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U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus was reportedly having an extramarital affair with biographer Paula Broadwell. Even more salacious is the possibility that the apparent cuckold in this case previously wrote to an advice column in the New York Times.

In the 2012 election, Arizona residents voted on whether to give the state control of national treasures like the Grand Canyon.

U.S. President Barack Obama has been declared the winner in Florida -- four days after the Nov. 6 general elections.

While the Republican Party has to broaden its appeal to have a future, it still controls more than half of the U.S. state legislatures.

Ghana's presidential election pits incumbent John Mahama against challenger Nana Akufo-Addo, with fear of corruption as the backdrop.

Reports of self-immolation in Tibet as the 18th National Party Congress opens have not been mentioned in local Chinese media.

Hurricane Sandy turned downtown Manhattan into a no-go zone without power or food, and it brought the rich and the dispossesed together.

Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people to protest the spread of Islam in Europe, isn't happy about prison conditions.

The United Kingdom would phase out giving financial aid to India by 2015, signaling a significant shift in the bilateral ties between both the countries, the British government announced Friday.

Mitt Romney's campaign staff preparing to head back home were in for a shock late on election night, as they found their campaign credit cards cancelled.

The Pentagon released Friday a timeline of the events that transpired on the night of Sept. 11 in Benghazi which stated that top U.S. defense officials were notified of the attack within an hour of the initial assault on the consulate but assistance could be mobilized only after another hour.

As the opposition Syrian National Council met in Doha, Qatar, to elect its leadership, Bashar Assad denied Syria was in a state of civil war.

The streets of Buenos Aires filled with protesters angry about Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner’s policies.

Move to Canada, eh? Conservative Americans are thinking about it.

The Muslim Brotherhood-dominated Egypt government has had its ups/downs with Obama. Now, Cairo's message is clear: help improve our economy.

Two Chinese construction workers were killed by gunmen in Nigeria; the extremist group Boko Haram has not claimed responsibility.

Trump went after "You've Been Trumped" filmmaker Anthony Baxter in a volley of six tweets

China's version of Twitter, Weibo, has censored keywords relating to China's 18th National Party Congress. But censoring a platform with half a billion users is proving to be a challenge for the government.

The Army general who heads the CIA submitted his letter of resignation on Friday, and it was accepted by the President.

Linda McMahon discusses her two failed bids for Senator of Connecticut and the fortune she spent campaigning.

Of all the political reactions from around the world to Obama's re-election, the one from Mario Borghezio, an Italian member of the European Parliament, takes the cake for un-diplomatic vulgarity and just plain weirdness.

Kenya seeks to reform marriage laws by, among other things, legalizing polygamy and eliminate bride-price payments.

An encouraged Barack Obama has invited congressional leaders to the White House for the beginning of fiscal-cliff talks next week.

Barack Obama will become the first U.S. president to visit Myanmar to urge further democratic reforms.

President Obama will add to the fiscal cliff discussion on Friday, when he is expected to talk about what's needed to cut the nation's deficit.

The EU and several Latin American countries have ended a trade dispute after agreeing to gradually lower tariffs on banana exports to Europe.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called President Barack Obama to congratulate him on his re-election. Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential nominee, had to settle for a condolence e-mail from the New Jersey governor, who is also a Republican.

Texas death row inmate Mario Swain was executed on Thursday, for the murder of Lola Nixon.

The website Mitt Romney had prepared to go live after winning the presidential election on Tuesday did so anyway, despite the Republican hopeful's loss.