Vietnam is an odd country to considering legalizing gay marriage since it has a poor record on human rights.
A total of 39 suspects underwent a trial that lasted nearly six months before the verdict was announced.
Web videos released by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee suggests the Republican plan will help millionaires buy more private yachts and mansions.
The U.S. Air Force's new 30,000 pound Massive Ordinance Penetrator is impressive, expensive, and possibly not enough to kill the target it's meant for
There are estimated to be at least 30,000 wild peacocks in the Thai desert, but their numbers have been steadily declining in recent years.
Romney's Israel trip doubled as a way to shore up support among fundraisers who are dissatisfied with President Obama's record on Israel and are betting on a Romney administration.
Mr. al-Ayoubi has told us that he is no longer willing to represent a regime that has committed such violent and oppressive acts against its own people.
About 200,000 people have fled Syria's largest city of Aleppo over the last few days, according to a statement from U.N. humanitarian chief Valeria Amos
Romney and Obama essentially have identical stances on Iran, but the Republican candidate has tried to appear more hawkish when it comes to defending Israel.
“The country is facing a huge supply shortfall this summer."
Romney praised Israel's "economic vitality" by comparing it to the Palestinian Authority, a comment that quickly elicited criticism for comparing a powerful Middle Eastern state to a population that has been living for years under a blockade.
So far 14 are confirmed dead, the BBC reported, with the country's President Yoweri Museveni telling people to avoid physical contact with health agencies battle to contain the virulent disease.
The Indian activist Anna Hazare began his fifth hunger strike in 16 months on Sunday to pressurize the government to set up an anti-graft agency and tougher laws to abate the unbridled corruption in India.
In a bid to further clarify the confusions related to Indian taxation policies Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has setup a review committee to examine taxation of Development Centres and the IT Sector.
Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder of online retailer Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN), and his wife Mackenzie Bezos have pledged $2.5 million to help defend same-sex marriage in Washington state. Will this move affect Amazon as did forays into the culture wars made by Chick-fil-A Inc., Kraft Foods Inc., and other companies?
The hefty $7.25 billion settlement that Visa and MasterCard have agreed to, in response to a 2005 class action lawsuit over credit card swipe fees, will disadvantage retailers further and restrict consumer spending in an economy that relies heavily on credit card use and personal expenditure.
Thousands of irate protesters swarmed over Hong Kong's thoroughfares on Sunday and marched toward government headquarters to lash out against a government-proposed school curriculum plan, which they said was an attempt to indoctrinate students by lauding the feats of the Chinese Communist Party.
Tanks and helicopters pounded a rebel stronghold in the Syrian city of Aleppo Saturday, signaling the start of a government offensive, as the opposition and international envoy Kofi Annan warned the international community of dire consequences.
Want to really understand the post-revolution process in Egypt? Look to the men who are passing judgments behind everyone's back.
Democratic Newark Mayor Cory Booker and Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie have demonstrated appeal across party lines, and, with the end of their respective terms in office approaching, they both could be moving up the political food chain.
Dioncounda Traore, the interim president of Mali, is returning to the capital city of Bamako to resume his post after two months of medical treatment in Paris. He left Mali after suffering a severe beating at the hands of demonstrators.
The Hill's 50 Most Beautiful People list was released this week, with U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., making the list. The list is heating up the debate over who's sexier: Republicans or Democrats?
Conservationists have warned that the global wild tiger population, which totaled some 100,000 in 1900, has since shrunk to about 3,000. The animal could be extinct in the wild within two decades, they add.
If every American were legally required to show up at the ballot box, perhaps political candidates could pursue their campaigns differently.
If Apple and Samsung were people instead of corporations they would get along about as well as the Hatfields and McCoys. That is to say they'd probably take up arms against each other.
If gun control is truly the issue that sealed Bloomberg’s endorsement, how could he have not gone with Elizabeth Warren?
A bit of good news, from one of the scariest places on the planet, to mark the anniversary of 59 years of non-peace.
Potatoes are eaten in 95 percent of Irish households, making it the island’s pre-eminent staple.
Rwanda has denied that they are helping the Congolese rebels.
Dubai's police chief Dahi Khalfan has warned that Islamists are plotting to overthrow the governments of Gulf Arab states, following a recent spate of arrests of political dissidents.
