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Robert Vadra, the businessman son-in-law of India’s Congress-led ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chairman Sonia Gandhi, deserves some credit for the clever wordplay that he has offered to define a nation and its people.

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi Monday pardoned all those arrested during last year’s revolution that ousted the country’s long-ruling leader Hosni Mubarak.

Mitt Romney’s strong performance in his first debate with President Barack Obama helped him slash Obama’s once-formidable lead in Michigan to three percentage points, a poll released Monday shows.

Following his “victory” in last week’s first debate, Republican nominee Mitt Romney has overtaken President Barack Obama in several polls, including a Pew survey released Monday that shows a four-point lead.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has vowed to continue executing his socialist vision after a solid victory Sunday. Here's what that could look like -- if his health holds.

Egyptian President Morsi has pardoned all political prisoners who were arrested between the time when the Arab Spring started in Egypt and when he took office.

More than 70 members of Congress have, in recent years, backed legislation that would directly benefit either them or family members, according to The Washington Post.

In a letter to Egypt's Assembly, Human Rights Watch outlined several potential problems with the Egyptian constitution's current draft.

Thirty officers have been suspended as a scandal in the police department of Marseilles widened over the weekend.

Turkey keeps shelling Syria, despite assurances on both sides that neither wants an escalation in the conflict.

Village elders in India's Haryana state have suggested lowering the marriage age for girls in order to reduce the occurrence of rapes.

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“It’s clear that the risk of conflict in the [Middle East] region is higher now than when the president took office,” Romney said.

Libyan Prime Minister has been forced out of office following a no-confidence vote.

Obama is now tied with Romney, according to a new national poll. However, Obama's campaign continues to receive record contributions.

Around 20 Egyptian security personnel were killed on Monday when a car rolled over in the Sinai.

Israel practices maneuvers over Lebanon after the IDF shot down a Hezbollah-launched drone. Hamas and the IDF are trading mortar shots.

After being criticized for attacking Obama's Libya response, Romney doubles down.

Two new polls found the president's edge over Mitt Romney has shrunk since last week's presidential debate; Obama travels to California for a day of a fundraising; Jill Biden urges Pennsylvanians to register to vote.

Mitt Romney prepares to expand his foreign policy critique of the White House with a major speech.

India’s realty major DLF Ltd’s shares fell sharply Monday after the anti-corruption activists led by Arvind Kejriwal accused the company of having clandestine dealings with Robert Vadra, Congress (I) president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez won the presidential elections Sunday with a comfortable margin beating his young challenger Henrique Capriles and extending his 14 years of rule to another six-year term.

Hugo Chavez could be Venezuela’s president for the next six years after winning re-election in a closely watched contest Sunday.

The 2012 U.S. presidential race roughly one month before Election Day remains where it was on Memorial Day: advantage Obama.

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney appears to have stolen lead from Democratic President Barack Obama at this point, Rasmussen reports.

Jon Hubbard claims his controversial racial comments were taken out of context by "liberals" who offer no solutions to Arkansas' problems.

Saturday night’s online, pay-per-view debate between cable heavyweights Jon Stewart and Bill O’Reilly may have signaled a shift in how people consume their media, and perhaps how seriously an audience is willing to take its politics, even if there weren’t many surprises onstage.

A Capriles win over Chavez in the presidential election would mean the ousting of one of America's most vocal critics.

Lt. Col. Andy Wood, a Utah National Guard Army Green Beret, headed a Special Forces "Site Security Team" in Libya.