, while Britain and Germany are expected to abstain from voting.

Egyptian lawmakers rushed to approve a constitution full of Islamist clauses, tempered by protections like presidential term limits and a free press.

Speaker Boehner said no progress has been made during fiscal cliff negotiations because President Obama's actions don't match his word.

Demonstrators in the Tunisian town of Siliana are protesting unemployment as Ennahda struggles to align itself.

In response to Thursday's vote on the status of Palestine at the U.N., Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the resolution has "none of the vital interests of peace" in it.

In an op-ed, Stevens bragged that Mitt Romney successfully courted middle class voters and upheld conservative principles.

Rice invests in several Canadian oil companies that may benefit if the U.S. State Department approves the Keystone XL Pipeline.

Three-hundred groups are asking President Obama to close a slew of immigration detention centers that have allegedly violated human rights.

German announced it will abstain from voting in Thursday's referendum on the status of Palestine at the U.N.

A South African court has ruled that the government deliberately delayed a decision to grant the Dalai Lama a visa to attend the Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s 80th birthday celebrations in 2011.

Both the U.S. and Israel suspect Tehran is building nuclear bombs at its nuclear development facilities.

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon addressed the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People on Thursday morning, prior to a vote on Palestine's status at the U.N.

Protests both for and against the Palestinians have broken out in Israel, with two members of the Knesset attempting to burn a Palestinian flag.

Bush's chief of staff said the former president was going in and out of hospital before being admitted.

“I screwed up royally," Petraeus said of his resignation. "I paid the price (appropriately) and I sought to do the right thing, at the end of the day.”

New diagnoses among men who have sex with men totaled 3,010 in 2011, a new record.

Colombia has come out against a ruling made by the U.N. International Court of Justice last week to settle a territorial dispute between it and Nicaragua.

Syria's Assad may be preparing a major new offensive against rebels and civilians.

Ambassador Susan Rice hasn't charmed Sens. Susan Collins and Bob Corker, who also worry about her independence, should she become secretary of state.

U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., heralds a report that shows that Gitmo detainees could be held stateside.

Jill Kelley has begun speaking out after being the subject of government and media scrutiny in the Petraeus scandal.

UK Foreig Secretary Hague explains why Britainb will abstain from voting on Palestinian nonmember status.

The highly anticipated, hotly contested vote for Palestinian Territories' status upgrade is scheduled for Thurs at 4 p.m.

Before the pivotal UN vote on Palestinian statehood, speakers are scheduled to commemorate the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.

It's been a month since Hurricane Sandy devastated parts of New York City, but volunteer help is still needed in Far Rockaway.

Egypt's constituent assembly writing a new constitution has said that it hopes to vote on a draft version as early as Thursday.